Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-07-06

bility of winter wheat to this eli.
mate are far from good. winter rye
seems to have done well everywhere
in the state.
Archie Pollock. from the town of
MS name, was in Linton yesterday
on business. Wy
A game of bali was PLAYED We'd
nesday of last week between Hull
and Westheld, at Westfeld. Hull
was victorious by score Of IS to 8.
Miss Hattie Adams Of Linton has
returned from a visit to Miuneano.
LIS. Her mother, whose home is IN
the Flour City, accompanied her
daughter to Linton.
Will Brooks now has a we'll that
Is the Joy of his heart. 1t is an even
hundred feet deep, and it is exhaust.
less. Willyum is arranging to irri-
gate. with gasoline engine. an acre
or SO from the new we'll.
Judge Britts had out his Clutch
Band" the night of the Fourth. Asa
acted as drum major, CARRYING a
broom-stick as a baton. The moosic
was so sweet that all the cats in the
back alleys were shamed from com
petition.
Don Tracy, the Linton photoe-
rapher, will visit Strasburg on Fri
day and Saturday, July 18th and
18th, to make photo "picters." Mr..
Tracy is first-class workman in his
line fact which can be testified
to by folks all over Emmons coun-
ty-and his visit will give the peo-
pie OF Strasburg and vicinity an OBJ
portunity to have pictures taken
without going long distance from
home.
Thursday afternoon of last week
Mrs. Peter Wittmayer. mother and
grandmother of the Wittmavers of
Emmons county. came near being
killed by lightning. She was out of
doors when bolt struck the ground
only a few feet from her. The
lady s right side is paraIyzed as a re-
suit of the stroke. The narrow cs-
cape from death occurred at the
Wittmayer farm, sixteen miles east
of Eureka.
Edwin Wittmayer returned Satur-
day from a visit to his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Wittmay-
er. Sr.. sixteen miles east of Eure-
ka. Edwin's cousin Walter, who
was with him on the visit, is still
there. Master Edwin reports that
his grand father, who was one of the
early settlers of Dakota Territory.
is still suffering from the operation
performed upon him for gall-stones.
and is in bed most of the time.
Bismarck Tribune, July 5th: Mrs.
William Roop of Hazelton was TAX
en- to st. Alexius hospital yester-
day afternoon to be treated for an
attack of ice-cream poisoning. Mrs.
Roop came up from Hazelton
with her husband and some friends
in their touring-car to attend the
game, and while at the game Mrs.
Roop ate of an ice-cream cone, and
at once began to feel unwell, and
they called DIR. Stackhouse, the UNI
pire, and took her to the hospital at
once and cared for her.
The t1owery reports regarding the
grain crop in North Dakota will
have to be reconsidered this week.
Wheat is now suffering in most parts
of the state. Corn is doing we'll so
far. A crop that is being cut is
winter rye. with an apparently
good yield. Several farmers have
said to the editor of the Record, re-
Gently, that, in their judgment, corn
and winter rye will be the staple
crops in these parts before many
years. Crops in many parts of the
west and south are suffering from
the dry weather and the extreme
heat.
Mrs. Linda W. Slaughter. we'll
known to the old-timers of the Mis-
souri, Slope, died last Monday morn
ing in the sisters hospital at St.
Cloud, MINI. Mrs. Slaughter was
the first white woman who resided
in this part of the Missouri Slope
Her husband. who was a resident
of Bismarck several years, was an
army surgeon. being stationed at
Fort Rice. located at point on the
other side of the river nearly oppos-
lite the Livona neighborhood lin 1872.
She was the first postmistress of Bis
marck, and also founded the first
Sunday-school there. DR.. Slaugh-
ter, her husband, died ten years ago.
Mrs. Slaughter was well-educated
woman and an able and interesting
writer, being at one time CORES
pondent of several eastern newspa-
pers, and frequently expressing her
views on local affairs or historical
subjects through the medium of the
Bismarck press. The Bismarck Tri-
bune says that the interment will
probably take place in the Catholic
cemetery at Bismarck.