Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-08
Facts About the
Flickertal State

also OF Minneapolis. will speak In
Fargo Nov. l6.
Eta NJ. Beards:ey. former deputy
county superintendent OF McHenry
county, received word that her broth
er. Albert. and her father. X. Boards.
Icy. had been drowned when their
boat capsized while they were hunting
ducks in the vicinity OF Ashley. MINI.
; The total amount of Liberty bonds
sold by the Boy Scouts OF Minot dur
ing the campaign was $500. This is
remarkably good showing when II is
considered that the boys went into
the work after all the larger sales
had been made and after the regular
teams which were making the can.
vass had quit.
The record for the Mnot district
court was established during the
month OF October. when eighteen d.
vorce cases were filed. The causes
set forth for which parties seek sin.
gle bessedness range from claims Of
desertion to the claim that an Amer
lean woman should not be expected
to live with German husband
Eluding two separate sets of irate
parents and the police officers of six
counties. Peter +. Brakken, pro.
gressive young farmer of the Fortuna
community. and Miss Minnie Witsoc.
member of prominent Fortuna fam
lily. made their way to Hawley,
Mimi, where they were married at
the home OF Mrs. August Atkinson. q
sister of the groom
Dr. Charles A. Eastman, famous
Sioux lecturer and author. who has
just completed tour OF various
reservations where the Indian Ian.
guagc is spoken. in the interest OF the
second Liberty Loan. says: 1.-The In!
dian tribes as class and as a race.
are absolutely loyal to all that Amer.
Tea stands for. Liberty, Peace. Fellow.
ship and Brotherhood. Though small
In number. they are big in the spirit
Of patriotism"
AS the result OF the stove, which
she was attending, exploding, Miss
Helen Herred of the Chaplin teaching
force. was badly burned about the
face.
Y. l.. Hardy, a switchmnn at Devils
'sthNS' liIC 'Ieut .NUl
err yards. when he accidentally fell
beneath a train on which lie was
working.
The Cass county teachers directory
Issued by County Superintendent OF
Schools ]. w. Riley shows staff Of
1913 teachers in the county There are
122 school districts
The body of George Hopkins. IS.
year-old Mandan Indian boy whose
drowning was reported two weeks ago
was found cast up on sand bank
nhcut half a mile below the point
where the young man made an at
tempt to swim the Missouri
Although but lS months old the
little son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Staples Of Cavalier. has had his right
arm amputated for second time, now
at the elbow. as u result OF the baby's
being run over by car en- the Great
Northern siding a few weeks ago.
T.. r. Seibert. the contractor. pre-.
diets that Dickinson's new postorrice.
the finest federal building on the
slope. will not be ready to turn over
to the government until February 10.
Dickinson had hoped to dedicate the
new building the first OF the year.
Emil Keller. Almont German.
charged with characterization as a
result Of his continued criticism of
the United States. its government and
the fullEess thereof. arraigned before
United States Commissioner Lanter.
mann was held under $1,000 bail.
which Keller furnished. to answer to
the next term OF federal court
Fat Shelp saw a wolf ahead OF his
car while driving from Langdon to
his home. Speeding up the car. he
worked the animal in the middle OF
the highway and ran it down
An automobile belonging. to a farm
er Near Rugby was struck by the fast
mail on the crossing at Grenora. vii
liam luck and Leo Void, two OF thre<
occupants of the car. were injured.
\ tractor blew up on the Scversor
pace in the SGtaw Gap country ant
set FIRE to strip OF prairie land five
miles long AMI two miles wide. Pen
pie fought the flames with wet sacks
Never in the history OF Garrison ha
there le"n so many buildings con
structed and the city showing srcn
healthy growth as this fall Even tn,
rural communities are enjoying /;
buildin2 boom.
Ii sufficient signatures are obtained
upon petitions, Wells county may hav'
the services OF a trained nurse for it
public schools. Superintendent Sen
neb NcrtFost of Fessenden has inter
ested her Office in the matter.
According to Chairman Hanna o
the state Liberty Loan committee
baMoure county will probably be tn
banner county in the state when TAX
ing into consideration the bank dc
posts. population and the assesse,
valuation of the county.
A telephone wire. hanging low be
tween the poles. caught Harold Ma,
Tin of Mandan, across the face whe