Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-03-28
AROUND THE STATE.

~ A-.H.hoAS SouttN SeeIliS 70 lt
growing
In most sections of the state plans
are. being made tor increased potato
acreage this year.
immigration into the state has
begun. many papers reporting the ar
rival of new settlers.
The commissioners of several
counties have decided to pay bounty
for gophers this spring.
Some of the papers Of the state
suggests that Professor ladd be
appointed in Dr. Wiley 5 place.
a thirteen-year-old Grand Forks
boy was arrested on charge OF OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
The Finley Beacon enters a protest
against members of one party voting
IN the primaries for candidates Of
another party.
Editor Goddard, of the Ellendale
Leader. sees the Republican nomlna-
ton going to Taft and predicts he
will be elected
The Oakes journal thinks it would
be great if a fellow could run a
newspaper and tell things, like jim
Jam Gems does
A man near Ellendale is proud of
a thoroughbred porker of the female
persuasion. Her last contribution
was nineteen pigs
The commercial club of Rrinsmade
gave feed and a smoker to the res
idents of that village and the sur
rounding country.
At meeting in Logan county.
where there We're siNty-three men,
there was straw vote ON Governor
Hanna got 36, Buchanan -, He'll
strom 6 and Jones 4.
At Bottineau it is reported fam
| lily contracted scarlet-fever from a
letter written from a home where
the disease was prevailing
| The Minot Democrat thinks the
Taft followers should have made a
fight, and that they could have licked
both LaFollette and Roosevelt.
There is rumpus at Mandan be-
cause some one wants to name new
school building after Jimmy Foley,
instead of after some local celebrity
\ A furnace at Souris gave consider
able trouble, and an investigation
revealed the fact that a prairie
chicken had committed suicide in the
chimney.
A prowler has been soaring the
women of Leeds by peeking in the
windows after dark, and the News
wants the town marshal to become
more active.
There seems to be considerable in
terest already taken in the poultry
and kennel show Commissioner Gill
breath will arrange for the exposl-
tion next fall.
The Democratic Cooperstown SEN
tinel says the Democratic apathy at
the recent primaries was due to the
manner in which the name of Wood
row Wilson was kept off the ballot
by Gov. Burke.
Since the courts have decided that
damages can be recovered for
teams being frightened by vicious
barking dogs, many people are dis
couraging their CANNES in efforts to
chase teams a half-mile or so.
Forum: About one-third of the
Democratic voters of the state voted
their ticket. The other 10000 are
supposed to have voted for LaF OIL
lette. LaFollette's lead was about
10000. Can you guess the rest
Forum: Now that the election is
over, there will be just time to clean
up the seed grain. put the harrows
and drills in condition, fix up the
harness. and do a few odd jobs of that
sort before seeding-time is here. No
matter who is nominated or elected,
| the world must keep moving along.
| At Lisbon there is a debating So
ciety. 1t held meetings in the court
house. Recently it decided to debate
on the question Of electing county
officers for four years and not per-
mittlng them to he eligible for sec
ond terms. 1t is said some of the
officials got sore and didn't want the
society to use the court house for the
| discussion.
The seed-grain law is to be tested
in Burke county A Bowbells dis
patch says: The question arose
when III. f. Peck, president of the
State Loan Company of kenmare
came to Bowbells to pay the taxes
on tract Of land on which his com
pany held a mortgage. The treasur-
er would not give him receipt in
| full for all the taxes ON the land un-
til he had paid the seed lien contract
ed by the owner. Mr.. Peck tender
ed the treasurer the amount of the
taxes, exclusive Of the amount of the
lien. and stated that he would posi-
lively refuse to paw the lien until
the seed-grain law was declared con-
stitutional by the supreme court.
Mr.. Peck held that his mortgage
was a prior lien on the land; that
| his claim must be satisfied first. and
that the county had lien on the
crop only. The commissioners in
structed the states attorney to write
to the attorney general in regard II
the matter, and, if he held that the
llaW was unconstitutional, it is very
likely that the comm issioners will
not furnish seed grain to the farm
ers. MIR. Peck stated that, if the
attorney general decided the law to
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