The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-31
nxc;1tnr voH chases are frequent at

early spring.
Rase ball talk is becoming animated
1t Lidgerwood.
The location Of the Bottineau postof-
ice is to be changed.
Mandan expects to have her electric
tights in about a week.
Charles Hurst Of Valley City died at
The state insane asylum.
Col. Meredith may be n candidate for
mayor again at Casselton.
Sanborn Congregationalista will erect
l new church this summer.
Williston's grand jury roasts the off,
GERS of the law for neglect Of duty.
The remains Of Alfred Almen, killed
n the Philippines, have reached Craft
On. .l
The Ilangdon schools are closed on
account of the prevalence of scarlet fe-
FER.
The Great Northern brought several
hundred immigrants to the state this
week.
Eighteen candidates took the pharma.
" examination before the state board
IF examiners.
Fargo has a bonded Indebtedness Of
s243, 600, and over $250,O00 in warrants
outstanding. E..s
Ex-Land Commissioner Hugh Watt is
preparing to leave Bathgate, and will
ocate in Fargo. A
The annual shooting tournament will
be held at Grand Forks June 13 and II.
/ ne wchurch this summer.
w. and Joseph Burton were arrested
:or burglarizing Thos. Lang's store at
Leroy. Both pleaded guilty
William Fleming of Bottineau has a
pack of wolf hounds that have killed
ourteen wolves this winter.
Frank Gray, formerly of Wahpeton,
committed suicide in New York by
drinking carbolic acid in beer.
Walhalla has a dog-poisoner, and the
census enumerator will have a lighter
ask if the miscreant is discovered.
Bottineau is soon to have a hospital.
The institution will be in charge of
Mrs. Haynes, a professional nurse.
The Hughes Electric Light company
VI Fargo will apply to the city council
for permission to put down gas ain
Tie Grafton monument committee
will raise another $1,000. and have the
monument ready for dedication July 4.
Flax fiber mills are the objects Of
most interest in the state just now.
Grand Forks and Valley City are both
after one
Glen Ullen people will market $780,
700 pounds of wool this season. and
will ask the railroad company to build
Z warehouse.
William Kirkwood of Fort Stevenson,
while riding a horse. received a severe
fracture of the leg by the animal fall
ng upon him.
Sheriff Hall Of Grafton visited the
lax fiber mill when in Fargo recently,
md was so pleased with it that he
wants one for Grafton.
The testimony in the cases of Judge
Glaspell and others, to be declared out
side the city limits of Jamestown, Is
being taken before Referee Rose.
Carl Hendricks, a farmer living near
Grafton. has received a consignment OF
lax seed direct from Russia. The seed
costs 81 per bushel, and he will sow
fifty bushels.
A case Of small pox is reported up
near Walhalla, a Mr.. Gallagher being
the patient. The family has been quar-
.antined. together with two others. VINO
had visited them.
wheatland is feeling good over the
promise Of fire protection. For the
first time in years the town Won over
the farmers and elected a board that
will have a we'll put in.
The collection Of taxes has swelled
The wolf bounty fund, and Deputy
State Auditor Lucas announces that
bounty certificates to the number OF
$500 and amounting to $4,000, will be
!iquidated.
While Judge Gaffney was p%ronounc-
ing the sentence. at jamestown, of w.
N. Kern, who had jumped q board bill.
the plastering Of the court house fell
of, completely routing the Judge, sher-
If, prisoner and witnesses.
]. J. Delaney, one of the firm Of NJ
Laney Bros, who will start the bank at
Napoleon. has been in Manitoba. where
be bought 1900 head Of young cattle,
which they will sell to farmers in the
western part Of the state.
Dick Ellis of Towner gets a year IN
the penitentiary for assault with q
deadly weapon. Ellis was sentenced to
ninety days for blind-pigging, and after
his relese got a gun and went after the
officials, hence the sentence.
The committee ON finances raised
$50 at Oaks in n day for the puprse-
to be hung up at the July races and
feel confident of being able to swell
that amount to 5000. The manage
ment promises some good races.
The annual meeting of the Morton
County Fair association was held this
week, and five directors elected for the
ensuing year. The association Is about
5000 in debt, but hopes to pull i.
Officers were not elected at this time.
The senate Indian committee decided
20 make an increase In the appropria-
lion for the survey Of the lands in the
Pine Ridge and Standing Rock agen-
cies. The present provision is for $2z,-
900, but Representative Gamble urged
that the amount be increased to $oo,-
coo.
Mrs. Thomas r. Morris Of Fargo has
fled a contest in the will Of her late
husband, who died in the asylum at
Jamestown. He left $4,000 worth OF
property, to be divided between her
and her children, but specified that she,
should lose the property should p re-
marry. She claims he was mentally IN