Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-01-29

allowance OF tnat amount to eXpend.
it is not at all improbable that work
may be resumed on the Edgeley ex-
tension which is plated to run
through Linton. The eastern finan-
cial condition the next couple of
months will no doubt decide it.
Aberdeen American: MIR. and
Mrs. Moves. of Paisley Brook, Sask. /.
who have been here for the past ten
days visiting Mrs. Noyes' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Bower, and her
sister and brother, Mrs. Guy G. De-
Shon. and Lloyd Bower, leave this
morning for Linton, Hartford and
Livona, N. D.. to visit relatives and
to look after their property interests
at the latter place.
In last weeks Record we mem
toned that we had received report
Of the death of Mrs. Albert Haak, at
Hull. At that time we were unable
to secure any definite information
and have since learned that our in.
formant got a little mixed. The
deceased was Mrs. r. Sinnema,
mother of Mrs. Albert Haak, and the
funeral took place last Thursday at
Hull.
The home of Ray Benedict was the
scene of q heap of excitement Sun
day night when a hot fire in the
kitchen stove set nearby cupboard
on fire and the flames were we'll
under way when discovered by men,
bers of the family. The damage
was nominal, the worst feature for
some Linton folks who have been
getting table butter from the Bene.
dicls being the loss of six pounds of
it in the blaze.
The Records county correspond
ents are showing commendable &C.
tivity these days. and we are duly
thankful. However. in passing, we
wish 10 call attention 10 the fact
that we received two sets of West
field items this week, one of which
did not bear the name of the sig
nature. For that reason, they are
not published. We can only pub
lish things submitted for publica-
tion when we know who the writer
may be. This is an iron-clad rule.
VIM. hammers, the well-known
school-teacher of the Wes,field
country, spent Saturday afternoon
in Linton on business. While h,re
Mr., hammers Informed us that be
has decided to take little hand in
the political game this year and viii
he a candidate tcr the Republican
nomination for register Ct lie. ds
We Fave not heard whether the pres.
ent incumbent, Nj. Ilv.ne, expects
to be a candidate for reelection as
he is completing his second term
and is considerably interested in the
automs bile business. However, it
matters little what other candidate
may come out for the office, Mr..
hammers stands pretty good show
TO win. He is young man of excel
lent educational qualifications, is in
dustrious and is universally popular
in the south half of the county
where be is most generally known.
Abel Complain, for twenty-six
years resident Of the southern part
of this county. spent Monday here
with old-timers. Nj. Complain only
this year retired from active labor
and sold his interests in the home
farm to his son. He came from
HOLLAND forty-four years ago, spend
ing eighteen years in the lumber
camps of Michigan before coming
to North Dakota. The writer had
the pleasure Of listening TO some
"reminiscences Of the early days in
Michigan. he was personally &C.
quainled. with one man in Michigan
who afterwards became a million
iare who contracted yearly for ten
years to work for concern in
Northern Michigan at the rate of
500 year and expenses. Fifteen
dollars week for the hardest kind
of labor was big pay.
Manager Turner offered the Lyons
family in the play entitled I'm the
Lions Claw" at the opera house
Tuesday night. A crowded house
greeted the production and it can be
said that they witnessed an unusual
performance in many ways. The
players themselves, with the excep
ton of the youngest girl, Gypsy
Lyon, were only mediocre. Their
offering is a sequel to Ralph Con.
nor's production and depicts scenes
from the life of his character, Rev
James Murray. AS a play. it is none
4 L.. sof, 81. l.. ~