Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-12-17


come around for the money.
Specia! Agent, Emmons. Burleigh
and Mclean counties, old line life
insurance company. AL contract
+, for producer. State experience.
Rayner & Pierce. State Agents,
Valley City, N. D.-Adv.
With the auction sale of John F.
Schafer today we presume that the
season for 1914 is closed. Just
twenty-three orders for auction sale
bills have been handled by the Rec
ord since the first Of October.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. d. Seeman and
son, lowering. left for Minneapolis
Monday noon where they will reside
for short time. Later. they will
take trip through the south. re-
turning to Linton in The spcing.
The time for an answer ly II. {.
Lynn in the states attorney contest
proceedings will expire or Friday of
this week After that iine it will
he necessary to secure the presence
of the district judge that the disput-
ed ballots will be counted in open
court.
| will Anderson. who is handling
field work in the loan department of
Drake & Ballard. was in Linton over
Sunday for a visit with his brother.
He spent Monday at Bazel,on, going
then tn S,rashurg and later 70
South Dakota points in the interests
of his company.
| Thns Kelly was down from Ha-
Zeltnn yesterday on his way south
for a winters trip. Mr.. K is one
Of those who have fought the bat
ties of life on Emmons county soil
for many year. He is another that
has reached the point that he can
enjoy life a. little during the colder
weather of winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. N. Turner went
! to Aberdeen Thursday Of last week
returning to Linton Monday noon.
While on the trip they visited also
at RedfeId, S. D., where Mr.. 7. has
some town property. He was COM
pleting arrangements for his cleo
tric-light plant which he will no
doubt install in the near future.
In connection with the Belgian re-
lief fund for this county people
from the Holland settlement have
asked the Record 10 note that about
four weeks ago the Holland churches
at Westiield and Hull. and. in fact.
all over the nation. provided fund
for the above purpose which was
handled through the consul at New
York.
John Holsti, the Wilson township
land-man, was a Linton visitor Tues.
day night. With him were two
prospective Emmons county settlers,
Messrs. John and Gideon Estensen,
of Fstelline, S. D. The gentlemen
arrived at kintyre last week to look
over Emmons county real-estate and
while on the trip decided to visit the
county seat. They will no doubt 10.
cate here in the spring.
Papers this week were served on
Chairman Volk. Of the county com
missioners. in an action to recover
the payment for the printing of the
abstract of votes III the primary
election ny each If the official cDun-
ty papers. The matter will lie
brought 10 the attention of the
court as speedily as the states at
torney and court procedure will
| allow.
/ At the special meeting of the city
council Monday night he matter of
the franchise for an electric-light
plant which it is proposed to give to
FL. N. Turner was put on second
reading and passed by unanimous
vote of the councilmen. 1t remains
now for the mayor to sign the bill
before it can be published as an
ordinance, after which it becomes
official.
i While we haven't run across any
thing in the way of blizzard so far
| this year we have nevertheless ex-
perienced little of real winter in
respect to cold Tuesday night the
thermometer dove in downward
course until 81 degrees below zero
were registered. There was no
wind. however, accompanying the
cold spell and the effects were less
serious than would have otherwise
been the case.
i Another proof that Emmons
county and its people have reached
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