Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-12-22

efficiency since last June. will leave
the fore part of next week for his
home at Waupaca, Wis He expects
to return in time for the opening Of
the baseball season NEXT spring.
Nels slkanrer met with a painful
though not serious accident hast
/ Saturday while unloading cream al
the local creamery The team he.
came frightened at something and
started up Just as Mr., Ekanger was
IN the act of lifting a can from
the wagon. and the Skin was entirely
squeezed off the back of one of his
hands His back was also baaly
wrenched. Dr. Snyder dressed the
! injured hand.
The moving picture show given
by Morford 4 Hagerman Saturday
evening was we'll attended. and, be-
sides the moving pictures. Slides
Win WY a'iNeItlsclnentS oil all the D-
cal business houses We're shown. to-
| gether with a few comic drawings of
local people. which created much
' amusement. rs we'll as favorable
comment for the artists ON their
ablllty to draw striking resemblances
of their subjects. This week the
picture men are showing at various
school-houses throughout the county
and are meeting with success at
every stand.
About $50 O'Clock last Friday
evening fire broke out i'm one of the
bedrooms ON the upper floor of the
G. b. Ertel residence, where stove.
pipe ran through the floor and con.
nected with the chimney above. 1t
IS supposed that the fire originated
from some clothes OF paper near the
pipe, but it is not ccrain that this
was the cause. as the enact starting
point of the fire could not be ascer-
tanned. The alarm was sounded and
men with fire-eNtinguishers rushed
10 the scene. doing very effective
work. confining the damage to prac-
tcially one room. although water
soaked through the floor and spoiled
considerable furniture in the room
below. the total damage being ii lit
tie over 500. AT 6 O'Clock the
fire was seemingly out but, to make
sure, holes were cut through the
compo-board with which the build
ing was lined and no fire could be
discovered AT O'Clock that night
the family was again awakened by
smoke, and upon Investigation
found the fire breaking out afresh.
This blaze was easily extinguished
without calling for aid, after which
Mr.. Ertel proceeded to keep watch
for more fire, and at :, O'Clock CON
cluded that there was no further
danger and went to bed However,
the demon was still lurking between
!, the walls, and Chas. E'adke, who
I. slept in the room adjoining that
which the fire had been in. awoke
4 about 4.3O to find that the wall was
a seething mass of flames He had
A barely time to make his escape down
the stairs before the fire would cut
/ him off Another alarm was sound
4 ed and again the citizens responded
with all available fire-iighting appa-
ratus; but the blaze had gotten such
start that the little chemical eX-
tinguishers were useless. In fact,
nothing less than AN engine and a
good we'll could have saved the
building, as the entire upper story
vas a sheet Of Game by the time
help came. Attention was then
turned to SAVING what household eff
4 fects could be saved and also to the
near -hy houses. Considerable furni-
turc was taken out in an incredibly
short space Of time. although the
major portion of the effects were