Emmons County record., 1918-10-10

was $3.50.
Wahpeton.-Th state school Of Sci
ence opened It's years work few days
ago with an enrolment Of 81. 63 Of
whom are girls. A much heavier en-
rollment IS looked for after the close
Of the threshing season.
Fnrgo.--H. G. Fish Of Minot, former
curator of the North Dakota State His
t0rical Soriety, has been named as
state representative Of the Junior Red
Cross on recommendation of the Red
Cross state headquarters here.
Fargo.-A call Is being made for 320
selective service men to entrain for
| the stnte agricultural college trimming
camp here on October Is, for instruc.
ton in the various vocatiOns employed
in connection with the war.
Crosby.-Christ Odcgard. nn Upton
township young man In this county,
committed suicide with II shot gun.
Odegurd was class four man in the
draft. and Is said to have grown de-
spondent because he could not enlist.
| Blsmurck.-Stute Fire Marshal
Rende was chilled to Marmnrth In the
hope that an incendi;ry suspect being
held there would prove to he the in
veterate firebug who seems to have
been operating there for the past two
years.
Grand Forks.--Lieut. Pat O'Brien,
| the atthOr-nviatOr who made fame for
himself by falling wounded into Ger
many. then falling out with the Ger
nuns and making his escape, is sched-
uled for number Of North Dakota
| speaking dates.
Bismnrck.-Miss Callie Wieder has
been engaged by the North Dakota
public library commission to superin-
tend the installation of school and
rural community libraries ut various
duty about October 25.
| Absarukn.-Fire of suspicious origin
resulted In the destruction of 10000
bushels of barley, valued ut $4,000,
belonging to A. T.. Marshall near here.
A valuable barn and srnnary We're also
destroyed. and ten horses and Il COW
We're burned to death.
| FnrgO.-'The name Of j. =. Hardy,
pioneer Fargo citizen and secretary of
the local commercial club. has been
sent to the senate by President Wilson
rs nominee for the postmustership
here. Under present civil service rules,
tenure of the Office is without limit.
! Now Observation-Disclosures Joseph ID.
Harrison of this city has been cited for
conspicuous gnllantry in action in OPP
erntions near Soissons, where the Off
cinl order records that he "drovc the
crew from an enemy battery which was
firing direct fire across the Massey
rnvinc. by his own rifle fire"
McClusky.-COmpla have been
filed with the state fire marshal's Of
flee from this vicinity, of alleged pro.
German activity in the burning of
grain stacks. Fire Marshal Eeade and
his deputies are keeping close watch
on reports of this kind. it is learned
from Effcrcnt parts of the state.
Furso.--AN phase of the litigation
started Jointly by North ana South
Dakota against Minnesota for 81 .00O.-
600 duiaages for injury wrought to
lnnd' in the two states by Minnesota
drain projects cIptying into the Red
river, will be argucd before the United
States supreme court on October IA.
Conwny.-Eu-glnrs entered the Con
way bank building, and by means of Il
series Of explosions. forced the bank
vault and the safe which stood within
it. and made thci. escape with about
$1,000 of TIE banks cash. The post.
Office building WAS also entered. and
one sack Of parcel post ::iail was
stolen.
Linton.-.hnton Eocl,maier. nm aged
farmer near here. who is nearly blind
shot and Instant; killed Fred Sc!l,i,
macher, Il young boy. Il is alleged
while tying 10 frightcn Schumacher
and party OF youngsters fro.:, II raid
they were making upon his root muse
Bockmnier is nuch distressed ovcr the
tragedy.
Eislnarck.-Statc Commissioner OF
Agriculture John y. Hagan is advising
farmers TO hold cattle, when possible
unit! they can be brought to about
LOCO pounds live weight before placing
them on the market. The suggestion Is
made because of the governments rule
in buying cattle for army use, not tt
purchase anything dressing less thar
450 pounds net.
Grand FOrks.-Schools throughou
the state will he generally very closel,
watched for the appearance of out
breaks of the so-called Spanish influ
enZa, which is sai!~to have made its
appearance at several points in thu
northwest. Some physicians diagnos,
the disease rs new outbreak of !;
grippe In the severe form in which /
was prevalent in various parts of til,
country II number of years ago.
Bismarcl-The only brewery II
North Dakota, which is located neal
this city and which has n .er brewet
Il drop of beverages since it was erect
ed In, 1889. nearly thirty years ago, /.
at last to serve Il useful purpose. huv
Ing been purchased for warehouse us,
by local seed company. The plan