The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-02-02
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cando is preparing for a big farmers
institute. &
Logan county has about $4,000 cash
in the treasury.
One Of the Lisbon hotels a been
closed till spring.
Frank E. Ferguson OF Egan gets 9
Sc per month pension.
Bathgate has revival meetings and
balls going full blast. q
Milton is already planning for a good
ball team next summer.
Company F Of Grand Forks has or
ganized an athletic club.
Mandan wants $4,000 for the reform
school located at that place.
The printers at Bismarck will give
their fifth annual ball Feb. u.
The Sargent county contests seem to
have been instituted as bluffs.
Smallpox is reported among the Rus
sian settlers north of Mandan.
Company d of Devils Lake will be in
creased to its full membership.
The Richland county commissioners
selected Democratic official papers.
The linseed oil mill at Grand Forks
has proven a profitable investment.
JOHNNIE Maresh of Valley City broke
through a snow crust and fractured q
leg.
The Northeren Pacific has made a,
number Of improvements in Tower
City.
LaMoure county wants another rep.
resentative under the new. appOrtion-
ment.
Two highwaymen were before Judge.
Kneeshaw, at Pembina and pleaded
guilty.
DR.. Ekern Of Grand Forks was re-.
Gently wed to Miss sigma Hustmark Of
Seattle.
Nearly all the schools Of the state re-
ported increased attendance since the;
holidays.
l.. d. McGahan has a colony of Ohio
people to bring to Ramsey county In
the spring.
Dickinson's curfew ordinance keeps
kids under sixteen inside after -
sometimes.
p. A. Larson of Grafton goes to Park
River to take charge of Jake Birder's
loan business.
Icemen complain that the ice is only
about half as thick this yea as 1t Is
some winters.
The washburn road is planning. to
extend from Wilton to the Mclean
county capital.
The postofice business at Devils
Lake increased $500 over the last quar-
ter a year ago.
The entente cordiale between h
Sargent county editors seems to be
ripped up the back.
DR.. Matchen Of Bismarck is to be
county physician and furnish all medi-
cines at $500 per year..
The Ramsey county treasurer gave a
surety bond for 6 10000, n a supple
mental bond of 100000 more.
The 1900 school census shows a de-
crease in Grafton, Park River and
Mimic to under the 80 count.
Senator Sanborn wants to extend h
time that 1900 taxes will become delin-
ouent from Feb. 1 to Sept. 1.
Fake peddlers and agents seem to
find more than the usual number Of
suckers in the state this winter.
Senator Murphy of Grand Forks
does not expect a reduction in the APP
preparation for the state university.
Attorney General Comstock and the
wife of Gov. White were students in
the University Of Michigan together.
The meat market men Of the state do
M nm q $h3c xyoov 90
they were last, and will store a lot OF
ice. 2.
Some of the Cakes people are begin
ming to wonder-if the beet sugar en-
terprise needs a doctor or an under-
taker. 50
Some Of the towns complain of a
shortage Of travelling men, and hope
for spring and the genial knights of
the grip.
Mclean county derived $2o1 profit
from the register of deeds office in Mo-
vember and December, which is a good
showing.
William Morrow Of Erie. who had
smallpox. is out again. and can meet
his friends without their running away
from him. sis,
Maj. Fleming of Fargo has been APP
pointed sovereign grand inspector gem
eral of the Scottish Rite Masons for
North Dakota.
Senator Laveyea has served notice on
the politicians Of the City Of Grand
Forks to KEEP out Of Fifth district mat.
tiers around Larimore.
Uncle Ben Corbin, the great wolf
hunter, may remove to the northern
part of. the state. where a ranchman
has made a liberal offer.
County Commissioner. Mcknight Of
Sheldon was roasted to a finish by the
Republican papers for making a com-
bine with the Democrats.
Theodore Albrecht Of Hankinson will
probably succeed Don r. Davidson, de-
ceased, as cashier Of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank Of Wahpeton.
Considerable interest is being taken
in the sale Of the Fort Stevenson reser-
vation-slated to5occur at Bismarck or
Feb. IL. which is a holiday.
stockmen in the western part Of the.
state want the commissioners cmpow-
cred to offer q reward for killing wolves
in addition to the state bounty. !.
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