Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-10-10

informed u ether IS. tie oNsss
publisher of the Record nAi ,hc11f:
that perhaps he HAD been =
booster for Emmons county He had
walked into the county sat NJ xn
early day. He had established a
newspaper here when every four cut
of FIVE of his friends in Bismarck
told him il vas too soon and
when. after its first issue vas print
ed. many in the Williars<ruY;
country said 70 the editor: Il hose
the paper will live. but don, see
bow it can do 50 with % few people ?"
He had KEEP, the paper going when
for tao months after It's establish
ment there vas 10 mail route fer
Wiiliamspnrt. and letters and pa
peys were sent 10 and from Bismarck
BY any team that happened TO be Sc
ing. He had been satisfied tcr some
months with an issue Of seyeniy-fve
copies a week. He had moved the
paper TO his prescription in b.
chanan Valley and published il there
seven months in order to ees title
to his claim. He had then taken it
to his homestead near Williamspors
the following winter and published
IL from a hole in the ground where
kerosene vas the only light for long
six months. and wherein the fam
lily also lived and slept. And. while
doing these things he had continual.
ly-as We can show Mr.. Thurston by
our files-sung the praises OF the 10
cality, the county. the Territory
and then the state.
And not only in the columns OF
the pioneer paper of the county did
We strive to help along every homes;
effort for the uphuiiidng Of the
county. Whenever anything in the
way of digging" for q public func-
ton of any kind was required in the
early days. the editor dug" as will
ingly as any one. When Linton
was tributary to Braddock as .
market town, and bonuses were BE-
ing collected to help the starting Of
the first flnuring-miIl in Emmons
county, the editor dug to the ex-
tent Of fifty dollars. So far as We
can remember, there has never been
any solicitation Of money in Linton
for a church, a t"wn hall. Fourth
of-July celebration. a baseball team
or anything else Of a public nature
when the editor has not done bis part
with his coin and his columns. He
has, furthermore, always been ready
to go anywhere in the county on in
vitation TO assist at public gather
ings. In fact. twice on July 4th he
has gone to Hazelton at Mr.. Thurs
ton 5 rec uest. where By that gentle
man he was introduced to the audi
ence in the most hatteying terms.
But that, alas, vas before Ale1an-
der got him the job at Bismarck.
Sc. the editor of the Record will
probably not be too harshly crit.
cised when he says that his con-
science is easy as to his having done
his share Of the boosting in En-
mons county since that brigh. June
day in 81 when the Record was
born.
And We have always believed that
what helped one part Of 3 county
helped in certain degree all parts.
To show Editor Ihuftscn tina, this
was our belief. We print below .
write-up Ut Hazel,on in the Record
Of September I. 1903. before Editor
Thurston had deserted the people of
BraddocE who loaned him the money
with which to make his frs, pay
ment for the Republican. Following
Is the article. and We were honoseo
by having Hazeiton man say to Us
soon after it was published that 1T
!. certainly mighty fair article tt
be printed IN pape. published in
another town"
i'vca the E-s-orc Of SET s. .Hs
The editor Of the Record made his
first trip to the new towL of Hazel
ton last Friday, returning home Sum
day afternoon We say the editors
first trip to Hszel,on. but not by
any means his first visit to that sec
ton. as for fourteen years the habitat
OF the Record was only three ard a
half miles from the site of the new
tswn.
Hazelton il situated in one of the
hest sections Of Emmons county. In
all directions from the town the land
is Of excellent quality. and practic
ally every acre can be plowed. The
place is located in the region that
vas peopled By the first agricultural
settlers that came to this county. in
1888. and in every direction can be
seen the comfortable homes Of those
who have placed themselves in inde-
pendent financial circumstances
since they located there.
On the streets Of Hszelton are to
be seen many people who have re-
Gently settled in the neighborood
but the old settlers still predomi-
nate. and the faces seen on the
stree g remind US Of Williamsport
in the old days. although the pioneer
village in all its years. railroadless
as it was, never attained to more
than the proportions Of hamlet.
When We say that many Of those
seen on the streets called up mem
cries Of the early days. we must
qualify the assertion q bit, for
many Of those who came as BOYS
and girls not yet out Of their teens
have reached that dignified period Of
life when they can count on a few
OF the fingers Of one hand the years
to intervene before they shall have
reached the fat fair and forty