The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-17

The public library at Mayville is no"
open.
DR.. d. f. Merchant has been ap
pointed q member Of the board OF ex
aiming surgeons at Glendale.
A feed mill belonging to G. Walton
was burned at Cathay, together Will
considerable grain.
. Farringer Brothers, two prominent
ranchers near B0wden, Wells county
will open up q land office at that place
about March /.
A number Of Lidgerwood people are
said to have struck luck in the ldanc
mining regions.
Louis Grange of Lisbon, who was IN
jured in a runaway accident q month
ago, died last week.
The Northern Pacific has erected a
round house at Bowden, containing
two stalls.
The citizens of Mayville are highly
pleased with the new system OF cleo
trio lighting.
The efforts to raise funds for a public
library at Valley City promise to be
successful.
The contract for carrying the mail
between Fessenden and Bowden was
awarded to J.. s. Cook, at $444 per year
T. G. Kelly Of Mayville is dangerous
ly ill of blood-poisoning, the result Oh a
cut with a rusty knife.
George Clark, Walsh county's ex-sen.
ator, has purchased 600 acres OF land
in the State of Washington.
The Bottineau ladies Of the ". @. Z.
u, attended court in a body during the
recent trials of the liquor cases.
Reynolds will make extensive build
ing improvements this summer. among
which is a brick block 34x9O feet.
. The merchants Of Hensel, Pembina
county, are complaining that business
is dull this month, and attribute 1t to
the prevailing low price Of wheat.
Hensel people are anticipating an ex-
tension of the Great Northern from
that point to the cement mines, to be
built the coming summer.
The outlook indicates that the horse
market will be good in the spring, and
consignments are already being re-
ceived throughout the state.
Material is being gotten on the
grounds of the burned district OF May
vile, and building operations will be-
gin as soon as the weather permits.
County Treasurer Elton of Grand
Forks county has received a check for
$4,000, the amount of taxes for the
Great Northern in that county.
While ironing at Grand Forks, Mrs.
Asseltine's dress caught fire, and she
was enveloped in flames, but retained
presence Of mind to remove the burn
ing garment before being burned.
J. Zilme Of Grand Forks claims to
have discovered a treatment for seed
wheat that will prevent injury to the
young plants by spring frosts.
Civil service examinations at Fargo,
March 26 and April II; Bismarck, %;
Grand Forks, April 4, are announced
from Washington.
A pet poodle in Langdon was so sue
cessful in an encounter with a little
boy that he tried conclusions with a
passenger train-and he will bite no
more little boys.
A runaway horse in Fargo ran
against the tongue of al omnibus and
was impaled, bleeding to death in a
few minutes.
The people in the southern valley
counties are displaying great interest
in the scheme to connect Lake Trav-
erse and Big Stone lake by canal.
Pensions have been granted to the
following residents of North Dakota:
Polikarp G. Dinger, Lidgerwood, Sc;
Morgan D. Kinney, Leonard, Sc.
Veterinarian Moore of jamestown
has received notice that there are
horses at Fessenden, limerick and Nc
Henry suspected Of having CHAMBERS.
The members of the Grand Forks Y.
NJ. G. A. have an offer Of $1,000 to-
wards the erection of a new building,
provided they raise an additional $40,
900.
The ministers of the Red River Val
ley Baptist association met at Cavalier
and ordained Rev. e. M. Atwood as
pastor Of the Cavalier and Bathgate
churches.
A freight engine on the 500 broke
down between Harvey and Fessenden,
the engineer having to walk to Fessen-
U0u anu lclcSIdpu AOE duOtuei cuSluC
to pull the train through.
Denbigh is the name Of a new town
in McHenry county, west of Towner,
On the Great Northern. James e.
Reed, J. A. Pendroy, Tom Edison and
e. B. Pinney are the prime factors in
the venture.
Wheat shippers along the Northern
Pacific have made an application to
the railroad company for q reduction
of 20 per cent for a period of sixty
days, in order to get their grain on the
market.
The Great Northern is digging a
mammoth well near Crazy and it is
surmised by the people there that the
road intends to extend a branch line
from that place to the northeast
through Ramsey and Cavalier coun.
ties.
Part of the material to he used in
the construction of the new bridge
across the James river near Cakes has
arrived and work will soon commence.
When completed this will be one of the
finest bridges in the James river val
ley.
The Valley City Normal school is or
ganizing a company of cadets. They
have secured q number Of guns for
drill purposes. Prof. Hartman will be
their drill master, ard they will drill
in Company CTS armory two or three
times a week.
A. e. Sheets of Lakota has placed an
orGer for an automobile, to be deliv-
cred as soon as the summer season
opens. Mr.. Sheets thinks that this will
not only be more handy than horses.
but more economical. The machine
will have q four-horse power gasoline