The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Darlington is sim agitating incorpo.

Casselton has an all-night telephone
i service.
The Michigan city creamery has
&, closed down for the season.
J. The sheriff Of Pembina county 10
looking after wheat thieves.
Dickinson's cemetery is to be beauti-
Ned with shrubs and flowers.
Logan county's assessment vas in
creased from $4,000 0 to $4,000 600.
There appears to be a shortage Of ice
throughout the entire Northwest.
A petition has been filed for the d.
vision of the Sixth ward Of Fargo.
Wflliston's fair was a decided success.
barring a little unpleasant weather.
+ Pigeon grass. is said to make good
fodder, and there is plenty of 1t this
year.
The Michigan City schools will not
be opened until the new building IL
completed, Oct. l..
It is said that flax in Foster county.
around McHenry, is the finest ever
raised in the state.
Hoople is proud Of It's new fire en-
CINE. which proved very effective in the
recent conf1agration.
The appointment Of a lady physician
for h state asylum has been post
poned another month. go,
Now 1t is proposed to solve the water
supply problem at Jamestown by pur-
chasing another pump.
A blue crane makes his home along
the river near Walhalla, and has so far
lodged the bullets Of sportsmen.
Work on the new opera house at Cas-
SETON has been retarded by delay In
the arrival Of the material.
Charlie Langdale, formerly Of Fargo.
| Willow City. and recently Of Hamilton.
has gone East to study medicine.
While threshing. near Casselton, the
separator Of c. c. Dalrymple caught
fire and was damaged beyond repair.
1t is stated that all Of the funds but
$751; 0 have been secured for the estab-
lishment of the b%eet-sugar factory at
Jamestown.
A Casselton boy found a pocketbook
containing $40. He returned 1t to the
owner, who presented him with q suit
Of clothes.
The barn on r. s. Lewis farm. near
Buffalo, was struck by lightning and
burned. Forty horses and. thirty cowA
were saved.
Lewis Larson of Hunter will start q
store at Oakville. n Of the new sta.
lions on the Dickey extension Of tho
Northern Pacific. -. -
There is a brisk demand for farm,
lands from newcomers. The short crop.
this year does not seem to have fright
ened many people.
Ed Dittman. wanted by the officials
at Cakes for burglary, was fatally shot
while attempting to escape from a
South Dakota Jail.
Supt. Lyon Of Stutsman county re-
ports that there are about twice az
many teachers In that county as there
are schools for them.
Only 1fty-seven votes were cast at
the recent election in Bismarck, and
they were all in favor Of Incorporation
under the general law.
William Rickbeil, near Cavalier. re-
Gently threshed 70s bushels Of wheat
from twenty-five acres. % IL bushels
per acre. Might be worse.
At the coming session Of the state
supreme court next week. the matter
Of the reinstatement Of Hon. l.. A.
Simpson m up on petition.
The institution of the Masonic lodge
at Hunter was an event Of consider
able Importance. and the work was
done with fitting ceremonies.
Pat Neary OF Buffalo is reported to
have raised $500 bushels Of wheat on
40 acres. Not so bad for an old SOL
der, a one-armed veteran, at that.
The Cass Lake Indians are gathering
In the crop of wild rice and cranber-
ries. The cranberry crop Is light this
year, but rice is plentiful and of fine
quality.
OF the thirty-two candidates at the
recent teachers examination in Suits
man county, four received first-grads
certificates; twenty got second: five.
third, and three failed entirely.
A car load Of fresh beef was stolen
from the Great Northern yards in Far
go on July 10, and detectives think
they have a clue. The papers do not
state whether the thief took the car a.
we'll as the beef.
An election was held at Winnipeg
Junction to decide on the question OF
| incorporation. The county board de.
] clared the election illegal because the
| petition for it had not been signed BY
the required number Of persons.
At Warren a new corporation has
been organized, under the state laws.
with a capital Of $4,000. known as the
Marshall County Elevator company.
limited. It is composed entirely OF
farmers and small stockholders. q
Matt walch, convicted at New Rock
ford of horse-stealing. and being taken
to the penitentiary by Sheriff Carroll.
attempted to elude the officer at James,
town, and gave that gentleman a lively
chase before, he was recaptured.
J. II. Johnson, who has the contract
| for laying the rails On the Minor .ex-
tension of the Northern Pacific g,
| North Dakota, is having trouble to got
men enough to operate the tie and iraA
distributing machine which, he Is using.
| One hundred. and sixty men are re-
quired. ~
At Rutland, sargent county. bur-
| glars made an unsuccessful attempt -
| rob, the safe in the postofdce, and. IN
their haste. overlooked a considerable
amount Of cash in a money drawer
| The Office is In a general merchandise