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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-28
Notice of Final Proof.

Land Office at Bismarck n. D.. Feh.a. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the following
make ilnal proof in support of ner claim, and
that said proof will he made before E.. A. Land
U. s.. C0mm'r Dist of n. D.. at Washburn, on
March 2l, 1908, viz:
Mary Jane Bossen T.
for the southwest quarter section 20, twp TAG.
range 81.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz.
James English. Levi Force O. L. Bossen of
Weller, n. ID. ana Joseph Mann, of Wasllburn.
n. ID.
a, G. McGillivray,
req 10 Register,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-28
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter of the e.tate of Caroline Reich
enberger.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Martin SulZle. Executor. of tho estate of Caro-
line teiclienberser, late of the town of Jassel-
man. Mclean county, State of North Dakota,
having claims against said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers. within four
months Il ter the first publication of this notice
to said executor at the office of y. G. Wayde-
man at .AnanluoSe. ~. ID. in said Mclean county
DATED this 9Th day of January a. u. 1903.
Marlin SlllZie.
Executor.
I'irSt nuilinntinu Feb y
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-28
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter of the estate of jacob Priestey
Friedrich Priester, Executor, of the estate o
Jacob Prisster, late of tine town OF Casselm w,
Mclean county, state of n 'rth Dlkott. de
ceased, to the crel tors Of and all persons
them with the necessary vouchers, within foul
III ,nths after the first publication OF his notice
to said executor at the Office of L. G. Wayde
man at AnamooSe, n. D,in said Me 1ear
co. nty.
Dated this 9Th day If January. a. D. 1913.
Frielerich "~riester,
Executor.
First publication Feb. IS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-28
NOTICE or FINAL PROOF.

Land Once at Bismarck, N. Oak. Feby %, 1908
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of her Intention to
make final proofin support Of her claim. and
that said proof will be made before j. T. Nc
Culloct., D. 8. comm. Dist Of N. Dak., at Wash
burn, on April 9Th, 1908, viz:
ROSE WARD
for the north east quar.er Sec %, twp. l48.
range 50.
She names the following witnesses TO prove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz: ss
Cions Larson, L. Blake, Geo. W. Bush and H.
H. R0hreS, all Of Washburn N ID.
A.. C..McGilliyray.
fe3 % Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-28
First Publication Feb. %.
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF.

Land Office at Bismarck, N. Oak
Feby II 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention to
make fEal proof In support of his claim and
said proof will be made before f. A. Lamb. U.
6.COmmissiOner at Washburn. N. OAK, on
April 4th, 1903, viz:
robert Betzina
for the e12 ofswA and lot . and Z, sec. 6, twp.
8143, n. range 82W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz:
w. ". Jenness IS; c. A. Lowe. George saye and
L. Simpson, Of Hensler. N. ID.
AZ, McGillivray,
Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-02-28
First publication Jan. 81

FIFSI pI!'IIr;iIION JAN. III
NOTICE OF HONEST FAD FINAL
PROOF.
Land Office At Bismarck, N.D
January Is. 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention t,
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before +. A.. Lamb.
u. $. Commissioner at Washburn, n. d.. OD
March ct II 1909, viz;
Herman KrenZ for the
So of swA OF section 10. Twp. l46. range SO.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
said land. viz:
Charley Hassler. Friedrich krenz. John Cook
and Re:nhOlu Boyer, all OF Coal HarhOr, n. u.
A.C. McGillivray,
Register.
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NOTICE OF

First publication Feb. IS.
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publication Feb ,,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-26

for all the labor required" says Louder,
but had much to learn about handling.
organizing and providing for this ex-
ceedingly raw end barbarous material.
a working command of the native
language was made possible by the use
of an orilic-havored dialect called Kish-
Vanilla"
Another initial difficulty new to
Americans was the complicated tanele
Of caste and custom that ruled among
the East Indian laborers which had 20
be understood by the American as
police, judges, and jury OF their nomadic
community.
In the picturesque style of your ma
tional story teller, Mr.. Lueder thus
chronicles the arrival Of his bridge
builders from Mombasa.
The American party landed at Nom
hasa in December In charge OF n. r. Jar
rett, who was sent out as superintendent
of construction. He had seventeen
bridgemen selected from the erection
force of the company, a foreman and
clerk, making twenty-one the total
strength of the American force. All
were new TO foreign work and anxious
to make a record for speed and efficiency
on a contract won in competition against
English rivals in Il British government
enterprise
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paddles to Alexandria and back with
energy enough for two. Incidentally. 1t is
astonishing how many people, for one
reason or another, find it necessary to
go every Sunday TO the ancient city that
sits sleepily with her feet in the Poto-
mac. and her back propped up against
Virginia's everlasting hills.
Far and away the most interesting
spot on the front. however, Is that near
est the gangplank OF the big steamer
about TO make her round trip to Balt1-
moe. taking in the Potomac landings on
her way. The captain is a genial gem
tleman, whose blue coat opens infor-
mally over an expanse of white linen and
whose gilt banded cap sits jauntily awry.
He seems more the hospitable host than
a paid official OF the vessel. though his
courtesy does not prevent his taking
in the business about him with an ever
watchful eye. The tagged path from
the car line to the wharf is alive with
people who come In couples. families
and punches, either to take the steamer
or TO bid their friends good-by. The
warehouse to one side is packed with
trunks. boxes, and barrels. which a score
or more OF colored deck hands trundle
aboard like so many trihes. light as
air. Piled outside are more trunks.
boxes. and barrels with furniture. farm
ing implements, coils of rope, poultry
crates. unpacked vans and-last Sunday
an undertskers' wagon. The blue-shirt-
ed. laughing, sweaty truekmen had
swarmed on the tons of incongruous
freight and quite in the course OF their
work pulled from the hearse the pins
box that inclosed the coffin OF son
Of old Maryland. who was going home
to sleep with his fathers on his native
heath. One big black fellow took off
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be the great great granddaughter OF a
dame who danced minuets with royalty
in the days of ieweled buckles and pow
dered wigs.
It is always a satisfaction to get a
peep at other ruts than ours. and it
is really worth trip wharfward II
only to wonder what on earth people
want with things that we have no Ise
for ourselves. That pile OF sacks, for
instance-sacks like that never come in
to our lives. The wharf master says
they are filled with grain by the farm
ers who ordered them shipped to the Bal
tlmore market as soon as his crop was
in. The big wicker boxes are vege-
table and poultry crates; those queer.
cumbersome things of wood and steel
are the latest patent in plows-plows.
good gracious! Suppose you had 10 fol-
low that thing over the clods of a
twenty-acre field behind a mule from
sunrise 20 sunset OF a sultry day. in
stead OF sitting at your fine desk under
an electric fan from Q to 4-and then.
someway. you look at the farmer in
the country store clothes who is stand
ing on the deck. The restfulness of the
country is In his eyes and there is a
sense OF self-ownership in his sinewy
outline that makes you wonder If you
have the best of it after all-you an
your city Job.
Though these boats handle pretty
much all the freight OF the river farmers
on the Maryland and Virginia sides. they
are loaded to the limit in the summer
months with passengers who look cas-
uaiiy to belong 10 the summer boardef
class. The agent tells you that the sum-
mer boarder is a rarity on their route
that the hospitality OF ante-beIlum days
is still cherished in the sister States.
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his rag of hat, and instinctively those.
who were not already bareheaded. fell
lowed in his lead. They. stepped to-
gether with a solemn stateliness, and
the clamorous good-byes which were be-
ing exchanged between the passengers
on the deck and their friends on the
wharf hushed as the men passed over
the gangplank with one who had many
time been passenger. and was max
ing his last trip as freight.
The stewardess unbends her dignity
enough to leave her boat and exchange
compliments with her friends and adj
mirers on the wharf To the mere eye.
she Is simply a good humored. trig lit
tie woman with a skin as brown as
cocoanut and teeth as white as its meat
The minute the boat leaves her wharf.
however. she begins to grow in import
ance with the rapidity OF the fairy bean
stalk. until she even eclipses the cap
tain in the eyes of the unfortunates who
get seasick.
The passengers who take these boats
for the Potomac landings are not always
be judged by their looks. Apparently
the majority of them are only so many
men and women from the worlds rank
and file. But II you only knew it, many
of them are descendants of the mobiles
and gentlemen of England. who framed
the laws Of Maryland and Virginia. and
died on land and sea in their defense.
The man in country store clothes who
is palpably a farmer going home from
visit TO his city kin. possibly bears the
name OF the ancestors who came over
with Baltimore and the plainly
dressed woman who is anxious as 10 the
fate or a crate OF preserve jars that a
deck hand is taundling with a jeopar-
Gizing jauntiness up the gang plank, may
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and that these passengers are mostly
guests who have been invited 10 spend
more or less of the summer with rela-
with the summer until by mid-July it is
always necessary to engage staterooms
a half dozen trips ahead.
An occasional "unele and aunty,"
homeward bound from a visit TO city
children (who, incidentally. are gener-
ally glad to ship them back affords an
other glimpse of bef9re-the-war days
gIimpses that are well worth a snap
shot, for the chances are you will never
get them again. For illustration, there
is Aunt Cindy. who took the boat last
Sunday. after a weeks visit to her hotel
chambermaid daughter in town. The
sunbeamy old soul had on a spick apron
purple calico frock, so stiff with starch
that il stood out like a brocade- Her
neckerehief and big apron were OF
white barred muslin and her wooIly hair
(you knew that Il was plated in pig
tails. though you could not see tuft OF
it) was deity tucked under her turban
and tied with a perky knot after the
fashion OF the slave days OF her youth.
In Difference to the twentieth century.
the turbsn was black instead of bandana
and topping it was a shameless little
straw sailor that tried to belittle the
fine old face-and failed. AS she board
ed the boat. ehiIdishly delighted at the
journey ahead. she stood in everybody 8
way long enough to call back Goo by.
Cahline. honey, I'll be speckin' you down
Co de church picnic. ef yo' cah'nt get of
fun yo' service place befo'-''
Caroline was in ready made blue, with
cartoon OF a hat and boa Of dirty
white chiffon. She posed with her stom-
ach caved in and her hustle bumped out
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landed in safety she was greeted by
spontaneous laughter from the wharf,
and every deckband wore broad grin.
The steamer slips gently away for a
length or two. then swings out inso the
channel. Then you watch her foam
track and as you think OF the breezy
deck and sea-food supper maybe you
turn back with sigh
II you feel that all this hasn't paid
you for coming. you can walk aieng
the sea wall to the Arsenal below. where
you will see little tadpoles of children
floating chip vessels that ride out on
the big waves made by the outgoing
steamer and other children. barefooted.
with their little toes filed with sand.
II you care 10, you can watch men get
into rowboats for either fishing or row.
ing. and the guards on duty at the
Arsenal gate will not halt you II you
care to walk in the grounds. There
you can see a half-dozen gray pontoons
bobbing on the water. that call 10
mind the fact that it il the first time
you have ever seen the portable bridges
used since the civil war. The war re-
minds you OF Mrs. Surratt. and you won
der II Il is true that she was buried
under one of these beautiful willows
after she was hanged; but no one seems
to know
If you are interested In architecture
you can ask questions about the new
barracks being built in every direction.
for the soldier on duty is kindly com
rade and will tell you all you want to
know
You can catch the komeward car at
the gate. and II you feel that your aft
ernoon has been q failure there is no
reason for yog ever to try IL again.
The chances are It won't be failure.
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in exaggerated imitation Of some admir-
ed modeI-doubtless the first owner of
the wrecked boa. Plainly she was re-
sponsible for her mothers sailor.
"Huhi service place. nothin'i when I
get good and ready TO come down, I'm
a-comin'-seel"
Caroline had graduated from cornheld
dialect to the slang of the tough, and
was ostensibly proud of her city educa-
ton. As soon as she had gotten rid OF
her countrifed nanny she switched
herself on with her gentleman friend
who wore brand-new hand me-downs
and yellow shoes, ard whom she ad-
dressed as "Mistah Tawmpson"
Another colored group exchanged
fareYells after the following fashion:
"Goo'-by, Preeilla; suttenly am gwine
TO fatten you turkey for Christmas.
suttenly- am"
Yes. and don't forget me at hog
KILN times. nuther''
The big whistle blew. the truckmen
trotted in with their last load and the
boat was ready 10 go. The women and
children, in their dresses OF summer
lightness. made a pretty picture on the
deck: the open door of the engine house
on the deck above showed the pilot on
guard. the paddles quiyered, the black
hands hauled in the gangplank, some
body slipped the big rope from a post
and tossed it in the water for another
somebody TO reel in: the captain and
his officers stood alert and smiling.
Then-then came rushing figure in
pink lawn and hat top heavy with
flowers. who made a jump and cleared
the half yard space between the boat
and the wharf from which she had just
cast away. IL was a dangerous feat.
that fails now and then, but as she
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worth FIVE OF the Africans or coolies. But
it was cheap labor. and this advantage
helped to balance the lack of efficiency.
The American party worked the solid
year without rest and without leaving
the scene of operations along the rail-
way. The men hunted for diversion, and
varied the commissariat with all TIE
antelope steak they wished.
BY way OF celebrating the Fourth
the only holiday except Sundays. during
the entire year, the American Bridge
Company ran a specially conducted ex-
cursion to Victoria Nyanza. The men
realized the startling novelty OF the Pill
grimage and hailed it as a good yarn to
carry home Port Florence was not a
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TN recent issues of the foreign papers
have appeared accounts of the ex-
traordinary exploit performed by a
party of American engineers and bridge
builders in completing the last links of
the Uganda railway between Victoria
Nyanza and the sea in Africa. A. B.
Lueder, the engineer aud agent in
charge OF the work has written an ex-
ceedingly graphic and amusing story Of
Mr. Lueder is only "a years old. He is
q recent graduate of Cornell. where. be-
fore becoming a builder OF bridges, Le
earned fame as a member of the foot
ball team. That man SO young as he
should have been put in charge of such
an important undertaking to be carried
out under peculiarly diheult conditions,
and representing American contract
work in a new field, is a high tribute to
his ability and energy.
The Successful Bidders.
Lueder represented an American
bridge company. who were the success
full bidders against several competing
English firms for the Uganda contract.
This contract called for the completion
OF twenty steel viaducts. varying
in length from 10 feet TO half mile.
within seven months. and on that seem
ingly impossible contract the American
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Ten Hours a Day.

when the concrete foundations were
IN shape to build on. and no unfore-
seen obstacles such as floods and labor
sgitatlons made delay. the work pro-
e essed with smoothness and rapidity.
The big traveller swung the steel in
place as easily as fitting a puzzle to-
gether The few parts lost in transit
were replaced in the field by hammering
them out by main strength in an i'm
provised forge and machine shop set
up in camp. After the first viaduct
was erected the force was able to put
together many of the others almost
without consulting the plans.
"The Americans worked ten hours a
day and took no special health pre-
cautions except to keep their heads COW
cred in the sun and to drink boiled
water. There was no serious illness
throughout the year. although the cli-
mate was uncommonly trying. because
in the mountains the temperature
ranged from a hundred and more de-
grees at midday to the freezing point
at night
There were no general strikes, but
the cOolie had way of organizing him
self as an individual striker and refus-
ing TO work without any tangible rea-
son. IL then became my painful duty TO
act as the duly authorized court OF jus
tice. The punishment was a fine of
wages or a logging laid on with
rhinoceroshide cane-twenty- five lashes
the limit Of severity.
when the men were once encamped.
the work went on with energy and eff
fectiveness. One gang of laborers
sorted the steel and ran IL along on
cars 10 the men on the bridge. On the
structure Americans fitted the parts to-
gether with native helpers.
One American Worth Five Coolies.
In comparing the efficiency OF the M
tives with our white bridgemen, IT was a
fair estimate 70 reckon one American
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r F you want TO break the monotony
OF a sui Sunday afternoon. go
down TO the river front and watch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-26
SUMNER TRIPS ON THE POTOMAC FROM WASHINGTON
Scenes and Incidents of the
Departure and Some Specu-
lations Concerning the Pas
sengers and the Sights Wit
messed When the Boat
Touches at the Landings.

IF you wait TO break the monotony
OF a sui Sunday afternoon. go
down TO the river front and watch
the out going steamers
And take your kodak along
The river itself is worth the trip. for
no matter how gutter brown and slug
gishIy II laps the piles OF the old gray
wharves IL always ripples like so much
quicksilver before It gets midway TO
the opposite fats. where the foliage
adds, in turn. a shadowy reflection of
fits green. Through the ripples and
shadows dart small craft OF every color
and make: dingy skiffs with lone fisher
men in their shirt sleeves. yachts with
laughing crews. graceful sailbosts and
fussy little launches that scurry over
the waves as though they considered
themselves automobiles of the sea. and
put on airs according. Here and there,
as IL some artist had arranged them
with an eye TO picturesdueness, are
anchored ships with furled sails and
deserted decks, fast asleep in the Sun
day sunshine. and at three OF four of
the time-eaten wharves lie steamboats,
poised on the water like giant swans,
their smokestacks putting black wreaths
to the sky line and their paddles a-quiv-
er like live things eager to be away.
The most imposing of these boats is
the big white and gold steamer with
flags a-flutter. making ready to cut
foam track from the saffron waters OF
her slip to the blue green pillows of
Fort Monroe. Her officers are distin-
guished beings in dark blue. with
glitter of gold on coats and hat bands.
and her passengers are made up of
worldwide tourists. weIl-to do irvalIds
people who can afford to leave town at
a moments within. and. of course. the
irrepressible bride and groom. Impos-
ing trunks are wheeled ever the gang
plank and the decks are filed with ir
reproachably gowned women and we'll
groomed men
A nearby wharf furnishes a contrast
that makes you feel that you are getting
the worth Of your money. The steamer
anchored at its foot is neither so white
nor so large as it's neighbor. but ii is
as gay as flags can make Il, and there
* ragtime music aboard. From her
deck, her gangplapk, and her wharf
there rings out an endless chain Of jubi-
lation - the =ich. musical. unstudied
laughter of coiored men and women. who
are as happy as so many children over
the good time they are going TO have
on their Sunday excursion to Motley
Hall
When the ferryboat Columbia was
burned at her wharf she robbed The
river front OF one its most popular Sun
day features, though her sister vessel
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metropolis, but a Fourth OF July could
not be commonplace which included
dancing with native bellies and hunting
hippopotami on the edge of Victoria
Nysnza.
"The last work was done at Fort Ter
nan. forty miles from Victoria Nyanza.
and the permanent way of the Uganda
road was open for tTafle from sea to
lake. No time was lost in packing the
plant for shipment. All the machinery
and tools, including the thirty-ton tray
eler. were sold as they stood, to NOR
chants who took them on speculation at
prices almost equal TO their value less
the cost of shipping to the United
States"
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firm underbid the nearest English con-
Germ nearly so per cent.
Owing to the sIowness OF the English
workmen. who had the preliminary work
in charge, the American party were
obliged to suspend operations on several
OF the bridges until the concrete founda-
lions for the steel towers could be fin
ished. Because of these long delays.
and the unforeseeable difficulties en-
countered in moving camp, the last via
duct was not completed until twelve
months from the time work began on
the first but that record of a year, for
speed and quality OF work done, is one
OF the most remarkable in the history
OF modern engineering.
Beginning Work.
Mr.. Lueder is not only a doer Of deeds.
he has also faculty for description and
a simple, clear. direct style in telling
his experiences. The article in the
Worlds Work has the interest Of hc-
ton. In modest way the author speaks
of the difficulties met and overcome. of
the character OF the work accomplished.
and em0ellishes the main thread Of his
account with anecdotes Of big game
shooting along the line Of the railway.
On his arrival in Africa the young en-
gineer first established lease at Nom
hasa. the coast terminus OF the Uganda
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'The erection work would not have
been uneommonly difficult at home, al
though all the work was on grades and
curves. and some of it awkward to
handle. Handicapped by native labor,
Mr. Jarrett and his force made a credit
able record for any country by com
plotting viaduct $3.50 feet long aud IS
feet high in sixty-nine and one-half
working hours. The structure was
hung against an almost inaccessible
hillside, and it sloped both ways. with
a double slant