Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-04-28
AROUND THE STATE.

Forum.
/ Jimmie Foley will give readinl
at Grafton for the benefit of the Il;
brary fund.
Judge kneeshaw has decided t,
enter the race for a position on tn,
supreme bench.
Several of the teachers in the Bis
marck schools. elected for neNt yea
have resigned. Cupid2
At Williston the practice of throw
empty liquor bottles into the street.
has been placed under the ban.
The attorneys Of the state The
men who have to do business with
the supreme court are lndorsing
Justice Fisk for reelection. Forum
Hon. g. W. Wolbert, of Bismarck
has been appointed deputy state
commissioner of agriculture by Com
missioner Gilbreath.
Denny Hanntin, of Bismarck. bet
ter known as The squatter COY
ernor, is circulating petition for
nomination for United States sena-
tor.
North DaNotans were generally
with Dan Russell and Leslie simp-
son, and there is great disappoint-
Iment over the decision of the Boston
Judge.
Ludwig Folk is dead at Napoleon
of lockjaw. resulting from the acci-
dental discharge of a small rifle
in the hands of companion, while
hunting gophers.
The success of the demonstration
farms of the state has enthused many
farmers who live i'm the vicinity of
one of them. Better farming is
likely to result. Forum.
Census Supervisor F'rich was un-
able to obtain enough men to take
the census of Fargo, and the COM
mercial club was authorized to OBJ
tain men that the count might pro-
ceed.
Commissioner of Agriculture Gill
breath is attracting lot of atten-
ton to the state as a result of the
clever publicity work he has done
during the past two or three wears.
Forum.
The Dickey county game and fish
protective association has secured
the services of number of deputy
game wardens to assist in enforcing
the game law in that county dur
ing the summer.
b. G.. Skulason of Grand Forks
and Judge Lauder of Wahpeton will
open their congressional campaigns
next week. Gradually the political
pot is beginning to bubble little.
Candidates are loose in all parts Of
the state.
Work has been commenced at
Jamestown ON a second track for the
Northern Pacific between that city
and Fargo. Quite a number of
buildings on the company S right-of-
way in the towns along the line will.
have to make room for the double
track.
Colonel Whitehead. member of
Governor Burke's staff, says he will
go to Cando when the crilninel libel
case against the Forum comes up,
even if he has to go TO Jail with
Plumley and Brewer. If he doesn't
watch out. Burke will strip him of
his regimental uniform. Forum.
t. c. Baska, of Sherwood. is seed
ing 900 acres of wheat with a forty
FIVE horse power gasoline traction
engine. they are pulling with it
one thirty-foot harrow and three
ten-foot drills, seeding at the rate of
100 acres a day. The engine takes
the place Of twenty two horses and
three men.
The newly elected marshal at
Leeds, Nick Nisen, noticed a liquid
oozing from trunk which was un-
loaded at the station platform there
the other day. Assuring him
self that it was whisky, he watched
the trunk when it was taken from.
the depot, and few minutes later
nabbed blind-pigger.
Fearing that if she Went to her
home she would be poisoned,
Mrs. Mary Pride of Forman decided
to remain out of doors on the prairie
all night. alone. Only the fact that
she was caught by two men search
ing for her prevented her from carry
ing out her intentions. Later she
was brought before the county in
sanity board and was committed to
the state asylum for the insane.
The woman believed that She was
being slowly poisoned. and at vari-
Gus times within the last few days
refused to eat.