The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-10-24

censeS issued IN Wells county this
year than last.
A pair Of Grand Forks boys were
stranded at Devils Lake on their way
West to kill Injuns.
Maj. Murphy of Minot is one Of the
Ward county delegates to the state
irrigation convention.
A doctor who located at Williston
concluded the people we're too healthy
and silently disappeared.
The fellows who dispose of moA3
gagged property and skip are getting in
the game early this fall.
jamestown is making a lot of i'm
provements in the way of sewer and
water main extensions.
A prairie fire. said to have been
started by a railway engine, did some
damage in Logan county.
The Fairmount people are endeav-
oring to secure twenty acres of land
adjoining the race track.
1t ia said the new farmers railroad
from Duluth to Devils Lake will cross
the Red river at Abercrombie.
There seem to be the usual number
Of suits brought by threshing machine
laborers against their employers.
A Dunseith man got in the way Of a
steam pillow, and the doctor had to
chop three toes off one Of his tootsies.
A Cando man found a wild dog that
was burrowed in the ground. She had
seven puppies, and all were killed.
The %pheasants shipped into Sargent
county some years ago from Ontario
arc said to be multiplying rapidly.
There seems to have been a case Of
cruelty to animals at Maddox. which
called for the activity Of the officials.
The potatoes seem to have had
some Of their numerous eyes black
ened in the fight with the excessive
moisture.
The population of Bismarck is be.
ginning to grow since the fall terms of
court are being held to sentence hobo
criminals.
The Missouri slope country is par.
ticularly favored with its good agricul-
tura! and grazing lands and its abund-
anc OF cheap fuel.
Attorney Baldwin has been selected
by the Stutsman county commission
ers to succeed the late Judge Rose as
state s~altOrney.
Some one stretched a wire fence
across an old roadway neal Maddox
and a number OF horses have been
badly injured.
farms paying for themselves with one
crop it seems strange that there are
stiIl some North Dakotans disposing
OF tAeir holdings.
There will be great activity in the
grain market along the line Of the
Granville extension when the track
laying is completed.
Grain buyers are not SO arrogant
and naughty now when macaroni
wheat is mentioned as they were earli-
er in the season.
A Pierce county farmer, a new com
err, folded his tent and silently stole
away, much to the disgust of some OF
his creditors.
The number and the size Of the ele-
vators at Kuhn indicates the promi-
hence of that town as a primary
wheat market.
A man in the northwestern part OF
the state was denied naturalization
papers because he was unable to tell
who was governor.
The old town Of Mortified not only
changed it's name to Hampden, but
a number of buildings were removed
to new locations.
DR.. Camern, the blind lecturer,
should at least feel grateful to the
state press for the many kind advance
notices he has received.
Capt. Harshman, a Benson county
pioneer and for years the county sur
veyor, will go to Kalispell to pass the
rest of his days with a son.
A strong stockade around the deten-
ton house at Portal will assist In
keeping the Cinnamon secure until
they can have a hearing.
Their was a change of doctors at
Cavalier, DR.. Farrow going to Wash
ington state and being succeeded by
DR.. Walker of st. Thomas.
Prominent men in many towns in
the state, are guaranteeing the ex-
penses Of some lecturers to secure
popular attractions this winter.
The rummage sales are being work
ed overtime, and a lot of poor cusses
are inveigled into buying q lot of stuff
that they have no ambition to own.
The boiler explosions we're less fire.
auent this fall than for many seasons
and fewer engineers and firemen have
made q hurried rush into the great
unknown.
Those who grew macaroni wheat
this year are planning increased acre
! ages next season and . lot of farmers
who have not seeded that kind before
| are preparing to do so.
1t is asserted that the Independent
| elevators Of the state will be organ
ICED under one head, SO the promoters
can better fight the old line. men.
| Headquarters will be maintained In
both Minneapolis and Duluth.
There is a row at Devils Lake be-
cause it is alleged taxes are allowed