The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

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May z.
E. s. Flint is to be census enumerat-
or in Casselton.
: Gov. Fancher has designated Friday
May 4. as Arbor Day.
William Uecker. a well known Dick.
ey county citizen, is dead.
The residence of John Houston was
destroyed by fire at Bathgate.
Harvey has organized a fire DEPART
ment with a full set Of officers.
The population of Ward county has
increased 1.5O0 1T the last thirty days.
Charles Philips Of Ypsilanti, has pur.
chased the Columbian mill at James
town.
Wilton. on the new Washburn road
Is about the warmest of all the new
towns.
Joe Timm. who was burned out in the
Casselton fire, is to start his meat mar
ket soon.
Efghty-eight homestead filings have
been made at Linton since the first of
the year.
1t is reported that Rev. Hamilton, Of
the Mayville NJ. e. church, will leave
| the. ministry.
The planning mill connected with the
Cast Grand Forks saw mill is now COM
pleted and in operation.
D. S. Smith Of Casselton has accept
ed the management of the Mayville
Mercantile company.
J. 81. Ewing, a mail contractor, fell
from a Great Northern train in Walsh
county and was killed.
A man from Indiana arrived at Minot
recently with grown children enough
to take up 1000 acres of land.
Some unknown person shot Il horse
belonging to Charles Roehm, Il farmer
near Ashley, Mcintosh county.
Fire did damage to the amount OF
$500 to the property of the Gull v
Lumber company in Bismarck.
The Lidgerw0od mill is running night
and day now. A large order OF twenty
!, car loads Of -four makes it necessary.
Prof. Hurley, who has been in charge
of the schools at Campbell, has been
elected principal Of the Paramount
schools.
Frank Wood and a party Of land
! seekers. while out about five miles
from Bowbells, suddenly came upon
three antelope.
At the request of Senator Hans
brough, the appropriation for an cleo
trio light plant at Fort Totten will be
increased to $4,000.
The deal has been closed by which
jamestown secures the race track and
grounds for q public park. 1t con-
tains fifty-two acres.
D. Hadigan, a brakeman or the Ne
che line, slipped and fell from the top
of the train down between two cars,
and had a hand severed at the wrist.
A force Ct carpenters is working
steadily in the lumber yards at Bow
bells building shanties, which are load
ed ON to wagons and hauled to where
settlers choose to call home.
John Fisher of Medina, who was ar
rested for stealing snow fence from the
Northern Pacific. may bring an action
for damages against the company.
While standing in front of a team. at
tached to a disc harrow, the six-year-
old son Of Fred Nichols, living near
Jamestown, was run over II severely
injured.
George Garbutt, the proprietor of the
new bottling works at Grafton, says
the boys are getting used to soft
drinks up in those parts. and he does
q rushing business.
While returning from an entertain
ment after dark. ]. w. Robinson o
Kent was run over by q team and had
narrow escape from death, being Sc
kerely cut and bruised.
James Garbutt Of Fargo has been at
Grafton looking after his land inter
ests there, and will put in considerable
land to corn, and thinks it will be a
Successful experiment.
Chief Clerk John l.. McGregor. Of the
Fort Totten agency, has resigned his
position. He had been there six years,
and resigned when ordered to be trans
:erred to the Santee agency.
The building in Lidgerwood now. .oc-
cupied by Clyde Crosby as a photo
graph gallery. was moved south of w.
+. Howard's livery barn. A new build
ng is to be erected on the corner.
Frank Squires of Spiritwood objects
10 the colony Of Italians being estab-
ished there by the Northern Pacific.
All the former section men are being.
et out and the dagoes substituted.
I r. R.. Elgin, who mas been chief
clerk in the Quartermaster's office In
Bismarck. has been transferred to st.
Nichaels. Alasks, where he will hold u
similar POSITION. He expects 20 leave
for Seattle In a few days. and will sail
about May 1 for his Alaskan station.
a railroad official says that, while
The Northern roads have shipped less
:ars Of wheat this year than they did
IN the same period last year, the RECORD
shows that. more grain was carried.
This is because'the cars now in use are
" greater capacity and carry more
bushels of grain.
Tiremen Robinson and Farmer, of
;he Northern Pacific, at jamestown,
left there a month ago on a leave of alb
sence Of fifteen days, to take up claims
in Bottineau county. The railroad COM
pany can get no news Of their where
.lbouts. and their friends are becoming
anxious about them.
The 500 road is now accepting
through consignments from the East
tor Washburn. Freight. Agent Cole
vas there several days ago contracting
Tor teams to bring freight across the
Velva. The 500 has shipped nine car
loads Of harvesting and farm machin-
ery to Washburn which will be freight,
"a. i. Is
Chambers Is becoming quite prevalent