Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-02-05
FACTS ABOUT THE
FL|CKERTA|L STATE.

been reported to the city board OF
health.
Beach.-The Bowen murder case has
been continued over to the June tern
Of district court.
Wahpeton.-The city Is taking steps
to reorganiZe Company of the first
North Dakota regiment.
Valley City.-The Barnes county
chapter of the American Red Cross
has taken steps to combat the flu cpl.
demic.
Minot-The Northwestern North
Dakota Medical association met here
last week for its annual business and
social session.
Minot-The Association of Com.
merce will have traffic bureau in
operation when the railroads 90 back
| to private owners.
Bismarck.-F0rmnl authority from
the war department for the construc
ton of the milion-dollar bridge which
is to span the Missouri between Bis
marck and Mandan has been granted.
| WahpetOn.-The state board of adj
miniStratiOn has authorized President
Brcker of the state school of science
to borrow $1,000 to meet the needs of
returned soldiers now enrolled in the
| school.
| Minot.-Prospective purchasers of
the bonds issued to the extent of $2S5,-
600 by. the city for the purpose of con-
structing a sewage disposal plant have
notified the city commission that they
have withdrawn their offer.
Fargo.-,the federal grand jury con-
vened Tuesday, January %, following
the holiday vacation. AS soon as the
criminal cases have been heard the
| grand jury will continue it's probe of
profiteering.
Bismarck.-Th Well Drillers' nsso-
citation held its annual meeting here
last week. Among the speakers were
Rev. George II. Quigley of the Metho-
dist church and A. o. Soule of Mime
apois.
Jamestown.-Owing to the rapid
spread of flu, the city board has
placed ban on dancing, and advise
that all public meetings be postponed.
Theaters are only allowed to sell tick
cts for two-thirds their seating ca
pacity.
Fargo.-A series of meetings were
held under the auspices Of the Cass
county farm bureau Mt Arthur, Hun
ter, Erie, Page. Leonard and Buffalo.
Speakers, active in agricultural cir
cles, addressed these meetings with a
great deal of success.
/ RiSrnOr11 Tn1 II
missioner Of immigration, is urging
North Dakota farmers to hold onto
their land and not sell for ut least
another year. He declares that North
Dakota lands are going to increase in
value.
Bismarck.-Albert Crosse, an 49,
year-old Sioux Indian, was one Of the
first North Dakotans to fall in the
ranks of Uncle Sam on the battlefields
of France, according to records COM
piled by Adjutant General Angus Fra.
Zier.
Bismarck.-The state board of ad.
ministratiOn has approved tentative
plans and specifications handed in by
an architectural firm for the mem.
orial building which Is to be the first
J Of n group Of structures which will
form North Dakota's new capitol.
Flasher.-A Holstein breeders cir
cult similar to that which has made
the New Salem community famous has
been started here. The two organiza.
tons will be united during the annual
convention of the state dairymen In
Mandan, February II to 10.
Bfsmarck.-SenatOr Hiram w. John
son of California will make a tour OF
North Dakota during February, deliv
ering addresses at Minot Bismarck
Fargo and Grand Forks. 1t Is ex
pected that Senator johnson will dis
cuss his presidential candidacy at this
time.
Bismarck.-The North Dakota boart
Of university and school lands now
owns we'll over million dollars worth
Of seed and feed bonds, through which
medium the board has loaned the in
: come from the lands with which thu
state was lowered by the federal gov
eminent to the farmers in drought
stricken sections of the state who have
been compelled to borrow.
Bismarck.-"J. G.. r. known
as 1.-THE man of mystery and who
played prominent part in the set
Element of the J. Allen Caldwell
estate near Taylor, has been identi
| fed as Leo Clapper, who disappeared
from his home in Erie, Pa, in 1892
This clears up one Of the most bafflin,
cases that has ever been tried II
North Dakota courts.
Devils Lake.-The school board o.
| this city is said to be facing yer,
serious predicament In that valuabl,
school teachers have been forced t,
| resign and the board has been forced
reluctantly to accept the resignation
because Of lack of funds to do other
, wise. That the teachers are compe
tent Is evidenced by the fact that tn,
pupils In the high school almost to tn,
last one, signed petition asking tina
fhov no rotoguod