Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-05-09
North Dakota
News Sifings

0AS Oeen organized Win III. II. 3. NOR
tan rs captain.
Granville.-Donald Kolba, local lad
WAS shot in the eye with q bullet
from an air gun in the hands Of one
Of his playmates. Myrll Bacon.
Fargo.-A flax shortage. due TO the
decreased acreage in flax 10 seen by
and is alarming the iinseed oil indus
try. according to word reaching Far
80.
North l.emmon.-The district com
prising North Lennon Spring Butte
and Cedar Butte townships have sub.
scribed their allotments on $50
per cent basis.
Carrington.-With the departure Of
Dr.. E. L. Goss for Q base hospital Z
short distance from Des None
rington has given Its .aird medical
man to the colors
Grand Forks.-Prof E. A. Moses
the recently appointed municipal di.
rector and school Instructor of band
music. has arrived in this city from
his home at Albany, Ore.
Jamestown.-The trustees Of the B.
p. o. e., No. 995. offered the third
floor Of the Elks building to the la.
dies Of the jamestown Red Cross
chapter for Red Cross activities.
Fargo.--After three days of gen.
era1 hospitality. !i.ty.six Cass county
soldiers and eight transfers from other
counties entrained at the Northern
Pacific station here for Camp Dodge
Turtle Lake.-Lawrence Stephen
son OF Mrs. Hattie Stephenson, Turtle
Lake, died Of heart failure in q milf
tary camp al Caswell. ~ c.. and
the remains were brought back here
for burial.
Dick!nson.-P Kelly Of Bismarck
was awarded the contract for rebuild
ing the 1873 miles OF roadway extend
ing north and south of Dickinson
which Is projected by the Stark coun
ty commissioners.
Bowman.-One year in the state
penitentiary was the sentence passed
on Charley Check. who escaped from
the Bowman county Jail last week
with Rober, Butler and was arrested
at Mobridge and returned
Bismarck.-Andrew A. Bruce. chief
Justice Of the North Dakota supreme
court. will resign about Oct. and
go to Minnesota for the purpose O,
taking up his new work as instructor
OF law at the state university.
Newvi!le.-Newville is planning q
Red Cross celebration May is and
has secured Governor Frazier as a
speaker. There will be a sale with F.
II. Hylnnd OF Devils Lake and Mr.
Robson OF Cando acting as auction
GERS.
Bismarck.-Terms for the United
States district court in North Dakota
have been announced as follows:
Grand jury at Fargo. commencing
May 20: petit jury at Jamestown
commencing May 80; petit jury at
Bismarck. commencing June IL.
Berwick.-The hardware store n,
o. 8. Hllmen was visited bv robbers
who stole number Of automobile cas-
1ngs. shotguns. watches and other
articles. representing total value
OF about thousand dollars. The rob-
bers have not been caught
Fargo .-Ransom county. on the dav
the appor'ionment for the Red Cross
drive was given out had oversub.
-"~'N9d Its allotment Of SIS 900 nv
$1.145. according to word received nj
state Headquarters here. The drive
IA scheduled to start next week II
fs believed that Ransom county is
the first In the country to go over
the top" in this campaign
kinot.-Arthur Buck. che of the
four men held in connection with the
fatal shooting Of Patrolman Patrick
Devaner and Kersev Gown special
officer has confessed to States At.
1torney Herigstad he did the shoot.
dnE. Bullets found in the bodies Of
the two officers were Of .he same
calibre az Pnck's gun. Bucks con.
fesrion duplicates C. NJ. Ticknor,
held on burglary charge
Fargo-North Dakota retail coal
dealers to the number Of about 100.
called into conference ny n. l.. Laird.
secretary Of the Northwest Traffic
bureau Of Minneapolis. which in re-.
atty is the coal dealers association
Of the northwest went on record as
savoring the adoption of the card
plan Of the United States fuel I'd.
ADMINISTRATION in ascertainine the house.
hold needs. and to work ont plan
by which II shall he carried into ef-
feet
Fargo.-Two boys. IL and IL years
old. respectively. have confessed to
rwrecking the North Coast Limited
near Casselton. The boys were sen.
fenced In Juvenile court to the state
reform school when they pleaded gull.
fy ON the request Of their parents.
The train was derailed at 500 p M.
and hour and half after a local
branch train had pulled into Casselton
station. which gave the authorities
the idea that the wrecking OF the train
was deliberately planned.
W!lliston.--The Ancient and Patriot.
1c Order OF Kaiser's Goat has been
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