Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-08-24

Donald Paul, Earl Stewart, Gerrit
and Ed. Rocks, Oscar Mohn, Robert
Clybourne, Eugene Schilling.
The Fogle-Wagher contest had to
be ll5stponed because of the absence
of Judge Nuessle, who will return to
Bismarck about the first of the month.
The hearing will be had some time at
ter that.
Henry Hanson, Harry Lynn and
Arthur Pitts were Linton people who
attended the dance ut Brogdcn's hall,
near old Williamsport Saturday night.
Ward Norman and Albert Shier also
made the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Onstad re-
turned this week from their wedding
trip to Minnesota points. They are
visiting for time at the home of
Mrs. Onstad's mother, Mrs. Baumann,
near Strasburg.
In this issue of the Record appears
a large advertisement of Overland au-
tomobiles. The Northwestern Motor
Company is the local agent and have
placed large number of this make
of cars in Emmons county.
| George Dexter, the Braddock land
man, spent Thursday of last week in
Linton closing up land deal. Mr..
Dexter is well pleased with his Brad
dock location and is taking an active
part in boosting for that town.
The Record is in receipt of copy
of The Baldwin Bulletin with the name
of Fred Pfaff at its masthead as ed
itor and publisher. Fred is former
Lintonite who has made his home in
the North 500 town for number of
years.
The M. Burge residence is now we'll
under way and is mammoth resi-
dence. There is more room in it than
any other residence in town. 1t is
being finished with all the latest i'm
provements, including second-story
sleeping-porc with disappearing beo..
The Record is in receipt of the an
nouncement of the birth of the daugh-
ter which was born July Oath to Mr..
and Mrs H. w. Batter at Morristown
The little lady weighed eight pounds
and has been named Beverly Leone
Batter. Mrs. Batter was formerly
Miss Frances HIM.
E. Grotting, formerly assistant to J
A. Lang at the local Thompson Yards
Inc, left last week for Tcmvik where
he will have charge of the yard re-
Gently purchased by that company
from Franz Tempel. Mr.. G. made
many friends while resident of Lin
ton and should prove mighty good
man for the company in his new posi-
ton.
w. G. Bickelhaupt, one OF the head
officials of the Dakota Central Tele
phone Company, is in Linton this week
supervising the telephone improve.
ments that are being made here by his
company. When the work is complet
ed, the exchange here will be strictl.
up to snuff. The new switchboard
has already arrived. Later the com
pany will move their present building
back on their lot and will construct {
fireproof Office where the exchange i:
now located.
Arrangements are being completed
for the starting of new bank a
Braddock, there being seventy-fiv
stockholders in the new institution
In the list are some six or eight Brad
dock business men and the rest arr
farmers. There are seven heav.
stockholders and the rest have blu
small amounts. No stakeholder il
allowed more than $1,000 and thos
D who have that much are Herman
t Sueltz and father, O. r. Martini,
nonresident by the name of Drum
y Henry Reamann, H. P. Albright an
v w. M. Beard.
/. Manager Turner Of the Elcctri
: Theatre, is digging up some uniqu
schemes for advertising his shows
d Last week he drew full house by ad
: vertising to give live baby away
= He gave baby pig. This week h
d has hand-bills printed on wall-pape
r with a catch-line saying, owe hav
removed the wallpaper at the Electri
}. Theatre to make room for the crowd.
a Also, he has a deal with the bushes
q men of town whereby all farmers ar
q admitted free to the Saturday mat
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= from some business man in town bacl
d ing the proposition.
p While returning from Braddoc
\ Monday the writer met lady WI
was one of the pioneers of Emmor
county and who has been making h
home near Salem, Oregon, for MAI
years. Mrs. Jasper Denham, who live
with her family north and west Of 0
+ Williamsport IN pioneer days, Is Il