The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-12-12
Barlow has a dog polsoner.

good showing.
Granville gets a new hotel and an,
other restaurant.
The Scotia postofice will be re-
moved to, Westhope.
The Congregational church at Nc.
Henry was dedicated.
The North Dakota banks seem to
have plenty Of money.
Tower City has developed a lot Of
basketball enthusiasm.
J.. ]. Gokey killed i've deer in the
Painted Woods country.
Linton hunters met with ~considera.
BILE success after deer.
Some Walsh county farmers intend
to purchase land in Cuba.
Regular trains are now running on
the Granville -Mohall line.
An exploded lamp started a small
blaze In a hotel at Goodrich.
TIE former court house at Napoleon
will now be used for a coal shed.
A pair Of Courtenay citizens were
fined for disturbing the peace.
The switchboard for the telephone
exchange at Portland has arrived.
Rev. D. Beede of Rolla is gaining
fame as a lecturer on the Indians.
The Skyeston Sunday shcool raised
a pig for the benefit of the heather.
A farm near McHenry, Foster coun-
ty, was recently sold at $40 per acre.
Work on the Harvey creamery was
recently stopped by the cold weather.
The stockmen are anticipating an
advance in the price Of cattle next
year.
Miss Hanker, who was so badly in.
Jured at Rugby, died in a Minot hos
pital.
]. Lily Of st. Johns was arrested on
the charge of violating the prohibition
law.
The Leeds flour mills are a great
success under the present manage
ment.
George Ashelman, formerly of
Fargo, is teaching music at Devils
Lake.
Walhalla baseball fans gave a sue
cessful dance to raise funds for next
summer.
AT Devils Lake all electric wires are
operated through the alleys instead of
the streets.
There were fourteen men employed
In the flax fiber mill which was burned
at Finley.
The people of Fessenden see the ne.
cessity of Incorporating to secure fire
protection.
Company A of Bismarck is taking
great interest in the drill work under
Capt. Cushing.
There is a rush Of grain from the
west side Of the Missouri to Wash.
burn and Wilton.
The city of Wahpeton has purchased
a tract Of land in the bend of the river
for a city park.
A dog swiper ear Granville squared
things by returning the canine and
paying SIC costs.
Some of the towns in the state will
use a horse plow to clear the snow
from the sidewalks.
Two fires at Fessenden in one night
caused some Of the people to do con-
siderable specializing.
A man and a woman have been
working the bogus check racket in
several towns in the state.
Blacksmiths in the western part of
the state are using a new-fangled rack
for shoeing o~bstreperous bronks.
Some Missouri sheepmen shipped to
Chicago and secured a net profit of
only 16 cents after paying the freight.
Up in Pembina county a youngster
was badly scalded by missing the hole
in its face and pouring hot soup down
it's back.
A lot of people are buying cattle now
while the price is low. They figure
that the price. can't go much further
down the line.
The action of the McHenry county
commissioners in disposing of an old
judgment against a busted bank at
Minot was upheld by the court.
Several Park River young people
are attending the North Dakota agri-
cultural college in Fargo and the North
Dakota university at Grand Forks.
The steamer Washburn froze in b.
tween the Fort Stevenson and Coal
Harbor landings. Capt. Marsh reports
having a good harbor for the boat.
Miss Meber, the sister of Mrs. Doer.
ing, both of whom were drowned 1t
Ely, Bottineau county, was to have
soon married a young man at Good.
rich.
Miss Florence Hughes has resigned
her position as deputy county superin.
tendent of schools of Walsh county.
Miss Emma Gullikson has been named
as her successor.
Westhope will be q lively town as
the terminal Of q Great Northern
branch. The raiding of a gambling
dive there will have q tendency to
keep things q little quiet.
At Grand Forks a couple of men
were discharged on the charge Of hold
ing up a mar and a few hours later 70.
arrested on another charge. They
seeem determined to have free board.
The secretary Of the interior has re-
ceived information that q party Of 100
men has left Minot for the Pacific
| Coast states to take up entries on gov.