Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1915-05-27

gree Of appreciation for what the
old vsterans did for the generation
Of today when they tramped through
the terrible battles of the Civil War.
There are only three veterans Of the
4 G. A. r. still living in Linton. They
are Messrs. A. c. Wagner. F.
Frankhauser and H. r. Anderson
| Mrs. r. K. Batter. Mrs. CARRIER
formerly Edna Armstrong; and
Miss Matte Kurtz autoed down
from Hazeiton Tuesday evening to
bring Mrs. f. P. Snyder home.
Mrs. CARRIER is now living in Ash.
land. Ohio. and has been visiting her
parents at Hazelton for couple of
weeks. @
A fire at the Bredburg home west
of town mile or so destroyed the
barn and contents Thursday of last
week. Two horses and seven calves
persisted in the flames. 1t is be.
lieved that one of the small children
was responsible for the fire. The
building had some insurance on 1t,
but nothing like the loss.
Catcher Fisher. of the Linton base
ball team, is confined to the local
hospital as the result of broken leg
sustained while at baseball practice
Tuesday evening. The injury will
keep him out of the game for the
rest of the season. and he will leave
for his home at Marengo. Iowa, as
soon as he is able to make the jour
ney.
| Three more Minnesota counties
voted on county option Monday and
three more countie1 went dry. This
makes total of twelve counties in
that state that have voted and
every one has ousted the saloon.
Polk county was one of the three
this week, including Crookston and
East Grand Forks. Nearly thous-
and majority was registered against
the saloons.
Harry Hinton, a former employee
in the Britts' Barber Shop, who has
been holding claim in the south
ern part of the county. is back at
his old trade here. He has pur-
chased half-interest in the Britts
barber shop and will make Linton
his home. Since proving up short
time ago he has been in search of a
location. He looked over Fort
Yates and Ashley before coming
here.
Henry and VIM. Heyerman we're
up from the south country Friday of
last week attending to some bust.
ness affairs. Vim. Heyerman has
purchased the property formerly be-
longing to E. A. Grain just north of
the Bazaar and known as the Tin
Bank. and will use it for jewelry
store. Miss Sarah Saue will move
her millinery store into the building
now occupied as a postoffice.
Folders advertising the chautau-
qua for June Goth to Oath, inclusive,
have arrived and are being sent out
around the county. The tickets will
be on sale next week at number of
business places in Linton and later a
booster" trip will be made to the
other towns of the county for the
purpose of selling tickets and arous-
ing enthusiasm in the venture.
While returning from the ball
game at Pollock Sunday the writer
had few minutes visit with S. A.
Fischer at Strasburg. Mr.. Fischer
and others are arranging for the
installation of second bank at
Hague which will probably be in
operation the middle of June.
Hague has had one bank for years
and is claimed to be fine banking
town.
Jacob Haid. farmer living east
of TemVik, had good fortune when
his team ran away Friday afternoon
at Temvik and little or no damage
was done. The team. hitched to a
load Of wire and posts. ran through
the Tempel lumber yards knocking
down pile of lumber on the way
and then striking west from town.
They were captured without any Sc
rious injury to themselves or the
wagon.
| III. Reamer and crew of men
ARE busy this week on the road north
from town. Owing to the fact that
the old cutoff on the Linton Tenn
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