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

Alexander The rural telephone
company has been reorganized.
I Sheldon-After 81 years in the drug
business here, II. j. Hoff has retired.
Turtle Lake Drinking carbolic
acid resulted fatally to Michael Heinz.
age "a.
Sherwood. b. Morgan, deputy
collector of customs, has been trans
ferred to Noyes, MINI.
Dickinson-To quell potential cleo
ton riots it was necessary to swear in
number of deputy policemen.
Fort Yates-Indian lands averaged
$1,000 an acre Mt recent sale in
which 7,7G9 acres brought $120.505.
Fargo. r. Stone again heads the
state fair organization. The 1920 gate
and grandstand receipts We're $46.971.
Beach-Without apparent reason,
Fred Dreus, prosperous farmer, blew
his heart out with sawed-off shotgun.
Devils >Lake-Fred p. Mann, mer-
chant, has been given post in the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
Grand Forks-Plans already under
way for the 1921 state fair are making
elaborate provisions for sweet clover
displays.
I Notwithstanding through q weak
spot in the ceiling of his new house,
/, States Attorney Edward S. johnson
broke three ribs.
Noonan-S Shooting himself through
the side with % rifle while cleaning
it, Reinold Hendrickson, IA, was badly
wounded but will recover.
Brantf0ri--A masked man robbed
the president of the State bank Of
$1,000 in broad daylight and made his
! getaway with confederate.
VA Hook Cheap money, high
prices, and unrest disturb Norway. ac-
cording to T. ]. Sjol. just returned
from a several months visit there.
Neche-A herd of purebred Hol-
stems, headed by grandson Of Sir
Peterjie Ormsby, has been sold by j.
c. johnson to Il. L. Martin of Ham;l-
! ton.
LaMOure-Northern division head
quarters Of the Red Cross ut Mime
apolis complimented LaAIoure county
chapter on their splendid work of the
past year.
Hebron-While smuggling a chicken.
11-year-old Franziska Fleck set fire
to her clothes and vas so badly burned
| before her parents reached her that
she died SIX hours later.
Valley City-After &c years of serv-
ice as missionary in India, Mrs. W.
A. Mansell is enjoying a two year fur
Tough at her old home in this city and
with friends throughout the state.
Fargo-Winning first and sweep
stakes prizes Mt the 1919 baby show in
conjunction with the state fair did not
spell longevity for little Virginia Lee
| Weston, who succumbed to scarlet
fever recently at the age of four years.
Minot-As q member of the knights
of Columbus commission representing
the Knights of the United States at
the unwilling of the Lafayette monu-
ment in France, J. H. Charlebois spent
a month and half in Europe. The
commission had a long audience with
the Pope and received his blessing.
Fargo - "The Pioneers Building
Fund" is project just launched for
the purpose of erecting a new building
for the North Dakota Chillren's home
as a memorial to North Dakota pio-
neers. The Rev. e. E. Saunders, head
OF the institution, is a pioneer him.
self and has. written many articles ON
noted early settlers Of Dakota.
Hamilt0n-SalOme's Carnation. a
pnrebred Jersey owned by william
Page 4 Sons, has broken the record
! for butterfat production in the, two
year-old heifer class. The previous
record was 376.l6 pounds in one year,
but in 2s1s days thts: remarkable Jersey
heifer has produced 4O1.05 pounds Of
butterfat. Her years production
should be 500 pounds. 8,
University-As establishment officer
for the League of Nations headouar.
tiers in Europe, Howard Il. Huston. a
graduate Of the University of North
Dakota and an ex-ofticer of engineers
in the A. r. f.; is making a splendid
record. He has full charge OF the stu
pendous task of moving the League
headquarters from its temporary home
in london to the permanent home in
Geneva, Switzerland.
New Rockford White leghorns ex-
hibited by Carl Zehrfeld won the state
egg laying contest covering the year
ending October 81. One hen laid ~
eggs during the year and the total
for the pen Of Ave was 724. Bun
Wyandottes belonging to v. e. Grant
of Cuba took second place with 574
eggs individual honors, going In this
pen at the $50 mark. A close third
was N. e. Wilcox of Wilmot, also en-.
tering FIVE Buff Wyandottes which
laid a total Of 81: eggs during the
year,
Mandan-J. A. McDougal, pioneer
resident and ex-mayor, was found
dead In bed.
Grand Forks-A great Influx Of
homesteaders into the northwest from
the Mississippi valley akd middle west