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

1t is claimed that North Dakota is
infested with more tough negroes
this year than in any former season.
George M. Young of Valley CITY
has detinatly announced himself for
congress, from this (the Second
district.
The Edinburg Tribune denounces
the practice of opening caskets in
church that the company may look
upon the features of the departed
Eight children and eighteen
grandchildren helped Mr.. and Mrs
John Buchanan of Darlington to
celebrate their golden wedding re-
Gently.
Manager A. A. Booth, of the Mes
tor farm, near Valley City, has POO
acres of field corn, and shows sam
pie ears nine to twelve inches long,
plump and juicy.
Pot gangs are to be found around
the outskirts of nearly every town
in the state. Lock up the chicken
coop, load the shotgun, and tie the
dog loose Edgeley Mail.
The Blankenship family at Willis
ton is we'll represented in the United
States Navy. Three brothers have
recently enlisted, and they already
have a brother on the u. S. S. Utah.
A ! to o ball game at Edgeley
recently. broke up in free for all
fight, when the Kuhn third-hasc-
man ran into the catcher in trying
to get home. Edgeley men proved to
be the better fighters.
Former Agent johnson, OF the
Northern Pacific Railway at Grand
Forks, got in bad some time ago
and left suddenly with 81 400 of the
'company's money. Police are on
his trail, but have no trace as vet.
Forty banks were added to the
number in North Dakota during the
past year. Last year the appraise-
ment for taxation of the banks was
S3. $50, ,945. while this year it is S4.-
O39. 9.339, or an increase of S2sS. 1884.
A. the recent meeting of the city
council. at Wahpeton, an order was
issued for all weeds along the side
streets and on vacant lots to be cut
at once. The order includes in
structions to the street commissioner
to cut the weeds on property. il the
owners do not obey the order, and
to assess the property for the cost
of the work.
S. S. Berg, of Kolette, says that
he was lately out to the home of a
farmer who planted some potatoes
on land where there was flax last
year, and with the potatoes a little
flax is growing. The potatoes there
are free from bugs. while near by
the bugs are very destructive. The
farmer believes that the flax land or
the flax among the potatoes, or both,
has kept the bugs away.
Registration for the drawing pre-
paratory to the opening of the Fort
Berthold reservation is we'll under
way. There has not been a crush
at the registration points. as there
has come to be a better understand
ing of the fact that there is no need
for crazy rush to be first or near
the first, and that the chance of the
last person to register is just as
good as that of any other person in
the group.
Considerable barley has been
thrashed in the northeastern part OF
the state, with results that are dis
tinctly gratifying. Some of the
farmers i'm that section. who were
forced to SOW more barley than they
intended because of the scarcity OF
wheat seed, are now overjoyed, fol
the barley crop is proving easily the
most profitable crop of the season
One farmer in the vicinity of Graf
ton netted 81 400 from a sixty-two
acre field Of barley.
HiIlsboro Banner: We North Da
kotans burn our flax straw, but shil
in cordage and linen, burn wheat
rye and oat straw and ship in straw
board; sell hides and ship in leather
sell our grain and ship in cerea
foods; sell immense quantities o,
scrap iron and ship in stoves ant
ranges and other iron products. A
great number of other wastes NIGH
be mentioned, but enough is showr
to point that we need to manufact
ure more articles Of common use
and utility.
st. Paul Dispatch: Prof. d. f
Willard, development agent Of tn,
Northern Pacific, who went to Bel
field, N. d., to investigate crop con
ditions in territory settled by col
ony of hollanders, reports that thu
situation generally in western Nortl
4 Dakota is more encouraging than h,
had been led to believe. He says h,
found that the Dutch farmers, VIII,
plowed their fields last August ant
disked and narrowed immediatel,
afterward, have comparatively ex
cellent crops. He says that flax will
run fifteen bushels to the acre.
The Kenmare journal, comment
ing on the large number of automo
biles in the state says: Unlike som
of our great centers of population
this vast expenditure in North Da
i kota does not mean that homes an
other property have been mortgage
to secure horseless vehicle. Onth
contrary, in almost every instanc
the purchase has been made fror
the thrifty savings of our farmer
and merchants, and simply mean
that our people know good thin
when they see it, and are not s