The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-04-09
Formanites are after a flour mill.

A Leeds druggist is reported to
have lost his permit.
Mayville people expect u big whist
tournament in May.
G.. w. Baker has located at West
hope to practice law.
Alfalfa will be a popular crop in
North Dakota this year.
Church's Ferry high school debaters
defeated those of Rolla.
The farmers telephone line will be
built out OF fra.rmount-
There have been a number OF real
estate transfers around Kuhn.
"Grand.na" Voorhees, died at Tower
City in her ninety-fourth year.
An effort is reported to have been
made to burn a barn near Erie.
Company III OF Glendale showed up
veil at the military inspection.
rho gun clubs over the state are
c":niny out of winter quarters.
{. Inscriptions for the stock in the
new .a1k at Glendale arc large.
RI ;mrg has taken steps to have a
stron- baseball team this summer.
The illistcr amateur actors gave
a sWcc, ..ul performance at Minot.
4 A Bot: eau county man is reported
to have confessed to stealing wheat.
The bul~"d d.. ;rict in Abercrombie
is being cl' red away for rebuilding.
Ransom , 1nty furnishes the pri-
vate Secretaries to both congressman.
ty. are said tc 2vc gone on a strike.
Supt. Wolf {" the Mlnot schools
was reelected ii an increased sal
airy.
raka, is s%eciin" a ,..Torce from S. r.
Stowe.
Mail Carrier McCT Ken of Gardner
was given $50 by the I~etrons along his
route.
A Dickinson man was ined $25 for
slapping a who .:dn't belong
to him.
A. NJ. Anscn Of Casselle %, has pur-
erased the Shnnks block al will re-
l-2dcl it.
..iany North Hn!totans who went to
Northwest Canada are returning to
the tate.
w; d county will collect 10000
more taxes during the past year than
eve lcforc.
The lulm creamery has been in
proved ;ll will be able to do a lar&r r
business than ever
Jane: en- seems to have some
tough kids anxious to break into the
state reform school.
With 1914 births reported in Febru-
airy TO 145 deaths, North Dakota will
soon populate itself.
The Coopcrst%wn marshal has taken
the oath of Office and the bad fellows
| have taken to tic woods.
The Grand For.,:s militia organiza-
ton seems to be e permanent fixture
now, with an armory in sight.
W. A. Gilbert, a r"ral delivery car
rier out of Lisbon. Wa presented with
$40 by the people on Is route.
A clerk at L%idgerwood was badly
burned on the hands VILE refilling a
cigar lighter with wood alcohol.
Inquiry has been made whether it is
a violation of the prohibition law to
give free drinks at auction sales.
By gaining a monopoly OF the sale
of formaldehyde II druggists of the
state have the farmers at their mercy.
An Oriska bachelor is said 10 be
open to leap year proposals since his
Illinois girl declined to come to North
Dakota.
Gerhard Bache, a stranger, was
found wandering over the prairie IN
Ramsey county and sent to the state
asylum.
A one-eyed man at Lidgerwood
licked a little Irishman, and a third
man licked the fellow who was short
on optics.
Ole Seerirr. who has been working
around No.th~ood for some time. be-
came violently insane. He was re-
turned to his home in Wisconsin.
The First National bank people at
Dickinson will build q 100000 addition
to accommodate the Masonic ball. the
postofice and United States and OF
flee.
Inventor Russell of Larimore has
gone East to have a model made or
his compressed air engine and VIII
take it to Washington TO have it pat
ented.
It is now claimed that the fake
story about Daniels. who vas SAID to
have a twenty-acra farm near Fargo,
started an agricultural paper down IN
Pennsylvania.
Peoule along the Great Northern be-
tween largo and Grand Forks are
ho,';,- the Great Northern will put on
q rain from the north to reach Fargo
in the forenoon.
The claim OF Prof. Bollcy that for
maidchyde grows stronger by evap-
Grafton will explode the Excuse or the
ar,,apls,s regarding the poor quality
of the stuff they sell.
A man named Collier was convicted
of arson at Towner. 1t is said rivalry
between him and another man for the