Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-07-18

by the Union Light, Heat & Power
| Co., for gas and electricity In Fargo
were fled by the Fargo city commits.
| sion.
! Lisbon.-A band OF gypsies shot
valuable young sheep for Ed Thomp.
son, a farmer residing near Oswego.
and were about to cook It WHEN appre.
hended by Mr.. Thompson, who ordered
them to move on.
| La Moure-Daniel Mcleod. residing
six miles north of this city, had sew.
| earl ribs broken and suffered internal
injuries when he attempted to stop a
runaway team belonging to w. l.
Struble. neighbor farmer.
Fargo.-So many drug clerks in
North Dakota have gone to war that
the North Dakota Druggists associa.
ton probably will abandon Its annual
convention. The meeting is scheduled
to be held in Fargo on Aug. 1.
Langdon.-Two car loads of wool
were shipped from Langdon the clip OF
Cavalier county sheep breeders for
this season. About $4,000 pounds
were sent east and will return about
J 100000 TO the owners.
Minot. - Charles ID. Kelso. well
known Minot attorney. has been named
collector of internal revenue in the
/ division of inheritance taxes Of the
treasury department. and has been
ordered to report at st. Paul for as.
signment to service.
Bismarck Council of Defense
ordered the states attorney and sher.
iff to Immediately investigate the
painting yellow of the New Salem
bank, of which c. F. Kellogg, chair.
man of the Morton county Council Of
Defense, is president.
Fargo.--Dr. Sten Hanson of Fargo
was elected president of the North
Dakota Osteopathic association; DR..
Joseph Tarr. Lidgerwood, was elected
vice president at the annual meeting
held in Fargo. Fargo was selected as
the place for the winter meeting. Jan.
2 being fixed as the date
Amidon.- hundred and fifty
pounds of arsenic have arrived in Ami
don and twenty barrels of molasses
and ten tons of bran are en- route. in
preparation for the Slope county arrive
on grasshoppers. The three ingredi-
ents will be mixed into sweet mash
and distributed to farmers.
Bismarck-Th elimination OF I'M
necessary creameries and cream sta
tions. as means of reducing the cost
of handling cream and with the fur
ther object of releasing surplus men
for duty in necessary occupations, is
now being considered by the North
Dakota Council of Defense.
Fargo.-The North Dakota crop Of
winter rye, which recently gave prom
Use Of being exceptionally good has
fallen off materially. with the result
thai the yield will be far lower than
expected. In many sections. late frost
b!ighted the grain. while in other re-
gions. the dry weather last fall re.
duced termination
Bismarck = Robert Muir. Sarles.
was elected president: c. z. vermilya,
Bismarck, vice president, and Charles
Liessman, Steele. secretary of the
North Dakota state board Of regents
at the annual meeting. Mr.. Muir sue.
ceeds Lewis F. Crawford, Sentinel
Butte. He is graduate of the Uni
versity of North Dakota and farmer
near Sarles.
jamestown. - When the congrega
ton Of the German Lutheran church
at Streeter divided into two camps
division Of the property holdings OF
the church by lot was resorted to. the
: drawing taking place in the district
: court here. AS result. one factor
/ gets the church building and land
/ while the other gets the church par
sonage. barns, fences communion sci
, and the Bible.
: Bismarck-An order preparing 70,
the seizure of all the 2,2o0 grain ele
: vators Of North Dakota has been is
sued by the state council of defense
The councils order provides that own
ers OF seized elevators be paid rem
tai OF I per cent year upon the actua
!. physical valuation of their property
]. 1t also provides that the elevator!
! may be bought outright on the basi.
J. of physical valuation.
Fargo.-Thes United States Labor
4 ters in Fargo for the purpose of han
. ding of the farm labor question dur
D ing the coming harvest season. Will
+ l.. II. Patten, state director, in charge
Mr.. Patten has announced seven dis
l. trict Offices for the purpose of bette
i. serving the farmers. The distric
l. headquarters are in Fargo. Crane
t Forks, jamestown, Cakes. Minot, Bis
d marck, Devils Lake. County labo
l. chairmen also are being selected, tn
e latter working on volunteer basis
e Fargo.-Lindley H. Patten, directo
II Of the United States labor employ
ment service for North Dakota, ha
n issued notice that United States en-
n ployment Offices have been opened a
e Fargo. Grand Forks, Devils Lake
t. jamestown, Cakes, Bismarck and NJ
r. not. After August ] all labor will b
IS cleared through United States emplo,
g ment offices. and the support of farm
Il | ers and lahoring men Ia exnacte d 4