Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-12-13
North Dakota
Event. Of the Week

~ Bitxing formerly was assistant 1t.
tcrney general, and for many years
WAS Judge advocate Of the North d.
kota national guard.
The North Dakota State Grange,
n annual convention at Bismarck,
adopted resolutions indorsing the
presidency of DR.. Edwin F. Ladd Of
the State Agricultural college and
favoring the establishment OF another
agricultural college for the slope 1t
Nandan.
Krohn Herbst. son of Mrs. I. Herbst
and manager Of the Herbst depart.
a,ent store at Fargo. has received
orders to report at once to the head.
quarters OF the quartermaster ut Cha.
cago. Mr.. Herbst enlisted in this sec.
ton OF the service several weeks ago.
He expects to be sent to France at
once.
Corrected figures on the cost OF the
draft In North Dakota shows a total
cost to the federal government OF 49,.
0S4.45, according TO O report prepared
by Adjutant General Angus G. Fraser
for the provost marshal generals Of.
flee at Washington. At total ex-
pense OF $15.094.45. the draft in the
state cost the government $2.S6 per
man. IA cents per man more than the
estimate given several weeks ago. At
n cost of 1886 per man, however,
North Dakota administered the draft
at less expense than any other state
IN the Union.
Arguments were heard by Judge A.
r. Cole at Fargo in the case Of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange against
the State of North Dakota. wherein
Ahe Exchange seeks to recover from
the state the costs in the bankruptcy
proceedings begun against the Ex-
change by former Attorney General
Henry ]. Linde. While attorney gen.
eral Linde sought to have a receiver
appointed for the Exchange, which
was refused by the then Judge Chas.
A. Pollock. The matter was in court
for several months, the cost amount
ing to something like $4,000. The Elk.
change wants to be reimbursed for
these costs and has brought action In
m attem. to collect from the state.
Judge Cole took the case under advise.
ment
Gus Sunblad has discovered 9.foot
vein of coal on his homestead near
Shsfer. The coal is said to be an ex.
ceptionally good quality OF Ignite The
Nei1 is only about Is feet below the
surface.
y Heavy winds at Parshall rolled
1umbleweeds in vast armies through.
out that section and even into the
main street OF the town. They are
piled up to height of ten feet in
many places.
number Of Walhalla business men
and their clerks put in half OF their
Thanksgiving holiday fixing up the
Wang road. The new road will mater.
tally assist the people of that section
in reaching the town.
Donald McCumber. son of Senator
and Mrs P. ]. McCumber of North
Dakota. is in the naval hospital Mt
Norfolk suffering from a bullet wound
In the LETT shoulder. accidentally in.
'Aacted. by one of his mates
The body of G. w. Anderson,
bachelor homesteader, who lived alone
northeast of Baldwin, was found lying
on the prairie with bullet-hole in
the head by two young Trygg boys.
sons OF Trygg township farmer He
is presumed to have shot himself.
"a Poor Married Man" is the title
OF home talent play that was staged
at the opera house in Flasher recent.
~ and which played to full house
the proceeds of which we're donated
to the Red Cross. The committee in
charge say they cleared approximate.
ly 500.
The fire hall and jail in Dunn Cen.
ter is now complete Fire equipment
will be secured at once and the only
thing that is lacking Is an occupant
for the jail.
No trace has been found of Clark
Hovey OF Minot. for many years pub.
lie administrator of Ward county. and
a deputy sheriff up to the time he
dropped out Of sight several weeks
ago.
Captain Wanner has received mos.
sage advising that the Bismarck com.
pany's 100 Remington rifles have been
shipped from New York. Uniforms,
hats. leggings and cartridge belts
also are on the way.
Real estate and personal property
taxes for 1917 are due and may be
paid before March l. without interes.
or penalty. The real estate and per.
sonai property tax in Cass county for
1915 amounted to approximately 81.
100000.
Two Germans with 100 sticks of dy.
Mantle, 100 feet of fuse and several
boxes Of caps are being sought in the
Bad Lands near Medora. The explo
sfve was stolen from the Consolidated
Coal company's mine at Medora. Maa.
aver Brodie discovered the boxes from
which the dynamite was taken west OF
Medora. partly imbedded in the sof,
earth in such a manner as to indicate
that they had been thrown from
westbound Northern Pacific train.
ToA Terry, county road contractor
Was seriously injured about twelve