Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-10-23

ODtalnlng nelp TO get the injured
man from under the machine, thu
doctor was rushed to the Mandar
hospital, where last reports an
nounced his recovery from interna
injuries doubtful.
Ambrose, Oct. 20. Hunters of thi.
locality are having unusual success ir
bagging wild geese .and the methods
adopted are somewhat novel. Geese
are flying low this fall, and hunters
on horseback have been successful
after flock gets up from a swamr
or coulee. in chasing them on horse.
back and thus coming within shoot.
ing distance. Others have even used
automobiles, but their chase has not
been as successful, as horse can go
where machine cannot. +. M.
Simpson holds the record for hunting
on horseback, he having bagsed q
number Of geese flying low on their
way south.
Since Bismarck has developed into
one Of the most important distribut-
ing centers of the state. the Capital
City has become one of the leading
headquarters of the state for travel.
ing salesmen. More than $50 sales
men have made Bismarck their home.
Many have their families there,
and more are coming. While house
building has been in progress there,
winter and summer, for the last eight
years. there never was bigger de-
mand for houses in Bismarck than
there is this fall. While high rate
of rent is asked by owners of proper
ty, the demand seems TO continue to
increase constantly.
| Bismarck, Oct. 90. = As a result of
complaints lodged at the recent
meeting held in Grand Forks, the
North Dakota board of railroad
commissioners has issued an order en-
joining elevators from closing their
houses fall months unless permis-
sion is granted. Under state law
1t is provided that elevator CON-
panies must maintain their elevators
during the fail months. but the
measure has become a dead letter,
In some cities it was said several
elevators would be closed, the re.
suls being insufficient storage facili-
ties. An order on the subject has
been issued to all elevator COM
panies. ~.
Devils Lake, Oct. 20.-A man by
the name of Carl Hammerberg, who
was employed on the Shaw farm,
northeast Of Webster. was found
dead in the neld, having been acci-
dentally killed by a loaded gun
on his plu1. The man carried the
gun on his pIow TO kill any chance
game, and 1t is supposed that he
struck a rock. which discharged the
gun. MIR. Shaw did not hear the re-
port Of the gun and did not find him
for some time after the accident
happened. He saw the team stand
ing IDLE in the field and thought that
the man was hunting. but when he
looked out later and saw the team
still standing he went down. The
man had been dead some time.
Bismarck, Oct. 20. The police Of
ficers are looking for the parties
who held kangaroo court here and
fined James Saundets for being
drunk. Saunders came here from
Mandan. and imbibed freely with a
party OF acquaintances he made
here. Later he went To the depot
for tram returning home. While
there he was arrested by man who
pretended to be The chief of police,
who to jk him to building where a
man who pretended to be the police
magistrate fined him the extent
of the money he had in his posses
sion. When he met the chief of po-
lice and the police magistrate he
said that they we're not the persons
who had fined him. And he could
not locate the building where the
Kangaroo court was held.
The accumulation of certain weeds
with q period OF growth similar to
that of the small grains, the reduction
of the active organic matter in the
soil, the development of poor physical
conditions in the soil and possibly, in
come extreme cases, the reduction Of
the supply of some elements of plant
food below the amount required for
maximum crop yield have caused
marked depreciation In the productive
capacity OF the soil. There are some
secondary causes for this reduction,
such as unfavorahle biological actiyi.
ties In the soil and the suspension OF
desirable chemical changes, but they