The Washburn leader., 1899-07-29
NORTH DAKOTA

Stone cross walks are being put In on
some Of the streets of Jamestown.
w. w. Sears has been appointed dep
uty game warden Of Dickey county.
DR.. Graham, long at Grafton, is en-
gagged in stock farming at Walhalla.
The heavy rains have damaged the
hay crop in the vicinity Of Osnabrock.
Thomas Smith, an old conductor on
the Northern Pacific, is dead at James,
town. Es
Valley City merchants are consider
ing the early closing of their places OF
business.
Leeds wants -four mill, and 10
willing to put up bonus to the right
kind Of man.
Ward county commissioners are 60
ing to get together 0ftener. Quarterly
isn't enough.
The state Baptist association has
elected as its president Rev. A. f. New
comb of Grafton.
Thirteen APPLICANTS for permission to
practice dentistry took the examina-
tion at Grand Forks. ....'....
Graders are at work on the Wash
arriving Mt Bismarck.
Several Indian women are reported
to have received fatal injuries in the
storm at Fort Berthold.
Nebraska stockmen have bunch of
100 horses driven in to dispose Of in
Wells county after harvest.
With the exception of Kidder county,
the Northern Pacific has settled all it's
delinquent taxes in the state.
The reports of the big hail storm up
in the northern part Of the state were
said to have been exaggerated.
The Rolla cheese factory is receiving
about $500 pounds of milk every day,
and the quantity is increasing.
A count taken by somebody shows
1900 acres more in crop in Stutsman
county this year than ever before.
Louis Cadieux, who suffered a
crushed foot at jamestown, has been
taken to the railroad hospital there.
A new and bigger hotel, stables ETC.,
are already on the tapis for the Chau-
tauuua ere another season rolls around.
Pembina can now boast Of long
distance telephone, the same having
been completed to that place last week.
The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank Of jamestown has it's articles OF
incorporation and is about ready for
business.
The receipts of the Bismarck land
office for the year ending June 80 were
$27, ,5O1.69, while 234.414 acres Of lana
were disposed Of. t,l5
Sam Burt Of Valley city has struck
good pay lead at Colorado Springs,
Colo, getting 81 600 per year as super
intcndent of mine.
Bloody accident on the Bismarck q
Washburn railroad already. Handle
of. grader flew up and split the snoot
Of one Of the workmen.
John Stafford, near Crystal, market
ed four head Of cattle recently for
S226.42. Two two-year-olds weighed
1900 pounds and brought $117.42.
The hobo season was inaugurated ut
Fargo with the breaking open Of box
car and the abstraction threfrom of
stock of cigars, tobacco and shoes.
The Rolette county bank reports
surplus Of $1,000 and good money on
hand. Messrs. Wilbur and Steele are
old and successful hands at the BANK
ing business.
Manager Freer of the Lisbon cheese
factory, reports an increase OF busl-
ness over last year, the daily receipts
of milk aggregating about 2,6OO
hounds. and making 800 pounds OF
cheese.
The government appraiser is listing
the half-million acres of Fort Steven
son reservation, which will be thrown
open to settlement soon. The Fort Bu-
ford reservation will also be thrown
open to settlement.
Carl johnson of Portland received q
hastardy fine sentence of 81 600, to be
paid in semi-annual installments Of
S32. Not heavy installments, but they
will probably become mOnotonous to
Carl after q while.
|. The Valley City Fruit and Candy
company is q new Barnes county firm,
which will do an exclusive wholesale
business. e. HI. Lee Of st. Paul Is
president of the company, and Andrew
Haas Of Jamestown, manager.
So far there is IN unusual scarcity in
North Dakota of the genus homo
known as 'hobo," while in former
years the state has been fairly overrun
with them. Unless these gentry make
their advent here again soon, there Is
likely to be shortage of harvesters.
An exchange ont that way says an
Glendale young man recently wrote
the Milwaukee officials for a position
to run on the railroad, and received
reply to the effect that they had no OBJ
iections to his running on the railroad,
provided he kept out Of the way of the
trains.
It is stated that the location Of the
town OF McHenry, on the Cooperstown
branch, was changed half a mile after
the johnson company had built hotel
where it was expected the town would
be located. The new site is on railroad
land. and the hotel was moved to 1t at
considerable expense.
Grand Forks county has bonded in
debtedness Of $25, 600, and at q meeting
this week the county cOmmissi ioners In
structed the auditor to call In and pay
by Aug. I, $4,000 Of bonds due, leav-
ing the county's bonded indebtedness
but $15, 600. a reduction Of $4,000 has
been made In the debt in the last five
years. VI .;s,.. .g.. NJ.
The changing Of. the month in which
the school census will be taken, from
December to June, has caused consider
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