Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-04-18
North Dakota
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New England. The ABBY Light 8
Power company has purchased the
Gardner electric plant. The plants
VIII be consolidated.
Grand F0rks.-The Grand Forks
Typographical union voted to pur-
chase another 800 Liberty bond, that
A. the third purchased thus far.
Bismarck.-Burr McIntoeh. pub
iisher and actor. is among the proDa.
biiities for the North Dakota editor..a;
war conference to be held here on
April 20 land q.
BismaSak. -H. C. kuhl OF Missouls.
Mont. q civil engineer. has Joined
the staff Of State Engineer Jay w.
Bliss, secretary OF the North Dakota
highway commission.
Kenmare.-Diphtheria has been
raging here Andrew Holan lost two
OF his daughters from the diseaBe.
Mrs. Holam and another girl have
been Ill but are reported to be i'm.
proving.
Fargo.-John H. Hagen, commission.
er of agriculture and labor, says that
between one-third and onehalf OF the
grain crop has been planted in the
Red River valley and little less
than one-third west of the valley.
Cooperstown.-Fire believed lncen.
diary. destroyed the Hammer-Halvor.
son-Beirer elevator here, one Of the
largest in the state. and 1900 bush.
els Of wheat. 1000 bushels Of barley,
1900 bushels of flax and 5000 bush.
els of oats.
Fargo.-Elof Nelson. former resi-.
dent of Fargo. who was married here
on Feb. % and left that evening for
Washington to enlist in the navy ship
yards, was killed In fire at Van.
couver, Wash. according to word 70.
reived in Fargo.
Fargo-Fargo college and the
North Dakota Agricultural college
will be out OF baseball this spring and
there is possibility that mo team
will be put in the field at Concordia
college. MoOrhead, or at the Univer.
;. sity Of North Dakota.
Minot.-E. Edmunds. 62 years OF
age, was sentenced to fifteen years In
the penitentiary on charge of statu.
tory rape by Judge Leighton, after
pleading guilty to the charge OF en-
ticing a number Of young girls, 8 and
. years old, to his shack.
Grafton Continued Ill health and
dependency are believed to have
been the motive which prompted ]
Kalal. son OF A. Kalal OF Norton, IL
end his life by shooting The young
man. %. lived with his parents on q
farm northwest Of I4arkin.
Devils Lake.-Gustav Wanrock
charged with failure to I'LL out and
return his draft questionable. was
arrested here by Deputy United States
Marshal c. d. Scott Of Fargo. arraign
ed before United States commits
sioner and bound over to the fedora
grand jury. with bail at $500.
6chafer.-The Continental Or
company's gasoline tank at Fairviev
was drained OF some $4,000 gallons
by unknown persons. A hole wa.
drilled in the bottom Of the large tanl
and in order that the contents would
flow freely. the lock was knocked Of
the intake pipe and the cover re
moved.
Fargo. B. Hanna. former govern
or Of North Dakota. will leave tn,
first OF May for France to take VI
work for the Red Cross and he vii
leave here In a few days for New
York City. Mr.. Hannah voiunteere,
10 take ZIP Red Cross work withou
compensation, and pays his own ex
penses to France.
Fargo-Grand Forks was chosel
as the convention city OF the Nortl
Dakota Baptist conference to be hel,
September rs to 20 next 1t was de
cided at an annual spring meetin,
of the board Of managers Of the Nortl
Dakota Baptist conference. Rev. d. E
Deake of Milot was elected stat
evangelist and pastor at large to sue
ceed Rev W. R. Hill, now IN feders
service.
Bismarck.-The state highway con
mission had adjourned q brief and III
eventful monthly meeting after al
proving an application from War
county for state aid In the constru
ton Of gravel road between Mine
and Burlington. This stretch Of higl
way is subjected to unusually heav
traffic. much Of Minot's fuel suppl
being brought in by wagon or true
from the Burlington Ignite mines.
Minot.-It was an error OF judgmel
and not OF heart" said President
G. Steele of the Minot Normal schoc
following the announcement that /
had sent his resignation to the boar
OF regents asking that he be relieve
At once. Steele's resignation was
manded at meeting of business me
called to discuss his attitude on LII
erty bonds and other war issues +
declared he has been a strong su
porter of the government and is n
disloyal. but merely entertained view
regarding war finances that diff
from the government. He says
regrets he expressed such views +
expects to be relieved of his dnti