The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

The Bismarck post Office will be
open all night.
Read the commissioners pro-
ceedings in this issue.
Sunday is the 14th; 30 if you
don't get a Valentine for that day,
then Monday will do as we'll. VAL
entines from 1c. to IS cts at
FORBES DRUG STORE.
Quite an interest is being taken
in the creamery, and nearly enough
COWS have been promised to make
the establishing Of q creamery here
an assured fact.
e.. 3. Boydone representing the
Forum, was looking after the sub
scribers here this week. The Fo.
rum is one of the best papers in the
state. This office swears by the
Forum.
The past few weeks has been very
hard on the coal pile. It has been
very cold for a couple Of weeks,
the thermometer ranging from
zero to twenty below.
Melvin Nc Comb. son Of R. r.
McComb,. the well known resident
of Brush Lake, was in town We'd
nesday to meet his sister, Clara,
who came UP from Iowa.
Mr. A. E. Strandberg, of Hen
ming, Mimi. will be at Washburn
and Underwood April LIST, to take
photographs and will also have a
complete line of millinery.
A. B. Marshall, of Oliver county,
accompanied by Joe Brown, came
over Tuesday on business. They
dropped in long enough to say
"Howdy." They returned home
the next day.
There was quite an interesting
argument in the lobby Of the post
Office Thursday while waiting for
the mail. The question under dis
cussion was the relative fighting
strength of Japan and Russia.
Mr. 81. III. Fleek of this place,
been selected as one Of the judges
of tue costumes for the masked
ball to be given February %, by
Canton of Bismarck. Nc better
selection could have been made.
c. ii. Rust, the Underwood no.
tel and livery man, was a pleasant
caller the first of the week. He
said he wanted to see what was go.
ing on in the outside world as the
Geographic connection between
here and that point was broken.
w. 81. Seltz returned Wednesday
from a visit with friends and rela.
tives in Minnesota. He said that
it has been very cold in Minnesota
the thermometer ranging lower
than here. He was glad to gel
back to North Dakota and the Mis-.
souri, Slope.
The Coal Harbor Times of last
week contained an interesting let.
ter from Father Craft, relating to
the death and burial of Rev. Mother
Mary Anthony, one of the Indian
sisters stationed at Elbowoods four
or five years previous to the Span.
ish-American War. She died in
Cuba and was buried with all the
honors of war.
j. A.. Mcneil Of Yucca, was in
Washburn with a load of his IA
nous dairy butter. Mr.. McNei]
has made a success of the dairy
business, and his butter brings top
prices. He is an enthusiastic dali
lyman, and believes that the COW
is what will have to be depended
on in this countryto be successful
Mr.. Mcneil took home a load Of
bran and shorts for feed.
The rotary snow pillow, working
its way to Underwood, brought out
a number of our citizens to watch
its progress. The huge machine
worked its waythru the drifts with
ease, and the snow was shot of thu
right of way. It has been demon
strated that the rotary is the onl.
real method of cleaning out TIL
cuts Of snow after q heavy storm
Capt. Baxter, Of Fergus Falls
MINI, who has large interests il
) this county, was caught in the lat
aonplesantness" at Arnold, andwa
compelled to drink snow water
which made him very sick, and 4
soon as, he was released from th
snow bank, he returned to Fergus
Some OF, his old army friends re