The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-03

IN NORTH DAk0T
Hunter wants fire protection.
Braddock sports are enjoying VOL
hunts. !.
A fax fiber mill is being doomed at
Leeds.
Langdon Masons r to build a three
story temple. -.
The dog poisoner is getting IN nls
work at Sanborn.
Rev. Law is the new Episcopal rec
tor at Dickinson.
W. S. Lindsey of Casselton is remod-
cling his residence.
Judge Rose is being talked OF. 1oT
mayor of jamestown. !.
legislative candidates In and ABOUT
Dickinson are plentiful.
A gallery has been added to the
Lidgerwood opera house.
Sore arms are fashionable in Wah-
peton since the smallpox scare.
n. P. Myron will engage In the gen
eral mercantile business at Abercfom-
bic.
A new Congregational church Will be
Organized five miles from Coopers-
town.
Fire in the oil room Of Ellenbaum's
store at Cavalier caused a loss OF oVer
$4,000.
Two departments of the Bottineau
school are now settled in the new
building.
Knud Thompson, formerly Of Coop
erstown, has fallen heir to some money
in Norway.
@. r. Lyman Of st. John, Rolette
county, has recently been appointed q
notary public.
The January receipts at the county
treasLrer's Office in Richland county
were 100000.
Spring elections in the different
townships and villages are attracting
considerable attention.
1. Rovig Of Bismarck has charge OF
the Robertson company's lumber yard
at Edinburg, Walsh county.
Land office officials at Minot are be-
ing worked overtime to keep up with
the recent rush Of business.
Judge Sauter granted citizenship pa
pers to twenty-one Cavalier county
people at Langdon last week.
II. J. Clark Of Lidgerwood has soid
bis machinery business to Lyken q
Nepstad, formerly of Cogswell.
A man named Miller, formerly of La
Moure, has assumed the management
Of the Alberta hotel at Lisbon.
Travelling men report business BOOM
ing at Dickinson, and they are gener'
ally good judges Of prosperous towns.
The state papers express q regret
that such an old landmark as the Sher-
dan at Bismarck is to be demolished.
Iowa settlers continue to rush into
Washburn county, which is developing
into one Of the best parts of the state.
"Grandpa" Bell, one of the Oldest
Inhabitants Of the state, died at the
age Of eighty-six at Willlston recently.
A volunteer fire company has been
UTkduIZcu NJ tOA, anu ~ I'VE
has been divided into three fire dis
Hicts.
The stage drivers on the various
mail routes throughout the state are
doing some high kicking on the recent
weather.
De Lamere has risen to the dignity
Of a telegraph station, with a real, live
telegraph operator and agent In
charge.
The people Of jamestown are spec
ulating as to the practicability OF
using the natural gas arising from the
artesian we'll there.
August Miller at H%ankinson filed a
amp with gasoline. The house was
saved from destruction after a hard
light with the flames.
DIR Sheppard Of Landdon has been
reappointed as q member of the state
veterinary board q position he has
held a number Of years.
The towns Of the state are putting
forth greater efforts this winter for
advancing their interests than usual.
It Is typical Of the times.
The court house at Cando narrowly
escaped destruction by fire, coal in the
basement becoming ignited. The fire
was extinguished with slight damage.
AS an inducement to the members Of
the fire department at Darlington a
prize Of s. il hung up for the first
man to get the fire engine out in case
Of fire.
In the future the Wahpeton board Of
education will employ no teacher not
q graduate Of a high school. The
teachers must also have two years ex-
p~erience.
A farmers telephone company 10
to be organized at Buffalo to connect
the town and the large farms. 1t is
proposed to put in about twenty-five
telephones.
w. II. Randall's large barn at Du-
rand, heavily stocked with grain, to-
gether with fifteen head of horses, was
entirely consumed by fire recently.
Loss $1,000.
An unusually large number Of North
Dakotans are spending the winter In
the South and East, and many Of the
state papers contain letters descrip-
tive Of their trips.
A. Reeves Of Dunseith, Rolette coun-
~, has been up to British Columbia
looking over lands, but returns to the
old home and reckons North Dakota
good enough for him.
"A fire at Darlington in the residence
of Kate Bales had gotten under good.
Roadway before the arrival Of the de-
partment, but the chemical engine
soon extinguished the flames.
Rev. O.; e. Dobson, who for some