The Washburn leader. [volume], October 29, 1904, Image 1

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VOL. XV. NO. 23.
RAILROAD TIME CARD
(Dally except Sunday,)
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
Sheriff
Treasurer
Auditor
OLE GRADIN
.*• F. IRWIN ROOT
O, B. WING
Clerk of Court Peter A. Schmidt
-States Attorney J. T. McCullicb
County Judge E. A. Lamb
Superintendent of Schools ....Henry
Register of Deeds
OLSON
HANSNYGAARD
Physician Of.
UILLON
County Commissioners—N. W. Solenberger.
Frank Puts and
SIMON JAHR.
VILLAGE OFFICERS.
•President Frank Thompson
Alderman::::
::^E-.^uaR
SSrk F- M. Clark
Assessor .1V. Dr. Dillon
lii«Hce EdCharlebols
Marshall....
.... L.N. Thompson
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F«ter A. Schmidt.
Clark of District
Court. McLean Ctt..
Win. r, A, Gierke
Attnrney-at Law,
Notary Public
McLEAN COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.,
Official Boided Abstractor! for McLean
County, N.Dak.
Abstracts furnished on short notice.
Titles examined and perfected. ,.
Tax matters attended to for non-residents.
Honey to Loan on Real Estate.
WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA.
Dr. J. A. DILLON...
PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST.
OFFICE OVKB HOLT AN k SONS.
Dr. J. P. BRASTAD,
PIIRSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE OVEB FOBBES1 DBUG SIOBE.
W. L. NUESSLE,
Attorney-At-Law,
U. S. Commissioner,
WASHBUBN, NORTH DAKOTA
GEORGE P. GIBSON...
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SEAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
OFFICE POST OFFICE BIIOCK.
WASHBURN, N.
A. J. HEDRIX...
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
General Practitioner in State and Federal
ftnnrta Registered Attorney before U. a. Lana
OFFLWF'onSewlthJ. P. HoaRjand, 606 Main
street,
Telephone 188. Bismarck, N. D.
j. A. HYLAND...
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE.
Uoney to Loan on Real Estate and Homesteads.
WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA.
E. A. LAMB...
..ATTORNEY AT LAW..
Practice before the United StatM In
terior Department a specialty. I also
have on hand a complete copy of the
United States
Land
Offloe ruts and
Records for McLean, Oliver and Mercer
Counties.
Dr. J. W. ROBINSON..
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..VETERINARIAN..
..ATUNDKRWOOD SATURDAYS..
GOAL HARBOR, NORTH DAKOTA.
J. T. McCULLOCH...
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Oflloe: Opposite the Court House.
AUG. E. JOHNSON
17.8. Commissioner
Washbara, Narth Dakata
.MONEY TO LOAN..
On Improved Farm Property-
Ottee Opposite Leader Office.
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AND
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F. E. FUNK,
FIRST'NATIONAL BANK,
WASHBURN,N. p.
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As you enter by the large folding
front doors, you find yourself in a
spacious hall, seven feet wide and
30 feet long. On the right is the
winding stairway leading to the
second story, and oit? the left is a
small room, 7^x9J, calculated for
the sheriff's offioe. As you pass
down the haU, the,first door on the
right leads into what is intended
for the clerk of the court's office.
It is a room 12$xl5$, lighted by
three lazge two light windows, one
looking south, and the other look
ing east. Further down the hall,
and to the ell, you will find the
office of the register of deeds and
county olerk. This room is a little
larger than the other, being 12|x
17 feet. It is also lighted by three
large two light windows, the same
as in the clerk of court's office. In
connection with this room ie a
double brick wall fire proof vault,
for the safe keeping of the register
of deeds and county clerk's records
and books. At the end of the hall
with the door facing the front en
trance, is the treasurer's office, a
light and pleasant room, with win
dows facing north. In size it is
13$xl6$, and is also filled up with
a vault of the same size and descrip
tion as the one in conneotion with
the register's office. This will ren
der the treasurer's books, papers
and vouchers safe from fire, and for
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The proposition before the voters is to move the County Seat
from Washburn to Underwood—thirteen miles northwest. If this
proposition carries and the County Seat is moved to Underwood it will
necessitate the building of a new court house and jail. Do you want
to put the county to this expense at this time? If not, be on hand on
election day and vote on the county seat proposition. Your ballot on
the proposition will be substantially as indicated below. When you
vote mark an in the square opposite the word Washburn. Then
your ballot will appear as below:
For Location of County Seat at Washburn
For Location of Gounty Seat at Underwood
.TWErNTY YEARS AGO,
The Finishing Stroke Given
The Neatest, Nicest Court
in the Territory for the
...Happenings of Twenty Long Years Ago
Chronicled by The Washburn Times, the
First Paper in Washburn and McLean
Co. Items of Interest Then and Now.
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NEW COURT HOUSE
Money.
An Ornament to the County
lor the Next 20 Years—A
Fire Proof Vault—Suffi
cient in Size.
From the WASHBURN TIMES, October
31st, 1884.
McLean county's court house is
fast nearing completion, and within
a few days the finishing touches of
ornamentation will have been given.
It is one of the most complete
structures in the territory, for the
money. The work does credit to
the contractors, and will stand for
years as a monument of their skill
as mechanics. The building 44 ft.
long and 34 ft. wide, with a projec
tion of five feet on each side, 18 ft.
wide. It is two stories high, eleven
feet each in the clear, with a hip
and valley roof, and a tower 44 ft.
high. The front is ornamented
with a nicely finished porch, giving
it a neat and tasty appearance. The
outside is painted a French grey
color, with trimmings of a little
darker shade, The superstructure
is built upon a good,, solid stone
foundation, and is of .the latest
style of architecture. The interior
is divided into four rooms on the
first floor, besides halls, vaults and
stairways, and three rooms on the
second floor.
that reason is indispensable. This
completes a brief description of the
first floor, except a narrow hall,
running at right angles from the
north end of the main hall to the
back door. The second story is
divided into a court room, 22x33 ft.
lighted by a large triple window at
each end, and a large spacious hall
a jury room 12x12, and a judge's
chamber 12x12.
If space would permit, we would
enter into a more detailed descrip
tion ef the building and its fine
finish, but for the present we invite
everybody to come and inspect for
themselves, and we feel confident
that they will be unanimously of
the opinion that it is perfect in
every respect, equal to all the wants
of the county for several years,
cheap for the money, a credit to the
workmen engaged in its construc
tion, an ornament to the county,
and a public building to which our
citizens can point with pride and
say "That is our court house."
A COMMUNICATION.
EDITOR TIMES:—Permit me a
small space in your valuable paper
valuable, I say, because it informs
the inhabitants of McLean county
of the business of the county and
all other business that interests the
people. Mr. Editor, I thirst that
the proprietors of THE TIM^S de
serye great praise from the feople
of the county for going to, such
trouble and pains in getting up such
a paper as THE TIMES, to inform
the people of the times that are to
come.
Now, Mr. Editor, I find through
the columns of your paper and
from private sources that there is
or has been of late, a contention
arising among some of the residents
of McLean county as touching the
county seat, where it should be.
Or, if we were allowed the expres
sion, kicking like a mule, which an
imal we all luiow is very treacher
ous in his way. Well, a mule is a
mule, if they have only the ears.
They kick at everything and every
body if they have not their own
way. But I. for one, believe that
all the sensible people of McLean
county will look well to their own
interests and keep the county seat
where it is, and where it belongs,
and keep down heavy taxes for a
few years to come. The people at
this time are not able to pay heavy
taxes, which is certain to coma if
there is any change made. It is a
shame for such mules to keep up
such kicking, although they are
not very dangerous at present, if
they are large. If suck things are
allowed by the people, it is a sealed
fact that immigration must cease,
for people will not come into a
country where taxation is high. If
the county seat is changed to the
town of Weller, it follows that there
must be a place secured to build
public buildings on, and the people
WASHBURN LEADER.
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Let the voters of McLean county
on the 4th day of November next,
cast their vote in the right direc
tion, and that is for the countyseat
where it now is, and for the men
that have done the most for the
county, the men that have spent
their money and time freely in do
ing good for the county, and let the
mules kick all they like. They
cannot harm anyone only them
selves.—P.M.in WASHBURN TIMES
October 31,1884.
MR. EDITOR :—Being one of the
old residents of McLean county, I
would like to say a few words in
your paper in regard to the past
and present. I was in the county
long before it was organized, and
camped on the preseDt townsite of
Washburn long before it was ever
thought of as a townsite. I have
no interest in the townsite, and
therefore feel perfectly free to ex
press my opinion in regard to the
couuty seat question. I will say,
to begin with, that I favor Wash
burn for vaiious reasons. The first
is that the proprietors are the most
liberal townsite men in the country
and have done more for the devel
opment of the county than anyother
person in it. By their energy, they
have given us a good mill, and laid
the foundation of a good town and
market for our produce, The nat
ural location of the town is suck as
to make it desirable for manufacto
ries, and a good shipping point.
When the elevator is built, it will
furnish the only convenient place
for the sale of wheat and the pur
chase of supplies. When we are
doing that, we can transact our
county business without any fur
ther expense or inconvenience.
Therefore, I announce myself in
favor of Washburn as the county
seat.—WASHBURN TIMES, October
3d, 1884.
THE "S00" EXTENSION.
Engineer and Hight-of-Way
Agent George M. Huss of the Soo
Line, with headquarters at Birch
Wood, Wis., passed through town
east-bound on Tuesday's train, be
ing enroute to Minneapolis to make
his final report to the head Soo
officials in connection with his in
vestigation of the Underwood ex
tension of the Soo and of the coun
try tributary to that line. Engi
neer Huss has spent several weeks
in the Stevenson country and re
turns well armed with information
for his employes. A year ago the
Bismarck, Washburn & Great Falls
people run a survey some 27 miles
northwest from Underwood and
this survey was gone over by En-
fineer
n0^
Huss in company with Chief
Ingineer Whitman of the late
Washburn company, and Engineer
Huss reports that this line of sur
vey was found feasible and that
his company would probably vary
but little from this in their exten
sion next spring. He also exam
ined some of the Missouri river
crossings and found one that im
pressed him very favorable, and
was of the opinion that that one
would probably be accepted by his'
company in crossing the river for
its Pacific coast line. Engineer
Huss is favorable impressed with
the Stevenson country and says
that it is sufficiently settled so that
there will be traffic enough to make
the road paying from the start.
The Minot cut-off was also exam
ined into and will be reported on
also.
In railroad circles it is accepted
as a fact that the "Soo" has de
cided on the Underwood extension
and also that the Northern Pa
cific will build its Denhoff branch
west to the river, work on both ex
tensions commencing as soon as
the weather will permit next spring.
From the fact that material is be
ing moved and unloaded at Under
wood as rapidly as cars can be
spared for that purpose, it is evi
dent that the "Soo" means busi
ness and that the homestead coun
try north and northwest of Coal
Harbor will be afforded good rail
road facilities. The country is
well settled and a considerable
acreage already under cultivation
and settle by thrifty people. The
land is fertile and a greater partof
it susceptible to cultivation and
with railroad accommodations this
part of McLean county will make
rapid advancements in the next
few years. The building of the
Northern Pacific west-from Den
hoff will also give railroad accom
modations to a great country and
a large number of people who are
at
a
will have to pay dearly for them. of the distance from railroad.
disadvantage*on account
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WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA, OCTOBER 29, 1904. $1.00 PER YEAR.
FIRST and ONLY
National
Bank...
..in
McLF 4N
COl TY
Capital
$25,000
Surplus
$7,500
W. T. ROBINSON
I. ROVIO
..First National Bank..
Franklin E. Funk, Cashier. WASHBURN, N. D.
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Sold on Time. Old machines taken in exchange.
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W. ROBINSON, Pres.. D. P. ROBINSON, Cashier.
W. A. STALKY, V. Pres.
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DIRECTORS
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$10,000.00.
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Foreign Exchange Bought and Sold.
Fire and Hail Insurance written in First-class Companies.
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