The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-10-15
COUNTY.

Articles Of incorporation lave been
fled with the secretary of state for the
Farmers union of New Salem, the pur
pose OF the corporation being to erect
and operate grain elevators in Morton
county.
From q forty.aore field on his farm on
the Cannon Ball. near Mandan, q. 8.
Parkin threshed LOOP sacks of oats,
which weighed ITO, 22O pounds. This is
q yield Of nearly 3,400 bushels, or over
ejghty.ave bushels to the acre.
Advices from Williston received at
Mandap, Friday night. say prairie fires
south of the Missouri river extend BOX
100 miles. The fire north of the river
is 6Oxl25 miles. Considerable hay has
been lost, and live stock is being moved
to other ranges.
There is no ps,t of the country where
hay q be put up any cheaper than in
this section of the country. This year
hay can be cut almost anywhere, and
actual experience during this season has
shown that three teams, each with q
man, at 90 q day each, and four extra
men at 81. rs . day each, can cut and
put up twenty tons Of hay in the stack
in Q day. This is cheap enough for any
body. -Mandan Pioneer.
For the past few days Mandan has
been receiving q visit from Chief Red
Fish and four companions. They are
OF the Standing Rock agency and are on
their way to the Grow agency in Mon
tans. Red Fish is the happy possessor
of . silver medal given to his father by
President Taylor in 1914. Is . peace Of
feriug. The medal il about twelve
inches in circumference and about one.
fourth Of an inch in thickness; on one
side is the head of President Taylor,
and the words Zachsrish Taylor. Pres.
ident of the United States;" on the
other two pipes crossed, clasped hands
and the words ''pesce and friendship.
1649." The CHIEF takes great pleasure
in exhibiting this medal to his white
brothers q we'll 90 . recommendation
from the agent Of his good chsraote.
and peaceful inclination.
STARK COUNTY.
The Dickinson coal mines will start
up in . week.
Fred Wilson, the young man who
burglarized Lawrence & Dickinson's
store at Dickinson, has been captured
ct jamestown.
Work will begin next week on the
development Of the rich clay beds trib.
utary to Dickinson. The plant will cost
in the neighborhood Of 912. 600. and
will be for the manufacture of the best
pressed brick, using the dry system.
which can be operated as we'll in the
winter as sun mer. A spur will be built
out to the works 60 that brick can be
onto the cars from the kiln. The
plant will have q capacity Of 10000 per
day, and will be erected on the north.
eaet quarter of section 8. south Of town.
The apparatus will be on the ground by
the first days of November.
The Dickinson coal mines will open
this week now that the diffsrential of Is
cents per ton is aiken of, and will com.
pete in the jamestown market with the
Sims coal. which has held the euprem.
acy here tofore. The Dickinson, or
Lshigh coal, for the mines are
ct the station Of that name. east
Dickinson, is Of IN older formation
and conse quently much superior to the
Sims coal, being dryer, burning to ashes
and leaving no oiinkers. Il il not sup
posed that the price per ton will be Of
fected In any way, but there will be no
danger Of Q scarcity this winter, % there
VAS for Z. time last winter, the Sims out
put being too email to meet the de.
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