Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-03-03
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ofLate Euents in
North Dakota
Drayton-The First National bank

Drayton-The First National bank
IS in its new $4,000 home.
Sherwood-A hospital has been es-
tablished here.
Mohall-A $4,000 Islander suit is
ATTRACTING much attention to the local
courts.
ParshaII-A gymnasium for the
younger element may be financed by
local business men.
| Van Hook-An epidemic of whOop-
ng cough has proved fatal to several
Indian children on the reservation.
Devils Lake-Drastic. cuts in the
working hours Of the Great Northern
railroad have been made here.
Agricultural College,. w. Haw
succeeds II. b. Fuller as county agent
eatler in North Dakota.
Mcciusky-TwO coyotes and 500
iackrabbits were the net results of n
coyote drive conducted by 800 Sherl-
Ian county business men.
Hebron-Leonard Weller. Sc, and
his son, Peter. 10, were killed when
their automobile turned turtle on the
National Parks highway near here.
Bismarck -A champion Holstein
herd sire has been brought from Ne
braska by L. ]. Garske, prominent
local dairyman.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS contests through
out the county are planned by the Ran
som County Breeders association for
1921.
MayvilIe-An auction sale netted
81 400 for the benefit of the local hos
pital, the articles being donated by
local residents.
Jamestown-Five hundred delegates
to the North Dakota Farmer Grain
Dealers convention We're expected here
this week.
Observation-Disclosures Z. Tohrberg, pio-
neer Slope resident and one of the
prime movers in the development of
Mandan, died here at the age of G4.
sheyenne - Fifty-two consecutive
winters in North Dakota is the record
of L. N. Gilderhurst, who settled here
in 1869.
Tappen-The North Dakota Bronze
Grass Seed Growers association has
been organized with $4,000 pounds of
seed available at IS cents IL pound.
Grand Forks-One million pounds
of sweet clover seed is being placed
on the market by Red River Valley
Sweet Clover Seed Growers associa-
ton.
/ VeIva-Twenty-five thousand dollars
damages is asked by Miss MiSlred C.
Moore, lecturer and writer, for in
jlries sustained in q 500 wreck here
September 4. 1920.
Sherwood-When a steam nine of
the heating plant exploded Miss Clara
johnson, teacher in consolidated
school. and one Of her pupils were
severely burned.
Granville = The Community has
launched a diversifcation drive among
farmers of this vicinity, urging the de-
velopment of livestock, poultry, and
other crops than wheat.
6ottineau - Endorsement of the
proposition of Il $5.OOOOOO federal ap-
preparation to aid farmers in their
spring operations has been. voted by
the Bottineau Commercial club.
Fargo--Two thousand five hundred
former North Dakotans attended the
18th annual midwinter picnic of the
North Dakota society et Southern
California at Long Beach recently.
MISUNDERSTANDING of physi-
clans was given by Griggs county com.
missioners as the reason for declining
petitions to appoint county Red
Cross nurse.
Minot-A pound and half Of opium
was found buried In the ground by
firemen who We're called to extinguisll
a blaze started by ashes placed over
the spot, supposedly for the purpose
Of thawing the ground.
Devils Lake-NOrth Dakota Masons
are represented at the Washington
meeting Of the George Washington
Memorial association by Allan v. Haig
grand master A. F. and A. NJ. of North
Dakota, and w. l.. Stockwell, grand
secretary.
Agricultural colIess-The average
acre cost Of the production Of North
Dakota's leading crops during 1920
as compiled by Rex E. Willard, was
as follows:
Wheat ........................s 23. 1:
Per bushel. 2.44
Oats 1855