Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-05-26
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6eaeh-An electric fountain will be
set up in local park. :, IS
Wiliiston-A troop Of Boy Scouts
has been organized here.
Granviile-A large flock of swans
appeared on the lake near here.
SteeIe-The opera house and O
garage burned here with a loss of $751;
600.
ParshaIl-Burns sustained when he
fell into vessel of hot brine proved
fatal to three-year-old Myron sviem.
Enderlfn-Captain Arthur NJ. Har.
per, formerly of this city, has been
offered the post Of military attache to
Spain.
Hazelton-Gopher poison was the
means of suicide employed by William
y. Perry, pioneer Emmons county
farmer.
New Rockford-The propagation of
pheasants in this section has been
begun by the state game and fish COM
mission.
Judson-Mrs. Johanna Stack, a ma
tive Of Ireland, died early this month
after having celebrated her 1O1st
birthday March II.
Nineteen minutes after drinking
nitroglycerine his father had prepared
for killing insects in his garden, seven.
year-old William Rogers died.
Tuttie-Yeggs tunneling their way
into the vault of the First National
bank wrecked the inner safe and
escaped with $500 in gold and secur.
tiles.
Underwood-Fire originating in the
basement destroyed the local hospital,
with a loss of $4,000. The patients
were removed to nearby building in
safety.
GranvilIe-The overflow from a
Kerosene barrel running into the reg.
lister of hot air furnace in local
hardware store ignited, causing a $15,.
600 fire.
Fessenden-Wells county has pur.
chased a caterpillar tractor for road
work and has appropriated S24, 900 as
the county's share of a $50, 600 federal
project.
Thompson--Seven buildings, includ.
ing the postoffice, were destroyed, lin a
$4,000 fire originating from the hot
exhaust pipe Of the gasoline engine in
the electric plant.
Mandan-This city has gone to q
central time basis, setting the clocks
with those Of Bismarck. Mountain
time, an hour later than eastern. was
the former standard.
WaIhaIla - Explosion Of kerosene
with which Mrs. Gunnion was starting
fire resulted in death to Mfr. and Mrs.
Andrew Gunnion and their two chill
dren and the total destruction of. their
!, home and personal property.
Beach, livestock credit. plan, fos-
tered by the agricultural college and
designed to assist farmers of the drier
western areas Of the state in stocking
I their farms with H0lsteins, is being
worked out at farmer meetings.
Valley city-Almost exactly SO years
after his first location in Barnes
county, Colonel Frank White was
given farewell fete. before DEPART
Ing for Washington with Mrs. White
to assume, his duties as treasurer OF
the United States.
oakes-While enjoying an auto tour
as part of the entertainment afforded
the Fargo Shriners. on their recent
visit here, Charles Kaddatz, hotel man
of Fergus Falls, Mimi, who was with
the Fargo party, fell under m auto
truck and sustained compound frac-
ture Of the right leg. I. b. s.s
Mandan-The resignation, Of Joseph
NJ: Devine, former governor and state
superintendent Of public instruction
from the SUPPLEMENTARY of the state
trimming school has been asked by the
board Of administration. An eastern
man has been offered the post. ,.
Grand Forks-That North Dakota
has the fewest doctors in proportion
n to population Of any state in the
union is the report of the Journal Of
the American Medical association.
There is one doctor for every 1.161
persons in the state. The District Of
Columbia has one physician for every
$50 persons. s.Ss
Fargo-Fines totaling $15,O47 have
been collected from violators of the
prohibition law in this state since II
went into force h January, 1920. n 20
hundred thirty three defendants were.
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