The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-04-26
The Hackney-Boynton Land comps
ny will advance the prices OF their Io-
gan county lands.

The experience this spring has con
WINGED North Dakotans that better
roads are needed.
Jamestown will have as many can
didates for chief Of police as Barnes
county has for sheriff.
Portal is said to have more settlers
than any town in the northwestern part
of the state except Minot.
The james river was on a flood, and
yet some people refer to that section OF
the country as dry.
Frederick Ottom of Davenport, and
N. r.. Caswell of Grand Forks, have
been granted SIG pensions.
The prize fight at Granville resulted
in a fifteen-round draw, and will be
fought to a finish in Minct.
A -four mill, creamery or cheese fac
tory is wanted at Fessenden.s to attract
the former rs there to trade.
A fire in the top story Of the mill OF
the Missouri Valley Milling company,
at Mandan, did $1,000 damage.
S. NJ. Holland Of Binford was riding
a horse, when the animal fell and
u 11S OIlC IL L1ClldIlo . s1CCI.f y 5-'&5flFis
New Rockford people are rejoicing
over the prospective telephone, exchange
and long-distance connection.
Johann Gehring OF Ashley was in
jured In a runaway a year ago., and re-
Gently died from ite effects.
A resident OF Cakes visited Ireland
this winter and brought back two ma
tive Irish potatoes for seed.
The authorities at Esnond are LOOK
Ing for a man who, is said to have stol-
en- and sold three lbads of wheat.
Three half-bree Is, chained together
were taken through Rugby from Bot
tineau, on u horse -stealing charge.
The water played havoc with some
sod shanties occupied by the Russians
in the southwestern part Of h state.
Now that the m%ayoralty elections are
over, some sof the newspaper editors
will have time to build up their towns.
The cable for the new ferry at WASH
burn has arrived, and people will soon
be able to cross the Big Muddy safely.
There are only 1,OO2,O 900 acres OF va
cant government land in Mclean coun-}
ty, which means only 6,263 160-acre
farms.
The stockholders of the Rolla cheese
factory held their annual meeting re-
Gently, and found things very satis-
factory.
Two men were arrested at jamestown
on the suspicion Of being mixed up with.
the disappearance of a rifle at Car
rington.
u H11o. Fa nj %Hn 4 ~ Nv 4k%lor,c - >- -
most all men of means is one of the
most striking features of the 1902 i'm
migration.
A private citizen is anxious to put in
a creamery at Bow bells, if the farmers
vii! promise him enough milk for the
enterprise.
Evangelist Jones. who has been con-
Quoting r%evivals in many towns in the
state, Is said to be suffering from APP
pendicitis.
There seems to be a sentiment among
North Dakotans that the state should
be properly represented at the. st. Lou-
is exposition.
Druggist leu must be selling a few
hundred tons of formaldehyde from the
way he sGyertises the stuff. in the Fes-
Senden papers,.
!Gophers are reported to be unusually
numerous in Ward county, and the
fal nlers will use every effort to exter-
inmate the pests.
The good people of. Grand Forks are
said to want to muzzle a parson there,
vino is giving the town some objection
able advertising.
Tho pottinaau county sor,ool Ia nds
were not leased, as the land commits
Of the high water.
At Deep river, north of Granville,
there was a sale at which two farmers
a up the price of chickens to 81 cents.
,Anamoose had q fuel famine. -.
Cakes wants a deputy county. treas
.urer, to be located there, SO hat the
farmers in that end of Dickey county
can pay their taxes more conveniently.
The Northwestern Ranching company
of Morton county now owns q twenty
four-mile strip OF land on Cedar creek,
having recently purchased two more
townahips..
tied a mans whisky jug and substi-
~ AAS| SIGNlACu ~ CSCu Illc IIdAs,
and raise something better than hades
and headaches.
An aged Indian who once drove a
Red River cart over the North Dakota
prairies, was given a ride In an auto
mobile in Fargo last summer, and pre-
ferred the cart.
When a stranger drives up to a Cass
county farm house now the occupants
do not know Whether he Is a collector
a4reaI estate agent who desires to-
list the property for sale.
A Missouri Slope bridegroom called a
band Of serenaders thugs and hoodlums
land they kept It up for three nights
The next time he gets married he'll buy
the beer or a Calling gun.
The tro Of frail femininity at Fes-
nouncin the death, from consumption
Brown County Atstrace company, died
ing YER yWellF In the lighterggand better
the usual hair-puilinss experliece over its
lyocation. sSss s,9s s#s
Hillsboro ONCE had o. fourisfing
Methodist church. but the asmernbers;
moved awsy until only two families
left. Others have recentlysmoved
and Efforts * being madesto reors5
garize d seeure q preaeher.Es Ss
Ahercr0rnbi sneonla purse