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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

failing to make their reports, and 1t would
seem that there is no excuse on the part Of
these officers for this negligence. The OFF,
GERS should make report Of the condition
of their post at the close of the meeting
next preceding the close of the quarter. If
this were done, the total number in good
standing would appear much larger.
If to the number in good standing June
80, 1890, of APT, 9S1, were added the number
lost by delinquent reports, and the number
suspended, who, although suspended, are
members of the order, there would be a total
membership upon the rolls of 455,510; to
such should be also added 2,720 who are out
on transfer cards.
The number of deaths during the year
was 5,476.
The amount expended for relief for the
year ending March 81, 1890, was 1922, $50 Is;
number of comrades relieved, 1910; others
relieved, S,949; total number relieved, 2S, 419.
In this sum no mention is made of the
large amount of private aid expended by
thousands of our members individually or
collectively, and of which no record can be
kept.
For the quarter ending June 80, 1890,
S51. OF was expended.
The total amount expended by the Grand
Army from July 1, 1871, to July 1, 1890,
amounts to 81, 9ST ,534. IS.
In table showing the progress made
during each quarter in the last thirteen
year the following shows the gain in six de-
partments. which take the lead: Ohio, 2, 593:
Missouri, 2,02S: Massachusetts, 1.043; Ten
nessee, $685. Indiana, 957; Illinois, 779.
Two new departments have been organ
lied. The Department of North Dakota,
embraced in the territorial limits of the
State of North Dakota, was organized at
Grand Forks, N. d., on April "a, 1900 Com
rade George B. Winship was elected De-
partment Commander, who appointed Com
rade William Alderman as Assistant Ad-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

iutant General with headquarters at Grand
Forks.
The Provisional Department of Indian
Territory and Oklahoma was authorized by
special orders No. 81, dated June 49, 1890,
and department encampment called for
the purpose of organizing q permanent de-
partment at Guthrie on the 9TH day Of
August, 1890.
l beg to refer and cordially indorse the
recommendations of Past Adjutant General
Eugene F. Weigle, in which he refers to the
great advantage that would accrue to the
departments and the organization if there
were less frequent change of the Assistant
Adjutant General in the various depart
ments. Some of the larger departments
have adopted the plan of keeping perma-
nent headquarters and making infreQuent
changes in the Office of Assistant Adjutant
General. This seems to me very desirable in
deed and quite agree with Comrade Weigle
in his report that it would be amply sufficient
to have Semi-annual reports Instead of
quarterly, as the latter only enhance the
labor of the post and the department officers
without serving any purpose that would not
be equally as well served by semi-annual
reports.
AS giving an indication of the amount of
work required in the Office .Of the Adjutant
General, I beg to notice that there have been
issued eighteen general orders, three cifcu-
lars, two national rosters, which with an
issue of IL, 600 copies of each amounts In all
to 240, 900; in addition Seventy-fve special
orders were issued, and nearly 1000 coma
munications of various kinds were received,
most of which call for reply, which may
be found copied in the letter books Of this
office.
special mailing list, comprising the ma
tional and past national officers, members
of the Council of Administration, prominent
members Of the order Of the Wom2n's Relief
Corps and Sons OF Veterans and soldier
newspapers is now quito large, and makes
O large item ia postage.
About 900 commissions have been issued.
I beg to call the attention of the sew
eral departments to the irability of
printing the reports OF their proceedings in
as nearly uniform style as possible, to
conform to the printed reports of the
national encampment.
Commander-in-chief-I desire to express
nay sincere regrets that our official rela-
tions, which have been at all times most
pleasant, are SO soon to be severed. You
have impressed upon me, as you have all
the comrades OF the various departments
you have visited, the sincerity of your work
in behalf of the organization.
The amount of time that you have placed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

their kossuths with sprigs of green
to remind Us of their green mountains;
the IIlinoisanS bore banners on which
the names atd faces of their great ctti-
zens, Lincoln, Grant, and Logan, were
9n9icuous; and SO on through the long
list of all the States represented. There
were As. 500 veterans in line. 1t was the
largest procession the G. A. R. has ever
turned out. The President, the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, and Gen. Sher-
man reviewed the procession from a
stand in Copley Square. Undeniably
the most gallant figure of the dav, and
the one most heartily and continuously
aDplauded. was Gen. Alger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

vivid day of the mightiest military power
that was ever called into existence.
1t was a spectacle of superlative
grandeur by whatever standard it was
measured. In point of numbers it was
immense, and but for the excellent man
agement Of its organizers and directors
it would have been unwieldy. From II
O'Clock in the forenoon till after sunset
this memorable march was kept up,
column after column passing the grand
stands with wonderful precision and pre-
senting to the spectators a succession of
military tableaux, each one in its turn
possessing some peculiar and distinctive
trait of the State from which it came.
Names sturdy men displayed the pine
cones of their forests; Wisconsin's
contingent carried a badger; Yer
mOnt's gallant comrades adorned
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Greenland.

On some of the old time maps Green
land was known by different name
from the one it now bears.
During the ninth century Gum
biorn, brave sea-rover from Iceland,
discovered "Greenland's icy noun
tains," and because of their glittering
mantle of ice and snow he called the
island Hvids@rk or White Shirt
Some years later Eric the Red came
to the island and found colonies there,
and changed the name to Greenland.
Perhaps on map White Shirt might
not make so dignified an appearance
as Greenland, but it would not be so
strikingly inappropriate to the great
finland ice," as the Danes call ia
country of glaciers and snow-felds that
stretches away into the shadows of the
unexplored and unknown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

cheap rates they lose in having to buy
new suits"
Then both laugh sardonic. diaboli-
cal, ironical laugh, which only board
ers can understand and appreciate
Philadelphia Times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

unique and impressive. Such a parade
would be impossible in any other coun-
try than this, for no other country could
muster the same number and kind of
men, soldiers, yet civilians, SCARED vet
Grams of hundreds of battlefelds, gath
cred from the farms and workshops of a
continent. to remind us for brief but
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

at the disposal of the comrades of the Grand
Army of the Republic was measured only by
the time between the dates when you as
sumed the Office and when you will have
laid it down.
If have in any manner merited the con-
fdence which you have placed in me, and
my official action has been satisfactory to
the members of the organization, am more
than pleased, and abundantly rewarded for
the labor.
desire in as public manner as possible
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

to express my thanks TO the officers Of the
various departments for their uniform
courtesy in responding to my demands made
upon them in relation to their departments.
To Assistant Adjutant General James T.
Sterling 1 am greatly indebted for his as
sistance, SO cheerfully and zealously given
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Tho New Ohncars.

The chief interest in the encampment
surrounded the election of grand officers
and the location for the next encamp-
ment. General Whee4ock G. Weary, of
Vermont, was elected Commander-in-
chief. and the next convention will be
held in Detroit. Richard f. Tobin, of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

at all times, and to Quartermaster General
John Taylor, Judge Advocate General Aus
tin, and Inspector General Griffith for their
aid whenever called upon. Sincerely in F.,
G. and L., GEORGE HOPKINS,
AdiTtanf General.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
A Joke for Boarders.

"You've left your old boarding house,
I see."
eyes, too expensive. Mrs. Hash
feeds her boarders so well that they
are continually outgrowing their
clothes, and what they save in the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
Report of Adjutant General Hopkins.

The following is Adjutant General
Hopkins report:
Russell J. Alger Commander-in-chief:
COMRADE-I beg to submit the following
report of the business transactions of the
Adjutant Generals office, and membership
and progress and condition of the order for
the year just closed. Owing to the fact that
the Twenty fourth National Encampmeut
is held two weeks earlier in the year than
the preceding encampment, the reports from
some of the departments are not as full as
given TO the posts in the various depart
ments to make their reports. When you as
sumed command of the Grand Army of the
Republic there were forty-two depart
ments. with Gill posts. and q membership
in good standing of 3S2,5S9. The CONSOLE
dated report for the quarter ending June 80,
1890, shows forty-three departments, with
the provisional department of Indian Terri
tory and Oklahoma. and membership in
GOOD standing of 427.9S1, being q net gain of
two departments, 464 posts, and Al, JIG COM
rades.
The following table gives the strength of
the several departments, and the gains of
each in posts and membership between
June 80 1889, and June 80, $780,
These tables show that on June 80, 1890,
there were in the several departments TITS
posts, with a membership of 397, 1856. The
gains since June 80, 1885, were $50 posts and
90. 217 members. The losses were 20 posts
and ,5S1 members.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

Boston, was elected Senior Vice Com
mander, and George B. Dreamer, of Bal
timore, Junior Vice Commander.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

S31. 600. The Grant monument fund was
shown to have been increased by $981.76
since the last encampment, and to amount
to S11.114.55.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

If you give fiddle to fool don't
grumble about the music afterward.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21
TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP!
MONSTER PROCESSION OF THE
C. A. r. IN BOSTON.

All Former Parades Thrown in the Shade
-Adiutant General Hopkins Report
Shows Large Gains in Membership
General WheeIock G. Veazey Elected
Commander for the Coming Year.
ESPECIAL BOSTON LETTER
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

'HE Grand Army of
Boys in Blue has
come and gone, and
every one of them
feels like taking off
his hat to the Hub.
1t is the first time
they have ever, as a
body, tested Boston
hospitality, and they
found it not wanting.
e v cry b ody wei t
away praising Boston
and BOStonianS to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-21

the sky. TITS great city and great
people, " was stock expression heard on
every hand.
The browning event of the encamp-
ment was the procession. This was
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15
Immigration.

During the past ten years the immigra-
tion from Europe has been 6,272,s5o, not
including that from Mexico and Canada,
which would swell the grand total to over
100000. The immigration numbers four
times the population of Alabama and will
be represented by more than thirty repre-
sentatives in congress. For the most part
it is utterly ignorant of our customs, Ian
guage and laws. It is an element of great
danger to our institutions. It adds i'm
mensely to that volume of the population
which looks to the government for pater-
nal aid and which sees no benefit in the
success of political parties except the dis
tribution of place and patronage. This
immense influx of six millions of foreig-
ners exceeds the population of many i'm
portant countries of Europe. It is more
than the population of Holland, of Norway
or Sweden, or Belgium, or Greece, or
Switzerland, or the Argentine Republic or
Canada. Happily good part of this horde
of strangers comes from Germany and
the United Kingdom, with as much money
and brains and industry as had our fore
fathers who settled the country originally.
In the course of time they will become as
simulated to the old residents and assume
what we recognize as the American type.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15

The newspaper that does it's duty in
protecting public interest, says the Oregon
Scout, is sure to make enemies. But what
of that? Enemies rather help newspa-
per than otherwise, especially when their
hostility is generally known to arise from
an independent and public spirited course
on the part of the journal that incurs their
.sispleasure. The paper that stands by the
public is on solid ground, and the people
will heartily support it in the advocacy of
their rights. In every small town or city
there are people who think themselves en-
titled to control everything, and that OPP
position to any of their proceedings is an
offense equal to personal grievance or af-
front. They wanttto boss the community,
newspaper included. They lack apprehen-
sion or understanding of the true function
a newspaper in RELATION to public interest,
and if they could have their way the local
press would be simply the organ of their
own private interests and aims.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15
Notice of chattel Mortgage sale.

Mortgagor: Peter Londquist of section
IL, township IA, range 81, Mclean ooun-
ty, d. T. Mortgagee: Louis Peterson of
Bismarck, D. T. Chattel mortgage is
owned by the estate Of Louis Peterson de-
ceased; chattel mortgage is dated Febru-.
ary %, 1889. The amount claimed to be
due at the date of this notice is five hun
dred and sixty-eight dollars. Default has
been made in the payment Of the moneys
secured by said chattel mortgage. Now,
therefore, notice is hereby given that the
sheriff of Mclean county, North Dakota,
or his deputy, will! sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, at the front
door Of the court house, in the town of
Washburn in said Mclean county, at 2
o'clock p. m. of the 22d day of November,
1890, the following property contained in
said mortgage and described as follows,
viz: One bay mare eleven years old,
weighing 1850 lbs; one bay mare with
white face, weighing 1,1O0 lbs; one bay
mare weighing $50 lbs, with small star in
forehead; one set light harness; one gold
watch No. 519O6, Waltham watch with sill
yer chain.
Dated November II, 1880.
LENA PETERSON, Administrative
of the Estate of Louis Peterson, deceased.
LOUIS HAs1rcH, Atty for Mortgagee.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15

If there is one thing more than another
that Judge Winchester tries to do, it is to
expedite business, and thus save expense
to the county, and this morning when
Messrs. Roby and Sullivan were unneces-
sarily dilatory in answering the summons
of the sheriff, the Judge fined them $2b
each. He stated that he regretted to have
to do this, very much, but the public in
terests demand that the court business be
not delayed. Both these gentlemen are
good citizens, but they will be even better
citizens now that they have learned that
the demands of the district court must be
obeyed promptly. This little episode will
undoubtedly have healthy influence, and
hereafter all citizens will realizc that when
they are sent for by the court it is their
duty to respond promptly. Mandan Pio-
neer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15
If the coming legislature shall remedy

If the coming legislature shall remedy
the errors, mistakes and blunders of the
last session it will have enough to do with
out giving much time to new legislation.
The prevailing disposition of such bodies
is too much legislation. They seem to re-
gard quantity rather than quality. We heard
it quoted against a republican candidate
for the state senate during the oompaign
just closed that he only introduced Ave
bills during the last session while demo-
cratic senator introduced twenty-five. No
comparison was made between the quality
of the five and twenty-five bills, only the
quantity entered into the comparison.
Such things have bad effect upon mem
bers of thelegislaturefor it gives them the
idea that they will be judged by the quanti-
ty rather than by the quality of their
work. We hope the coming legislature
will reverse the order and give us quality
rather than quantity. What the people
need, what the good of the state demands,
is statute plain and simple SO that the
people can understand it, and as few laws
as are necessary to good government.
The mistake of the constitutional conven-
tion was in making the first session such q
long one, or rather, We might perhaps bet
ter say, in giving it the power to prolong
the session to double the time fixed for all
sessions that will follow while that provi-
sion of the constitution remains. The
coming session has golden opportunity
for setting up standard in the matter of
quality before quantity in legislation that
will have wholesome influence upon fu-
ture legislatures.-Jamestown Capital.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15

Allan Mitchell was reelected auditor of
McHenry county without opposition. He
is one of the truest men in North Dakota
-an honor to any community he might
live in. With one or two exceptions the
independent or farmers alliance candi-
dates were elected. Bill Pitts was re-elect-
ed sheriff over one of the most popular re-
publicans in the county, and Col. John A.
Ely, staunch old democrat, slipped into
tee treasurer's Office by fair majority.
G. D. Rice, proprietor of the Towner News
and Stockman, won the clerk of court
prize, and Judge McCintock was defeated
by F.A. Eidsness. Louie Thompson, DEM
ocrat, carried McHenry county by twelve
majority, but was defeated in Bottineau
county.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. 81 PER YEAR.
The Grand Forks Plaindraler contains a

The Grand Forks Plaindraler contains a
brief editorial, which can be applied as
well to the Missouri as tho Red river valley.
Now that election is over let us forget the
bitterness of the struggle and turn our ut
tention to other matters of vital import
ance to the welfare of the country. Let
us attend strictly to business for the next
two years, leaving the government pretty
much alone, azu see how much ahead we
can get in farming, manufacturing and
stockraising. Let us see how much OF the
slope we can put under good tillage, how
much per acre the land can be made to
produce, how nearly we can get out OF
debt, and how much of q city we can make
of Washburn, in business way. The past
wear, which has been so unfavorable for
agricultural pursuits in many sections OF
the country, has demonstrated that the
soil of Mclean county is equally produc-
tive as that of the Red river valley. The
average yield of wheat this year in tho
county exceeds twelve bushels per acre
many pieces reaching 80 bushels. This
average is about equal to that in the Red
river country. Certainly then, the farmers
of Mclean county have no cause to com
plain. Added to our agricultural resources
are the immense coal deposits scattered
through the county, which are just now
attracting much attention east and south
of us. With railroad up the river, which
is only a matter of another year or two at
most, and these coal fields will be devel-
oped, adding immensely to the wealth OF
the country. Prosperity is awaiting us.
Patience and perseverance will bring it to
our doors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-11-15
Summons.

State of North Dakota, Town of Washburn-
In Justice Court, Mclean County. Before S. A:
Falconer, justice Of the peace In and for said
town and county.
X s. RaSe ase51t 5 fer ,t the skna oT
The State of North Dakota sends greeting to
Ole Fjarli, jr., defendant
You are hereby summoned to appear before me ~;
county, on the stll day Of December, 1880, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon of that day to answer to
the complaint Of the above n:!ned plaintiff, IS =
to recover Of you the sum of twenty dollars and
10 cents. You are hereby notified that II you fail
to appear and answer as above required, said
sum of twenty dollars and 10 cents. and costs:
Given under my hand this 22d day OF Septem-
Der, 1890. S. a. FALCoNEE,
Justice of the Peace,
1G In and for the County Of Mclean, N. ID.