Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-05-11

Devils Lake Selby Lake Golf club
velva--High school students staged
mock political convention.
Mandan "A baby show featured,
child welfare week here.
Buchanan-A Community club has
been organized here.
Bismarck President Harding has
been invited to attehd the North Da-s
kota irrigation congress here June ..
Devils Lake-This place has been;
recommended as the site for the North
Dakota Odd Fellows home.
BeuIah- Lydia Meyer, 5, poured gas
oline on fire and died a few hours
later from burns sustained.
Ashley-A new $4,000 school build
ing was approved by a narrow major
lily in recent election.
Grand Forls-Latest figures show
that $3.50 U. S. seed loans made in this
state total $345, 7O6.
Edmore-'Fr aternal day" will be
observed here June 8 by the city's
various lodges.
Minot-A record Of all sales Of fire.
arms in the city is now required by
city ordinance.
Tappen-A new village ordinance
permits only one poolhall to operate
here.
carson-sitting upright in bed, dead,
Mrs. Alonzo Thompson, Is, was found
early in the morning by her hired man.
She was the victim Of heart disease.
Wahpeton-Less than IS was the
haul of the first Wahpeton robbery
this year, when yeggs blew the safe in
the Northern Pacific depot.
MandanANearl$3 100000 trees Of DIFF
ferent species acclimated to this region
have been shipped from the Northern
Great Plains field station.
Velva-"Bobbie," Scotch collie, daily
goes to the postoffice gets the mail
for the. Harry Anderson family, and
delivers it safely at home.
Glenburn-An eraged COW attacked
and badly injured Mrs III. G. Detlaff,
who was at home alone and narrowly
escaped death.
Grand Forks-A kite club has been
organized among school boys and cash
prizes are offered for clever kite con-
struction.
columbus-The First State bank of
Larson will be moved and opened at
this point, making the second bank
here.
Van Hook-Eighty-nine new men,
bers We're added to the local Commun-
1ty club. in contest between two
teams, with banquet as the prize.
The club now has 125 members.
Mandan A statue Of Theodore
Roosevelt, donated by DR.. Henry w.
Coe Of Portland, formerly of this city,
will be erected near the new Memorial
bridge over the Missouri.
Williston--After being lost for four
years, chest Of war relics packed and
shipped from the war zone by half
dozen local. young men, has shown up
in good condition. 81. s .1sS
Hankinson-An addition to st. Phil,
ip's. church just opened here accom-
modates kitchen, stage, meeting rooms,
shower baths, and other community
conveniences. vi
jamestown Advances by the war
Finance corporation for the assistance
of agriculture total 81, 765,OOO. OF this
sum 1000 has been placed in North
Dakota.
6ismarck-Six million of the nine
million dollar federal aid road funds
for this state have been expended.
leaving 100000 available for 1922
work.
New England-To safeguard the
health of people in the country, drive
was organized by the Red Cross nurse
to bury or cremate the bodies of scores
OF horses which persisted on the open
prairies during the. past winter.
Farao-lt is rumored in the east
that John Burke, ex-governor and
former treasurer of the United States
Will leave the bond field in New York
city and come. here to engage in the
practice'of law.
Mandan--Nine herds Of dairy cattle
in the Shorthorn and Holstein Breed
ers circuit here produced in March
Io1 49, pooAliS VI HIN S,Ot1l
pounds of butterfat. The total income
for the month to the owners of the nine
herds was $1,000. 3si
Devils lake-A reunion Of the North
Dakota men who Served in the First
Division will be held here in coniunc-
ton with the state Legion convention
June 20-22. George Wrieht Of Casspl-
ton, estimates that $500 in this state
are eligible for membership in the First
division association. 3 a
Marmarth-After being promised a
ride with his father to. a ranch six
miles out Of town, Aurthur Laurie 8,
failed to show up at the appointed
place. Three hundred townspeople
searched for him before the lad was
found asleep at the ranch house. After
missing his father he had walked OUT
by a different route. l5 !.
BismarckThe state adjutant gen:
:eral and the American Legion are as
sisting Governor Nestos. in checking
tha war 4rpcnr(lc re No,tl, nol,.x. 49,