Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-01
North Dakota
Events Of the Week


A. p. Clifford & Co.. insurance busi.
ness.
Arthur Collins Of Hannah has Joined
. party OF United States engineers
who are engaged in making a topo.
graphical survey OF the international
boundary The survey is to extend to
the head OF the lakes and the work
will consume several months
The Indian department in Washing.
ton has approved LIS tracts of Indian
lands in North Dakota ard ia in
South Eakota, which will be offered
for sale this tall or in the early win.
ter. The last sale OF registration lands
YVES held Dec. ~, 1916.
In an effort to save her little chill.
dren, who persisted in sticking BY the
ship when their toy wagon which they
had loaded with coal, was caught in n
1r06 In the face OF an onrushing train,
Mrs. Anna Ambers of Hamburg. q
widow with niue wee ones. was struck
and seriously injured
The Park River fire department IL
not going to be in the back ground
The organization has subscribed 5000
for Liberty Bonds
Eugene Wachter. son Of G. C.
Wachter. and one of the four Bis
marck young men who went to Camp
Dodge on the first draft, has been
promoted to sergeant in Co T.. 213rd
engineers. at the recommendation OF
Captain Bartness.
Miss Emelia Anderson, who was
discharged from her position as prin.
cipal in the New England high school
last January after some differences
with Supt. C. l.. Greene. was award.
Cd verdict covering her wages for
. full term by q district court jury
1t Mott.
Wire thieves, who stole more than
thousand feet OF copper wire from
the Northern Pacific railroad limo
near Valley City. N. D.. failed to in.
terrupt telegraphic communication by
their act. The thieves. after snap
ping the copper wire. attached the
ends OF 1t to a dead iron wire and
the service was not interrupted.
While the infant child OF Mrs. e.
E. Fee. of Charbonneau. barely old
snough to walk. was alone In a bug.
~. the horse became frightened and
dashed down the road. The mother
made an effort to catch the animal hut
was not successful. After running
some distance. she came upon the
rhild. toddling back toward her, un.
injured.
The members Of the Minor Red
Cross chapter. recently sent con.
signment OF articles to a county chap
ter at Forman. The shipment was
made up of the following articles:
Six dozen shoulder pads. one dozen
pairs of hospital bed socks, one doz-
en- pairs Of wool socks. one dozen
knitted wash cloths. three sweaters
and two mufflers.
Editor J. NJ Connolly Of the New
England Herald. has been burned ont
Of house and home. The loss. except
In associations. was not great. as the
knight Of the fourth estate had been
living In tent. pending the COM
pietion of a more stable dwelling Fe
had lighted an oil stove to take of;
the chill and stepped over to
neigllbOr's to soak up some heat wheE
the accident occurred.
A 3S0pound hog sold by w. w. Dick
OF Eraddock to Olaf Feltheim netted
$3.50. said to be the highest price
ever paid there for porker.
Carl Riedcll. aged 40. coal miner,
who came from Fessenden. was in.
stantly killed at the Davis mine near
Minot from premature explosion.
While driving across the Great
Northern tracks at New Rockford in
his machine. switch engine hit the
car and Jacob Allmaras had a close
call from death.
A disastrous prairie fire swept the
section near Rhame recently, causing
. loss estimated at $4,000 in hay and
pastnrage. The fire started from
spark from Milwaukee engine.
The annual report OF the state in.
spector OF high schools shows that the
Williston schools, vying for fifth place
IN enrolment with the State Agricul.
tura, school at Grafton. being sur.
passed by the larger cities of Minot.
Bismarck, Grand Forks and Fargo.
are outnumbering Valley City. James
town. Devils Lake and Mandan Will
liston ranks fifth in the number Of
graduates.
Reinhold Miller. aged IA years, Of
Beulah, was the victim of serious
accident which may cause the loss Ct
one OF his hands. The lad, with sew.
eral others. was working with a shot:
gun and the weapon accidentally ex.
ploded. The charge struck Miller's
hand and severed the tendons. He is
now in hospital at Bismarck.
The plan of raising money for war
purposes adopted by the Larimore
Patriotic Council has worked out sue
cessfully and the council now has
subscriptions of $135 month from
the citizens. The council hopes to
raise this to $50 month.
Gottlieb People of Fessenden was
going to buy Liberty Loan bond.