Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-09-06
News Of the Week From Al
Sections Of the State.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Covered In Order
to Make Perusal Easier for
the Busy Reader.

Professor f. H. Neff Of Minneapolis
will succeed Professor Allen as prin.
eipal Of the new Garrison high school,
which will open for the fall term on
Sept. 10.
Governor l.. ]. Frazier. on reviewing
the complaint filed by Superintendent
F. L. Watkins OF the State Enforce
ment league. ordered removal proceed.
ings commenced at once against Mayor
w. 8. Shaw OF Minot.
Seven horses on the Herman Lin
dar farm near Underwood have been
poisoned. The animals died shortly
the poison was given to them while
they were In the pasture.
Major f. s. Person, war veteran and
president of the Union National bank
Of Minot. has resigned as director Of
the Association Of Commerce and left
for Fort Smelling. where he entered
the second officers training camp.
After remaining buried in North Da-
kota soil for fifteen years watch
plowed up on the William Harms farm
near Wimbledon, after being properly
wound. licked away as though 1t never
had enjoyed ripping Van Wrinkle
rest.
NJ. Lapenski, sixty years old. COM
mitted suicide at Dickinson by hang.
ing himself to beam in the base
ment Of a new dwelling house that
was being erected by his son-in-law.
Julian Kubistha. The reason for the
act is unknown
Many thousands Of dollars worth Of
valuable hay. two teams of horses.
wagons, hayloaders. stackers and q
lot of other equipment were consumed
in a prairie fire which swept over sew
eral miles Of country extending from
i Mclaughlin to Selfridge.
| Oscar H. Will. pioneer seed grower
and said to be one of the wealthiest
ren of that section. is dead at Bis
marck after long illness. 1t is cred
tied to Mr.. Will for the acclimating of
practically every variety Of corn now
grown in the Northwest.
The status of handcar as a com.
mon carrier was established when
Frank Giannini, Northern Pacific
section hand, known as Dago Frank,
was assessed fine and costs at Beach
for transporting case OF beer from
Yates. the nearest wet spot across the
line in Montana. to Beach.
Twenty members of Company H.
stationed at Fort Lincoln. have been
given a furlough by Major Wright to
permit them to return home and assist
with the harvest All are farmer boys
whose place at home could not be well
filled. They are ready to return to
the fort on moments notice should
entertainment orders come.
Because farmer members of the
North Dakota railway commission are
too busy getting in their 1917 crop OF
helping neighbors to get in theirs tc
consider other matters just now it Is
probable that unimportant railway ant
telephone hearings scheduled for the
present week at Bismarck will be post
poned until the harvest rush is over.
Keen disappointment was expressed
by representatives of farmers at Far
; 60 over the wheat fair price fixins
committee at Washington in decid
ing upon 1920 bushel at Chicago TO-
, No. ! Northern spring wheat. 1t wa:
| declared that this grade of wheat il
worth 50 a bushel to the farmers a.
feed. as compared with the price o
corn.
A hand grenade, which he perfected
4 and which the government believe
, will be an important weapon IN tn
world war, has resulted in William
:. Wolosenka. Fargo laborer, bein
called to Washington. Wolosenka ha
e served with the Austrian army, but |
very anxious that the United State
should have the use of his newly pei
r fected instrument.
r A fire at Dickinson. the second on
OF the kind, destroyed property value
r at $4,000. The fire was first disco,
j. cred in the livery barn of l.. ]. Plum
), mer, whence the flames spread to tn
North Dakota hotel and several built
ings Of the Dickinson Creamery con
pany. All the buildings were practi'
ally destroyed. The livery barn wa
one of the largest in the state.
m One man and thirty-three head {
/ horses were burned to death an
/ George Gunderson of Bagley, MINI
Il was seriously burned in fire that /
/ stroyed the barn on the Erich an
Il Murphy farm, ten miles from Lakot
II The victim rushed into the burnin
II building to recover some Of his pc
sonal belongings. when it is suppose
he was overcome by the smoke.
H With threshing in full blast in evel
section of the state there is a decide
increase in the demand for farm
iii Dor, S. s. Mcdonald. federal lab
III agent at Bismarck, reports. Mr. NJ
III Donald seems to anticipate no dill
III Guilty in filling orders, believing tn