The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-09-11
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that she had picked from trees
in her yard. She also took
some down to the Exchange to
be sold. This was a good 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 the
time with her brother, Peter
johnson, at Panama and in
May went to Europe. During tt
last couple Of weeks she has been
with Mrs. W. r. 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 bnsh-
els, or SIS 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 Mr.. 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
'tefestlng speaker and it will be
an afternoon well spent if you
60 to the Opera House tomorrow
afternoon.
Miss Nina Arneson, who has
been visiting Mrs. G. 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 were
given in Miss Arneson's honor
and her stay here made a very
pleasant one.
Mrs. A. p. Lenhart and two
children, Hazel and William, Ell
Joyed a visit at the home of Mrs.
Lenhart t s sister, Mrs. P. M. Fer
guscn, Of Washburn. They left
here on Friday and returned
home Monday evening. Mrs. Len
hart has many friends in Wash
burn, and the visit, though short
was very Observation-Disclosures.
T~hreshing was delayed Mon
day on account Of rain but still !
the farmers expect to get through
and not get caught by
snow. John Klein had oats
that went SIS 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 johnson s
wheat averaged % bushels.
John. Schulz average wheat was
20 bushels. August Albrech has
sold his wheat that went IL busE:1
to the acre. Sam Nagel got
Is bushels in wheat, 40 in oats
and 80 in barley. F. w. Ma
oomber had oats that yielded So
bushels. These are only a few
Of the reports we have received |.
but it goes to show that the
have done real well this
year. The prices will be good
and the year Of 1914 will be re-
membered as a. profitable one.
The sad news Of the death of
Mrs. Frank Nordquist was learn
ed on Saturday. A year ago Mr..
and Mrs. Nordquist moved to
Mimi, and their farm
lngersoll was run by their
sons. About a month. ago Mrs.
fell down stairs and
broke her hip and has suffered
great deal ever since. The
was more than she could
and she passed away
SATURDAY morning. The remains
we're brought here Monday MORN
ing and interment made in the
afternoon at the 1ngersoll Gene
terry. Mrs. Hedlund, was with
her mother during the last few