The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-11-21
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Cando now boasts OF seven autos.
The town hall at Linton wa
burned.
Denbigh wants a big store and .
bank.
Bismarck insists on having a wooler
mill.
Minoters still insist on a new G. N
depot.
LaMoure people want more resi-
dences.
Flax thieves are said to be operating
In Ward county.
The county division talk in Mclean
county is still on.
Linton people want irebreaks plow.
cd around the town.
Lidgerwood people are justly proud
Of the new hospital.
& Company p Of L%angdon is receiving
q lot Of new equipment.
Lack Of fire protection causes Gran.
vile people uneasiness.
The weather prophets now predict
q late but a we're winter.
~ Policeman Russell Of Jamestown
gets an increase of pension.
Courtenay rejoices yer being boost
ed to a third class p%ostofice.
A lot of new churches have been
erected in the state this year.
h,~oL ~ 0hi0 rui1Ouyc roNonfIV
filed or claims in Ward county.
Alleged vioiators of the prohibition
law at Balfour were bound over.
~. The question Of an artesian well at
McHenry created quite a row.
Even stack th%reshing has been com
pleted with the recent good weather.
. c. A. Hawkins has bought the Void
& Compton drug store at Hillsboro.
Thieves stole seventy-fve bushels Of
potatoes from a farmer near Buford.
= "Pod" Carroll, who carved a man
near Larimore, has secured $1,000 bail.
Gabriel Paulson was assaulted and
beaten by some toughs at>Lakota.
OSU ScILlCIS Ill WdIu COullCy Ildy
have q reunion about the holiday sea.
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Pierce county is sending more pris-
oners to Devils Lake for safe keep
ing.
The lack Of good water supply at
Mohall continues to be a source of
worry.
There are said to be some immense
timber wolves in the Turtle mountain
country.
A skunk broke up school at Lidger-
wood till the janitor got the building
fumigated.
w. J. Gardner of Rugby is aawiting
trial on the charge of abducting a 49,
year-old girl.
- A crazy stranger was arrested at
Grand Forks, but recovered after some
days in Jail.
The Washburn road runs a semi.
weekly service between Washburn
and Underwood.
reBome of the people who have been
growing flax so long will switch to
macaroni wheat.
: = An automobile was used to catch q
man at Jamestown who was jumping
his board bill.
Medora may be made to boom again
with 4 canning plant, wooden mill and
other enterprises.
A poker game at Harwood vas the
Of Chris Shulky receiving .
shot in the face last week.
A guardian has been asked for a
farmer near Grand Forks who is said
to he wasting his wealth.
q The people Of Bottineau are making
an earnest and united effort to secure
the Presbyterian academy. 81.
Contractor Porritt of Fargo is get
ting the work on the Jamestown wa
ter mains started in good shape.
7 Some Of the smaller towns seem to
be securing d better class OK theatre.
cal attractions this fall than formerly.
Several cattle have died in the vi.
=" - cinity of Balfour, 1t is supposed, from
the effects Of eating water hemlock or
some other poisonous plant.
Farmers will be pleased If late esti-
mates show the government wheat es-
innate for 1903 much too large if it
results In a boost in the price.
Aneta has decided to purchase a
Lrst-class fire lighting outfit in order
TO be up to date, a commendable en-
terprise on the part Of the citizens.
James Leathart of Paramount, who
was appointed to a position in the
internal rel office at Aberdeen,
has been in the postof1ce for five
years.
The people at Berthold petitioned
for a loading platform, but the secre-
tary of the railway commission mott
fed them that nothing could be done
this fall.
With the establishment Of grades
for macaroni wheat. by the New York
stock exchange, the growth of the
the grain in North Dakota will be
given a boost.
w. H. Hamilton of Moscow, Idaho,
- formerly of Sanborn. advises young
men desiring to get a start in life to
stick to North Dakota as the best
place he knows Of.
There are the usual number of
rows over the state about the tuition