The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-09-11
Local News

Mrs. Arthur Jones was in from
Conkling Saturday and brought
the Leader force some plums
that she had picked from trees
in her yard. She also took
some down to the Exchange to
be sold. This was a COED sea
son for plums and they grew
unusually large and very sweet.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Wallin returned
yesterday morning. She left
here a year ago last June. She
spent the greater part of Che
time with her brother, Peter
johnson, at Panama and in
May went to Europe. During Il !.
last couple of weeks she has been
with Mrs. w. F. Hogue at Ty-
Ter, MINI.
Mrs. Hans Hultberg will help
to increase the exhibits that are
collected by the Tuesday club.
She has a cucumber that meas
ures eleven inches in length and
nine and a half around. If any
one has one larger they are re-
quested to leave it at the Wo-
man S Exchange where the ex-
hibit will be placed.
M. |. Peterson of Ruso has
just finished threshing a splend-
id crop. He had twenty acres
OF oats that threshed HOO bush
els, or 55 bushels to the acre.
His early barley went 40 bushels
to the acre. 1t is the good, not
a careless farmer who can have
a crop Of this kind and Mn. Pet
erson is numbered as among the
best We have in the country.
Mrs. Fanny Quain will be
here Saturday afternoon and
will speak at the Opera House
at $3.50 On Woman's Suffrage.
This is not a talk to women
only, but to the voters who will
decide the question on Novem-
Der 3rd. Mrs. Quain is an in
speaker and it will be
an afternoon well spent if you
go to the Opera House tomorrow
afternoon.
Miss Nina Arneson. who has
been visiting Mrs. C. w. Poe for
three weeks, left Tuesday morn
ing for Minneapolis where she
will spend a few days before
going to South Dakota. While
here a number of parties We're
given i'll Miss Arneson's honor
and her stay here made a Very
pleasant one.
Mrs. A. p. Lenhart and two
children, Hazel and William, en-
Joyed a visit at the home of Mrs.
S sister. Mrs. P. M. Fer
guson, of Washbpmn. They left
here on Friday and returned
home Monday evening. Mrs. Len
hart has many friends in Wash
burn, and the visit. though short
very Observation-Disclosures.
T%hreshing was delayed Mon
day on account of rain but still i
the farmers expect to get through
early and not get caught by /
snow. John Klein had oats
that went So bushes to the acre.
Wheat that had been struck by
black rust and what he consider
ed his poorest crop yielded Is
bushels to the acre. He expect
ted only 6. Erick Johnsonis
wheat averaged % bushels.
John Schulz average wheat was
20 bushels. August Albrech has
sold his wheat that went IA busE.-
els to the acre. Sam Nagel got
Is bushels in wheat, 40 in oats
and 30 in barley. F. W. Ma
'omber had oats that yielded So
bushels. These are only a few
the reports We have received |,
out it goes to show that the
farmers have done real well this |
year. The prices will be good
and the year Of 1914 will be re-
as a profitable one.
The sad news Of the death OF
Mrs. Frank Nordquist was learn
ID on Saturday. A year ago Nh.
and Mrs. Nordquist moved to
Buffalo, Mimi, and their farm 7
1t lngersoll was run, by their
IONS. About a month. ago Mrs.
fell down stairs and
broke her hip and has suffered
! great deal ever since. The
'hock was more than she could
stand and she passed away
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