Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-12-23
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Mohall-Renville county is organic
ing farm bureau.
Wildrose-A $4,000 school will be
built at an early date.
Drake-A bucket brigade saved tho
state mill from burning.
K;lldeer-The local post of the Am
ericun Legion has enlarged its quar-
terS.
observation-disclosures 100000 bushels Of
wheat are being stored In local eleva-
tors.
Fargo-Retiring Congressman John
NJ. Baer has Joined the staff of the
Fargo Courier-News.
SaniSll-The oldest settler cannot
recall the Missouri having been open
80 late as 1t is this year.
Washburn-Seven hundred bushels
ut kubanka wheat will be shipped in
here for seeding next spring.
Fort Yates-Cattle rustling still is
sional arrests are being made.
Grafton-Writing on ';lIow to Make
Money on the Farm" Irven X. Hagen,
-, recently won poetry prize.
Municipal ownership of the
light and power plant has been under
taken. $4,000 in bonds being foated.
Mott-W. ]. Glenny of the Mott
Supply company has been acquitted of
the charge of making false income tax
returns.
Fargo-Between 40 and $50 boys
and girls. representing the various
clubs Of the state, attended the annual
encampment here.
ichardton-Accidenta discharge Of
$3.50 rifle in the hands of her six
year-old brother resulted fatally for
Kathryn Hauck, three years. old.
E.lendale-Dickey county boys and
girls clubs will pay particular atten-
ton during 1921 to purebred stock
raising. They will hold q livestock
show.
Barnes county treasurer for one cent,
sent to Frank Williams for refund
on taxes paid, is being carried for a
souvenir.
Mundan-A state loan to the local
school board has assured the erection
in 1921 of two new school buildings. a
100000 high school and $4,000
grade school.
Mnndan-John NJ. Turner, for many
years representative of American
millers in Europe, is dead in Porto
Rica. He started as laborer in the
local milling plant.
Bergen-Besides supplying his FAM
ily with milk and cream, George Law
renee received $1,1O5 from the product
Of his cows during the past year. He
MIXED from seven to Is.
Dickey-Archie Waldie of this city,
Il student at the Agricultural college,
wrote the play with which the senior
class at that institution won second
place in recent dramatic contest.
Jamestown-Oldest practising dem
fist in the state and commander of the
North Dakota department of the G. A.
r. were the distinctions held by B.
McLains, 76, who died of old here.
Velva-Turning into ditch saved
Joseph Setterstrom from driving his
car into freight train during dense
fog. None of the occupants Of the car
was badly injured. t.-
Amidon-Under direction of the
Slope county agent the corn acreage
has more than trebled in three years
and millet and similar forage crops
have increased from four to six times
in acreage.
Wahpeton-After two years of e1-
perimenting tie International Harves-
ter company will abandon it's hemp
growing project in Richland county.
The work will be taken up in Marshall
county, Minnesota.
Hillsboro-From Fargo along the
Red river to Winnipeg is the proposed
route Of new railroad to be launched
BY farmers. 1t will he called the Red
River Valley railroad. Some papers
already have been filed.
Noonan-A Ford driven by George
Kimball was more damaged than
Richard Howe when It struck the
latter on road near here and turned
completely over. Howe sustained three
broken ribs but the Ford was almost a
wreck. s..
Leeds-Citizens used high powered
rifles in an attempt to stop suspicious
car eastbound through here. but failed.
One Of the occupants 1of the car was
left at Devils Lake hospital suffering
from three bullet wounds but the car
went on its Journey.
Van Hook-Signed by James X.
Polk, president Of the United States
1844-4S, the original land patent issued
to his grandfather Cyrus Hodges, In
1915, is in the possession of William
Hodges, merchant Of this place. The
deed is to 40 acres of Illinois land.
Grand Forks-When the ice on
which Wendell A1arsden. eight years
old, was skating, gave way and he
went into the icy waters of the river,
his faithful dog plunged in after him
and held him up on the edge of the