Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-02-27

Mt recent election held for the pur.
pose.
Dickinson.-John Barth Of Miles
City has purchased the business Of the
st. Charles hotel here.
Valley City.-Local Masons are con.
templatlng the erection Of new
temple to cost not less than $4,000.
Upham-Eating strychnine pills mis-
taken for candy cost the life OF the
infant daughter of August Frechtner
here.
Langdon.--Most Of the necessary
finance has been raised to provide an
enlargement Of the quarters used by
the Langdon Mems club.
Kenmare.-A Twenty-Year club will
be organized here by old-time resi-
dents for the promotion Of social
activity among the community's Pic.
neers.
acknowledgements is made
Of the birth Of baby daughter to
Governor and Mrs. hymn ]. Frazier ut
the executive residence here q few
days ago.
Edgeley.-Fire originating. In the
basement of hardware store here
totally destroyed three business build.
ings and entiling u loss Of approx
mately $4,000.
Mandan.-Mrs. Joseph Dorm, Man
dams most aged resident, passetl
away Mt the home of her daughter in
this city few days ago at the I'D
vanced age of 95 years.
kindred.-A local movement Is on
foot to see IL the government Gun be
induced to provide one of Germuny's
captured cannon to be set UP us II
memorial in the Kindred park.
WahpetOn.-Bids will be received by
the commissioner of Indian affairs ut
Washington up to p. M. March Z,
for the erection Of Il school house and
assembly room ut the government H.
dian school here.
Fargo.-The salvage depot mnin-
tained by local Red Cross workers
here during the past season netted II
profit Of $7,754.20 to the organization
according to detailed report which
has just been made public. The av-
ernge monthly receipts of the depart
ment were $1.547.l6.
Dunn Center.-Tlis city staged
great homecoming celebration for its,
returned soldiers, Mt which 25 of the
fighting Yanks were assembled on the
stage as guests of honor. The popu.
lace turned out Ell mnsse to pay their
tribute to the cOunty's men who helped
In the worlds war for democracy.
Fargo.-A bronze roll of honor has
been unveiled by Fargo college in
memory Of former students of the In
stitutiOn who lost their lives in their
country's service during the war.
Golden plates are imposed upon the
tablet, bearing the names of five
heroes who will be so remembered.
Observation-Disclosures o. III. RAM
stad and ]. Fl. Bell of this city have
been appointed state committee to
look after welfare work for orphaned
French children, under direction of
the central organization In New York
City. A list Of over GOO children has
been sent to this state to be cared for.
Fargo.-The serious illness of Lieu
tenant Colonel Gilbert C. Graft0n has
been reported from France. Colonel
Grafton is II well-known Fargo man
and has been for many years prom
inently identified with military and ma
tional guard matters. being II veteran
of the country's military operations in
the Philippine islands.
Bismarck.-The proprietor Of the
Sanitary cafe here was arrested,
charged with grand larceny alleged to
have been committed in Il series of
operations under which he was COM
polling local wholesale fruit and pro-
vision concerns to supply the wants of
his trade. Settlement has been made
for considerable amount of these
goods, it is said.
Fargo.-The mayor portion of North
Dakotn's volunteer fighting contingent.
comprising the old First and Second
North Dakota regiments, is under
stood to be in course of transport
back from France for early demobili-
cation. Troops ready for dem0biliza-.
ton for this section are uniformly
being sent to Camp Dodge.
Williston.-William S. Arthur, man
ager of the government irrigation
project here, has pointed out that
within the next five years the local
project may be developed to include
more than $1,000 acres of land, with
further additions to be. made from
year to year. Farmers may now enter
into contract with the government for
irrigation for the coming season ut u
rate lower than has previously been
charged-probably about $1.35 per
acre. bitches will be ready for use by
June /.
Fargo.-The local Builders and
Traders exchange reports considern-
bic building interest shown in vari-
Gus parts of the state as result
Of the governments campaign to slim
ulate an immediate revival of this in
dustry as Offering one of the best
means of giving employment to dis
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