Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-09-07
AROUND THE STATE

Near Nelva q man was arrested
With dog, 4 gun and fourteen de
funct prairie-chickens.
Down in Richland county people
continue to be bitten by mad dogs.
or dogs suspected of being mad.
The country banker Will do well
TO keep guard of his premises these
nights, for the yegg is abroad in the
land.
\ l.itchville man asserts that he
dug lo7 potatoes from one hill.
Size of the hill and of the potatoes
not stated
Farmers in Isichland and Ransom
counties have about ten times as
much corn growing this year ~
ever before.
An Underwood man sold his field
of harley for S2-5 an acre. standing
and the purchaser considers he has
a pretty good bargain at that.
Game wardens around Washburt
have their hands full with reports
Of illegal prairie-chicken hunting
which are coming in from all direc
tions.
A patient who had escaped from
the Fergus Fails insane asylum
hanged himself in cell in the Wah
petnn Jail, whore he had been place,
for safe keeping
Manager A. A. Booth, of the Mes
tor farm, near Valley City, has 2o'
acres Of fine field corn, and show!
sample cars nine to twelve niche
long, plump and juicy.
The Granville authorities vii
post notices at the city limits, ON al
roads leading into the city, warning
automobile drivers against speeding
and let the scorchcrs beware.
Editor Crary, of the Edmore Her
aid, insists on Colonel Bloom. OF TIN
/ Devils Lake journal. naming SOM
of the men he charges with BENG a
the head of a booze ring in RAMSEY
county.
Petitions are said to be in clrcula
tion asking the county commission
ers to submit the matter OF remova
of the county seat from Wahpeto1
to Mooretown at the next genera
election
During a Barnes county wind
| storm. some shocks of wheat on on
i mans farm were blown over to tina
of another. The people are now en-
i deavoring tofigure out to whom tn
wheat belongs.
/ Last Thursday, f. III. Young
mason, working on the new city hal
at Bismarck. fell from an open win
dow on the second floor and hrok'
his back. He is still alive, but IN
chances for recovery are slight.
An odd stunt was performed b.
the wind at Bowdon, the othe
night, when it tore the top oft aboN
car i'm which several men were
sleeping. The car was not move'
and the men were not injured.
A binder owned by the Acme
Harvesting Machinery Compan,
started the year with the harvest N
Texas and has followed it north un
till it is now being operated ON tn
| Mc(,innis farm near Jamestown.
Thrashers must clean their ma
chimes of weed seed before moving
from one farm to another, or they
!
are liable to fine of $40 to 500. o
three to ten days in Jail, or both, &C
cordlng to a new law intended t
limit the spreading of weeds.
Mamie Bergman, a girl of tifteer
years. was abducted from Wahpetol
and was found in roomlng- nous
in sc Paul She was brought hom'
by Sheriff Moody last week. !
is thought she was taken with Tho
intention of selling her as a whit.
slave
/ Mckenzie Gazette Governo
1. Rulke is undoubtedly losing faltl
i'm that vice-presidential boom Joke
as ii is announced that he is serious
4 " considering the fourth term idea
And he will find that there will b
some Joke to the fourth term if h
tries it.
4 son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hovcrson
Of Isalrmount, fell off Of the tende
4 Of a thras Ing rig while il was mos
ing and the wheels passed over hi
head. killing him instantly. The lit
tie fellow was seven years old. Non
Of the men on the rig noticed tn
hos fall.
4 The apple crop in Richland coun
ty is a good one this year, says III
Hankinsnn News, and the trees j.