The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-04-05

merly lived in Mclean county.
A car Of Ignite was brought up
from Wilton on the first train and
the Washburn mill started up
Wednesday morning again after a
period Of idleness for over two
weeks. There has been a good de-
mand for the mills products and a
steady run will now be necessary
to catch up with the orders
Tie carpenters are. now busily
engaged in the erection Of the
many new buildings that are un-
der construction here in Wash
burn. This year promises to be a
busy one as there are many new
improvements contemplated for,
Washburn and many new homes
will be erected in the country.
The yards Of the B. w. & G. r.
railway has been a scene Of activ-
ity since the train arrived. The
first train brought in eight cars Of
merchandise and the merchants
were busy unloading and the new
settlers were getting; their goods
out Of the cars and loading them
on wagons prepare tory to getting
them to their new homes.
The stone work for the new st re
building being erected by Fred
johnson is being rushed to COM
pletion and in a short time work
will be commenced on the super
structure. The building will be
two stories and the store room will
be large and commodious.
Robt. Jaeger, in driving down to
Painted Woods creek last Satur-
day in company with his brother
and the mechanical editor Of this
paper. met with a serious accident
which laid him UP for several days,
III going down one Of the steep
hills the wheels straek a deep rat
the spring wagon Turning bottom
side up, throwing the parry out
upon tho hard ground, Bob stclh-
ing his knee against the hard
ground got it badly injured AMI
was quite p!ilful FOR a time. Taa
rest Of the party escaped without
any serious in jury. Of course, we
won't say anything about the one
that fell in the creek.
A large acreage Of flax will be
planted inrthis county the coming
season. The flax crop last year
was a good one and there is every
reason to expect that it will be a
good one this year. 1t is q crop
that can be sown on new breaking
and the seed time for flax is not as
early as for the other grain, thus
giving the farmer chance to do
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the seeding of the other grain and
then do the breaking for flax. Elk
perience has proven that fax does
not do we'll on the same ground
twice in succession. A rotationo Of
crops is necessary and the best
results have been obtained with
the planting Of flax on new break
ing. The price promises to be
good.
The first train to reach. Wash
burn since the storm, arrived here
Tuesday afternoon. The delay to
the trains was due to a bad wash
out between here and Wilton, in
what is called the Alkali flats near
Roosevelt. The washout was a
bad one and during the period
when the water was hight was al
most impossible to get at the track.
Some inconvenience was caused by
the delay tothose who had macehi-
merry and other goods on the way.
The stores were we'll stocked with
provisions and there was no 1l s 81 !;
esriing from lack of something to
eats There are quite 9 number Of
emriigrants destined for here who
we're tied up ii Bismarck during
the blpckal.e. Their expenses
have been heavy and the time is
drawing near when farming opera
tiions will commence. I ss35i /
Prof. Olson returned Monday
from a trim to his farm att Balfour.