Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-11-13
FACTS ABOUT THE
FLICkERTAIl STATE.

Bismarck.-About % blocks Of paw
year.
/ GraftOn.-The local American Legion
post Is contemplating the organization
/ Of band.
Rutland.-The local live stock asso-
citation has let the contract for the
erection of n sales pavilion.
| WahpetOn.-Rural schools In some
districts of this county are being
closed because Of shortage of teachers.
Devils Lake.-A night school has
/ been opened here to give instruction In
| rudimentary English to those who de-
sire it.
! Karlsruhe.-A local mercantile es-
tablishnent was destroyed by fire with
| u loss of $4,000. Incendiarism is sus-
| pected.
AIott.-The Hettinger county teach
! ers' institute, recently held here, had
/ q very crafty enrolment, IS teach
ers being present.
New Salem.-A New Salem breeders
association sold $500 worth of blood
| ed Holstein cattle to Fargo and Maple
ton parties recently.
Bismarck.-Local grade school teach
ers were successful In their demands
! upon the board for fiat increase Of
500 year In wages.
New acknowledgement =. Thorn
post Is the name given the local branch
| of the American Legion recently
formed here. Guy Bervig is the first
/ commander.
Bismurck.-Hog cholera serum is be-
ing forwarded from the offices of the
state live stock sanitary commissioner
to infected districts lately reported
from Morton. county.
LnM0ure.-JOhn DeLorme, q local
workman, was pinned under 1000
pound lathe which he was helping to
unload here. He escaped without the
breaking Of any bones.
New Rockf0rd.-C. ]. Maddux, we'll
! known attorney and former. publisher
Of this city, Is dead following stroke
of paralysis. He was for the last two
or three years law partner of VIII
Liam Lemke Of Fargo.
WahpetOn.-O. A. Leach, who re-
Gently announced gift Of $4,000 for
a public library here, has now an
/ nOunced his willingness to contribute
$4,000 toward the erection Of new
editice for the Foss Methodist church.
Bismnrck.-H. o. Puulson Of Drake
has been named by State Examiner
Lofthus to succeed Deputy Examiner
y. Il. HnlldOrsOn, who is snid to have
been dismissed because Of his actions
In connection with the closing of the
Scandinavian-American bank Of Fargo
Minot.-Arthur Johnson, arrested ut
Portland and held here for trial on a
Charge of auto theft. admits having
previously escaped jail with number
of companions at Huron, S. D., where
they were held on similar churge
Other members Of the party are still
ut large.
Beach.-To have escaped injury in
fields Of France and then to have sue
cumbed to notwithstanding following
the accidental striking Of his head
against nail was the fate Of Leo
Neubeiser, a Beach young man, who
has recently been employed in st.
Paul.
Fargo-Messrs. Batemnn and Gill
ings of the United States biological
survey have commenced work in their
campaign for the destruction Of wolves
and other predatory animals in North
Dakota. Lack Of funds will compel
| the limitation Of the work for the pres
ent to districts where the need is
| MOST imminent.
Bismarck.-.James Teachout, the sec
ond victim Of IN auto collision with
| n Northern Pacific train ut "Dead
Mans Curve" near here last week,
died without ever regaining conscious
ness. The deceased was prominent
farmer residing near Glencoe. His
brother who was with him in the cur,
died instantly from a broken neck.
Deering-Howard Huston, Il gradu-
ate of the state university and for
mer resident here, has been appointed
business manager Of the London office
Of the league Of nations. 1t is an
nounced IN recent press dispatches.
Huston was n member Of the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces, and during
his period of service was cited for ex-
ceptional bravery.
| Minot.-The Minot city commission
has received second demand from
the state workmen's compensation bu-
reau for the payment of about $1,000
assessed against the city. The city
seeks to avoid payment on the ground
that the city budget, made up before
the compensation law was passed,
made no provision Of funds for this
purpose.
velva.-AIiss vesta Steer, agricul-
tural teacher In the local public
schools last year, has just been
elected Boys and Girls club leader
for Sargent county. The designation
of leader to be employed ut county
expense Is somewhat unique in this
state. The Sargent county commits
sioners are undertaking 1t as an ex-
porinnonf for one year at n cout xyhlc,,