Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1915-03-11

Of this month. the fatal disease be-
ing tuberculosis. There are still
many old-timers in the county who
} remember Mr.. Worst and they will
all join in Offering sympathy and q
kind word to the brother who has
spent the better part of his life in
the interest Of this state.
Rev. GrinnelI. pastor of the Epis.
copal church and located at Man.
dan. will be in Linton on the 18th of
this month to arrange for the or
Ranization of a local band of boy
scouts. The boy-scout movement
has taken hold Of the entire world
and is most popular thing among
the young folks. doing them world
of good and providing healthful
recreation and pleasure. In Europe
boy-scout organizations are doing
considerable to assist the various ma
tions in work of transportion of food
supplies and as messengers, etc. in
home defense.
The rural schools of southwestern
Logan are right up and coming. /"
Every two weeks representatives of
several schools meet and participate
in programs consisting of spelling
contests, recitations and debates.
On Friday night of this week they
will debate on the question: Re
solved. That we take from Congress
the right to declare aggressive war
and vest it in the people. roth men
and women" Miss lnez Walker. q
Linton girl. teacher of school No. 8
in Dakem district. will be on the
negative side. One of her students,
Joseph Vetter, has been victor in
the spelling contests so far.
Eureka Blade: Peter and Aud, CIV
Wolf. Joseph Eberle and Ben Hulm.
all of Hague, N. D., came to Eure-
ka last Thursday to close the deal
for the purchase of the Belgium
stallion owned by the Eureka Horse
Company. They bought the horse
for $1050 and after having the an
imal inspected shipped him to
Hague, Saturday. The gentlemen
named above, together with Adam
and Franz HUM. comprise the COM
pany behind the purchase. They
have secured a mighty fine horse at
a small price. the Eureka Company
having paid $4,000 for the stallion
quite number of years ago.
School notes from only part Of
the local faculty appear in this
week g issue of the Record. Some
of the teachers simply said they had
none while one chad some notes.
but not for the Record" In view
of the fact that these things are
published free of charge there is
no reason why further time and
trouble should be expended in get
ting them and as long as teapot
politics are allowed to enter into the
matter there will probably be notes
from only those rooms repre- ented
this week. Those which appear
happen to be from the grades the
children of which are most interest
ed.
On Sunday, March the seventh, at
the home of the BRIDES parents in
ICELAND, occurred the wedding of
John j. Brokofsky. of Linton, and
Miss Otilla. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Christian Wentz. The bride is
not generally known in Linton. but
has been long resident of the Zee
land country. Mr.. Brokofsky has
been resident Of Linton for a
couple of years, being employed in
the First Bank of Linton until its
consolidation with the First Nation
al when he became affiliated with
the other institution. The young
lady has made several visits to this
neighborhood, having relatives liv-
ing but few miles from town.
MIR. and Mrs. Brokofsky will return
to Linton some time this week and
will make their home in the new
McVey building in the northwestern
part of town where they will be at
home to their friends, according TO
their announcement, after June the
first. Linton will welcome the new.
ly-weds on their return to Linton
where the groom is most popular
and where the bride has made a
most favorable impression on her
several former visits.