Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-01-13

Crosby-Forty thousand bushels OF
grain worth at least $4,000 were
.aved to farmers of Divide county by
The poison campaign against grasshop.
3crs.
Burlington-The first state and fed.
.ral aid road project in Ward county
finished and the road from here tc
NinOt Is now in use under county
maintenance.
Agricultural College More than
:hree-fOurths of the farmers in coun.
I les in this state having active farm
} bureaus will become bureau members.
is estimated. ;
New Saleln-A Holstein COW in the
ierd Of Dick Wilkins made new rec.
ord when she produced 384.9 pounds
# milk, yielding 1926 pounds of but.
:er, in one week. 4 at.
Willfston-Six local gridlron stars
our Grafton players. and one Valley
City man, constitute the all-state high
school football eleven as chosen by
prominent football critics.
misunderstanding in January the
arst institute solely for county super.
ntendents of schools ever to be held
% the state will be called here by the
state superintendent, Miss Nelson.
WillistOn-The largest community
Christmas tree in the state was henu.
:ifully decked out in the center of this
:lty. 1t stood "a feet high and bore
thousands of feet of decorations.
Lak0ta-Vacancies exist in both
West Point and Annapolis, according
20 Senator A. ]. Gronna, and young
men may file application for admit.
lance to either institution through
him.
Harvey-Fire believed to have orig.
mated in tank heater destroyed the
large barn on the Glenn Frost stock
farm near here, and with 1t went rs
head of cattle and large stores of feed
Ten Of the cattle were purebred ami.
mails.
Bismarck-That the Northwest cror
acreage will be greatly reduced next
year is the opinion of North Dakota
agricultural officials. With labor high
and produce prices uncertain, q cut OF
% to 35 per cent in the cropped areas
Is seen.
Authorizations by his parishioner<
that DIR. c. l.. Clifford be allowed tc
retain his passionate here have beer
granted by Bishop Burns. and DR.. Cliff.
ford will not take the superintendency
of the Bismarck district Of the Metho
dist church..
Towner-Charges that he introduced
some $4,000 of forged paper into the
First National bank here to take the
place Of securities to which the bank
examiner had objected, have beer
lodged against H. H. Bergh, the cash
Ter, who was placed under $4,000 bond
The bank was closed.
Observation-Disclosures recently com
missioned in North Dakota by federal
authorities include: George H. RE
land at this point. Reno T. Peterson al
Chester. John NJ. Wickersham at Here
ford, Allen H. White at Harmon, Fan
ME f. Kelly at Adrian, and Harry e
Mcpherson at Carson.
Jamestown-In the receivership OF
The Collins Safety Razor company
which sold thousands of dollars worth
Of stock in North Dakota, many
jamestown and North Dakota citizen,
will lose considerable sums Of money
The company's assets are $250OOO anl
the liabilities are practically the same
amount.
Dickinson-This city, Mandan, ant
Bismarck. stand in good way to loss
their rights to national guard com
panies. No organization has vet, beer
attempted and so many cities in thu
state are seeking guard companies tina.
1t is likely the new roster will contain
many new town names, Including New
Rockford, Harvey, Cando and Towner
Fargo-A temporary board Of direc
tors comprising prominent bankers
from all over the state has been named
for the million dollar organization de-
signed to further North DakOta's f.
nancial interests in the east and
known as the Bankers Finance cor
poration. The formal organization o.
the corporation is set for January s ir
This city. It's immediate purpose is t.
collect n great part Of the $10OOO,0M
In county. township. city. school, and
other bonds and warrants now held ir
:he hanks Of the state and issue de
bentures against them which viii
make them readily salab]e.