Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-10-03

reatnlent OF the eye.
LaMoure-Children who wished to
zee bonfire made one by applying 4
lighted match to hay owned by H. @.
ialverson. destroying twelve tons.
Fargo.-The federal court converting
here October 3 has calendar Of 1866
.ases for trial, many Of them being for
Alleged violation OF the espionage act.
Haynes.--William L. lslnehart, post
master ut this place, has been placed
under arrest for alleged Irregular
tiles IN tile transaction Of official
business.
BOttlnenu..-A new school building
and II hospital ara In course Of erection
here. the former being nearly enclosed
with probability 0f being completed
this winter.
onkes.-Tl.e death Of J. II. Denning
Mt his home near this city removes Il
pioneer resident of this section who
had lived In Dickey county contInu-
Dusly nince 1883.
/ Sheldon.-A local threshermun lost
his machine, valued ut $1,000, through
tan explosion supposed to have resulted
from the introduction of dynamite into
bundle of grain.
FureO.-Tl.e intercolle ginte football
games will MT he II featare of student
work this season, the idea having been
abnndt.led On account of conditions
incident to tie war.
Cando.-T.:o hundred soldiers from
u
The !.9rvest fields of Towner county,
owing to the shortage Of help required
for getting IL. the fall crop.
| kin(lrei.-'Tne local farmers club
md Kindred business hlen United in
observing Sunday. September -. rs II
Jay of patriotic thanksgiving for the
favorable progress of the war.
Minot.-By mutual agreement Alinot
merchants have discontinued the sell
3ing OF sugar and have turned the
handling Of that commodity over To the
Red Cross. by which 1t will hereafter
be administered.
BisImarck.--The twenty-n;n.h an
nunl convention of the North Dakota
w. c. 4. u. has completed it's session,
after I'e-electiug Mrs. Elizabeth Pres
ton Anderson to the presidency Of the
organization for the twenty-siAth con-
secutive year.
Fargo.-A former Fargo Indy was
recently injured mt her home In Min
neupOlis by the explosion of cliOcO-
late coated nut which she was enting.
The lnutter was called to the attention
| If representatives of the department Of
justice for investigation Of the cause
Df the explosion.
Steele.-Georse BeresfOrd, n young
boy near here, was killed by being
crushed between two wagon racks
while trying to stop his team which
had begun to move away from him.
The boy was on the ground between
the two wagons, where he was caught
while endeavoring to recover the reins.
Bismarck.--The state council of
defense has been asked by the national
war industries board to act as It's rep
resentative in enforcing the require
ment of permits for all building and
construction enterprises started in tho
|
he made to nearest local representa-
lives Of the council. with Il full state
ment Of the facts concerning the pro.
posed work.
Fort Yntes.-Superintend ]. 3.
kitch has. returned from Chicago,
where he marketed 1000 head of clttle
Of cattle rni''ed by the Sioux Indians
on this reservation. The shipment net.
ted the owners Il total of $150.0O0. aud
the Indians were very highly compli-
mented on the fine condition of their
stock. which was said to have been In
the finest condition of any consign.
ment received in the yards this fall.
Fargo.--Miss Pearl de Iarnettc,
North DakOtu director of the Young
WOmen's Christian Association, has
been appointed state executive of wo-
mems work in the coming united war
work campnisn, in which the Y. w. C.
A. has been asked to take the lead
among women Of the state. through
the machinery of its war organization,
of which Mrs. w. B. Hancock, Of
Fargo, is chairman. Miss de Jnrnette
has had wide experience in Y. w. C. A.
activities.
Grand Forks.-Farmers of the Red
river valley and other parts of the
state have effected saving of many
thousands of dollars worth of grain
by raking their fields this fall. The
excellent harvest weather has made
this possible where it might not have
been under less favorable conditions,
and 1t is estimated that If the practice
had been universally followed through
the state large percentage of in
crease in the states production would
have resulted.
MISUNDERSTANDING Ben Mooney Of
! Company a in the old Fighting First"
! Of North Dakota has been invaded
! back from France with an empty
sleeve. and has been quoted as SAYING
that "yom can't say anything too good
for she Red Cross and the Salvation
/ Army-they're there looking out for