Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-04-03
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North Dakota CONDENSED for
Aasty Perusal.

FargO.-NOrth Dakota dentists will
convene In Fargo May q and 20.
Minot--The annual cOnclnve Of the
Grand Commandery of North Dakota
will be held here on May 9TH.
amestown.-GrOwing business de-
mands Mt Windsor in this county will
result in the organization Of u new
state bank there shortly.
Minot.-Local Elks opened their
home here for the use of knights Of
Columbus for big initiation which
opened on st. Patrick's day.
Ambrose.-George Munson, farmer
residing near here, was drowned in a
well on his farm. into which he fell
head first while making an inspection.
Observation-Disclosures of the Com
mercial club here are discussing the
feasibility of employing full. time
secretary for that organization to
meet the demands for local business
awakening.
Verona.-Triple funeral services
Mrs. Clare Farrell and their one-day-
old baby, all of whom died within
week Of one another, from cOmplica-
tons following influenza.
Grand FOrks.-Members of the
Merchants association here gathered
to discuss the provisions of the new
woman's employment law, which will
prohibit the engagement Of females in
industry more than eight hours day
in towns or cities of upward of 500
population after July !.
Bismarck.-North Dakotn's "blue
sky" commission gave clean bill Of
health to the Equity industrial organl-
cations seeking permission to market
their corporation shares with North
Dakota purchasers. These organiza-
tons are the Equity Cooperative
Packing company Of Fargo and the
Equity Exchange of St. Paul.
Grand Forks.-Jepthah Jones, a
wheat farmer of this county, was
saved a $4,000 loss in cash by II
timely police raid in Los Angeles, nc
cording to dispatch received here.
Copper stock and race track bunko
men We're on his trail, but hint
dropped by Mr.. Jones to the police
resulted in raid which cleaned up
the bunch.
Bismarck.-Former Chief Justice
Andrew A. Bruce of the North Dakota
supreme court has been named men,
Der of the committee of five from the
American Bar association ito investi-
gate the status of the present military
law relating to courts MARTIAL" accord
ing to dispatches recently received
here. The committee is headed by s.
S. Gregory of Chicago.
| Lisbon.-A small advance guard
of three members of the demobilized
North Dakota First regiment band got
the ovation which had been planned
return from. service last Thursday.
An elaborate welcome had been plan
ned, but not being advised of it, a
large number Of the members Of the
band had stopped to visit friends Mt
one point or another on the way
home, SO that the contingent which got
| through on schedule time was mere
handful.
Dickinson.-Keith Carroll, u.
year-old boy of this place, hovers be-
tween life and death as result of
the discharge Of revolver cartridge
| which he was hammering into the
weapon. Having difficulty to insert
the cartridge, the boy placed the
| muzzle against his stomach in order to
better hammer the charge into place
Then, fearing to tell his mother Of the
accident, the little fellow stoically bore
the pain in silence for some time be.
fore admitting that anything had be.
fallen him.
Fargo.-Leader Harold P. Bachman
Of the 10th Engineers band, formerly
known as the Second North Dakota
regiment band, has definitely an.
nounced plans for tour of this state
by that organization. Plans Of this
kind have been reported for some
time, but not until after the demobili.
cation of the band short time ago
was it fully decided upon this action
Leader Bachman expects to have n
band of about 40 pieces by the add.
ton Of few players from other or.
CARNATIONS, and will start his tour
about three weeks after that of the
164th regiment band, formerly that of
the North Dakota first regiment.
Fargo.-Adjutant General G. A.
Fraser has suggested that every
county in the state should have q
record of what Its men have done in
the great war, and for this purpose he
proposes that book be prepared for
the entry of such records in the office
Of the auditor Of each county and
that the records, when complied, be
most carefully preserved. In n letter
directed to the auditors Of the various
counties. General Fraser calls atten.
ton to the fact that the certificates OF
discharge of the various soldiers will
In many cases ultimately become lost
either by fire. theft or in some other
way, and that the preservation of the