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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1898
Page
1
A fragmented Uncle Ben half column cites Corbin the Wolf Hunter and estimates wolf populations and beef needs. It lists figures for daily and yearly beef requirements for wolves and game, with inconsistent OCR markers and stray digits.
The record notes the Williamsport Post Office taking second class matter while politics show Republican majorities in the national and state levels. Halland wins despite lagging his ticket. state senate and house tallies are given. A Pioneer Press note warns Russia may limit grain exports, possibly raising wheat prices and hay export incentives.
Estimated wolves number two hundred thousand and bees required to feed them cost seventy thousand dollars daily feeding and over one million yearly. A trapper force of about one thousand at three hundred dollars per day, plus related deer and game trading ads. Corbin House invites stoppers with low daily rates and catfish dinners.
The Winona Times reports a heated exchange comparing scrapping in party lines. Charlie accuses a rival of hypocrisy for voting against Republicans while noting counties show voters prefer non political, competent officers, criticizing party bosses and rank and file.
Amid pre election talk on protecting the GOP state ticket, county workers backed honest candidates and targeted precincts with Democratic potential. The county tally rose by 76 from the small two year vote and 60 from the full four year vote, signaling growing Republican strength in Emmons County.
Denver November 14 Gov Adams says a telegram from Adjutant General Corbin reports volunteer regiments now on duty in the Philippines are to be ordered home. The news brings relief to families with relatives serving in the First North Dakota unit.
The troops heading to Manila are slated to return to the United States within months, with replacements en route. Governor Adams predicts home delivery by January. A Denver family’s son requests discharge and Gen Corbin notes the war department aims to bring volunteers home soon. The county praises Treasurer Allen for apolitical tax collection and orderly finances.
A soldier writes from Cavite, P I, detailing garrison life in an old monastery within a fort. He describes walls, dungeons, tiled buildings, shells for window panes, a vast cathedral, and insect and bat life, noting insurgent skirmishes and guards with brutal discipline.
The Boo extension depots were built in Minneapolis and shipped in sections. Carrington ladies sent $12 drafts to Carrington soldier boys in Manila. Acting Governor Devine proclaims Thanksgiving on November 24. Grand Forks State University lists 200 students for the coming term, the largest since founding. Jamestown grain is chiefly from late sown fields, frost-affected, low quality, about 10 cents under list. Dickenson received 545 Canadian grade shortborn cattle for J. E. Pichelun of Fargo for 12000 dollars, to be grazed by year-end with local ranchers. A diphtheria outbreak near Lisbon devastates a mother, father, five children, and hired man. a dying seven-year-old is reported. Threshing near James town ended at Carrington Casey farm. ante crop yields average 45 bushels per acre. A sale of 80,000 bushels occurred at 22 cents. A fire at Superintendent Coleman’s Cass county Hospital farm destroyed barn, 20 horses, 4,000 bushels oats and other feed. only 1600 dollars insured. Mrs Hedstrom, 72, murdered at her farm 30 miles north of Bismarck. head crushed by blunt instrument. a wandering stranger with a heavy stick suspected. D Wallace thrashing engine exploded at Thacker farm near Hamilton. boiler ends blown, engineer injured. Seven or eight thruster boiler explosions reported statewide this year, with about a dozen fatalities. Legislation may re-enact boiler-inspection law.
By the ord-raigned, one gray mare about four years old no brand weight about 900 or 1,000 pounds. Owner will please call prove property pay charges and take the animal away. [ 718-72]
A notice from Glencoe North Dakota records a yellow steer with no brand and a hole in the right ear, and a roan heifer with a clipped right ear and a lower ear notch, both unbranded. Owner listed as Julius Gros. 418-13
Attorney Lynn visits town this week while Mr and Mrs H D Connor plan a winter in Charles City lows. Work advances on a new bridge over Long Lake creek near Brad dock. Mrs H W Allen returns from Michigan by Soo and Leonard du Heaume heads to Dawson for winter with eye troubles. Mrs R W Thompson rents the Dunn residence in Bismarck as a private boarding house. Dr Dechmann treats German settlements and locals, proving successful. Commissioner Macdonald wins re election by a large margin and praised as a fine official. Jerry Cole hauls coal for the county and jokes about the Cole hauling coal from Braddock to Braddock. Personal property taxes due November 1 with 6 percent penalty after March 1. real estate taxes due November 1 with 5 percent penalty after January 1. The writer notes the new bridge over Cattail creek south of Winona. County boards favor the new drug system as cheaper in the end. Old bridges risk collapse and county damages. C D Johnson of Ashley McIntosh County dies suddenly in Aberdeen while visiting relatives. Clare Johnson is noted as Brown County's first white settler and former McIntosh sheriff and hotelier.
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