Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-08
North Dakota
News Sifings

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Fafgo-John Reuter- = dickinson
won the North Dakota golf champion.
ship BY defeating Thomas Hull Of
Fargo. II up and 10 to play.
0tchigan.-Nrs. =. w. Hebron died
~ her home here Ut the age Of 90
yoaFs. She leaves . son and three
0tepsons TO mourn her death.
Aandan.-lfve hundred pounds Of
white hour were found boarded in the
homo Of Nick Wirtz Of Mandan, Fed.
eral food authorities announced.
Grand Forks.-There 10 serious dan.
ser Of q coal shortage In this section
90 North Dakota. according to the sur.
vey made by the Grand Forks Com
mercial club.
Oakes.-Many bad storms have been
exported throughout Dickey county the
past week. Hail has destroyed hun
Areds Of acres Of good crop and wind
has torn buildings In places.
F1ngal.-MYs. c. e. Batcheller Of
this place. the nrst woman president
of national bank in North Dakota,
u now in France installing filing cab
tnets 1t all branch Offices Of the Amer.
lcan Red Cross.
Jamestown.-Rev. r. Burke Of sut-
ton, Neb.. has dedicated new church
Cor q German.speaking congregation
In the northwestern part Of the coun.
~. He was formerly pastor At Me-
dina.
Pase.-Falling from Q wagon to the
ground. only I'VE feet. Esther Sang.
aged 4, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Sang, was instantly killed at the
farm Of her parents In Page township,
her neck being broken.
Valley City.-Rev. C. w. Lyon, one
OF the best known Congregational min
isters in North Dakota, has enlisted
Cor Y. M. C. A. service, and will leave
within few days to enter the service.
He has been granted . years leave of
absence.
Rolla.-Arthur and Ischem Williams
OF Rolla, brothers. enlisted together
. year ago, crossed the wster together,
fen seriously wounded in, the same
6Atie IN France, and their names
stand side by side on the United
States casualty list. ~M----
Valley City.-Edear A. Fisher Of
Noltimier township was drowned in
france, according to telegram which
~as received here. The body was re-
covered. He was first lieutenant IN
o. regular army. being attached to
he Thirty-eiEhth infantry.
4inot.-several hundred Minot bust
4sss men are ready to 90 into the har-
~est fields, with J. A. Roell 1t the
Asad Of the city labor reserve. and
Gale q. Robinson, secretary. The re-
serve will be known as the Ward
County War Service club.
Fargo.-A han loss aGsreeating
01O0O.000 In La Moure county. and
aEun $500. 900 to $3.50 900 tn s,utsman
county. 10 estimated as result OF the
storm that swept those two counties
Escently, according 10 several hail In
sa,fance adjusters who have already
teen on the scene.
Bismarck.-Word has been received
here that Mrs. Leo Nolan, wife Of
popular Bismarck commercial travel.
o.. who left to join her husband who
Was anticipating draft call at Brook.
ings, 8. D., had died suddenly. She
MAS in the best Of health and spirits
when she left here.
Kl0ten.-Owen Lofthus had mar
row escape from serious injury while
Teturning from Fargo in his car. The
car skidded over an embankment and
turned turtle. pinning him underneath
IN . ditch full Of water. He managed
10 kick the door open and crawl out,
VAS badly damaged.
Bathgate.-Private Henry J. Miron
pf Bathgate. with q record of seven
teen months Of service in the trenches
With the Canadians, is dead In Scot
land. according to word received here.
He was wounded twice in a recent en-
GaEement, and was discharged from
srvice. On his way home. however,
be became sick. and succumbed.
Minot.-Ole Peterson. an aged Nor
~egian laborer of Minor. who dropped
dead, left his entire fortune for the
care Of the poor in Minot Peterson
ZANE to this country a poor man and
worked as a section hand for q long
time. He acquired a small piece OF
hand that he later sold to the railroad
which formed the nucleus Of HIS for.
time.
Dickinson. - This city now has a
woman lawyer in Miss Frances Bur
nett, sister of Attorney w. F. Bur
nett. She passed with the highest
honors in successful class OF nine
teen candidates for admission to the
bar. She is the second woman to take
mp the practice Of law in North Da
kota. and the first to engage in thi.
profession west Of the Missouri river
Valley City.-Selmar Kysek ant
Kenneth Eckel, 15-year-old boys, res
cued Miss Helen Thomas. a Vale,
City normal school student. from
death by drowning in the Sheyenn,