The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08

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.. "A. Simpson has plated an addi-
ton to Dickinson.
Bismarck owes s5s.sss. about $1,000
over the debt limit.
The court house grounds at Bismarck
have Teen improved.
The Cakes creamery Is receiving 1000
pounds Of milk daily.
The Bismarck city council is to enact
q new impounding ordinance.
Rev. c. Fenwick Reid is conducting
revival services at Bismarck.
"A blind pig row at Lidgerwood re-
suited in a Donnybr6ok fair.
Some farmers are alarmed over the
| poor quality OF the flax seed.
The Stockmen's Wolf Killing club will
meet in Mandan June 10 and 10.
Forman is among the towns willing
to tackle the market day problem.
s. Risa was the first man to be buried
I in the new cemetery at Valley City.
Lunde wants the posto cc moved to
! the new townsite-and a daily mail
service.
Many Sargent county people are
planning to attend h Pan-American
exposition.
Grand Forkers are ordered not to use
| city water for acknowledgement after
6 o'clock.
Herman Luckie was rearrested at
| Rugby on a charge of attempting to
kill w. H. Brossard.
Dickinson has started a ball and
chain gang to help get the town ready
| for the tournament.
State Fish Commissioner Barrett is
appointing deputies in some counties.
The law goes bump July l.
A creamery has been started at Hal
stad, and the farmers have sent out a
buyer to pick up more cows. X
Charges against Indian Agent Rich
ards of Fort Berthold are being inves-
tigated by Inspector Tinker.
The telephone wires at Jamestown
| have been raised to make room for the
gates on the N. p. crossing.
There are several cases of diphtheria
In Mandan, but the doctors seem to
have control Of the situation.
Owing to a scarcity of milk in Cava-
lier county the Langdon cheese factory
will not be operated this year.
The contract for the improvements at
| the Bismarck weather station has been
| approved, and work will be begun at
once. s 4
A number of Casselton buildings
must be moved from the N. P. right of
way to make room for additional side
tracks.
Surveyor Harold has located the spot
where the Lewis and Clark expedition
spent the winter of 1804-5 in Mclean
county.
Now that the seeding is over, some
farmers hav edug up their machines
to thresh the balance of last years
TAX crop.
A petition has been sent to Washing
ton asking for the removal of Lunde
postofice to the townsite, and for a
daily mail.
Bismarck is reported to be about ST.
600 over the debt limit, and the council
is endeavoring to get back on q safe
financial basis. I
Fou rmen were arrested at Sanborn
on suspicion of having been connected
with the disappearance of Melquist, the
Fargo butcher.
North Dakota butter secured the
highest award at the Buffalo exposition
in the first test. Who says this isn't a
dairy state?
Bailey Fuller has a new claim to
fame, and has a spring south Of James
town which furnishes the best water
In that vicinity.
Conductor Byrnes was bossing a
gravel train near Larimore. His foot
vas caught under the pillow and two
toes crushed on.
The new site att the end Of the boron
extension will have a bank, Of course,
but no one seems to have arranged to
start a paper there yet.
The first haying Of the season Is re-
ported to have occurred al Binford,
April 30. 1t wasn't very long, but the
horses were abb etc eat 1t.
Richland county is now getting the
~handsomest grounds around Its court
house of any such IN the state, and
more are contemplated
It is said that a minister In the north
ern part of the state may be prosecuted
for holding services where the health
Officer had prohibited public meetings.
Judge Pollock ordered a verdict of
:acquittal In the Robertson infanticide
lease in Fargo on the ground that the
state had failed to show that the child
was dead. %
Jamestown has three fire companies.
and on account Of friction among them
the, city may not contribute the SO
asked for expenses at the Dickinson
tournament.
There is light calendar at the Bis
marckster1h Of court. One OF the two
criminal cases is against w. II. Sander
SON, who is known In connection with
the Patterson case. si .t3
Cavalier county has s,40s quarter sec
lions Of land and scarcely one the
has not been fled one. Twenty years
ago there were scarcely 100 quarter sec
lions being farmed.
John Yengen has damned Apple
Creek. out In the Missouri valley, and
ne thinks that = series OF dams placed
at intervals IN most Of the small
streams a the! state would tendsto pre-.
vent drouths. s u s#s #8
Ed johnson Of Kensal filled some
shells and spilled powder on the fioor.
He forgot about the stun whenshe went
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