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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-11-12
Notice to credltors.

In tile matte of the estate Of Louisa Carley,
deceased:
Notice Is hereby given by the undersigned
II. A. Armstrong. adminisi rator with VIII
anuaxe OF the estnte NJ Louisa farley. late
OF oa ss my And a. st.i, Of ,h,o decenssd ~ ~ sc
creditors nf. and all persons having claims
against aaid d .reased To exhibit Them, with
the necessary vnnciiers within four mouths
after the first publication OF this noiice 10
said administrator at bis Office In the village
OF Hazelt0n. In said EmmoBs county, North
5Dakotn,
Dated October .. a. u. 1914.
II. A. ARMSTRONG;.
Admibistrnsor with VIII Annexed.
First publication on the 9th day OF October,
A. y. 1914. ocS- 90 &
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-11-12
The Stores Are Not Crowded
Now as They Will Be
Later.
Auction Sales.

g.. Goldburg. Nov. 18th. Section ..Ioo-T;;
stock. machinery and household goods.
Frank Rchrick. Nov Il, 10lt. Section,-13l II
stock, machinery and household goods.
usual terms. Free lunch at noon.
Joseph Banmgnrtnor, Nov 10Th, II the
weather permits. II not next day. -Four
miles northwest, OF Strasburg. Stock and
machinery. Lunch at noon
Anton Iiegele. Nov Goth, II bad wenther
then the I'D. Southeast quarter OF sec.it n
is-Eb-76. stock and machinery Lunch
III noon.
Chas. Rltbof, Nov o5th. Sec. 1O.l3,-,a,
stock, machinery and household go 81
Lunch ut noon.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-11-12
A Firm Seed Bed Essential.

Alfalfa requires firm seed bed. For,
this reason 1t Is not advisable to plowi
the land Immediately before seeding,
as 1t IL almost impossible to get the
soil sufficiently firm again.
In western Kansas. herds Of cattle
are rounded up and driven over the
fields to pack the soil after blowing It,.
II. in order to get the land leveled up
and In shape to seed. 1t is necessary to-
plow Just before seeding. this plowins
should be as shallow as possible. andS
packer. roller. and harrow used to,
make 1t solid again. Before seedlngJ
the surface Of the field should be prof.
vided with perfect drainage by the
use of leveler. grader. and plowl
bitches may be made broad with slop1
Ing banks. 30 as not to interfere With
seeding or moving. Alfalfa will moth
grow where water stands and freezeE
over 1t in winter or gets stagnant in
summer. !
If good surface drainage Is provided
80 that the crowns of the plants have
plenty OF air and the soil is sweet
there need be very little concern aa
to how deep 1t Is to the water table,
In regions Of plentiful rainfall 1t La
advisable to plant alfalfa on land hav4
ing good natural drainage.
The land seeded to alfalfa will not
need to be prepared again for six to
ten years. hence. three or four times
as much work can we'll be put on It
in preparation for alfalfa. A satissac-
tory preparation made on the ] H G.
farm at Grand Forks, N. D., in 1913.
was as follows;
The land was in wheat in 1871
(should have been fall plowed but
we did not get the farm until march,
was manfred during the winter. dou.
ble.disked as early as possible. plowed
as soon AZ dry enough (about the mid
die OF May. and pillow followed by
! Campbell sub.surface packer and har
row. Wild oats started 30 the land
was double-disked ten days later. and
narrowed the second day after disks
ing. As the land was rather cloddy
and no rain fell. frog-foot roller was
used. A land leveler was then run
both ways az the field was full of dead
burrows and bach burrows from prev,
ious forty years blowing. The land
leveler was followed by the peg.tooth
| harrow.
About ten days later another fine
| crop of weeds was double.disked and
| the harrow used later. The middle OF
June the field was narrowed and rolled
again with q frog.foot roller, just pre-,
vious to seeding with the grain drill,
The single disk drill loosened up the
| surface sufficiently for soil mulch
| Except In few dead burrows which
were filled with loose. dry dirt. the
seed was put in moist soil about one
inch from surface. Regardless OF the
| fact that there WAS not rain OF one
halt inch at any one time previous ia
| July LIST, and the rainfall for the sea
son was as follows: April, 1903 In:
May. 1.52 In; June. t.21 In; July. 2.Sf
In, we have good. thrifty stand oil
alfalfa. The field is even and In fine
condition and should continue to yielt
for ten years. though we will doubles,
not leave II down that long.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-11-12
Bids Wanted For . Sinking ruud,

l,is war ted f.r The derosit os The siuk-
ing fund nj Union Sc,ib,,i District No T.
are requested hy ti,.. school laard OF said
sdisitiri. fids tD specif, rate Of Interest
paid. Bills will bt opened by said scIif,,i
b ard IN ssfhe 18th day OF January. 1915
tBths to he IL seniei ensaiop Marked
Biasff,r sinking F.,n.i' sdaIesneli i. t,,e
clerk at Poll .cs, . d. 4
4. ii. RYPKEaa.
ir1are
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-11-12
SUMMER FALLoW TO SAVE MOlo.
TURE-PLOW DEEP - WORK
LAND DOWN WELL, MAX.
ING GOOD SEED BED,
ALFALFA FIELDS
LAST FOR YEARS
Follow With Packer - Disk to XIII
Weeds-uso Pegtooth Harrow TO
Level Groun -seed Should Be
Put llyl!HoIst Soil.
BY J. g. HANEY, Agricultural Exten.
elon Department.

own SSHdt NSbVuks
international Harvester Co. Of Now
Jersey.
The preparation OF seed bed Ia es.
rential mainly as means OF storing
moisture. When the rainfall Ii under
twenty inches. the land should be
plowed ten inches deep and summer
from such treatment thin planting OF
corn may be grown on the land to pre-
vent drifting. II 1t Is not necessary
to consider storing moisture 1t IL pre-
ferable 10 precede the alfalfa by q
cultivated crop. such as corn. pota-
toes. or beans. II possible the land
Mould be MANFRED
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-11-12
Notice Of DissoIution Of Partner ship.

FSUI1Cc OF OIbSVsUtIUuUIF afKuvf duIPs
The undersigned. members Of tbs firm OF
,iuess ut Str~sbnrg ana Pollock, do hereby
announce tfst Tho frm has been dissolved.
by mutnxi copsInt The business conduct
I'd 1t Pollock goes 10 Mir. Dornbust and oil
b. is dne at Pollock should be paid 10 him.
All bills due at strasburg are To bs paid to
III T.. Cieeeringa.
LOUIS DQRNBUsH,
WH. GLEVERiNGA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
GAVE OUT e33 PAIRS.

last week we announced that we
would give a complete report or tne
1918 Christmas Stocking club Well
our complete report consists OF one
sentence 1888 pairs of stockings were
That means that 933 children were
given a little Christmas cheer, when
otherwise would have been denied
them. ,o,,
We wish all the members OF the 1918
Christmas Stocking club and all other
Juniors a happy, happy New Year. We
hope that ali the Juniors who did not
belong to the 1918 Christmas Stock
ing club will resolve on this New
Years day to belong to the 1914 Christ
mas Stocking club. ,+
We have just found out that we omit
tod the names of two very generous
members of the club, one an old mem
her. Miss Laura Lee, and the other a
new member, Rev. Carl Montanus.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
The Ungrateful Soldier =
By Ruby Stainey

About one hundred years ago the
Danes and the Swedes had a war. The
Swedes were beaten and driven off the
field.
A wounded Dane was sitting on the
grass. He was about to drink from a
flask when he heard a voice say May
have a drink / am dying" He looked
around and saw Swedish soldier lying
on the grass. He took the flask to him
and said Drink for thy need is greater
than mine"
Just then the Swedish soldier took a
pistol from his pocket and shot at the
soldier. But he did not hurt him much.
Then the Danish soldier said Nov
that you have shot at me you may
only have half the water and 1 will
drink the rest myself"
When the king heard about 1t he said
"Why did you not kill him when he
tried to kill you" The soldier said II
could not kill wounded soldier" Then
the king made him a knight.
Ruby Stalney age II.
MelrOSe Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
What the Indians Did to a
Forest Man

Dear Editor:
Once upon a time there lived in the
forest man with his loving wife and
child.
They lived out in the forests dark
and drear. With SO many Indians near
them they could hardly sleep at night.
They would sit up at night watching
their house and barn.
The Indians were SO rude in those
times they would burn houses and take
men, women and children into the
woods and burn or scalp them.
They lived happy together even
among the rude savages until one day
MIR. Hall went out hunting and an Ind
ian attacked him. He fought and strug-
gled with him. He would have got away
but up came another rude savage.
There was no way to get away. He
begged and fought for life. But all in
and left his body to be eaten by the
wild animals That night it began to
grow dark and Mrs. Hall became wor-
ried. She was in fear that he had been
attacked by some rude savages. But
still had hopes because Mr.. Hall had
been out late at night before. Until In
came a kind hearted little Indian girl
friend Of Mrs. Halls and told her that
her husband had been attacked.
Down on her bed she fell and bitterly
mourned for her lost husband. But it
could not be helped; he was gone.
Her son Randolph about II years old,
was a good kind hearted boy and he
thought lots Of his mother and he could
help her through life. She was 46 years
old and this was the most disagreeable
Christmas she ever spent.
Russell Wise, age 10.
OttumWa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
How the Girl Saved the Dog
and Her Reward

One evening when a boy and girl
were coming home from school they
found a dog. 1t was lying by the side Of
the road. 1t had been run over by a
carriage They took it home and tied up
the dogs foot. When it got we'll 1t
made a nice playfellow. They named
the dog Carlo. When Carlo got to be a
big dog he would go after the cows and
play with the children. One day when
the children went down to the creek to
play they took Carlo along. The chill
dren would throw sticks in the creek
and Carlo would go after them. The
little girl went to throw a stick in and
she fell in. Her brother ran to tell his
mother. but Carlo plunged into the wa
ter and brought her out. The father and
mother were glad the children took
pity on the poor dog Carlo would go
into the sick room to see her.
This is one Of my school compost
TONS hope TO Sc my letter in print.
Louise Kyner, age 8,
Derby Ia r. No, 3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
Genevieve Mincks Tells of
Beautiful Rivers

In every country there are rivers ana
every river IS different and 1t is right
that we should know and love as many
as we can. We should study their quail
ity, their ways and all that we could
learn about them. But no one can
study nature if he has not nature in his
heart
AS said there are many, many riv-
ers and many different kinds. In Nor
way the rivers leap down from their
mountain homes with many cataracts
and run fast to the sea. They are very
short but they would be beautiful to
watch as those angry torrents rush
over stones and race to the open seat.
In merry old England the streams
seem more dignified. The flow smoothly
through the green open fields and past
ancient and sleepy towns. They would
seem wonderful to look upon as at
their leisure they reflect the sunny blue
sky.
The Scotch rivers are very wide and
t1.ey roar through the open waste land
that Is covered with heath and marsh
and flash along steep highland glens.
The rivers of the Alps are some of
our most beautiful rivers. They are
born in icy caves from which they issue
forth with roaring, furious, muddy dark
waters; but when their anger had been
forgotten in the slumber Of some blue
lake, that reflects their mountain
homes, they flow down more softly to
glide past the large vineyards of France
and sunny Italy and the gray castles
Of Germany and the green fresh
meadows Of Holland
The great rivers of the west roll their
yellow waters through board valleys or
plunge down 6arkened and narrow cam
yons but the rivers Of the south creep
under dim archWays hung heavy with
banners of waving moss.
This is one of my school compost
tons.
Genevieve Mincks, age IA,
Ottumwa Ia r. No 3,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
A Brave Little Boy - BY
May Huffman

Once upon a time there was a little
boy named Andy Moore. He was lit
tie country lad He was short, stout lit
tie freckled faced boy.
Sometimes he wore a cap; not very
often though. He thought his long.
bushy hair was good enough. Andy did
not care what other people said about
it.
Andy knew more about snakes, birds
and beavers than he did of school or
school books.
The house he lived in was a shanty
on the hill 1t was built Of logs and
mud with square holes for windows.
In the valley a little ways below the
house there was railroad track. Andy
watched the train as it passed. The
train went by the house every day. One
day little Andy was crossing the track.
He saw that the rail was broken. He
did not know much about the train but
he had heard Of cars being thrown off
and people killed. He heard the whis-
tie, low noise. Dear, dear, the cars
were coming.
He was only small boy, but he
thought he could stop the train some
way There was nobody else there to
do it, He didn't think Of any danger to
himself, but he ran and stood in the
middle of the track. He stretched out
Ma aiIHs DIS Lar DIS posslDle ana Wdlleu.
The engineer saw the boy on the track.
He whistled for him to get off the track
and he whistled again and again. but
Andy did not move an inch. Just as if
he was made of stone. Andy pointed at
the rail and the engineer saw how the
brave little boy had saved all the peo-
pie. They got out and found about it,
then they pulled out their pocketbooks
and gave Andy large sum of money.
The people said God bless the brave
little boy"
May Huffman.
Abba Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
The Ban1bino

On the Capitoline Hill, in the old
city of Rome, is the church which has
the honor Of being the home Of the
Bambino.
The word "Bambino" is the Italian
for baby" and this particular baby
is a wooden image which was carved
by pfous monk in the city of Jeru-
salem about the time that Columbus
discovered America. The little figure
was finally sent to Rome and became
such an object of love and reverence
that people have for hundreds of years
been giving it presents of preciocs
stones. On its head is little crown
ablaze with rubies, diamonds, and
sapphires. 1t has robe Of royal pur-
pie, also respondent with gems.
This little sacred image is usually
carefully concealed, but on Christmas
week it Is brought out and put into
the arms of the Virgin Mary in one of
the chapels Of this church of Aracoeli.
A wooden platform at that time Is
built before it, and the little children
Of Rome come up and speak their
pieces. telling of what the good Christ.
child has done for them through the
year. The fathers and mothers are
gathered around on the stone floor be-
low and listen with quiet reverence.
To them this Is a very beautiful cere.
mony. I think Of the sacrifice 1t has
cost many poor people to give these
rare presents, and I have no doubt
that they have been made better for
such gifts Of love. The children, too.
have done their share in repeating
their lines which are their own little
attempts to show. love and devotion.
During Christmas week stately
procession passes through the streets
Of old Rome. and in the midst is borne
on a raised platform, among white
robed priests, beautiful figure Of the
Virgin Mother Mary sitting with this
same Bambino in her arms.
The sidewalks are all lined with
people bowling low, and many Of them
kneeling upon the stones.
1t is all a beautiful and impressive
sight. and. though we have not been
brought up to worship in this way,
we cannot help feeling that the true
spirit of religion. wherever we see it,
is really beautiful thing that in one
way or another should come into the
lives Of us all. ...
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
What the Lambs Say

Said the little shepherdess,
MANY wise folks cannot guess
What the lambs say when they cry,
Or what the old sheep do reply
"Can you tell?" asked. ooh, yes!"
Said the little shepherdess:
"All the young lambs say, Ma-a!
#Ma-a!
All the old sheep answer. 'Ba-a!'
IF a. stranger comes this way.
Or. the young ones, in their play.
From their tender mothers stray,
And 20 searching all around
Every stone and bushy mound
Then the young lambs cry, 'Ma-a!
Ma-a!'
inst to shame them when they cry
Ry,t their mother answers 'Ba-a!'
Silly lambs to be 81 shy"
Edith M. Thomas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
Why Mary Never Disobeys
Her Parents

Dear Juniors:
Once upon time there was a little
girl Her name was Mary. One day
Mary came home from school later
than she had been getting home. for
she had stopped at the pond with
Maze.
Mary. why is it you can never get
home when John does, any more?' ask
ed her mother
It's not late, mother.
We'll but John has been home for
half an hour. Where were you, Mary?'
II was just on the ice a little bit.
mamma"
And you have been taking medicine
for a week for your cold. You will get
down sick. I've told you so often to stay
off the ice
Mary did not say anything, but ran
and put her arms around her mothers
neck.
well Maze has a new pair Of skates
and / wanted to see her skate"
Mary had just got over bad cold,
and started to school when this hap
pened.
In the evening when her father came
home from work he saw Mary sitting
by the stove reading. Her face looked
red and he went up and felt her face
and her said Mary you have fever"
Mary said "Oh, I guess not"
Her mother soon told him where she
had been and how late she had got
home.
That night her fever rose and her
throat got sore and she was not able
to go to school the next day.
She got lung fever and was sick for
a long time. One day she got able to
sit up and she said to her mother
mother I'll never disobey you again"
and she never did.
Opal Melvin, age 10,
q
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
Donald's Grandparents
Spend Xmas at His Home
Dear Editor.

Dear Editor:
Ny grandma and grandpa came home
Christmas eve to spend Christmas. We
had turkey and oyster dressing. I got
an air rifle and six books and a rain
coat. And I had Christmas tree.
hope all other little boys and girls did
as we'll
was glad to see my grandpa and
grandma. I had not seen them for two
months and half. They went out to
my uncle's for New Years. They went
away Tuesday afternoon.
My uncle takes the Daily Courier. l
will now close and I hope to see my
letter in print.
George Donald Pickett. age 10,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
(Frances Dunning, 6-A.)

ORANGES Dunning, 6-A.)
On the night that Christ was born,
some shepherds were watching their
flocks a short distance from Bethle-
hem. Suddenly an angel appeared to
them, and bright light shone around
them. They became frightened, but
the angel told them not to fear, for
he came to announce to them great
Joy.
Then he told them that in the neigh
boring city of Bethlehem, a child had
just been born who was Christ, and,
as a sign of truth he told them they
would find the child wrapped in clothes
and laid in the manger.
Then the shepherds started for
Bethlehem and followed great star
which led them to the place sought
When they got there they found
Jesus Christ who is the Savior Of the
world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
Mayor of City in Santa
Claus Role

Miss Mangor had been left alone in
the world. She had been washing for
a living but now she was too weak so
she had to stay at home. 1t was cold in
the house and she was very uncom-
Portable.
Outside the boys were snowballing
each other. Now and then they would
hit Miss Mangor's house which made
her feel very badly.
AS it was getting dark she lay down
but could not sleep. Presently a knock
came at the door At first she was
frightened but she opened the door and
there lay a bundle full of everything
useful
She could not imagine who had been
so kind as to send her this A few days
later she found out that it was the
mayor of the city who had sent 1T.
Ruth Lundgren, age II,
Ottumwa, Iowa, r. No. 9.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
LIKED HER SANTA.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
I received the little Santa Claus. I
was we'll pleased with 1T. I am now
reading a book by the name Of Rebecca
and it is very interesting.
NV teacher is reading a book to US
by the name Of Paul the Peddler. She
reads a chapter to us every morning.
There are fifteen pupils in my school.
There are six pupils in my grade. 1 like
to go to school. I like to live in the
country. We have no stock to take care
Of / read the Junior page all the time.
We have taken the Tri- Weekly a long
time AS my letter is getting long I will
close.
Mary Huffman,
Abba, Ia, r. No. 3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
Brown Children Feed Spar.
row and Tame 1t

On a farm in Wisconsin there lived
a family named Brown. They had three
children in the family, Robert aged s,
Florence, age and baby Alice, who
was two years old. Robert and Florence
went to school which was mile away.
One day coming home from school they
heard a little noise from bush near
by
They went to the bush and found a
cat with a sparrow in it's mouth. Rob-
ert took the sparrow from the cat and
gave it to Florence and they went
home. Their father made a cage.
They fed it SO it became quite tame.
One morning when they went out to
the barn they found six little kittens.
They ran and told their father and
he said they could keep two. The others
they gave to their little friends.
Agnes White, age 10,
Lancaster, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
NEW YEARS EVE.

Dear Editor:
New Years eve comes on December
31st The old year goes out on Deceh-
her Al st in the night at - o'clock. Then
there a new year comes. This year
the new year will be 1914, Some people
stay up on New Years eve to see the
old year out and the new year in. Most
people get pretty sleepy should thlnk.
I know would not want to stay awake.
am afraid I would go to sleep.
New Years day comes on January l.
On New Years day when people go to
other houses the people who live in the
houses cry out to the visitors New
Years gift"
But sometimes the visitors beat them
saving it. And then there IS joke on
the people who live in the house. 1t is
nearly always cold on New Years day.
The evergreen trees look very pretty
with the snow on them.
Waldo E. Beck, age 6.
Hedrick Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-03
Gladys Sickels Writes a
New Years Story

Dear Juniors:
I will try to write New Years
story.
80 N.Y." sighed Audrey.
whats the matter. Audry?" asked
Alice.
"Why. Alice, didn't you know we
must write to the Courier Junior? You
kow l want to try in the New Years
contest"
"Nish. I wouldn't monkey with that.
The Junior page amt worth writing"
why Alice, what language are you
using?"
Pm going to write yes or no.
"All right for you, I'm going home"
well go home, I don't care
Il don't have to mind you"
SO Alice went home and Audrey
wrote the New Years story and won
the prize. So you see it didn't do any
GOOD to listen to Alice. ~
Gladys Sickles.
I'll S. Miner. Ottumwa, Iowa.