Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-05-05
AROUND THE STATE.

state.
At Valley City a dealer is offering
potatoes in large lots al twenty cents
. per bushel.
| The crop-hgurers estimate that
our wheat acreage is increased
about Is per cent this year.
Valley City had mad-dog scare
last week. The dog was finally dis
patched TO the canine heaven.
Thieves have been stealing beer
and other valuable freight, from
| the N. p at Mandan and Bismarck
Out at Minot John Quigley was
arrested on the charge of keeping a
barking dog and ordered to remove
| the nuisance forthwith.
The Bismarck civic league has
purchased four acres of land for an
other park, which they will proceed
to improve and heautify as RAPIDLY
as possible
Bismark S civic league is selling
postcard pictures of its very hand
some park there. the proceeds to
be used in making additional I'M
provements.
The storm and cold weather did
no damage in the western half of the
state. and we uns hardly know what
to make of the storm reports from
the eastern part
The Canadian Pacific Railroad has
paid 100000 to the widow of T.. G..
Boomels of Lisbon. who was killed
in the wreck on the Canadian Pacific
i'm Canada some months ago.
There are some people who think
that the district Judges who seek
positions on the supreme bench
could make themselves a great deal
stronger if they would resign their
lpresent jobs. Forum.
The oats annex of the Golden Val
Hey elevator at Beach collapsed, re-
Gently, ,spilling %, 900 bushels of oats
over the ground. One of the work
men was caught between the two
buildings and narrowly escaped in
slant death.
President Treacy and his co-work
ers of the Minot commercial club
are making preparations ON an ex-
ltensive scale for the automobile
show to be held there this week.
They expect to have at least slOO,O ,O0O
worth of cars on exhibition.
Edgar Hodgkinson, former
DEVILS Lake druggist, has sold his
interest in the Los Angeles oil-well
for $50. 900 He is TO give possession
June LIST, and in the meantime he
will continue to make $500 a day
from his interest in the oil the we'll
is producing.
Mary Gagin, three year-old
Minot child, while at play discovered
a bottle containing liquid. and
drank a portion of it. 1t was car
bolic acid, and the little one was
HORRIBLY burned about the mouth.
throat and face 1t is probable that
she will be badly Scared for life.
If Senator McCumber S condition
grows much more serious, Editor
Burgster, of the Jamestown Capital.
will feel real proud of the headlines
he ran over the article concerning
the severe operation which the SEN
ator submitted to- He stated that
the operation was for advertising
purposes. Fargo Forum.
The commissioners of Dickev
county have called special election
to be held May 2sth, at which time
the proposition for bonding the
county for $50 600 for the erection
lof urt-house will be voted on.
| Recently the county commissioners
were given site for the new build
Ling by the citizens of Glendale.
| Underwood people are proud of
Miss Helen Swanson, of that city.
who won first honors in the state
spelling contest, and their apprecia-
|tion will take the form of a public
to be held at the town
| hall, as a token of their appreciation
of her victory The miss is seven
teen years of age, and is an eighth
grade pupil UP to this Year she
had had only the opportunities of a
rural school near Veeder
Dean. son Of Mr. and Mrs
Hutcheson, who a few months ago
moved from Cavalier county TO Swift
ICurrent. Saskatchewan, died recent
ily from burns received a few days
before. Mrs. Hutchinson was clean
ling a piece of clothing with gasoline
when the tluid caught fire and an
explosion followed. igniting the
woman clothing The boy ran to
| his mother aid and was 50 horribly
burned that his death occurred three
days afterward