Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-05-28
AROUND THE STATE.

reputation III o.lof people, ana
these figures have just been reached
after house to house canvass was
made for the purpose of compiling
Il new city directory.
The Yellowstone Trail association
has issued a complete map of the
Trail. starting at st. Paul and end
ing at Mammoth Hot Springs, yell
lowstone Park. The map is issued
in pocket folder form and has illus
tratlons of several notable points
along the Trail.
Bismarck. May %. = Herman
King. of Washburn, and Heber
Merrifield, of Underwood, were Sc
riously injured when railroad gas
oline speeder they were riding near
Washburn jumped the track. Both
young men were rushed to Bismarck
and placed in a hospital. They had
been assisting lineman in repairing
the telegraph service along the 500
road. and had started for Washburn
when the accident occurred.
Dogden, May 23.-Adam Pfeifcr,
a farmer living near Kief, was
killed by bolt of lightning during
q rain and hail storm that riddled
nearly every window in Dogden.
Every west window in the city was
broken and hailstones covered the
ground, varying from a marble to a
pigeon egg. Many roofs we're dam
aged and small trees and shruhbery
were ruined. Tie storm lasted
about twenty minutes and swept a
path from two to four miles in
width.
Bismarck. May q. - James W.
Foley, North Dakota poet laureate,
and his wife, have just returned to
Bismarck from the west, where they
have been spending the winter
months. Before coming to Bis
marck. Mr.. Foley made trip to
Chicago to arrange with publishers
for several of his latest editions of
prose and verse. During the winter
months he appeared on several plat
forms in the west. He has large
number of dates through North Da-
kota he will accept during the next
few weeks.
Hannaford. May 2l.-A shooting
affair took place on the farm of
Albert Wells in the northeast corner
of this county. Mr.. Wells had
gone to Aneta and one of the hired
men went into the house and asked
for the rifle saying that he wanted
to shoot gophers He went out in
the field and shot the other hired
man from behind; he then shot him.
self. They are both expected to
recover. No cause for this shooting
is known. The probability is that
the man doing the shouting had be.
come insane.
Bismarck. May 2l.-The first mar.
ket day of the present season will
be held at Bismarck Saturday of
this week. On this same date the
Farmers Educational and Co.opera.
tive union will hold Il meeting in the
city, at which time large number
of farmers have signified their in.
tention of adding their membership.
Matters pertaining to the co-opera.
tive warehouse and mill to be estab.
lished here will be considered. Plans
have been drawn for the huildinps
Land site has been selected on the
500 line right-of-way. The fact
that the farmers union is to meet
in Bismarck for this first market
day, an unusually large attendance
of farmers is anticipated.
Bismarck, May 22.-At meeting
of the state auditing board, held ir
the governors Office yesterday /;
resolution was adopted to pay bonds
to the amount of $25,O00 from the
sinking fund of the state. The
bonds that will be retired under this
resolution are part of the Rufund.
ing Capitol Building Warrants
bonds which was issued May /, 1897
and which are due May i, 1927. The
payment of these bonds at this time
will release $25, 600 for the sinking
fund and make that much money
available for the purpose Of loanine
to the school districts of the state
which are building new schoolhouses
and wish to issue bonds and the
Board of University and School
Lands has many applications fol-
money for that purpose. This makes
a total of $500, 900 of state bonds re.
tired within the last six months and
reduces the bonded debt of the state
from 1897 300 to $637 300. which is
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