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

A war of determination is tc be
waged at Bowman against tagless
dogs.
The Paramount horse with a tail
nineteen feet long was recently sold
to a show.
There is an unusual number Of
clrcuses, big and little, touring the
northwest this year.
A Hankinson farmer is develop.
ing a strain of cattle that breeds
twin calves each time.
Work has begun on the excava-
ton for Bismarck 5 new city hall.
whichis to be fine structure.
When the novelty is worn off.
there doesn't seem to be much eN
cltement over the postal-savings
banks.
Stanford Olson of Stady CON
tracted blood poisoning from asso.
ciating with diseased horse. and
came near losing his life.
The Scranton baseball manager
announces the disbandment of his
team, and states that ten games
have been played and ten games
won.
The Mckenzie county farmers and
stockmen have organized a protect
i've association, and horse-thieves
and cattle-rustlers will have trouble
in store for themselves i'm the flu
ture.
The south fork of the Cannon
ball river was so dry in Adams
county that. when fish started up
stream, he kicked up a cloud of
dust. So says the usually truthful
Fargo Forum.
Denhotf has suffered two serious
fires in the last ten months, entail
ing a loss of 100000 worth of prop
erty; but it does not stop the wheels
of progress there in any way. Every
man has determined to again en-
gage in business.
A Missouri editor refuses to pub
lish obituary notices Of people who,
while living, failed to advertise i'm
their local paper. He says, People
who do not advertise in their home
paper are dead any way, and mere
passing away is of no news value. =
Julius Meyers, of Burleigh coun-
ty, got into row with his sister-in-
law over COW, and had his face
dented with rock. incidentally
his nose was broken and half
dozen teeth knocked out, and cut
made that required six stitches to
close.
The Fargo man-who came home
late one evening and planned to
sneak in quietly and barefootedly.
so his wife wouldn't hear him had
his plans somewhat changed when
he put his tootsies down into some
sticky tly-paper and began to swear
in very deep tone.
According to the Edgeley Mail,
quite a number of covered wagons
have been passing through Edgeley
the past week on their way north
from South Dakota. The parties
all report the most discouraging
outlook in the Lennon country,
and say that the feed question is
one that will work extreme hard
ship for those who cannot pull out
before the cold weather comes
around again.
DR.. Dochterman's private irriga-
tion plant near Buford met with an
accident recently. A large chunk
of the river bank caved off, bearing
his centrifugal pump and burying it
deep under the earth. 1t was not
recovered for several days. The doe
tor has quite an ingenious scheme.
using the engine of an old automo-
bile to run his pump, and it worked
fine until the Missouri undermined
the foundation.
One of those wild-and-woolly fel-
lows made gun play in a Minot
barber-shop the other evening.
EARLY in the afternoon he had every
thing BARRIERS can do to one put on
his face and head, and the laxnries
of course came high. Later, after
putting himself outside of a lot Of
booze, it occurred to him that he
had been worked. and he went gun
ming for the tonsorial artist. The
police interfered and no blood was
shed.
Recently, fire broke out in the
rear part of Mrs. Charles Whites
residence, on Mandan avenue, Bis
marck. The department was prompt
| ly on the scene. but about 5000 dam
age was done to the building. The
origin of the fire was a mystery un
| til it was discovered that Charles
\ White, who had recently been di
vorced from Mrs. White, had beer
seen hanging about town. He wa:
placed under arrest on suspicion O
having set the fire.
Bert Murphy. of Denbigh, re
ports to the Promoter newspaper
| a fight between Browns black ca
and a snake. He says his attention
was attracted by the antics of ths
cat, near the back Of the pool hall
and through curiosity he went oul
to investigate. There he found ;
spreading adder TWO feet long, al
coiled ready for spring at the cat
The cat would snap at the snake ant
spring away before the snake coule
| hi, her. When found, his snakeshlI
was almost exhausted.