The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-04-12

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I The skating rink at Grand Forks has
been torn down, and spring may be said
to be here.
! A Grafton boy has been raising a lot
I OF hades, and will be sent to the re-
! form school.
Mail directed to Buford frequently
winds up at Binford, on the Coopers-
town branch.
Lieut.. Mclean Of Company c, at
Grafton. has resigned, because of alb
sence from the state. @
The people of the f1atter regions of
the state are beginning to get out their
canoes and diving suits.
Some of the settlers in Ward county
are beginning to lose, patience over the
persistence Of claim jumpers.
The Minot papers are doing all they
can to build up the country, and both
editors seem to be prospecting.
1t is said that the name of LaMoure
county may be changed to Iowa, as so
many Iowans are locating there.
A porter at Grand Forks was reported
to have attempted suicide, but claims
only to have eaten some pickles.
Two OF the sweetest girls in Casselton
are to be married in April and go to the
Pacific coast, according to the Report
err.
The people of the state have quit dis.
cussing the storm, and are now endeav-
oring to figure out the depth of the
mud.
Lewis Pond Of Churchs Ferry has
purchased n fine S%horthorn. from Con-
tractor Kennedy's Ransom County
farm.
Mrs. Wallace Small of Rolette county
died suddenly, and an investigation re-
vealed that death was caused by heart
disease.
Grand Fnrker have thrown so mucf.
mud in the campaign that they now
complain that Fargo has more on the
streets.
The number of new settlers is a sur
prise to every one. Even the most en-
thusiastic boomers underestimated the
number.
The suggestion h the farmers keeL
barometcrs and be governed by the in
d%ications, seems to be a point worthy Of
attention.
attorney Sure is the new chief of the
Davenport fire department. If things
don't go right he'll read law to the
firemean.
Fred Williams was arrested at Crane
Forks, charged with a revolving crime.
A ive-year-old girl is said to have been
the victim.
Grand Forks business men insist tha!.
the city must put up signs on the
street corners, designating the names
of the streets.
Grafton people will get into the chick
en- show earlier next season, and are
already preparing for a bigger exhibi-
ton than ever.
advantage OF the winter course at the
the springs york.
Bob Gardner was arrested at Ellen.
dale on a charge of violating the pro-
hibition law. He was held in $500 bail,
which he furnished.
1W4r jacobson Of Harvey, for several
years a resident of Cooperstown, died
recently. He vas once a prominent res
ident Of Griggs county /.
The postmaster at Westege. Barnes
county, has smallpox, and some of the
boys are having to wait a long time to
hear from their best girls.
At Grand Forks the campaign is be-.
coming so warm that the Taxpayers"
and Voters who. are rushing into
| print are being numbered.
Soil that was. plowed and narrowed
last fall caught little snow, and was
ready for seeding earlier than adjoin.
ipCs folds not SO cultivated. sGf rn
! "A Stutsman county farmer had an
auction sale, at which his stock was bid
| in by parties who refused to take tlsem.
He sued and secured damages.
School teaching at Dickinson is said
to be a job that requires a lot of nerve.
The Forman telephone service is to
be improved and the lines rewired.
It IS said that a German farmer, re.
Gently over. will plant a few kegs Of
beer. in Stutsman county, to see how
the crop will yield in this country.
A lot Of the mail for Esmond is Sent
to Goa, and remains there until some
one goes after it. The postoffice officials
seem unable to straighten. out the tan.
gle.
SRichland county people are sorry that
County Superintendent of Schools Ha-
gen will case his educational work-as
he has been a popular n successful
superintendent.
Angelina NJ. Oldham of Grand Forks
gets a pension Of So; w. H. 81. Musser,
dead, Painted Woods, So; Dennis Han-
nifin, Bismarck, $50; Mary J. Musser,
Painted Woods. IS. h
Banker Edwards Of Mayville. who re-.
Gently returned from a trip to Cuba.
predicts tina the United States will
eventually have trouble with the resi-
dents OF that island
Business men at Langdon4 Clipped In
and paid a years rent for q phone at
the Great Northern depot--for their
convenience. as the railroad company
would not go to the expense.
Roscoe Wilson, the son Of the Bath
gate editor, IS now at Saline Cruz, the
terminus Of the 3~Tehauntepec railway.
He receives $500 per month, but has to
pay ss7s for board. room and washing.
several exchanges are telling 5000
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