Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-02-22
AROUND THE STATE.

Forum Every dollar spent at
home not only helps to build Your
home town. but the state as well.
Editor Mct,ahan, of Minot. insists
that Ward county has spent more
than million dollars prosecuting
violations Of the prohibition law.
The Importance of the silo in Sc
curing better farming in North
Dakota is being emphasized at ag-
rleultural meetings held in every
section of the state.
Devils Lake, Feb. Ii. In the dis
trlct court here Al Ray. a farmer.
was convicted of petit larceny The
CRIME set up was that of taking his
oWnpig fruma neighbor pen, with
out lrSt having paid the damages
held against it No sooner had the
verdict been read than Ray $ attor-
ney moved for IA new trial. serving
notice at the same time of an appeal
To the supreme court
Devils Lake. Feb. l6. As the re-
suit OF a Vicious prank, C. U. Rich
mond, one of the most popular en-
glneers running out of Devils axe,
mad narrow escape from death.
while at the throttle i'm a cab .yester-
day. a rock was hurled into the cab
AT York, striking the engineer on
the head. He was rendered uncon
sclous. The tram was pulled on IA
siding and held two hours and
twenty minutes until he recovered,
after which he hauled the freight
Into Devils Lake. He is now re-
ported little the worse for the acci-
dent.
Cando Herald. One of our local
merchants was telling us this week
receiving letter from Il man out
west, who was a former resident of
sando, and who owed AN account at
the merchant $ store which he frank
| ~ confessed he never intended to
| nav HE said, however that religion
had gotten "a hold ON him and he
wished now to pay up. The account
was sent at once If religion works
| that way with new converts. what is
the matter with a newspaper start
| ing revival among its delinquent
suscribers3
+. Smith h-Petersen, (Progressive).
of Park River. Walsh county: Nov.
let us try to analyze the situation,
and see what there is in it, That
Latolette some day will be presi-
dent of the United States fully be-
lleve and most sincerely hope. but |
am as fully convinced that his 1912
boom has collapsed for good and will
stay thus. This is freely admitted
by some of his most intimate follow
ers. Why doesn't he withdraw? Ii
Lafollette were permitted to follow
his own inclination, believe he
would do SO at once. But he must
remember in all states where his
boom has assumed proportions
worthy of mention, which includes
North Dakota, there are hitched to
the .aE'ollette chariot a long string
of little wagons, carts, wheelbarroWs
and other vehicles. conveying the
boomlets of Tom, Dick and Harry
|! for some state office If lAaI'ollette
would say Stop these wagons,
carts. wheelbarroWs and other We
hicles would very soon lose their
momentum. and their power of loco
motion would be greatly diminished.
The drivers of these little convey
ances will not permit I.al'ollette to
Iquit, and therefore La Toilette must
be forced to remain in "A hopeless
race, even though by so doing the
|chances of l'aft's nomination are
greatly increased That is now the
|situation in North Dakota. and the
orthodox insurgent" newspapers
are booming La Toilette as loud as
lever, though they must know that
he is practically not in the race 1T
4 is done to promote the candidacy of
j the bunch who have clamored loud
for La Toilette in the hopes that by
sodoing they may land their covet-
j ed places. :
1 Grand Forks. Feb. IS. The or
ganization of many new commercial
clubs, together with the reorgani-
zation Of several which had been
4 moribund. indicates a live interest
4 in the work of such associations in
North Dakota cities. The result
/ has been achieved over the state by
1 the Northwestern Development
League and similar organizations.
| AT Deering one of the new clubs has
been launched with a membershipof
about fifty. Fred Roble is president;
X. II Bowman, vice president; y.
i ID. leGrange, secretary, Fred l..
Allen, treasurer. The Lankin club
has elected new officers for the year.
III. N. johnson, president. A. Wam-
s|ber, secretary, Chas. 1aber. treasur
er. The club has moved into new
quarters. A H. Simmons is the new
i |president of the jamestown Com
mercial club. lhe other officer are:
/ Vice president, Ben Orlady, sccre-
tary, c. f. Rathman, treasurer. w.
4 kavanaugh l.armore, too. has
elected new club officials for the
year. O. II. Phillips is president.
4 a. r. Rowe, vice president, j. De.-
ter Pierce, secretary; A +. Lord,
i treasurer. The clubs work the COM
4 ing year will be largely IN connec-
i tion with the betterfarming move
j ment. Isrinsnadc S new club has
perfected the work Of organization.
Il Z. Beissbarth IS president, A. j.
4 Planting, vice president; Thomas
I, Ore, secretary; II l.. Puhler, treas
urer. Brantford. one Of the new
towns on the Great Northern, has
organized club f. D. Burns is
president, W. W. pates and John