Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-08-03
POLLOCK
BURNED,
a $4,000 Fire Yesterday
Morning in the Near BY
South Dakota Town.

Word came to the Linton telc-
phone operator yesterday morning
by way of Hcrreid. that the princi-
pal business part of Pollock had
been destroyed by fire during the
night. The town of Pollock. with a
population numbering between 500
and 400. is situated about twenty
eight miles from Linton, being an
proNlmately six miles west of a line
drawn due south from this town. Ii
IS IN South Dakota, only a mile or
SO south of the south line of En-
mons county, and is the market
town for considerable area of the
southern part of this county.
The block or row, destroyed was on
the west side of the principal street.
opposite the hotel. printing office.
Tracy $ new meat-market and the
drug store The half of the block
on the main street contained several
stores. including the two story
structure known as the Frank
Loutzenhiser Builtling," with the
town hall upstairs The telephone
office having been burned. il was
afternoon before communication
was established with the outside
world. When this was obtained, in
formation came to Linton as to the
character of the loss.
The fire started i'm pool-room
conducted by the Elintz Bros. not
far from the south end OF the row of
buildings destroyed, and it went
north and south. 1t is not known
how the fire started. The structures
that were burned stood as follows.
beginning at the southern end of
the row: The two-story frame in
which Frank Loutzenhiser formerly
conducted general store; the
Bloom building; Hintz Bros. pool
room, the Weinstcin hardware
store; the Shouweilcr building; the
Weinstein store building; the Ben
kert building: the Leonard Holmes
building; the building formerly oc-
cupied by Tracy's mcat-markct. and
Andrew Boschker's store building.
which was the last structure in the
row toward the north.
The loss is estimated at about
$775, 600, with insurance Of not more
than s25 900.
1t required hard work to prevent
the row of buildings on the cast
side of the street omcatching fire.
The Meisner livery-harn and Yo-
cum blacksmith-shop. west across
| the alley from the row that burned,
were saved.
This fire is terrible calamity to
| Pollock; but Dakotans never give
up. We understand the business
men will rebuild.
Ed. b. Halsey, of Hebron, this
state, arrived Tuesday and has ia
ken position in Dr. Hogue's drug
store
Mrs. Hagen, of New Richmond
Wisconsin, who has been visiting her
brother-in-law and sister, MIR. and
Mrs. I. NJ Barger, since early in
July. will leave to-day on her re-
turn home.
For Sale At the Linton Garden
Onions, carrots, beets and other gar
den stuff. will have marketable
cucumbers and sweet corn i'm a few
days. Can be obtained by calling
at my place in West Linton. or will
deliver it if desired. Fred Frank
| hauser.
DIR. r. w. Britts has leased the
confectionery store and restauran,
run by MIR. and Mrs. A. r. Moore
and will conduct the same bushes!
4 therein. MIR and Mrs. Moore will
4 leave to-day or tomorrow for R0s
4 coe, where they will conduct a res
/ taurant.
i Mrs. p. M. Armstrong and he,
daughter, Miss Stella, arrived las
A evening at Hazelton to visit theil
relatives. Mr.. and Mrs II. A. Arm
1 strong and Miss Edna Armstrong
The visitors reside at Lisbon
Ohio. Miss Stella was the guest o.
Miss Edna several months last year
The pro-catheral of the Catholi,
/ church at Bismarck was entered ant
robbed. recently. The robbers en-
. tered the front door and robbed tn,
7 poor box, the contents of which ar
4 unknown. One decorated gold chal
ice, valued at Sllo, and one smalle
one, valued at 500, two gold plate