Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-07-21
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rle from long distances this summer.
Every day Parties have their picnic
lunches in the beautiful grove, and
pass the time fishing, boating and
bathing-as their fancy suits them.
Henry Wohl, young man working
for David Alderman, seven miles
northeast of Linton, sustained a.
broken collarbone Sunday afternoon,
when horse he was riding fell with
him. The fracture was X-rayed,
and reduced at the Wolverton hos
pital.
The following Lintonites. returned
from Bismarck last Thursday where
they witnessed the Fargo
ball game: Fay Harding and wife,
Merrill Harding, Selma Schaefer, Fred
Heinrich, Otto Becker, Frank Irvine,
Lloyd Stewart, John Bader and Frank
Muncy.
j. P. Schott and family expect to
leave the last of the week for Valley
City, where Miss Johanna is attend
ing summer school. They expect to
make an outing trip. (And Pete is
taking plenty to eat along, as the
hotels are not always near when he
gets hungry.)
A sufficient number of sig1ets for
a petition to call an electisn to vote
on special school district, compris-
ing sections s, s, y 8, II and 10,
and the Incorporated limits Of the
city Of Linton; has been secured.
The notice Of election will be pub
]ished elsewhere il. this weeks issue.
1t seems to be fad among some
of the young fellows around town to
have their heads shaved. Those who
have had it done will tell you that it
is mighty good protection against
mosquitoes as they will invariably
break their necks when trying to get
foothold on their victims shiny
plate.
Last Saturday afternoon during the
severe wind and hail storm northeast
of here, the little daughter of Law
renee Sandwich had the tip of her
thumb cut off, when the wind
slammed door shut, the thumb be-
ing caught between the door and
'rame. The child was brought TO the
local hospital, where the injury was
dressed. q
E. A. Schuck, of the st. MichaeYs
neighborhood, brought in his 10-year-
cd son, Clement, to the Wolverton
hospital for medical treatment. The
boy was found to be suffering from
an advanced case Of laryngeal diph-
iberia. He was given large dose
Of antitoxin, administered intraven
ously, after which he was taken back
home. There is practically no hope
of his recovery.
Register of Deeds A. H. Irvine has
been very busy lately preparing an
abstract under the new law Of all crop
mortgages and other liens upon crops
for the year 1921. These are pre-
pared for the protection of elevators,
as, under the law, if they purchase
grain which has a mortgage against
it, they are liable for the purchase
price. They have to pay a fee of
five dollars for this report, and week.
~ thereafter another report is sent
out giving the satisfacitions, etc. The
abstract covers some twenty-cight
large pages, and entailed great
amount of labor.
Franklin Bertheau sustained pain
full injuries Tuesday evening when in
getting into an automobile TIE wind
shield which he took held of broke,
cutting deeply into his left wrist.
The ulnar artery was severed, as was
also one of the large fexor tendons
of the hand. The young nan was
Immediately taken to the Wolverton
hospital, where the artery was
ligated, and the severed tendon was
sutured together. Franklin is still
an inmate Of the hospital, but will
be cut in day or two, although he
will have to carry the injured arm in
cast, in a sling, for about month.