The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-10-25

Washburn, Max and Turtle Lake, Sept
ember IA and Is. All teachers holding
permits must take this examination.
J. L. Brekken, county superintendent.
ADV.
Horses are said to be dying like flies.
in western Kansas from an unknown
disease. 1t has spread to Nebraska
and may go farther before checked.
Gov. Stubs Of Kansas has offered a
reward of ] 1000 to anyone producing a
serum that will effect a cure of the
disease.
Pete Larson stacked all his grain and
rain or wind has had no effect on the
big solid stacks. He has o threshed
yet but the land was cleared of bundles
and fall blowing has Deer done and po-
tatoes dug. Mr.. Larson sold four large
loads of potatoes to different parties in
Washburn.
Because the principal of the Harrison
township school was unpopular with the
people of the district, the school child
rem threw the man in a mud puddle
and kept him there until the other
teachers went to his rescue. That is a
black woods" wav in getting the pro-
fessor to resign.
When you have a bad cold you want
the best medicine obtainable so as to
cure it with as little delay as possible.
Hereis a druggists opinion: "Ihave sold
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for fiji
teen years, says Enos Lollar Of Sarato-
ga, Ind, land consider it the best on
the market" For sale by all dealers.
A. E. Bohn, the socialist candidate
for governor, spoke here Wednesday
evening. He explained their platform
and gave a talk that was of great in
terest to those who attended. The
socialists do not intend to get their full
ticket elected but they want to get be-
fore the voters and in time hope to win.
John L.. Brekken, county superin-
tendent, has a large farm neal Turtle
Lake and has recently had his thresh-
ing done. His wheat averaged from
IL to ID bushels and oats from 40 to so.
This is also the average of the other
farmers in that vicinity. Help is still
scarce and threshing is slow around
Turtle Lake.
G. A. Finch. the new pastor of the
Methodist church, arrived last Satur-
day and conducted the services in the
local church Sunday. On Tuesday he
went to Bismarck to meet his family
who are now nicely settled in the
Methodist parsonage. Mr.. Finch likes
the location of our town on the Mis-
souri, river and enjoys the pure water
after that from artesian wells, the
kind used in Verona, the town in which
he lived until coming here.
On October 18th occurred the mar
riage of Ella Daniels and Charles Hanson
at the Bishops house in Bismarck.
Father Hiltner officiated while Miss
Laura Robidou and Rudolph Wilmar
attended the couple. Mrs. Hanson has
held a position in the telephone office
here during the last three years. Mr..
Hanson has a garage here. The happy
couple returned from Bismarck last Sat-
urday and will be at home to their many
friend at Hotel Washburn.
w. E. Partridge, of Conkling, has
brought a sample of his 1912 corn to
Klein's Land Agency and v cobs Of
it is on exhibition in the window Of the
office of the land company. The corn
is a cross between a flint and dent and
the seven cobs weight six pounds. Mr..
Partridge had thirty acres of this va
riety this year-all a good Standard
the yield will be fully thirty bushels to
the acre. The samples are the best we
have seen this year and parties wish
Ing seed for next year will do well to
see Mr.. Partridge.
A. McPaul, who manages the tele-
phone lines at Washburn and Turtle
Lake, spent Sunday in Bismarck. He
was accompanied by Karl Klein, pres
ident of the Mclean County Develop
ment League. Mr.. McPaul and his
party returned to their home Monday
morning by auto. In addition to being
in the telephone business Mac toots one
of the horns in the Washburn band. 1t
is some band they have at WASH
burn as Bismarck people who heard it
play during the Industrial Exposition
can attest. We're going to keep the
band a-going," said Mr.. McPaul, "and
expect it to grow better and better
with eace months practice. The people
Of Washburn are proud of their band,
and we are trying our best to be worthy
Of their pride" Bismarck Tribune.