The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-01-25

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neared from the ranges in the western,
part Of the state.
Capt. Ike Baker Of Bismarck is buy
ing some fine Shorthorn bulls for his
Cannon Ball ranch.
The brother Of Frank Lish. the popu--
lar honiface of Dickinson, was muir.
dered in st. Louis.
Lakota business, men close at 8 p. M.
Some form Of fire protection is want,
ed at Washburn.
The warm weather and melting snow
caused a suspension OF crossing
of the Missouri river.
Ex-Commissionery of Forestry Bar,
rett is visiting scenes of his early boy
hood, down in Maine.
The Missouri slope country Will be IN.
for much of the immigration to
North Dakota this spring.
The Tri-state Grain and stockgrow-
org convention brought farmers from.
all over the state to Fargo.
"short, Sanders has accepted the po-.
sition left vacant by he death OF
Frank March of Grand Forks.
The county commissioners Of Rich
land seem to be mixed up worse than
those of any other counts
A Courtenay hotel clerk eloped with.
s25 Of the proprietor's S, coin and an over.
coat belonging to a guest.
A brakeman under smallpox quaran-
tine at Harvey, attempted to shoot MS
way out, but was rounded up.
DESPITE the poor oil from the Stand
ard Oil most editors of the
state see things more brightly.
William Bowser of Forman has Sc
cured a pension of Sc per month. with
back pay for a number Of years.
A lady at Cando was bitten by a calf
that was supposed to have raptes, ana
was sent to Chicago for treatment.
A fire caught in the court. room at
Jamestown from a mixture of rags and
oil, used for cleaning the furniture.
The red tape over the selection of ru-.
raj mail carriers seems a. trii1e out OF
.place-with only $500 annual salary.
A. B. Ferguson of jamestown adver-
tises that his wife has left him. and he
will cay no bills of her contracting.
Henry Koehler of Jamestown went
on CnG WaTpdIH d1u 1AoAlSN AAAAA
several times before he was arrested.
The people Of Lakota want the Great
Northern depot removed to a less COM
%spicrous location, or a new one built.
The Standard Oil people seem to have.
followed the Biblical injunction. and
poured a-little-oil on the troubled
waters. 49,.
DR.. John will start a drug store at
Howe, the new town at the terminus OF
the Bowdon extension Of the Northern
Pacific.
The mayor Of Park River has issued
a proclamation calling upon business
men to close their places of business on
Sunday. "a
The debt limit Of Bismarck iss $5s.-
600. and the city has $5l. 900 bonds OUT
standing and warrants to Ii amount
Of $4,000. q
Farmers along the Red River valley
are getting more interested in the tri-
state drainage canal association and its
work..
If there is one thing more than an
other of which the average North Da--
kotan is proud, it is the public school
system.
Some of the farmers around Cakes
sold their beets to the Minneapolis mills:
for $3.50 per ton, and believe h enter-e
prise will pay.
At Jamestown a man smashed a win.
dow so he could be Jailed and receive
medical attention, for which he was
unable to pay.
Col. G. B.. Lamborn. former land COM
missioner Of the Northern Pacific, and
for whom the hospital at Bismarck
was named, is dead.
Courtenay business men have organ
ICED a $4,000 company for the transac-
ton Of q general mercantile business at
Courtenay and Kensal.
Some one is Working Ward county
settlers for ACCOMPLISHMENTS with a lie
about the privilege OF the sellers to-
take up another claim.
A blaze was started in s. j. Hughes
store at Mimic by a falling lamp. and
the proprietor's clothing caught fire in
e~xtinguishing the flames.
Just why a man should rent land.
with the free hcmesteads going to-
waste in the western part Of the state.
cannot be understood by some people.
The Grand Forks county commits.
sioners have effected a compromise @
the money due from the defunct North.
wood bank, and got four-fifths Of It.
There are fifty criminal cases on the
court calendar ut Grafton, many OF,
them for maintaining liquor nuisanccs.
and some Of, themYof long,standing.
Ransom county lands are being taken
largely by actual farmers from Iowa.
though much Of the county is being
sold to Iowa bankers as q speculation.
Devils Lake is having q hard time to
decide over the system Of water works:
to be used, and there ID q. sentiment IN
favor Of municipal ownership.
Charles Talley Of Montpelier. who.
found the body Of August Tronier and
received $500 for It, a. thinking Of hunt
ing for the body Of the missing Dickey
county a Ss s@Ss 8asss
Stark county bids fair TO take frst
rank as an agricultural section Of the
state. Owing to the balmys winds n
the nature Of the soil many; crops can
be grown to 8adyantage there that res
fuse TO grow In the eastern part q the
state. 81 &# #5@ss sss
Charles Kupitxs was the lowest bidder
for the Fort Yates mail carrying 2
tract. He has held this contract 3
past term, and his SeeTrvicse hasss giyen