Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-08-17
THE STATE.

AROUND THE STATE.
The railroads arr s,ll leae,ns sse
lgnl.eco rates
The Medina creamery ;ald the
farmers oyel sei'N during the
month Il lGv
sAunss kii.ed about leo chickens
fes ] J CicAey sh, celebrated
hunter of Dawson
With the me crops IN Eddy coun.
ty, the New Rockford Transcript in
slsts on harvest festival
Commissioner Gilbreath 5 idea Of a
state industrial show al Bismarck
seems to meet with great favor
\ few days ago Collier was laud
ing Senator Gronna TO the skies. Re
Gently it turnea.its venom on him
George Ware, OF klddei county,
was killed BY clevis from broken
lslngletree flying through the air and
striking him in the back IL the
head.
! The Beach Chronicle says few
things to the business men who per
mltted themselves to be bunked by
a travelling solicitor for printing
house.
The MohaIl News wants the busi-
ness men Of that town TO rent a
| quarter section Of land and hire a
dry farm expert to work ii as an
object lesson
! At the laying Of the cornerstone
of an addition TO the court house at
Schafer one man wanted q put IN
his check for the amount Of the
coins
| The DEVILS Lake Journal boosts
Judge Cowan for the supreme court.
Editor Bloom was one Of the men
who tried TO get Cowan out of the
district court by lmpeachment.
Failing in that. he may think the
suprem-ecourt route the next best
method Forum
Rolla Star ssevera. tlocks of Wild
geese have recently been seen lying
south This is a portent of evil To
the Turtle mountain indians. and
may mean anything from an early
winter TO the end Of the world This
southern flight Of geese in July is,
to say the least Il very rare occur
renee and keeps Us all guessing
Two prairie fires originating from
pieces Of broken glass. through
which the suns rays were conferred,
did much damage in kidder
county, recently One burned over
q wide area. Fred Lewis. one Of the
fire fighters, was overcome by
smoke. but has recovered AT Ster-
ling bad fire occurred, destroying
a great deal of hay. A barn be
longing to Mrs. George Brittin was
burned. The rains put out the
fires
The opinion is quite general in
Rolette county that the crops have
been injured more by the gophers
this year than by the drought. OF
course. in a dry season the pests
breed faster and destroy more grain
for the sap in the straw so that
drought is indirectly responsible for
the loss by gophers But the de-
struction 10 growing grain ot all
kinds by these tlickertails is enor-
NOUS tins year. and the sentiment
is unanimous that a ylgorous plan of
determination laust be ceaselessls
maintained against these industrl-
GUS destroyers
After twenty one years Of state
hood, says the Forum, North Dako-
ia may surely bc excused for exilih-
iting a little prideful feeling when
she takes stock of herself and notes
the many things which have been
accomplished in that comparatively
short time. The federal census has
informed the world Of the rapidity
\ with which our vacant places are
4 being filled up, and how fast our
population is reaching out toward
| the million mark Population, how
ever, without something to do with.
1 does not accomplish very much. and
indeed. when accompanied by pow
|erty, becomes a positive menace.
Here again North Dakota shows
| we'll to the front as the following
items picked up at random from a
mass Of other census statistics will
| demonstrate. Based upon very
conservative estimate Of the actual
value Of assessed property. as
| equalized by the 1910 state board Of
! equalization, the per capita wealth
| of our people reaches the very COM
| Portable figure Of Sl,93l, for every
4 ST here IS q state or national
ba /. while. if our citizens are real
| neighborly and ready to share the
/ good things Of this life with their
4 less fortunate brethren and sisters,
an automobile is ready for the ser
| vice of every o2 men, women and
children. Under these circum.
| stances. it should not be very diff.
cult to borrow money or indulge in
a JOY ride in North Dakota, even if
you do not happen to be one of those
4 who do not size up to the general
| average so far us per capita wealth
is concerned
| III 1epIs .n@ 70 some one who told
him he had snap, the editor Of
j the Bottineau Courant says The
snap consists in working more
Ihoufs the day than any other mar
in town. doing more unpaid public