Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-11-14


year. but it means work, work, and
then work.
Some North Dakota farmers are
planting plum trees for hedges.
They are said to make ideal hedges
and at the same time they bear
fruit.
The voters seem to have shown
good judgement in their
vote on supreme-court justice. not
withstanding the specious appeals
made to them.
Over in Logan county Attorney
Mckenna was elected as an indie
pendent for states attorney over
Atkins, the regular Republican NOM
inee. by large majority. The fight
was bitter one.
An imbecile brother set fire to
the garments Of his little two-year-
old sister at Leipsig. who died in q
few minutes from the burns. The
half-witted lad will be sent to the
feeble-minded institute at Grafton.
A lot of grain in shock is under
the snow in the far southwestern
part of the state, and the season is
so far advanced that all hope OF
thrashing it before spring has been
Abandoned. This will mean serious
loss to a great many farmers.
The Republican split in North
Dakota and the rest of the country
made things easy for Wilson. In
very few states did Vision have
more votes than the totals Of Taft
and Roosevelt. That indicates what
a divided house will do to itself.
Grand Forks Herald: Steel pas
senger. mail, baggage and express
cars prevent lot Of fatalities in
wrecks. There are some old wood
en- cars running on the branch lines
in North Dakota that would crush
like matchbox should there be q
head.on collision.
Bismarck Tribune: The North
Dakota islature should this winter
revise the election laws, providing,
among other things, for the printing
of the ballots in pamphlet form,
suitably arranged. The present
ballot is monstrosity. especially
when it is to be marked on 4xs
shelf while the voter holds two
special ballots in his teeth.
Dickinson. Nov. 8. Miss Hattie
Bedford. a school-teacher in the dis
trict about seven miles north Of Bel
field, was lost in a snow-storm near
her school. Later her lifeless body
was found in a frozen heap halt
mile south Of the Rogan home and
taken to Belfield in charge of I'm.
dertaker Bishop. Miss Bedford had
left the school-house where she was
teaching at the regular time and
started to walk to her boarding
house at Mr.. Norton's, about two
and half miles away. Snow had
fallen all day and was accompanied
by quite high wind. Apparently
the young lady had miscalculated
directions and wandered around in
the binding snow and sat down ia
rest, when she was overcome by the
cold and persisted.
Every citizen of the state will de.
plore the lynching at Steele-re.
CARELESS of the brutality of the
crime committed by the victim.
There is no excuse for lynching-
except possibly in instances Of
brutal and vicious criminal assaults
on women. The lynching at Steele
is All evidence of lawlessness that il
regrettable and that will give the
state a reputation that will be
harmful. 1t is not indicative OF
public sentiment in North Dakota
or of the sentiment that has
existed for many years. But. how.
ever wrong the mob violence al
Steele, it isnot entirely unexpected
1t was begotten by the almost crimi.
nal abuse of the pardon system b,
the state board. When the state
board of pardons granted. clemenc,
in blocks and chunks to criminals Of
all kinds. the Forum called atten
ton to the fact that such actions b,
the board would result in lawless
ness that the people despairinf
of adequate punishment of crimi
mails would take the law into theil
own hands. The lynchinq at Steel,
is the echo of the work of the state
board Of pardons. When bruta
murderers like Joe Remington ar,
set free. why be shocked at lynch
ings like the event at Steele? Farg,
Forum.
Rolette. N. d., Nov. "a bolt
and highly successful noldup wa
pulled off in the billiard hall in thi
village between s and 9 in the even
ing, in which several so-called Tin
horns" and two or three resident
of Rolette Of more or less promi
hence are reported to be consider
ably interested. Two young men
mere boys. it is said. arrived her,