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

An addition is being built to the CITY
hosLital at jamestown.
The annual village election will pc
held at L~idgerwood Monday, May Z.
Candidates for nomination for coun-
ty offices are bobbing up all over the
state.
f. The damages to the Kindred hotter,
N Valley City, Friday evening, was
about $500.
William Necker, another of Dickey
,ounty's pioneers, has answered TO Tue
call Of death.
Sixty immigrants in one bunch n
I'd at Bisbee, enc day last week, anu
Immediately took claims.
Mrs. Finley Grant has decided TO re-
Guild on her Fargo property. Her COT
tage was burned last fall.
Bisbee needs a hotel, and the people
are kicking because some OF the people
with money don't erect one.
1t is reported that Tom Hall, the we'll
known newspaper man. is to be ap'
pointed city auditor of Fargo.
The ice break for the Minnesota ave
nue. bridge at Grand Forks has been
completed at a cost Of $1,000.
The monument to Soldier Lamb,
who died in the Philippines. a peeh
erected and set up at Hamilton.
The jamestown Fair associations
real estate has been Turned over to the
city to be used as a public park.
The bodies of Isadore Driscoll and
Peter Isomnk;ns of Company G, ar
rived at Grafton, and We're given a
military burial.
Spring building has been commenced
at Williston, the new bank building
and q large brick store being In course
IF erection.
Westward traffic continues good on
the Northern Pacific, and it Is neces-
sary to run in two sections in order 10
accommodate the rush.
Marguerite, a Wahpeton "landlady,.
is mourning the loss Of Sl,1OO woftn
Of diamonds she sent by her lover 10
the ieweler to get cleaned.
At the meeting of the assessors OF
Dickey county, held ut Ellendale, II
was agreed to assess all land Is near
as possible, at 500 per quarter Sec
ticn.
Lone Tree is the name of another
Ward county town, just starting. IL Is
located six miles east Of Berthold, on
the Great Northern, and twenty miles
west of Minot.
Mrs. Ole Hovens of Bottineau, a wo-
man with eight children, tired OF her
husband and ran off with Wllllam
Gaudette. The officers of the law are
looking for them.
Engineer William Sterrit of Wahpe-
ton. one Of the Oldest engineers on the
run. died shortly after reaching ADer-
deem on his regular rL1,. His remains
were inferred at Wahpeton.
Mrs. William McAdams Of Drayton
was overcome with coal gas and lay
unconscious from Saturday night until
found Sunday evening. Physicians
were unable to restore her to con
seriousness until Monday noon. The
stove door had been left slightly open'
If the average of moisture is main
tanned this year there will be an excel
lent crop this season. The amount or
snowfall through the state during the
past winter has been extremely light,
and the rainfall that will bring the to-
tai yearly precipitation up to the aver
age will have to be heavy.
A petition has been signed by all the
state officials and judges of the state:
asking congress to pass a bill making
Paul Crum. son Of Attorney Crum. q
full and legal volunteer in the United
States army. He was in the Philip
pines with Company B doing the work
of q soldier without being enlisted.
Steps are to be taken to prevent the
spread of CHAMBERS among the horses
on the various Indian reservations,
where large herds are kept. At the re-
quest of Representative Spa!d1ng, an
inspector will be sent to the Sioux res
eryation to make an investigation or
the disease among the stock there, as
It's spread is alarming the Indians.
Mai. Hamilton gets the position OF
acting assistant %doorkceper of the sen-
ate at Washington. which Is q very
good and responsible position-in con-
troll Of the messengers and dOorkeep.
r of the senate proper. He VIII
probably get the position Of reading
clerk. later on. being especially htted
for that position.
No Need to Hurry.
A former rector Of a certain Lanca-
shire town was walking, n misty