Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-08-02

Lightning struck and caused the dc.
struction by fire Of the Farmers ele.
vator at Harmon. The loss was $l0,.
900. partly covered by insurance.
William Blake Of Jamestown was
instantly killed at Grace City when
his automobile engine stalled on rail.
road track in front Of Great North.
ern express train.
While crushing grain at st. Vincent.
Percy Stacy became entangled in the
betting of the engine and was crushe !.
He died while being removed to the
Office of a physician.
Albert and r. l.. Moneysmith, two
brothers. pleaded guilty at Minot to
stealing stoves valued at $3.50. Albert
was given one year In prison and his
younger brother sent to reform school,
A seven-year heat record was broken
at Bismarck on July 81 when the
thermometer climbed to 1904. This is
a record for July since the heat wave
OF 1910. when the bulb registered 107
on July Is.
The body Of Alexis Kooryk. Rus.
sian. twenty.four years old was found
lying on the prairie near Kildeer. 1t
Is presumed he was overcome by the
heat Some time ago he was injure
in a runaway. He was last seen alive
July 3.
James w. Foley of Medora. father
of ]. w. Foley. poet. died suddenly.
He was seventy-two years old. Mr.
Foley was an intimate friend Of The.
odore Roosevelt and for years had
been manager of the Marquis de Mores
properties.
Two boys, Bert Wells and Roy Sy.
rus. we're sentenced at Minot to one
year In the penitentiary and three
years in the reformatory, respectively,
for the theft of three automobiles. All
OF the cars had been stolen at Minot
within a week.
A. ]. Mcdaniel Of Minot has been
commissioned captain In the med.
zeal corps. according to orders from
the war department at Washington.
He is instructed to proceed to San
Francisco. ready to sail for an un.
known destination, Aug. S.
The third fire in twenty.four hours
at Bismarck completely destroyed the
Ford automobile distributing plant and
the contents Of fifty freight cars. The
loss was placed at $4,000. Fire Com.
missioner Christopher Bertsch was Sc
verely burned while fighting the blaze
Albert Grass. grandson of Chief Jus
tice John Grass Of the Sioux. has ap
piled for admission to the new state
guard company at Bismarck. Red
Tomahawk. captain Of the Indian po
lice, the man who is said to have killed
Sitting Bull. wanted to enlist. bat was
found to lie too old.
| Reports that the poisonous Burma
bean has been planted in several cen
trail North Dakota fields as the navy
bean have been received By r. c. Boil
singer and r. @. Baird, pure food dep
uties. They say the only result will
be the loss of the crop, RS the Burma
bean will not mature in this climate.
i A number of men arrested at Mino1
for being drunk have been found to
have denatured alcohol on their per
son. The police have decided that the
men have reached the conclusion thai
life is not worth while without drink
The chances of living after drinkins
denatured alcohol are said to be about
forty to one in favor of the ghost.
HN11, ir % f,,x tab
men in the draft lottery for nationa
service. The gross figures for the
state, according to population O
7O6.992. is 1871. Credits through en-
listment in the state are 2,11S. Rich
land with 1877, has the largest number
of credits of any county in the state
according to the completed figures II
the adjutant generals Office at Bis
marck.
Governor Lynn ]. Frazier has an
nounced the appointment of the fol
lowing commissioned officers in the
new Second regiment: A company
Minot-Millard Lawson, captain: Will
lam OLeary, first lieutenant; Josiah
Blaisdell, second lieutenant. B com
pany, New Rockford-I.eslie Wheeler
captain; John Cameron. first lieuten
ant. Darlington company-Edward L
Kelleran. captain; Gordon Turner
first lieutenant; John Konen. SECOND
lieutenant 11llendale company-Harr.
E. Thomas, captain. Beach compan,
Charles I. Cook, captain. Dickinson
Machine Gun company-Fred ]. Fleu
rift, first lieutenant; Welland Orchard
second lieutenant.
While there is no appropriation fol
the carrying out Of the work of thu
depositors' guaranty fund commission
as created at the last session of thu
legislature. the commission, in session
for the first time at Bismarck, decided
that the law shall not become fai!
ure. Members will see that the law II
enforced at their own expense. de