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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-01-14

ONE O'CLOCK P. M.
Board convened at one o'cloc
P. NJ, all members present.
On motion, the following bill
were allowed
Emil Anderson, clerk in the
Treasurer oHce........ ESQ
A P Lenhart Co., merchan-
zU.I
Paul C~harlebois, delivering
provisions and clothing to
Glover children 40
A G Ranard, work in Regis
ter Of Deeds office. 24.5l
Ed Charlebois, janitor.... 1856;
j M Patterson, blacksmith
Dr. John q. Johns, attend
ing Weed family l5.O(
j A Dillon, county health
officer 1872!
j A Dillon, county physician 75.ol
Farmers & Merchants Lum-
Der Co., bridge material. 11.3(
A III Barrett, bed clothing,
Chas Miller. COZ
Joseph 81 Taylor, stationery 21.N
Walker Bros. & Hardy, sher.
IFS blanks. 3.O(
Peter johnson, work Audit
or's Office. 4o.0(
DR.. Julius Frankel. county
physician 1900
Denhoff Voice, publishing.
annual statement 42.O(
VIM. Cross, water for plas-
tering jail, 1903. 3.5(
A III Barrett, board for Gas
Miller 9.2t
Al Lenhart & Co., drugs for
Chas Miller ............ 26.7t
Goodrich Citizen, publish
ing commissioners pro-
ceedings 1O.O(
Register of Deeds Office. 10000
j w Zingg, work on road. 800
The Herald, Russia and gold
tabs, register of deeds Office sc
Jas T McCulloch, expense
Sivert case............. 274.4s
Johann Schneider, work on
road Observation-Disclosures. 7.5(
Daniel Kiest, work on road. 1000
Hans Holtan & Sons, sup.
plies for Chas Miller. 80. SEC
Ole Gradin, attendance on
trial of Sivert case, and
postage ................ 1885,
Ole Gradin, board prisoners 24.5(
Ole Gradin, jailor. 28.0i
The Wilton News, publishing
Commissioners Proceed
ings and notices 1O.8s
Simon Jahr, Commissioner
and mileage .......... 9.6(
II G Nygaard, postage and
express 40. II
On motion, the bond of E. A
Lamb, county Judge, was accepted
and surities approved.
On motion, the quarterly report
of L M Wallin. justice of the peace
was accepted and bills reported
therein allowed:-
l. NJ Wallin, justice fees. $3.50;
Ole Gradin, sheriff fees... 2l.3;
The quarterly reportof Ed Char
lebois, justice. of the peace was, OF
motion, accepted and bills allowed
Ed Charlebois. justice fees $ Is. Il
Ole Gradin, sheriff's FEES. 40.l(
Sivert Saby, witness. ..... 81
Ole Sabe, ....... So
Jens Olson, ....... so
Earl Chaplin, ....... AZ!
p M Ferguson, ....... LII
Oscar Tottahl, ....... 5 4
Bert Laurain, clerk. 6.U
Bill of E. E. Green, amounting
to $4O.5O in the Sivert case, was OF
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-01-14
ger and Jahr.

ger and Jahr.
Frank Putt presented his certif-
cate of election and oath of Office
as commissioner of the third COM
missioner district and took his seat
as such.
On motion, N. w. Solenberger
was elected Chairman for the en-
suing year.
Application of V. NJ. Smith to
pay $SO.8 in full for personal taxes
for the years 1902 and 1903 was
on motion accepted.
Tax affidavit of V. M. Smith al
leging that for the year 1904 he
was assessed with SlOS9 credits,
when in fact it should have been
1925 was presented.
On motion, the personal assess
ment Of V. M. Smith was reduced
$3.50 on account Of credits errone-
ously assessed; motion carried.
Petition from the Granville
school district to separate sections
L. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, IL, IL, IL, IA and
Ii into a new school district was
referred to County Superintendent
Of Schools for report.
On motion, j. P. Brastad and
and Julius Frankel we're appointed
County Physicians for the ensue-
ing year at a salary of $500 per
year.
On motion, Jacob Byers was APP
pointed appraiser OF estrays in the
hands of Ed. Sterrett.
On motion, the following official
bonds were accepted and surities
of same approved.
A. G.. Ranard, Justice Of the
Peace.
Ole Gradin, sheriff.
John Wittmayer, Justice of the
Peace.
Hans G. Nygaard, Register of
Deeds.
On motion, Board adjourned to
meet at one O'Clock P. NJ.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-01-14
washburn, N. D., Jan.s, 'o5.
IL O'CLOCK A. NJ.

Board met at II O'Clock A. NJ:
present Commissioners Solenber-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14

Thus in 1893 there were b62 suicides of min
ors as against 152 in 1899. In many in
stances the parents stated that the death OF
the child was accidental, and, therefore, the
statistics Of the police department do not
show the real conditions And many other
cases were concealed by parents or inter-
ested persons"
There are fewer suicides IN the country
than in the city. In 1897, for example,
there was not a single suicide of child
less than sixteen years of age in many Of
the French rural departments, while in the
great cities such cases were frequent. This
are stronger, their temperaments are bet
ter equilibrated and the nervous system
less impressionable. And in the country
the most unhappy child has joys which
are unknown to the poor children of the
cities; COW or goat to care for, a dog or
cat to caress, flowers to pick, fruits to eat :;
he does not know the sadness of the city
child deprived of air. sunlight and Of the
society of animals; he Is not exhausted by
preparations for examination"
In examining the cases of Juvenile suicide
NJ. Proal finds many different causes. First
Jealousy may be a cause Of suicide, a fact
which should teach parents to be absolutely
impartial in bestowing affection on their
suicide, and reprimands injudiciously ad-
ministered may lead to disastrous results
Corporal punishment may work havoc with
the child, as also fear of such, while lack of
harmony between husband and wife in the
control of the child may make the latter
stubborn, capricious, and even lead to sui
eide But the chief cause Of suicide is to
be found in overwork in school, and In ex-
cessive application to studies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14

strip at legs length from the front bench
member. over which he may not step when
addressing the house. Chin on hand. 1
watch my legislators who attach such i'm
portance to these traditions. and remember
that their schoolboy shrieks of "Order!"
are the echo of the protests Of Elton at
trousers not turned up, OF Harrow at
rolled umbrella Of Oxford at an umbrella
carried by an undergraduate In his gown.
One reflects that there are many important
things to settle: but that swing door that
should open
They are getting excited about II. 1t
seems to be among the conventions Of the
house Of commons that half the members
should shout lear earl quite clean
members) and the other half "Yaw! yaw!"
Not an aspirate reaches the gallery. Ny
eyes are fascinated by the continual incom-
ing Of members I gather that incoming
members are expected to bow to the speak
er as they pass 70 their seats. Few Eng
lishmen can bow gracefully; none Of those
few has got into parliament. A nod and
dip make the outside limits of legislators
who stroll into this assembly that for some
hours has been doing nothing of impor-
lance. Were l speaker 1 would rise and
throw the mace at a member who cut such
a figure as the British legislator bowling to
the chair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14
Training Of Yachtsman's Wife.
From the Atlantic,

AS / look over the various summers of
my married life I see myself constantly at
work upon some boat. Sometimes / see
myself under boat painting away, a pot
OF copper paint beside me. I smell again
the smell Of spar varnish as I put the fin
ishing touches on dinghy. I see pictures
OF certain sailmakers attic full of
mounds Of billowy white sails among which
there are always lot Of kittens playing.
l used to go there, too. for new sails and
to urge that they should be made promptly.
But oftenest 1 see myself in dinghy
rowing out Of the interminable sound har-
bors, to put up sails after the rain, and
then making another long trip to put up the
sails again
have loved It ALL have even snatched
a fearful joy from the moments when
Stan has threatened to buy some impossi-
BILE boat l hope that time which lops
of one of our pleasures after another will
leave my pleasure in my boats, SO that
a shipyard Will seem always as pleasant a.
place to me as 1t does today. And that 1
shall love to sail in whatever weather. and
have always tranquil patience In calm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14

Consul General Howe Of Antwerp fur
nishes TO the bureau OF manufactures, De-
partment of Commerce and Labor long
and interesting report on the kongo Free
State, the twentieth anniversary OF whose
Independence was celebrated at Antwerp
IN May last. The state is under the protec-
ton of Belgium, and King Leopold has
manifested the greatest interest in its phys
teal development, industrial progress and
the moral welfare of the people. Under his
direction the country has been thoroughly
explored and many public improvements
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14
News Briefs.

Two Wheeling Wabash freights collided
head on near Fremont. Ohio. Sunday. and
Rrakemen Wells of Norfolk and Peck of
Toledo were killed. Both locomotives were
badly wrecked and 81 xcars were de-
stroyed. Crews of both engines escaped by
jumping.
home in Wytheville, Va, fourteen years
ago. has returned n rich man. He owns
a valuable interest in sixteen mines near
Tombstone, Ariz During his long absence
his family never heard of him.
Late Saturday night at Norfolk, Va, r.
n. Anderson, a horse dealer, was arrested.
charged with the theft of a lot of horses
valued at 750 and s175 in money. The
compliments are w. B. kilgore & Son.
horse dealers, of Bristol, Va.
Suits have been brought in the Pulaski
county (Ark) circuit court against the
Hammond, Cudahy & Swift packing COM
panies. Each corporation is sued for &c.,
GOO penalties and forfeiture of authority to
do business in the state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14
CHILD SUICIDES.
Causes that Lead Little Ones to End
Life.

From Public Opinion.
The modern conditions Of life have been
charged with many crimes, but 1t Is gener-
ally believed that the suffering caused by
these conditions is limited to the adult
class However NJ. Louis Proal IN the Ar
chives dAnthropologfe Criminelle OF Paris
says that children and young people are
likewise victims of present conditions, ana
victims to the extent that suicide among
minors Is on the rapid increase. M. Proal says
that suicide among children is mentioned
by Montaigne, but that such suicides are
much more frequent today than formerly
Precocious in reference to crime, contempo-
rary youth Is no less precocious In REFER
ence to suicide, and Its pessimistic precoclty
is more surprising than its criminal pre-
cocity. Juvenile suicides take place at an
age when despair should be unknown; at
fourteen years, at twelve, at ten. and even
under: 1t is seen in rich families as well
as poor ones; in cities, however. more than
in the country.
M :Proal saws that 'in France, in 1880,
out of total of 2752 suicides. 20 were Of
children less than sixteen years, Of which
10 were boys and 4 girls: 132 were cases or
minors between sixteen and twenty.one
years, so being boys and 80 girls. In 1S49,
out Of 3,5S3 suicides. 20 were children under
sixteen years and 122 minors between six
teen and twenty-one years. In 1893. out OF
$500 suicides, 18 were children under six
teen years 139 those of minors from six
teen to twenty-one years of age. During
this period, 1889 to 1859. the number Of sui
cides of minors remained stationary. and
the number under sixteen years Of age
diminished, and this although the popula-
ton increased. Commencing with 1863,
however. the number of suicides rapidly
increased. In 1869, out Of OLA cases. 81
were those Of children less than sixteen
years, and 1853 those of minors from sixteen
to twenty-one. In 1879 there were 6.496
cases. with 81 under sixteen years. and 266
between sixteen and twenty-one. In 1859.
$50 cases, with b6 under sixteen and 1902
between sixteen and twenty-one years. And
In 1898, 9.4S8 cases, with So under sixteen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14
The Most Voracious Of Fish.
From Outing Magazine

The blue buccaneers are among the most
vora cious of all fish. Swift, strong, armed
with efficient teeth, they possess unlimited
appetites and they know not the meaning
of mercy or fear. Most destructive of all
our sea fish, they rival the worst of the
carnivorous species of South American
waters. They are the wolves of the sea, and
very frequently they destroy for what APP
pc ars to be mere love Of butchery. They
move in large schools and they never hesi-
tate to attack fishes Of almost their own
size. OF these they waste at least three
fourths. The menhaden are Of all the small
err prey the chief sufferers. and the blues
destroy incredible numbers Of them. A
large quarry is chopped into and the an
terror portion is suffered to float away.
while the blue bravo attacks another and
another as though he reveled In the slaugh-
ter. 1t is then chop-swap-chop INCREASINGLY,
and frequently the wake of q large school
is marked with the melancholy fragments
OF amounted dead, and quite perceptfble
Slick of blood and oil forms upon the
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14
Charged With Larceny and Assault,

John Coates was taken to the Police
Court this morning to answer to two
charges, one for assault and one for lar
ceny. After he pleaded not guilty he de-
manded Jury trial. The case will come
up in the course of a few weeks
Coates, 1t is alleged. met William Farls
on the street in Anacostia and invited
him to take walk with him. After they
had walked to lonely spot, 1t is alleged
by the prosecuting witness. he landed q
blow on Farls and then proceeded to take
from him So in money, pocket knife
and some tobacco.
Farls made an outcry and Sergt. Stew
ems of the fifth precinct station was at
tracted to the scene Coates. however, did
not like the idea of being arrested. and
the man Coates was finally taken to the
&c. TN house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14
Prisoner Left Without Permission.

Charles Dorsey, a prisoner who was
serving time on the farm, became tired
of prison life this morning and left the
grounds of the Institution instead Of join
ing the gang" and going to work on the
streets He was missed at roll call. and
then the police were told of his disap-
ton Of the fugitive, who went away
wearing the striped suit Of the institu-
ton. It is believed that he had arranged
for some friend to meet him outside the
prison and furnish him other clothes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14

try, viz. cheap jewelry, watches and clocks,
paints and varnishes, preserved and canned
goods, cotton clothing and wooden blankets,
portable engines machine tools and hard
ware camping outfits and camp utensils
American soaps and portable galvanized
buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-14

The increase of trade with the Congo
Free State during the past seventeen years
has been remarkable. exports jumping from
$3.50, $50 in 1887 to $1,000. 600 In 1904. The
imports rose from about 5000. 900 in 1892 to
100000 In 1904 OF this latter sum
S,5OO,oO0 was exported direct from Ant
werp, while goods TO the value of only 81 AGO
were exported from the United States
direct OF the total exports from the Congo
during 1904, 9,700 600 was shipped direct to
Antwerp and 500 direct to the United
States. The fact that the great bulk of the
trade with the Congo Free State Is concen-
trated at Antwerp is due to that port being
the universal market for all Congo products
hence Americans DESTROYS of extending
their trade with the Congo Free State must,
under the circumstances. do SO through the
business houses OF Antwerp.
Available American Manufactures.
America manufactures many products
specially adapted for use in the Congo coun-
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
DID YOU EVER WONDER

Why bigamy isn't considered two
fold blessing?
Why nearly all the milk of human
kindness tastes of the can?
Why shoestrings never break unless
you happen to be in hurry?
Why loafer comes around and
bothers you when you are busy?
Why similar opportunities make
hero of one man and a fool of an.
other?
Why the average girl is unable to
throw anything straightforward
kisses?
dollar man gets the bigger 1t looks?
Why every man. woman and child
wants to open door that is marked
private?
Why the trust may be able to limit
the output of whisky but can't limit
the input?
Why 1t is that fully two-thirds of a
doctors bill is for guessing at your
complaint?
Why at least 80 per cent of regular
church goers never complain of the
sermons being too short?
Why candy shops are always on
the ground floor and the dentists
place of business upstairs?
Why the mother of homely baby
never forgets to call your attention to
the fact that it resembles her hus-
bands folks?
Why mans wife invariably ac-
crses him Of having commingled with
the spirits when he staggers home at
a. m, and calls her an angel?
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
eood.bx to the chaperons.

With the development of the shop
ping luncheon, chaperonage-by day.
Of course-appears to be going out Of
fashion In New York. The metropol.
itan lass always has been more inde-
pendent in that respect than her prov
incial sisters, and today her emanci-
patton from the sway of the duenna
is almost complete. One can see from
II to any fine day hundreds of young
women at tables in Sherry's, Del.'s, the
Breslin. the st. Regis or the Astor.
unattended. unless by companions Of
their own average age. They take
their luncheon in seeming unconscious
ness of the fact that their grandmam.
mas and even their mammas would
have been regarded as exceptionally
daring to dream of doing SO In public
without chaperons. Perhaps the doom
OF the duenna already is sounded for
every phase Of social life.-New York
Press.
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
WINDOWS OF THE MIND.

If they are filled with sweet temper
there is no place for anger.
II they are bright with hope there is
no lurking spot for despair.
II they are strong with courage
there is no harborage for fear.
II they are thrown wide to good
cheer there Is no room for sadness.
II they are filled with gratitude
there is no place for benefits forgot.
II they are opened to tranquility
and peace there is no quarter for dis.
content.
II they are filled with tenderness
and sympathy there IL no shelter for
sweet revenge.
n the windows Of our mind are
thrown wide to the sunlight there II
no place for the dark thoughts.
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT RICHES.

The shortest road to riches lies
If you be poor. do not seem poor,
If you would avoid insult as well as
suffering.-Goldsmi
Every man is rich or poor according
to the proportion between his desires
and enjoyments.-Dr. Johnson.
Riches consist not in the greatness
OF your possessions, but in the small.
ness Of your wants.-Brotherton.
Some have been so welded to their
riches that they have used all the
means they could to take them with
them.-Grey. .
Did not the possession of riches
sometimes draw away our hearts, the
loss of riches would not break our
hearts.-W. Seeker.
There Is no being so poor and con-
temptible who does not think there is
somebody still poorer and still more
contemptible.-Dr. Johnson.
Upon the best observation could
ever make, am induced to believe
that 1t is much easier to be contented
without riches than with them.-Mrs.
Wesley.
Worldly riches are like nuts; many
clothes are torn in getting them.
many tooth broken in cracking them.
but never a nature satisfied with eat
ing them.-Venning.
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
THE VICE OF IpLENEss.
Foundation Of All Bad Habits Which
Afflict Mankind,

OF all vices to which young men be.
come slaves idleness is by no means
the least. 1t is a vice easily contract
ed in youth and hard to throw off in
manhood or old age. Unfortunately
1t is not generally looked upon as an
evil in the sense that drinking, gam
bling and debauchery are evils, yet
its influence is no less certain in
breaking down character and sapping
physical and intellectual strength 1t
is out of idleness largely, that other
vices grow, and, this one avoided.
there is small danger Of the. child be-
coming addicted to others. Men who
contribute neither physical nor intel
lectual effort toward supplying the
wants of the world are too often
made the pets Of society. The idler is
a dishonest debtor. be he rich or poor.
for he refuses to pay the obligation
he owes to the world for the necessi-
ties, pleasures and comforts it affords
him.-Portland Oregonian.
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
AMERICAN SAILORS in BATTLs
How Decatur and His Men Fough,
the Corsairs.


Gardner w. Allen, in his recent
book, "Our Navy and the Barbary
Corsairs," retells the old story of how
Commodore Stephen Decatur. then
lieutenant in the United States navy,
attacked Tripolitan vessel. The in
cident occurred in 1904, when Preble
was lying off Tripoli Young Decatur
had been told that the captain of this
vessel had treacherously murdered
bis brother. John Decatur, after he
had surrendered to him. Mr.. Allen
writes: HE ran alongside and at
once boarded with Macdonough and
the remnant Of his crew. Decatur
singled out the captain, a man Of
great size and strength. and attacked
him furiously. The Tripolitan made
a thrust with his boarding pike and.
in attempting to parry the blow, De-
catur's cutlass was broken of at the
hilt, leaving him for the moment un.
armed. Another thrust of the pike
wounded him in the arm. Decatur
seized the weapon, wrenched 1t away
and grappled with his antagonist AZ
ter short struggle they fell to the
deck. with Decatur on top.
Meanwhile, the two crews were
fighting furiously about their leaders,
and Tripolitan aimed blow at De.
catur's head with his scimitar, when
a seaman named Daniel Frazier, hav-
ing both arms disabled by wounds,
interposed his head and received the
blow, which laid open the scalp. The
Tripolitan captain. being more pow
erful than Decatur. soon turned him
underneath and. holding him down
with his left hand, drew a knife and
was about to plunge it into his breast
Decatur seized the uplifted arm
with his left hand, while he managed
to get his right into his pocket, where
he had a pistol. Giving it the proper
direction, he fired through the pocket.
The giant relaxed his hold and fell
dead. Having lost seventeen killed
including their leader, the seven sur
viving Tripolitans, four of whom were
wounded. soon gave up the fight"
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
LAWYERS Ready Retort.

The successful lawyer is generally
prompt with retort. For instance,
a multimillionaire In New York pro
tested against a bill for 100000 pu,
In by his lawyer for services rem.
dered, but the lawyer insisted that
the bill was reasonable.
"Well, I suppose I will have to pay.
but you'll never get any more of my
work." said the angry client.
"Ill never need any more II you
pay" was the reply.
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
II Might Happen, But
Judge-You are a brewer?

Judge-1ou are brewer?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Judge-You have been summoned as
an expert witness. How many glasses
OF beer can a man drink without get.
ting drunk?
Witness-That depends upon the
person. your honor.
Judge-Well. take yourself. for In.
stance.
Witness-Oh, have drunk forty,
sixty, eighty-even 100-glasses q
day.
Judge-And you mean to say that
you cannot get drunk?
Witness-Oh, Of course. II a man
wants to make hog of himself
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25
What r. I. p. Means,

Charlie was being taken for a walk
through a cemetery. Suddenly he
asked: What does r.. I. p stand
for? Some of the gravestones have
lot Of reading on them. and then at
the bottom OF the words there are
the big letters r. I. p"
"what do you think they mean?"
asked his father.
Charlie paused for q moment. II
think. father. they mean, Return II
Possible. Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1905-05-25

A very slim crowd attended the 26th
annual ball given by the Rough and
Ready hook and ladder company at the
Armory Monday evening. Leo Voll fur
nished music on the piano and the small
number present appeared to have de-
lightful time. The fire boys claim many
tickets were sold, the owners of which
were not in. attendance, and the dance
was financial success, notwithstanding
the poor turnout.