The Washburn leader., 1916-02-04

The subject Of the sermon at
the Congregational church next;
Sunday evening will be "The
Pop llarity Of Christ
Judge Geo. P. Gibson says he
has lived here fifteen years butt
has never before seen as cold
a winter as this.
Henry Mathews Of Turtle Lake
who has been in Bismarck
hospital receiving treatment for
lump jaw, has returned to his
home very much improved.
Mrs. Matthias Strecker was
taken to Bismarck Tuesday and:
placed in q hospital. She has
been sick several months and it
was thought best to put her
where's she couldhave good nurs
to wait on her.
G. NJ. Packard of Washburn
has added chicken raising to
his regular duties as foreman of
the Leader. Buff Orpington and
White Wyandotte fowls are Mr..
Packard s specialties. We wish
him success in the new UNDER
taking. g.-Underwood Times.
Smallpox has been going the:
rounds here for several weeks
but at last it is stamped out.
The last ones were let out Of
quarantine last week. There were
no severe cases but the disa-
greeable part was being excluded,
from society.
Miss Grace Forbes began teach
ing in the. Sauer school Monday,
the school that Miss Gustafson.
had to resign on account of her
mothers poor health. Miss Hell
EN- Forbes will open the school
next Monday in the Reiser schoo
east of Washburn.
D. D. Sullivan Optical Specia-
list Of Fargo will visit Washburn
Friday, Feb. 1lth. All persons
having defective eye sight or
who need their glasses changed
or renewed, will please call at
the hotel and have their eyes ex-!
amined. Office at Washburn
Hotel.-Adv.
The 500 line paid their 1915,
Mclean county taxes this week
and the check was for $38,847!
81. This is nearly $5,OOO.OO more
than they paid last year. The
county treasureris office is a
busy place taking care Of the
taxes: since the, first of the
year. Even with. the additional
clerk it means long hours for all.
Karl Klein is in Hot Springs,
ArK, Tor a. snort time.
The ground hog saw his shad-
ow altogether too plainly on We
nesdey to please the people who
do not like cold weather. In
Dakota there's always at least,
six weeks of winter after the.
second Of February SO what the
ground hog sees on that day
makes little difference.
The Bismarck high school
basket ball team played Mandan
last Friday night and won in a.
game Of 43 to %. Washburn
won in the game with Mandan
last week by a score of Is to IL.
The Bismarck boys refuse to
play with Washburl and still e&-
pect to win the state champion
ship this year.
The weather man did not
make a good guess when he
predicted generally fair weather
for North Dakota Monday. 1t
was the first day the rural mail
carriers could not make their
daily trips. They started but.
had to turn back. It was not,
so cold but the wind carried the.
loose snow making it very dis
agreeable. 1t was almost a
regular North Dakota bliz-
zard.'
According to reports from An
napo!is 22O midship1nen Will be,
discharged from the naval ac--
adamy. This is about one-fourth
of the membership of the school.
T here are 20 who failed in the
senior class. This is the class
in which Homer Wallin. belongs
but we feel sure that Homer is
not one of the. 220 who could not
pass the examinations. He. was
good student.