The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14
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100000 bushels.
Typhoid fever is reported in the VI
cinity Of Osnabrock.
Maddox is to have a depot 1exoS'
with a stone foundation.
Nearly all the state papers !
the arrival Of ,land-seekers.
They are using 44x72 separators IN
the southern part of the state.
It is pretty difficult to keep track o.
the new postoflces in the state.
The matter Of erecting a new scnooi
house is being agitated at
Hardy Bros. Of Cathay have been
making improvements on their store.
Minot is said to be contemplating an
unusually good street fair this year..
James Converse shipped three train
loads of cattle from Dickinson iast
week,
Ernest Brandt Of Cakes is in charge
of the Ostorne-McMillan elevator at
Kuhn.
Ashley is happy over the prospects OF
the future, %occasioned by the coming OF
the 500.
A medical fakir seems to have Sc
cured several victims in the vicinity OF
Bowdon. VI,
Prof. j. A. johnson has accepted the
principalship of the public school OF
LaMoure.
A new depot is contemplated at
Knox, Benson county, on II Great
Northern.
Miss Ethel Burgess is reported the
pretty new assistant In the postot1ce
ut Williston.
H. Stoltz, who is starting a new lum-
Der yard at Fillmore. has his othce
about completed.
The elevators of the state already
report wheat coming In in large guam
titles of various qualities.
The new cement sidewalks being put
down at Devils Lake are the pride OF
the citizens of the birthstone city.
It did not take long for Agent Ander-
son, Of the 500 at Cakes, to get ready
for business after The depot burned.
jamestown people r pleased with
the installation of a daily passenger
service on the Great Northern lire.
The Fitzgerald house at Jamestown
was struck by lightning, and a Mrs
Owens was Frustrated by the shock.
An attempted Jail delivery at Willis
ton last week met with defeat, Sheriff
Heffernan waking in time to prevent 1t.
Large quantities of potatoes are being
shipped from Dickinson to the Mime
apolis market, the price being SO cents.
cash.
p. G. Durbin. proprietor Of theNKeith
farm near Devils Lake, has commenced
the construction Of a 10.000-bushel
warehouse.
A t%hreshersss sleeping car in Dickey
county was overturned by wind one
night last week, and the inmates were
scattered.
Dickinson will o be known as the
best sidewalked town in the North
west. Nothing but sandstone goes
there after this.
Prof. snider, principal OF the Gardner
schools, has resigned his position, to
take charge of. the grammar depart
ment at Buxton.
The guard house boys at Bowdon are
said to be aggrieved over the failure to
get a pint Of whisky for taking care Of
a neglected animal.
There are more gasoline thresher en-
gines reported In use in this state this
year than ever, and they appear to be
giving excellent satisfaction.
P. D. Moore, who has been employed
at Hedderich Bros. & Co.'s store, at
Williston, has accepted q position with
q Grand Forks business house.
Quite a number OF Wisconsin people
came up this week to look for suitable
land for farms, and they are prosperous
farmers in the Badger State, too.
Hundreds of corn harvesters are re-
ported to have been sold in the state
this season; a fact tending to open the
eyes Of Fasteners coming to North
Dakota.
There are apparently plenty Of pota-
toes In the state. which, with the ex-
cellent price the tubers are selling at,
will swell materially the farmers bank
account.
Blackjack has $4,000 worth Of new
fire. fighting machinery. It was put to
use within an hour after its installation
to extinguish a fire in the woods near
town and which threatened to become
serious.
"A Grand Forks policeman ran down a
merchant who was out late-seeing the
man slipping out Of his own store in a
seemingly mysterious manner-but
both felt foolish when they discovered
how It was.
While Rev. Father LaRochelle was
visiting his Pensioners in walhalla,
some of them took his old horse from
the buggy and substituted a better one
before he was aware that the trade was
being made.
T. w. Bittman, Of the Cash Mercan-
tile company, offers the use of the
academy OF music at Cakes to the fire.
company at that place for q ball, as a
reward for.the good work done at the
Ore last week. y
The postoflce at Numedahl has been
granted still more favors by the post
Office department, and the patrons Of
that mountain office will now receive
their mail; Three times q week, instead
Of twice. az heretofore.
Two three-year-old heifers are said
torsshave been disposed OF at Bismarck
by p. i. Larson Of Dry Point, which
averaged 1920 pounds In weight and
seller SO each. Not q bad
showing for North Dakota.
Reports Is hold-ups over the state
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