Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-02-06

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Of Mrs. Weatherby sympathize with
her in her sad bereavement.
Charlie Paulson. employed in the
Smith & Irvine furniture store. has
just completed a neat looking cabi-
net to be used contain the various
instruments pertaining to the UNI
dertaking BUSINESS. IL is neat
piece of work.
Mr.. and Mrs. James King arrived
in Linton Tuesday from Cedar Rap
ids. Iowa, where Mrs. King has
been spending the better part of the
winter and where Mr.. King went to
get her about two weeks ago. Both
report an enjoyable trip and visit
but Jim says the missus' was
gone long enough. He doesn't take
particularly we'll to widower-
hood.
Thursday night of last week a large
delegation of Knights of Py,hias and
Near knights Of Pythias came down
from Hazelton to assist in the work
of comforting Of degees by the Lin
ton lodge of the order. Among those
who attended were Messrs. Roy
yeater, Geo. Lenhart, Levi Chapman.
n. w. Batter, Nels Anderson, S. A.
Mikalson, II. A. Armstrong and
Leroy Irvine. The last-named gen.
tleman was candidate for the work.
Letter forms sent out by the Bis
marck Commercial Club to automo-
bile owners in this county have been
received during the past week. with
request that the same be signed
and mailed to the legislative dele
cation from this district. Some
have done so. However. many of
those receiving same let the matter
go for the reason that all the men,
bers of the delegation are known to
be active supporters of anything in
the way of good-roads legislation.
In recent issues of the Record
large display ads of the Curtis Pub
fishing Company. publishers of the
famous Saturday Evening Post, have
appeared. The Curtis people are
spending thousands upon thousands
of dollars advertising the merits of
their other publication The Country
Gentleman" an equally good maya
zine. They are receiving gratifying
results, which they deserve and Os-
car Rertheau. the local representa-
tive of the Saturday Evening Post
and the Country Gentleman, is re-
ceiving many calls for the latter
publication. Adv.
: John Bader and Bennie Carl came
up from the WinDna country yester-
day to bring Mrs. Bader here for
medical treatment. Owing to the
serious condition of Mrs. Bader and
the extreme cold weather, an inn
promptu closed carriage or ambul-
ance had heen prepared by stretch
ing robes across the top of a double
wagon-bOx and the trip was made in
comparative comfort. Mrs. Bader
is under the care Of DR.. Fuller and
it is thought that she will! soon be
better.
Mrs. Raven. the popular Linton
miIliner. will leave to-day for visit
at Minneapolis. st. Paul and Chi
cago. Mrs. Raven goes to acquaint
herself With the seasons styles in
millinery as we'll as to pick out her
stock to be in readiness for the
opening of the season and her Lin
ton patrons may we'll rest assured
that when Easter comes there will
be no reason why they can not have
secured the coveted headgear from
her for that noted occasion. She
will be absent about two weeks.
Last Thursday night at the close
of X. of p. lodge Levi Chapman
narrowly escaped death by falling
from the second-story porch back of
Hogue's drug store. Some ice on
the porch caused Mr.. Chapman to
lose his footing and fell through
under the railing which surrounds
the porch. He saved himself from
thirty-foot drop to the frozen earth
below by grasping the railing as he
fell. H. II. Hanson was just behind
Mr.. Chapman when he fell and as
sisted him back onto the porch
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bruce, Sioux
Indians from Fort Yates, were in Lir-
ton Monday and the members of the
Bows Band paid their expt nses to
remain over night that they might
hear MIR. Bruce play at band practice
that evening. He is leader of the
Indian band at Fort Yates and it is
said by those who know that he is
about the best to be found in this
meek o. the woods" He will be
here on Friday night and will assist
in furnishing music for the concert
and dance t, be given by the band
on that evening.
From time to time in the past
there has been numerous and sundry
reports Of the possible establishment
of an eletric-light plant in Linton.
So FAR they have come to naught.
However. there is no question that