Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-12-18

upon to attend to much Of the bust
ness end Of the Republican since bis
connection with it, and his evident
desire to be fair in his dealings
should make his new venture a sue.
cess.
Mrs. Lauinger. mother of Damiar
LauInger. IF the Strasburg Bazaar
died at the home Ut her son il,
Strasburg, Monday. as a result OF a
! complication of diseases due to old
| age. The funeral was held at Stras.
burg yesterday.
Born.-Sunday morning, December
is, 1913. to Mr.. and Mrs Clint
Wagner. an 8-pound girl. Mother
and child in good health, and Papa
Clint-well. he has been too excited
since to think about reading the pos
tai cards which go through the local
office.
On Saturday, December Goth. the
Ladies' Aid Society will hold sale
of useful and fancy articles. also
cand, and popcorn. in the building
known as the Tin Bank" Just oppo-
site the Linton Bazaar. Proceeds to
be used to provide for the parson-
age.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Leonard, of
the Dale country, were in Linton
Monday and Tuesday. This trip
was their first to the county-seat for
several years. Mr.. Leonard il me
of the pioneers of the county and
was formerly in business both at
Fort Yates and at Fort Lincoln, in
the early days.
A. M. Britts. our local toDsori-
alist, was this week appointed by
Gov. L. B. Hanna member of the
State Board of Barber Examiners.
The governor made no mistake in
his choice Of q man for that position,
as Mr.. g. is eminently qualified, and
his many friends hereabouts will be
glad of his selection.
Last Saturday Berthold. twelve
year-old son of Martin ReidIinger,
living ten miles west of Linton, was
brought to town, suffering from
acute appendicitis. He underwent
an operation at the WoIverton hos.
pital, and it was found that the 3D.
pendix had already burst. The boy
is making rapid recovery.
A letter from d. H. Yeater, form.
erly of the old Williamsport coun.
try. who is now cashier of the Citi-
zens' Bank OF Lecolna, Mo, to the
Record, informs ussthat roses were
still in bloom in December where he
is located. He is in good health. is
prospecting, land wishes to be remem.
bered to his many old-time Emmons
county friends.
On Monday night of next week
there will be basketball game in
the opera house between the local
hiRh-school team and like orgauiza-
ton representing Ashley. 1t is the
first game of the season here. The
local boys have been practicing hard
and heir opponents are making
long trip to play the game. They
are entitled to a large attendance
Remember the date, December ed,
Monday night.
Monday night the Mysterious
Smith Company with five specialists
appeared at the opera house. They
received only a medium patronage,
but were entitled to better. The
members are specialists in their re.
spective lines, and said respective
lines are most original. MIR, Smith,
the star member, did some wonder
full stunts in the way of crawling
out of locked cans, straighs-jackets,
ETC., and the others put on some fine
juggling, comedy and dancing acts.
A couple of weeks ago Leonard,
eleven year old son of Oswald
Naumaun. living thirteen miles
northeast Of Linton, was kicked"
while trying to crank Chas. DeWitt's
auto. The resulting injury was
thought to be only a bad sprain and
no particular attention was paid to
it at the time. As the arm con.
tinued swollen and painful the by
was brought to Linton, last Wednes.
day, where an X-ray examination
by DR.. Wolverten showed bad
break Of both bones of the forearm.
1t was necessary to refracture the
bones in order to set them straight.