The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-11-09
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young lady homesteaders near Bot
tineau.
A prairie fire burned seventeen miles
/. n Stutsman county before 1t was con-
trolled.
A committee. has been appointed to
investigate the doings Of q Wahpeton
attorney.
Thousands Of acres Of flax are still
inthreshed in the vicinity Of Mime!
waukan.
The papers in some sections Of the
state are reporting the completion Of
threshing.
The notes stolen from, the store at
Paramount were found nea the rail-
road track.
J.. A. Van Eoghen, formerly Of Dick
.rson, has fallen heir to q large fortune
IN Holland. ::
]. J. Blackburn purchased 200 head Of
sheep in Montana for his LaMoure
county ranch.
A number of threshing crews have
gone from the valley into the northern
part Of the state.
Dave Colville of Alderman, Barnes
county, sold his 360-acre farm for s.. 400
to a Wisconsin man.
Joe Devine is reported to have a nice
crop Of wheat this year on his La
Moure county farm.
Threshing crews around Hamilton are
held responsible for the elopement Of
fat, juicy pullets.
The owner of the Souris townsite il
said to be particular about what lots
are used for certain enterprises.
Paline Vida came all the way from
Germany to wed August Pulst Of Ber-
gen township, Ramsey county.
It is claimed that the elevator agents
Sykeston pain higher prices for
grain than did those of Darlington.
From one point Of Willow City It -
reported that 1000 hay stacks could be
counted-before the big prairie fire.
Some Barnes county farmers were
caught by, q Chicago grocery house.
and are doing some ,rag-time swearing.
Coal mines will be opened at Donny-
brook, If the people get a few spare
from selling land to new set-
tiers.
There are strenuous DRINKS at Grand
Forks. A policeman broke a finger In
getting an obstreperous jag into the
cooler.
A Cooperstown milliner claimed to be
single, but her husband came along the
other day and induced her to go home
with him.
VIM. McDonald's arm was caught in
a threshing machine near Langdon and
30 badly crushed that amputation was
necessary.
The creditors of Attorney Spring Of
Hamilton, who mysteriously disap-
peared at Pembina, have ATTACHED his
law books.
James Daily. now at Kathryn, is said
to have been a member Of the crew
that won the first yacht PACE for tho
America Cup.
The grading work on the N. p. extern.
sion from Bowdon Is practically com-
pleted. Five miles Of the rails have
peen laid on.
A sucker howled after losing hie
money in an Aneta gambling joint and
threats Of prosecution made the pro-a
prietor disgorge.
The barn and granary Of Ed Mcneil
at Olga in Cavalier county burned. de-
stroying 5000 bushels Of wheat and |, 5000
bushels Of oats.
Some grass near the. Michigan City
depot was set on fire by sparks from q
passing engine and only extinsuished
after a hard fight.
Mat vobayda Of Conway has secured
the assistance Of Col. Treumans5fn his
efforts, to have the remains Of his son
forwarded from the Philippines. 3
A Griggs county boy led some horses
to water and4!the animals knocked him
down. and trampled on his chest The
doctors said 1t was a horse on the boy.
The decision Of the Fargo court on,
the Notwithstanding qualities of the
soft drinks found In the raids on the
tough joints, will affect. II II said some
Jamestown cases. @s@
Since Dickinson and Bismarck have
followed Fargo's example, ana nut
down incombustible sidewalks valley
City proposes to be metropolitan ana
have some Of her own.
4 son was born out at the KosanIks
home near Kuhn to Mrs. Sarah sBruck-
e. The incident recalls the fact that
4Brucker shot. md Killed her h,u11..