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

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OF fifty. Good for putting on shelves
and under carpets.
The band boys Will give their
dance in the opera-house this even
my and all advance signs point ia a
successful affair. A number of na-
zelton young people have announced
their intention Of being present, and
much interest is being eNlnced here
a90uts.
Have you seen those neat little
picture novelties made hy bon IRA
cy that everybody is talking about
II Nou haven't YOU should step IN
70 the photograph gallery when vou
are Uptown and LEI Don show them
TO you. Just the ting for an East
er greeting.
Warren Mandigo, who has lived
nearly all his life in the Rraddock
nelghborhood, was down from his
place Monday to attend TO some
business matters. He made the
round trip on horseback, leaving
Linton on the return trip about :
o clock at night.
Commissioner Jakob Fischer was
IN Linton the last of the week, on
his way home to Strasburg after a
week at Fargo attending the meet
ing of the state ASSOCIATION of
county commissioners. Commission.
err Hansen, of Emmons county. " as
also in attendance.
!. /. CLANCY, of the Marie neigh
borhood, has returned from a SIX
weeks visit to the kalispel. Mont.
country, where he has sister living.
He says that the weather out there
was a little more moderate than re-
ports seemed to indicate it was here
during his absence.
Has any one travelling between
Fort Yates and the Little Beaver
seen anything of a round-cover affair
about sixteen inches in diameter,
with handles on the side to be used
in turning it, Iii 50, | should be
glad to hear of it, for the said cover
belongs to my large oil-tank. and is
valuable to me only. VIM. Pagel.
= c. and Cornelius Van soest, of
the strasburg country, were Linton
visitors Thursday of last week. They
report that their father. NJ. Van
Soest, one of the old residents of the
county, is now carrying on some ex-
detrimental work with winter rye.
He put in fifteen acres last fall, and
1t shows great promise at the pres
ent writing.
The Record learns that day before
yesterday was the fortieth annivers-
AIRY of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. y. Groen, of the Hull neighbor-
hood, and that their nine children
and families assembled at the old
home to do honor to the long period
of married life of their parents. Mr..
Groen met his wife, formerly Miss
W. Roos, at Ackley, Iowa, and they
moved to Hull in 1856. They are
prospecting, although in 1891 they
had all of their property destroyed
BY a big prairie fire that swept
through the south half of the county.
During the year 1911 fees.collected
i'm the office of the Register of Deeds
We're $4,000. 45 AMI during the year
1910 the fees collected were s4,ls7.
On account of change in the law,
the fees on same Instruments i'm the
year 1911 were not so large as the
previous year. Had there been no
change in the law, there would have
been Sll6.SO additional fees collect
ed, which would have made approx
mately the same amount as in 1910.
During the year 1911 there was paid
out for clerk hire in the office the
sum of $500, while for the year 1910
the clerk hire amounted to Sllsl 80.
Adv
The largest crowd this year at
tended the moving picture show at
the opera house last Saturday night.
As a special attraction, Manager
Turner had secured the film show
ing the havoc caused by the break
ing Of the Austin, Pa, dam on Sep
TENDER 80, 1911 Searching the ru-
ms for bodies. the destruction Of
the great BayIess pulp and paper
mills, the two telephone operators
who warned hundreds of the APP
preaching danger and the remains
Of the great dam We're some of the
views which were thrown on the
screen. The other picture for the
Ievening told a story of love, jeal-
lso,lsy and death in the south during
the civil war Two suitors for a
young lady's hand are in opposing
armies. The favored one is cap
tured by his rival and later rescued
by the girl. who loses her life in the
attempt. The rivals shake hands i'm
the presence of the dying girl.
After suffering less than a day,
Hiram b. Pettis. father of Mrs b..
ID. Eogle and Osmer Pettis of Lin
ton, died Monday morning at the
Ihome of the latter eight miles north
west of Linton. from paralysis of the
!, brain. Mr.. Pettis was sitting In a
chair. Sunday afternoon, holding his
grand daughter. little Ethel l'ettis.
in his lap, when. without warning,
he fell from his chair. unconscious.
Early Monday he recovered con-
seiousness, but died short time la
ter. Mr.. PettiS was born October
G6. 1919, in Tompklns county, New
York, and leaves the following sons
lana a daughter To mourn his less:
t)Slner and George Pettis. of Linton,
! Addison and Raw Pettls. of Madison,