Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-07-10
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SHuTieS uTHy, hUOtner negro, VINO IL
said to be ut deaths door.
Grand Forks-Dr. W. P. Baldwin Of
Casselton was elected president of the
North Dakota Medical association at
Its recent meeting held ut this point.
Rugby.-The annual picnic OF the
Pierce County Pioneer association.
held ut the farm Of w. A. Hamilton,
was an outstanding social event of the
yeaT..
Fargo.-The eiglit-hour law for
working women. effective July /, re-
suited in a sharp raise In prices Mt
practically all restaurants and cafe
terias In this city.
New Salem.-'rhe bursting Of water
wings with which he was endeavoring
to leurn to swim resulted in the
drowning Of Herman Miller, 17-year-
old boy OF this place.
Beulah.-A new opera house in
course of construction here gives prom
Use Of being the best building of It's
kind on the Stanton branch, us well as
one Of the best In the state.
Bismarck Three-quarters of a mil
lion dollars will be Bismarck's share
In the years reconstruction program,
construction and Improvement plans
now on foot totaling that amount.
Logan.-Resldents In this section are
shocked ut the sudden death of Will
liam Hecker, prominent farmer, who
Is said to have been suffering from, an
unusual blood disease. the fatal char
acter Of which was not realized until
the report of his death.
DickinsOn.-.IOhn A. Struthers. a
deaf farmer Of the Scheffield vicinity.
was killed by an engine OH the track
between here and Lehigh station. The
man had previously hud Il narrow
escape from injury or death in SIM
liar manner, II short time ago.
Bismarck.-June collections for auto
tags amounted to s147. 10000, bringing
the total for the first half of the year
to Ss;}S, 1900. The registration was
not begun until late, owing to uncer-
tainty about the rates and method Of
handling until utter the Legislative ses-
sion had closed.
Dickinson.-The month of June will
60 down In history as the hottest June
ever known in this part of the state.
FOn two days near the close of the
month the temperature went as high as
1O1 and los degrees Fahrenheit, and 1t
was above 100 degrees on several other
days. The record Of 1OS degrees WAS
established on the afternoon of Sun
day. June 70.
Eelva.-A million-dOllar coal mining
and electrical corporation Is being or
ganized here, with options on valuable
properties nine miles south of town.
The plan in view is said to include the
generation Of electrical current from
the use Of Stacked coal at. the mines.
conducting it to nearby villages by
wire for lighting and power purposes.
TiOga.-AlmOst ten tons Of butter.
was manufactured ut the local cream
cry during the eight weeks ending July
l, and the Ice cream output Of the
factory hns been kept to the limit for
the entire summer. With a record day
of 200 pounds on butter. June %, the
people Of this section feel that the de-
velopnent Of dairy interests In this
section has been dependably estab.
lishetl
GarrisOn.--An explosion of dyna-
mite near the power house startled
residents here last Tuesday morning.
and broke windows out of buildings
nearby. A mine operator who had As
pounds Of the explosive which had not
proved satisfactory for mining opera
lions threw 1t onto an ash pile. He
later felt that this would hardly be
safe, 80 lighted the fuse attached to
one stick and threw 1t among the rest.
The man was uninjured.
Bismarck.-A. w. Luelrs, autou,o-
bile registrar in the state highway de-
partment, has begun the apportionmeit
of the S5s3. 79O which has been COL
lected to date from license fees. OF
this amount, $50, 600 is directly appro-
priared to finance the highway COM
mission. OF the remainder, so per cent
goes to the counties from which the
fees originated; 10 per cent may be
expended on highway construction or
maintenance as the commission may
elect, and 40 per cent must be expend-
ed on state roads.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were wrecked,
barns blown down, telegraph and tele-
phone lines put out Of commission. and
at least two persons killed by tor
nado-like windstorm that swept over
the northwestern section of this state,
as well rs over northeastern Montana
early last week. A mother and dnugh-
ter named Helgeson, living near Al
amo. are the persons known to have
been killed. The storm worked great
havoc in this city and vicinity but APP
pears to have been heaviest at Zahl
on the Stanley branch, As miles north.
Box cars were blown over at that
point, and two rooms 6f the pioneer
Zahl family residence, log building,
were destroyed. The family, which
was fortunately In The one remaining
room, was unhurt.
Bismarck. g. w. Harris, for.
ner local pastor. recently returned
from army Z. n. G, A. work overssas,
said ut Z banquet tsndersd to him
here, that I'VE expected criticism. and