Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-12-05
From the Record of December 8

In Town and Out.
Mrs. Lizzie Taipe returned Tues
day from her visit to Sterling.
Mr.. Bumstead was a sojourner at
the county seat Wednesday night.
Frank Hart came down Tuesday
from Bismarck, with Matt. Lockton.
Mrs. j. u. Brock departed Monday
for a prolonged visit with relatives
in the east.
Fred Cotton and Billy Baxter
leave next week for the east Fred
to Iowa and Billy to Ohio.
Merchant John Pekelder and Mr..
Arend Hasper, two wel-known citi-
zens of Baker township, were
guests at the Emmons House
Wednesday night.
Indications point to a most enjoy
able party tonight at the school,
house. Frank Smith and Charlie
KiIbournwiIl furnish the music.
Landlord Bottomley's feedmill
has arrived The new building he
had erected for it proved to be too
small and he is having a larger one
put up.
The weather during the past
week has been mild and pleasant
Saturday last there was fall of
snow. but not enough for sleighiDg.
The snow was thawing yesterday.
Miss Edna r. Common arrived safe
ly at the home of her parents in
New Hampshire. She left Bis
marck an Friday evening and
reached her destination on the fol-
lowing Tuesday On Thanksgiving
Day Miss Conner was one of party
of twenty-five that gathered under
the roof of the old homestead.
Philip Alexander met with a
piece of bad luck in his final-proof
matter. Although an old Union
soldier, he had not taken out his
final naturalization papers. Judge
Francis being absent from Bismarck,
Phillip could not procure the neces-
sary papers, and was compelled to
return home and make new publlca-
ton
Commissioner w. l.. Yeater, of
Emmons county, arrived in the city
yesterday. and started his son for
his old Ohio home. He will remain
in the city to-day to sniff the balm
of the Indian summer. Bismarck
Tribune. CHE son" above re-
fcrred to was William Andrew
jackson. who has been county
charge for some time, and who was
sent to his grandmother at Moline.
III. The commissioner has quite q
goodly number of boys and girls,
too of his own, without being held
responsible for other peoples olive
branches.
1t looks very much as though this
is Emmons county's last year as a
pioneer county. Iron on the A.. b.
4 N. w. (now the .Soo'') will be
laid early next spring. 1t is certain,
also, that the Milwaukee has started
for somewhere and will not stop at
nowhere. y In other words, Bis
marck and not Eureka is probably
us uyJtCllNe pulHt. ~ also appears
from the thorough survey made last
year. and from the course the road
is taking in Central Dakota, that the
popular Minneapolis 4 Pacific will
eventually build down the Beaver
and cross the river at Emmonsburg.
or defect into the Horsehead Valley,
and cross at Gayton's landing. With
even one railroad through the
county, stream of land-hunters
will flow out from every station and
free farming and pasture land will
soon be a thing of the past. 1t be-
hooves those who want to get farms
for nothing and are near railroad
Ito reach here no later than the hrst
Of next June.
Livona Correspondence.
All quiet on the river.
Mrs. w. J. kelly's three-months'
term of school is nearly finished.
The freighters are at work again.
Six or eigth teams are hauling he
tween Bismarck and Yates.
Sheriff Wade passed through here
the other day With "a bunch of cattle