The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-11-07

D thousand beavers and they would
do the work. He paid tribute to
President Roosevelt and Gen. w.
D. Washburn, the former as a man
for the youngto follow after and
the later the one who made it poss-
ible for the railroad which now
connects us with the capital city.
The mother county, he said ex-
tends hearty greetings on this the
Twentieth Anniversary, and there
was always room round the old
hearth stone. Mr.. Wallace is past
seventy years of age and always
takes part in all the meetings and
enterprises that tend to the better
ment Of the slope and state. He
gave a good talk which was
highly appreciated by those pres
ent.
Judge Winchester was the next
speaker, and paid tribute to the
progress made by the county and
spoke at length on the judicial af-
fairs and said that there was no
county in his district which had
such small court expenses and
such small amount of litigation,
and he said that it spoke louder
than words. Judge Winchester
is one of the pioneers and he has a
host of friends in Mclean county,
and his audience enjoyed his talk.
DR.. Smyth who used to practice
medicine here was the next on the
list of speakers. He said that be-
ing invited to speak reminded him
of little incident that occurred
when he was little boy at home.
"One day while walking down the
road he found a bundle of rushes
that is used in that country to roof
houses with, and as he was build
| ing rabbit house out in the back
yard and the rushes were needed
to complete the building I carried
them to where I wanted to use them
and had just got them nicely sorted
out when one of the neighbors
came over and boxed my ears in a
strenuous manner, as he was a
strenuous man and with few
words about as strenuous said, 1T is
nice thing when an oldcomer
can't leave anything around without
some of the newcomers picking it
up," The doctor went on to tell
how we should look after the sani-
tary conditions of the county and
the support we should extend to
our health officer as it was a most
difficult position to fill. He said
that with attention to these mat
ters and the securing of water
works and sewers Washbprn would
become one of the most healthful
cities in the United States. He
also spoke of the hard times, but
said that they were enjoyed.
Mr.. S. A. Falconer was the next
on the program andmade a short
talk on the conditions of the county
and the great benefit derived from
the railroads and the progress made
by the county during the past twen-
ty years.
Attorney Gibson was the last
speaker on the program and said
that all the other speakers who had
preceded him had spoken of the
past and he was going to speak of
the future, and in glowing terms
painted the future of Washburn.
He paid tribute to founders of the
county and said that the foundation
had been well built as far as he
knew. He predicted that WASH
burn would become a manufactur-
ing centre, as we had the water and
cheap fuel, andIwater and fuel are
necessary for the manufacturing
of nearly articles.
This concluded the exercises of
the day and those presentproceeded
with the organization of the Old
Settlers Association. In the even
ing a banquet was rendered the Old
Pioneers at the Merchants.
This report would be incomplete
if mention was not made of the ex-
cellent music furnished by the
orchestra, composed of Messrs !.
Poole, Fred and John Peterson, of