Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-05-08
HAZELTON HAPPENINGS.
tRopubIican. May IL

| Mrs. Frank kOll and children lef
Tuesday for Hebron, N. D., where
she will visit with her parents unit
Mr.. Kohl becomes located in Montan;
when they will go there to make
their home.
Work of excavation for the base
ment Of a fine new business-block
for the Hazelton Mercantile Com
pany was started last Saturday or
the site of the firm s old store, which
vas destroyed by fire last summer.
Another Hazelton business-house
changed ownership last week. wher
Frank Kohl disposed of his interest
in the pharmacy to DR.. Geo. Mon.
tieth, and the latter will hereafter
be known as the Montieth Phar.
macy.
A. E. Klabunde has fitted up the
large dance-hall over his store to be
used as ready-to-wear department
in order to make more room fo,
other goods on the main floor. Now
what do you suppose we'll do for q
dance-hall?
Fred Olson met with painful
accident while operating his gaso.
line plowing-engine on the Arnold
Ringer farm, Tuesday He got one
of his hands caught in the clutch of
the machine and badly bruised. Nc
bones were broken, but it was only
a miracle that the hand was not ia.
ken off.
Miss Nellie Chapman is laid un
this week with a troublesome knee
Several years ago she fell, striking
her knee on a sharp piece of iron,
injuring the knee-cap. and since
that time it has caused considerable
trouble. The last attack, however,
is the worst, and it has been neces-
sary tG put the limb in cast. She
is improving.
Seeding has been going or at a
lively pace during the past week.
and it is thought that another week
will about see the finish of the SOW
ing of small grain in this locality.
The heavy winds of Monday and
Tuesday somewhat retarded the
work and many farmers did not ven
ture into the fields those two days.
Considerable corn will be planted
this year; in fact, it looks now as
though the acreage would mUre than
double that of 1912.
j. F. Sabraw had a narrow escape
from getting leg broken Tuesday
afternoon while watching the exca-
walton work at the Hazelton Mer-
camille building. A pillow was being
pulled by means Of a block and
tackle when it gave way and the
heavy snatch-block struck Mr.. Sa-
Draw on the side of the foot. 1t
made a very painful bruise. but
luckily no bones were broken. Had
the blow struck two inches higher it
would have undoubtedly broken his
leg.
A New Deal AS to Stock Brands.
Bismarck Tribune: Under new
law, the ranch brands of North Da-
kota are to he cleared up, and by
the end of the year there will no
longer be multiplicity of records
burdening the books at Bismarck.
There are now about $4,000 on the
records. and probably only a few
hundred are in actual use certainly
a comparatively small percentage of
the total. With the advancing ranks
of the actual homesteaders, the
ranchers were forced to the wall.
Some of them continue to raise a
few cattle along with their farming
operations, and in that way continue
the use Of the old brands; but the
great majority Of the ranchers have
moved away and no longer use the
brands. Until Dec. 1st next the
present holders will have an oppor-
tunity to re-record their brands.
Then, after Jan. ii, 1914, new appli-
cants can record old brands that have
been Cancelled by the state. This
will clear up the state record and
abolish the present confusing hier.
oglyphics that now cucumber the
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