The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-04-07

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Wheat jumps up three cents with IN tn
last week.
i Pete Engelin, of Prophet Mountain
transacted business in town Friday.
No gig back on spring now. The crow
are hero.
Ed. Kirkey, of Painted Woods, visited
at the county seat Frioay.
Alfred Staley, of Bismarck, who has beer
visiting with his folks at Coal Harbor, re
turned home Friday.
j. A. Burgum and j. q. Whitlock o.
Conkling drove down to tho County sea,
on business, Thursday.
William Randall and family have moved
to Anton Peterson's house just vacated by
Clerk of Court Burquam and family.
w. H. Clark, who has in Bisnack, dur.
ing the city election returned home last
night. VIII. reports big time during the
election.
Ole G. Peterson's only son, ono year old,
died very suddenly Thursday afternoon.
The child will be buried at Wings ceme-
try at 10 o'clock this morning.
henry Ester, the stockman, who had
been resting at tho Merchants for several
days, departed Saturday morning for
Glasgow, Montana, near which place his
ranch headquarters is located.
A man of mystery passed through
Mclean county last week heading west
ward. A Montana dispatch of Saturday,
looks like the key that will unlock his :sga-
lateha sack"
Commissioner Wing drove up, to the
County's capital early Monday morning
to be on hand and take part in the delib-
erat1ons of the County Board. He re-
turnsed homo aftor the adjou rnmeAt of
Tuesday.
During tho past wosk of wind storms,
rain storms, snow storms and abomnable
roads, most people hereabout were con-
graduating themselves they were not mail
carriers, stage drivers. or infantrymen in
Co1ey's "grand" army. --.-----.s.,-.:-
During the bad storm of two weeks aro.
Aoccasjn Carrier, an Arricaree, left his
home at the -Four Bear coulee settlement
on the Reservation, and started to look for
his horses late in the afternoon of the
22nd. and never returned. Searching par
ties find no trace of him. save at one
place where he had evidently sat down on
q snow bank to rub the icy scales from his
face.
Miss Aamie Mclaughlin, chaperonsd
by Max Root, came up from Bismarck,
Sunday on thsig way to the Elbow Woods.
They passed up Monday, making
grand detour after starting to avoid bad
roads. Miss Mclaughlin, is native of
Fort Berthold, we believe, and spent her
earlier davs there, her father Hugh
McLoughlin being trusty employee of
that agency for upward of twenty years.
AS will be seen by a perusal of the pro-
ceedings of the ounty commissioners in
an an other column, DIR. Dickinson, of
Fort Stevenson. has been appointed coun-
ty physician for the present year. The
selection is a good one, and resident
doetor-so long crying need in Mclean
ceunty-has been filled, and the county,s
best interests served from an economical
point of view.
The land at present is in better con-
dition for crops than it has been for many
years; the heavy SHOWS in March being
just the thing needed. The farmers are
in good spirits and are preparing to put
in larger acreage of diversified crops
than ever before in the history of the
county. Altogether, the signs of the
times are propitious for a prosperous
season for residents of Mclean County.
Erick johnson, of Iowa, came up from
Bismarck, Thursday, and has bought the
Lindeleaf place and as soon as his family
arrives, will occupy his place. Seven
loads Of Mr.. Johnson's goods have already
passed out to his place. Mr.. johnson
will be followed by ten families from
that state, and being industrious farmers,
will be welcome addition to Mclean
county's population.
The ice IN the river in front of Wash.
burn broke about three O'Clock Friday
afternoon without much of an overflow,
and the huge ice cakes, went rolling,
crushing and grinding on their road to
the sea. The weather at the time was
perfect. and the principal part Of Wash
burns people lined the river bank to see
q grand panaramo that can be viewed but
once in every year.
Notice.
BIDS will be received ct the Auditors
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