Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-02-28
North Dakota
News Sifhnes

steele. = The membership of thu
Home Guard. which was organized 70
oeatly with q membership Of IL, has
Sssn increased to SO. DR.. J. C. Pres
est, . Spanish-American war vet
0rsn. IL the captain.
MOtt-Farmers of the Mott district
viii be asked by the Hettinger coun
y chapter Of the Red Cross to SET
aside and designate an acre of wheat
q max this year to the Red Cross.
Bismarck. - Charles Mcdonald OF
Aandan has been appointed assistan,
deputy warden Of the state peniten.
tfary by the state board of control
Mr.. Mcdonald is q former sheriff OF
Morton county.
Willow City. - Robert Riske, who
was arrested and tried for removing
articles from the Charles Onstad gar
age, while the funeral of the latter
was being held about two weeks ago
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
20 days In jail and fined $50.
Towner.-After a three.day illness
from pneumonia. Gilbert Void died
IN the camp hospital at Camp Dodge
Iowa. This marked the second at.
tack, he having passed through a
siege early in December. He was
born near Buffalo Lake, June 10, 1895.
Grand Forks.-Charles Pryor, ar.
rested at Park River. was arraigned
before Judge Mclaughlin on a charge
OF rape in the first degree, alleged to
have been committed about January
I. 1913 The defendant entered q
plea Of not guilty. He claims an
alibi.
Qrafton.-Attorney T. I. Dahl has
been notified by the government to
report for duty at Washington, where
he has been appointed as law clerk
IN the war insurance department Mr..
Dahl will leave in few days to take
mp his new work, and Mrs. Dahl
will follow some time later.
Kuim.-Joseph S. Ulland. president
Of the Fergus Falls National bank,
Fergus Falls. Mimi, and his brother,
O. F. Ulland. and associates have pur.
chased the controlling interests In the
LaMoure County bank at Kuhn. This
gtvcs the Ulland brothers the con.
trolling interests in 10 banks in North
Dakota ard II In Minnesota.
Fargo. - Jeanette Goraman, alias
Mrs. e. Stewart. known to the police
Of tho Twin Cities ns Il shop!ifer an !
who. 1t is alleged. passed worthless
checks aggregating $500 on Fargo
merchants during the rush hours on
Saturday, December 8 last, is under
arrest in Minneapolis on fugitive
warrant through information given
BY the Fargo police and the states
attorney.
Washington.-An embargo against
lake shipments Of bituminous coal to
North Dakota and South Dakota, ex.
cept for public utility requirements.
IL being prepared. the fuel admins.
fration has announced. BY shutting
on lake shipments the Dakotas will
be required to draw on the surplus
from Montana and Wyoming, thus
releasing the dock supply for Illinois
and Eastern centers.
Washburn.-A petition to the Nc.
Lean county draft board asks that
the next quota OF draft men entrain
at Garrison. The petition was signed
by the business men Of that village
and was taken to Bismarck and
placed before the adjutant general.
The Garrison people give as their
reason that they want to have a big
patriotic celebration and instill a lit.
tie more patriotism In the hearts of
some of their citizeus.
Bismarck Lynn ]. Fra.
zier has ordered all the schools OF
the state closed on Friday, March 8,
for the purpose Of taking a crop and
labor survey. The survey will be
taken under the direction of the state
department Of agriculture and labo-.
The children Of the rural schools Will
circulate missionaries to ascertain
the labor needs of the farmers, while
the children OF the city schools will
enroll available help for the farm.
ers.
Bismarck.-George A. Kingsley, as.
sistant general solicitor for the 500
Railroad company, has notified the
attorney generals office that the
company had filed a bill in equity in
the federal court to litigate the col.
lection of an increase OF approx.
mately $114.9OO in the company .
taxes for 1917. The Northern Pacific,
the Great Northern. and the Farmers
Railway company had previously ia.
ken steps to resist the payment OF
increases in their taxes.
Fargo.-The annual convention OF
the Norwegian Lutheran church OF
America will be held in Fargo June G
to ID. inclusive, it has been officially
announced by President H. G. Stub
after a meeting of the church council
at Minneapolis. Several cities were
after this gathering, which will be at
tended by between 5000 and 10000
people, but the invitation extended
the convention by the Fargo Com
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