The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-09-26
North Dakota
State News
Last tuesday was a typical In
auguration Day at Washington.

The "rummage sale" at the
! capitol on October IL promises
| to be a unique affair.
A young man at Ryder lost
four fingers on one hand by the
accidental discharge Of a gun
last week.
Garrison is to have a creamery.
Underwood is still in the eve
want one" class
Seven out of fourteen promi-
nent men in Breslan, Germany,
accused Of improper conduct,
committed suicide.
The perpetual motion machine
invented at Mandan has run
forty days and! nights without
stopping and it looks like a sure
thing.
The Citizens State Bank att Max
is having a new building put up
and will occupy it by the first OF
December.
A princess committed suicide
in Germany by shooting herself
in the temple. The death OF
the princess was due to a love
affair.
There were one hundred and
forty-seven cases Of typhoid few
er reported in New York in one
month due to infected milk.
Several counties have asked
for special days at the EXPOSE
ton. Mclean county should hav
a day as we'll. Generally there
is a $500 day but a Mclean
county day would be better.
/" Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brewster
are occupying the Governors man
sion during the absence Of Mrs.
Hanna and her son. The boy has
tuberculosis and has gone to San
Diego to spend the winter. The
governor will continue to make
his home at the mansion.
If you have the slightest de-
sire to make a man Of yourself,
it can be accomplished in time
through your own efforts and the
assistance Of others who are will
ing to help you. You are your
own free moral agent, and conse-
quently if you have no desire to
make good, no one can help you.
-Ex.
Minot police officials and the
Ward County authorities say an
organized gang are operating
among the farmers attempting to
wreck threshing outfits by feed
ing spikes in to the delicate parts
Of the machinery and by placing
matches in shafts Of grain ready
for the thresher.
Am ice famine was declared at
Marmarth and the next week the
weather man made ice an UNI
necessary article.
While B. j. Wicks was practic-
ing target shooting at Hillsboro
this week, he accidentally shot
us son in the neck. The boy
died a short time afterwards.
"A farmer walked into this state
in 1878-did not have enough
money for railroad fare. He died
last week and left an estate val
ued at 100000. Finger Enger
lived at Sherbrooke. One of our.
local citizens walked to this
state with Mr.. Enger in 1878.
The State Educational Associa-
ton will meet i'm Fargo Novem-
her 5, 6 and z. These meetings
have been held during the holi-
days but with the change of date
. larger attendance is expected.
The Valley City Normal will
open next week. This normal is
growing very rapidly and is con
Gdered the best in the state.
The drawing for land on the
& Fort Peck reservation in Mon
tana took place Tuesday. There
were twenty Dakotane who drew
Numbers within $50. s. A. Crow
q Hammond, Ind, drew ticket
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ss he Bismarck Tribune has :
'gn4w ciityf editor and telegraph
1ditor. Both men sre fromsldins
xlleapolis where t1eysANOrkeddso On
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