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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-18
LOCAL ITEMS.

Theodore Taylor was up
from Falco1 er on business
yesterday.
Judge Lamb took a trip to
his ranch ranch III the north
end, Th ursday.
Geo. l.. Robinson, of the right
place, Coal Harbor, was trans
acting business in the city this
week.
Rev. A. G.. Rinuous will de-
liver Il memorial sermon at the
sch ool' house in the city on
May :.6.
r. B. Kenyon and C. w
LeMont of Norfolk, Ncb., have
spent several days i'll this vi
cinity looking up lands.
Jeff II. Irish, a distinguished
lawyer and banker of Detroit,
Mimi, paid the county seat a
visit the first of the week with
q view of looking up invest
ments.
!. NJ. Dixon and wife came
up from Wilton the first of the
week and spent a number of
days in the city, Mr.. Dixon
looking after the work being
done on his palatial resi-
dence.
Auditor Johnson and wife
took trip to Fargo the first of
the week from where Mrs.
Johnson will go to Minneapolis
for a brief visit with friends.
The Auditor, returned home
Tuesday.
The North Dakota Scandi
navian Mission society will
hold a conference in the Sweed-
ish Mission church at Slaugh-
ter on the 25th and Goth of this
month. The conference will
begin at 2 o'clock p. m. on the
25th. All are cordially well
coined.
Ranchman Avery was in
from his Hillside ranch one
day this week, accompanied by
his charming stepdaughter,
Mics Anna Pennington. Mr..
Avery says stock are looking
the best ever in his neighbor-
hood and the grass is growing
fine affording good Pasturage.
Receiver John Satterlund
and States Attorney McCul-
loch came up from Bismarck
Mon day, Mac. returning g from
a brief visit with his family in
Minnesota. Receiver Satter
lund spent a couple of days in
viewing tire Improvements now
in progress in the city.
Among the most needed es-
.tablishments soon to be opened
in the city is meat market,
to be managed by John Merry.
He is now remodeling his store
I building one door north q
% ohnson& 4 Cos store, into suit ut
! abie quarters for meat mar. IS
ket. John will employ M the
!. B III
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-18
"THE OLD RELIABLE STANDBY"
AXEI NELSON

Has contracted for large new UP.TO.DATE STOCK #
DEERING" BINDERS MOWERS and HAY RAKES. Ta.
celebrated J. I. CASE GANG and BREAKING p]cN.
"M1TcHELL"an and "BURG" WAGONS, open and co>,,sa
RUGG1Es, SPRING WAGONS, ROAD CARTS Etc. 4.s
barb wire binding and the famous storm and
defying "AERMOTER" WIND MILLS. pumps, and
stock of machine REPAIRS besides my usual tdt,n,
line of groceries, clothing and shoes and farming
n,ents.
Your inspection patronage respectfully sociteA
Axe1 No180ns
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-18

services Of an experie need bu.
cher from Minneapolis and it is
his intention to be in readi-
ness for business in a couple
of weeks.
Rev. A. G. Runious, our new
minister, with his family has
arrived from Hunter, and are
now nicely housed in the new
parsonage.
There will be preaching in
the school house next Sunday
evening at the usual hour of
Z o'clock. The new pastor Rev.
A. G. Runious will take as his
subject beginnings" All are
cordially invited to attend
those Sunday evening meet
ings.
w. B. Stieber, of Bismarck
restaurant fame. will soon
open first-class restaurant in
the place formerly occupied by
DR.. Forbes drug store. Stiebe
has had much experience IN
the business and will uhdoubt-
edly run an eating house that
will be the best ever.
Arbor day was appropriately
observed in the city ON the 10th.
Notwithstanding the dis .
greeable weather on that day a
good number or trees were
planted. The school children
devoted the forenoon to tree
planting in the school yard;
participating in a picnic at the
park in afternoon.
The new map of Burlcigh
county, N. D., drawn to a scale
of one inch to the mile and
mounted ON clotl, with rollers,
showing topography, railroads,
postofaces, school houses and
o,her necessary information to
date can be had by applying
to John Harold, Bismarck, n,
D. Price S..
military steps are being taken
to organize a stock company
for the purpose of erecting q
first class brick hotel. The
shares have beer placed at
800 each and it is report ID at
least 80 shares have been dis
posed of at this writing. The
capital of the STOCK company
has not yet been decided on.
John Harold, Of Bismark who
has been surveying the Rhude
and Haines addition to Wash
burn, while here looked through
the journal of Lewis and CLARK,
as printed by the Harpers, said
unless their instruments were
"out of whack," " they wintered
somewhere in front of Anton
Peterson's during that memor-
able winter of lsO4-5. Other
wise the journal puts their win
tering place at the lower end of
Elm Point.
Frank Russell, who represents
the most newsy daily paper in
the State, came up the line from
Fargo, Thursday to bear wit
ness to the improvements along
the Bismarck, Washburn and
Great Falls Railway, since last
February. His business takes
him in every part of the State,
and said few of us realize the
great strides in the development
of the natural resources of the
State this season. This espe-
cially SO along the line of the
Great Northern which would
seem borders the over-boom.
George A. Robertson, of Ken
mare. Ward County, and Dan
McAffee, Of Coal Harbor, were
viewing metropolitan Wash
burn one day this week. Mr..
Robertson is ono Of the origin
ais Of the once Victoria, now.
Coal Harbor settlement but left
there about ten years ago for
bustling Minot, whore after sev-
eral years residence he moved
out to and became one Of the
principal promoters and mer-
chants Of noisy Kenmare. Mr..
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-18
TELEPHONE.

The telephone line has been completed to
Washburn and is thrown open to the public for
business. Patrons can use the wire for CONVEX
S2tionS or send messages as preferred.
Co. at Bismarck enables messages to be sent
or received to or from all points reached by
telegraph or cable lines.
Rates may he had on application to any of the
c0mpany's agents ut WaShburn, Wilton or Bis
marck, or by addressing Mr.. Il. II. Walker,
rraIlc Manager Is. W. T. &. +. Ry. Co. Bismarck
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10
vYhen Orator. Ars at rhnIr Re.1.

Among orators there can be no doubt
that il is between the ages OF forty
five and hftyfve that their special
cndowmcnts have secured for them
their highest triumphs Demosthcnes.
whose ambitions was early kindled
did not deliver his greatest speech
Dc COrona-which has been described
as the most magnificent yindication in
tie annals of oratory, until he was
Grty-two.
Burke, whose training was desultory.
9stonished the House OF Commons by
ais speech on American affairs when
We was thirty-six. but only achieved
his masterpiece, his impeachment OF
Warren Hastings-an effort OF clio.
tCence unparalleled i'm It's energy and
effect and which must have exhausted
as speech centres. for 1t left him at
vie point deprived OF the power Of
articulation for a little while-w when
AZ was in his ffty-elghth year.
Curran, Of whom Byron said. he
HISS spoken more poetry than / have
over written" made his most brilliant
eTccches in the State trials in which
lc appeared between his forty-fourth
ard forty-scvcnth years. And John
Bright, whose fiery defamation ON
lehalf Of the Anticorn Law League
gan i'm his twenty-eighth year. may
l' said TO have exhibited his control
over language In it's finest perfection
20 speeches delivered subsequent TO-
ais election for Birmingham. when hc
r1s forty-six
ON this subject B0rneu smith saws.
"I have heard all Che greatest speeches
OF the greatest orators of my time
parliamentary pulpit and platform
speakers Butt Lowe. DlsraelI Bu
wcr-Lyttou Derby. Punshou Gougl.
and all had their most splendid period
from forty-6yc to hfty-Hvc years off
nge I'm thn case OF Gladstone. som,
of his grcatcst orauous were delivered
when he was between Hfty.dyc and
sixty. -TtBits
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

Fred Cruudy in Farm ana Tircs.dc
tells as Doc has been watching road
Keeper care for ten miles of black
earth road. aud he has kept 80 iu good
condition. not by matchmaking % or
by covering So with crushed Stone. bu.
by providing good drainage. by ule u
most places 90 take Che water OG. and
Nv digging out some OF the worst
places about eighteen inches deep. and
hil.ug with broken brick. tile. coal
ciuders on whatever win make o. firm
foundation and allow water to- drain
through Then III The roads are round.
cd up to- allow The water to- run off
au1 they get little attention after
every rain. they are easily kept ln
good condition. The results are much
better and Che cost much less than
they were for The annual turnout OF
thc district to mend. on often Goo mako
worse Jbe roads the job being expect
c1 then t0 Doe done, until the same sea
SON comes around another year.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10
charaeterlstles Of cortsIrou.

During the four and a half years
that George Bruce Cortelyou served
the late President Mckinley. first as
assistant private secretary and later
as private secretary. he developed a
remarkable trait OF memory.
As assistant secretary it was part OF
Mr.. COrtclyou's duty when the Presi-
dent was travelling to see the reporters
from the various newspapers and To
furnish them the particulars OF the
Chief Executives plans and move
ments. Hundreds of reporters through
ont the country thus became person
ally acquainted with Mr. Cortelyou.
who not only remembered their faces
i'm connection with the newspapers
which they represented. but in the
great majority Of cases remembered
the personal names OF the interview
crs themselves
one day. when a surprised individ-
ual mentioned the fact to- Mr.. CorteI-
you that bee must be the owner OF a
remarkable memory. he said:
"Oh I don't know II seems TO me
one might as well do 80 right as other
wise"
which seemed to indicate that the
late PRE- dents secretary does not RI
aIizn that hc has the remarkable mem
o-y which he really has New York
Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

The latest implement to be added TO
the forces with which the gardener
fights his enemies. the weeds, is Il
barrel-shaped cutter. which extracts
the roots without disturbing the sod.
The cutting edge of the barrel is
placed over the centre OF the root,
and little downward pressure is
eXerted, the barrel being turned at
the same time. Upon Withdrawing
the cutter, says the manufacturer n
plug of soil. and also the root of the
weed are found in the barrel. These
are removed by a plunger which oper-
ates in u spiral slot in one side of
the barrel. With this the root is
elected and the plug of soil is re-
placed in the turf, filling up the hole
formerly made.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10
scored cd Keeninc Annlcs.

There is no mystery nor secret ia
keeping my apples. / have NJ cold,
not even cool storage facilities but
simply plain double wall brick
house, one foot in the ground with
earth banked up two feet outside
accept the fact that only sound ap-
pie can be expected to keep, and that
1t is the business OF this kind 10 keep
until dead ripe, unless affected by
an outside agent The ripcning is
fastened by heat ana retarded by cold.
whether on or of the tree. Under
same temperature they ripen much
faster off the tree than on. \ sound
apple hanging in sunshine on a tree
will always feel cool to the hand
while in the same sunshine it Will
cook through if detached Premature
gathering does not add 10 keeping
qualities, but does detract rrol eating
qualities.
The most critical period in keeping
apples is the hot weather during and
just after gathering AS | have no
cool place, want them to pass as
much of this period on the trees as
possible. But it is not safe 10 leave
them too long, lest they drop. When
barTeled l keep IN barn woodshed or
any outbuiiding until approach Of hard
winter The instructions Cften given
10 gather in a sack swung around the
shoulders is very pernicious. Every
motion of the picker's body bruises
every apple at every point where il
touches another apple. ] pick in one
third bushel baskets. handling with
much care. From these they are
poured carefully into a long asserting
box lined with straw or grass. I
grade into fancies, hrsts, seconds and
cuils. Nearly anybody can pick, but 80
requires a person Of good judgement
and much viii power TO assert and
grade. Not only the filled barrels but
the empty ones should be kept in the
shade. When the weather will permit
j prefer 10 leave them in the orchard
over night to thoroughly cool OF The
culls and seconds J sell at very tempt
ing prices. The first and rancies are
very tempting themselves and [ like
to let people pay for them
From the above YOU win note that
my success is due 20 the harding ana
time Of gathering, and not 20 storas.
plant know If / had cool. not cold.
storage during the hot weather in the
fall, my apples would Keep almost
without loss until April. Joe a. Bur
ton, in American Agriculturist
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

sorter and come out of IT separated
into three sizes sarge. medium and
small. one man stands by the ma
chine and picks out the decayed tubcrs
us they roll over the sorter.
When the farmer goes i'm for any
line that calls for the transplantins OF
plants ON a large scale. he has the
most wonderful machine OF them all
To do the work for him. This machine
is drawn by horses and Is operated bv
. man ana two boys. Ii handles to-
matO. cabbage. straw berry. tobacco
and similar plants when they are but
little more than seedlings.
The plant-setting machine. for all it
looks big ana cumbersome, and seems
To be complicated affair. receives the
plants in a hopper. When the team
moves of \ starting lever is thrown
over and the machine makes n hole i'm
the ground In this it drops the plant.
ScattcrS fertilizer near the roots, wat
crS the roots and draws the earth close
up around Che plant more evenly than
10 is done 10y hand
II sets the plants deep or shallow.
deposits a large or small quantity or
fertilizer and water. and does anything
the operator wants 10 TO do.
II sets the plants into single row
Without injurng any Of them and
each iJst as far apart AZ the gauge
calls FOR 1, viii plant from five TO
eight acres a day. and put the plants
IN the ground rs close as one foot
apart The work done by this machine
may be Judged from the fact that 10
plant ut one foot apart each way calls
FOR the setting OF ~, 800 plants in sin
gle acre. If only five acres were GOV
cred in day it would mean the trans
planting of 2lT,S plants.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

One Of the chief outdoor dimcultic.
at butchering time is thc loading OF the
heavy dressed hogs intended for mark
Ct Frequently This Is done by One
man aided by thc women of The
household. and &C. is usually productive
OF much nervousness and some irrlia.
bility. All this may Doe rcmedlcd u
the following way
Make and keep from one season to-
another a large tripod by joining at
the top three stout poles thirteen
feet long Keep the upper ends of the
poles from splitting by means of iron
bands. The lower ends are sharpcucd
to point Tho upper ends of the
poles TO form the tripod are Joined by
O. strong iron rod or bolt. "a. An iron
b. formed like the letter U is fastened
to tnc outside ends of the rod which
Joins Che poles by running the rod
through eyes formed in Jbe ron. This
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10
Agitation For Good Road. e..

Some sage has said that the civil.
cation of d country is shown by it's
roads This being true, it is to be
hoped that the agitation now making
head in different parts OF the country
viii not cease until we are well pro-
yided for In this way as the best Of
the ancicnts. or course our railroads
surpass all their facilities FOR transit.
but il our ordinary roads were TO he
left as long without care as some OF
thc prehistoric highways that have
been discovered in various parts OF the
world, they would look like the roads
in Scotland before they were made 90
But there has already been progress.
and the methods of MaCadam. whom
Scott referred 10 as the Colossus or
Roads" are being applied iu q mOdi.
fed form in every part OF the country
that boasts OF grayel-pits. Road.
building has become a science worthy
the attention Of the most skilled en-
gineers, and experts are already
abroad In the land The Province Of
Ontario has for some years past been
setting an example that might be- fol-
lowed with profit i'm all our States.
The government employs am engineer
to- oversee r0ad-building and To- teach
The art To- an municipalities willing 10
learn. In this country the agitation
has been left largely to interested
PARTIES The bicycIs,- ana automobile
interests, but the good work 10 grow.
ing. as shown by the convention re.
Gently held iu Buffalo The Observer.
BOO Haruas- Weekly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

some piece Of henhouSe furniture. The
cut shows long, narrow box with
entrance at one end and nests in
order. Each hen will so TO the furth-
est unoccupied nest in her effort to
hide her nest away. so the nests VIII
be occupied in regular order. II a hen
has to pass over another in coming
out no harm will be done.
The advantage in such plan is the
ease with which such 4 box can be
made and the small space it occupies.
New York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

The golfer who goes u for the game
seldom wears knickerbockers ur
never puts ou goldug stock. and Doe
dresses generally i'm ncgliga nauuols.
The white striped are the best Tho
trousers are turned up at thr bottom
and the coat is am ordinary single.
breasted flannel Jacket Either %
sweater or a madras shirt IS proper
NuickerbOckers are not absolutely
t1booed. but they have been. $50 "a
speak, run into tl,e ground. and Tho
knickerbockcr player is more or lose
an objeet OF ridiculc for those VIII.
love the game for The games sake.
However you may suit your own
Ideas. london Fashion
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

hangs sufficiently clear OF the ground.
In loading. back the horses. placing
wagon under the tripod close to the
hog. Then raise one leg OF tripod I'M
til the hog will swing into the wagon,
then lower 1t. The hog is loaded in
this way with almost no lifting This
tripod is equally rs valuable for hang
ing hogs to be dressed. They may be
left hanging upon it until loaded
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

Here is a hint from au Australian
beekeeper who saved every bit OF
wax he found He carried a small
wax pocket ia which he put every bit
of wax, burr comb. scrap or ball of
wax after eating tidbit OF comb.
Without this pocket these bits would
be left on top OF hives where they
would get melted down, blown away
or otherwise lost.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10
AGRICULTURAL.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
How to Use Tarred Paper

When using tarred paper for stables
or other oUtbuildings il is better to
place it on the outside. as it will then
not only keep the winds out. but also
keep the boards dry. thus assisting
to retain heat in the buildings in cold
weather as well as protect against
damOneSS
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

loop OF iron is 70 support the chain
which holds the hog.
When ready TO hanC The hog. lower
one leg of the TRIPOD, ,fasten on The
hCg, then raise the lCS until the hog
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10
A sories of Dnrk Ncsis.

Many plans for row of dark nests
call for contrivance wide enough to
give dark wall along the row OF
dark nests. This makes cumber-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

fan Of hail to the average depth OF
one inch over a region four miles wide
and eighteen miles long is a fail OF
1G1,34O,0O0 cubic feet of ice weighing
nearly 100000 tons. The average ele-
walton from which it fell may be taken
rs 5000 feet All the mass that fell
must previously have been raised to-
that level; that is 1000 900 tons must
have been raised 5000 feet or 5000 600
foot tons Of work must have been
done, which corresponds to the work.
Of an engine OF million horse power
working FOR five hours. When the hail
fell the force OF gravity did this identi-
cal amount OF work II we wish to-
prevent the fall Of hail we must some
how do the same amount OF work per
hour. and we must keep up the work
at the same rate as long as necessary
The editor OF the United states Wealth
er Review suggests that the spasmodiG
discharge of a few small cannon is
not likely to be very effective as a pre-
YentiYe
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-12-10

a curious phenomenon was recently
witnessed from Antelope Island. in
the Great Salt Lake. one afternoon n
gentleman saw what appeared fine
rainbow between the island and the
mainland yet no rain was falling any
where in the locality. The bow was
double the breadth Of an ordinary
rainbow, and thc-e was a secondary
bow above IT, ON looking into the
matter he traced the bow to n cloud Of
sand from the shore of the lake. The
sand is ''oolltc,' to use Il geological
word. and the pearly spherules reflect
ing the sunlight produced the bow