Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-05

Mrs. Fred Bertrand, of James.
town. Worthy Matron of the O. f
IS, was unable to be present at
Chapter meeting Wednesday night
on account of having been called
east by the illness OF her father
Ladies, don't forget where to get
your corsets We have a full line
of them all Of the time. Prices from
% cents to $3.50 We order large
sizes and any garment the price of
which would be over $3.50 The
Ladies Store. ljy27-tf,
The father of W. III. Ross. resid-
ing ten miles northwest of Linton
arrived in Linton to-day by Milwau
kee train and was met here by his SON.
His home is in kingsbury county.
IS. o., and he is out on a visit 10 the
family of his son. Comrade Ross
has good record as a Union civil
war soldier He was in his first en-,
listment Orderly Sergeant (now
called First Sergeant of Company
&c" of the l32d Pennsylvania, and
afterward re-enlisted in the llth
PENNSYLVANIA Cavalry and was made
Quartermaster Sergeant of there's
ment.
Elmer Hardy, sailor boy on the
United States man of war New
Hampshire. and who formerly re-
sided in Emmons county, writes as
follows to the Record 81 received
a copy of the Record to-day in
which was mentioned pamphlet
of your publication on Emmons
county. Will you please send me
a copy of it, The more | see of
other countries and places, the more.
think of Emmons county, and | in
tend to go back to Linton again
when my enlistment expires. A la
boring man is up against a hard
proposition in the east and south
east. think the navy is about as
good an employment as can be
found here. Since last wrote you
this ship has been to Europe twice
and visited Denmark, Sweden, Rus
STA and Germany on one cruise. The
other was to England and France.
We start for South America and the
West Indies in about ten days.
The bootleggers provided in every
community under our beautiful pro-
hibition law have robbed us of part
of our help this week. AS it is, we
do not get out until Saturday. For
this reason there can be no detailed
write-up of the trip to Bismarck
last Monday. Emmons County Day
except to say that there was a crowd
of between six and seven hundred
Emmons county people there; that
so cents each was charged them for
admission, including newspaper
men who had given columns of free
advertising to the show; that the
address of President Worst was, as
usual. practical and to the point
that the Exposition is tirst-class in
every way. that the Northern Pa
ciic-the same old bunch of robbers
that held up Emmons county in the
early days for about eighteen thou
sand dollars of taxes. and that re-
i fused last winter to allow the CON
ductor of the Linton train to haul
his passengers to Bismarck from Me
kenzie when the connecting train
was seven hours late and the engine
had to go to the Capital City for
water this same old brigand cor
poration had promised reduced
rate of one and a third fare. but
played a confidence game on its pa
irons and charged them the full
rate, the agent in Bismarck giving
each of the passengers piece of pa
per with hieroglyphics that made it
look like Chinese laundry ticket
However, this last deal is so damn
ably rank that it is predicted that
the N. p company will sooner Oh
later return the money they have
obtained nnder false pretenses. lr
the mean time, the people of Linton
and vicinity should not forget tina,
there is a competing railroad at Lin
ton. Barring this fly in the omit
ment, the hold-up by the Northern
Pacific. the day was thoroughly en-
joyed by all, although the ride go
ing and coming was extremely tedl
Gus five mortal hours being taker
: each way to haul the train sixty ode
/, miles. Such dirty deals as the N. Z
continuously gives the people aof s
its lines are responsible for mucf
5 of the ill-feeling that prevails il
e this state against railroads gene
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