The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-31
North Dakota
State News

schools at underwood have beer
enjoying (D an epidemic OF
measles.
The village of Max will install
a water works system. Bids fOl
the contract for a we'll will bt
opened November IL.
+. l.. Watkins will attempt 10
raise a fund of $4,000 for the
purpose of more thoroughly en-
fore ng the prohibition laws OF
this state.
Fargo expects ito have d coun-
try club next spring. The citi-
MS of Bismarck have enjoyed
one since last spring.
Two miles of track is laid ever
day north of Stanton. The crew
expects to reach Golden Valley
before work IS stopped this fall.
The president of the 500 line
has promised to have the road
completed in time to take care
of the crops on the Berthold res
cry alton next year,
The Ignite coal mines at Will
ton and Washburn are exception
ally busy this fall and the latest
machinery for mining the coal
Us kept a; high pressure day and
night.-Fargo Forum.
Jay Klein, who has often play
ed ball with the Washburn nine,
had a stroke Of apoplexy last
week while at work at his home
in Max. He is improving and
at is thought he will recover in
a short time.
Friends are a good thing to
hale, but you will notice that
they are your friends only while
you make good. Occas onally you
wi ] find one that will. stick to
you throl gh pels:stant misfor-
tune, though the exception is too
rare and none can afford to de-
pend on it. Find friends in your
abb ity to make good and hold
chem by doing better and better.
Moorhead, News: 1t is appar-
ent from repo t Of the weather
bureau this morning that a GER
tain amount Of loss has been
sustained by farmers to their po-
tato crop. This applies, to GER
tan districts of the county. The
weather bureau this morning re-
ports a temperature of ia above
Zero or 20 degrees below freezing
This is stated by Mrs. Grasse to
be the lowest temperature for
any day Of October since 1885.
The much footed auction sale
of land at Hettinger, Adams coun-
ty proved a frost as it was easy
to 4o1see says an exchange. On
the land had been placed the
owners minimum price, a pro-
cesding on a par with by-bidding
at an auc ion sale-if the owner
did not get his price no lower bid
was to be entertained. In eff
feet it wasn't an auction in the
sense of the word. Suckers re-
fused to attend, and those, at
tending refused to bite.
Max's aspirations in a rail
way have gone aglimmering
through a lack of water. For
months the 500 has been bor-
ing a we'll there till it has reach
ed a depth of 1000 feet, and
still no water. Now the rail
way officials say that if they
have to 60 to a depth of 1000
feet the water will not be fit for
railroad use, so.t hey are to- aban
don the attempt to find water.
No water means Max is q dead
duck in a railroad way.-Ryder
journal.
The notes which were stolen
from A. A. Zethren about two
weeks ago, were found by Mr.
Zethren under an old engine
back Of the Podhola & Langbell
office, last Friday afternoon. The
party who took them evidently
threw them under the engine
some time during the night be
fore or some time during. the day
for it is quite evident from the
appearance of the package, that
they had not been there Tor any
length of time. All of the notes
were intact. Max Enterprise.
Fifty thousand dollars was the
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