Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-07-27

tact that there chaneed TO he a pail
OF water near by that he was able
TO put out the fire and save himself
from sutfocatien 1t was a matter
of an hour before his calls for assist
ance We're needed.
An unwelcome guest visited the
Stuart nome in Devils Lake recent
ly. The fellow took eff the screen
and entered the house at night.
when only the children were at,
home. the Stewards being at the
Chautauqua The Stewards renamed
at the Chautauqua, and the children
We're scared and did not make an
appearance while the burglar was
present. The fellow went to bed
I'm the house. not taking a single
thing except a full night sleep.
The occurrence was indeed unusual.
and perhaps the guest would not
have been half So unwelcome had ii
not been for the fact that he
tracked in plenty of mud and slept
with his clothes on.
Considerable excitement was
caused in Mandan few days ago
when II was learned that the store
OF the Blngenheimer Mercantile
Company had been entered during
the night and the safe blown. An
investigation disclosed that an en-
trance was gained through side
door some time during the night.
the lock of the big safe knocked oil
explosives injected, and the door
blown oft, scattering the contents Of
the big iron chest over the floor.
The contents of the safe had been
lrlfled, but nothing was taken. The
explosion failed to disturb the CON
tents of the strong box, and the
yeggmen attempted to enter it, but
| 1t proved of harder metal than their
tools and withstood their assaults.
State Engineer Atkinson has lust
returned to Bismarck from trip
over the western part of the state.
During his absence he visited the
Wlllston and Lower Yellowstone ir-
rlgatlon projects. and is very en-
Ithusiastic over the wonderful re
suits being obtained from the use of
Irrigation water ON those lands.
There are approximately 1000 acres
being watered at Willlston and lG,-
1000 acres on the Lower Yellowstone.
Now that the differences between
the farmers and the government
have been adjusted, the Watering of
the crops is going along we'll, and
it is expected that next year prac-
|tically all of these lrrigable lands
will receive water. The wheat gives
promise of a yield of thirty bushels
per acre. with many fields that will
yield forty bushels.
| The army of insect pests is large
and varied. Apparently. it is CON
Istantly on the increase, says an ex-
lchange. This is one of the penalties
the American people are paying for
having carelessly permitted the ruth
less destruction of bird life to con-
ltinue so long. practically without
interruption. Birds are great insect
destroyers. This is fact of which
any one may be convinced by little
personal observation. To those who
are given in the slightest degree to
the study of bird life it is patent that
many varieties of birds once numer-
Gus are either extinct or so rare
as to be now seldom seen. The
whole country is just beginning to
wake up to the fact that it was a
great mistake to have allowed the
Iunchecked slaughterof these fcath-
cred tenants of field and forest.
4 The farmers in Morton county who
have in several acres of potatoes.
|says the Mandan Pioneer. have good
prospects of reapng a harvest from
1.-THE tubers which will offset to a
large extent the shrlnkage in the
wheat yield caused by dry weather.
4 From almost every section of the
lcounty come reports of a good
outlook for large crop of potatoes
This crop throughout the east and
lin the large potato sections IS said
Ito be light, and prices at the present
thine are away up beyond what is
normally the price at this season.
New potatoes have been selling in
Mandan al five and six cents a
pound. but of course this prlee cam
1not keep up long after the new
crop comes in. 1t is possible that
there will be a shipment Of potatoes
from tins and other points IN TINS
county tins fall.
+ w Clark. local manager of the
stone-Ordean-Wells company. Bis
rnarck lies in the hosuital probably
fatally injured as the result Of an