Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-11-16

i told not to repeat the otfcnSa or they
might be more severely dealt with
| by the state department.
On October 81 the hunting season
tor snlpe, ploNer and grouse closed
The season fer Wild duck aud crane
closes on the night of Nov. | The
season for Wild geese or hrant Of
any variety closes on the 10th day
OF May, 1t is unlawful to disturb
geese OF other game birds resting
on ponds or lakes within the state !.
| II is unlawful TO shoot geese at any
time ol day or night within "A half
mlle oi amy Of the permanent Waters
of the state This law was changed
| By the last legislature. he purpose
beng 10 prevent if possible large
numbers of hunters from shooting
these birds III the night time.
Forum la Fargo. as well as other
CITIES OF the country complaints are
made that bridge has become too
tame for the ladies. and that poker
Is noW Il popNlal game With the fair
er sex. 1t is reported there arc a
| ieW IN Fargo whocan iplull On a PAIR
of dcuces. or stand pat an 4 buhtall
L In ,l,'5 4
| reports OF the entry ol' the women
INTO the realm OF poker ale true, ii
indicates that women by degrees are
usnrping all the prerogatives of
men They are certainly entitled 10
the right of suffrage. Perhaps if
| they take an active part in politics
they Will become SO busy they won't
have time To crowd the men out of
more places Rah for the dear
women
AS C. G Miller was driving 10
Sheldon from his home. two miles
north, he found IA small bag contain
ling 2O, counterfeit quarters ON the
roadside mean the I K McialIanc
farm Since then ii has been lcained
that some of the counterfeit com
had been passed al several Of the
business place; IN that town during
| last week but no one remembers
from whom they got ii All this
season nf he year the northwest is
overrtn with bad characters of all
kinds, and ii is the general belief
there that the money discovered
was being worked off 10y some mem
Der of cnunterteitng gang, who
visited that locallty. and that he
either lost the goods or became
scared for some reason on ether and
dropped the stun
Dakota Democrat Why are the
express companies IS a current
topic for discussion over the colin-
try They are positive hin,lranccs
and obstacles to the husinoss of the
l8country The average charge for
scasrying ton of express m Argen-
Istina is s';&5l, and for the countries
|sol Europe v II, while here it is
S.ll ~ Ihc lurelgliorS paw !ive times
as much for n ton Of express aS "a ton
lof freight Here the express COM
Ipanlcs charge sixteen times as much.
of course these charges simply pro.
hil,lt fully half of the traffic Of the
| United States Oui average IS less
than one hundred pounds per capita.
while that of the other countries is
| over two hundred pounds. although
| we have far greater demand for
I.qtlis.k transportation Oh account Of
the long distance and dnlurccxtcnsive
business.
| Leonard journal To have an arm
| literally cheMed INTO pieces IN the
1 cvclinder of com shredder was the
1 fate OF John Hoffman, a farm labor
| er, while working fel Robert l'fcr.
4 The accident pccllsfed Tuesday
1 morning While Nh Hoffman Was
/ operating "A corn breeder belong
| ing to Robert l'fer AZ The David
Callaghan farm, nolth If Sheldon.
| Just how the accident happened is
not known. Mr. Hoffman wa
1 feeding the machine when IN some
manner his left arm was caught and
| drawn INTO the shredder one If
Maurice RIFE boy Hltnes "a the ac-
cidenr and immediately slgnaled
the engineer u stop tile engine, but
lin the meantime the victim s arm had
been drawn clear into the cylinder
! of the machine Whom the nachln-
ery stopped il was iganf that Mr..
A Hoffman ) arm Vas literally che we'd
Iosi just beloA the cl9oa, and IN esa:-
Treating hlla the remnant, Of hrs
hand and forearm sser'- sil IN he
y, ,,,,I, d., ff'tt. t,3lfIy,J nun Ii.-