Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-08-24
HAZELTON HAPPENINGS.

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Miss HortenSe kalbcrer returned
last week from Valley City, where
she spent a month attending summer
school,
Harvest will be about finished tins
week. with the exception of tiax and
corn. both of which are giving prom
Use of good crop
Mrs. Thorn. of l,lidden. Iowa. is
here for two-wceks' visit with the
family of Rev j w Cabbage. a few
miles west of town.
Mrs. Belle Colburn. who has been.
visiting relatives in this city for the
past three weeks, returned Tuesday
to her home at Superior. Wis.
f. l.. Wernli is engaged in decor
ating and repairing the school-housc
at old Wiliamsport, hut expects To
be done with the job this week
The local creamery won third
prize on butter at the state fair at
Fargo, this month, which speaks
we'll for the local institution and
Butter-maker Jensen.
p. H. Watts left yesterday morn
ing for an extended trip To Fargo
During his absence Mrs. Watts will
visit with her daughter. Mrs. Wcs-
ley Baker, Jr., of the river country
Mrs. j. L. Roop is reported To he
getting along nicely at a Bismarck
hospital, and. if no complications set
in. it is expected she wl|! be able to
return home in the course Of a
couple of weeks
Little Miss Alice Graham enter
tanned number Of her young
friends Tuesday afternoon i'm honor
of her birthday. Games were
played and the little folks spent a
happy afternoon
Mrs. Ed. Easton, who has been i'll
at Bismarck hospital for some
time, and who underwent a serious
operation, returned to her home at
Glencoe, Saturday, where she is re-
ported as getting along finely.
Many of the sportsmcn of this vi
cinity are counting the days before
the hunting season opens, which is
the seventh of September. Prairie
chickens are said to be quite plenti-
full this year. and ducks are here in
great abundance.
Ben Haggard, Chas. Coventry.
Fred Petrie, and that Emmons coun-
ty old-timer. John McCrory. were
up from the county seat yesterday
Afternoon. Mr.. McCrory is heavily
interested in Ilazclton, being "a
stockholder i'm the Bank of Hazel
ton, besides other property holdings.
The facts are that in the extreme
south end of this county crops we're
pretty badly burned, hat farther
north they begin To get better. and
in the north half there are but few
acres that will not he cut. while
most of it will yield from five to tif
teen bushels per acre. Flax in many
parts will be twelve bushcl crop,
unless early frosts come, and pota-
/ toes are doing fine No hay famine
this year, and lots of hay to sell
to outsiders. No, indeed, Ismmons
county is not suffering failure
| this year, by any means.
1 Norman Roop, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Frederick, Miss Hazel Roop and
| Mrs. G. A. I-enhart motored to Bis
marck Sunday. The trip both ways
was made under rather provoking
circumstances Several punctures
and blow outs caused the party to be
delayed on the up trip, and. start
ling home from Bismarck at $50
that evening, the tire question
again was the foremost featurcof the
trip. They got as far as AppIccreck
when another puncturc delayed them
until approaching storm seemed
to get uncomfortably near, and it
was decided to camp for the night.
The ladies of the party found ac-
commodations in Apple creek sec
tion-housc; or, at least. there was one
bed on which they managed to find
. room to sleep ny lying crosswise.
The boys busted themselves at re-
pair work until 3 a. M, when they
curled up in the machine for an
hours sleep The party arrived
home Monday noon.