The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-10-24
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Washburn Wheat Market.
No. 1 hard, Gle; No. northern, 58c;
No. 2 northern, Soc.
The highest market price paid in trade
for fresh eggs, at Axel Nelson's, IT. Fitz-
gerald's old stand.)
Frank and Carl Nordquist were in from
Ingersoll Wednesday.
16 pounds of granulated sugar for $1OO,
at Ramsett Bros. 81
Oats can now be bought at the farmers
bin for 20 cents bushel.
Joe Reuter- and Dan Griffin brought in
wheat from Turtle Lake Monday.
James Bartron, sr., of Coal Harbor,
made q trip to Bismarck this week. e
A. P. Thyberg and Chas. Brady repre-
sented Conkling in town Wednesday.
Charley Weller and John D. Carlson
brought in wheat from Weller Wednesday.
In this issue the county auditor adver-
tises for bids to furnish the county offices
with coal.
Mrs. John Satterlund and her daughter
Florence made brief visit to Dry Point
this week.
Chas. and j. Danielson and Axel John
son of Painted Woods visited Washburn
last Saturday.
Commissioner Bettendorf and Farmer
Nygard we're in from Turtle Lake on bust
ness Wednesday.
John j. Nichols came down from his
Coal Harbor ranch Tuesday enroute to the
capital city on business.
James Dillingham;, the Strawberry lake
ranchman, was in the city Tuesday and
Wednesday on a trading expedition.
I. s. Ansley of Elgin, ILL.,, accompanied
by Mrs. M. A. Dorchester, of Washington,
D. c., passed Washburn last week for Ft.
Berthold.
Among those who were made full citi-
zens at the term of court last week, We in
advertently omitted the name of A. g.
Edlund of Conkling.
Kettleson & Christianson's threshing
operations were delayed two or three days
this week on account of the breakage of q
section in the cylinder.
John W. Elliott was down from Conk-
ling Thursday, and made the Leader a
pleasant call. Uncle Elliot is still in
charge of the Conkling postohice.
ID. Haugeberg drove to Bismarck on
Monday. He was accompanied by Rev.
Brownell, who has gone to attend the
Methodist conference at Grand Forks.
Billy Cupples left on Wednesday for q
trip to Montana, where he has some busi-
ness to settle up. He will probably bring
back another bunch of horses when he re-
turns.
The boiler to the engine of o. B. Wings
threshing outfit sprung aleak last Satur-
day and caused a cessation of operations
for few days. He will probably resume
work next Monday.
Last week Mrs. Abraham Younquist
presented the Leader "devil'' with two
ruta -bagas, each weighing about - pounds.
They are fine specimens of what Mclean
county can produce in that line.
A few parties have already this fall paid
up their subscriptions to the Leader, and
as we need money pretty badly just now,
we hope that others will contribute their
share as soon as they possibly can.
Orrin Gudgel, formerly resident of
Weller, was in town yesterday in company
with Charles staley. Mr.. Gudgel came up
from Iowa, few days ago, to look after
his real estate intererts in this county.
Andrew Fahlgren, living about six miles
from Washburn on the Conkling road,
planted six bushels of poor potatoes last
spring, from which he has just dug $50
bushels of as fine tubers as were ever taken
from the ground.
The Abner O'Neal secured q full load of
wheat at Stanton and Coal Harbor on her
trip up Tuesday, and consequently could
not relieve the Washburn warehouse on
her way down Wednesday. She is expect
ed up again to-day.
Major Murphy has gone to Lisbon, N.
d., on visit to his parents, and will be
absent several days. In the meantime,
the agency will be under the management
of the clerk, q. T. Lsnge, who, the major
says, is equal to the emergency.
Hans G. Nygard, who recently bought
John Bettendorf's claim at Turtle Lake,
last week thrashed 948 bushels If wheat
from SO acres, an average of over 36 bushels
per acre. Mr.. Nygard also got 1,024 bush
els OF oats from 20 acres of ground, an
average of 81 bushels.
Let the emoluments of Office to be offered
BY our people on the 10th of November be
piyen to the tried and true residents of
Williams county. Give it ont cold that
"No carpet-baKgers need apply. y."-Willis-
ton Tribune.
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