The Washburn leader., 1904-04-30
forth Dakota
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Milton people are discussing al
acetylene gas plant "
Linton will hold appropriate exer
cises on Memorial Day.
A bughouse domestic created some
excitement at Wheatland.
Forman baseball fans have beer
meeting to organize team.
Successful tests have been made
around Hebron with winter wheat.
Mayville will not have an all nigh
electric light service this summer.
Wolves are said to have killed
bronchos on the prairie near Ryder.
Many counties are planning to en-
for the noxious weed law this year.
Stutsman county Republicans have
already placed their county ticket IL
the field.
Starkweather shipped 227 cars o1
grain last year, total of 240,00(
bushels.
S. Johns hospital at Fargo is tc
have a new and more commodious
structure.
The company to build the railroad
from Leeds to Dunseith has been in
corporated. ....-.
Stockmen are rejoicing over the
fact that the railroads have restored
the passes.
Towns between Oakes and James
town have at last received a daily
mail service.
Harvey is rejoicing over the. fact
that number of new residences are
being erected.
Efforts are being made to assist
some new settlers in Pierce county to
secure seed grain.
1t is claimed some new settlers have
been buncoed by land locaters in the
northwestern counties.
Two young Grand Forkers have
been named as candidates for the
cadetship at Annapolis.
A store is to be started at McHenry
to be owned by the elevator com
panies represented there.
The recent storm gave North Dako
ia telegraph service some OF the long
est Interruptions in years.
Minot has organized commercial
club, an Organization that ought tc
exist in every city in the state.
Several ladies are among the mos,
active participants in the McHenry
and Ward county gopher hunts.
A st. John teacher thinks the last
set of examination papers by the
state department was too easy.
A defective chimney almost caused
the asphyxiatton of County Auditor
Melgard and family at Cooperstown.
Mayor Roach feels so good since his
reelection as mayor of Minot that he
has donated grounds for county fair
The tri-county teachers association
will have a months summer school al
the state university beginning July
5th.
President Hicks of the state man
ual training school at Glendale has
been re.engaged at an increased sal
ary.
Walcott's public school was pre-
sented with a fine lot of historical
works, the gift Of departing clergy
man.
Some of the valley counties are hav
ing petitions circulated for an cleo
tion to set aside the operation of the
herd law.
Bids have been opened for the con
struction of the power house for the
Fargo street railway, and also for the
bridge across the Red river.
The boozers at Valley City are re
ported to have less difficulty now II
securing their stuff than at any time
since prohibition became law.
Suit may be brought against the
Great Northern railway for the death
of Oswald ENGLAND, who was killed
about three months ago at Michigan
City.
Landlord Simon of Coal Harbor sue
ceeded in rescuing one of his cows
from the bottom of twenty-five foo'
abandoned well, with a windless, unin
jured.
At Edgeley two men were arrested
for disturbing Methodist church ser
vices. They were drunk. They were
fined and made to clean up the
church.
Landlord Simon of Coal Harbol
succeeded in rescuing one of his COWS
from the bottom of twenty-five foo1
abandoned we'll. with a windlass un
injured.
An increasingly large proportion o'
North Dakota farmers are expected tt
adopt up-to-date methods and properl,
treat and test their seed before plant
ing this year.
Taxpayers in some townships have
agreed to permit their officials to lei
road work on contract instead of fol
lowing the old-time 'loaf out YOU
own poll tax" plan.
Five counties have SO far responded
to the appeal for help in the state irri
cation movement, and the advocates
Of the undertaking think there is room
for more lberality.
Kidder county commissioners have
Instructed the auditor to advertise fo1
bids for IRE breaks, including ninety
nine miles Of new breaks along ths
east and west county lines.