Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-07-24
the Whereabouts OF Glenn seed.

the location Of the state house In this
city. The elaborate campaign launch.
ed Mt TINT time failed OF successful
issue It Is believed here. only because
Of the adverse decision OF majority
OF the state supreme court which ruled
that the initiative clause Of the state
constitution. under which the question
was designed to. be brought to vote.
was not self-enactlng and that recourse
could not he had to It's privileges until
necessary legislative steps had been
taken. 1t Is claimed that later de.
cisiOns nj the supreme court as 1t is
now constituted have practically re-
versed this ruling.
Devils Lake. George Burke Of this
city was drowned when the car in
which he WIS riding went over an
embankment and rolled intoya ditch.
Farg0.--NOrth Dakota Il reported
third in rank among the states In the
Ninth Federal Reserve district in the
purchase Of war savings stamps since
the first of the present year. Totnl
sales Of the stamps by states from
January ] to July I were us follows !:
Upper Michigan, S113.2S255; Mime
sofa. $1.272. S21.19: Montana, $oO7,.
30g.29; North Dakota. $427.811. "a !:
South Dakota. $s3s,312.31; Northern
Wisconsin. $227. 2s096.
:, 0raftdn.-July "a Is the date Of the
big homecoming celebration for Walsh
county soldiers being staged here.
Fargo.-.Ma" Burdick, famous over
seas Salvation Army worker, was one
Of the attractions mt the big home
coming celebration held here July q.
RichardtOn.--Active work Is being
done toward preparing for the recon
structi0n Of the business area in this
city destroyed by recent 100000
blaze.
Grand Forks.-The North Dakota
state fair opened an unusually attract
i've program, which was Witnessed by
large numbers of visitors during the
past week.
Hazen.-Killing beaver out of season
cost u resident northwest of this city
n fine Of 500 and costs few days agO,
after he was apprehended by deputy
game warden.
WildrOse.-A daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Parsons, residing near here,
is dead from injuries sustained In the
severe windst0rm which recently
swept over this section.
MISUNDERSTANDING to growing
crops amounting to, approximately
$15O,OOO resulted In northwestern
Barnes county from n wind and hall
storm the first of last week.
POrcupine.-In an address delivered
here. Superintendent j. h. Kitch Of the
Standing Rock reservation. sud that
about 500 Sioux county Indians would
receive full naturalization next fall.
FargO.2The OncOming movement
for unions" Of teachers seems to have
been given boost by the recent action
Of state Agricultural college instruct.
sors in organizing a protective assocIa-
ton Of this kind.
Bismarck. An alleged swindler,
claiming to represent the state depart
lment, appears to have victimized num-
4er0us North Dakotans operating
amusement places, taxi stands. etc, In
various parts Of the state.
!, Medora.-Auditor j.. A. Berry Of this
county has resigned to accept posi-
ton with State Tax Commissioners
George e. Wallace. and Walter T.,
Tester. q returned soldier, has been
Designated by the county commission
ers to succeed him.
Grand Forks. unfortunate luck be-
fell man giving his name as Barando.
who took "a cnrAbelonglng to II. Gre
gorie and then stopped Mt place oc-
cupiel bXH Gregorie's relatives, to Sc
cure gas for the cur. The vehicle WINS
identified on the spot. elE
+ Fargo.-The city board of education,
at u recent adjourned session here.
awarded contracts for $6s 900 worthvof
equipment for the combined grade and
high school now in course of erection
on the site OF the. building which wns
burned some time ago. I
Bismarck. With the grasshopper
situation now well under control in
this section for the present season,
county farming agents are calling at-
stention to the need of UNIVERSAL fall
blowing to hold the menace under sub
lection for the coming year.
Is Bismarck. Tyler Sprake Of Bis
marck ifs the first North Dakota sappli-
cant for workmen's compensation
under the new North Dakota ACT. Mr..
SprAke Is I'M employee Of the Interna-
tional Harvester company, and his
claim was filed with the bureau few
days ago.
Fargo.-Albert Potts of Steele and
Amund Gilbertson of Cooperstown are
alleged to have been made victims Of
fake horse-racing episodes pulled of
for their benefit by clever Minneapolis
crooks. Potts, 1t Is said, invested
600 in, losing bet on "race"
which he did not take the trouble to
see.
Bismarck. Secretary Of State Thos.
Hail has fled an application for the
rehearing of the suit by which the
was recently compelled to accept the
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