The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27
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10 growing some fine apples.
The wires are being strung for the
telephone system at st. Thomas.
A number of ladies are making in.
vestments in Emmons county land.
Fargo people are preparing to expe-
rtence street car wrecks next summer.
The members of the Aneta band pre-
sented Leader Fosberg with q new
cornet.
A number of settlers will put in q
$4,000 irrigation plant in Williams
county.
Starkweather starts out with the
declaration that blind pigs will not be
tolerated.
It is said the railroads have no difi-
Guilty this fall in securing a lot of ex-
pert trainmen.
Great Northern section foremen
want an increase in wages from $43 to
$50 per month.
The Great Northern converted q
h%alf-dozen SIS steers into mince meat
at White Earth.
A L.akota lady caught her foot in q
curtain, and was thrown so hard that
n leg was broken.
Ex-Supt. of Public Instruction Hal
land is to become q banker at Port.
land, Trail county.
The irrigations along the Cannon
Ball river, in Morton county, will be
watched with interest.
The fact that burglaries are becom.
ing 80 frequent has caused a boom in
the safety deposit vault business.
Rugby people are gratifed that so
many business men are investing their
money in nice store buildings.
Cass county is receiving some favor.
able comment on its appropriation Of
$50 for the exhibit at st. Louis.
With the claims of gold discoveries
In Williams county, that section of the
state is attracting a lot of attention.
Druggist Lablonde, who was charged
with carving a man In Bottineau u
| ty, was released and fastened across
the line.
The towns which are paying from 40
to so mills taxes are rather enviOus of
Dickinson, which has q levy of only 9
mills.
ExCounty Commissioner Wager has
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The wheat went almost thirty bushels
to the acre.
Capt. McGinnis of jamestown has
purchased 1900 acres of land, and has
q large number Of Pennsylvanians who
may invest.
States Attorney Wineman of Grand
Forks county found a tomato that re-
sembled a human face with q cigar In
it's mouth.
H. G.. Goodrich of Fargo is reported.
to have killed $50 chickens in four
days, near Cakes, and escaped the
game warden.
Sixteen theological students have
arrived from Europe to study In, the
theological seminary at Richardton,,
Stark county. F.,
At Grand Forks the school board
purchases books for all pupils whose
parents state they are unable to pay
for the books.
Ralph Lynde Of Glendale is endeav-
oring to get that crushed feeling out Of
his system since he was run over by 9
bundle wagon.
A four-horse bus team, with all the
horses running away, a a diversion
at Valley City. The bus was picked
up in baskets.
Deacon Wardwell of Pembina notes
that a neighbor is building a strong
coal bin-with an unbreakable side
next the deacon.
Penrose Casio of Cline was struck
by thirteen shot by the accidental dis
charge of a gun, and now believes the
number is unlucky.
Farmers are organizing to protect
their prairie chickens for their own
sport next year, and visiting hunters
will have to be good.
With the splendid crops the tran
silent peddlers r in evidence, but
they are not on hand to help out the
farmers in bad years.
Efforts are now being made to prove
the insanity of William Ross. who
plead guilty to the murder of Thomas
Walsh in Bottineau county.
There is so much mustard in the
fax in some parts Of Ward county that
ht for seeding next spring.
A citizen Of sanborn missed fifty
plunks about the time q man disap.
peared from town, and FEARS the other
fellow eloped with the coin.
It is thought the man who did the
Sheldon burglary purchased a monkey
wrench at C%asselton to be used in the
commission Of the crime.
At Northwood a gentleman and lady
fell between the platform and the rails
and were rescued Just in time to pre-
vent a frightful mangling.
It is said that lightning rarely
strikes twice in the same place, but
the Catholic church at Bathgate is re-
ported to have been hit twice.
President Mitchell has received q
draft for a12.00O from the Welsh min.
ers. The money was voted at q meet
ing Of the miners held in Wales re.
Gently
The first consolidated school In La
Moure county has been started, and
the experiment will be watched with
considerable interest by other school
districts.
"A Sargent county man was burning
q IRE break, and his house was de-
stroyed. He then wondered how much
better OF he would have: been without
q dre break.
All kinds Of fuel schemes are being