The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-23

count of Brazilian troubles.
Mr.. j. Land was down from Coal Har-
Dor on Wednesday.
Mr.. Pace, the Underwood herdsman
was IN Washburn Wednesday.
Axel Nelson was down to ,the capital
city one day this week.
Supt. L. M. Wallen, drove down to Bis
marck, on business this week.
Robert B. Tower and Walter B. Wells.
Coal Harbor, we're registered at the Mer-
chants on Friday.
L. A Larson of Dry Point. opened the
hunting season with moonlight, buckshot,
and three deer.
The proposition to bond the county's in
debtedness has failed. Our people are
we'll satisfied.
nj. j. Lamb, of Palouse, Washington,
is now in camp at Turtle creek with
band of fifty seven horses which he has
for sale.
N. P. Olson, Johnny spitz,,> and Harry
Anderson, Bismarck nimrods, came up to
look after the duck and geese interests
around the numerous lakes of Mclean
county.
Two Great Northern fright trains col
lided on a curve near Minot on the 14th.
Both trains were ditched and narrow es-
capes by trainmen.
The Castalia brought Robinson & Cas-
selman large invoice of goods, and
among other niceassthings to look at, a
handsome display of ladies and gents
gloves and mittens.
Geese and brant are the only wild game
that can be shipped out of the'state,,with-
out violation of the law. This gives some
Chicago market.
NJ. l.. Griffith, formerly of the Dicken
aon Recorder and more recently of the
Steele Ozone, bobs up serenely as the
proprietor and editor of the Earlvllle llO
Gazette.
g. F. Huston, of Turtle Lake came over
to the countY seat Monday. Mr.. Huston
and family have justl recovered from
bad spell of fever, and this was his frsu
outing since his recovery.
Louis Connely, Oliver County's cattle
king, was over ON business and pleasure
trip Tuesday. He reports additional loses
of hay and g ain from our published re
port of last weeks fire over there.
Joseph Howe, resident of Fort s 9
venson in its military days, came down
last week by skiff from Williston. He re-
ports deer plentiful this season in the
White Earth country.
J.J. Benson, our register of deeds, re-
turned last sunday evening from Chicago,
where he spent a pleasant and profitable
visit of two weeks sightseeing the won
ders of the worlds fair.
The treshing in this county is now vel
OH to finish, and the farmers have COM
%ho; or 1v
line of loaded teams have been sspassing
this Office all week to the three ware
houses at the landing.
The Castalia came steaming into port
from below Tuesday evening. After un-
loaling its cargo of store goods for our
thrifty merchants, 1t loaded up with wheat
and returned to Bismarck Wednesday
morning.
L. A. Larson of Dry Point, Burleigh
county passed Monday night in Washburn,
being ON his way to Prices Snake creek
ranch to look after bunch of cattle that
have summered on Prices range.
If the treshers' reports about Ingersoll
continue to grow, John Nelson, WAC had
the best turn out in this neighborhcod will
have to look to his laurels. His thirty
bushels of,asoats to the acre may be over
come by that land of regular showers.
Pembina Pioneer Express: At this
date the slaughter of the innocents'' is
terrible. At almost every little railway
station in the northwest are from three to
a dozen hunters from the larger cities,
which added to the local nimrods, make
havoc among the chickens and ducks. In
This county alone we believe that the av-
eraee daily total for the next thirty days
after August 20, will approximate 500
birds, mostly prairie chickens, making
$4,000 birds for the month, besides what
are killed during the balance of the season.
The wonder is that there are any birds
left, II is safe to say large part OF
these birds are shot wantonly, for the
mere love of the sport, and thousands are
mt away to other states to MARKET OF to
f.;ends or spoiled for. waat Of use. We
h ye restrictive laws, but as rule they are
no nv dead letter. There is one res
tricti N, however, that can Sbe applied