The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-14
NORTH DAKOTA

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George Culver. at Minnewaukan, fell
nto O. well and broke his leg.
The city restaurant at Harvey is be-
ny remodelled and enlarged.
Toe Haussler is building himself q.
inc new residence at Harvey.
Walhalla's -four mill is the. oldest In
he state. 1t was built in 1872.
A 500 st. Bernard dog was poisoned
1t Jamestown by some scoundrel.
Mandan will soon have electric lights
| The franchise having been granted.
Hopes big, tall flag pole went down
| turing the recent enthusiastic breeze.
The Great Northern will erect a new
platform opposite the, depot at Bath
gate.
Louis Fl. Sanford Of Wyndmere gets
his nension raised from SIT to 1924 per
month.
The contract for Harvey's new school
house has been awarded for the sun OF
S6,953.
A steam heating plant has recently
been added to the Merchants hotel at
Grafton.
Contractors at Valley City are offer
Ing So per day for good stone or brick
nasons.
rhreshing is completed in some parts
If the state and fall blowing has com
menced.
Cranes are reported so thick around
Creary that they are eating up the
wheat crop.
Prairie chickens are so thick in the
vicinity of Maza that they interfere
with blowing.
George B. Dale was arrested at Gran
lin OH the charge Of selling liquor IN
violation of law.
Threshing in Cavalier county is al
most completed, several rigs having al
ready pulled out.
Harvey is growing rapidly this fall.
William Elliott, a prominent resident
If Devils Lake, is dead.
The wheat crop around ,Maza, not in
GLIDING the hail district, is averaging
seventeen bushels to the acre.
Howard Thomas of Driscoll lost some
twenty tons of hay while q neighbor
backfired' about his place.
Highway robbers are reported as
caught at Neche, after operating in
that vicinity for some time.
Edinburg now has a school library Of
over 300 volumes, and it is thrown open
to the people Of the district.
At q special election in Courtenay
last week it was voted to bend the dis
trict for q new school house.
The new Woodman's hall at Monan-
70 will be formally dedicated Oct. 20,
with u grand ball and banquet.
Braddock expects to ship this season
over 100 car loads Of cattle. Pretty
good showing for the young city.
Rev. J. j. Davy has been retained as
pastor of the Congregational church at
Hope, where he has made a success.
Miss Louise Winterer OF Valley City
will attend the University Of Colorado
at Denver and will take 3 course In
law.
Judge Green Of Valley City has sold
his SOO-acre farm to three Virginia
farmers for the handsome sum Of $12,-
500.
The Merrifield-B abcock works at Mil
ton will 500 be supplied with an cleo
trio light plant. Water will be used fol-
oower.
Thomas O'Donnell Of Milwaukee,
Wis, has been appointed engineer at
the Fort IOtten Indian school in North
Dakota.
Frank Dagg, who used to live south
Of Wheatland. died at Fayette, Idaho.
Wednesday, of Inflammation of the
stomach.
The Moorhead Brick Manufacturing
company has been organized, and will
be ready to manufacture brick early
next spring.
Bergman & Briedfjord's store at Gar
lar, Cavalier county, was broken into
one night last week and q quantity, o I
clothing stolen.
The union tailors Of Fargo have pro-
mulgated a new wage scale, and all
union tailors and tailors' employees i'm
mediately signed 1t. d.
Albert L. Stickney Of Grand Forks
grand jury in the sum of $500 for
forging a p~ostoffice order.
Donald A. Beaton of Hamilton, who
enlisted under age without his parents
CONSENT, has been discharged at San
Francisco, where he was held as q pris-
oner.
The geese are expecting to arrive in
the northern part Of the state, and
some good bags are reported. There y
no hunting quite so sp0rtive as goose
hunting. se,
Valley City boasts Of a fine tennis
court and predicts a lively tournament
for this fall. North Dakota has a large
number of good tennis players, and
some fast games should be the result
Of q tournament.
A branch Of the Northwestern Build
ing and Loan association Of Fargo was
organized in Courtenay last week. III.
N. Tucker was elected president; Dr..
A. w. Macdonald, vice president; n. 8.
Julsrud, secretary and treasurer. &
1t is reported that New York parties
hold IN option on all the Northern Pa
ciac lands in Stutsman county, which
option expired early in September, and
that another syndicate is forming n
has secured IN option on the same
lands. 8&a@&.s &
A cigarette f1end and his CONTINUAL"
set fire to a setting Of wheat stacks be
longing to q. L. Pond of Bue. A hard
light was successfully made to save the
farm buildings. The 'tdend'' is now oe-
cupying a soap box on the sidewalk in
front Of the. employment Office.
D. L. Buford,, during .hisalast visit to
Towner county, sold four quarter Sec
lions Of land In Mnfpah fOwnahin. AZ