The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-05
Land around Lucca is on the boom.
Minot blind pigs have been raided.
Grand Forks is talking Masonic TEN

A Wisconsin landy has purchased the
hotel at Bisbee.
A retail clerks association will be or.
gained at Milton.
A Wahpeton man was arrested for
breaking quarantine.
Bismarck is just now the proud pos
SCISSOR Of a dog poisoner.
There is a move to build an armory
for Company + at Grand Forks.
Safe blowers are operating along the
Northern Pacific west of Fargo.
The resignation of n Of the May
vile teachers has been demanded.
At jamestown the chief Of police
will also act as street commissioner.
Mayor %Lounsberry announces that
the blind pigs in Wahpeton must go.
The new Casselton-D ickey extension
will cross the 500 a mile from Lucca.
E. X. Myhre has received his COM
mission as postmaster at Valley City.
The farmers are so busy seeding that
the merchants report a small business.
Hon. Alexander Mckenzie will leave
New York for Cape Nome about May
10.
The people Of Jessie. Binford and
McHenry r to have a daily mail serv-
The Valley City state bank will re-
organize under the national. banking
law.
Iowa farmers have bought LOO acres
of land in Clay county, Mimi, for
$4,000.
Postmaster Cruff of Lucca has re-
signed and has been succeeded by A.
w. Prentice, the 500 agent.
Conductor Tom Sloan arrested two
hobos at Valley City and had them
sent to Jail under the anti-hobo law.
Applications for stations on the new
Northern Pacific extension from Cas-
salton to Dickey are coming in thick.
Burglars at Fargo attempted to en-
ter the house Of Tom Hall, the new
captain Of police, but were scared
away.
Employees of the fiber mill in Fargo
struck for an advance from $1.15 to
S1.75 per day. Several Of the men were
let out.
A county prisoner in Bismarck was
put to work On the jail yard and he
skipped. The police captured him after
O run.
A brick yard is the latest enterprise
at Mimic. Brick made. by u%p-to-date
machinery will be on the market early
in May.
Col. Peake of Valley City will plat
an addition to the town Of Wimbledon,
having purchased the land adjoining
the townsite.
AfAndan is to have telephone service.
Business houses So a month. residences
81 per month are the prices patrons
will be charged.
Engineer Sterrit of Wahpeton died
two weeks ago and his wife last week.
She contracted pneumonia while at
tending his funeral.
Frank Kono of Jamestown, who has
been honorably discharged from the
army as q result of n petition will re-
turn home at once.
&. Blanche Dittmer was granted a di-
vorce at Fargo from Wells Dittmer.
he SGItcu ii ycAA IL SuC RSAAeAIAAAJ
for forging checks. .
A fish peddler's team ran away at
Crazy and the boys took the boxes for
beer cases. Everybody, turned out to
help stop the team.
Alfred Scott Of Devils Lake went
through the Philippine campaign and
never was touched. He went to Fargo
orI .x,oc 1.,,,.,bo1 for S11
Dickinson will vote on May I on the
proposed change from a village to a
city organization-the fight for mayor
IS expected to be spirited.
Daniel Manning was elected presi-
dent of the live stock association at
the meeting at Dickinson and w. l..
Richards secretary and treasurer.
Prairie fires are reported at a dozen
points in the state, and considerable
damage has been done in the way Of
burning hay stacks and in some cases
buildings.
A little boy, a match, III dry grass
and Sam Cochrane's granary in RAM
sey county went up in smoke, together
with the wheat. oats and barley which
1t contained.
Efforts are being made in Walsh
county to obtain a pardon for Edward
Severtson. convicted Of a. heinous crime
In 1898 and sentenced to serve, for five
years by Judge Sauter.
John T. Bray. consul general ia, Aus
tralia, who has been at Hot Springs
for several weeks, Is expected to pay
his friends in North Dakota a visit be-
fore his return to Melbourne.
Senator .Hansbrousfr has secured
from the war department an order pro-
yiding that the new military post shall
be named Fort Lincoln. No better
name could have been chosen.
Thomas Hyde. who was sent to the
penitentiary for ten years on the
charge of rape, and who has served
eight years. was released on Saturday.
He was sent up from Walsh county.
The new Roman Catholic church at
Warsaw, Walsh county, is to cost
97. This is for the superstructure
only-the seating and interior furnish
ing will cost extra. The capacity will
be for 1000 persons.
Experience on the Casey and Car
ringtOn farms show that in years with
dry springs the best crops have, as q
rule, been harvested. A very little
rain at the right time is sufficient to
start and mature q crop.
G. +. Shogren was crossing the Red
river on a ferry at Grand Forks with
. dray load of, samples when the team
backed the load into the river. He was
4 salesman for Foot. schultze of st.