The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-29

ber's tools at Enderlin. &
/, There are, many complaints Of smut
in the grain at Candos
The aImperial Elevator company VIII Will
erect K holse at Granville. q Il "
Father zumbusch Of IidgerwAso,di ms
retuFfhed s'from an extended op 2 assn
trip :3.3$. ssss sa sSss
A character known as ""scotty' was
held.t to the court at Fessenden on the
charge Of blind-pigging.
Two Of the Parkinson buildings.
used by bltnd-piggers, have been re-
stored to their owners by Judge Lau-
der.
School house are being built IN
many parts Of McHenry county, to ac-
commodate the children Of the new set
tiers. sfSs
There is war to the knife at Valley
city over a change in school books, and
the committee has issued an official
statement.
A blind-pigger named Russell, who
was run out of Wyndmere. vas arrest
ed at sandoun, Ransom county. for the
Illegal sale Of booze.
Around Lidgerwood farmers are earn
ing. from $3.50 to IS per month from
each COW, selling the milk to the cream
Eery at 65 to 20 cents per 100 pounds.
M. =. Pullin,s COW got into M. F. Mar
tins yard at Sheldon, and a law sui re.
suited. When the costs had cache
t2S.lO the litigants agreed to whack up
and quit.
Prof. Babcock, at the State UNIVERSE
ty, has returned to Grand Forks to re-
sumo his official duties, after spending
the summer on work for the state geo
logical survey. +
The tax levy in Steele county is as
follows: State revenue. 3.S mills; state
interest 0.5 mills; wolf bounty, OF mills;
school. fund, 20; county recenue, -;
county interest, IL; bridge fund. OF.
i total Of 1874 mills.
"A sixteen-year-old boy was arrested
at Wahpeton last week. He had been
working on a farm near Wyndmere,
and after the threshing was over was
lnyeigled into q blind pig, made drunk
and robbed of his earnings.
A bicyclist in the northern part OF
state frightened a farmers team and a
load OF hay was upset. The farmer
evened up by jabbing the pitchfork
through the bike tires, and wanted to
'puncture the rider with the same in
strument. s.
A number Of progressive farmers are
converts to the new idea Of blowing the
land in the fall, allowing it to lie until
late in the spring until the weeds get
started, plow again and seed the crop.
The yield Is said to be as good as sum-
mer-fal1owed land, and, in addition, the
crop is clean. X u IA
The 500 management is going to do
ali, it a to keep the people who settled
along its line this spring from leaving
the state for good. It will offer em-'
ployment to destitute settlers. and,
where that is impracticable, will give
iocw corners transportation 70 where.
work is to be had. 4 3
The. home of Peleg Bristol in Dickey
county, was struck by lightning. 1t.
entered through the stove pipe. throw
Ing SCOT over Bristols bed. It also
struck the bed in which his two daugh-
tiers slept and ignitec the quilt, but the
IRE was extinguished before much dams
age was done. The bed was wrecked
and the walls were torn in several
places. f.J.
At the last term. of court ins wahpe.
ton Carl Kreiser was tried for OBJ
structing an officer in the performance
~ 1io a1sa&vy y ns,wlnr tho ooaYr0ol@R $hA
trial he swore that he had no money
with which to employ counsel, and the
county furnished him with q lawyer.
It was afterwards discovered that he
had the necessary funds, and a suit for
perjury was instituted, and Kreiser was
bound over to the next term Of court.
Several weeks ago, four-year-old
Johnnie Horton of Dickey found a bot
tie that contained a small quantity Of
I've. He took It to-. the
pump, filled 1t with water and then
took q drink. Since then he has been
under the care of a physician, but he
steadily grew worse. The mother Anal,
" started for Fargo with him for fur,
ther treatment. but upon reaching La
Moure the unfortunate child expired.
a twelve-year-old boy, a relative Of
the Hayes family. living south Of Lis
bon, committed suicide last week. He
had been engaged for some time ,herdinnR
cattle, and the trouble that led to the
deed isS supposed to have been brought
about by some difficulty the boy expert
Iepced with the pony he had been riding.
He secured a revolver and shot the
pony. After. this act ho M do,,h& 49,