Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-09
HAzELTON HAPPENINGS.

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5. X. Mcdowell and family Viii
leave next Tuesday to take ul pei-
manent residence near Lake City,
Iowa
\ J Touay left yesterday morn
ing for Canada, where he will lock
up Il suitable piece Of land upon
which to stake out a claim He
expects To invade the country in the
vicinity Of Medicine Hat and Ed
monton, and Will probably run
across many Of Emmons county $ Old
settlers
NJ Wcssel. Jr, formerly Of Hazel
ton. now of l-eith. a town across the
river, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ Wesse. Sr, and other
fazelton relatives and friends, this
week. Although he reports a rather
poor crop in his section, he is get
ting along nicely and predicts a
bright future for that part If the
state.
We are in receipt of a letter ana a
subscription remittance from \ A.
| Goehring. who left here couple Of
years ago for Carlstadt Alberta
HE reports yield ot twenty two
bushels of wheat per acre, bat say
the price is not so good there as Oh
the American side All concerned
seem satisfied with their new home,
Ed Campbell he writes. has II
good position with railroad com
pany and is dottlng that country
with new dcpots.
| l.C. Malchert had a marrow escape
| from serious INJURY while working
on "A thrashing machine Monday af-
ternoon The machine WAS thrash
ing flax and the CYLINDER teeth had
become gummed The lgu;s was
given to stop, and when tins was
done Mr.. Malchert started to remove
one of the concaNc teeth. just then.
through some misEiap, the engine Wa
started slightly, pulling his arm INTO
the teeth. He was brought To town,
where AN examination Of the wounds
showed that his thick clothing had.
saved the arm a great deaf, but the
hand was quite badly cut, one finger
requiring three stches To make
the wounds of much more serious
nature, the arm which vas hurt was
just beginning to heal from a case
of blood-poisoning which had recent
ly been operated upon
Last Sunday r. H. Wllford, a
travelling grocery peddler of Dillon,
Mont, was stopping IN liazclton.
and thought to while away a few idle
hours by hunting prairie chickens.
| He accordingly shouldered gun
and started out Deputy Game
! Warden John WFtg witnessed the
departure and forthwith proceeded
To swear out 4 warrant for the gen
n tlemans S arrest Armed with this
i formidable document he camped on
y the "prunc pcddler s trail for four
u long. weary hours Finally landing
| his man, he halee him INTO Judge
Cells court WlIlford pleaded
guilty to being nonresident and
hunting without a license, receiving
the minimum fine at the hands of
His Honor, amounting u s22., and
costs, or ST in an, which he lmmed-
lately paid
With the exception If two corn
awards, every thing connected with
flmmons county interest IN the In
dustrial Exposition was perfectly
satisfactory. These Two exceptions
are the result Of a lunible in the
corn exhibits, the blame for which
this paper does not know where TO
place. When the corn entries were
made for the hest and second-l,est
ten ears of corn. for which silver
cups were given AS prizes, an error
was made whereby Wesley Baker,
Of I.ivona, had his corn entered as
from l5urleigh county, instead oi
,, Emmons, and he Ven a cup Rus
sell and Kay l'ye were a"arded ilrsl
cup and S. +. Kurt second for corr
from f.mmons. This left Mr. iakes
without one. unless he could 2et
away with the one belonging t9S3ir-
leigh; but those fellows wouldl al
| low that, hence the mix nil lt
straighten the matter out t5oafnls-
sioner Gllbreaih sent he three
samples Of corn g Iowa 70 pc ne
!. Judged by the gentleman "i9 had
first Judged IT. This resulted ~ thu
Tye corn again winning first, Rakei
!, second and the third place given e
: the kurtzcctn Heres achance fol
: the wisdom Of solomon Mr. Kurt
j, probably fees he i being deprigee
{ of something fairly won, @hile lm
! doubtedly Mr.. Baker Is sa'is'lcfitha'
an error has been corrected