Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-01-20

they are a. during the duh season.
then, when summer comes. they Viii
be ready To begin work
Early in the week report was
current TO the effect that Y H.
Cotton, who is in Minneapolis un-
dergoing treatment for his cys. was
in a serious condition However as
we go to press the report cannot he
verified
w. " Clay returned Saturday
from holiday visit at his old home,
st. Joseph. Mo He says that Fn-
mons county weather is contin(i-
alton Of the good old summer
time. 1t was eighteen degrees he
low zero when he left Kansas CITY.
While in town last evning John
Cook Informed the News that he
had recently purchased the one half
OF section seven. about five miles
north Of town and near his home.
He paid twenty dollars per acre.
This gives John A section ai good
land with a fine new house and other
buildings. good teams, other stock
and machinery a few wears since.
John came from one of the prnci-
palities of Russia with hut few
dollars in his pocket He is not
talking of moving TO Canada or OF
engaging in dry farming in Mon
tana.
J d. McGusker has purchased an
interest in the l.. NJ Doerschlag
general mercantile business in this
city, and the firm will now be styled
l.. M. Doerschlag 4 Co 1t is an
important business deal MIR. Me
Cuskcr is full Of busincss Daring
the past seven wears he has repre-
sentcd this territory rs a travelling
salesman for Griggs, Cooper \ Co
wholesale grocers, and he is thor
oughly familiar with the business
and its requirements Ills family
live i'm Bismarck, and he viii move
them here as soon as he can rent.
buy or build suitable residence.
This week deal has been com
pleted which changes the front of
another of Braddock $ leading busi-
ness houses. q. M. Vie. of the firm
of Yeater & Vie, and Frank M Long.
of kintyre, purchased the mercan-
tile interests. including the real
estate, of ID. VI. Yeatcr, who since
April, 1908, has been the senior
member Of the firm mentioned. The
new firm will be known as Vie A.
Long" and will continue the bust
ness as before. Mr.. Long has livlcd
near kintyre for many years, and is
well known as a young man of cH
ceptional business qualifications.
MIR. Yeater has made no plans for
the future, but will continue TO
make Braddock his home
Who saw the meteor Sunday night
Chas. II. Pearson, 4 wcll-known
farmer living south andeast of town.
writes the News under date Of Mon
lday as follows Please keep look
out in some Of your exchanges for
| a description of a meteor about a
hundred miles east Of here saw
the light last night. ten minutes
after two O'Clock The light was
sharper than an electric light and
Twas Of about three seconds dura-
ltion. would like TO see an account
Iof the place where struck The
labove is all we nave heard of the
Imatter, or probably will hear of 1T,
without some other farmer Of that
Vicinity happened to be about at
that hour. However. there IS q
farmer living near Hazelton who,
| if he will, can tell Of a like phenom-
enon that occurred ON the banks OF
DEVILS Lake tWenty-three Years ago
this month.
l.. M. Doerschlag & Co have in
stalled a new cash register this week
that, as we'll as being the latest
creation in the cash-checklnG line,
is a seven-day wonder 10 the natives
as well. 1t stands as high as a man,
| and, besides counting the cash, Is
guaranteed to perform all the work
about the store. cept To carry out
the ashes and keep Sammy hair
combed. And well, you'll II haze Y
90 and see il perform. ''Ihe Record
learns from parties down from Brad
/ dock that this machine IS also ar
ranged so that. in case amy one asks
for credit. stuffed club appears
and swats the asker in the slack ol
| the trousers, and. when 4 debtor
seeks to leave town on the rods o.
| the brake beam. a policeman clner-
ges from the big machine rushes t'
the depot and heads him Of y !
also said that artisticallg painted or
the register is life-size picture 9.
Lew, as he appeared hundre'
years ago, when acting a. co"bo,
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