Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-11-04

Bluegrass Arthur G. Conitz has
been commissioned postmaster. Other
postmasters recently named in the
state are: Erik Rossing, Bergen; Min
ME Pusch, Shields; Roland Strong.
Weaver.
Dickinson-G. H. Jacobus, superin-
tendent of the Yellowstone division of
the N. p, has been transferred to the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Montana divi.
sion at Livingston and T. H. Lantry
has been moved from St. Paul to the
Coast division at Seattle.
Bismarck-The North Dakota farm
Ing and marketing information bureau
has been opened here by D. H. Stuhr,
a crop specialist and grain trades ex-
pert. The chief aim of the head Of the
bureau and his associates, they de-
clare, is to induce capital and inves.
tors to come into the state and take
part In Its development.
New Salem-Forty-n silos were
built in Morton county the past sum
mer, 18 of them upright at a cost of
about $3.50 apiece, and 81 of them Dit
silos at a cost of from S. to S125
apiece. During the 81 years that farm
Ing has been done in Morton county
previous to 1920 only 20 silos had been
built. County agent work increased
the number 169 per cent in one sea-
son.
Lisbon-Ransom county will fight
the suit brought by Richland county to
collect $4,663 in the famous drainage
case.
Fargc-Seventy of his IS years on
earth have been spent at continuous
occupation, as carpenter and joiner
by James Miller. He. still rises at five
9. M, works in his garden or around
his house, goes to work at eight, comes
home at six and Chores around" until
nine. He has used tobacco all his life
and says that has no bearing on long.
evity but that hard work and good
cheer are the secret of a long, useful
life.
Drady-Picking' the shot from his
leg with a jack-knife, Robert Evans
was only slightly hurt when the
charge Of shotgun rebounded from
q rock and entered his knee.
Watford City-A new road leads 1S
miles through the bad lands from the
Little Missouri crossing to this point
Observation-Disclosures hundred gal
Ions of gasoline was the unusual loot
of burglars at the Standard Oil offices
here.
Dodge-A new disease among cattle
in this region causes greenish dis
charge from the mucous of the mouth
and nose. It is contagious and often
fatal.
Valley City Backfirlng of his gun
blew a piece of shell into the eye of
r. e. stee and he may lose the sight
Of one eye.
Langdon- Cavalier county's last log
school house will be preserved on the
county fair. grounds as memento Of
pioneer days. N
Sterling Raymond Chappell, 8, was
fatally injured when his six-year-old
brother found a revolver in trunk
and discharged it. s55 81 s.
Northwood-The Stutsman county
school nurse found 3.141 detectives
among 3,826 school children examined
the past 12 months.
Dunn Center - Several hundred
pounds Of sugar beets will be harvest.
ed by John Manifold, who will refine
sugar for his family use.
Sanborn---Shocked at news of the
accidental death Of his son In WASH
ington,. Elmer E. Elliott, aged hard.
ware merchant. died suddenly.
sLoganA white pelican measuring
six feet from tip to tip was captured
by hand In the. road near here and has
been presented to the Minot zoo.
Bismarck October 14-16 are the
dates for the, first annual convention
Of the Southwestern district Of the
North Dakota Educational association.
Sentinel Butte Franc III. Crawford
Of this city. and Gjems Fraser Of
Crazy, were the successful North Da-
kota contestants for the Rhodes schol.
arship. .4f &