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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
4
The writer recalls brutal long work hours of past printers in Europe and America and contrasts them with modern labor. He discusses baseball’s rise, Japan’s growing power, the Philippines, and the International Typographical Union sending aid to San Francisco while members strike. praising union solidarity and history.
In Braddock the new steam plowing outfit owned by Pete Levin drew interest as blacksmith Melander described its operation. Built by J J Case with Johnnie Rentz starting the machine, it uses three men to pull fourteen plow blades and can cover about forty acres daily. The device promises to lower plowing costs and reduce field weediness by enabling wider, faster work on prairie farms of the New Northwest.
Ray discusses incorporation and McIntosh county reports three prairie fires in a week. Geese and duck shooting banned again. Three new elevators to be built at Balfour. A street closed at Courtney after diplomatic work. A stranger robbed at Minot but too drunk to say how. Sammy Keadley killed in Medora after being thrown from a horse. A North Dakotan in Montana pen sent a horsehair bridle to Dowdon to rattle. Two barrels of booze smuggled at Portal. revenue agents pursuing guilt. David K R Gordon arrested for trying to steal a livery team from Drayton. At Minot a spotter roasted. revolver drawn. Bounty against gophers in Norwich nearly exterminated. Summer resorts in state eye development in coming years. Pembina Pioneer Express running final-proof notice in older settled areas. Sixteen months, Ward county records show twenty three people sent to the state hospital for the insane. April busiest month for Minot land office, a record in the world. Bismarck authorities learned a man found dead at Wilton. coroner to investigate. Northern Pacific plans a stub line north from Mandan widening Morton, Oliver and Mercer counties. A Fargo boy asks father to build gym. father’s woodwork and knotty oak noted. Cushing’s hare craze in Fargo leads to hare-remover demand. International Typographical Union in Bismarck donates 10000 to San Francisco relief after strike losses. Bismarck club seeks ways to keep cows off lawns. rope-and-man plan suggested for cow traffic. Sixth legislative district doctors oppose insurance companies cutting medical exam fees to three dollars. medics demand at least five.
Linton residents and visitors fill the week with business trips to Bismarck and Mandan, construction projects, social calls, millinery ads at Miss Smiths, and town staffing changes. Notables include Dr. MacLachlan specialist visit, the Arlington hotel changes, and ongoing talks of public works and local commerce.
The May 1 session presided by Judge Winchester heard quiet title actions in land in townships 132 and 129, with cases against Pierre City Savings Bank and Henry Van Beek deferred for briefings or under advisement. Other title disputes involving Dan Williams lands were also heard, with adjournment to the fall term.
Bert McElroy plans to join Frank Bryant at Napoleon but will remain part time with the Braddock News. He will work about half the week on the News and half on the Homestead, keeping the paper alive as Braddock grows. The town’s prospects point to rising newspaper value with settlement and agricultural expansion.
A loose notice describes an unnamed stallion about two years old weighing around 1050 pounds with a sorrel color and a right shoulder marking. The undersigned requests the animal be called for pickup and payment of charges, with a contact request for removal.
Estrayed horse and pony mare offered for reward and address requests appear with figures in pounds and locations near La Crosse and Milwaukee line notes. The Chicago Milwaukee Railway expansion plans mention cost and blasting work across the route impacting the area.
Citas Coventry county superintendent of Emmons county announces to Republican voters he will not seek re election in 1906. He thanks residents for kindness shown while visiting schools and for loyal support during his tenure.
The church will not hold preaching on the coming Sunday while the pastor is in Bismarck. Sunday school will meet at noon. Regular services resume on Sunday May 20. C H Phelps, agent, advertises a full line of Edison records with a request to send for the catalog.
In Emmons County North Dakota county court judges the county issues notices in matter of the estate of T Smith deceased. Robert Weber petitioner cites heirs and creditors including Carrie Lucy Ken H Smith Clara Smith and many others and sets hearing date May 15 at 2 pm for probate and qualification of executor George T Weber./citation lists recipients and directs response and appearance before the court.
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