Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-06-01


the state.
A Crary man recently received a
shipment of game-cocks from North
Carolina.
A Glen Ullin man owns eighteen
pigs all from the same mother and
he claims a record.
Rural route carriers out Of Sher-
wood deliver the mail in automo-
biles and on motorcycles.
kenmare young ladies gave par
ty at which half of them wore male
attire. 1t was what men call hen
party
At Gascoyne, Adams county. a
drunken man who tried to make
trouble at dance was roped and
hog-tied =
The next state spelling contes st
will be a bigger event than the last.
The youngsters are getting their
enthusiasm aroused.
The Grand Forks officials are en-
deavoring to hit on some scheme to
make lazy fellows of that vicinity
support their families.
An applicant for naturalization
papers at Dickinson was unable to
name either the governor of North
Dakota or the president of the Uni
ted States.
\ Fargo man went home with a
jag.on and his wife scratched his
face up and then had him arrested.
1t cost him $5 to square the deal
with the police court.
During fierce thunderstorm, a
few days ago, the p j. kcnney
barn. near Park River, was struck
by lightning and eleven horses killed
and the building burned.
One of those almost obsolete para
graphs, a card of thanks, published
in a Dickey county paper, says: I'VE
desire to thank all those who assist
ed our beloved one during her ILL
ness and after her death. =
Have you ever noticed that the
man who shies at the responsibility
of raising kids is the first to holler
over school taxes? 1t is fact. The
Edgeley Mail thinks he ought to be
taxed double for dodging.
The Fairmount News is again en-
joying mailing privileges after be-
ing compelled to pay a cent for each
paper mailed since last November.
The trouble arose over delinquent
subscribers, and Editor Clabough
says he has found out the post
master who created the trouble.
A white slave procurer was
thwarted in his work on a train near
Grand Forks, just as he had induced
young Norwegian girl, who had
recently arrived from her native
land, to go past her destination. un-
der his care; he promising to accom-
pany her to the home of the people
who were her friends.
While riding on the plows of a
stone-breaking outfit. near Crosby.
Fred Bradley. the engineer. was
thrown off and instantly killed by
the plows running over him. They
were moving to new work and car
ried one and one-half tons of coal
on the plows, and, in going through
a short ravine, lurch threw Brad
ley off, and, before he was noticed
the heavy wheels had crushed his
life out.
We don't like to appear curious in
the matter, but we'd like to have
somebody tell US why it is that a
woman can sail around the streets
in an auto all day long in the blazing
sun, bareheaded, and never finch; !;
but, when it comes to going to
church, she thinks she must wear a
quarter-section hat, trimmed with a
half-section of wheat and eighty
acres of corn? Ward County Inde-
pendent.
Fire, which started from an un-
known cause, at midnight last Thurs
day, entirely destroyed the CARING
ton Mercantile Company's building
and stock. The loss on the stock is
estimated at 100000 and on the
building at $4,000. There were
roomers on the second floor of the
building and it is believed that the
fire started in one of the rooms.
The tiremen had a desperate fight
for four hours.
Miss May Hines, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Hines. of this city,
was awarded the distinctive honor
of being the best speller in the state
at the recent competition held in
Bismarck. The task was tremen-
duous one. and the young lady de-
serves untold credit for her work
Miss Lockhart, who was her teacher,
and under whose capable tutorage
the young lady prepared for the
contest, is receiving her share of
the congratulations. Miss Hines is
but fourteen years of age. Devils
Lake World.
One of the star boarders Of the
Home Hotel, at Ashley, when it was
destroyed by fire, was a rather cor
pulent man. travelling salesman.
who opened the door of his room to
find the hallway a sheet of flame.
But with great presence of mind
he grasped the fire rope in the room
and let himself out of a window.
But he neglected to notice which end
of the rope he had taken hold Of,
and. when he started on his descent.