Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-05-19

prepared Tue .allu lur SEED, Which
was pat in as soon as the ground
was prepared
The great prosperity in North Da
kota appears u be the chief reason,
says the Fargo Forum. for lack OF
interest in politics this year. The
people are too busy corraling the
/ dollars To scrap over candidates for
office.
Local business men of Ellendale
have made.up the 500 900 needed for
the erection of a new school house
| III that city The money was Sc
cured in few days husting and
turned over to the board of education
as gift
| Examination of the carcass of a
dog killed at Valley City disclosed
that the animal was suffering from
a had case of rabies Before its
| 'lSdllI II liuu uitltli several otneT
dogs. and much anxiety is felt in the
neighborhood.
John Rinker and VIM. Wright es-
capped from the Morton county lail
Monday by cutting OH two of the
iron bars in "A window of the cell
room of the Jail Hloodhounds from
the penitentiry We're secured to trail
them, but at last accounts neither
had been rccaptured
Capt. |. p. Baker of Bismarck in
tends to build another steamboat to
take the place of the steamer t,x-
pansion, which was crushed in the
ice at the Capital City in the spring
break up He expects TO have the
boat finished i'm time to assist in
marketing the crop of wheat.
Last week f., III. Stubbetield sold
to meat market i'm Cando nine head
of steers weighing an aggregate of
1850 pounds, receiving Z cents per
pound, or $3.50. 80 for the lot. The
steers had been fed on grain l35
days, principally ground barley
and all the millct hay the animals
wanted
Farmers over the eastern part of
the state report that the late spring
snow storm i'm that section dealt
death and destruction TO hundreds
of mcadow-larks, robins and other
birds too delicate TO withstand the
rigors of the wintry blasts. One
farmer reports finding fifty dead
birds within a short space of time.
While warming herself at burn
ing straw stack on her fathers farm,
near Wishek, the clothing of the
little seven-year-old daughter of
Bernard Kasman caught fire and
the child was burned to death The
remains were not discovered until
the following morning, although a
search was maintained throughout
the night
New England boasts the largest
livery barn in the state. The new
structure has accommodations for
one hundred head Of horses and can
receive one hldred tons Of hay in its
ample lofts. 1t is owned by Sam
Walker, a recent arrival from Mon
dov, Wis. Mr. Gardner, from whom
the barn was purchased. will remain
in charge until this fall. when the
new owner will take charge.
Much speculation is being in
dulged in concerning the guilt or
innocence of the prisoner Olson, who
is now doing time in the North Da-
kota penitentiary for an alleged
murder. A confession of the crime
of which he was charged was recent
ly found in the pocket of coat
left on the Northern Pacific bridge
at Bismarck. Many are of the opin-
ION that Olson is entirely guiltless.
and it is recalled that the evidence
on which he was convicted was
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William Adden, farmer living
near Gladdis, set fire to a straw
stack out i'm the field, recently, and.
finding the fire spreading, undertook
to pillow a tire-break around it. The
horses became unmanageable. how
ever, and entangled themselves in
the harness. Alden endeavored to
extricate them, but was unable to
accomplish it before the fire, famed
by furious wind, was upon them.
Adden had his clothes nearly all
burned off and his head, arms and
legs badly burned. He is now in
the hospital at Wiliston. The horses
lost all their hair in the flames, and
will not be fit to use for some weeks
The walls Of the new biological
station at Chautauqua have been
completed. and work on the interior
is being pushed rapidly Architect
Deleemer of Grand Forks and Prof
NJ A Brannon Of the university
were there last week inspecting the
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