The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22

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Tax sales seem TO nave caused lively
bidding all v the state.
Old Man Letter of Chicago is inter-
ested in North Dakota Ignite.
Erie people are not alarmed owe the
small pox case near that town.
The civil calendar for the Grand
Forks term Of court was light.
jamestown aldermen recommend that
the city herd Law be strictly enforced.
The armory for Company E at Lang
don will be ready for occupancy Jan. L.
Business is reported good in the
western and northwestern part Of the
state.
A Lidgerwood druggist is said to
have beer closed by the enforcement
league.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Kvam of Clifford
celebrated their golden wedding re-
Gently.
Preparations are being made for a
steady run for the cement works near
Milton.
The small pox epidemic at Wheat
land will cost Cass county something
like $4,000
Mrs. Hiram King dropped dead at
New Rockford while attending to her
household duties.
The wheatland public schools have
reopened, after a delay caused by the
burned building.
Hay thieves have been operating
around Marvel. Hay is about as valu-
able as diamonds
An Iowan named Stewart has invest
ed $4,000 in sheep for his new ranch,
north of Stutsman.
Ormsby McHarg has resigned as city
attorney of jamestown, and O. w.
Thorp has been appointed.
"A mail car now runs from James
town to Darlington, the mail carried
under star route contracts.
E. p. Wells Of jamestown is secre-
tary Of an automobile trust which has
been organized in New York.
William Greb Of Valley City, a mu-
stefan during the late war, has been
examined at Fargo for a pension.
A. E. Hamilton has been appointed
postmaster at Flora, and H. w. Bum
at Hoople, both in Walsh county.
Physicians at Fargo recommend sew
eral vaccinations there, in view of the
existence OF small pox in the county.
McHenry had a flax day last week,
on which over 5000 bushels were mar
keted, and brought SLIGO to $1.O per
bushel.
Andrew Lindelin, a farmer living
near Rugby, was killed in a runaway,
his neck being broken. He leaves a
wife and family
A number of stutsman county farm
ers have gone to Cass Lake to work for
the winter, taking a number of head OF
horses with them. -
Brockrnan & Wells Of Fargo may buy
a few car loads Of Montana horses and
keep them on their Stutsman county
ranch until spring.
It is now claimed that the Rambouil-
lette will replace the Shropshire sheep
in this state. They shear heavier and
are but little harder to keep.
People on the new extension Of the
lIilnor-O Cakes branch Of the Northern
Pacific are disappointed because they
don't get a daily train service.
The North Dakota presidential elect
ors will meet the second Monday in
January to cast the vote and select the
man-ofncially-to carry the vote to
Washington.
William Mckinney Of Valley City
has bought the business of the Binford
Mercantile company, at Binford, and
will conduct it as a branch of his VAL
ley City establishment.
Farmers Of the James river valley
are getting work with their teams
wherever possible. They lost their crop
last season, and are anxious to lay by
something during the winter.
Hal Curry. who punctured a Steel
county mans hide with q pitchfork
and. was captured in Missouri, has
been bound over to the district court
His case will not come up till June .
Charles Halliday, who is suffering
from some mental trouble at Wheat
land, attempted to escape last week on
the train to go to New York. He is
being cared for by relatives. who do
not wish him sent to an asylum.
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Joe vennum proposes to raise Ango-
"a goats among the hills in the north
western part Of stutsman county.
There are hills there, the climbing Of
which will afford good exercise for the
goats. Twenty years ago that country
was full Of antelope.
Litchfeld, on the Casselton division.
will have two banks. three general
stores. a drug store, hotel. furniture
and hardware stores. The buildings
are now being erected. Trains are be-
ing run irregularly, but a regular SER
vice will soon be established.
The farm residence Of william stef-
fen. ten miles west Of Cooperstown.
burned to the ground, the occupants.
numbering eight or nine, barely escap-
ing with their lives, barefoot and in
their night clothes. Not 9 thing was
saved. The origin Of the fire Is 9 mys-
terry.
The Red River Is said to have the
poorest ice this season ever known.
The water fell ten inches loon after
the stream was frozen and the Ice
didn't get tttck-and besides It s.
said to be extremely dangerous for
heavily laden wagons to attempt to
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