Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-05-16
Beach-The Missouri slope sectio
Of North DAKOTA has greatly increased


next year.
Tower City.-Tower City is to cell
citrate the Fourth Of July. The ar.
rangements are being made by the
Commercial Club.
Portland. --prof. s. w. Siljnn OF the
Portland public schools has enlisted
in the hospital reserve corps, and al
ready left for camp.
Naturalization will observe Me-
| mortal day with the unveiling and
dedication Of service flag to the
boys from Lawton now in the army.
Park River.-Roger Allin. former
governor of North Dakota, and Mics
Ar-a Mckenzie, OF Flushing. Mich.
were married here recently Mr.. Al
lin was governor in 1895 and 1896
/ 1.eonard-"Shad" Seger. Leonard
pioneer. took his own life when he
hung himself in the basement of his
new home. Dependency is given as
! the reason for the suicide.
Bismarck.-The Bismarck E;ks will
conduct a flag service on May 16.
when they will float the Stars and
Stripes from 150.foot masthead
which will be erected at the state
capitol.
Gwinner-The electric light plant
here is to be housed in new build.
ing this summer Street lights have
been discontinued owing to a dir.
4, agreement between the city dads and
the company.
Fargo-Hewison Pollock Of Fargo
College. representing the state at the
! Central states oratorical CONTEXT held
Mt Topeka. Kan. Friday night. won
! fifth place. Twelve states were fep.
resented. South Dakota won first.
Belfield.-Andrew A. Miller, ar
rected several weeks ago on com
plant Of Ed Josucks. charging the
illegal killing Of cattle, and acquitted
In Justice Kenmark's court at Me.
dora. has been rearrested on sim
liar charge.
| Carrington.-t IS diff,cn't to con-
vince the Darlington boari Of edu.
cation there is g Misunderstanding There
were sixty applicants for the position
of superintendent, when the present
official was granted years abaence
for war work.
Cannonball.-The famous Cannon
ball ranch. long one of the wild and
| wcolly show places of the west will be
the scene of a real "By Heck party
eiven for the benefit of the Cannon
ball Red Cross chapter. May %, by
C. R. Wilcox and Miss Lucille Van
Solen.
Ellendale.-carl VETS. Jr.. and John
Miller were seriously injured when an
oxygen container with which they
we're working exploded Mr.. Weis
ost his right leg and Mr.. Miller SUE.
aimed broken leg. The men were
.aken to hospital at Aberdeen for
treatment.
La Moure.-H. r. S. Diecem, one
Of the publishers OF the La Moure
Chronicle has joined the fighting
forces of the United States Mr. Die
sem has been engaged in newspaper
work in the state for the past several
years and is well known among the
North Dakota editors.
Grand Forks-Grand and Sioux
counties are planning to cooperate in
the construction Of wooden bridge
over the Cannonball river here. The
matter will he definitely settled at
the next meeting of the Grand coun.
ty commissioner. Sioux county al.
ready having agreed on terms.
Bismarck. Frazier has
announced the appointment of O. T.
Haakenson Of Towner to he chief as.
sistant fire marshal. succeeding vii.
liam Olron of Valley City. who re.
signed. Haakenson is well known,
Townleyite. who was clerk in the
house during the last regular session
Snowden.-T.e Biladeau of Balm
vile tried to board a freight train
near here when he slipped and fell
with The result that both legs were
cut of He lay beside the track for
several hours before he was picked
NJ by crew from a passing train
He died before reaching the Willis.
j'ton hospital.
Crosby-0ne of the most d;sas
trous fires in the history of Crosby
I, Destroyed the building occupied by
the Crosby LIGHT and Power com
pany, and the Crosby Auto company
consumed Is automobiles, wAseke,
the light plant. and left the village il
darkness. THE Homo Guard vas n
once called into action TO patrol th'
city at night unfit the light system
can he restored.
Bismarck. attention to III
fact That y coal shortage next white
: is inevitable and that unless the IL
mite mines OF North Dakota are e.
; ahled to maintain their production t
{ fHl' c2paclty throughout the summe
. iurntha, not only Minnesota and Sout'
$ Eakota may repeat their uRpleasan
experience of last winter. but tina
!. tic fuel famine may extend to Mort
{ naltota, the state railway commiseio
$ and tho state council of defense
. with the collaboration of the Bi
l. malck Commercial Club have nj
4 dressed to every commercial o-ra,
!, ization in Minnesota and South p,