The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
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The usual services will be held in the
Congregational church next Sunday
evening.
A. S. Reitan spent a couple of days
this week in the northern part of the
county building his political fence.
G. L. Heegard, general manager Of
the Mandan Mercantile company, spent
Wednesday here on business connected
with their lumber yard managed by P.
M. Ferguson.
E. Ashley Mears, who was prominent
in the early business life of this state,
died last Saturday in Minneapolis.
Mr.. Mears is said to have been North
Dakotas's first j. Rufus Wallingford.
Prof. VIM. Moore, of the state edu-
cational department was in Washburn
yesterday on his return trip from STAN
ton and vicinity where he wa looking
after business in connection with his
Office.
Miss Hazel McCulloch will be ateach-
er in public school next year. She
and Miss Forbes are the only ones who
have been elected. None of the pres
ent corps of teachers put in an appli-
cation.
Another examination will be held at
Max and Washburn for rural carriers
at Dogden. The examination takes
place on June LIST and application blanks
can be obtained at either of the post
Offices named above.
We have now in stock for your in
spection an assortment of unusually
fine blue perfect diamonds. Whether
or not you contemplate buying, it is
well worth your time to see these. c..
]. Walls, jeweler.
The stork has been a busy bird this
week. He left a son at the W. H. Me-
lick home. a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. F~riedendback and a son to Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Fahlgren.
Thomas Frazer of Rochester, MIMI,
has sale charge of the LaFollette cam
paign in the First district in Minnesota.
He is a brother of Robert L. of Gar
rison who was q worker in the LaFol-
lette campaign before the preferential
primary.
Adolph Wacker has an ad in this is-
sue announcing the fact that he will
open a music store in the building west
of the German store: Miss Emma
Brummund will have charge of the
store. We hope to see Mr.. Wackel
make q success of this new undertaking.
Gullick Jaastad, merchant and post
master at Wiprud, spent a few days il
Washburn this week greeting friend!
and talking up his candidacy for county
treasurer. He is the second candidate
in the field. Mr.. Jaastad is popular
wherever known and will be a strong
candidate.
The International Harvester company
has decided it can reach more
farmers by advertising in the country
papers than by using the magazine al
heretofore. Their ad is found in this
issue. This company claims that the
price Of harvesting machines has moi
increased in proportion to the increased
cost Of construction and that repair
material has been reduced in price and
placed within closer reach of the farm
er.
Ben Weise and family came down
from their Blackwater farm this week
and will spend the summer on the j.
Weise farm two miles east of town. Ben
has put in q crop on his homestead and
will now seed his fathers farm to flax.
He is q hustler to keep two farms
going. He has proved up on his home
stead and will probably make this home
here and become one of the profitable
customers of the. creamery. We need
farmers like the Weise family and re-
joice in their locating near Washburn.
E. H. Holtan and two helpers left
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last week for Elbowoods where they will
break and seed to flax q section and a
half Of government land which E. H.
and his brother have leased. Mr.. Hol-
tan took his big gasoline engine which
looked like q train with the plows, cook
car, hay rack and oil tank all in a line
attached to the engine. The trip was
to have been made in three days but
the rain on Saturday delayed them q
9 couple Of days.