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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-01-26
II was moved and seconded that

It was moved and seconded that
the communication be referred to
the committee on fire and water
works. Motion carried.
The report Of Nels Lee city
treasurer, was read and ordered
placed upon file.
The report Of the committee on
public property regarding the rem
tiers of the bank building was read
and upon motion adopted
Geo. Calder as chairman Of the
committee appointed to procure by
dralic engineers to appralse the
water works plant asked thai his
| committee be- given further time
1t was moved and seconded that
the above committee be given more
time and that two more members be
appointed to act with the committee.
Motion carried
Aldermen Nelson and OSullivan
we're appointed to act upon that
committee.
The committee on grade were I'M
able to report owing to alderman
Lamoreaux not being present
1t was moved and seconded that
the committee on charities be in
structed to make necessary proyis-
ions regarding the care of the Hogo-
bone children. Notion carried.
The following bills audited by the
committee on finance were read, and
allowed by the following vote:
Ayes Stevens, O'Suljjvan. Dunn,
Nelson, StocXstad, DukeIow, Olson,
Oscar, Calder Sweet-10.
Ashland Lime, Sal; & Cement
Co, sewer pipe $40 so
Larson Bros, groc., Tour
vile and Hogobone 3 GO
Frost & spies, med. for poor 6 40
Red Front Clothing Store,
mdse Fillion 4 90
Arcade Restaurant, meals to
prisoners | 90
G L Wiley, rigs for Stevens
and Sweet 3 90
NJ NJ Sweet, cash paid Hogo,
bone fare to Ashland co.
G [ Carson, groceries for poor Il "A
John O'Sulivar, one load of
dressing ror water pipes So
Hose Go. No 3, Britzman
fire "a CO.
Hose Co. No. 2 Britz,nan fire 9 OO|
Hook & Ladder Co. I" "a OO|
Wisconsin Telephone Co.,
batteries and labor fire
alarm system 4 00|
Frost & Spies, incidentals l Is
State of Wisconsin Session
Laws ? 80
John Hanson, flushing
sewers 5 90
D. W. Corning, oil and
broom, city hall 80
P. Kjarwick special police s 90
Washburn Water Works Co.
water rent city hall So %
News & Itemizer printing
proceedings etc 50 0O
Fl. B. Elder rent Mrs Nichols 90
j n Kinney /" Mrs Norgren 3 90
The Times, printing proceed
lngs etc. q 40
1t was moved and seconded that
the balance of the bills be referred
to the city attorney. Motion car
ried.
It was moved and seconded that
the bill of Larson for Hogobone be
referred to town for collection.
Motion carried.
There being no further business
the board upon motion adjourned.
r. A, Herring,
City Clerk.
Common Council Proceedings.
Special meeting of the Common
Council hold at tho offica Of tho
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-01-26
Common Council Proceedings.

Special meeting of the Common
Council held at the office Of the
city clerk, Jan. 18th, 1905.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, NJ, NJ. Sweet, at
s. 80 p. m.
The following members were pres
emit:
Present--Stevens, O'Sullivan I'm
grodt, Lamoreaux, Stockstad, Olson,
Oscar, Calder, Sweet, Lehale, Lem
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Acknowledgement, Dunn, Nelson,
Dubelow, Monnette IS.
Washburn, Wis, Jan. 18th 1905.
To R. A. Herring, City Clerk OF
Washburn. Wis.
You are hereby directed to call q
special meeting of the city council
to meet Monday evening JAM 10th,
1905, at s O'Clock p. m. for the pur.
pose of taking up the claims agains,
the city, and also any other business
that may properly come before the
council.
Dated Jan, 18th 1905.
VIM. HI. IRISH,
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-21
seasonable Farm Notes.

Messrs. Editors There is not a day in the
year when it is prudent to be out that the farmer
has nothing to do. Cleaning hedges and bitches,
gathering material for composts, woods mold, look
ing after pasture fences, throwing in some orna-
mental design, repairing implements and house.
Flowing should be pushed before it pushes you.
Be sure you cannot pillow your land too often
before seeding. It may save an after blowing.
The up-to-date man on the farm should give his
boys good agricultural papers to read on their
daily vocations. [ am very much pleased with
many fine articles in The Progressive Farmer, be-
cause science and good, practical common sense
are combined. Have been a reader of The Farmer
from its beginning, and it seems to me it is better
every year. The farmer without it has no idea
what he loses every year.
I am putting up compost to-day-stable ma
nure, chip, rotten woods-mould, shog-pen manure,
well rotted sorghum cane, lot manure; all com
bined. Then expect to use high-grade phosphate.
There is no occupation that really requires
more good common sense, and hard and constant
study than does the farm to make it a paying,
complete, success. There is plenty of money in
good farming on good land. Good farming brings
up land to better crops each year.
Study your work, whatever it may be, and bring
it up to frst-class. r. r. MOORE.
Chatham Co., N. c..
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-21

tenant, white or black, to do this work. | have
never seen one who would do it, and never ex-
pect to see one who will.
Here is the curse of our Southern tenant sys-
TEN: the lack of personal supervision of any de-
tail on the tenant farm. Look after the enrichlng
and building up of your funds and the income
of yourself and your tenant will come in ali right.
Yes, our tenants need looking after much more
than our hired labor. You men who have been
renting out your farms for ten or twenty years,
just look over your farms and see their present
conditions. And then think what might have been
their conditions had you looked after the saliva
ton of the land, instead of the little rents, which
have grown less and less each year.
III. f. FREEMAN.
W;Iso, ~ NJ y
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-21
Pear Tree Blight.

MGSSTS. EQlCOFS.I tease allow lie space LII
your paper to give my experience with pear tree
blight. About a year ago / saw an article on
this subject written by J. Van Linley, / think, in
which he said bore into the tree in the spring of
the year and fill the hole with sulphur. I tried
this on some trees almost dead with blight, first
removing all the dead branches, then applying the
remedy. 1t proved a success. The trees put out
a fine thrifty top last summer without a single
blight. / want to know If this application will
last more than one year, or how often dose the ap-
%plication have to be applied; please answer
through your paper. E.. w. R..
Randolph Co., NJ G.
(Answer by Horticulturist H.. Harold Hume,
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
From time to time it has been recommended
that sulphur, calomel, blue-stone and other ma
terials be inserted in the trunks of trees as a rem
edy for nearly all the insect pests and diseases
by which vegetable life is affected. Mr.. j. Van
Ilndley has had a large experience with pear
blight, and [ am positive that your correspondent
Is mistaken In attributing to him any recon-
mendation for the use of sulphur in the way sug-
gested.
In view of the fact that the trees we're pruned
in addition to having the sulphur inserted in their
trunks, the question naturally arises, was it the
pruning or the sulphur that stopped the blight?
Experiments have been performed in treating dis
eases by inserting substances in holes in the trunk,
and the conclusion reached has been that the hole
had as well be bored in an adjoining fence post
and the material placed there, so far as benefit to
the trees Is concerned.
The only method of controlling pear blight,
which has given any satisfaction, is to systemati-
caIly and thoroughly prune the trees SO as to cut
out all dead or blighted branches as soon as they
appear. In pruning care should be taken to cut
well down below the line between the dead and liv-
ing wood, six inches below the dead line at least.
Care should be taken that the tools used in prun-
ing do not cut into the infested wood, as the
germs which caused the blight may adhere to the
cutting edges and be tfansplanted into unin-
fected limbs As a further precaution, it is well
to have 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid in
which a rag may be moistened to wipe off the
pruning tools from time to time, or after the MAX
ing of each cut.
One OF the best articles on pear blight and the
pruning of pear trees is to be found in the Year
book, 1900, United States department of Agri-
culture, to which your correspondent is respect
fully referred.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-11

accomplished by cannon firing, the
statement is vouched for that "the
commune not defended by cannon suf-
fered enormously"
Apparently the efficacy Of the can
non is in proportion to the violence Of
the storm for It is conceded that a GER
tain great hurricane in July. of 1904
caused incalculable damage in twenty
nine oommunes and that the usual six
OF eight cannon in a commune were
/ powerless before the force OF II. At
the outset some effect was noticed ar
ter the firing, softer hailstones and
less thunder and lightning, but as the
storm increased the firing had no in
! fuence. However. taking the year
through, we get two such contrasting
reports as these: in the country
| kncwn as Arbesle there we're but few
cannon in use and the destruction from
hail was widespread and disastrous"
The great Beaujolais wine growing
district fairly bristled with cannon, and
while there were many storms the
losses from hail and wind and rain
were inhnitesimal"
The national government is suffic-
leutly interested to supply the power
to the wine growers at cost; and the
bGrsau OF agriculture comedies that
those districts buying leaa. powder
reports greatest damage But even
while the farmers are organizing this
winter to carry on a more general
campaign in the coming season. the
secretary OF the bureau of agriculture
says the government is not yet ready
to agree that it is fully established
that the cannon firing does protect the
vineyards from hail.
Cannon firing 10 cause rain has been
made the subject Of more or less ex.
perlmentation 10 this country. with so
slight results that the subject is rarely
heard mentioned In these days. But il
the farmers Of France have kept al
their firing 20 disperse storms for five
years and still have such faith in its
efficacy that they put more cannon
into use each year. # is fair enough
TO say that the experiments are worth
pursulng.-New Bedford Standard.
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There is wailing and gnashing of
teeth in Oklahoma Town The burg
down the road has been carrying things
with a high hand for several years.
She has buncoed her own people into
the belief that she was 1T" in the
territory. But she is singing low now.
Swelling up with importance the peo-
pie Of Oklahoma City asked for
charter for "a city CT $4,000 popula-
ton" Getting the charter il was next
found necessary 10 get the people A
census was taken. After everything
movable was listed, including railroad
! trains and live stock, Oklahoma City
stopped shouting. A lull set in. Re
turns showed but 22OOO. Now an
OF ar bitter dose is added, by the real
population coming out According to
the official city election returns, Ok
lahoma City has exactly 14.1S0 people.
just Sis less than Guthrie The vote
polled is as follows. For mayor.
Rhodes, l.0S1; Messenbaugh. 1883:
Hensley, l6S; total 2.SSS. The claim
was made by Oklahoma papers that
4,SOO votes were cast Official figures
tell the tale. But the worst does Of all
is the fact that Oklahoma City, which
has been active for years in advertis
ing Guthrie as negro town. elected
negro to the council at the late cleo
tion. An Oklahoma City man, in this
city this morning. hit of the feelings
Ct Oklahoma City people as follows
Sore? OF course we are sore. We
fell down on our bluffs. We deserve
20 be laughed at That charter propo-
sition was fierce. But what hurts us
Is this: Guthrie actually goes white
and we fan back into the Republican
column with black man to boot. A
whole lot Of Oklahoma City people viii
move TO Guthrie pretty shortly"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-11
GANG DANGERS.
(The RepublicJ

ne NepuDlC.)
To the average citizen the perniCious
influence Of gang activity in a large
city is unknown Only the person who
eonfronts gang tricks or gang power
comprehends the purposes Of domineer-
ing bosses. Practical politics is a
means to Interior objects, the gang
serving the master for protection and
the master demanding the service in
order to obtain sufficient strength for
his special work.
The emphasis which is laid on the
importance Of crashing the gang EN-
anates from sufficient cause. The
gangs aim is 20 plunder When It can
plumber in public office it is in luxury.
When it does not control the local gov
ernment, It's methods Of plumber take
various forms. and in this work it
wants protection. The gaag-lord tries
70 control as many officials as he can,
that he may afford protection to offend
e-s and mako them subject TO his com
mands The gang obeys servilely that
they nay be sure Of support
It IS easy to understand how the in
fiuence Of gang-bosses affects the com
mon interests. The power Of unscrup-
ulous BOSSES always is q menace no:
only 70 good government. but to public
morals and TO public safety The pro
tection afforded by bosses, and the
services rendered by the gang. un-
questionably have a cormpting tend
ency and It is apparent to respectable
citizens why the determination Of the
gang is necessary.
Good government must ultimately
crush the gang, as it takes influence
away from the bosses. Good govern
ment does not mean rigor which re-
stricts reasonable privileges. but
conservative regulation Of all the az
fairs Of life so as to minimize the force
Of gross evil The common effort
should be to curtall the influence Of the
bosses. and to exterminate the gang.
The public welfare requires this result.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-11
DEPoT MArRoN NEEDED.

The Wd occurrence. which recently
pressed home the necessity fcf ma
ron at the depot viii not have been
entirely in vain If the lesson is learned
and the need supplied Too many safe
guards can not be thrown around the
unsophisticated and lonely girl or
woman. who finds herself left at the
depot or who must await the arrival
Of trains Nor Is this need Of protec-
tion limited to the unwary for the
depot IS a favored spot for the machin-
atiops Of designing and obtrusive per
sonageS.
The field Of the matron is by nc
means limited merely to the protection
Of girls or ladies arriving. departing OF
waiting there but she can be Of great
service in looking after their comfort
and supplying needful information.
There are dozens of opportunities for
useful service. The trained eye Of the
matron knows almost by intuition the
gentleman and lady from the disgrace
full beings that make this public thor
oughfare a place to carry into execu-
tion their evil designs and is enabled
to thwart them by note Of warning
or a police call II need be
So common has the practice become
Of placing a matron at all large union
depots that its necessity needs no elab-
orate argument to call attention TO the
need The great number of trains ar-
r.ving and departing at all hours Of the
day end night makes the necessity for
this service so great that the wonder
is that it should have been so long
neglected until public attention was
called to the fact by a lamentable
tragedy.
The efforts Of the w c. T. u. and
the ladies Of the clubs, who have taken
up this matter with the railroads.
should be speedily crowned with sue
cess. There is no point this side of
Kansas City where so many trains are
arriving and departing and
where a matron would find her ser
vices more useful.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-11
The SQUARE DEAL.

A good deal IS being said these days
about the square deal" President
Roosevelt has taken up the term. He
Is a pusher and he pushes the idea. It
is a good one and odght to be pushed.
His high position and sincerity en-
ables him to speak so that the world
may hear.
The idea is not a new one, Presi-
dent Roosevelt would not claim origi-
nality. seein gthat the square is one
Of the Masonic emblems dating back to
King solomon and square dealing one
Of the tenets Of the order Others
have used ;he emblem and the idea
also.
What is new about it is to have the
highest executive officer Of the great
est nation on earth actively pushing
the idea. trying to live up to 1t him
self and calling on all men both great
and small to live up to It.
The old idea thus emphasized comes
at a peculiarly opportune time when
certain interests had grown so great
as to consider themselves above this
simple but unyielding standard Of
ethics. The livelihood of the weak was
coming 10 be considered as the legiti-
mate prey lof the strong simply because
Of their strength.
To this exploitation Of the weak the
square deal" stands sQuarely opposed
and when backed up by the big
stick" II takes on a new meaning The
new meaning is significant to the
monopolies that sought to exploit the
nation not simply by developing nat
uraJ resources which is commendable
but by crushing out all competition
and using unjust and often illegal
means in their ruthless contest. The
square deal" does not shut out com
petition but puts the square down on
every transaction and cuts out every
thing that falls outside the right angle.
This catches watered stock, discrimi-
native freight rates. secrecy, boycotts.
rebates and a dozen other bludgeons
ured TO extlnguish competition.
That the era OF the square deal"
bids fair to supplant the era Of death
TO competition" is cause for rejoicing.
The big stick" has said 1t must be so.
A more righteous cause will never
need its services.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-11
HALFWAY AssEssMENTs.

The territorial board Of railroad as
SCISSORS is in session. The question Of
valuation will be before the governor
and the board. The railroad attorneys
are there also. The board Is charged
with looking after the interests of all
taxpayers and equalizing the burdens
between the general public and the
ia lroads The people have no repre-.
sentauves there, save the officials
whose duty it is TO see that a just and
equitable assessment is made. The
people viii carefully note the justice
and equity Of the coming railroad as
ssssment.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-11
Before the Battle Of Mukden



Ficld Hcadluariers. "A T. j. A. Sec
oad Army Feh g7-Everything looks
row as 81 the big battle was only q
question OF hours This morning the
Naf sent MS word that Okus army is
m battle formation. and every ndica-
tion points to an almost immediate
cash between the two armies
u doesn't require an expert 20 guess
that this light when &c begins win be
tie biggest of the war and that means
tnc biggest the world has ever seen.
40 such armies ever faced each other
tefore and never before were So many
lms employed Il is impossible to ten
Low many guns the japanese have. but
ihcf main lmc extend. over so miles and
there is little doubt that there are at
least "a thousand field guns In position 70
begin the bomblrdnent when il shall be
c.Jtrcd
But the. field gums are not an that the
japanese have There are scores OF
uuch larger guns. suns Of fs inch and
mcn cMiber. and hundreds of howitz-
crs. ! have myself seen more than So
llby" howitzcrs. little things that the
ilen draw oa small carts. They are less
than three feet long, and their range
IS snort but they throw six inch shells
ana when placed on tine front line will
mike things very Interesting in the
kussium trenches.
l,dt the thne whicl, viii surprise tho
world. as wei as the Russians, win be
The presence OF the bis H. inch seige
guns which the Japanese win use I'm
tuc coming battle. There were "a num-
bor OF these enormous guns used at
Port Arthur and as soon as that fort-
iess fen these guns were disnlounted
and Slipped north Today they are IN
rusition factius the Russian lines, and
when the time romes lhey win begin
20 llaze Jway.
Guns ot Great Weight
70 takes 200 men b dwg one OF the
p.ns. without the mount alons the
tcst OF roads The proiectle weighs
$50 pounds and and It is all four mel
cin do 10 carry IL. The range Of the gun
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-11

coneert wen.

For many years there has been a.
scarcity Of water at Woolley. Hunting
donshire, the result being that when st
last new well was dug the villagers
thought 1t a most important event
A religiols service was conducted
around the well Thursday afternoon,
all the women ane children. afterward
being entertained at tea In the even
ing the men OF the hamlet assembled
at the bottom OF the well, which was,
of course dry. After a prayer by the.
Rev. A. E. Farrar. the rector. there
were songs and speeches and refresh
ments were handed round.-London
Daily Mail.
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is about 5000 wards aud when the shell
cxplodos on striking T. digs a hole in The
aound tnat YOU could Put two-horse
hack in. ] would like TO be somewhere,
cnt OF mrge Of the pieces. where ! could
s,e the FIRST Of those big shells land in the
Russian trenches lave an idea Il viii
create surprise party.
glis Is the nrsi time ia the history
60 wmfare that guns ~ .Ai- SIC have
teci, used ia the heid
in addition TO thoir own guns, the
Janinese have a large number Of guns
which they captured from the Russians
Among them are number OF as and
e-nch guns which are mounted for
field usc. and which can be moved
about almost az easily, but. OF course,
not SO quickly, az the ordinary field
gums. lt is probable that not less than
JOE nussian guns will bc used by the
japanese in the coming fight.
Waiting for the Bombardment.
a large number Of machine gums viii
alsc be used Up TO this time the Jap
arccs have made but little use of these
guns. eNcep with their cavalry on the
Ganks of tho army. but now they have
scores Of them scattered almost the
while line. They are AN, at least all
lave seen. the lates; pattern of the
MuNim automatic gun. which. once the
trigger Is pulled keep ON hring as long
as the cartridges are fed In. Willie the
ran at the handle can sweep "a zone Of
almost 1So degrees. They are nasty
affairs. and can NOW down whole lines
Of men as "a wen- directed rifle shot can
drop q single man.
We are now purti ularly whiting fof
tho big bomhardment TO begin. Tile
Suns are ready and the men ready;
taey are only waiting for the word from
the general to turn the whole front into
"a ocath-dealing he'll of shot and shell of
every description. IL may be that the
fussians can stand against this terrible
ere when it begins--but IL they do they
Viii be something q little more than hu-
ilan. / don't think They will BY the
time this letter is printed you will know
whether they did or rot.