The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
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The summer school is now the thing.
T. J. Lamb of Michigan City has re-
| turned from Washington.
The new -four mills at Courtenay are
being rushed to completion.
At Napoleon 10000 pounds of WOOL
| e marketed on "wool day"
DC. Cullen is erecting q new soofe
and residence combined Mt Anslem.
Mrs. Luse, a sister of Justice Barthol'
omew, died at West Superior last week.
Blind pigs at Bottineau were raideo
and a small amount of evidence zap
tured.
Page people are kicking over the
train service-or lack Of it-at thae
point.
Five cases of typhoid fever are re-
| ported at st. Thomas, caused by poor
water.
Ranchmen in the western part OF tine
state are getting a trif1e anxious apoat
the wool sales.
A. E. Vrooman of Hunter is entllusi
astic over the possibility of Democratic
success this fall.
On account of the poor pastErage the
creamery at Glendale will not be op-
Grated this season.
The Barnes county commissioners
will have fishways placed in every
dam In the county.
Frank Egan of Williston was shot
through both legs in a shooting scrape
| with a circus hand.
The 5000 brook trout placed IL
| Spring creek, in Ransom county, APP
pear to be doing nicely.
Maj. Black of Valley City is one OF
| the new members Of the state ReDub-
lican central committee.
The Tower City mill has resumed
| operations after a long shutdown, ana
Is said to be a model 1our7prOducer.
A Y and turntable are being put in at
| Wilton, which will be the terminus OF
the Washburn road this winter.
The Sheldon ball team has a player
named Dahm, and when the boys want
to swear they just repeat his name.
On account Of the shortage Of crops,
the new Masonic temple at Langdon
will not be erected until next year.
Wahpeton bikers are organizing to
prevent the passage of an ordinance
which will prevent their riding on the
sidewalks.
The farmers who have visited the
Agricultural college on the Great
| Northern free excursions, all seem to
have enjoyed the trips.
LaMoure county wheat fields that
are threatened with cactus are being
plowed under. The young cactus is
said to make an excellent fertilizer.
The prairie chicken crop is said to
be a bountiful one, owing to the open
winter. How they are to hide is an
other question. There is not enough
stubble.
Company D Of Devils Lake has
raised $1,000 land will build an armory
at an early date. The boys made a
magnificent record in the Philippines,
and nothing is too good for them.
Lieut.. Baldwin of jamestown was
one of the first of the Spanish war vet
Grams in the state to II a pension.
He was granted SIS per month for q
rife ball wound Through the knee.
Maj. Murphy, who has been engaged
for the past month in taking the census
Of the Turtle Mountain Indians, com.
pleted the work last week, and his re-
port will be forwarded to Washington
at once.
John Luthe. an escaped Minnesota
convict. was captured at Minot. He
had only a month to serve; and was in
duced to run away by another convict
whose tern; had expired. The latter
turned Iuthe over to the authorities
for the $50 reward.
At Bowdon Rev. A. A. Pettinger and
Frank Lathrop had a pugilistic en-
counter, and the revererd gentleman
punished his adversary until he didn't
know whether the contest was accord
ing to Marquis of Queensbury, London
prize ring or just plain scrap.
In accordance with tale United States
laws making it compulsory to equip
engines and rolling stock Of all kinds
with a safety coupler, the Northern
Pacific is fitting all its engines which
run in and out Of Fargo with the Tow
er automatic coupler. The cars will
also be supplied with couplers as soon
as possible.
A new postal regulation that has Just
gone into effect imposes q penalty Of
$500 fine or one years imprisonment on
a person who takes from a postof11ce
mail matter addressed to another party
by mistake and fails to return the
same to the Office for proper delivery.
The law applies to newspapers taken
out by mistake as we'll as letter mail.
There is a we'll founded rumor III
Valley City to the effect that a large
number of 500 railroad men now re-
siding at EIderlin are to be transferred
to HankinsOn, where the principal d..
vision of the road is to be established,
because of the connecting line to Bis
marck at that place. It Is also stated
that the railroad hotel is to be closed.
Gus Johnson, alias Gus Nelson. alias
Alfred Larson. was arrested by Sheriff
Stenshoel of Valley City on q telegram
from the sheriff Of Koetens county,
Idaho. He was accompanied by two
girls named Malkenttin, aged eleven
and fourteen years, and 1t is supposed
the charge against him Is kidnapping.
Johnson secured attorneys, and they
procured a writ of habeas corpus from
Judge Glaspell In order to secur his
release. Before serving the writ, how.
ever, Johnson changed his mind, and
concluded to return and face the music.
"A bum circus has been doing the
northern part Of the state, and it IL.
said to have been followed by some of
the toughest shell game fellows that
ever struck the state. They are said
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