The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-01-17

A. C. Knight of Dogden was here
Saturday.
j. j. Hofer was a business caller
from Coleharbor in our city Monday.
When in need of coal telephone IS.
Orders promptly filled. Chas. Huntley.
Adv.
Just received a shipm ent of frozen
pickrel. pike and white fish, also fresh
Sealshipt oysters, celery and lettuce,
at the City Meat Market.
A new corporation has been organized
at Garrison Mercantile company, capital
stock, SIS, 900; incorporators S. T. WHIP
rud, August Bartz and John Fisher.
William Peterson will have charge of
the music store during the absence of
Adolph Wacker who has a position at
the state capitol during the legislative
session.
The Underwood Journal tells of q
farmer who sold a two year old steer
that weighed 1910 pounds. At five
cents a pound the farmer realized $62.
on the animal.
The Luther League of Malcolm will
hold a basket social at the home of
Otto and Arthur Hageberg January
24th at 8 p. m. All are heartily in
vited to attend.
The dancing club gave one of their
monthly dances Tuesday evening and
all enjoyed an unusually good time.
Several have Joined since the last party
making it more pleasant.
Clerk of Court Hanson broke a bone
in his arm Wednesday evening while
playing basket ball. The bone was set
at once but will cause considerable
uneasiness for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Heck of Turtle
Lake are spending the winter at irvine,
Iowa, and say they are having plenty
of cold They have eight inches of snow
and it is II degrees below.
Thos. Mccormick writes that the
weather in Rodman, Iowa is very fine
and there is no snow. He says the
price of cattle is very high and hogs are
selling at $3.50 per hundred.
The Minnesota state pardon board
granted only one pardon after looking
over fifty petitions. Three sentences
were committed. They must have
heard of the reputation our state board
had at one time.
Sheriff Simon has named as his dep
uties Perry VAIL, who has served dur
ing the last two years and Joe Olson, who
was deputy under j. A. Beck and has
also acted under Mr.. Simon when extra
help was needed
Frank Westmiller came in from his
farm eleven miles north of here and
made arrangements to have his two
oldest children attend the public school.
They were very anxious to come and
will no doubt make an advancement
worthy Of the expense of keeping them
here.
Robert Cotton, of Wilton, has handed
in his resignation as deputy sheriff. He
has held the position under ]. A. Beck
and H. o. Simon. After twelve years
of faithful service to the county he is
ready to give up the job to a younger
man. Mr.. Cotton is in business in
Wilton and will continue to be as busy
as ever tending to his many duties.
Miss Ida Fahlgren and Emil Oberg
were married at the home of the bride
last week. Only relatives of the young
couple were in attendance. This is the
third wedding in the Fahlgren family
inside of a month. Miss Mabel FAIL
gren was married a couple of weeks
ago to w. w. Beeks of Garrison, and
Carl Fahlgren married Miss Thresa
Oberg, the announcement of which was
published a short time ago. The three
young couples have many friends in
this vicinity where they have spent all
their lives, and all extend congratula-
lions.
Here is something from the Scientific
American that is well worth trying
should the occasion arise for doing so.
At the first indication of diphtheria in
the throat of a child, make the room
close, then take a tin cup and pour into
it a quantity of tar and %turpentine in
equal parts. Then hold the cup over
the fire SO as to fill the room with fumes.
The little patient, inhaling the fumes,
will cough up and spit out the menu
braneous matter and the diphtheria
will pass out. The fumes of the tar
and turpentine loosen the matter in the
throat and thus afford the relief that
has baffled the skill of. the most emf
nent physicians.
Representative O. B. Wing returned
from Bismarck last week to
until the legislature convenes