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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
ENFORCE EiGHT-HoUR LAW.
Attorney General Moody Issues Let
ter of Instructions.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Attorney
General Moody has issued a circular
letter of instructions to United States
attorneys regarding prosecutions of
violations of the eight-hour law, in
which he says the government is de-
termined upon a strict enforcement
of this statute as relating to public
works of the United States.
In the last ten weeks as many as
300 alleged violations have been re-
ported.
All United States attorneys are d.
rected rigidly to investigate all COM
plants which may come to them from
any source of violation Of the law and
upon their own initiative to make in
vestigation if there appears any e a
sonable ground for s%uspecting VIOLA
ton and if sufficient evidence be Sc
cured it must be submitted to a grand
jury with the view to securing a pos
sible Indictment. Mr.. o. j. Carlton,
a lawyer OF Haverhill, Mass, has been
appointed by the attorney general to
have special charge of these cases in
the department of justice. Mr.. Carl
ton will act in conjunction with Com
missioner O'Neill of the bureau of Ia
Dor, who has furnished much of the
evidence upon which the government
is now acting.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Eleven indictments. charging rebat-
ing, have been returned by the fed
eral grand Jury at Minneapolis. Those
indicted are the Great Northern, the
Omaha, the Wisconsin Central and the
Minneapolis and st. Louis railroads
and four elevator companies of Mime.
apolis and Duluth.
A lone robber, heavily masked,
boarded the rear sleeper Of the east
bound Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cifc train between Slater and Glas-
gov, Mo-, robbed the passengers of a
sum placed at between 500 and $500
and escaped in the darkness.
Henry w. Herring. cashier of the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chi
cago, pleaded guilty to embezzlement
and forgery after Paul O. Stensland,
the convicted president Of the institu-
ton, went on the stand and told how
the institution was wrecked.
In a pistol duel at a saloon in Reno.
New, Edward Terrell, a gambler, was
killed by Charles Kuchs, a bartender,
Kuchs received three wounds, none Of
which is serious.
The Farmers and Miners bank of
Ladd, ILL.,, was held up by two men
while the assistant cashier was alone
and $1,000 in cash secured.
j. y. Money, brother of Senator
Money of Mississippi. shot and killed
l.. j. Henderson, a prominent planter,
in a pistol duel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
FOREIGN NEWS.

One hundred Russian revolutionists
threw three bombs at a train at Ro-
gov, Russian Poland, blowing the cars
into matchwood, killing five soldiers
and mortally wounding eleven others.
The revolutionists then seized $65O,0OO
in cash, loaded it into wagons and es-
capped.
A deafening bomb explosion occur
red at Tifis, Transcaucasia, while the
police were making a search of an un-
occupied house. Three policemen
were killed and four wounded.
The births in France for 1905 num-
bered s07,292, Showing a decrease of
10,937 from the total of 1904.
The French chamber of deputies has
approved the policy Of the new cab
met by a vote of 1876 to SO. .
The Vatican denies the report which
predicts a rupture between Spain and
the Holy See.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Five stories of the central wing of
the new $750,0O0 Bixby hotel at Long
Beach, Cal. now under construction,
collapsed Friday, carrying nine men
to death in the tons of tangled wreck
age. About $50 artisans and laborers
were scattered through the structure
when it fell and Of these nearly 100
were carried down in the ruins. The
injured, numbering about a dozen, are
expected to recover.
Five incendiary fires inside of two
blocks within a space Of three hours
drove thousands Of New Workers. from
their homes and would have resulted
in considerable loss of life but for the
energetic work of fremen and police.
men, who rescued scores of people on
upper floors cut off from escape.
Mistaken for a deer Lee Hall, a
prominent attorney Of Ionia, Mich,
was shot and instantly killed in the
woods near Fibre, that state, by S. G.
Miller, a we'll known lumberman.
The docks of the L.ehigh Valley Coal
company at Chicago were totally de
stroyed by fire, causing a damage of
%$75YssOC0.
A fire in the heart of the business
portion OF Hamilton, O., caused a loss
of $3.50, 900.
A oma and her four children per-
ished in a tenement house fire in New
York CITY.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
Care of Bees.

Modern hives with good brood cham
bers equal to the laying capacity Of
the queen are considered best for win
tering; the stores are usually sufficient.
When all breeding is over for thes sea-
son the central combs are often def
cient in stores. Here a good. practical
feeder comes into requisition. one that
can be used during the cold nights Of
October and that will work success
fully with thick sirup. Nothing is gain
ed by compelling the bees to evaporate
a large amount of water so late in the
season. For late feeding use about one
quart Of water to every fourteen
pounds Of the best %granulated sugar.
When early feeding is practiced thin
strip may be used. but for late feeding
we need the sirup very thick, just thin
enough SO the bees can work it nicely.
American Agriculturist.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
RECOMMENDATION OF THE Ex.
EcuTIvE COUNCIL OF FED.
GRAFTON OF LABOR.
PARTY NOT CONTEMPLATED
WILL URGE CERTAIN LEeIsLA.
TIVE MEASURES AND KEEP
TAB ON FRIENDS.

Minneapolis, Nov. lathe recent
political activity of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor occupied a prominent
place in the report of the executive
council to the twenty-sixth annual
convention of the federation, in SEES
sion here, which was read at the
morning session by Vice President
James Duncan.
While the report did not go into the
details of the recent campaign for
the defeat of Speaker Cannon, Con-
gresham L~ittlefield of Maine and 9TH
er congressional candidates it defined
clearly the attitude of organized la
Dor toward politics and gave a sum-
mary of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the campaign fund subscrib-
ed by the affiliated unions of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. According
to the report the total sum received
for campaign purposes was $S,056.89,
the total expenditures $7,834.11 and
the uneXpended remainder $222.7S.
The report further stated that a de-
tailed report OF expenditures was in
preparation and would be mailed to
all contributors and to all others ap-
plying and paying rs cents. The
American Federation does not con-
template the formation of a distinct
political party. 1t does not intend to
dictate the party membership OF any
union man. 1t does propose to sug-
gest from time to time legislative
measures of advantage to labor and
to secure the nomination and election
of representatives and senators IA
vcrable to their enactment and to
give full publicity to the action tax
en- en- these bills that all union men
RAY know who are their friends. Pre-
ceding this declaration Of its political
platform the committee outlined the
political declar.tioas of the Ameri-
can Federation CT Labor made since
1884 to Show that its entrance into
active campaigning in the late cleo
ton was not Il sudden departure from
it's former policy, but a logical Gull
mination of a long period of evolu-
ton.
I'VE have never opposed politics i'll
organization" says the report,
though we have always opposed par
tisan politics.
"Independent voting with IN eye
single to the interests of labor is urg-
ed upon all members of the affiliated
uniOns."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
pARBEp WIRE CARRIER.

scrlbed by a writer in Farm and Home.
The following, together with the illus
tration,. explains it.:
Having much wire to stretch, I ar
ranged a sled, as shown in the cut, for
holding a spool Of wire while the same
was unrolled along the line of fence.
The runners (A) should be two by six
or eight inches and six to eight feet
long. The upright post OBJ should be
Of the same dimensions two and one
half feet high. The braces &C. may be
Of n by four inch stuff. Bore holes
at top Of (B) in which to insert the
iron bar (D), as shown, for holding
spool to be unwound. By fastening the
end Of wire to post and driving of
along line Of fence, wire is easily laid
ready for stretching.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
ON THE RANGE.

Fat Sheep and Good Prices Reward
the Grower.
Nature has been in beneficent mood
over the whole range country this year.
Never before has there been such a
wealth of feed. Both cattle and sheep
have been marketed fat, and financial
results have exceeded all expectation.
Recently a drove of native bred
Wyoming Hereford steers, approximate
ing an average of 1,4OO pounds, sold at
$3.50 per hundredweight. This merely
suggests what the range country can
do.
OF our Wyoming cattle to make
$3.50 are not scrub bred, neither can
they be subjected to vicissitude from
calfhood. On the other hand, it is not
necessary to winter feed to secure SINH
lar results. Good winter pasture will
suffice. There is no practical difference
between a winter pasture with plenty
Of grass and a haystack.
Having produced a better article than
the cattleman, the range sheep grower
is enjoying a just reward. He has sent
no trash to the shambles this year.
Quality Of the 1906 lamb crop has been
superb, and abundance of grass has
sent an unusually large proportion d.
rect to the killer. At this juncture the
western sheep grower is several laps
ahead Of the cattleman in the rae to-
ward the perfection stage. That the
cattlcman has equal opportunity is
amply demonstrated when by adopting
the same tactics as the sheep grower
he has put his product in the same cate,
CORY as natives. Both grass and hay
fed beef is able to hold It's own In the
stockyards when 1t carries the c
aary quality, says Breeders Gazette.
Chicago. Ia
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
THE A RECORD.

Reese Wiggies, who claimed to be
the smallest man in the world, being
four inches shorter than General Tom
Thumb, is dead at Retreat, Pa. He
was ffty-six years old and most of his
life was spent on the stage.
Solomon Hamburger is dead at Chi
cago following an operation. Mr..
Hamburger was one of the best known
men in the cigar and tobacco business
in the country.
Cashier Vandervoort of the Lake
Side bank at Lake Andes, S. D.. COM
mitted suicide by shooting. His &C.
counts are said to be all right.
Congressman John H. Ketcham. Of
New York city is dead.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
A Sure and Safe Cure for Group.

A Sure and Safe Cure for Group.
When a man finds a good thing
it is natural that he should wish to
share his good fortune with others
Mr.. Henry Bolz, Of Hillsboro, Ia,
is not an exception in this rule.
He says, Il have used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy in my family
for years. As a Group cure it has
no equal. I am satisfied that it
saved my boys life, and take
pleasure in recomn ending it,"
For sale by All Druggists.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
Are Of Cement Po.t..

Where live stock has access to the
fence we would not advise putting
them in too soon after they are made.
The man who makes his own posts
need have little fear il he puts them In
the ground when they are a month or.
six weeks old. A line post four inches
square at the bottom and three inches
1t the top is considered plenty strong
enough for all practical purposes, pro-
vided it Is properly strengthened by
the s Of an iron rod or wire. For
corner posts of course much more ma
terial must be used.-Iowa Homestead.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16

walk. This condition did not last
long as the sun came out bright
and warm and ice soon disappear
ed.
A heavy fall of rain Thursday
and Friday but no snow.
M. A. Benson, one Of the heavy
farmers from Wiprdd was ascalle1
today.
Mr.. Jos. Taylor returned Thurs
day from his trip. He reports a
number of fine beaver dams on the
douglas y !:
northumberland young
lady, of:aboit Is, who lives with
her pa en-. s in .Washburn, as
cashier from now till New Years.
The Come Again Store. :
The Sisters Of st. Benedict at
Bismarck have started a school for
the training of nurses. The school
is to be nonsectarian and provides
for two years course. Those de-
string to enter the school will adj
dress Sister Superior, St. Alexius
Hospital, Bismark. n. D.. for any
further information.
Real Estate Loans-Have Agency for
the oldest and most reliable Loan C0m-
pany in the state. Come in and see me
before making a loan elsewhere.
G. M. DIGEN.
LOST-a five dollar bill on Main
street about noon on Thursday.
The person who found the same
can find some one in the Leader
office who will help him celebrate
with it.
DR.. and Mrs. Sawyer delightful
ly entertained the @. w. G. and T.
A. TIC. clubs Monday evening.
The evening was spent in playing
games and initiating the girls into
the T. A. T. G. club, which did not
create as much enjoyment as ex-
pected as the girls were too brave.
Light refreshments were served at
midnight.
A WORLD of fine WATCHES
at Persey's WATCH HOUSE.
Washburn, n. d.
Came to my place, 3 miles south
Of Dogden, about l week ago. one
red COW, partly white head, no
horns. branded " on right hip.
Owner can have same by paying
for this ad. G.. d. Kittleson,
ll-2 nogden, N. D.
A number from here are taking
advantage of the opening Of the
deer hunting season. So far we
have heard Of no fatalities-to the
festive deer. On "Wednesday Fred
CLARK started out in the early
hour Of the morning accompanied
by Messrs Whitlock and Frum.
Up to the hour Of going to press
we have heard nothing from the
party. but suppose the deer all
alive. Fred said that while he
was out west he has the mountain
fever, which was very mild in CON-
parison with the buck fever.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
Discussing Labor Differences.

Philadelphia. Nov. 14.-All Of the
division superintendents Of the Phil
adelphia and Reading railroad system
were called to this city during the
day for q conference with Vice Presi.
dent Voorhees,. It is said the griev
ances Of employees and the result Of
the conferences held by representa-
tives Of different labor organizations
with General Superintendent Dice, at.
Reading, will be discussed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
chivaIerous Rev. Gray or Grax.

ChivaIerous Rev. Gray or Grax.
In a signed affidavit that was
distributed broadcast On the streets
of Denhoff on election day, the
people of Mclean county have
discovered the rattiest scoundrel
of modern times. His: name is
Rev, S. .H:.<.Graay or. Craft was
spelled both ways in the affidavit
and as the affidavit was dated at
Underwood. he probably halls
from that place.
This Rev. Gray or Grax was a
few years ago employed by the
pilgrims of Washburn to steer the
souls Of the great unwashed to the
happy hunting grounds and was
especially instructed to direct the
exuberence Of his ecclesiastic YER
bosity upon the erring heads of
Joe Mann and Judge Wallin.
Whether Parson Gray or Grax
did his duty we'll and truly OF
whether he devoted his attention
principally to tie welfare OF the
souls of the sisterin' is not known,
but anyway he left Washburn a:d
went to Wilton where he taught
tie new shoot how to idea, and as
Il side line showed the depressed
Wtltonites where to head in.
Later his teachers certificate was
revoked and he sank from sight
until this last anile act of his.
The affidavit in question was
directed to defeat H. 9. Olson for
the Office Of superintendent Of
schools Of Mclean county, and
right here it might be added
before passing that the Voice is
not defending II. G. Olson, be-
cause he may Lave went and done
it, as the affidavit says. But to
return to our ham sandwich-the
affidavit charges H. G. Olson with
being too intimate with the aff-
ants own neice! and if that wont
hold you for awhile we lose the
trick. That the neice Of the aft
ant, Rev. Gray or Grax. trod the
sweetly seductive downward path
with H. G. Olson and that the d. :
luded girl cried out her breaking
heart to her uncle. Rev. Gray or
Grax, who never did a thing tode-
fend the honorof his neice.
The affidavit says that this i'll
teresting episode happened in the
summer OF 1904, and yet this Rev.
Gray OF Grax said nothing until
this fall. We gods, but he must be
proud of his manhood! Instead Of
going to the accused man with a
shotgun slugged with single nails
in one hand and marriage license
in the other, the Rev. Gray or
Grax prefers to parade the weak
ness of a woman of his own flesh
and blood before the public. If a
buck niger in the wilds Of Sene-
gambia would do a trick like this
to a wench relative the Voice
verify believes that the tribe would
fill his black hide so full Of holes
that it wouldn't hold black jack
brush, yet in the great state OF
North Dakota and the county of
Mclean, Rev. Gray or Grax's
d ed may possibly pass as a minis
terial duty.-Denhoff Voice.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

the females from seven to eight pounds.
They dress nicely for market, and their
yellow skin shows but little trace of
pinfeathers. #
They are good layers and good moth
ers and, taken all together, r ideal
fowls for the American home, being
even superior to the Barred variety,
since they are more easily bred true to
color.
We see no reason why the Buff Plym-
outh Rocks should not become one Of
our favorite breeds.-Home and Farm.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
EvEMTs IN CUBA.

An armed band Of ninety dissatis-
fed Cubans, encamped near Sancti
spiritus, Santa Clara province. dis
plays the Stars and Stripes and de-
clares for annexation othe United
States.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
senator culIom indisposed.

Washington, Nov. l4.--senator Cul.
lom suffered a slight attack Of indi.
gestfon and nausea while at the navy
department, requiring the attention
Of a physician. He is resting easily
and It il. believed loon will be come
pletely recovered.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16

r. M. Tuttle, former editor Of
the Mandan Pioneer, but now of
Washington has disposed Of his
interests in that paper and retires
from the newspaper field of North
Dakota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16

INTERESTING FOWLS.

Birds That Are Money Makers For
Farmer or Fancier.
The Buff Plymouth Rocks, like their
kinsfolk Of the Rock family, are a
hardy, useful fowl, good for any To-
cality and a money maker for the farm
er or fancier. They are about the same
size as the Barred Rocks. the males
weighing from nine to ten pounds and
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
CONCESSIONS TO FIREMEN.
Committee Called Into Conference
With, Erie Official.

Cleveland. Nov. IA committee
from the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen was called into conference
with the master mechanic Of the
Cleveland division Of the Erie rail-
road with the intention, it is said, Of
offering concessions to the men. The
conference vas still in session an
nour and a half after it had begun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
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~
d. Schultz and family spent
Thursday in Underwood.
Mrs, B. e. Frum is assistingyiu
Holtan's store for a few days.
Mrs. J. G. Ness was renewing
"a. 'nuaintances in the capital city
;iast, week.
Mrs. Klinghammer of Garrison
is.Eisiting with her sister Mrs. l.:
Lorentzen,
Miss Agnes Lamb came down
from the claim Monday for couple
of days visit.
A number of the boys we're
! chasing the festive deer Saturday
and Sunday.
Several Miners Wanted also
men to work at mine. Call on, or
address, f. Pfister, Washburn, n.
d.
n. T. Boucher and wife of Bis
marck spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. F. d. Funk.
DON'T REAL THIS, and if you
don't, forget that you can get the
lowest rate in farm loans at the
Klein Land Agency.
Attorney Hoge was down from
Underwood Wednesday returning
home the next day.
Special rates on farm loans
beats all Of them. Frank E. Funk
list. Natl Bank Washburn, N. d
Mrs. Henry Holtan has been
quite SICK this week with heart
trouble but is now improving.
The Misses Hart aud Eiseman
were down from Underwood on
Thursday to do shopping in our
burg.
Plenty Of s IL money on hand. Ac
quickly. See Franklin E. Funk,
. LIST. Natl Bank, " ashburn, N. D.
Martin Holtan was confined to
the house most of last week hav-
ing a tussEe with his old enemy
quinsy.
$1,000 600 to loan-SR per cent.
No commissioning delay-money
advanced to prove up.
Frank E. Funk.
LIST Natl. Bank. Washburn.
A rain and sleet storm Monday
night made the streets n sheet
of ice. Many We're the falls wit
messed the next morning.
Talk to Il. M. Brown about hal
Lumber Bill.
Farmers & Merchant Lumber Co.,
Washburn, n. D.
Mrs. Bliss. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Hanson, accompanied
by her son is visiting with her
parents. having arrived Saturday
from Velva.
Before making your loans, either
Real estate or Chattel, see
First Natl. Bank Washburn. Cap
ital and surplus $4,000.
Mrs. G. A. Rice has taken a
room at Rev. Breen's and will re-
main in town from Monday until
Friday in order that Closson may
attend school.
We have just received a lower
rate on farm loans, the best COM
pany in the state. Call in and see
us. Klein's Land Agency
The $500" on this division has
now at work hauling freight, two
new engines Of the improved type.
Freight is now arriving and de-
parting more regularly.
S1OO, 900 to loan-8S per cent.
No commissioning delay-money
advanced to prove up.
Frank e. Funk,
LIST Natl. Bank. Washburn.
Mr.. Jos. Taylor, left Wednes-
day for the Garrison country to
inspect some of the beaver dams
in. that section. He will be absent
several days. This is his first
visit to that section since the adj
ve,,t of the railroad. He will see
many changes.
S1)0.O0O to loan-S1 per cent
NJ commissioning delay-money
advanced to prove up.
Frank E. Funk,
LIST Natl. Bank. Washburn.
Wanted - Gentleman or lady
wit. good reference to travel by
rail or with a rig for a firm Of
$780, GOO capital. Salary $l,072
per year and expenses, salary paid
weekly and exDenses advanced.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-16
BARBED WIRE.

A Carrier That Is Convenient Fox
Holding the Spool.
A convenient device for holding barb
ed wire when making a fence is de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-19
Proposals Ready.

New York, February 1S.-John Mitchell and his associates on the anthracite min CTS subcommittee, today finished their work of preparing proposals for an agree ment and will probably meet with the coal operators subcommittee Tuesday or Wednesday.
 It was stated that no formal document would be submitted, but that the miners would notify the operators that they were ready for joint meeting of the sub-com- mittees, and then would state in general terms what they expected the operators to grant them in the new agreement.
 It is practically certain that the miners will make a firm demand for the eight hour day for all men employed about the mines. If at the meetings with the oper- ators this week no agreement should be reached. the miners would have to go back to Pennsylvania, and the whole mat ter would be submitted to a tri-district convention, that being a convention for the three big anthracite districts which control the entire coal field. No matter what may be the result of the conference here, it will have to be ratified by the convention to be called In Pennsylvania.