The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
S. v. Ainsworth and wife and
mother, of New Weston, Ohio,
are in Hancock visiting with
tie family Of T NJ Wogam an.

tie family OF ! NJ WOgam an.
The venerable John j. Rob-
inson of Coal Harbor, was
transacting business in the city
a couple of days this week.
Mr.. Robinson says crops up
his way are looking good and
are not yet suffering for the
want of rain.
III. H. Fleek has opened up
first-class livery stable i'll
the place formerly occupied by
Andrew Peterson. Mr.. Fleek
has recently purchased car
load of buggies and a number
of new teams and is now pre-
pared to accommodate all desir-
ing anything in his line.
The new map of Burleigh
county, N. D., drawn to a scale
of one< inch to the mile and
mounted on cloth with rollers,
showing topography, railroads,
postoffces, school houses and
other necessary information to
date can be had by applying
to John Harold, Bismarck, N.
D. Price $500.
Dan Williams, Ethel's ex-
rancher passed through Wash
burn, Friday on his way to meet
some eastern parties coming by
way of the Great Northern, vino
as a well equipped party will
tile Missouri, with q viem :
seeking the ideal in a stock
growers haven, and when that
is foundmake permanent camp.
They expect to go as high up as
the Little Rockies or Bear Paw,
and put in a months good time
in the grand meander.
Land hunters up around old
Fort Buford are becoming some.
what excitable, and a resu 1t
some claim jumping had been
going on, which resulted in a
shooting affair up that way last
week and it would seem our old
citizen Wilson Parks of Berthold
bad land fame, got mixed up in
it. Wilson built an ideal home
of its kind in picturesque spot
along the Forts Stevenson and
Berthold trail q few years ago,
and in its abandonment by him
clearly evinced a disposition on
his part of not "letting we'll en-
ough alone"
Remember Arbor Day. - the
coming Friday-and plant your
tree for memory's sake and the
good that will come of it. For
good results Of the past in tree
planting in this section, see the
groves of John Allen, John j..
Robinson, Thomas Langballe,
the Brady place and several
other young aud thrifty groves
in the county. Nice examples
Of tree propagation and care
can be seen about the residen-
ces Of T. j. Haugeberg. Joseph
Mann, Andrew Peterson and
the school house in Washburn,
and also many other school
houses in the county.
A cloud of black smoke was
observed one day last week
and q fear grew among some of
our watching townspeople that
the Painted woods was atlame.
The smoke finally lulled, how
ever and on Sunday the saw
mill crew came up and said the
fire was started on Shulteen'sI
place, who in burning brush,
claimed the fire .'got away.
from him. The strip burned
over covered q mile square and.
was subdued and put out with
much difficulty by the saw mill
crew. Mr. Shulteen in viewing,
his cleared up garden spot after
the buck brush and dead vines.
had all been licked up by the
flames, IL said to have expressed
some joy over the outco md, and
/ the iire was worth 5000 to him.
But possibly y the other timber
owners whose timber was griz-
|zled up and killed in the passing
flames, will not take such q
cheerful view of tlie situation.
Eas does !: ~ Shulteen. q.