The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-06-04
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The Lawton Gun club is breaking .
big percentage of blue rocks.
Grafton will have cement sidewalks
on all streets in the paved district.
Evangelist Jones has been holding a
series Of meetings at Forest River.
An Alfred county farmer lost his
horses, feed, seed and stable by fire.
Darlington city fathers have or.
dered a large batch of new sidewalk.
The Cass county w. T. c. U. conven-
ton will be held at Page June 20 and
80.
Buffalo will have a race meeting June
IA and Is. the Page band dispensing
music. pay.
The Congregational church building
at Havana will be materially i'm.
proved.
Sandoun boasts Of a citizen who
weighs 261 pounds, due to the healthy
locality.
j. Christensen of McHenry county.
is announced as a candidate for state
auditor.
Citizens of Edmore are putting
their town near to Goodness by the
cleanup route.
Crazy E~ne talent presented "Tony
the Convict before an audience of
their townsPeople.
The death Of Miss Ethel Burgess OF
Williston takes away one Of the social
favorites of that community.
Catholic ladies at Minot realized a
large sum from the presentation of an
amateur dramatic performance.
The Hope creamery sells butter to
farmers at 1 cent a pound above the
price paid them for butter fat.
Courtenay will have a number OF
new residence buildings erected to
give the town q chance to grow.
Rugby talent presented an enter
tainment consisting of living repYe-
sensations of the Gibson pictures.
Granville varied the baseball mo-
notony by getting up a game with foul
men and five ladies on each side.
A Bowhells editor is locking out for
the spring rush of fake insurance men,
when he thinks are nov ABOUT DUE.
A ffteen-year-old sol Of George By
som OF Steele left home on horseback
and has not since been heard from.
Gov. White may be asked to offer
a reward for the apprehension of
Posey, the alleged Lawton murderer.
Cando people mourn the death of
Albert Paulson, a former townsman,
as the result Of an accident at Kalis-
pell.
The baseball season at Lakota was
~auspiciously opened by the Happy
Hooligans and the KatEenjammer
team.
A runaway horse at New Salem in
ficted injuries upon Mrs. 2. F. Blake
" which it was believed would prove
fatal. '. @ ST
Jacob C. Ingraham, who died in Bill
ings county q few days ago, was u
of the latest surviving veterans Of the
Mexican a
So much pressure has been brought
to bear on several McHenry county
men that they have decided to make
the race for sheriff.
A formal charge of murder has been
lodged against Joseph Hauser OF Mer-
Ger county for killing W. r.. Klotz.
Hauser was released on $4,000 bail.
The Granville station agent dis
pensed soap and water about the de-
Dot so lavishly that the citizens at
first thought they had a e building.
Miss Ruth Leslie Of Darlington a r
ried off frs. Honcis in the state high
school declaration contest, Miss
Mona Lyons OF Larimoce winning sec
ond.
The establishment of two new drug
stores at Hampden gives evidence
that the early extension of the rail-
road to that point is believed to be as
sured.
Andrew Stade of Ramsey county
has withdrawn from the race for state
senator, leaving the Republican feld
clear to the present incumbent, SEN
ator Hale.
Constable Golden of Berwick got
busy with a bunch of DRINKS who
wanted to see whether he had an eye
for business. 1t is claimed the con-
| stable had.
]. o. Linn, a former Page resident,
has tried four states since living In
| North Dakota, and his friends think
he will keep on moving till he gets
back to the land of No. / hard.
A Denhoff man deserted his wife
and five small children last week, the
youngest child being only seven
months old. A subscription has been
taken up for their maintenance.
Mcintosh county gopher killers got
results ranging all the way from l to
l,S40, John Keen having brought the
commissioners n lone tail, while
Chris Bapitzky presented the maxi
mum number.
The electric light plant at Wimble-
don. which has been unused for some
time, has been purchased by Fred
Zollner, who, it is claimed, will estab-
lish lighting connections with both