The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-15

White; treasurer, Mrs. L. Brown.
The Milwaukee Land 90. has donated
land for cemetery at Edgeley....
Some fields near LaMoure have been
injured by hail IA bevy of school
ms 'ams have gone to Fl. Ransom for
weeks camping.
Ransom county: From April 1 to
August 1. Ransom county had 1926
inches rainfall, according to Capt. w.
X. Smith report .... Colonel fuller is
buying more land. PROF. W. D. WAL
lace has accepted an engagement with
the Elgin. ILL.,, band of SO pieces. The
soldiers home board will meetAugust Il
at Lisbon. Col. fuller has new pota-
toes of which it only takes 20 to make q
bushel.. James Summers and J.. ".
Stmmerfield had q business alteration
and it cost the former $48 for throwing
the latter through a plate glass window.
Attorney Harper goes to Chicago to
accept q position. 90. Mrs. F. O. Cham
berlain entertained q large company of
lady friends. - Total value of personal
property of the county as equalized is
$463, O53; real estate 81, $50. az. Ran.
som county has 20, 7O3 acres in wheat
this year and 1888 of oats. ... Some
wheat has been lodged around Sheldon,
=. 1926 people attended the Scandina-
Wan picnic in Krauntz's grove west of
Sheldon.
Ramsey County: Farmers around
Devils Lake r preparing for frost by
making smudge piles. 90. Chilcott
wanted here for selling liquor during
the encampment, and who was recap
tured at Minot, again escaped and is
probably in Manitoba. -. George Films.
lie has gone into the insurance business.
Nv. q. Standish of Lakota has been
appointed special attorney general to
assist in enforcing prohibition in Ram
sey county. Joseph Thompson of
Reynolds is now division superintend-
ent of the st. Anthony & Dakota ele-
vators, with headquarters at Devils
Lake. ... Commissioner Mark has some
very fine wheat. 4. The Ohurch's Ferry
Sun says farm hands are coming in from
Montana and all are securing work..
Clerk of Court Sanders was thrown
from his wagon by a rut, but not seri.
ously injured. ..kev. Mr.. Madison has
received a donation of carpets and other
things necessary to housekeeping. 100.
An ugly bull was shot by order of As.
signee Whipple.. Straw piles are being
prepared for smudges IN Minnewaukan
and Ontario townships.
Morton County: Ihe First National
Bank has over $780, 600 of individual
deposits subject to oheck....J. O.
Weekes has shipped three carloads of
fat cattle from New Salient. Hebron
has already shipped twenty-one carloads
of cattle. 49, The Missouri division tele.
graph line is being rebuilt. 80. Eight car
loads of sugar and coffee have arrived at
| Mandan for the Indians at Standing
Rock Agency The Mandan Times
reports the wheat good ut Taylor. 200.
Scab has been stamped out in Morton
County; there were only two cases..
The management of the Mandan roller
mills is having the elevator capacity
greatly increased. ...M MI. Van Duyn
shows q stool of oats with thirty.fIve
stalks, all headed. ... The Mandan roller
mill is building q barrel factory.
| Western horsemen are going to make q
kick before the state board of equaliza.
ton on the assessment of horses.
Cattlemen commend the Northern
Pacific treatment of their cattle. Mr..
and Mrs. r. M. futile have started for
California.