The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-06
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About $500 has been subscribed ZOE
IRE protection at Finley.
II. ]. Brady Of Kuhn had q pair Of
horses killed by lightning. h
Darlington has 344 children Of school,
age. III boys and 167y girls. 3.
A jury will be called for the July
term OF court at Jamestown.
Great improvements are being made
at Abercrombie since the fire.
Abercrombie suffered considerable
damage fromsthe recent storm.
Jim River VALLEY, farmers claim the
finest crop prospects for years.
Some OF the physicians fear q big cps
!idemic. OF smallpox this winter.
Morton county farmers are reapins,
rich returns from the c%rearneries.
The Northern Pacific will extend its;
Bowdon branch twenty-six miles.
a Northern Pacific passenger train
smashed a few cattle at Apple Creek.
y, The Northern Pacific is spending
1900 for improvements at jamestown.
Two horses belonging to P. ]. Brady
of Kuhn were struck by lightning and
killed. s5iiSf.
workmen are busy on the roof Of the
new Northern Pacific depot at Bis
marck. Gl
The armer on the slope say there
has never been d corn failure in that
section.
The geological survey Of the state is
to be prosecuted with more vigor than
formerly. ..
The old settlers Of Cass county, pic-
nicked at'Tower City. and had a pleas
ant time.
Frank Grambs and Oscar Will were
elected members Of the school board at
Bismarck
Leeds will provide q public watering
place for the accommodation of farm
sers' teams.
Some thief stole the rubber coats
from the riremen during a recent Grand
Forks blaze. X
A quarter section Of land, a mile from
the court house in Washburn, was sold
recently for $4,000.
The farmers are still sowing fax. and
the acreage will be the largest ever
known in the state.
The first settlement ever made in
Logan county was by w. L. Belden,
eighteen years ago. M
Richard Fallon. Of Cakes will manage
the farm connected with the Indian
school at Fort Totem.
A Barnes county farmer reports
wheat over two feet thigh with heads
almost six inches long. &.
The 500 Is paying men at work on
a. n - FE oon dow ~ r
$3.50 for nan and team.
Attorney Denoyer has returned to
williston after nine years absence, and
scarcely knew the town.
There are vacancies for "boss' farm
ers for the Standing Rock and Fort
Totten Indian reseryations--S
A lot Of Stark county horses have
been shipped to Kentucky. The Blue
Grass region needs replenishing.
The affairs Of e. T. &pafford OF
Thompson have been settled In full-to
the great satisfaction of all concerned.
Ranchmen and farmers are preparing
to cut all the hay they can, as next
winter is expected to be the real thing.
It is said that. a homesteader dis,
posed of his REIMBURSEMENT to a quar- /,
ter section In Cavalier county for $l,vt{
900. IL .
Lightning struck the barn Of Peter
Haas OF. Courtenay, and broke a couple
Of windows, but did no further dam
age.
Register McGillivray Of the Bismarck
land Office Is selling blooded bulls to
;ranchmen from his Dickinson breeding
place.
There is q report that trains from
.Washburn will soon be running into
the Northern Pacific depot at Bis,
marck. s@ s NJ
Chauncey Russ, an old-timer in Steele
county, was killed in Chicago while at
tempting to ave some property from 9
burning building.
& The heavy rains have interfered with
the work OF, ~cultivating the trees along
the Northern Pacific which were
planted last yean. lib
Prof. Daniel e. Willard, Of the May
vile normal, has started on his annual
bicycle tour Of. the state. to see how IS
was put together. @hS@ +
sam wah. who runs q laundry I'm
Darlington, had2a narrow escape last
week. some rufians firing q number sot
shots through his building. sS
Lakota oficiala had q discussionsoyer
the establishment OF q uniform Grade
forNthe streets and sidewalks, hut post
5poneds action until next year.
4. wells county commissioners have Of
fered q reward Of $3.50 for the ssiarrSestsF8
ana conviction Of cattle thieves.a2The
gang is pretty well broken IN. SsEs5S