Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-05-18

rest assured that we will try to
follow our usual custom of dis.
cussine all public men and mat
tiers at length to the end that
those who cast their votes will
be able to have some idea of the
fitness of those who have held
down jobs for them and who are
seeking to prolong the contract.
There will be another Of those biz
dances At the Gates Hall at Glencoe
Saturday night, May 7oth, to which
all arc invited. There Is always
good music and plenty of fun at
these dances which are becoming ex-
tremely popular and which draw
people from forty miles aronnd.-
Adv.
Karl Ponath went to Steele
Saturday in response to a tele-
phone call that his mother was
seriously ill. Mrs. Ponath was
taken to Bismarck last week for
treatment and later returned to
her home at Steele. Karl re-
turned to Linton Monday night.
E. II. Brant, chairman of the
board of county commissioners,
had a strenuous trip getting to
Linton Monday for the board
meeting. He drove his team to
Temvik where they played out.
There he hired another rig for
the remainder of the trip.
The young son of Oliver La
Fave was brought to Linton
Tuesday to secure medical atten-
ton for a broken leg. Mr.. and
Mrs. LaFave accompanied him
and were brought here by Mr..
Becker. Yesterday morning
they went to one of the Bismarck
hospitals with the little fellow.
Mr.. Wentz, the electric-light
man, is arranging for the con-
struction of his plant on the east
bank of the railrord cut lust
north of Hickory avenue in the
rear of the F. M. Burge and P. G.
Rocks properties. We under
stand that Mr.. w. will use a stor-
age battery for his day lead
which will handle small motors,
for washing, ironing, etc.
The county commissioners
were in session a couple of days
this week. Among other things
they opened the bid for the
bridge northeast of Linton a few
miles which was built last year
by the Linton Bridge and Con-
struction Company and which
was not paid for by the county
because the contract had not
been let according to law. In
the meantime, the road had been
laid out and the bids advertised
for. The original builders had
no competition and their bid for
$3.50 was accepted.
Bismarck Tribune: A meeting
of the state board of BARRIERS ex-
aminers was held in this city
Tuesday, at which the resigna-
ton of President A. M. Britts, of
Linton, was handed in. The
board met to check up their bus
mess for the past year and make
preparations for making a report
to the state. Mr.. Britts is a can
didate for the office of clerk of
the district court of Emmons
county. The state board of bar
Der examiners is composed of
President A. M. Britts, Secretary
Thomas Nottingham and Treas.
urer Leo Skjody.
Elsewhere in this issue is a re-
port of the disastrous fire that
swept the city of Glendale Tues
day night of last week. A letter
from Mrs. Streeter's mother,
Mrs. Dawson, gives a deep i'm
preston of the scenes at that
time. Mrs. Dawson and her
small daughter, Blanche, were
alone in their house at the time.
The little girl was asleep and her
mother writing a letter when the
alarm was sounded. Blanche
was wrapped in an overcoat and
carried from the burning build
ing. Nothing was saved but
that overcoat and a pocket-book
quickly Snatched up in the FLIGHT