The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-10
IN NORTH DAKOTA

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a fax fiber pill.
Mimic has aspirations towards al
electric light plant.
Saginaw is the name of q new post
office In Towner county.
G. c. Elford is made postmaster a
Easily, over Pembina way.
Bishop Stanley is in the East, and is
not expected back until Easter.
Bismarck wants q wooden mill
where lambs are shorn with exDedi
ton.
The little epidemic of mumps in Bis
marck seems to have about run its
course.
State Superintendent Halland has
returned from a trip to Washington
md New York.
Mayor Sprague of Grafton has giver
the chief of police orders to relegate
the slot machines.
Attorney Robert Muir of Hamilton
has gone to Seattle, Wash. where he
will open a law Office.
Business with Park River knights
Of Pythias is picking up-a class vi
ten for Initiation last week.
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Braddock will be rebuilt at once. The
bank has purchased a new lot.
Station Agent Grace. the very popu.
ar agent at Grafton, has resumed his
auties after q very severe illness.
e. j. Dennis, one of the nurses at
The Jamestown asylum, is a giant in
stature and weighs $50 pounds.
The new building at thu Jamestown
insane asylum is now occupied, and it
IS said to be a model in every way.
Three tough Fargo boys entered the
apartments Of DR.. Charset the other
day and stole a child's bank containing
At q recent election in the Rosedale
+! school district, Towner county sites
for eight new school houses were Sc
ected.
Frederick johnson of Trail sold his
Section IL in Bohnsack for $4,000.
Let's run him for governor-or some
thing.
Agent A. B. Storms, of the 500 Line
lumber yard ut Lanona, fell last week
and sustained a severe fracture of the
ankle.
T. o. Moen Of Tiber township, Walsh
county, has been adjudged insane. He
had been on parole since last July, but
kept getting worse
Paul J. Hawkins, who left Rankin
son some time ago on o tour of the
country, has located at Guaymas, So
nora, Old Mexico. #
THE remains Of William G. Lamb, a
! Company G boy, who was killed in the
Philippines, were inferred ut Hami-
ton, Pembina county.
While talking about trusts, some Of
the papers til. nix North Dakota farm
ers are getting a cinch when they be-
rim to sell land for $40 an acre.
| W. e. Purcell Of Wahpeton, who un-
derwent an operotion for appendicitis
q short time ago., is on the high road to
, recovery and will soon be about again.
Park River fremen are making an
effort to bag an up-to-date hose cart.
City Auditor George Honey has passed
over his years salary, $50, to help get
It.
Crawford & Lock of, Valley City
have put up a bowling alley in their
their establishment, and have certain
days Of the week on which the ladies
may try their skill.
The State Bank Of Grandin, at the
close Of business, Feb. 10, showed a
line of deposits aggregating $$3333,481.O9,
bills payable, only $1,000 and a surplus
fund Of $4,000.
The two banks at Grafton loom up
with total deposit lines amounting to
500, $4,000, according to their last call
statements to the national controller Of
the treasury.
The mill at Mimic has undergo one a
number Of repairs, and some Of the
latest improved machinery has been
Installed, and Miller Newell says they
make the best hOur that "ever was"
A vacant house in jamestown owned
by John McGinnis, was burned last
week. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by the careless use Of
matches by tramps.
The farmers held a meeting at Ham
ilton to consider the matter Of operat-
ing a creamery at that place, and it is
i expected one will be started in the
spring. =
Martin McAndress Of st. Thomas
sold four manifestations Of land q
that place for $4,000, or $4,125 per
quarter, which is ~demonstrative Of the
value Of Pembina county lands.
The first train load Of immigrants
for North Dakota leaves st. Paul on
March %, over the Northern Pacific.
This batch Of settlers will locate in
/ Stutsman, Foster and Wells counties
Joseph Knitted, formerly of Burleigh
county, Is now at Pine City, B. O.,
where he owns some mines, and re-
Gently dug out a nugget Of gold and
quartz weighing forty-eight ounces.
North Dakota farmers are generally
jubi1ant over the prospects Of the ad-
| vantages that will lDe secured by the
organization Of the cooperative ass0-
citation at Grand Forks, Marck %. :
Judge Raumin Of Grafton, after
pfotracted attack Of Inflammation Of
the bowels, died ut his home at that
place. Judge Raun in was sixty-one
Years old and was well known in
| Walsh county
The Pembina County Mutual Fire
Insurance company, organized in 1897.
has written over 100000 Of insurance
and issued 800 policies. The assess-
ment for last year was $1.7O for every
$1,000 Of insurance.
County Commissioner George Shep-