The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-10

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Lidgerwood's telephone system is
proving popular.
Kids and sling shots are creating
trouble at Jamestown,
There are a number OF cases OF ty,
phoid around Bottineau.
Edward W. Evans Of Dayton. gets a
pension Of IS per month,
Werzel simola. an aged resident Of
Richland county, is dead.
The state papers devote considera-
BILE space to school matters.
The marriage crop is good this fall.
despite the poor wheat yield.
The star mail route between Havana
and Forman will start Nov. IL.
New Rockford coal dealers are at
war, and the consumers are happy.
The enrolment of the Valley City
Normal is largely increased this year.
The business portion Of the city Of
Hillsboro is now under a fire district.
Cakes is to have a new store build
ing, to be erected by Minneapolis PEG.
pie.
The heavy rains his fall have made
many a convert for the drainage sys-
tenn.
Will Simpson has returned from the
Klondike, and is visiting relatives at
Aneta. ~
Landlord Smith Of Emerald will as
sumo charge of the Columbia hotel at
st. Thomas.
Kuhn claims to have shipped more
butter this year than any other point
in the state.
An elevator at Ludden has been
closed on account of the poor quality
Of the wheat.
Pembina county threshers report the
most unsatisfactory year they have
ever experienced.
A Darlington farmer Informs the
public that he didn't harvest his fax
for his neighbours cows.
The young toughs from Grafton who
were arrested at Hillsboro for stealing
chickens, have returned home.
A new wagon and a large stack Of
newly threshed straw were burned on
L. K. Rich's farm, near Buffalo.
Dawson people are busily engaged
shipping baled hay. The hay crop
was especially good there this year.
A farmer living near Knox. Benson
county, was offered $500 for a quarter
section of land, but the offer was re-
fused. rl
Farmers around Devils Lake are
compelled to pay all the way from 16
to 30 cents for threshing. Help Is still
scarce.
Balfour is growing rapidly, despite
the bad crops. and it will be one Of h
best towns in the northwestern part
of the state.
A Cass county owner of a threshing
rig didn't take his machine out Of III
shed this fall, and figures that he IL
away ahead.
Many of the new settlers in Bottin-
eau county have erected handsome
residences, showing their unbounded
faith in the country.
ing. The streets are to be lighted with
lamps, and al electric light plant Is to
be hoped for next year.
Simon Mckenzie Of Nelson county
has received word that his sister and
husband. who were missionaries In
China, have been murdered. Their
two children were also killed.
r. J. Linqu!st. who owns q large
farm in Walsh county, committed sui
eide by taking strychnine. He had no
relatives except a sister in Sweden. He
had been i'll for a long time and be-
came respondent.
re- &C. oceor%ad fho% Yohn + alison and
w. E. Smith of Glendale had some
legged. the former fired several Shots
ct Smith, killing a mule on which
Smith was riding. Mules always; We're
unlucky.
a farmer named McInnis rolled on
scaffold in Griggs county and broke
one side of his shoulder bone. dislocat-
ed the other, broke his leg and re-
ceived a number OF serious gbruises.
He felt as badly as the Bryanites will
after election.
The fact that threshing is so long
delayed makes it inconvenient for the
farmers who want to let their stock
run at large. Still, it appears that
some animals run at large anyway.
and the owners of unthreshed grain
are saying naughty words.
The Kruger reception committee has
issued an appeal to the population of
Marseilles to participate In the demon
strations that are being arranged for
Mr.. Kruger's reception, but to abstain
from hostile acts or words toward a
nation friendly to France"
After the Cavalier depot IRE was
noticed two men were mel driving
rapidly away from the placefin coy
cred buggy, and. as no such rig had
stopped in the town over night II is
supposed that these are the men who
blew open the safe In the repositories,
and thus set fire to the building. s S.
Work on the new opera house block
at Casselton is progressinganicellyss The
boilers for the heating .plantssarei IN po-
sition. the tile walk has been CONE
pleted, the walls have been: straight.
ened and the roof strengthened 90 thai thai
II is more solid than ever. and g
force Of plasterers andscarpenterss are
at work ongthe interiors; the butldiingg.
It will be. without question. the finest
structure In the city when scompletsdh.
wouldn't stand 0ue4tiSknnlill5sKlI. Ss9
Mrs. De Kaanter--sYon saids
EGoing to be detaineda al your 1esssAill
evening. but sou wersnstsSs1hafSSE..SAalNSEo ON
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