Emmons County record., 1918-09-12
Fads About the
Fhckertail State

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IA1&Oure. Burglars entered q loen
department store and carried or -
1een bolts Of silk. valued at &3DO.
fargo.-lOcal building permits have
aOw been issued In this city In the sun
q &762,OO0 % far during the year 1918
BOttineau.-Otto C0rbin, o ten-year
old boy Of this city. was fatally In
3ured In hinder accident near here
Langdon.-A meeting has been held
i In this city to plan means for the
tnnification Of church congregations fol
sHhe period Of the war.
! Amidon.-Alss Inanda Dnlhnug oi
this place is dead as q result of an
accident in which the apto in which
i3he was riding was oveiturneA
Casselton.-The opern house block
IN this city was totally destroyed by
1lre, entailing loss Of $4,000. Sew.
ernl stores were located on the gyound
4Oor.
Observation-Disclosures In this city
have withdrawn demand recently
made for an increase of service prices
TO nifty cents for haircuts and twenty
ave cents for shnves.
Havana.-Henry Weber, aged 49, q
pool room proprietor in this city, has
the record Of 6s pairs OF socks knitted
Tor the Red Cross work, and Is be-
1ieved to be the champion mule knitter
of the state.
Wahpeton.-This city has adopted .
resolution permitting the Ottertail
Power Company to increase Its rates
In excess of the rate permitted by the
city charter under which the company
r. operating.
Bismarck.-Repuhlican and Demo-
cratic state central committees. meet
sing here under the provisions Of thu.
state law, have named, respectively.
William Lemke Of Fargo and w. r..
Byerly of Velva as chair1nen of the
two organizations.
JamestOwn.-Mrs. T. A. Weston. q
1OriRer Stutsman county resident. has
OMered for sule a quarter section Of
land near Ypsilanti. the prNeeds Of
which are to go to the Red Cross 7.
II. G. A. and other war work.
Fargo.-The North Dakota Retail
Merchants association has been elect
ed to membership In the Chamber Of
Commerce Of the United States, ac-
cOrllng to nm announcement just made
by Secretary w. A. Donns'ly Of the
CORNER organization.
LAMOure.-Private Homer Ayler,
Formerly Of this city and now serving
In France, writes his mother here that
he killed one BOche and captured
Afteen, and though wounded he is very
happy at having been able to do some
zeal effective work in the war.
GRIND ks.-COnsOliiatiOn of long
distance service on two competing
Telephone lines has recently been ef-
1ected here, with an eventual cOnsOli-
Aation of the two properties in pros
pect mt some future date in the inter
ests Of n more efficient service.
Bismarck.-Withh hail losses reported
from 32 counties the state insurance
department estimates the total loss for
1918 at about $4,000, while the whole
amount paid into the state hail insur-
ance fund is $1S.83S.4 .45. This will per-
init the adjustment of losses o., busis
of about 50 per cent.
FargO.-The colleges of North Da-
xotn are to have Students Army
Training Corps under plan drawn by
The American Council on Education in
cooperation with the War Depart
ment. President Thomas f. Kane Of
the State University of Grand Forks
has been appointed director for the
state.
Fargo.-The resignation Of ]. p.
Hardy as state directors Of the United
etates public service reserve has been
accepted ut Washington, and Lsndley
a. Patten Of this city. state director Of
She United States employment service,
has been named 10 Ill the place. which
Ae will carry forward together with
his employment bureau work.
observation-disclosures General LANCER,
q IL said, has ordered the calling of q
grand jury to investigate the killing
0f Mrs. Elise Perras, who was shot to
death by members of a mob which
visited her home in June for the pur.
pose Of melting out summary vengeance
upon her son-in-law, who was alleged
20 have refused to sell a quantity Of
wheat in his possession.
Dickinson.-Friends Of Peter LIsh Of
mis- city, who was reported killed In
action on the western front III France,
ore at loss To know If an error has
not been made in the report, as his
death was stated to have occurred on
Jnly 20, while letters have been re-
ceived from him bearing date of Aug.
ust 4. Mr.. Lish is son Of Frank
1ish, postmaster and pioneer citizen
here.
Balfonr.-Two local women who
have been specially commended by
Red Cross leaders for effective work
are Mrs. j. J. Thomas and Mrs Ole
Helseth. Mrs. Thomas has record
OF knitting a pair of socks u day. and
Mrs. Helseth has completed twenty.