The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-26

a good advertising medium. The
house of Jesse Dougherty has been
bnrned. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Nicoll are
suing for divorce. Estate Veterinary
Langdon failed to find any glandered
horses here....C. A. Fritze finds his
wheat turns out twenty.four bushels per
acre. -. Editor Cornell gets lots of news
in his semi-weekly.
Griggs County: The comfy has
SO, 773. 90 cash on hand. Rev. George
r. Searles is the. new pastor of the
Cooperstown Congregational Church
....Knud Thompson got {, 7895 bushels
Of wheat from 116 acres. 80 Captain A.
Haskell's wheat averaged thirty-two
bushels. -. Van Voorhis' wheat went
thirty light bushels. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. T. Odegaard have returned from q
trip to Eurone.
Burleigh County: The Tribune says
the average of wheat per acre is about
fifteen bushels in that vicinity The
smuggling boat will work between Bis
n,arck and TT. Yates this fall. -. Sixteen
threshing outfits have II, 900 acres of
wheat to thresh in Bur!eigh County
this fall, besides oats, barley and rye
....State's Attorney Register says there
is no need of registration under the
Australian law. August Irygg got
thirty bushels Of wheat on the average.
Nelson County: r. Saunders in
Illinois Township secures an average of
thirty bushels per acre. Chicken
shooters are meeting with poor success
....Some n set fire to the prairie near
Lakota, but the fire was soon put out
....One hundred and thirty acras on
the Edison farm, near Larimore, re-
turned 3Sa bushels OF wheat on the
average. -. Nelson county has received
So, 1892. so state tuition fund. -. Peter
Enstad's wheat averaged thirty-four
bushels, some going thjrty-nine.
Dickey County: Bateman Bros, OF
Ludden, have lost two horses recently
. ..Oakes realty is active. ...C Colonel
Rof's wheat averaged twenty-five bush
els. 80. Blind pigs are said to exist at
Glendale. -. DR.. Merchants wheat av-
etaged thirty.one and one. fourth BUSH
els. 49,. Henry Baumbach averaged thir-
ty.six bushels of wheat per acre on 200
acres 49,. Andrew Markuson got an aver
age of nineteen bushels and one peck
per acre from his field of fax.
Ransom County: The Star says that
even the threshing crews do not get
drunk in Lisbon. The term of court
will be held Dec. 15.... County Com
missioner Chamberlain and Knapp
Bros. each get an average of thirty-two
bushels of wheat per acre. Postmaster
J. Watkins, of Scoville. averaged thirty
three bushels. Is. j. Rundell averaged
thirty.four bushels on thirty eight
acres The elevators at Elliott paid
out 1926, 900 for wheat in one day. A.
a.. Laughlin's crop averaged twenty
seven bushels of wheat.
Trail County: John r. Monson had
a lively runaway between Mayville and
Portland go Professor Halland, of Port
land, shot two hawks with a revolver
HAIRY Thompson harvested 5000
bushels Of wheat from 200 900.
Landlord Mahlen has added seven rooms
to the Morgan House. :. Help is scarce
around Hillsboro. .... Superintendent
Dalrymple reports to The Banner that
one threshing rig on the Grandin farm
turned out $3.50 bushels of wheatin one
day ....R. S. Peterson raised 1 ,422 BUSH
els Of oats, elevator weight, on eighteen
acres.
Steele County: There was a surprise
party at tho Broallawn farm. go. The
Tribune reports average yields of wheat
of %, rs, 20 and 80 bushels around Sher-
brooke. 80. William Venable has proved
up on his tree claim. ...A. T. Drakeley
was badly injured in a runaway. 80. The
county has 1921, 727 26 and about 1922, 600
of assets besides cash....J. G. Lang
averaged forty bushels of wheat to the
acre on the McMahon place. .. John A.
Van Dusen got an average of thirty five
bushels of wheat. . Hope is agitating
Sunday closing Of business places.
Cass County: Joe Bond, of Casselton,
gets 20, 900 bushels of wheat. Dawson
& Dunno sold 5000, 600 worth of farm
machinery this summer DR.. Sprake
has sprsined his ankle. Charley Good.
rich won the foot race at Casselton... 49,.
Q. j. Hoist, Of Casselton, raised a cau]i.
flower weighing over twenty pounds. =.
John Wergin, of Hunter, has lost q val
liable horse. ..P Peter Madsen had six
acres of heavy wheat burned, the fire
starting from ashes raked from q pass
ing traction engine. 90. Isaac Miner got
thirty bushels of wheat to the acre from
his farm near Oasselton 900. Bootleg
gers are selling whisky to harvest
hands around Casselton.
Mercer County: Sheep are being in
troduced into Mercer County in quite
large bands. 800 nskinned foxes for
taxidermy are wanted here....W. b.
Brown, Of Pierre, is enthusiastic over
the coal interests Of this vicinity. Ira
Burrows has made arrangements to sh
the wheat from the Russian settlement
by boat on the rivers 90. The Mercer
County board of commissioners ha
accepted the offer of the Northern Pa
ci6c Railroad to pay taxes on their
lands at Q valuation Of $1.O7 per acre.
and have accepted $1,700 for the back
taxes for which Judgment for 81. 600 had
been obtained.
Walsh County: Deputy County
Treasurer johnson has $2s. 1871. Al on
deposit. and gu, 756. 50 Of assets and
4S7, 600 bonded indebtedness Ducks
are thick at Acton. 90. Major Walther
Of Mimic. has been picking second
growth Of strawberries....C. eJenson's
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