The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-04-09
GENERAL. NEWS ITEMS OF
COUNTY AND "A

acres dragged by March 18th.
The firemen were called out
four times within two days at
iMinot.
May Z has been set apart as
Arbor Day. Let everybody
make an effort to plant a tree.
The men who own autos are.
no doubt glad to hear Of the big
reduction in prices made by the
Standard Oil Co.
In Minneapolis during the
year 1914, there were 1,13O auto
collisions. They must have a
good speed law.
The teachers Of the Missouri
Slope met in Mandan April l
to attend the seventh annual
meeting Of the association.
After years OF paper bridge
building it looks as though Yank
ton means to bridge the Mis-
souri, river at that place at once.
A total Of 2,l79 dairy cattle
have came into the state with
the tuberculin test chart health
certificate within the last thirty
days.
MIR. and Mrs. Theo. IIoltan are
the parents Of a baby boy. Theo.
is now a doctor and is located
at Wheaton, Minn.-Turtle Lake
Wave.
Messages have been received
from Persia telling Of 72O Christ
ians that have been massacred
by the Turks. Many more are in
danger.
It is said tie foot and mouth.
disease is now stamped out. The
outbreak began last October and
during that time 124,141 animals
have been slaughtered.
The new drug law is hard on
the dope fiends. Three physi-
clans offices were raided in Viii;
liston last week by men hunting
for different kinds of narcotics.
Ralph Ward and family re-
turned Monday from a visit in
California, his family remaining
in Bismarck for a few days.,
Garrison Independent.
Gust. Steinhaus, Chas. w.
Morton, +. T.. Wright and Fred
Kline drove down to Washburn.
Thursday afternoon in the lat;
ter's auto.-Max Enterprise.
The Reservation Farmers Co.
operative Club have made ar
engagements for the annual Reser'
vat.on picnic to be held at Par
shall June Oath. i.
Joe Albessen employed as
stationary fire man in The N.
P. shops at Mandan had his foot
crushed when he was starting
the air compressor.
Last week the creamery at
Ryder was opened for business
and the amount Of cream pur-
chased OH that day was very sat
ist@ctOry to the management.
Valley City will have a fede-
raj building. The contract will
be let by the third quarter Of
next year. The building will
cost $4,000 exclusive of the
grounds.
Last week some peoplex at
jamestown saw, what appeared
to be a small comet pass across
the entire heavens from the
southwest to the northwest. It
was high above the clouds and
was travelling very fast.
Alex Stitch and family re-
turned Thursday from Virginia.
They found that North Dakota
was d":er, heathi.r and more
prosperous than the old domin-
ion state. It is needless to say
that d year and a half in Virginia
cured the'l Of the Sunny
South. ".-Dogden News.
A donation OF 81 from every
automobile owner of the north
west may be asked by the North.
west Highway Association of
North Dakota, Minnesota and
Montana fol-. the purpose of
rai:ing funds to bridge the Mis-.
souri, river between Mandan and
Bismarck.
Charley Larson, brother OF
f. w. arrived here from Wiscon.
sin last Tuesday. Charley spent
the winter in Wisconsin and was
much surprised to find such idea
spring weather in North Dakota.
He says there was snow drifts
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