Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-02-08

these holes are covered with snow
and man or beast is liable to walk
Iinto one Of them and die before he
can be rescued. If you have an
abandoned well. fill it up. cover it or
fence it, or you are liable to get in
to trouble.
Andrew Wenner, near Dickinson.
viii bear for the remainder of his
life sears on his face as souvenirs OF
an eNploson of dynamite which he
was using in blasting rock. and
which he attempted to Dig out with
a plck-aN when it failed to explode
after being ignited Wenner's az
struck the explosive, and IN the en-
plosion his face was badly cut up,
both his upper and lower Jaws being
partially shattered. While one eNe
was dangerously injured
Grand Forks Herald Advocates
of woman's suffrage may Well point
to l9ll as the banner year in The
history of the movement Two I'M
portant states granted complete
franchise rights to women. and the
use they Immediately made of it
gave AN impetus in other states too
great to be estimated. The coming
year promises even more in achieve
ment. The past year has shown
Worldwide activity toward granting
full political rights to women, and
the year 1912 will doubtless see their
enfranchisment in more than one
| foreign country.
| August Onvershet, farmer living
IN Mercer county, has filed com
lplaint claiming that j. G.. Davis.
who was recently pardoneG from th,
| penltentiary for hursc-stealing ob-
tanned property under false PIE
lenses. 1t appears that he represent
ed himself tn be deputy state vet
erlnarlan and examined Onvershet $
stock. claiming that they were
| affected with the mango, and stating
that they would have to hc killed.
but promising to take horse with.
him and cure it if possible. He took
a colt to Glen Ullin, and the COM
lplaint states he later sold il and kept
the money. Davis was arrested
and his bail placed at $500, which
he was unable to obtain. This is
| the third of twenty-three men par
doned at the recent meeting of the
pardon board who have since been IN
trouble with the law.
| Mandan Pioneer: Ever since La
Toilette made the effort to drag old
Senator SaWycr's name in the miro
by accusing Sawyer of trying to
bribe him lLaFollette) to influence
Judge Siebecker, in the treasury
cases. back i'm Wisconsin, twenty
years ago, he has been trying to JUS
| tify his act by repeating over and
over again the story of the attempts
ed bribe. Assuming that the vener-
able senator in his dotage did at
tempt to be relieved of adding to
100000 he had already paid as
bondsmen for the defaulting state
treasurers, it i'll became STRIPPING
Hike i-aFollette to seek to defame a
man of SaWyers years, one who for
a generation had been the good
angel Of the party Instead of de
clining the senator offer and saving
his good name. LalSollette showed
the caliber of his personality by
making political capital for himself
out of the incident This is The type
of man who offers himself as a can
didate for the presidency.
Bismarck Tribune The Tribune
has received an anonymous commu-
nication from Ashley. giving an ac-
count of the mysterious death of A.
j. Nelson, of that town. Nelson
was about eighty years of age. and
for the past year county charge
When Judge Allen was at Ashley
last fall he INSTRUCTED the county
commissioners ~ send the man to
some poor-house, but the letter say
Nelson did not want to 20 and that
his case was neglected. A short
time ago he was found dead. so the
story goes, near the house whore he
|Iived alone. Two strange marks
were found onhis face, and it looked
as though he had been struck with
some dull instrument. According
to the story, he had evidently been
dragged from the house, and he was
found with his shirt.sleeVes rolled
up and was lying Hat on his back.
with his arms outstretched. 1t IS
also said that he was buried without
a coroner's inquest heing held
Notice to Creditors
In VI. Matter ~ ~ l.-iii' oi i"iRtfe
Weber. deceased.
Notlc. Is hereby given ~ 7 ise ande fsi-ii@a,
Joseph W.iber, adrAiiiisifatof q ~. .>tats,
~ Johannes A. Weber, al. NJ tiie Wing. af