Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1915-01-07

fishing the foreclosure in paper SO
far removed from the land was to
keep persons likely to be interested
from knowing or whether it was
just personal spite against the Rec
ord man is more than we know.
The New Year Eve dance at the
opera house thursday night of last
week proved to be most popular
affair. One of the best crowds at
such function in months took part
in the pleasure of the evening.
i About midnight the dancers were
given good scare when a fun
maker fired goodsized shot, gun
just outside the hall door. The re-
port made one almost believe the
German armies had got such start
in their attack on England that they
had hurled themselves clear across
the ocean and part of the United
States before being able to break
the momentum.
Pollock Progress: Miss Anna
Dornbush has been spending the
holiday vacation with friends at
Braddock, N. D. Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Leonard Of Glauavon we're
trading in Pollock Monday {. Frank
McConville was in Pollock Monday
and had curiosity in the shape of
a alternating gopher. In moving
stack Of hay the little fellow was un-
der the stack. rolled up in a ball and
as hard and solid as d piece of ice.
Frank will keep the li,tle ball where
it will not thaw until spring and
and then see if the little fellow will
come back to life.
A lawsuit in justice court made
things lively in town for couple of
days this week. W. s. Freeman and
W. I. Brooks, who had been work
ing on the Stella Smith johnson
building, could not settle satisfac-
torily and sued for their paw. The
defendant objected to the number
of hours charged as well as the
amount per hour. Plaintiffs sued
for fifty cents per hour. Case was
called before Justire Brltts and
change of venue taken to Justice
Wagner. Final judgment gave
plaintiffs forty cents per hour in
stead of fifty and cut down the num-
Der of hours a few Lynn & Lynn
for plaintiff; Cameron for defendant.
About once in each year the Rec.
ord sends statements 10 the various
school boards for whom work has
been done. Owing to the manner in
which accounts are handled by them
it is usually long time before the
money is forthcoming Each year
certain per centage Of the dis
tricts overlook the thing entirely
and another billing is made neces-
sary. 1t is considerable of a job to
keep in touch with the clerks OF the
various districts and bill them from
time to time. The Record would
therefore appreciate 1t if the school
authorities of the districts whose &C.
counts have not been settled would
look up their unpaid bills and fix US
out without the necessity of sec
ond statement.
A real deadlock has come up as
result of the recent election over
the appointment of the superintend-
ent of the board of health. The po-
sition carries a salary of $50
month and is not going a'begging.
The states attorney, the superin-
tendent of schools ana possibly the
old health superintendent have the
appointment to make. H. G. Lynn,
states attorney, is standing for w.
e. Wolverton, and Lester Briggle,
county superintendent of schools.
is standing for a physician in the
northern part of the county. DR..
Monteith, the present superintend-
ent of health, isn't voting for any
body but Herr Monteith, if he has
vote. Hence. there is no majority.
1t is possible there will be no ap-
pointment, at least until the April
meeting.
The second section of the serial
movie at the Electric Theatre was
shown Saturday night of last week.
The crowd that filled the hall was
the largest at moving-picture
show for months. There must have
been at least twenty people from
out Of town and number of Linton
ties who had never before been to
the show were on hand for this
feature story The plot of the mys-
terry was carried along in all exciting
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