The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28

Mr.. David Axelrod, who is teaching the
"young ideas how to shoot" in the town of
Montefiere, was caller at our "place Of
all sacred places" last Saturday. Mr..
Axelrod is one of the substantial men of
Mclean county-if not in financial point
of view, he is at least so in his educational
ability and his inexhaustible fund of gen.
eral knowledge. He is most pleasant
gentleman to converse with, and we hope
he will make us frequent visits.
Mr.. B. ]. Mooney, esq, formerly of
Pennsylvania, came up from Bismarck last
Friday and took Saturday mornings stage
for Fort Berthold, where he has accepted
c,ertcaf position under Major Murphy,
the courteous and wide-awake superinten-
dent of the agency. Mr.. Mooney exhibits
the bearing of cultured gentleman, and
has had considerable clerical experience
in the government employ at other aagen-
cies. He intends moving his family to
Bismarck, where he will leave them for
the present. ...
Samuel Falconer started last week for
an overland trip to Deloraine, Manitoba,
to visit his son who is engaged In the
hardware business there. The distance is
nearly 200 miles, and he proposes to go
by the way of Turtle Lake and strike the
Mouse river at Pendroy, in McHenry coun-
ty, thence following down that historic
stream through Willard, Towner, Willow
City and Bottinesu. He will be absent
some five or Sly, weeks, and when he re-
turns his neighbors may expect to hear
wonderful stories of that famous and beau
tiful country.
On Saturday last DIR. Smyth, of this
place was called to the farm of Hans F.
Olson, in sverdrup township, eight miles
north of Washburn. Mr.. Olson was en-
gagged in digging himself a well, and had
reached depth of about forty-fve feet,
when on Saturday, while being lowered in
the large square bucket, he became over
powered by gas and fell over or across
one side of the bucket. His assistants
above, discovering something wrong, i'm
mediately hauled up the bucket and found
Mr.. Olson insonsible. Alarmed at his con-
dition they sent a messenger for Doctor
Smyth, who hurried, out to the scene of
the accident, and by the application of
proper restoratiyes soon brought Mr..
| Olson ont Of danger, and when the doctor
! returned home he left his patient feeling
as comfortable as could be expected under
the circumstances.
On Sunday last, in company with mine
host John Satterlund, we drove out to the
stock ranch of Mr.. John Christianson in
satterlund township, and to say that we
were delighted with the trip is but mild
OF expression of the fact. Mr.. Christianson
is situated ON Painted Woods creek, about
mile or SO east of the Washburn and Bis
marck stage road, and has one of the best
locations for stock ranch we have seen
on the Missouri river. He has herd of
two three hundred head of stock, consist
ing of cattle, horses and sheep, all in a
fine, healthy condition. He has tract of
excellent farm land, good portion of
which is under cultivation, and his crops
are all looking immense, especially one
field of spring rye that stands over two
feet in height, and all heading out. In
other portions of the township we saw
several large fields of grain in most
thrifty condition, and promising an i'm
mense yield. Satterlund township en-
braces some of the best agricultural lands
in Mclean County, and is we'll supplied
with water. The farmer who locates in
that section certainly ought to be 3 happy
man. .6.
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