The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-05-02
:: LOCAL NEWS ::
Rather windy the past week,

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Rather windy the past week,
The famous North Star shoe
sold only by Wallin & Co.
Wanted a good improved farm
Globe Land and Loan Co,
Judge Lamb spent Sunday il
Bismarck.
HI. HI. Fleek has moved his fam
lily into a house across the tract
for the summer.
You will want the Leader tt
keep posted on the events-botF
local and state.
L. M. Wallin says that he is
doing a good business this spring
especially in the shoe line.
Landlord Charlebois is having
a siege Of rheumatism the past
week.
John Harold, Of Bismarck, was
in the city this week on his way
to Turtle Lake to plat the new
town site, by the lake.
P. N. Langbel1, the real estate
agent of Coal Harbor, was trans
acting business in the city Thurs
day.
George Erskine, of Wilton, was
a pleasant caller ON the Leader the
first Of the week and had his name
added to u rapidly increasing
list Of subscribers.
John Merry is having the build
ing on the corner fitted up and
will open up a pool hall.
House room is SO scarce that
one family have pitched a tent on
the hill north Of town and are
living there.
Treasurer Root now makes
daily trips to his new ZONE that
is in the course Of erection-tho
he is a little lame from the exer-
else Of last week.
Our genial tonsorial, artist Har-
ny Carnahan is building an addi-
ton to his residence. The work
was begun this week.
Manager Ferguson has his eel
lar dug for the new residence and
work on the building will begin
at once
Miss. Lou Sulzer, of Fargo, has
accepted position as clerk in the
store of Hans Holtan & Sons. She
has a claim in Oliver county.
The Marshall-C Casey Company
will begin the erection Of a store
room the first Of the week on the
lot near the Mclean County Bank.
The building will be 24x6O and
One story IN helght.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ingvald Rovig, of
Coal Harbor, returned Wednesday
from a trip to Bismarck. They
drove home from here the same
afternoon.
Harvey Lewis. of Bismarck. was
in the city Wednesday in the in
terest of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, Of which company
he is the agent. He reports bust
ness as being good in his line.
A. P. Lenhart returned from
Bismarck the first Of the week.
We thought we had lost him, but
he reported a good time and the
street cars didn't run over him,
either.
The steamer Expansion is near
ing completion and will soon be
ready for the water. The boat is
frst-class in every respect and the
report Of her first trip will be OF
interest to all, as we + proud OF
the home built boat.
The report reached us that Mr..
Chas. Weller, living near Roach,
was burned out by a prairie fire
last week. A big fire has been
burning in his neighborhood. the
country being pretty we'll burned
over. We hope the report is not
true.
The barn and sheds belonging
to the Greenshield's ranch in
Oliver county, were destroyed by
fire Sunday. Theloss will be con-
siderable. It is not known how
how the fire originated:
Washburn can now boast ofone
Of the most complete post offices
in the state The new boxes have
been placed in position and now
number 400, which gives plenty OF
room for the postmaster and the
patrons Of the Office. The office
will. ha i'm the presidential class