glTH YEARs NUMBBB We LINTON, Including pany a iso, the 81 Vt*atahl«« |n 3tton 80 to use Th ey A Linton Hardware Store Is now open (or business. We carry a complete line of Hardware, Harness, Stoves, Paints, Groceries, Etc., Etc. We are selling at the lowest possible prices—tor cash only. We have a tin-shop in connection with the store. We ask the people to come and see us. take Butter and Eggs in Trade GUS. DAFFINRUD Linton, North Dakota. SMITH & IRVINE We Have Just Moved to Our New quarters, One Door South of the Post Office, and Will Be Glad to Show You Our Complete line. We Have Some Nice Things to Show for Christmas, for All the Family, UNDERTAKING PHONOGRAPHS SEWING MACHINES NORTH DAKOTA. FARMS FOB SALE! some of the beat farms in Emmons county. If you wish to buy a farm, for investment or a home, it will pay yvu to investigate. "e are sales solicitors for the Hacjcney Land Hackney lands to lease for hay. ktin & Sims THE CENTRAL MARKET BOSCH BROTHERS, Proprietors LINTON, NORTH DAKOTA Cash Paid for Hid— Choice m«.u SauMfejBjggSgiaitg REPEATING SHOTGUNS str°ng shooters, strongly made and 'nexpensivethat you won't be afraid one in any kind of weather. are made io, 12 and Sold 16 Com­ At the Linton State Bank. Ojgterajnd^Fiih gauge. FAVORITE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN Everywhere. MNTON, NORTH AROUND THE STATE. Milton has a plague of rats. Many new settlers are locating in Oliver county. The Hettinger Record is to have a stone building. Lakota has its first electric- light plant—a private one. Crosby is also having a series of wrestling and boxing bouts. Plans are being made far a 110,000 Masonic temple at Berthold. Therp are some rumors of a second incendiary attempt to burn Bowbells. The State Line Herald thinks Adams county is in the clutches of the book trust. New settlers in the southwestern part of the state protest against the herd law. The people of Rudser turned out en masse to fight a prairie tire and saved the town. At Ricbardton some one started the report that the literary society was a "sparking club.'' In some localities of the state the barley was sold out soclean there isn't enough left for seed. -Great things are expected of the new commission system of municipal government at Mandan. A Minot man was convicted of fail ure to support his family. He had given them 11.44 in a year. Final proofs in the Bismarck land district average about eight a day all the land-offioe can handle. Some of the people feel resentment over the efforts of the insurgents to force a slate on the voters.—Forum. Secret-society organizers have been getting in their work in the new towns in the southwestern part of the state. As a result of the recent fires in some towns of the state, there will be more fire-proof buildings In the future. The people of Valley City are fight ing the possibility of» dual telephone system as bitterly as Fargo did a year ago. The fight started by the insurgents over the senatorial matter is regarded as being helpful to Col. Little.—Fo rum. Two boys near Pembina set traps near the remains of a defunct hone. They caught a pig, a dog. a skunk and a wolf. Some banks have been barred from accepting county funds because coun ty officials are stockholders.—Bismarck Tribune. Alex. McKenzle went to Washing ton to attend the meeting of the re publican national committee, of which he is a member. The Hanklnson postmaster is a lucky cuss. He has held the position eighteen years, and has been indorsed for reappointment. It is rather a strange fact that all the insurgents who urge the republi cans to get together—want them to do so—on their plan.—Fiorum. Ramsey county has a woman with an invalid husband. A strong, husky man insulted the invalid. The wife took up the battle and licked the in suiter. L. B. Hanna is making a favorable impression everywhere he speaks, and receives many pledges of support In the interest of his candidacy for con gress. The editor of the Wishek News serves notice that he is after some fresh youngsters who tap on £he win dow of his office and kick on the door at night. Matt Erickson, a Finlander, was ar rested at Ellendale on the charge of setting a prairie tire. He was bound over to the district court and is in Jail for lack of bail. Col. Dick Copeland is to associate himself with Editor Wood, of the Steele Ozone. The old Williston war-horse should prove a booster for Kidder county.—Forum. The Walhalla Mountaineer is con vinced that if there was a law leaving the election exclusively in the control of the Grand Forks Herald, that paper might be satisfied. The robbers who went through Dr. Tripp's house at Kentnare, and then set it on fire to conceal the burglary, also slit the hose while firemen were fighting the fiames. A Grand Pacific hired girl was ar rested and put in jail at Bismarck, charged with unlawfully transferring to her own stocking six dollars that belonged to another employe of the hotel. Having had enough of rows in their recent convention, the insurgents will not risk another, but the unselfish patriots will have the rest of the places on the insurgent ticket tilled by a "committee." Clias, Kratton, section foreman at Wyndmere, recently went to Wiscon sin to see his father-in law—the first time he had met the gentleman. He made such a good impression that the old man gave him $100, and he is com ing out here in he spring to start a bank. Lew Southwortl), a Bismarck old timer. »inmitted suicide one day last DAKOTA, THURSDAY, UHCEMBER week, near the weather-bureau prem ises, in the city named, by casting himself in front of an approaching lo comotive. His body was cut in Jamestown Capital: two. The suicide wr.s caused by Southworth being in poor health and poor finan cial circumstances. A farmer recently brought to one of the banks in Lidgerwood the frag ments of a 1100 bill that had been se creted in a bureau in his home. Hats or mice invaded the home, chewed the bill up and carried the pieces down under the house. lie dug out their nest and secured the fragments, which were sent to Washington for redemp tion. A better placc to keep money is to deposit it in a bank. John Barony and Adam Goldschlag er, of Burleigh count)-, convicted of assault with Vdangerous weapon with intent to kill, were sentenced to one year in the penitenttajy. After the sentence had taen pronounced, a peti tion was presented 10 the judge, signed by all the jurors, asking a change to a jail sentence, and the judge complied. He gave Goldschlager six months in jail and Barony two months. A man came to Valley City some time ago from in ternational Falls to sell the specula tors a few high and dry lots at $150 per. One of the victims went to the Falls to Investigate, and found that the lots were in a marshy hole, lie returned home. The agent was still at work, and l^iose who had been swindled proceeded to get busy. They made the agentdigup the $•" advanced and clear out. HAZELTQV HAPPENINGS. I From the Kcpubliean. Deo. 3.) Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Better had Mrs. R. D. Coonen, of Bismarck, as their guest over Thanksgiving. Miss Lucy Hirkley left yesterday for Ashland, Olilo, where she wlllspund the winter with home-folks. The turkey-shoot at the home of Harrie Spauldnlg, of Gayton, Wednes day of last wek, was well attended and proved full of sport. Mrs. J. F. Snyder, Miss liarricta Hubbard and Miss Edna Armstrong went to Linton Friday to attcdend the funeral of Harry Patterson. John Wilde was among yesterday 's visitors from Llvona. He has hopes of being able to securc a sawing out tit, this winter, an?1 with it to cut up the timber that was killed on his place two years ago. Mrs. L. S. Chapman, accompanied by Nellie and Albert, left last evening for Idaho to join Mr. Chapman, where the family will doubtless remain a year: they having leased their farm to Archie and Artie Frederick. J. W. Mikesell, a popular Ciierry Grove farmer, was in Hazelton yester day on his way home from a business visit to Linton. It was his first visit to the county capital since tiling on his homestead, three years ago, and he was greatly surprised at its growth. Commissioner Buchanan and son Will drove to Linton, Friday, where the former completed the purchase of a valuable quarter-section of land near his farm, formerly owned by Frank Donnelly, of Bismarck. This purchase is another instance of the faith of an old-timer in the future of the state. Dr. Snyder was called to the home of Commissioner and Mrs. Buchanan last evening, where he found their oldest son, Will, suffering with a badly shat tered collar bone.* The young man had mounted a mare and proceeded to take a ride with no other means of guidance than a halter. The animal ran away with liim and finally fell, throwing him in such a manner as produce the fracture. Ilis youth and hardy constitution will soon bring him out, though the first, week or wo will be rather trying to an ambitious lad of Will's age. For a time it looked as though Ha zelton schools were to be without a male principal, but now those troubles are over and the school is progressing finely under the direction of \V. E. Bowen, of Ong, this state, who arrived Monday evening and began teaching the next day. Mr. wenis a teacher of considerable experience and comes well recommended. He has a home stead near Ong and will probably stay here only long enough to complete this term. Since the departure of Prof. Heddrick the upper room oft lie school has been in charge of Miss McManus, of the primary room, and lier place has been filled by Miss Mabel Hoop. Yesterday morning Station Agent .ludkins called on Justice Geil and asked for a warrant for W. if. John son, alleging that said Johnson had taken express packages from the depot during the agent's absence, and on which there should have been collect ed something like $28. Mr. Geil ad vised that the sheritT first he notified, as it was probable that Johnson might be overhauled at Linton and the ex press charges collected without ex pense. Sheriff Jones was communicat ed with and had 110 trouble in making Johnson "cough up" without arrest. This is the same ohn.son who became notorious some weeks ago, and who afterward bragged that his arrest at that time did him no damage, but. pa the contrary, helped his clothing busi ness. C*1 12, 1007. MARIE MOSINOS. Correspondence of the ltucorit. (Itec. ». Ilans llansoo, of Omlo, was a Marie visitor. Sunday. A uew wind-mill has been erected on the Anderson farm. Fred Reamer has purchased the tame wolf formerly owned by the Pal mer family. ThcGrogan sisters will*pend the later part of the week visiting Miss' Carrie Waggle, at Dakem. Mrs. Sherman and Cleve Palmer, of east Marie, visited their sister, Mrs. John Drayton, of Omio, on Sunday. The dance last Saturday evening in Emanual Klwess' new.house waa weIN attended, and those present report a* pleasant evening. Born—The first of last week, lo Mr. and Mrs. Criddlebaugli, a son*. This young man makes the sixth boy baby born in Marie this year, who in future: time will assist the present young men to organize the much-talked-of' base-ball nine. There's something the matter with a neighborhood where there's so many handsome and well-to-do baolielorsj when they will let a young school-boy from town come out and take two of Marie's most popular young ladies for. Sunday evening drives. Most of the members of Mount. Pleasant Sabbath- school attended preaching services by the Rev. Wood* at Fairview last Sunday. A very good' sermon was enjoyed. It was decided that on Sunday, Dec. 22d. when Mr." Wood will again be here, a church class will be organized and officers elected. Every one is especially re quested to be present. The house of W. Fritze was con-1 sumcd by fire last Saturday. The exact origin of the fire is not known, but is supposed to have caught in the paper of the ceiling, as Mr. Fritze left, the house a short time before, leaving a tire in the stove, while he went' across the road to his neighbor's place.' When discovered, the building was lo ilatne's. Mr. Fritze's clothing and household goods were burned. E. IBAM. Milwaukee Railway EiiUmIiw. Chicago Tribune: Three new divis ions on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway will be opened for train service early In December. Two or these divisions were con structed recently: and the other, a short line in Minnesota, was pur chased. The combined additions com prise 424 tniles, giving the Milwaukee system a total mileage of 7,830. The longest of these brandies runs 21!) miles through tne White river val ley, from Chamberlain, S. D., to Rapid City. S. I). This will be known as the Black Hills division, and close connec tiou will be made at Cbamberlaini, with through service to Dubuque and Chicago. Train service will be estab lished over it on Dec. 1st. On the same date the company will begin operating the Duluth, St. Cloud, Ulencoe & Mankato railway, reoently purchased, known as "The Alphabet Road." This line, which runs forty miles from Albert Lea to St. Cl&ir, Minif, will le known as the St. Clair branch or the Southern Minnesota di vision. The most important opening, how ever, will be the first section of the Pacific Coast extension. Train service will be established on Dec. 2d from Mobridge, S. I the point where the Milwaukee crosses the Missouri river, to Bowman, N. D., a distance of 105 miles. This division will have twenty live out of the eighty-five stations to be located on the extension eastof Butte. It is announced that 200 miles of rails have been laid and much of the grading already completed as far as the Montana line. The town of Bow man, the terminus of the line this winter, was formally opened on Nov. 21st. and, despite the prevailing iiard times, the lot sales are declared to have compared favorably with those of towns opened earlier in the year. Not Much Saved. A rather amusing story is told by an exchange of a man who went to a hardware store in his town to pur chase an ax. Being shown the article and informed that the price was $1.15, he said: "Why, 1 can get the same kind of an ax from Bears St Hawbuck for ninety cents." "Very well," said the dealer, "I wili sell it to you for the same price, providing you will do witli me as you would with them.'' "All right," replied he customer, as he handed over a dollar the dealer hand ing him back 10 cents in change. •Now,"' said the dealer, "1 want 3S, cents more to pay express charges." This the customer handed over. "Now, how much does the ax cost you?" "A dollar and 15 cents," answered the man. "Very well," remarked thedealer. "Now, give me 5 cents more for money order fees and postage," which the purchaser also handed over. "Now, how much does your ax cost you?" "One twenty," said the ctstomer. "Not so cheap after all," said the dealer. Whereupon he picked up the ax, tossed it back upon the shelf and told the customer to call for it in ten days, as that would be as soon as he could get it if he ordered it from a catalogue house. Offers through RIG C. VOKLANDF.K. I'res. R. K. MAKTIN. Vice-Pros Consistent with $»»»•»*» $1.50 l*Ell YEAR, IN ADVANCE the proper route to all points East and Southeast and the ssenic highway ,-,''"'«:*to North Pacific Coast points and California. When you are planning your trip, confer with our agent at jour home station and lie will explain our through service and render you all assistance possible The NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY service, elegant equipment, fverjss modern convenience, speedy trains, and courteous treatment. 'all on or write to local agent A. M. OLELAND General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Alaska-Yukon-Pacitic Exposition. 100!#. NOW IS THE TIME When Emmons county farmers "think It over" and make up their mind that it Is time for them to build that barn or that house. And, before they begin the actual work, it would be a good idea for them to go to the DACOTM LUMBER COMPANY'S Yard in Linton and talk over the matter with Manager Ilaas. He will help you to select the stock you need for building, and will guar antee to satisfy you as lo quality and price. They have a large num ber of yards on the Missouri Slope, and, as they handle stock in large quantities, they get good rates and can thus treat their customers right. They are also dealers in the various kinds of COAL. Baking Perfection la possible only with an dl Hour. 11 tiler, to get best and certain rr su/ts, make use o4' the SNOW WHITE brand of Flour. Its pu rity and excellence in every re­ spect have been proven so many times, in so many ways, that you will advantage yourself by always ordering SJTOW WllITE FLO Hi. A. W. SIMH, Cashier. JOHN i. KAUFMAN. A*» Ca«li!er LINTON STATE BANK OF LINTON, N. D. Solicits Your Account, we oner courteous ment, the Best Facilities, hihI t.hft Most Liberal Good Banking. Linton Bakery Confectionery FRESH BREAD, PIES and CAKES ALWAYS ICE FT ON AND FRUIT, CIGARS AND TOBACCO CONTINUALLY IN" BTOOK Extensive Stock of Candies—The Best reat- Accomodations