Emmons County record., 1915-05-20
IN TOWN AND OUT


II. E. Paul. who has been looking
after the Office for Mr.. Irwin during
his absence, left for a visit with hel
son Immediately upon the Irwin.
arrival.
A card'received by Mr.. Lane from
Mrs. Lane. who is in Ann Arbor
Mich. informs him that she is get.
ting settled and that she is staying
at the home of friends of her child.
hood.
A baseball game for Friday af.
ternoon at Strasburg was partially
arranged for last week. We under.
stand. however, thst it has been
cancelled. 1t was to have been
played Immediately after the circus.
The new uniforms for the ball
team arrived the first of the week
and the boys will blossom out in
fine feathers at Pollock Sunday. The
suits are gray with blue trimmings
and block letter IL" on the left
side.
Mrs. H. o: Batter, Mrs. j. F.
Snyder and Mrs. F. P. Baker, of St.
Louis, Mo-, formed an auto party
that brought Mrs. Carrie Snyder to
her home at Linton Thursday of
last week after short visit at the
town up the line.
A sign painter by the name of
Frank Carpenter was in Linton the
first of the week and fixed up a
moving-picture screen for Manager
Turner, of the Electric Theatre. It
carries bunch of local advertising
around the outside.
Glen Turner and Mahlon Mohn
have a row-boat constructed by W.
I. Brooks with which they expect
to sail the billowy Beaver in the
months to come. They say that for
miles the creek is several feet deep
and that they are looking forth to
much entertainment.
A recent issue of the Bismarck
Tribune carries the announcement
of the coming wedding of Charles
c. Wattam and Miss Odessa Viii.
liams, daughtar of Gen. and Mrs.
E. A. Williams. Mr.. Wattam is
court reporter for this district and
is we'll known III Linton.
Commissioner Lee drove down
from Braddock Monday with his
horse and buggy. They took a little
over four hours for the trip. R. A.
Fearseth, who will be employed at
Garrison. this state, on a newspaper
accompanied him for a short busi-
ness visit with the writer.
The county commissioners have
been in session this week and the
town has been flooded with bridge
company representatives after the
many bridge contracts to be let. j.
j. Pietz. of Eureka. drew the con-
tract for installing furnace and
fixtures in the court house.
Mrs. H. E. Paul has gone to Red
Lodge, Mont, to spend week or
SO with her son. Donald. who grad
yates from the high school there
this week. An old friend of the
Paul family has charge of the
schools there and Donald has been
staying with them while attending
school.
A. H. Irvine. assessor for the city
of Linton. has just about completed
his work. In connection with the
assessing he is required to take the
census this year. Nearly seven
hundred names have been recorded
and he estimates the final count will
show Linton to be city of some
Ills souls.
While at Braddock Thursday and
Friday of last week the writer suf-
fered partial relapse in his scrap
with the mumps and was in pretty
bad shape for time. Grant Call,
who happened to be in town or his
way to the county seat, accompa.
MED the writer and drove his ca,
home for him.
Patrons of the proposed Lintor
rural route supplying the Omic
country are signing up rapidly, al
though there are still many to pnl
down their signatures at the Lintor
postoffice. However, boxes hav.
been ordered and there appears II
be no doubt of the success OF tn,
project.
WANTED-An Industrious ma,
who can earn 500 per month AM
penses retailing our Products t,
farmers. Must have some mean
for starting expenses and fnrnisI
lhnnd signed hvE2 raannnaihla man