Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-05-04
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| Dtcktnfon-A company of notiOnal
guardsmen is being organized here.
Edmore -Masons are advertising for
bids for fine new lodge home.
Grand Forls Federal seed loans
numbering 1894, and totaling $780,
3O9.55, have been made In the state.
Hazen-The recently organized Pres
byterian congregation is breaking
ground for new church building.
Fargo - The North Dakota State
League Of Nursing Education met here
in annual session this year.
New saIem-Seeding and spring
farm work are well along throughout
the west Missouri slope, with the
brightest prospects for many seasons.
kenmare-The accidental discharge
of rifle while he was hunting gophers
with several companions proved fatal
| to 12-year-old Leonard johnson.
Agricultural College Emulating the
male cadets of the Institution. girl
students have organized rifle clubs for
target practice.
Hiiisboro-Local voters have enforc-
ed the proposition Of nighttime from
Grand Forks to supply local electric
current.
Faroo-There is a possibility that
the federal government may erect
here 100000 hospital for the ac-
commodation Of 500 cases Of mental
arrangement among ex-servicemen.
MISUNDERSTANDING that they were
losing a good many chickens through
the depredations Of rats, local poul-
try raising firm trapped 500 of the ro-
dents in brief campaign.
Agricultural College Nine students
and IS faculty members recently were
chosen for membership in Phi Kappa
Phi, national honorary scholarship fra
ternity.
| Bismarek-A representative Of the,
federal department of immigration is
making a careful inspection of the var
fous state institutions for the deporta-
ton of any inmates who may not be
legally dependent upon this state.
Grand Forks-The birth rate in
North Dakota last year was 21.1 per
thousand, the total number of births
being 1853. The Minnesota rate was
1871 and that of the country as whole
will be between "a and 25.
SeIfridge-When school children dis
covered four bottles of whisky cached
in weeds in the school yard under d.
rection of their teacher they made a
formal ceremony of the destruction Of
the liquor. 6.
Wilton The largest Ignite coal
mine in the world is the characterize
ton given the Washburn Ignite Coal
company's mine here in an exhaustive
article on this great Industrial plant
in the current number of the state
Good Roads magazine.
Fargo Suit for $4,000 has been
brought against the city school board
by Mrs. Inga Anderson, whose son was
Killed by a swing. while. at play in a
school yard several months ago. A
former suit brought against the city
was lost on the ruling that the city was
not responsible for the school grounds.
eisrarek-May has been officially
designated as "Arbor and Native Life
day" in this state. The object is the
stimulation of more general interest
! in tree planting and Identification OF
the home, and the emulation Of the
example Of the pioneers in planting
trees.
eismarck- More than one million
dollars worth of trucks and other war
| equipment is to be distributed among
/ the counties of the state, according ia
/ J. NJ. Hansen, superintendent Of the
surplus war equipment division of the
state highway commission. One truck
is allotted for each 20 miles of improve
ed highway and the county pays only
a handling charge of 1896.
! Jamestovsn--Cl Claiming that certain
liquor he seized while acting in his
capacity as enforcement officer had
been destroyed, Harry Dunbar: for.
znerly chief law enforcement officer
] was found guilty Of contempt Of court
by District Judge Nuessle for failure
| to produce the evidence in court when
asked to do so. He was sentenced te
80 days In Jail but was granted q
30day stay to make an appeal to the
state supreme court.
! eismarck-State aid for one general
state fair, for three regional exposi
tions, and for county fairs in proper
tion to their size and accomplishments
was recommended by representatives
Of several North Dakota fair associa
lions meeting here with the secretary
Of agriculture. The so-called inter
state fair, alternating between Fargo
and Grand Forks, would be classed al
q regional fair along with exposition.
! at Mandan and Minot, and would re
ceiye $4,000 annually under the pro
posed plan; the state fair, alternating
with the interstate event at Crane
Forks and Fargo, would be OFFICIAL,
recognized with q subsidy Of $4,000 &
year. Committees were appointed t
lay definite plans, !!'9 49,