Emmons County record., 1916-08-24
Tho Flag and the Mani

Tho Flag al
you've got to quit kickin' my dog
around"
The Champ Clark war-ery of the
1912 campaign seems to be more or
less popular hcrcnbouts just at the
present time. In other words, if you
have too large n supply Of intoxicants
in the rear end of your iiivver, don't
go through town at forty miles an
hour-cspccially don't run over the
states attorneys dog. The combina
tion won't work
For year and half the people of
this county have had chance to see
bootlcgging and blind-pigeing flour
ish Will" the states attorney stolidly
declared that he didn't have to bring
violators to time, that it was up to
private individuals to swear to the
complaint, that he wasn't supposed to
be spy, that he was "suppressing
needless litigation" and that he was
saving the taxpayers money. Now,
listen!
On Wednesday night, August the
sixteenth. this day of Our Lord Nine
teen Hundred Sixteen, there did pass
northward along the main thorough
fare of the free and Independent city
of Linton, one so-called Tin Lizzie;
said Tin Lizzie is said to have been
likenng the speed ordinance unto II
French bomb-proof after being hit by
German Busy Bcrtha;" and, furth-
CT, the states attorneys own really
truly bird dog is said to have been
taking the air in an orderly and de-
corous manner in keeping with the
dignity and majesty of n bird-dog so
fortunate as to belong to this terror
Of law vioators and otherwise learned
limb of the law; it being further stat
ed that one wheel of the fivvcr and
said bird-Iog attempted to demon.
stratc that no two objects can oc.
and that the bird-dog impaired the
speed Of Henry Ford's momento but
little; all this taking place while the
aforesaid learned limb of the law was
pondcrously and majcstically enjoying
the evening air; that Immediately up
on noting the plight of aforesaid pc,
birddog, n riot call was sounded unt
the sheriff, tried and true, came noblS
to the rescue and soon second Liz
zic was in hot pursuit AfIlant goe.
on to state that there followed a rea
Diamond Dick hairraising pursuit.
that would have been the JOY ant
pride of the Mutual Movie manipula
tors had there been time to &c thu
camera IN action, the whole affair be
inc brought to close by the ofiicia
iiivver ovcrhauling it's less importan
sister. AiIiant here has to catch hi!
breath when remembrance is had O
what that Ford contained; beer an,
booze galorc--much more than 81
mysteriously disappeared from tn
states attorneys Office after tn
N''i Et III mug Hhui. ftliiailL ucT
completes his testimony by record
ing the fact that beer, booze
culprits and minions of the lay
quickly wcnded their way back t
town, that the driver of the booze ca
was fined for speeding and bound owe
to the district court for importing
liquor for illegal purposes--no of
fetal action being taken relative t
the case Of the dog.
Later.-Thc Record understand
that Alfred Dickson, the driver of tn
booze wagon, was sent home by tn
authorities to secure bail for himsel
and that he is still searching for tn
same, said search taking him to part
unknown.
The newspapers Of the state ar
sharpening their wits at the expens
of the prison authorities at Bismarck
Some twenty-five prisoners hav
made their escape this season, wit
almost stratling regularity of es
npes. Digging holes through tn
wall, escape in empty box-cars an
other methods have been used. Fou
prisoners of the entire lot were re
captured.
1t would appear that an investiga
tion of the penitentiary authoritie
was in order. 1t hardly seems pos
sible that escapes could be so fre
quent il the prison guards are at
tempting to prevent them. The fac
that one Of the escaped convicts is
former prison guard who afterwar
became an involuntary resident .
the same institution makes one be
lieYe that there might he grounds Cd