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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13
School Land Sale.

The school land sale here last
week were we'll attended, but there
were not as many tracts of land sold
as was expected, the bulk Of the
sales being made at the appraised
value. Sec. 16. Twp. LAG, Range
81, which is said to be a very good
section, going at $ll per acre.
One quarter adjoining the town Of
Underwood was struck off to the
Mclean County Fair Association
at $31, which was the highest
price paid and aside from this
tract there was only competition on
three or four pieces.
We now learn that the validity
of the sale here has been question
ed and there is a question whether
the Board of University and
School Lands will take it upon
themselves to approve any of the
sales. The constitution of the
state of North Dakota provides
that "the coal lands Of the state
shall never be sold, but the legis-
lative assembly may by general
laws provided for leasing the same
The words coal lands shall in
clude lands bearing Ignite coal.'
1t is generally understood that all
lands on the Missouri slope and
west of the river are coal bearing
and as the Legislative assembly has
not enacted any laws determining
the method to be employed tt
classify the lands or defining wha'
constitutes "coal bearing" lands
the presumption is now that tn,
sale held here will be declared il
legal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13
School Notes.

Miss Birdie Wallace, the popu-
lar young lady who taught school
No. 2 in Victoria district during
the winter, is now teaching the
school near C%oleharbor.
Mr.. Frank Carroll, an old ex-
perienced teacher, is welding the
rod in Turtle Lake District, school
No. g.. This is a very bright and
energetic school. Miss Louise
johnson taught this school during
the winter term, and by a school
entertainment, managed to raise
about $50 to be expended for a
school library, something that will
be highly appreciated by the
pupils and something that every
school in the county ought to be
interested in.
Miss Helcu Mellstrom is teach
ing a We, successful school in
Reute-a' ,trict No 2. Miss Nell
strom is a higly qualified teacher.
Reuter- Nc. / has been very
fortunate in securing the services
of Miss Katie Gergen for the
spring term. Miss Gergen has
just returned from the Twin cities
where she has been studying
music.
Coleharbor contemplates build
ing a new school house this sum
mer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

to appear yesterday morning. But
Tuesday the two Englands were
arraigned in court for perjury and
criminal conspiracy to defraud and
later another information was filed
against Ed England for receiving
stolen property, a crime equivalent
to grand larceny.
Or Wednesday, the day Of the
trial, Ed. England entered a plea
of guilty to the latter charge, and
Will England plead guilty to
criminal conspiracy to defraud.
Pace was convicted on the charge
of forgery in the second degree and
Gill was found guilty of the same
offense.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13
roup QUICKLY Cured.

"A few doses of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy bring surprising
results when a child shows symp-
toms of Group. There is no cause
for alarm when this medicine is in
the house as it rarely takes more
than three or four doses to bring
about a complete cure. It has
never failed even in the most
severe and dangerous case and no
home where there are small chill
dren can afford to be without it.
For sale by all druggists.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

Gov. Sarles has designated Fri
day, April 9th as Arbor Day and
we hope that the citizens of Wash
burn will observe the day by plant
ing trees around their homes.
In planting trees, you should not
expect quick returns on your in
vestment, but in a few years the
cost and labor Of tree planting and
taking care of them will be re-
turned many fold.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13
To the
Washburn, N. D., March 81, 1906

Washburn, N. D., March q, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, father OF William A.
Haines, do not claim any of the
earnings or wages that said minor
William A. Haines may hereafter
make, and further that I will not
be responsible for debts created by
said minor FL. Fl. Haines,
At Father Of said Minor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

Commissioner Gilbreath will
soon begin the publication of a
monthly magazine devoted to ex-
plotting the advantages of North
Dakota. He announces his inten-
ton of writing up the counties in
alphabetical order, illustrating each
publication with farm and city
views.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

Deputy Commissioner of Agri-
culture Kaufman has resigned his
position and will enter into a priv
ate business at Fargo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

The mayor of Bismarck issued a
proclamation designating a certain
day to the cleaning up Of the city.
The move is a good one and could
well be made applicable to Wash
burn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

The abstracts of The Security Ab-
stract 4 Loan Company, Of Wash
burn are backed by $4,000 ecuri-
II Bond-no straw bond-they
have to be correct. When want
inran abstract order from them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13
FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1906.

The Garrison Times is now all
home print. The paper is a credit
to that hustling town
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13
FOR SALE.

Two second hand drays as good
as new. See the Wachter Dray
& Transfer Co., Bismarck, N. D.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

Editor Stickley has disposed of
the Wells County News to Mr..
Pratt, who has taken charge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-13

Threshing Machines Insured il
lod line Insurance Companies.
see or write E. e. Funk, 1st. Nat
Rank, Washburn, n. D.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

sands Of acres OF uncultivated land in North
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas, and il
they are successful it will have much to do with the
Southern States producing practically all Of the cot
ton used in the world.
What is said to be reliable information was Ob
tanned there last Friday about the real objects OF the
visit Of committee from the English Cotton Spin
ners' Association, who we're in New Orleans some
weeks ago, for no other purpose than to look over
the lands that their agent haG been getting options
on for several months. After they have returned
to England there is to BE- general meeting Of all
the cotton manufacturers and the options passed
upon.
It is understood that il they are accepted these
manufacturers will endeavOr to COonize hundreds Of
Belgian and Welsh families on the land under the
direct management Of cotton growing experts. All
the cotton raised on this land will be shipped direct
TO the factories in England.
Besides these EDglishmeD, there were several
representative persons from large firms in Belgium
TO visit the same parts Of the South, and it s be-
lieved that they are equally interested.
BY this new scheme the large cotton manntac
turers Of England believe they can iOTce the Amer
lean planter to raise cheap cotton, and also By
coonizng these tracts Of land 1t will serve to reduce
the cost Of farm labor.
II yOu have good land iD this section hang on TO
It'll It will be worth thousands in few years
where now II is worth hundreds.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

! !
~
IN W wants to know the why ana where
AM fore OF everything. This is one Of
WTxN4WaN the reasons why he knows so much.
WHJrM M%LfEKS To be sure, there is very much that
W1z, NGG he does not know and never will
lTkE Ak knOw-at least in this existence
tk8WA4l1f7 but he keeps on asking questions.
MGINrx| In COcOninO county, Arizona,
there is q remarkable land formation known locally
as Coon Butte. 1t is circular ridge rising about
100 feet from the plain and surrounding hole about
400 feet deep and 5000 feet in diameter. 1t is a
queer looking place just the kind OF place. in fact,
to make man ask questions.
Man, in the person OF the early settlers Of the
region, asked such questions his knowledge war.
ranted, and decided that Coon Butte was the crater
OF an extinct Volcano But later man, in the person
Of the geOlOgist who has learned something about
volcanoes, decided that there were no signs OF vol
canic activity about the ridge and the hole and re-
jected the crater theory.
Later still, man, in the person OF two scientists
whose business it is to ask questions set to work
seriously find out what did make this great hole
and the rim around it. The Academy Oi Sciences,
Philadelphia, hae just printed the results of their
long and patieLt questioning. The answers seem to
indicate that Coon Butte was made by the impact OF
body falling from space.
Many tons of metal in small fragments have been
collected from the surrounding country to a dis
taDce OF nearly three miles. These fragments con
tain iron, nickel, iridium, and platinum, the usual
composition OF meteOrlc bodies. Fragments and
splinters have been dug from the hole itself but
large pieces have been fond.
Man has also learned little something about
meteortes during the centuries, and has succeeded
in finding several of the visitors from space The
biggest of them all was brought from the Arctic re-
gions by Peary; it is about the size OF small tent
80 man knows enough, to know that il Coon Butte
was made by meteOrite, the celestial visitor must
have been large and travelling very rapidly.
But man is not yet Satisfied with Coon Butte. He
thinks it was made by big meteOrite or small
aeterOid, but he wants to know. So double com
partment shaft is being sunk in the exact center Of
the hoe and unless he encounters obstacles that he
has not learned how to overcome he will keep on
digging until he finds what is at the bottom OF the
crater.
Suppose mar finds big meteOrte or small as
eroid or something else the bottom OF the crater
what good will it do hint That is not the ques-
tiOn. The business in hand is to find out what
made Coon Butte.
The answer to this question may or may not help
to solve some other problem Of the universe. At
any rate, it is mans business to keep on learning
what he can. And the only way to find out is to
ask questions and to explore mysteries.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
-ISS.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1906.

The men who can demand large fees are so few
in number that it is really an academic discussion
after all They exceptions to the great
of the profession, some of whom are even content
with % cent Office fees and 30 cents VISIT and are
not concerned with 81, 900 fees except matter
OF interesting news from some far-Off professional
sphere. Many poor sOul does not make 81, 900 a
year. To large extent it is matter OF environ
ment-and fees graded naturally according to
the wealth OF the community. Medical and surg.
cal services have no value, in that they are in
valuable. That is, there ia NO measure by which
they can be judged All other professions, except
ing the clergy, deal with property, and they are
paid in accordance with the value OF the material
things they create or save. The lawyer gets per
cent. or 10 per cent. or whatever may be the nm
written custom. Sometimes he calmly takes all, of
course Life, on the other hand, is 1mmaterial and
without value. 1t is valueless or invaluable, &C
cording to the word prefer, and cannot be meas,
ured in dollars. When it is destroyed carelessly,
by railroads. for instance the courts cannot direct
compensation, for the loser is dead. The surviving
family is damaged pecunariy only to the extent Of
the deceaseds earning power and is compensated in
accordance Herewith, but the life itself does not
cOmplicate the matter at all. There is an actual
French case recorded in which woman complained
to the court that she received but 1000 fl ancs for
the death Of her husband in railroad wreck while
man who lost his legs received 10000 francs.
The Judge CURLY told her that she could get another
husband, but the man could not get more legs. 1t
was dppant, vet ii expressed the natural law OF
pec1niary damage for her. bnt personal damage to
the man. Similarly, when life is saved no one
can estimate the money value of the service, for it
has none. itch man has been known to pay $50
to veterinary for treating horse, and refuse an
equal amount to physician for similar services to
himself The millionaire who pays his doctor $40
for lifesaviDg labors puts correct estimate on his
own life.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

Francisco reduces ideas to the primitive, toucheI
the instructive in man.
Life, by it's horrible contrast Of death, is made tC
seem the one thing precious above all others, and
it's dearneSs is suddenly presented to an immediate
intimate sense. peculiar and personal realization
of the terrible catastrophe-it might be termed q
personal application OF the suffering out o.
contemplation OF the plight OF the Western city.
Ite agonies are invested with distinctly unusual
appeal to sympathy, due perhaps to greater de.
giee OF vividness than most tragedies on grand
scale present. Galveston, with it's probably larger
loss of life, never possessed such visual aspect
nor the picture Of any other similar happening
replete with painfully convincing detail
Whatever the explanation be, the result is clear
hardly within the history of the country has sym.
pathy been moved so spontaneously and to such
depths, or has it bound men so closely.
+ Out of the awesOme and powerfully affecting ex'
perience may it not be a trner and keeDer val
uatiOn of human lie will arise in the natiOni And
OF what does the nation stand in greater need at this
day that a recognition of the ultimately precious
thing? Compared to the total Of ruthless sacrifice
under the speedy wheels Of progress, San Fran.
IciscO's deaths are not many. hundred thousand
men, women and children year are ground to death
because OF the element Of excessive haste in the
great engine OF affairs. Death is on q wholesale
scale the price of dollars And what do wealth,
power, pre- emnence, count in the actual face OF
death as we see it nowf Would ii not be better to
compromise with the hideous monster by the sac
rifce Of some material benefts-to purchase life or
longer lease of years ut the cost OF a margin Of
speed, profits, prosperityf
Progress ruthlessly demands its victims, but may
we not proceed within sane limits of speed and with
better regard for the frat laws Of Dature9 IL it
absolutely necessary that progress develop greater
and greater epeedi In reason, in fact, in truth,
where is the necessity for such pe NELL haste, such
congested life, such frantic business, lightning
press methOdsf Economic reasons do not supply
the answer. Economic necessity does not furnish
the entire motive and power to drive the complex
machinery at such high rate. Economically CON
sidered, the rate is excessive. Which being the
case, the problems Of achieving saner and more
safely modulaied life cannot be depended upon to
solve themselves The end will be attained when
doubtless in large part through terrible ex
been educated to put on the brakes
Closely akin to the first law Of nature, In the
higher civilization Of which we are part is the
principle OF live and Jet live and associated with it,
also, the principle OF dunn vivimue, vvamus. The
San Francisco horror, illustrating and bringing home
the valpe Of ie brings emphasis to these reflections
which, variously expressed, are commOn to the
more thoughtful mind OF the times.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
VAL UE OF HUMAN LIFE.

[TH the gloom Of San Francis Q
envelOpiDg the thought Of the ma
tioD, commonplace affairs have
temporarily small interest-a fact
which curiOusly reveals relative
values. To live is the first con
cerD; to live, to procure food, to
be housed against the elements
these things are of more impOr-
tance than government and law,
businees, science, literature and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

General Baron Kodama, who has been chosen to
succeed Field Marshal Oyama as head OF the Jap
anese army, Was educated ID Rutgers College, York,
Pa. He has been called the "genius Ofthe Japan
ese army" He il credited with having done moro
than any other man to plan the strategy which re-
suited in the Japanese victories in Manchuria,
where he was Marehal OSAma's chief OF staff.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

The family tree is being ranaaeked % find John
d. Rockefeller III. eone armoTiAl hearings Tor his
gO-cart. What's the matter with rampant dollar
sign crossed with bottle Of haiTrestorer on plain
kerosene backgrOupd9
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

No doubt young q. s. Grant will represent the
army Of the United States handsomely ct the mar
riage Of King Alfonso. But what's the good ot
having the army OF this Republic represented az al
at that royal marriagei
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

Travellers in Africa have told how natives COM
municate intelgently over vast distances by means
Of drume, some Of the messages 10 tFanemissiOn
being almost ieleRraphic in their accuracy. The
drum aIso furnishes the principal instrument oi
.smusic' in certain tribes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

The road Of the CRATER is not an easy one The
temptation TO graft is DsidiOus, and men who mean
to conduct themselves with honesty and dignity may
be betrayed into it. sMOderD business methods" is
a sufficiently euphOniOus term to fool brisk and
ambitions man not too much given to reflection or
self examination. And ail goes well for time.
The bank account increases the man feels himself
to be shrewd and influential; he is able to put hts
family Eat the top Of the heap;' honors come easily
70 him, and young men are hatered to be associated
with him in business. Then, the exposure comes.
Those that have trusted him know him for what he
lie; bis own specious plea Of sthe modern business
method sounds strangely inadequate even to him
self. HE name, which he hoped to see associated
in the minds Of men with great enterprises, and
which he expected his TO use as sort Of 'Open
sesame" becomes, suddenly, the synonym for dis
honesty, greed and failure. The CRATER has, per
hape thought himself hardened. He finds, TO his
diemay, that be il not. Shame awRFens; conscience
NO longer sleeps. The dreams OF his ambitioue
youth como to haunt him. He would give his for
tune, many times duplicated, for the innocence and
Integrity or his early manhood. He Id not bad.
man--he can suffer, he can be ashamed, be can long
Tor innocence. Perhape, on reflection, there are
no bad men. At any rate the CRATER has shown
himself capable Ofdyng broken hearted or 81 going
melancholy unatic, TO the asylOm for the insane,
His career requires steyn metal. Let him who en-
tore be sure that his conscience is dead, his fam
ilR pride buried, his seli,reepect QuenChed, and
that he 10 Obdurate to the reprOachiul tears Of the
women who love himi Having made quite sure Of
On this, one might adopt grating career in an ex-
pectaEt spirit.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

Uncle Sam IL contemplating uilding warshif
much bigger than anything ID navy except the
problem q what TO do with il after il goes intt
commission.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

It is not quite clear from HObsOn's nomination
whether the voters Oi the Sixth Alabama district
are 10 favor 81 billion dollar navy Wholesale os
cnlatiOn.'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

The quick and generous response Of the country
to the cry of distress from San Francisco s nspir
ing 1t makes one proud that he is citizen OF such
a country. The American people are great peO-
pleas great in noble impulses and humane SYM
pathy as In industrial and commercial energy. We
often hear it, and often read it, that this Is
land OF mammon worshipers We are told that the
ferce remorseless battle for gain has absorbed our
mental faculties and made as sordid and unfeelng.
Yet when city far out on the Pacific coast is sud-
denly stricken and blighted see these callOused
and cold hearted Americans rushing from every
quarter to lay their savings at the feet OF the snf
ferer The Atlantic seabOard, the South and the
Middle West are vieing with the Pacific slope in
sending prompt and liberal contributions. The
rich, the well to.do and the poor minglng their
gifts, and hundreds Of Of provisions and other
necessarics will soon be speeding across the conti-
nent bearing relief to the unfOrtunaes 1t is grand
splendid, glGlious! gives the lie to the caumnies
Of the critics. 1t shows that however fast their busi
ness pace and however much they Overtax their
strength in the pursuit Of wealth. the American peO-
pie have human hearts in their bodies and plenti-
ful supply Of the milk OF human kindness. The sill
yer lining to the DARK cloud of adversty when de-
vastatng tOrLadoes, destructive foods consuming
flames wreck thriving city or hamlet is the fine
exhibition OF generous sympathy that they call forth
from the people of the nation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
ENGLISHMEN BUYING UP COTTON LAND

ROM news just received from New
Orleans a deal has Just come to
light which will involve millions OF
dollars, and shows that many OF the
English cotton spinners have united
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

| curious tale is going the rounds OF the baZaars
in India 1t is believed by every native that Gen.
KurOki the marvellous Japanese commander, is no
other than Sir Hector Macdonald. Many persons
have never believed that the brilliant English gen.
eral is dead and not long ago there appeared in the
London Times au Cffer Of reward OF 50, 900 to any
one who had seen his dead body. It is also fact
that Sir Hector was once invited to 60 to Japan to
train the Japanese army and he actually mentioned
it to Lord Roberts No honor has ever been pub,
licly bestowed on KurOki, who appears to have
vanished as suddenly and mysteriOusly as he ap-
peared. Even the Japanese, with all their reti-
cence, confessed to a correspondent that KurOkl
had much foreign blood in him, and one United
States Journalist declared he was an Engliehman.
Both the life and death Of Sir Hector Macdonald
we're full Of romance and mystery His exact age is
not known the circumstances of his death and burial
are Obscurcs What is known, is that Macdonald
was Scotch lad that be enlisted in 1871 and that
he served 10 the ranks ten years. His rise to ma
iOr. general aud *. @. B. was the result OF pure
soldering In the Afghan campaigu, at Kabnl, on
Maiuba Hill aud Omdurman he won fights and
fame. After the Boer campaign he was given q
high command in India and in 1908 came the report
that he had suddenly LETT Hiudustan ION private
business" On this business he reached Paris and
here read in a newspaper that he was to stand q
court martial ON ''grave charges" Then came the
report that Immediately on reading this paragraph
be went to his room and shot himself. At frst it
was decided that the general WAS TO be buried In
Paris but new surprise appeared in the person OF
his widow of whose existence the war Office 1d not
know. By the express wish Of Lady Macdonald,
the bOdy-or az rUmor says now, the cOfin-was
sent to London and unceremOniOuely huddled away |
to Scotland in o baggage van. The body, or the
coffin, was quietly, almost secretly, buried 10
public cemetery at $50 O'Clock in the morning The
coffin was not opened from the time it left the Paris
hotel,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

II DOwie really wants TO perform = miracle n
him show that he can keep the lawyers from GET
the larger part Of what be recOvers from n