The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-24

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Mrs. Louis R. Olson arrived at Wash
burn on Mondays stage from Layton,
Minn., and on Tuesday morning she pro-
ceeded north to join her husband at Turtle
Lake. Her arrival makes Louie look a
bout five years younger and hundred
times happier.
The warehouse here was filed to the last
inch of space on Wednesday night, and on
Thursday the farmers had to store their
wheat around wherever they could find a
vacant room. The O'Neal is expected up
again to-day, when the warehouse will be
relieved to some extent and ready to re-
ceive more grain.
John Nelson last week received load
of lumber and quantity of brick from
Bismarck, with which he intends repairing
the store building he recently purchased
of T. Fitzgerald. He intends putting in
a new foundation and non-freezable
cellar, and constructing substantial brick
chimney from the bottom to the top.
Maj. J. s. Murphy and Henry s. Wood
came down from Berthold last Sunday en-
route east. Mr.. Wood has resigned his
position at the agency and intends visiting
Chicago, where he will go through course
of treatment for his eyes, and whence he
will probably go to California and seek q
permanent location in climate more
congenial to his health.
The Abner O'Neal came up again Mon
day, having on board the Rice prairie fire.
burner purchased for the county, and a
quantity of new goods for Geo. L. Robin
son of Coal Harbor. After unloading what
freight she had for Washburn, the O'Neal
steamed on up river, visiting Coal Harbor
and Stanton, and loaded up with wheat on
her return.
The Minot papers announce the mar
fiage at Towner, McHenry county, of Mr..
II. F. Salyards, cashier of the Bank of
Minot, and Miss Mamie Ely of Towner,
the accomplished daughter of our old
friend Col. John A. Ely, now the trusty
treasurer of McHenry county. The Leader
wishes Mr.. and Mrs. Salyards long and
happy life.
The fre-burner started out yesterday
afternoon under command of Capt. Barney
Mckinley, attended by Andrew Erickson,
J. c. Whitlock and OLAF Berquam. The
machine was drawn by four oxen, and
struck out first for Turtle Lake, whence It
will follow the north line to the fire-break
on Snake creek, and return to the north
east corner of the county, and thence south.
Our old friend George Tuman, for several
years resident on Mouse river, visited
Washburn Thursday. George has now
located sheep ranch in Church county,
about six miles north of w. E. Lows place,
and he thinks he has one of the finest
ranches for sheep in North Dakota. HIS
uncle, Ed. Tuman, has located ranch at
Buzzand's Roost, where he has about 300
head of cattle.
w. E. Low came down from his Lake
view ranch Monday and remained over
Tuesday to observe the operation of Rice's
improved prairie fire-burner, and to say
that he was pleased with the completeness
of its work is putting it mildly. He also
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ed with Gust johnson of Ingersoll for 500
bushels of oats, to be delivered at his
ranch, at 20 cents bushel.
Judge Rice of Mandan was in the me-
tropolis of Mclean last Tuesday. He
came up to put into operation the fire.
burner which the county has purchased of
him, and to instruct our authorities how
to work it. It was put together in work
ing order, lighted, and started on an ex
perimental trip. It did it's work thorough
ly and completely, and the trial demon-
strated the fact that the machine would do
all that was claimed for it. Judge Rice is
inventor and patentee of this machine,
and he is to be congratulated upon the
successful results it obtains.
Thos. Fitzgerald left Washburn Tuesday
morning for his new home at Montrose,
Colorado. With the departure of Capt.
Fitzgerald Washburn loses one of it's most
valued citizens, and Mclean county an
efficient and faithful officer, while Wash
burn Post No. 81, GA. R., is deprived of
one of its most active and highly esteemed
comrades. Mr.. Fitzgerald does not leave
Mclean county because he is dissatisfied
with North Dakota; on the contrary, he
has implicit confidence and faith in the
ultimate prosperity of this country; but
his impaired health imperatively damand-
ed change of climate, and at MOntrose,
Colorado, he found the climatic conditions
of the country conducive to the repairment
of his physical ailment. For this reason,
and this alone, Captain Fitzgerald bids
adieu to his old friends and associates here,
whose best wishes will ever abide with him
and his family in their new western home.
Washburn(s Elevation.
Register of Deeds Benson this week re-
ceived letter from Mr.. E. A. D. Parker,
Typographical engineer of the Missouri
river survey, in which he gives the follow
ing interesting information regarding a
few elevations in Washburn as determined
by their recent survey here:
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