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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
HOLY week

This is Holy Week, so called from
the observation of the three days be.
fore Easter as holy days among
church people, to-wit:
Holy Thursday in remembrance of
the Last Supper.
Good Friday, as the death of our
Lord, and
Holy Saturday.
Banks and business houses in the
large centers of the U. S. usually
observe Good Friday as Holy Day,
and close their business, at least from
IL noon until 3 p. M, in honor of
our Savior's death on the cross.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
SOIL FOR GARDEN.

A sandy loan soil with clay SUBJ
soil makG5 good garden soil. it is
easily worked and produces smoother
root crops. A heavy soil is more
difficult to handle, but because of it's
moisture retaining capacity, is most
satisfactory for vegetables that re-
quire large amount of moisture dur
ing late summer and early autumn
and for all vegetables in a dry year
A heavy soil can be made more mel.
low and the water retaining capacity
of light soils can be increased by the
addition of manure: e:-Extension Div
N. Oak. Agr. College.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
German Loose
Many Soldiers

JUST BEFORE GOING THE RECORD TO
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE AND GOT THE LATEST REPORT ON
THE GREAT ATTACK THAT THE GERMAN FORCES MAX
INC THE GERMANS LOST VERY CLOSE TO HALF-AlII
LION MEN SINCE DRIVE ON THE WESTERN FRONT HAS
STARTED AND THE GERMAN LINE is WEAKENING. THE Kali
SER HAS QuARREED LEADING GENERAL AS TO THE
TACTICS BEING USED AND THERE is CONSIDERABLE HARD
FEELING BETWEEN THE TWO. OVER A LARGE PART OF THE
RATTLE LINE THE BRITISH RETIREMENT
UNFAIRLY so AS TO MAINTAIN UNBRoKEN FRONT THEY
COMPLAIN GREAT PRIvATIoNs ON ACCOUNT OF LACK OF
supp1aEs AND EXTREME WEAKNESS is TELLING HEAVILY
THE PRISONERS SAY.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
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menG OF agriculture, ili u fSpo1c
= JUST maoe pubic, estimates Ile
= amount OF wheat Ill elevators,
= mllls and on the 1arms at 1ou,-
= OUU,UUu bushels. ihe rood
= Admlnistratlon believes this re-
: port optimistic and beilcves the
= amount available OF wheat ls
!. not over 125,OUU,UOO bushes.
In any event, the amount Of
= wheat is woefully short consid-
= ering the great need. The Food
Administration has promised
= the allied nations 9O,O0O,OOO
= bushels Of wheat between jan
nary 1st and July 1st. Be-
= cause Of lack of transportation
: much of this wheat is yet to
= be shipped.
= The amount Of wheat flour
used in England, France and
= Italy HAS been cut to the lowest
: possible limit. All of these ma
tions are now using bread COM
: posed of q very large percent
= age of cereals other than wheat.
If they cannot get the small
= amount of wheat promised by
= the United States Food Admin
= istration, the result might be
= disastrous.
In Mr.. Hoover's appeal to the
: North Dakota farmers he says:
= "This is a war call and SER
vice for Uncle Sam, who is
= fighting for his life"
E. F. LADD,
Federal Food Admir-.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
OFFICERS ELECTED.

Elias Township elected the follow
ing officers at their annual election,
March 10, 1918:
Supervisor, Franz Grosz.
Township Clerk, Martin Van Soest.
Township Treas, j. Nieuswma.
Town Assessor, Jacob Groen.
Justices of the Peace, Jos. C. Buch-
Ter and John Van Bowen.
Road Supervisors, John Nieuswma
and Anton Heilman.
Constables, Edward P. Nieuswma
and Peter Keller.
MARTIN VAN sOEST,
Clerk of Elias Twp.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
BIG SHIPMENT FOR REFUGEES

The Linton branch of the Red Cross
shipped $50 pounds, consisting of 736
old garments for the refugees in
France. The people of Linton res
ponded loyalty to the call for old gar
nd al garments donated were
unusua good serviceable garments,
Some of the shoes looked as if they
had never been worn. The Boy
Scouts deserve a good deal of credit
for their help in collecting the gar
ments.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
.MR. FORD OWNER"

Do you desire to run your Ford on
kerosene? y.
Do you know that with the New
Burn-Oil Device you can use kero-
sene. and disillate as well ass gaso-
line?
The undersigned will be pleased to
demonstrate the device. No need of
new carburetor. If interested,
write or phone
D. W. LAMMERS,
3 wks. Westfield, N. D.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
LINTON RED CROSS

The Linton branch of the Red Cross
shipped the following this week:
20 bed shirts
IL suits of pajamas
II convalescent robes
10 pillow slips
81 towels
% bed socks
8 pr wristlets
27 prs. socks
46 sweaters
scarfs
81 knitted wash cloths
The above is certainly a fine show
ing and speaks eloquently of the pa
riotism of the Linton women.
A sweater and pair of wristlets do
mated to the Red Cross by Miss Jessie
Britts and Mrs. Sarah Scott brought
$50 to the Linton Branch. $500
approximately represents 1S pairs of
socks which are needed so much by
our soldiers in France.
Last Thursday afternoon Jack Nc
Crory called at the Red Cross rooms
and left IS. 90 bill. Thank you
Mr.. McCrory. These voluntary do
nations of money are largely respon-
sible for Red Cross work in Linton.
Every one knows, first of all, that we
must have money to buy materials to
carry on the Red Cross work, and Sec
ond, we must have knitters and sew
ers who are willing to donate their
time and work.
Some of the Red Cross xnitters are
becoming very proficient in the knit.
ting of socks. Mrs. P. Shier had II
pairs in this months shipment.
Mrs. Aug. Obermeier is credited
with the greatest amount of sewing
the past month, she having made nine
blanket convalescent robes.
The following are new Red Gross
members:
Lenora Kilsbig
Mrs. Frances Tuttle
Mrs. E. Frasier
Aug. Obermeier
Mrs. Aug. Obermeier
Otto Dudzuneit
Verda Richardson
Mrs. E. A. Anderson
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
dahlts.

1t is astonishingly ensier to get into
a bad habit than to get out CT it. Ii Ia
like the difference between sliding
down mountain slope and climbing
up 1t. Therefore. when you find an
undesirable habit growing on you.
climb back. before you havc gone down
too far.--Exchange.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
Need Eneroy.Y,eIdIno Foods.

Persons who nre doing heavy phys
ical labor and very active children
need more energy-yielding foods than
those engaged In mental work or light
physical labor. Some OF the principal
energy-yielding foods are cereals,
bread and butter. corn breads. white
and sweet potatoes, cream. and othc.
yholcsS ne fats, AID ssfstA
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT
COlIRT.

John F. Schermeister, of the Hart
ford country, was brought before Jus.
tice Britts Saturday and pleaded not
guilty to assault with a dangerous
weapon, and was bound over to the
fall term of District Court. It is al
legged that Schermeister assaulted his
hired man with gun.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
NEW FOOD PROGRAM FOR :
NORTH DAKOTA. :

= Monday-Wheatless
: Tuesday-Beefless and Porkless :
= Observation-Disclosures.
= Mutton and lamb may be
eaten for the present on meat :
= less day.
= On Wheatless day use no
bread, crackers, pastry or
: breakfast foods containing
: wheat.
Have one wheatless meal ev-
cry day. Wheat is precious.
Every kernel saved will help
: win the war.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
GOOD FRIDAY CLOSING

Our two banks keep closed all day
in honor of Good Friday. The rrin-
cipal business houses in town have
agreed to close frcm IL m. to 8 p.
M, Friday, Ma,r. 10th.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
CTO BE
ANIMALS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS
Polar Bear, Who Passes His Time in
Icy Waters, Is Regarded Best,
Though Not SWiftest.

Nearly all animals are better swim
mers than man and take to the water
naturally. The rhinoceros and hippo
potamus are wonderful swimmers and
divers, while the Indian elephant
crosses great rivers with heavy loads.
London Tit-Bits states.
The elk and the reindeer are first
class swimmers. The elk keeps his
head above water and crosses directly
from bank to bank to avoid turning.
The reindeer, on the other hand, turns
as often as he likes, keeping his head
only a little above the surface. But of
all swimmers of all climes the best,
though not the swiftest, is the polar
bear, who passes half his time in the
water swimming and diving. His
swimming power is nothing short of
miraculous if it be remembered that
the water in the regions he ~frequents
is invariably cold and that cold is nor
mally prohibitive to good swimming.
Their are bears that can swim from
twenty-five to thirty miles without
great effort.
One of the swiftest swimming ami
mails is the squirrel. A sportsman on
n occasion, having at hand a SPUR
rel born in captivity, width had new
seen water, wanted to see if it could
swim and took it with him in a row
boat to the center of the lake. The
squirrel turned toward the bank, head
and paws above the water, back and
tail underneath it, and began to swim
so rapidly that it was with the great
est difficulty that the man recovered it
when it reached the shallow water
near the land.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
Evolution of the Lamp.

DR.. Walter Clark of Philadelphia
has recently made some interesting in
~vestigations to find out how the old.
time lighting conditions in his city
compare with those of today, says the
Popular Science Monthly. He has dis
covered that until as late as 1885, only
pickering sperm oil and candles were
in use. Not until the following decade
did the "highly improved" kerosene
lamp appear. Gas did not come out
until the period between 1865 and 1875.
And then only the wealthy could use
it. 1t sold at $3.50 per thousand cubic
feet! The efficient Welsbach mantle
came out ten years later, revolutioniz-
ing artificial Illumination. The pres
ent era began in 1895, when gas and
electricity came into general e-g
selling at 81 per thousand cubic feet
and electricity at 10 cents per kilo-
watt hour. Since that time the a
mantle and the electric filament have
seen vast improvements, so that today
the average family is obtaining about
eighteen times as much light as the
people of half a century ago.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
North Of Fifty hree
BY BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
Copyright: Little Brown & Coz

cried. "Oh, Bill, do you suppose
there's any more there?"
Lead me to it with my trusty pan
and shovel, and Wen see" Bill smiled.
Forthwith they set out. The over
hanging boulder was q scant ten min
utes' walk up the creek.
Within five minutes his fingers
brought to light a second lump, double
the size of her find. Close upon that
he winnowed a third. Hazel leaned
over him, breathless. At last he
reached bottom. The boulder thrust
out below in n natural shelf. From
this Bill carefully scraped the ccumu
lation of black sand and gravel, CLEAN
ing as q result of his labor a bakers
dozen of assorted chunks one giant
that must have weighed three pounds.
He sat back on his launches, and
looked at his wife, sp~eechless.
as that truly all gold, Bill?" she
whispered incredulously.
at certainly is-as good gold as ever
went into the mint" he assured. "All
laid in q nice little nest on this shelf
of rock. That's a real, honest pocket.
And a well-lined one, if you ask me-"
"My goodness p she murmured.
There might be w~agOnloads of it in
this creek"
"There might, but if isn't likely"
Bill shook his head. "This is a simon
pure pocket, and it would keep a grad
uate m~ineralogist guessing to say how
it got here, because it's a different
proposition from the wash gold in the
creek bed. It's rich placer ground,
ut that-but this pockets almost I'M
~believable. Must be forty pounds of
gold there. And you found it. You're
the original mascot, little person."
He bestowed a bearlike hug upon
her.
"Now what?" she asked. at hardly
seems real to pick up several thou
sand dollars in half an hour or so like
this. What will we do?"
do? Why, bless your dear soul"
he laughed. "We'H just consider our
selves extra lucky. and keep right on
with the game till the high water
makes is quit"
Which was a contingency nearer at
hand than even Bill, with Il first-hand
knowledge of the NOrth's vagaries in
the way of flood, quite anticipated.
Three days after the finding of the
pocket the whole floor of the creek
was awash. His rocker went down
stream overnight. When Bill saw
that he rolled himself a cigarette, and,
putting n long arm across his wife's
shoulders, said whimsically:
what d'yOu say we start homer
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22

let's eat that lunch you packed up
here"
In a branch of the creek which
flowed down through the basin, Bill
had found plentiful colors as soon as
the first big run-off of water had fallen.
He had followed upstream painstak-
ingly. panning cOlOrs always, and now
and then q few grains of coarse gold
TO encourage him in the quest. The
loss of their horses precluded ranging
far afield to that other glacial stream
which he had worked with Whitley
Lewis when he was a free lance in the
North. He was. close to his base of
supplies, and he had made wages
with always the prospectOr's lure of
a rich strike on the next bar.
'In the morning" said he, when
lunch was over. 'Ill bring along the ak
and some nails and a shovel, and get
busy"
That night they trudged down to the
cabin in high spirits. Bill had washed
out enough during the afternoon to
make a respectable showing on HazePs
outspread handkerchief. And Hazel
was in a gleeful mood over the fact
that she had unearthed a big nugget
by herself. Beginners luck, Bill said
teasingly, but that did not diminish
her elation.
As the days passed there seemed no
question of their complete uccess
Bill fabricated his rocker, a primitive,
hny1flo. davfOn xvfth n hInnI-nt c0raon
and transverse Stats below. 1t was
faster than the pan, even rude as it
was, and it caught all but the finer
particles of gold.
A queer twist of luck put the cap
sheaf on their undertaking. Hazel ran
a splinter of wood into her hand, thus
putting a stop to her activities with
shovel and pail. Until the wound
lost it's soreness she was forced to be
idle. So she rambled along the creek
one afternoon, armed with hook and
line on a plant willow in search of
sport.
The trout were hungry, and struck
plenty for supper and breakfast.
Wherefore she abandoned that diver
sion and took TO prying tentatively
in the lee Of certain bOulders on
edge of the creek-prospecting on her
own initiative, as it were. She had no
pan, and only one hand to work with,
but she knew gold when she saw it
and, after all. 1t was but an idle
method of killing time.
In this search she came upon a
large, rusty pebble, snuggled on the
downstream side of an o~verhanging
rock right at the waters edge. 1t at.
tracted her first by its symmetrical
form, a perfect oval then, when she
lifted it, by its astonishing weight
She continued her search for the pink.
ish-red stones. carrying the rusty
pebble along. Presently she worked
her way back to where Roaring Bill
labOred ~prodigiously.
Look at these pretty. stones
found" she said. "What are they
BiI?"
"Those?" He looked at her out
stretched palm. "Garnets."
"Garnets? They must be valuable
then" she observed.
Eyes, IL you can find any of any
size. What's the other rOck?' he in
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
WHEN LINCOLN WORE BEARD
~Emancipator DisIiked Monotony, Hence
His Frequent Change of Wearing
and Not Wearing Whiskers.

The storm which is raging around
the Barnard statue of Lincoln, says the
Toledo Blade, has brought out some in
tereSting facts about the great emanci-
pator, known probably only to his bio
graphers. We recite, for example, that:
In 1858 Lincoln wore a beard.
In 1857 and 1858 he was beardlesS.
During the debate with Douglas he
was growing a beard.
The day after his first nomination
the beard was gone.
Portraits of 1861, 1868 and 1864 show
the full beard. but before 1864 was
ended the Lincoln face was smooth
again. the last portrait, made on
April 8, 1865, shows the fair beginning
of a beard.
This history indicates a change in
the views about whiskers as between
Lincoln's day and ours. The man
with a beard now holds his possession
to be ~inviolate. He would not merely
sue anyone who would lay the 'scis-
sors to his decorations, but he would
consider it a mortal sin to do any
such thing himself. In the matter of
boards, as in everything else, Lincoln
! retained an open mind. He was not
above liking change for its w sake,
monotony wearying him. That, if
you will study them, will be found to
be one of the traits of all great men.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
Novel Bed for ParaIytics

One of the great problems in certain
cases of spinal wounds with paralysis
is how to o the patient sufficiently
to make his bed and enc his wounds
without increasing his sufferings by
moving him. The new bed solves the
problem. Surrounding the bed Just at
the edge of the mattress is a rectan-
gular framework of hollow metal pip
ing. Connecting the two parallel sides
are broad bands of webbing stretched
across the mattress, and on these the
patient lies. The two short sides Of
the framework, the one at the head of
the bed and the other at the foot. are
connected by a geared wheel with a
vertical steel post so that by simply
turning a handle at the head or foot
of the bed the framework, with the
patient lying on the webbing, can be
lifted off the mattress without his DO
sition being changed in the least.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22

over the Klappan with q hundred
pounds on my back"
81 hope So" she retorted. 81 don't
require the shave, thank goodness, but
1 certainly need a bath-and clothes.
1 wish l had the gray suit that's prob
ably getting all moldy and m~oth-eaten
at the Pine River cabin. l wonder if
1 al get anything fit to here?"
Women live here" Bill returned
quietly, land l suppose the stores sup
ply EN- with buds. Unlimber that
bank roll of yours, and do some shop
ping"
She sat on the edge of the bed, re-
garding her reflection in the mirror
with extreme disfavor. Bill fingered
his thick stubble Of a beard for a
thoughtful minute. Then he sat down
beside her.
Whats q mOllah, hOn?" he wheed-
led. what makes you such a crosser
patch all at once?"
"Oh, l don't know" she answered
dolefully. I'm tired and hungry, and
l look a fright-and-oh, just every
thing"
tut, rut!" he demonstrated good
naturally. That's just mood again.
We're out of the woods, literally and
ffguratiyely. If you're hungry, let's go
and see what we car make this hotel
produce in the way of grub, before
we do anything else"
Il wouldn't go into their dining
room looking like this for the world"
she said decisiEely.
"AII right; you go shopping, then"
he proposed. while I take these furs
up to old Hacks place and turn them
into money. Then we'll dress, and
make this hotel feed us the best
they've got. Cheer up. Maybe it was
tough on you to slice a year out Of
your life and leave it in a country
where there's nothing but woods and
eternal silence-but we've got around
twenty thousand dollars to show for
it, Hazel. And one can't get some.
thing for nothing. There's a price
mark on it somewhere, always. Be
my good little pal-and see if you can't
make n of these stores dig up q
white waist and a black skirt, like you
had on the first time I saw you
He kissed her, and went quickly out.
And after a long time of sober staring
at her image in the glass Hazel shook
herself impatiently.
I'm a silly, selfish, incompetent lit,
tie beast" she whispered. "Bill ought
to thump me, instead of being kind
can't do anything, and 1 don't know
much, and I'm a scarecrow for looks
right now. And I started out to be a
real partner"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22
HAZEL ATONES FOR HER THoUGHTLESSNESS BY MAX
ING A LUCKY STRIKE"

synopsis-Miss Hazel Weir, a stcnographer living at Granville
Ontario, is placed under a cloud by circumstances for which she is
entirely bameless. To escape from the groundless gossip that pursues
her, she secures a position MS schooteacher at Cariboo Meadows, in a
wild part of British Columbia. There, at n boarding house, she first
sees Roaring BIZ WagsaG, a weEknown character of the country.
Soon after her arrival Hazel loses her way while walking in the woods.
She wOnders until night when she reaches Roaring Bits camp hre
in the woods. He promises to take her home in the morning but she
Is compelled to spend the night in the woods. After wandering in the
woods all the next day, Roaring Bill" finally admits that he IS taking
Hazel to his cabin in the mountains. Hazel finds upon their arrival at
the cabin that she cannot hope to escape from the wilderness before
spring During the long winter Roaring Bir' treats Hazel with the
greatest respect. He tells her he loves her and tries to induce her to
marry him, but she refuses. In the spring he takes her TO Bella Coola'
where she can get n boat to Vancouver. AT Vancouver Hazel takes a
train for Granville, but on the way she realizes that she loves Wagstar
and decided to return to him. Roaring Biz is overjoyed and to
gether they travel to a Hudson bay post and are married. After
several months they decide to go farther into the mountains o a spot
where Bill is confident there is gold. Arrived at their destination. Bill
builds a cabin and cuts sufficient hay to feed the horses till spring.
Hazel allows sparks from the chimney to set fire to the stable, which is
burned with all the hay. To keep the animals from death by starva-
ton. Bill Is compelled to shoot them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-22

weighed the gold, and issued Bill a re-
ceipt, expressing a polite regret that
lack of facility to determine its fine
ness prevented him from converting it
into cash.
"That means a trip to Vancouver"
Bill remarked outside. "Well, we can
stand that"
From the bank they went to the
hotel, registered, and were shown to
a room. For the first time since the
summit of the Klappan Range, where
her tiny hand glass had suffered dis
aster, Hazel was permitted a clear
view of herself in q mirror.
I'm a perfect fright !" she mourned.
"Huhr" Bill grunted. You're all
right. Look at me-"
The trail had dealt hardly with both,
in the matter of their personal appear
ance. Tanned to an abiding brown,
they were, and Hazel's one-time
smooth face was spotted with fly bites
and marked with certain scratches
suffered in the brush as they skirted
the KispioX. Her hair had lost its
sleek, glossy smoOthness of arrange
mem Her hands were Redeemed and
rough. But chiefly she was concerned
with the sad state Of ner apparel. She
had come a matter of four hundred
miles in the clothes on her back-and
they bore unequivocal evidence of the
journey.
"Tm a perfect fright" she repeated
pettishly. zones manners, morals,
clothing, and complexion all suffer
from too close contact with your be-
loved North. Bill"
Thanks !" he returned shortly. 81
suppose I'm a perfect fright, too. Long
hair, whiskers, grimy, %calloused hands
and all the rest Of it. A shave and a
hair cut, a bath and a new suit OF
clothes will remedy that. But I'll be
the same personality in every essential
quality that l was when l sweateC