Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-02-14
North Dakota
News Sifings

10Y, IeCeltcu u uiIILhIy mSuht Ic'
lcember IL for. bravery shown In the
d.,ld.
Bismarck.-Senator F. r. Gronvold
ri Rugby, who remained ut tho close
Of the special session to undergo .
minor operation. Is recovering nicely
In . local hospital.
Bismarck.-The governor has com.
1n,ssioned Charles A. UlWer Of Ran
som county to be member of tae
board of trustees Of the soldiers home
nor the term ending July /. 1920.
Sanborn.-Officers have been elected
land board Of directors selected
which contemplates the organization
OF Mutual Livestock Shipping asso.
ciation here, with Albert Gulmon as
manager
Bismarck.-The state Of North Da.
kota saved Burleign county $4,000 in
Interest on its 100000 issue Of seed
and feed bonds, when 1t bid them in
at per cent. about per cent lower
than the next lowest bid.
Bisbee. - John Brennan and son
F-etta. were painfully burned by an
explosion of gasoline can, which
threw burning fluid over their bodies
The explosion occurred when the boy
used torch to heat gasoline engine.
Dickinson. - The name Liberty
Bank Of Dickinson" has been chosen
by the stockholders to replace the
name OF the "German-Bohemian bank
OF this city. The state banking board
he's approved the new American name
chosen by the directors.
Fargo.-Alce Olwin, sovcn-year-old
daughter of MIR and Mrs E. c. Olwin
of this city. the first young Liberty
bond purchaser in the second drive,
died at st. Paul following on opera.
ticn for tuberculosis OF the knee. She
had beer sufferer for five years.
New England.-Mrs. George V. Bow
ers OF this city was struck on the head
and rendered unconscious for some
time by fence post which flew up
and was being used to extricate an
automobile from a snowdrift. The &C.
ciGcnt occurred between here and Bis.
rarck
Williston. Judge Frank e. Fisk
has appointed Attorney Thomas -.
Murphy of Williston rs juvenile com.
missioner for the Eleventh judicial
district, which comprises the counties
OF Williams. Mountrail and Mckenzie.
Attorney Murphy succeeds Miss Flor
ence bennett. who resigned.
-Jchp C',rlatoo
president. Iowa Falls. Ia. and B. J..
Simonitch, vice president, Mime
apolis. have disposed of their inter.
ests in the Bank of New Rockford to
Harry C. Sexton and E. w. Beardsley.
Mr.. Sexton mas been elected president
vice presidents. Beardsley was re
elected cashier
Dickinson.-Three hundred applica
lions have been received by farmers
from Stark county who will neel
grain seed this year. The county
commissioners will determine the
amount of grain needed. Eighteen
Thousand bushels Of oats, 1000 bush.
els Of barley and 10000 bushels OF
feed Lave been requested.
Bismarck.-With q credit of $4,000
now ut its disposal, as result Of an
act Of the special session, the board
Of control expects to lose little time
IN clearing up outstanding bills
against the state hospital for the in
sane at jamestown. After all the in
debtedness of the institution is paid
there will remain satisfactory bal
ance t. take care of expenditures TO,
the ensuing year.
Bismarck.-N. c. Mcdonald sta''
superintendent OF public instruction
Stunt Deamcr of rhe Fargo public
schools ard number Of other prom
irent Dakota educators. |','l eav'
about Feb. 10 for the national rura
life conference, to be held in Wash
ineton February 81, 90 ard %. am
the national convention of the super
trterdents' section of the Nato"a
Educational association, to he held til
week following at Atlantic City.
Fargo Managers and proprietor
Of retail stores OF NORTH Dai:ota ar
writing letters to r. A. Kicker. stat
merchant representive OF the food I'D
ministration. telling OF their intentio
to cooperate with the government Il
an effort to conserve AL kinds % foot
and by especially inviting their pal
rons to aid. Display advertising i
being used by many Of the state mol
chants to bring the message of tn
food administration into the hu1nes.
Fessenden. - A compilation of r
quests from $50 farmers in Well
county for seed shows the need to b
for 1925 bushels of seed wheat: II
7G7 bushels of seed barley: 500 busl
els of seed flax. The number of to-,
OF hay in need is placed at 553 TIL
requests for assistance come from pc
tons of the county which suffere
nearly complete crop failure by re
son Of the drouth last year.
Fargo.-Northern Pacific trains No
and s have discontinued mail ser