Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1915-04-15
Pollock Pick-Ups.
(progress. April 0.)

froRress. April w
Miss Frances Farrell, of Kintyre,
N. D.. was a Pollock visitor Sunday.
Mrs. John Tun:land returned to
her home at Shields, N. D.. Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Cliff Honey departed Mon
day morning for Calumet. Mont.
where Mr.. H. has taken home
stead. Cliff left last week with a
car of stock. machinery, etc.
A dance was given at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. 0. E. Meyers at Dale
on Friday evening, March 26th.
About sixty people we're in attend
ance and all report fine time.
We are pleased to state that
Grandma Pulling, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis last week, is i'm
proving slowly and gradually regain
ing her speech, also the use Of her
arms. This will be good news to her
many friends throughout this Sec
ton who were shocked to hear of
her misfortune.
DR.. Shockey reports the commun-
ity rather healthy at present. The
only new cases being Geo. Rose. of
Dale, who is suffering from an at.
tack of la grippe and Miss Rose Lar
son. nf Gale, is confined to the h use
wi it'll measles. Miss Thorson, of
Dale. is recovering from an attack
of nervous prostration and Mrs. w.
II. Lou'zenhiser of Pollock, was
slightly indisposed the first of the
week but is fully recovered now.
Some miscreant. with nothing
better to do for excitement, has been
defacing and injuring the property
of the Norwegian church east #
Pollock ny shooting OUT the windows
and making target of the door.
The parties are undoubtedly un-
aware of the seriousness of the of.
Tense or the would find sother WAYS
of using up their surplus energy
The laws IF South Dakota make the
defacing or otherwise wilfuIly in
jnring any house Of worship a
felony. We understand the guilty
parties are known and arrest is like
ly to follow any further depreda-
lions.
We are informed that the Over
land Telephone Company are max
ing arrangements to extend their
lines west into the Dale neighbor.
hood this spring. At present the
most western point reached by this
line is John WinterberR's. AS soon
as the frost is out of the ground suf-
ficiently to allow setting the poles it
will be continued on via jim Stew
arts. Ed McConville's. Tracy ranch
and terminate at the FRANK McCon-
| Vile place. The Overland is giving
good service and the Dale people
will sonn find the line real nece :
sity and wonder how they ever got
along without it.
Sheriff Fiiman Tnllock. Deputy
Sheriff Guy Tullock and Attorney
Frank Wright went out to Winifreu
Saturday night in response to a re-
port that Bob Monroe had stabbed
Royal Cranston. of the Winifred
Times. The trouble occurred early
| in the evening. when Monroe, ac-
cording to all accounts, made a Who'll
ly unprovoked assault upon Gran.
ston with a knife. He slashad at the
latter, but fortunately the blade.
after cutting the clothing. made
but slight cut overthe abdomen
The wound ia not at all serious. be.
ing. in fact. trivial. This. however,
is mere good luck "a Monroe was
| out fur blood evidently. The latter
sis now in the county Jail.
Light In Oceans Depths.
| Distinct traces Of light have been
detected in the ocean at depths OK
more than 1000 feet by an English
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