Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-03-20

department and n plentiful Suppls
Of water.
he Goodrich Citizen editor has
hut llt'le respect for some members
ot the legislature, and after he md
looked over what had been accom-.
! pushed 10y the past session hc wre,r.
We certainly hope that when tn,
memhers Of the legislature ret
through mendlng thc noras Il
every one hut then selves. ,hcy Ni.
hnd tune To modify and amend til,
usually severe climate Of thes,
northern regions of thc earth
kenmare. March Il, lhe farm.
htiI' problem IS such a serlaas affair
each tall that the commercial eMt
mas decided To begin ca,> with tn,
i''pc Of solving it, \ meeting Will
be held here next SaluidaN towMeh
all the leading farmers laye U,.A III.
vited. II is hoped To devise some
means of Offering inducements that
VIII bring high grad Of hired
help To this place. a pan vii he
worked out to get in touch with the
iaborers Of the larger Giles and
especially those who are married
l
and have a desire to take up rnal
work. The heartest eo.opv.ation
VIII he offered the farmer lis the
business men of kenmarp.
Fort Mates. March / HE la4si-
ness men of this part If the state
are cated that the balance Of the
Lands nn the Standing Rock rcser
vation are to be throWnopen for set
tlcmcnt next fall. There has hccn no
date fixed and no definite plan mas
been announced. 1t is unlikely ther,
VIII he a drawing or another lultcll
| plan. bu; it is thought a cash syste
VIII he adoptd which MIL premit
settlers for the FIRST three month.
to'ake land at s. per acre, for the
next three months at s., per acre,
and for the following three months
at 2 per acre Shields. Fort Yates,
Mclaughlin and Morrstown viii
Wohl by the opening The best
lands are already allotted, hut there
silll remains great deal of fertile
Territory that will make AN ideal
farming district.
liAs New Rockford Tx se,ipl
very sarcastcally remarks This Is
the season of the year when The
editors tell the farmers to tighten
upthe nuts on their farm machinery.
comb the cocklc-burrs out Of the
horses names and tails, .,oti the
horses larger raticns than usual and
exercise them daily These oditors
can Keep our farmer friends going
some The farmers might fetallate
rs advising 4 he editors To glVt ,h
office towel its spring bath clean the
Windows, di-infecl tho cuspillur. ,ss
stllbute the pl. empty the h,ll !eX
and order tNe devil to srrnb thcl
out af his ears And there are ul.
dolsbtctily editors who need that ad
Nice Just ;.s there are. farmer w l4"
cedtu he reminded tohe fo.,Iiam!ed
With their spring work
Wlnlesal,. liquor dealers in Moor
head are carefully ccnsurIng ALI
orders for wines and 5uuors recplNea
from prohibition sections, thus Oh
serving Very carefully the prayis-
ions nf the Webb lrecently n passed
by congress II seems 10 be very
generally conceded that the nc.s Law
was principally aimed at the Boot
leggers and blind piggcra who i
Was known were doing "A iig 8llsl
ness in remote sections Of prailllli
ton tates Many orders arr re-
ccived in Mnolhead DAILY from point
i'm North Dakota, but they ar" for
quantities which indicate that the
goods are for personal use VI the
parties ordering The local trad.
between Moorhead aud I'argo has
not been disturbed in the Ieast. and
so far no serious trouble whatever
has been reported from any source,
Esbee. March II, Something Of
a sensation was created here by the
publication in the local paper Of Il
STORY about a girl masq8eradln9
for three years as a hired man IT.
is alleged that Shells the daughter 81
Il former county treasurer m snlltil-
ern Minnesota, and lsan experienced
typewriter and stenographer She
is rather robust, and for some reason
objected to wearing the cl0thlng nf
her sex. For three different sum
mers she worked ia the harvest
fields and through thrashing here
and her identity was known only 10
two or three persons. She dressed
as man all the time, played a good
game Of pool, used snuff. but never
drank She had a rather swagper
walk, and her identity was never
suspected bypcople she met in town.
While here she used the name Of
Johnson. though that was not her
correct name. She spent the winter
with family north of town as a
hired man. and when she left was
accompanied by child Of the fam
i!y. who knew her Identity.