Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
North Dakota
Events Of the Week

to Keller and Boyd. who have leased
the place.
The Rcgan council has purchased
q site for fire hall and n contract
has been let for it's erection. 1t is
planned to put in sufficient fire fight.
,ng apparatus to serve the town for
many years to come.
c. j. Wheeler. brakeman on the
Great Northern, shot and wounded An
rev Carlson following heated ar.
yument at Stanley. He will be tried
on O charge OF assault with intent to
kill The man was not seriously In.
5ured.
Norwegian pastors from Northwood,
Hatton. Portland. Mayville. Finley,
Sharon. Page and Clifford. will at
tend the first meeting OF the Goose
River circuit, to be held at Beaver
Creek church. near Hatton. November
13 and IA.
Word was received at New England
by Christian Mang to the effect that
his brother. who Joined the Canadian
army in 1914. was killed while fight
ing In France. This Is the first news
Mang has received of his brother since
he enlisted.
J. II. Kirk. near Devils Lake, has
recently completed the erection OF q
large stock barn OF his farm and ex-
poets to winter large amount Of
stock this year. Experts who have
visited the barn state that It Is one
OF the most practical general purpose
stock barns in the state.
Two coal mines will be opened In
the near future near Werner. 1t has
been known that large quantities Of
coal underlay the Spring creek. but
the water has been serious draw
back in mining 1t. Large pumps will
be installed in these two mines and
1t is expected that they can be kept
dry.
Fred Harm is in a Mandan hospi.
tai receiving treatment for a broken
arm, the result of it being drawn into
= Hywheel after being caught in the
belt OF threshing machine on which
he was working.
Oct. 26 is the date set by Referee
H. F. OHare for the hearing in Bis
marck on the bankruptcy petition filed
by President A. c. Townley of the
Nonpartisan league and his brother,
c. r. Townley.
!. r Waters. state bank examiner.
addressed a committee of Slope bank.
ers who are to handle the second Lib
erty Loan in the Slope district The
committee Ia confident that & will
meet with great success.
President j. W. Hansel Of Fargo
college is In Cdumbus, Ohio. as a dele.
gate to the National Council Of the
Congregational Church Of the United
States. He Is also a member OF the
American board OF foreign missions
Tag day will be held in Fargo City
October 20. Pencils will be- sold ir
stead of tags and the purchaser will
donate whatever he wishes. The mon
ey this year will be paid to the Pub
tic Welfare association, formerly the
Associated Charitic-.
Ramsey county ~ .cirg to have 6
better farming agent. II h-ans now un
der way are put through. Enough
members Of the farm bureau have beer
secured to secure such an agent fol
the county. and as soon as the RICH
man can be found he will be engaged
Spencer Lee. alias Herbert L. Den
mis-. was sentenced to 80 days in tn,
county Jail at Fargo after pleadn;
guilty to a charge of obtaining none,
under false pretenses. Lee is alleye:
to have passed a bogus check for $3I
un a business house here two year.
ago.
ANY evidence on which charges o
irregularities in obtaining exemptions
or discharges from the district boar,
may be based will be most welcome
1y received" said Associate justice
Luther E. Hirdzeu. chairman Of tn
North Dakota state exemption beard
IN discussing charges brought by tn
Loyal Legion Of Grand Forks count
and other patriotic organizations.
Milo. 7-year.old son Of Mrs. Mar
Langworthy of Mott, is in the Biz
marck hospital with fractured skull
resulting from a kick from a hors
under whose heels the boy rolled Will
At play
The Ramsey county farm burea
has employed William Guy, a gradual
of the North Dakota Agricultural CO
lege. as farm agent for this count,
His business will be the promotio
of better farm conditions and the in
provement Of live stock
Acting State Secretary D. E. Son
quist of the Young Mems Christia
association. upon his return from tn
conference of the central army DE-
partment OF the National War Wor
council, held in Chicago. announce
that the representatives from Mort
Dakota pledged themselves to rails
100000 as it's allotment of the $35
100000 to be raised throughout tn
United States for Y. NJ. c. A. wor
among the soldiers Of America an
her allies.
Federal authorities have made pull
lie the arrest Of Postmaster Veum c
Raub, Mclean county, through info