Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-11-18
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Ghmpses
ofLate Euents, in
North Dakota

L:sbon-The Business Women's club
has been organized.
Ray-.James A. Lucas, 20, North Da-
kota pioneer, is dead.
Barney-The Barney Light company
has been Incorporated.
LakOta - The Parent-Teachers asso-
citation will reOrganiZe.
Center-The Hazel Miner memorial
fund has reached $739.
Beach-While driving his, team,
Henry Stager, So, fell dead.
Devils Lake-"High School Life" is
a monthly magazine by the high school.
Fin.ey-The Finley Light 4 Power
company is installing better machin-
cry.
in Billings county and there is talk of
contests.
MaddOck-The Commercial club ar
ranged the successful sale of 40 regis
tered ShOrthOrns.
CarringtOn-Eighteen hundred BUSH
els of potatoes on five-acre patch
Melted nice profit to d. X. Cher.
Observation-Disclosures and buildings
valued at $1,000 were destroyed in a
fire ut the Home Implement company
yards.
Observation-Disclosures records are
broken by the present student body of
go in the Benson county agricultural
school.
Devils Lake-Rae Kneeshaw, twice
cited by the French government. has
received the red and green fourragere.
He was a marine.
Fargo-The first contribution re-
ceived toward the $4,000 lot and
budget campaign of the Y. w. C. A.
was S25 check coming by mail from
| Honolulu
MinOt-Nine votes is the majority by
which Alfred Mostad. Nonpartisan, de-
feated Olaf J. eleven, Independent, for
county treasurer. The race was perhaps
the closest in the state.
Hankinson-Sleeping car passengers
Joined In an imprOmptu night parade
when their coach caught fire. None was
injured and freight train behind the
passenger Quenched the flames.
Fryburg-Two and half years each
was the sentence imposed upon John
Doyle and Earl Henerson, p and %,
respectively. for shooting and 'njuring
e. K. Julian, Western Union operator,
from q passing train. They had rifled
mail sack and had in their possession
$1,000 in papers.
Bismarck-North Dakota was one OF
the IL states in the Union in which IS
per cent or more of. the drafted men
were able to pass the physical examin-
alton for army service. The IL states
include the western half of the Mis-
sissippi valley.
Mandan-By vote of $40 to 4O3,
the City Of Mandan, at special cleo
ton, rejected the proposition Of a
municipal coal yard, which had been
proposed by the central labor body.
Nelson Luther was elected member
Of the city commission over three
other candidates by 1877 plurality.
Farge-A state federation Of farm
bureaus in North Dakota will he formed
to affiliate with the national federa-
ton. Delegates from 10 counties of
the state met here, listened to several
addresses by experts in cooperative
work, enjoyed banquet together, and
named the necessary, committees to
perfect their organization.
Dickinson Voters Of Stark county
were Overwhelmingly In favor of county
agricultural work, as shown by the re:
turns at the recent election, where the
proposition appeared on the county bal.
lot. The voters Of seven other counties
Of the state expressed themselves in
favor Of this work. Following is the
vote cast on the matter in the various
counties, except Williams, where the
figures are not yet available: Is
County For Against
Burke ...................1,584 1867
uNVlQe $50 739
Golden Valley. ........... $50 521
5hldder LOAF 1907
Norton ..................s.s75 1909