Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-02-15
IN PIONEER DAYS

Twenty-Five years ago the people
of Emmons county were struggling
with snow-banks, cold weather. etc,
Just as we are doing now. only,
from all appearances. we are not as
bad off now as they were then.
Stories of foot.paths made over box
cars in other parts of the then Ter
ritory, trips around the county on
snow-shoes and round-trips of sew
enty.five miles for supplies do not
sound over-inviting. and, were we
to haveto undergo such hardships at
the present time, it is hard to tell
what would happen. However, there
are any number of present-day resi-
dents who went through those ex-
periences, and who have tackled
every brand of weather that has
been dealt out to this section from
that day to this. One of the items
clipped this week from the CORE
spending issue, February IL, 1887,
mentions the fact that Leonard Du
Heaume had made a trip overland
to Bismarck for supplies. That
meant round trip of seventy-tve
miles through ow-banks and over
poorly-broken trails. Leonard is
still making trips around the coun-
ty, but now it is with his automo-
bile. and only last spring he man.
aged to get stuck in snow banks
twice with it while making trip to
HaZelton.
In Town and Out
There have been one or two small
billiards. during the past week. but
they were nothing to speak of.
MIR. Herrick brought from Bis
marck the other day the first tobog-
gan to cross the Emmons county
line.
Leonard DuHeaume made trip
to Bismarck for goods for the store.
He started Sunday morning and re-
turned Wednesday.
The Grant County Review has be-
gun the publication of dead-beat
list of subscribers who take the pa
per for a time and then write to
have the paper stopped. or refuse to
take it from the office, without pay
ing for it.
A memento Of recent storms. says
the Darlington News, can be seen
near the North Dakota elevator.
There is a pathway along drift
from the News Office right over a
train of freight-cars, crossing q box
car on a level with the car and along
similar drift on the other side Of
the car.
The power Of mind over matter
was fully illustrated one morning
not long ago. A boarding house
keeper in WiIiamsport failedto build
a FIRE in the heating-stove before
the arrival Of the boarders for
breakfast. Presently, in comes the
Judge lDaugherty) and begins to
warm his hands by the stove. About
the time he got warm the propri-
etor acquainted him with the trick
he had played on him. The doors
OF the stove being filled with ism
glass, MIR. Proprietor had placed a
lighted glass in the stove, by which
the Judge had warmed his hands.
The Judge says it was neat trick
and well played
In the Territorial council (corre.
spending tothe present state senatel
with twenty four members, there
are twelve lawyers, six farmers
and three doctors. The oldest men,
Der IS DR.. Galloway. of Fargo. aged
IS. the youngest, p. j. McCumber,
of Wahpeton. aged %. (Mr. Nc
Cumber, the then youngest member,
has since become SO well-known in
state and national politics that he
needs no introduction to our read
ers.)
Winchester Correspondence
G N. Bumstead is in the Holland
settlement, where he went severa
days ago on snow-shoes.
Capt Honstain, of South Prairie
says he intends to build a steam
grlst-mill at this place next summer
provided sufficient fuel can be fount
in the neighborhood to warran
plenty of power to run it.
Correspondence from Capital.
A bill is now before the council
providing that married women shall
have all the rights Of single women