Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-04-20
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Watford city-The pearly shells of
bivalves have been found in coal mines
near here 20 feet below the surface.
e Bismarek-Nearly 5000 state bonus
claims have now been paid and the
average thus fur has been 1915.
Minot- More than 10000 square
yards of bitulithic pavement are to be
completed here this summer.
1each-The 33-piece high school
band here is equipped with instru-
ments worth $2,4OO.
Agricultural coIIeoe-Ground has
been broken for the $4,000 agricul-
tural building.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and profess
sional women are planning an organ
| ization.
Ruoby-The Community club is rails
ing $1,000 to aid immigration in this
| section.
Williston = Company F's military
band is being recognized with 26
pieces. t.5o-
sawyer-The First State bank, clos
ed last October, is again open for bust
ness.
FIasher-When a load of baled hay
toppled over in rough road and bur-
led A. A. Crosse, he suffered several
broken ribs and broken shoulder.
Des lacs-Contracts for about co.
GOO square pards of road grading have
been let by Ward county commission
ers at q cost of more than $1,000.
Agricultural colIeoe-$eed fax early,
preferably on clean corn or potato
land, is the advice of H. L. Bolley,
state seed commissioner.
Grand Forks-Sixty men are now at
work on the state mill and elevator
here, and the power plant is rapidly
drawing to completion.
Bismarck-Carl r. Kositzky, former
state auditor, has been appointed
North Dakota land commissioner to
succeed w. ]. Prater.
Rugby - Twelve thousand dollars
has been raised and banked by local
businessmen to expend on a modern
potato warehouse.
Dickinson-John Reuter-, Jr., state
golf champion 1915, 1915, 1918, and
1919, has entered the field of profess
sional golf.
Grafton-A children's ward will be
endowed in the Deaconess hospital
here by Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, now of
Ontario, Can, in memory of. her hus-
band, James Wood, q Grafton pioneer.
Fargo-The big postoffice here will
be thrown open for visitors during the
week of May l, SO that all who are in
terested may learn more of the way
Uncle Sam handles their mail.
6ismarek-The sale of 1921 hail
warrants to Twin City financial con-
Germs has passed the $1,5OO.OOO mark.
1t is hoped to have 100000 worth
marketed before June Is.
Ed9eiey-Lunch served by the auxil-
larry to the local Legion post on election
day netted more than $3.50, which will
go for work among the disabled veter-
ans in North Dakota.
Thompson-A high school team won
by unanimous decision over a team
representing the Community club in a
recent debate on the question of Philip
pine independence.
New leipzig-A posse organized to
capture burglar reported to be in the
Leader store here, closed in on a
clothing dummy wearing a hat and a
raincoat.
Mfnot-verdict Of $2,4OO was award.
ed by the state supreme court to Mrs.
Isaac Lapoint, u, for injuries sustain
ed when horse belonging to local
transfer company bit her arm while
she was walking along the the street.
/ Wyndmere-A new rural route ont
of here makes the third now in opera
ton, covering total of 90 miles and
insuring postal service to practically
every family within radius Of "a
miles.
Jamesto~n-C Constant gains in the.
quantity of commercial freight NOV
ing over the Northern Pacific were
made by days, weeks. and months dur
ing January, February, and March,
according to report on business con-
ditions just issued by the road. The
conclusion is drawn that business Is
rapidly approaching normal In the
Northwest.
i Farpo-A 100 per cent pool Of the
| 1922 grain crop with body compris-
ed by q union of the North Dakota
farm bureau. cooperative elevators,
and the national grain marketing
agencies now operating "a the state,
was endorsed BY representatives Npf
these various agencies at a meeting
here hast week. The convention also
voted to send committee before the
. state railroad and warehouse commis-
sion tosurge upon that body the nee
easily ot keeping In operation the
Y grain inspection Departments created
BY the 1919 legislature.
h tarvsy The lirst word has been re.
ceiyed from John Sennie 81 his father
here since the boy was reported I "a u.
tient q 1 Canadian military hospital
Z four years ago. He was Decorated foui,
times and severely wounded, and d