The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29

Trail County: Land is increasing il
value. -. Harvesting in full blast, whea
good and grain plump and heavy.
Burleigh County: Farmers are al
smiling at the rich harvest. Grain j
almost all SAFE. .. Mayor Bentley is a
st. Paul improving in health.
Morton County: Crops good, harves
progressing finely. The Mandan Pic
neers favorst the inspection law. Crop
on the Cannon Ball extra good.
Barnes County: The "Packag'
man" with boss and wagon is after tn
Barnes County farmers. "Look out TO
him." says The Times. Harvesting
perfect.
McHenry County: Farmer McClin
took is arranging to put in 1000 sheep
81. F. Salgards bought 1895 head o
sheep from L. B. Pendroy. 90. Prairie
fire at Willard.
Kidder County: Colonel Woodman
see is threshing. ...S Slight hail at Daw.
son reported. go Harry Simpson il
cutting 400 acres of wheat estimated to
60 twenty bushels.
Stutsman County: John Cumber's
barn at Montpelier was burned. ... Billy
Allen has been at Jamestown. 80. Dap
tain McGinnis says the wheat crop il
the best since 1880 in the Jim River
Valley.
Towner County: Cool weather de-
layed harvestinga few days. but all
grain is we'll conditioned ....R Robert
Newell has travelled and believes in
North Dakota. &c. 81. Olson says the
hoppers have sailed away.
Ransom County: ". W. Gatchell is
back from the coast we'll satisfied to be
in North Dakota. .Ha1v vest progress
ing finely. go. James Brinkerhof' 8 wheat
damaged a few weeks ago by hail, is
coming out twelve to fifteen bushels to
the acre. Nothing too good for Ransom.
Grand Forks County: W. N.aRoach,
@. L. GRADER and James Matthews have
been appointed by Judge Templeton to
condemn lands for the Great Northern
800. Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Bachelor
20 to Denver to live. 49, Grand Forks
mourns the loss of Rev. Currie.
Logan County: Hen Spangler has q
new team of bronchos, a big crop and q
new suit of clothes" according to Edi-
tor Bryant. 90. Henry Walker has pur-
chased sixty head of calves from the
Mears herd....J. G. Kroeber has maze
final proof on his homestead and now
should subscribe for The Weekly Argus.
Walsh County: A cyclone hit Golden
Forest River and other townships,
frightening many-no one hurt. ... The
Oriental Hotel at Grafton gets q tele-
graph office. IS. @. Stranahans of Park
River is recovering - Grafton has q
steamfre engine. ..Ardoch had a fire
burning q. w. Kellogg's barn.
Dickey County: s. Knight has in
vented a new drill. go Reports from
Yorktown, Kent, Fullerton
and other points all tell Of good crops
and harvesting nearly finished. ...R Rev.
Bush and DR.. Bartlett are still at it.
And the public can hardly understand
why.
Sargent County: Colonel Ellsworth
turns over The Item to W. @. Forman,
jr., in order to devote his entire time to
inspection. ...A Sargent County resi-
dent visiting back in Illinois writes
that lots of Illinois people are coming
this way AL county warrants regis
tered proir to Nov. '88 up to No. 1905.
are called for payment.
Ramsey County: The apology of The
Inter- Ocean reads very much like Hans.
It has his low cunning and vindictive.
ness of objectiveness .... Commits
sioner Graham has cut his wheat, using
forty pounds of Irvine for twelve acres
of barley The Great Northern peo-
pie have refused to put in @ platform at
Churches Ferry for grain shippers.
The dance at Hank Dingman' s is said
to have been more than O success.
McIntosh County: Total number of
farms, 651; acres decided lands. "a, s95;
cash value farm property, 1851 800;
male population of county, 1902; fe.
male, 1857; farmers. 557; merchants, 5;
professional, 20; clerks, 2; farm labor
ers, 16; domestics, Q; mechanics, 3....A
prairie fire in the dry bed of Goose
Lake burned 200 cores of fine wheat for
L. G. Springer, also a lot of hay. Har-
vest good.
Benson County: The Leeds News
writes up the Jones farm"-a good
one... j. L.. johnson raises fine fla !
&c. ". Meyers. of Oberon, has good
wheat. -. Thirty.fve hundred sheep
came to Leeds, the Best boys, of Hur-
ricane Lake, taking 1000.
Pembina County; Jennings House
at Bathgate has changed proprietors and
name, reftted, papered and painted
and is now known as the Bathgate
Hotel, by Peter Garipy and WIFE. A.
b. Hellyer, wife and child Of Hamilton
have removed to Fargo; Mr.: Hellyer