The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-01-20
Washburn is q popular Mecca for

ing new machlpery.
G. .Waterstreet will start a cigar
factory at Fessenden..
The mill at Grafton was closed part
Of last week for repairs. s
Col. Robinson is home from Washing
ton, his health fully restored and MS
| spirits better than, ever.
G. s. Rar1es proposes to put in an
-automobile line in Fargo.
Bismarck has had another fire. This
| time it wasathe Rabidou barn. .
!. The $3O,oNO Ransom county bonds
lawere sold at a premium Of $500.
Dunseith wants 81 branch" Of the
Northern Pacific, Of the 500, or both.
L~andseekers become more numerous
! each week in the western counties.
The Darlington X. P. band will pur-
chase new instruments in the spring.
Some miscreants are stealing fuel, and
other things from the church at Leeds.
There are said to be some fake veter-
inarians in the northern part of the
state. E
Scrap iron merchants report a steady
demand. at good prices, for all sorts Of
| old iron.
william ireland of Leeds has pur-.
chased the Island Lake stage audi mail
routes. >a,t-M:t
The Great Northern has erectedfa
| new coal house and coal shed at VII
liston.
Hamilton business. houses will close
| at Z p M. during the remainder OF the
season. i .-..
There is considerable .thieving going
on in Grafton, and something is des-
tined to drop.
The number Of school chiluren in
Grafton has increased the past year
from 1856 to $50.
The Dickinson brick plant is still
| turning out fire and pressed brick, and
all the East wonders. -,
The mail route from Cooperstown to
Cottonwood has been changed from
Cooperstown to Jessie. ..,:,;..
A large crew of men have started
work on the framework Of the new
planning mill at Grand Forks.
Engineer William Mcdonald, of the
| Northern Pacific, had a finger p1nched
off at Mandan the other day.
c. B. Little of Bismarck expects the
| coming census to show that NOrth Da-
kota has a population of 100000.
Rev. Charles Mcnamara had a horse
| fatally injured in a roadside collision
in Walsh county the other night.
George Walters had his foot crushed
in a hay press near Darlington, and
was brought there for treatment.
William Dwyer. the Medina agent,
has sold 100000 acres of land this wear.
one man having paid cash for ten sec.
ticns. IS"
The Northern Pacific will transport,
free of charge, the cannon which the
government has presented to the city
Of Fargo. =.
The new city we'll, near the tank, at
the Commercial at Casselton:. is down
nearly 400 feet and has a flow Of about
seventy-five barrels Per day:
DR.. DuPuy of jamestown has pur-
chased som more real estate in the.
Asylum City. putting up $1,000 there
for.
Grafton claims to be the best-ordered
town in the state, and their chief Of
police don't have enough to do to keep
him busy.
George Noben of Grafton has re-
turned from the Klondike, where he
has been steamb0ating on the Yukon
and working in the mines.
Mr.. Lorin Nelson, u teacher of Walsh
county and a member of Company c,
has received an appointment in the
l~scensus bureau in Washington.
| The Mayville school board announces.
Fthat. ARIA ngements. have been made for
room. and accommodation, for all, stu.
dents who may attend that institution.
Dick FILLS. after a preliminary hear
ing at AnamoOse, was bound Over to
the district court charged with assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill. ,.r
Wheat. : treated::w with poison, placed
two rods apart in a fIrrow around a
field, is said to be more effective than
If placed ar..'fhe entrance to gopheHl
holes. : ::i.@ .sea...
Miss Ingalsthas completed the census
Of the jamestown school population.
and finds there is an increase Of about
so over last year. the total being about
$50.
Prof. Wizards zoology class at the
MayNtEe normal was q marked success,
there being eve twenty operative sur.
geops in. the science department at the
present time.
Petitions have been presented to the
mayor of Fargo asking that he compel
the removal of all slot machines and
other. gambling devices from public
PLACES in the city.
North Dakota horses are now being
shipped to Iowa, reversing the condi-
ton a few years ago, when Iowa
horses came here and North Dakota
money went there.
The r%eorganized Company "A Of the
North Dakota militia at Bismarck has
received its arms and accoutrements.
Arms We're issued for fifty. men. The
company starts. out well.
Henry Van HoYenbsurg of GLENDALE
went to Tennessee to trade land in
North Dakota for: Mnd there, but de-
cided!tha North Dakota property was
alright. and returned.
The Ransom county commissioners
have. appropriated $2,5eOsfor the bridge
across Devils lake. This is less than
half the amount needed, and the citi-
zens of Devils lake will raise the rest.
4. John, Goodman. Of Grafton was killed
at .MJpppiipegoosis, where he was fish
ing.,f q the winter. Some Grafton peo-
pie Are Indignant over the circulation :
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