Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-03-26

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delicious morseis for themselves. They ar
opened and sold. delivered. for 3Oc n quart O
solid meat.
1t seems remarkably strange 10 a NortI
Dakotan renching this rnglon In "winter' I.
hear the mocking- birds singing and othe
birds twittering In the woods: to view III,
forests of everRrecns, dotted here AM
there with decidu0ns trees: and to see tn,
more or less gentle housewife visiting III,
winter" garden to procure the famfl,
rndtshes. lettuce. onions, green peas-.ant
sich.''
There Is said tn he considerable game Ia
the woods-such ~ np ssum. coon and quail
with few Wild turkeys and un occasionu
deer. Alligators are scarce. AZ this lin.
seck"ls supposed to feed principally on pick
antnnics. tho scarcity of colorcd kidiets 10
these parts has probably driven most Of tho
gators to the Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana.
Mississippi and Texss coasts.
Another odd bird hero IL tho pelican. They
are apparently Of tho same-or nearly re-
iated-variety as those formerly quite nu
merous In western wnters. They arc l,y
Florida laws protected as scnvengers, and
80 VIZ ssn'"' ~ ID 'utcEchLDS 10
. ,an. ne.,. 'aem ~ 'noy ns., IN Inc bay. They
,"',,,,",." "pp',s'' NC -, nsn IKE NORTH Dakota
.on,".aa M % .h re 'he peican.
,,...,." 'o "'"''o '"e 'o''o~ihs inmc'
'Ao o'"'s ""''
"a most wonderful bird Is tho pelican:
Ills neck will hold more than his bcllcnu.
He can hold more In his beak
Than he can eat in q week.
And I'm burned II can see how I'm hc,cca, Z.
INC first time ! saw man "Flddlin' for
ba't appreciated tho fact that there are
many things IN this world not dreamed Of
even In an old mans phllosophy-when the
lonely Chap comes from distant parts. Down
nero they drive . asiako In tho ground, then
they scrapo u pieoe OF board across tho top
OF ihn stake; then tho angloworms come uu
T." Tho surface and arc captured. This Mt
nrst sight non-compos- -mentis actlon on the
hshcrmnn's part can bo scon here often. but
brings the bacon"
The porpOlses jumping clear IN ont of tho
HAter arg qnotheF strange sight tp me.
nave ooqeht some lots heru and will put
" smail hopse. The lots are i've
h''""'es walk from bayou, where ono can
keep p"at, Hqa from there go anywhere on
bhe o"g:
s"Me ntty ada acreage TRACTS tributary ta
''S"" raven hre beipg cleared his year. Ap
n''A'"'s'ely slSIy residences ARE either Just
u""p'ste" ", or IN process or erection In town.
."'Ie IN ce1'a'"ty great future for this cl'y
a," ~ tributary country, There are sever.
- 'e'''"s aor sn1s ne'iel. ht those places IN
WV '''''!" 'ioF1ua where there is older settle
''''''' ""'auH'h oranges. grapoxruit, figs. pc
.'"s' .. grapes a"a many semi'tropical pro-
'"e'n "ro h.o"h 70 peflectton. They are do
l"R ''s wct' nero on ti'e say. Northern towns
.epe"" n1pey iof their prosperity on the
"a ,"' 'i'''S VI 'he surrounding country. Lynn
~. "'o' -" Se' mas i'ttte aid from this source.
ms ms ;" 'i'e nrst year tne people nave begun
S,e"F "na p!ang thcir ACREAGE property in
uruu e"rnest. lho clearing ana planting
W. ""et' ~ proppltionnte Yolump each
f'e s"Fus WIN pe esHAii-tfom Ton 10
s"eH' 'stea.Maf4 tess ~ nfea than the
.4t.ti' w Holt"-"ho tnere wiz therefore be
"f"s popu'"t'oI tributary 10 the
N"osuo' 'a'itR tnat WIN nrlna prosperity To
1'" a"soa Inc u'etropoiis OF the hay coun'
o'n oe'nE conauctea pS the Federal Gov
efnHens. nis canal between the Bay and
'"e hpa'0cnacoia hiVer. rms canal Will be
n"'isaDle 1or 0oodsized river steamers. and
10 .''e nay ~ sheiterea. such steamers can
y" ',s"'n anywhere. The work Is progressing
oh Tue cahai ana Inc WORK wiz DC finished In
-. av" months. ~ is aoout twenty miles long,
nne AP"ihcnicoia Is fioridas greatest river,
ny cahsi WY R1so ehaap water TRANSFORMATION
petNech .he haS Towns ana the country away
W ~ nor'ht'H aec'eia. Ih's win Inc plan OF
','o reacrai government 10 deepen the low
sAhheW p'aces ~ the i'ayr VIII make NJ least
ono Rrene sh'p'hnF hort on the nay Tor the exs
poIIs ana 'lnports OF Inc country.
min, ,r,ns C,,,,,,,,,.,. W." ~. 70 ~" WV
H,ro, ,.,,,, ,h. ..xo.,,,,.. ~ ~" 49,. w." ~. .S
nor,h from f,h,n,.v so',. Io .,,,s. .su,. 20
her. ava ,.,Iro ,..o., Az. ~. "
one.ho,, r,,,.s 49,, aa,,,,,,n. on. -. aua
nh. ,,r.aa IL NH, 49,, ..n. =, w., ,a,, sn -.
town M ~, ,,.., ~ ,a,,n lie -. ., ~
,v,,,, ono.,o. .sos .s,.. - :. .,.n ,,',n
r,oa -, II, ,,,,,,,, -. ~, 80" -.
l5O miles to trayelers between the North and
South. This road In no nearly finished that the
expense of completing It cannot allow q, the
work being much longer DELAYED. yis,tora
from the North now come bv way Of pensnco-