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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-11
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LOCAL NEWS
Have your photographs on Pos


Have your photographs on Post
Cards.
Miss Esther Linn spent this
week with relatives in Underwood.
Will Go on Your BOND, Frank E.
Funk. LIST. NATL Bank, Washburn
North Dakota
Editor Putt, of cClusky, was
il Washhurn Monday and Tuesday
on business.
Wanted-Girl for general house
work. Good wages. Enquire OF
Mrs. Aug. E. johnson.
The Farmers Elevator has a new
ad in this issue which should be
Of interest to the farmers.
Rates have been reduced on Farm In.
surance in old reliable St. Paul Fire aud
Marine lns. Co. FRANK G. FUNK,
First Natl. Bank. Washburn. N. D.
w. F. WATSON, of the Mercer
Telegram, spent a couple of days
IN Washturn this week on bust
ness.
For Sale-75-foot building lot
in East " ashburn, One Of the
finest residence lots in the city
Enquire If G. O. Raugust.
. A dancing party was given at
HE Merchants hotel last Friday
evening winch was enjoyed by a
Jolly crowd.
Beto e it is too late, insure your
property against Fire, Lightning, Re-
liable Company. Frank E. Funk, Isl
National Bank, Washburn.
Thos. Mccain returned Friday
from a very successful trip east
While away he visited his mother
in Wisconsin.
Insurance! Insurance! lnsura nee
If. Z. Funk, Washburn, N. D.
A. o, Reed gave a farewell party
last Saturday evening to his many
men friends. He left Monday fol
Ninot to spend a week Or two be.
fore going on to the coast.
HORSE BLANKETS in all
styles all sizes, and all kind: at j
g.. Ness.
"A nice up-to.date rubber OF
nickel trimmed, single or double
driving harness ut j. G., Ness 4
Co.'s Now don't forget.
For Sale-A 10 year old gelding
broke for saddle and driving, very
gentle, weight 1900. For further
particulars call on Chas. Huntley
Washburn, N. OAK.
Loans On Improved City Property
Monthly payment privilege. Sex
G., Q, Raugust, Local Secretary
Northwestern Mutual Savings {
Loan Association Of Fargo.
The many friends Of Mrs. E. G
Smith we're delighted to see Mon
day, that che had recovered il
strength sufficiently 70 allow hel
return home FROM Bismarck, whert
che vent q couple 81 weeks agt
and had an operation Tor append
otis.
Word has been received in towr
Of the death Of Mrs. Fred ]. Melliu
81 Darling, A nnnbar IS year.
ago Mrs. Mellin and family livee
il Coonkling, and have many
friends il Wsshburn Who extend 4
sympathy torthe mourning ones
The remains were laid 10 rest il
the cemetery AZ Ingsrsoll las
Thursday
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some peri III on fire. H. collected speci-
mems Ut the stone itself, the punicu-
stone, anu The hard earth; and Oh being
put into the furnace, the hard earth
melted and glazed,tl pumice-stone
melted, and the hard stone became "a
pumiee-stone glazed"
In the SUMMER; of 1899, Ihad
a call from IL. heeler editor
of the Northern Pacific jour
nal "Wonderland," and later
author Of that palnstaking and
emlnently creditable work en-
tltled"Lewis and Clarks Trail"
He was accompanied by Mr..
Oliver, official photographer OF
the N. F., the latter meeting
with sudden death a year later.
Mr.. Wheeler had come up
with the Girard theory as to
the Lake Mandan site but af-
ter being shown the above
quotation from the journal of
the expedition he agreed that
the site must be at the lower
end of Elm Point and to this
end his photographer took a
good view from the Haugeberg
homestead facing south. This
party made no special effort
to locate the exact site of Fort
l had made several previous
trips partly as game warden
and partly concerning the
gathering of historical data
of the fur trader and Indian
days in that neighborhood.-
| had read Macmillan, Catlin,
and the nearly worthless rec
ord of Seargent Class, and all
other book authorities within
reach, so determined upon a
full and final examination.
Therefore after loading up
with printed authorities bear
ing on the subject, in company
with Nh w. H. DeGraf. the
expert Washburn photograph
er, we started out on Oct. 5th,
to gather all the facts obtain
able as to the location of the
site of Fort Mandan and feel
that our quest was successful.
With Brummond's grays as
good roadsters we reached the
Sasseen place, thence through
the baa LANDS to the river at
NICK hoscn's place where we
were furnished a guide to the
reluarAau'e sandstone cave
or a cnalnper IA x IA. We
then 1ounu and closely exam
lneu the half circle breast
work completely covered by
buffalo sou ana was so on my
ADVENT 50 years ago. These
works covering Fort Mandan
from the nlgh prairie are plain
and easily traced in it's half
circle frontage of over 200 yds.
Mr.. DeGraff maze an excellent
photo OF the site facing the
Fort Clark bluff west of the
river. The site proper is on
low land fronting the abrupt
sandstone Cliffs near the ex'
trea1ue lower end of ElmPoint
The notes quoted from Lewis
and Clarks journal are not full
but sufficiently clear to place
the site Of Fort Mandan and
think it will be confirmed by
those who chose to make ar
even more minute examination
than did we last Sunday.
JOS. H. TAYLOR.
A few sets of heavy work har
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Claus Larson, Of Underwood.
was tlansacting business in oul
city Monday.
About Surety Bonds Of all class
es and descriptions see G.. O,
Raugust Agt.
Adolph Wacker returned Mon
day from Goodrich where he had
been visiting and helping out dn-
ring thre~hiny, preparatoryt to their
moving to town.
The unexpected happens. In
sure your property against Fire,
and Lightning. See Frank e,
Funk, Agt., Washburn, N. D.
W. D. Powell, the shoe man of
Fargo, was calling on some Of our
merchants, Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. Powell makes his sale territory
in an auto.
Miss Agnes Nelson left Thurs
day for her claim near Garrison.
She has now taken up her perma.
nent residence upon it and expects
to stay there for the following
eight months. Miss Nelson will
teach in that neighborhood during
the winter.
FOR SALE-A 5000 ID. fire
proof safe, inside measurements
30 x IS inches, practically new and
a bargain. Large enough for the
records Of any medium sized Office.
Inquire of Mclean County Alb
stract Co.. Washburn, N. D..
On Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. M. Fl. Sawyer, the
gathering Of the Birthday Club
was pleasantly entertained. Pro.
gressive, 900" was the order of
amusement, of which Mrs. VIM.
Richards and Mrs. Carnaham were
awarded the trophies and Mrs,
Funk and Mrs. Campbell the con-
ISOLATION.
Diamond Photogra apis SOC. doz
Let the Mandan Mercantile CO
figure on your lumber bill.
The Min'apolis Display Advert,
sing Company, ha 7e been decorat.
ing various places in our city this
week with the paint brush
Klein's Land Agency and Schultz
Bros place of business have been
lettered, and also the Lyon Eleva.
tor Co.'S. elevator with Missouri
Valley Milling Co. of Bismarck
and Mandan, ad.
Found-About five miles north
Of Washburn, a grey and red sad
die blanket. Owner can get same
by calling at this Office.
We wish to correct an error il
last weeks issue, and say: Judge
Chas. F. Amidon of the district
court, has issued an order desig.
mating the First National Bank
Washburn as l. gal depository fo,
all bankrupt estates Of the coun'
ties Of Mclean, Oliver and Mer.
Ger.
FOR SALE-6-room dwelling
house, large barn, good we'll, : Of
an acre of ground, located in east
,Washburn. Will be sold IN rea.
sonable terms. Enquire of G., O
Raugust, Agent.
Wanted-A good cook, at once
at the Arcade restaurant at Cole.
|harbor. Will pay $40 or more pei
week. Write or call on
F. G. Wersner,
Coleharbor, N. D
Don't be afraid to give Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to your
children. 1t is intended especi.
ally for coughs, colds, Group and
whooping cough, and it is the best
medicine made for these diseases
1t contains no opium or othel
narcotic. For sale by all drug
gists.
And in buggy whips we have
them as poor as they make them
and as good as they make them
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Sheriff IS. John Beck
Treasurer. $50. A. T. Danielson
Auditor. B. Wing
Clerk Of Court. T.. q. o. Raugust
States Attorney....W W. L. Nuessle
County Judge. 800. G. Olgeirson
Sup't. of Schools. 49,. 81 g Olson
Register Of leeds. 81. G. Nygaard
Commissioners-Han HuItberg
Frank Putt and Theo. Taylor.
Surveyor. O. @. S. Solem
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A few sets of heavy work har-
ness ut reduced prices at j. u.
Ness & Co.'S.
Genuine Photographic views Of
Washburn for sale ut Forbes
Drug Store.
G. O. Raugust, the clerk of
court returned Monday from Il
business trip il the northern and
northeastern part of the county.
For Sale-A $500 Stone piano.
Second hand, can I've had ut a bar
gain il taken at once. For further
particulars call On
w. r. Seltz,s
WashburD, N. D.
Lost-A bunch of keys on the
streets IF Washburn last Sunday.
4t.EI,f-s il -G.Ht-tF- t.Hft H84 -
Finder kindly leave ut this ofire
and receive reward.
List your town property for sale.
Or Rent with tue u. Q. Raukust
Agency.
Two BARRIERS, Marten Eviu and
Palmer johnson, were brought
down FROM Turtle Lake F,ida, ~
Sheriff Beck. johnson plead
guilty and y lid q fine of $40 tor
hunting without a permit. Evju
was arrested for resisting a special
game warden, and his case was
heard Oct. 10th. II. j. Goy.n had
the warrants sworn out for both
men.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
VARIETIES OF YPsILANTl.
Nearly Four Hundred Ways Of Spell
ing II Found.

Detroit, Mich.-Curious postal OFF,
GERS in Michigan and Washington
have been keeping for years past a
record of the different ways Ypsilanu
has been spelled on mail matter, and
by comparing the notes they have pre-
served a list of veritable photographic
wonders has been compiled. This list
easily establishes the claim that more
different ways for spelling Ypsilanti
have been devised than for spelling
any other geographical name in
America.
In all no less than 372 distinct ways
of spelling the name have been count
ed. and 1t is probable that the greater
number, perhaps all, have been used
in good faith by persons who actually
believed that the photographic combi-
nations reproduced were the correct
combinations for representing Ypsi-
lanti on the written or printed page.
Every letter in the alphabet except
"R" has been used as the initial letter
of the name, though why so obvious a
combination as Rypsilanti should be
neglected when others much less OBJ
vious have been employed is difficult
to explain AS a matter of fact, the
variations in the spelling are chiefly
confined to the first syllable, "Y" be
ing a letter lacking or having only ar
Indifferent standing in many foreign
languages
Tipsy Lanti and Typ SLANT are met
with, and among the spellings farthest
away from the accepted and official
standard are Whypsorlanter and Hip
asalandder.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Routed BURGLAR With Chair.

New York.-Frank M. Franklin. a
lawyer, who lives in an old fashioned
house at 205 I'd avenue, had an en-
counter with burglar and came of
victorious He was aroused from his
sleep by one of his children, who
heard a noise in the dining room and
started to cry. Mr.. Franklin got out
Of bed and ran into the dining room
in time to see a man with revolver
climbing through window. The bur
glar aimed the revolver at the lawyer,
but before he had chance to fire
Franklin seized n chair and threw it
at him.
The burglar, bewildered by the at
tack. dropped to the yard, a distance
of twelve feet, and, although he was
injured, he managed to climb over the
fence and escape.
Mr.. Franklin often has large sums
of money in the house, and he believes
the burglar knew it. Since July bur
glars have paid him three visits.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
TAKES ROOM ON TOP FLOOR OF
GOTHAM HOTEL.
Young Royal Potentate, Ordered to
Mountains for Health, Packs
His Wife and Baggage on
Steamship for v. S. A.

New York.--Mehander Perdah Sin
ha, a Hindoo prince from BriRdadia,
India, and his princess we're passen-
gers the other day on the st. Louis
from Southampton. His hlghness Is
travelling for his health, and had been
ordered by his physicians to go to the
mountains. Instead of obeying orders
he jumped as quickly as he could
upon a steamship and started out to
round the globe.
AS there are no mountains in New
York city except those artificial
masses of steel, stone and brick, called
skyscrapers, the prince wanted to find
a very high hotel. He was directed to
the Hotel Belmont, which Is a proper
ty mountain.
He found the atmosphere sufficient
ly raref1ed In the top story. The prince
also found. to his surprise, that the
higher he went the cheaper were the
rooms, but it would have made no diff
ference to him if the rooms had been
high-priced, for he said money to him
was no object.
He is the owner of 10000 acres of
land in India, and he and his princess
are travelling incog. He looks to be
still in the 20s. =. His princess is a
charming little woman, dressed &C
cording to the eternal edicts of Hin
doc fashion.
He wore an American frock suit and
turban. his only concession to his
native garb The princess, although
dark-skinned, has delicately nodded
features and an intellectual face.
She wore sari, the Hindoo robe
that envelops both head and body.
waist OF deep sea color, showing her
shapely arms, adorned with filigree
ornaments. In one ear the princess
wore six rings and seven In the other
The upper portion of her ear is
pierced, instead of the lobe.
In her nose the princess wears the
deeli, the ornament which is like the
head OF gold stick pin.
In the center of her forehead was
the tiny black dot bespeaking her roy
| al rank, and in the center of her hail
| flaming ruby. On one arm was q
heavy gold bracelet, with a watch SCI
within the circlet
81 have been student at the Mo
hammedan college at Aligarh," sale
the prince, but I became ill and was
ordered by my physicians to the
mountains. Instead of that l went t.
sea. l left Bombay on August 13 ant
jumped through Europe in 20 days.
Princess Sinha is Buddhist. 1t il
against her religious principles to b.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
FREE TREATM EMIT.
A Method That Should Cure People Of
the Habit of Patronizins ouack
Doctors.

1t matters little how widespread
through the press is the information
as to frauds being operated in the
country, there is always field for the
people who live by petty graft One of
the latest plans to defraud has re-
Gently been worked in a number of
western states. Strangers, puTporting
to be agents of free hospital, would
approach farmer, inquire as to his
health, and promise him free treat
ment should he be ailing, claiming
that the state medical department
would furnish the medicine free. A
lengthy statement of his complaint
would be written and his signature
secured. few weeks later a note
duly signed by the farmer would be
presented to him by his home bank.
This appears to be a filmy scheme.
but nevertheless more than a score of
farmers in one Minnesota county were
caught for from $50 to 5000 each.
Don't sign any contract or statement
unless you are positive OF its character
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
WEALTH BY BILLIONS
VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS FOR
THE YEAR 1907.
WHAT THE EARTH PRODUCES
Asricuituraiists Have Il In Their
Power to curtall the Operation Of
Trusts and Prevent Unequal
Distribution of Money.

Farms of the United States In 1907
will prodsee more wealth than all the
gold mines of the world have produc-
ed in 20 years. Conservative estimates
place the value of all farm products at
approximately $1,000. 900 900. or about
s200, 200 eco more than their value in
1906. The farmer Is the magician, the
aIchemiss, that makes use OF nature 70
enrich the world. The farmers corn
crops alone average billion dollars
a year, and all the other cereals an
other billion, with cotton. tobacco. hay
and fax worth another billion, and the
fruits, garden truck and animals few
billions more. Thus 1t can be seen that
the farmer, produces wealth greater
than taken from it by the miners for
its precious gems and minerals. There
is no other foundation for the wealth
and business of the world other than
the land, Men cannot eat gold: the
coal is only useful to him as a means
OF utilizing what the earth grows;
there is nothing in the mineral world
that win sustain life, or anything that
is necessary unless mortals eat, drink
and wear clothes. When there is
abundance Of agricultural productions,
there are prosperous times. and fam
iue when the opposite occurs. The
whole financial fabric, the entire COM
mercial system. Is dependent upon the
farmer. and his work.
One billion dollars Is AN amount be-
yond the comprehension Of the aver.
age man. The life of an individual Is
not sufficiently long to count it cent
by cent should he work ten hours a
day. from his tenth year until death
This is the average value of the corn
crop alone that the farmers OF the
United States produce yearly.
One would believe that IL only a
small portion Of the vast wealth
which the farmers produce could be
only retained In the agricultural com
munities, there would be a class Of
rich men greater than in any CONNER
ciai community. Yet statistics show
that for the amount Of wealth yearly
produced, the farmers are retainers o.
only a small portion of 1t. The tend
ency is toward concentration O
wealth In great financial centers. 1t IL
in these places, and by the control o
this great wealth. that trusts are bull
up, and the machinery put In opera
ton that systematically draws from
the agricultural sections the grea
wealth produced Farmers can, if the.
will, bring about a change by a sim
pie adherence to the home trade prin
ciple; by patronage of local business
institutions instead of the concerns Il
the large cities. d. M. CARR.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
POOR GOODS, CHEAP PREMIUMS.
How Money is Sometimes Squandered
in Patronizing Prize-Package
Concerns.

The economical housewife Is a
blessing. She who will watch the
pennies and dimes can greatly assist
rer husband in accommodating money
for use during days OF adversely.
Quite often women through their anx-
iety to assist in saving, and not having
a training along business lines. make
foolish expenditures. How often do
we find women in the country towns
and districts engaged in buying soaps,
spices. teas and coffees from some
club-order concern with view Of get
ting cheap premiums that are offer
ed with each lot of goods? There is
no economy in this method. Women
as we'll as men should remember that
there Is never anything Of value given
without an equitable compensation.
and when purchased on the club plan
the profits paid are generally enor-
nous. You cannot get something for
nothing. IF you desire to purchase
$40 or $40 worth of groceries, the best
place to buy them is at some re-
sponslble grocery establishment in
your own town. You can see what
you are getting. and you know that the
| goods must be good or you can re-
| turn them. When you get premium
with lot of soaps or spices or ex-
tracts, you will find that while the
| goods may appear all right, there is n
| great chance of fraud that you little
| look for. The bars of soap will be
| of light weight, poorly dried, made Of
cheaper materials, and would be dear
at your home store at half the price
that you are compelled to pay for
them. The spices will be half ground
bark and the extracts synthetic, never
made from fruit flavors, but out of the
dirty-looking coal-tar, by-product OF
manufacturing and even the teas
and coffees will be Of the poorest kind
and doctored up to look well. Then
how about the premiums? You will
find that they, too, are of the cheapest
class. and could be purchased at the
local store for half what they are
represented to be worth. Women are
only doing their duty in trying to as
sist their husbands, but too often they
waste money by patronizing premium
and club concerns that operate from
distant cities In small towns and ru.
raj communities.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
Easy House Cleaning.

| have found that the upheaval
which occurs in the spring and fall
house cleaning can be entirely done
away with and infinitely better re-
suits obtained. My plan Ia to take
room at time whenever 1t seems
very dusty and clean its walls and
woodwork, as well as carpet or hard
wood floors and rugs. The day this
is done the other cleaning need not
be 50 thorough. A room at time
in this way does not Inconvenience
the entire household, and, too, pre-
vents the great accumulation of dust
which comes with waiting for spring
and fall cleaning. Closets / clean
once month, thus leaving no chance
for disorder, and promoting cleanli-
ness as steady, not an occasional,
feature of home life.-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
DEEDS TINY BIT OF LAND.
Document Transfers Sixteenth Of an
Inch of Real Estate.

Warsaw, Ind-A deed for one-six-
teenth OF an inch of land has just been
made by Jacob Rosenstock, of this
city, on a piece of property which he
owned in Cleveland, o. A purchaser
OF an adjoining piece of property at
tempted to jump his contract on a
technicality.
Louis Rosenstock, a son Of Jacob
Rosenstock, of Warsaw, is a member
of Cleveland real estate firm, which
recently sold to Cleveland man lot
with a frontage of 100 feet, the real
estate company selling the property
for bank. A few days later the pur-
chasers decided that the property was
not wanted by them and refused to
accept the deed, claiming that the
bank could give title to only 119 feet
11.98 inches frontage
AS it happened Mr.. Rosenstock. OF
this city, owned 80 feet adjoining the
property in question, and as soon as
he received word OF the hitch in the
sale decided a section of his lot, less
than half an inch of frontage, to the
real estate firm, so that title could
be given to a full 12O-foot frontage
The deal went through.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-31
CRIES OF THE SIREN.
AIiurins Promise Made in Exageerat.
ed Advertisements to Gain Trade.

Don't be robbed" Save the profits
that your storekeeper makes" and
many like catch phrases is the princi-
pal advertising stock of the concerns
who claim to sell at wholesale"
prices direct to consumers. Their ar
guments appeal to women and men
who have little knowledge Of CONNER
cial methods. 1t is the appeal of self
ishness that wins for the concerns
who seek business among the resi-
dents of farming districts rather than
any merit that the arguments present
ed may have.
There can be little doubt as to the
mail-order way of doing business be-
ing permanent fixture in the mercan-
tile world. The fact cannot be dis
puted that in certain lines of goods
which are offered as leaders" lower
prices are quoted than like goods are
generally sold at in local stores. But
the average price on all lines cannot
be lower, character and quality con-
sidered, than the same goods could be
sold at by the local merchant.
Inc DuSlUeSS Oh the DIX mdllOTQeT
concerns has been gained by extensive
advertising and continuous aggressive
work. 1t has been the apathy of the
merchants in the country towns that
has allowed these concerns to take
trade from under their very noses"
Conditions that allow the steady drain
of money from the agricultural dis.
tricts and small towns to the big cities
are to be deplored. There cannot be
doubt as to the evils of the mail-order
systems as factor in the concentra.
ton of wealth in the great financial
centers, and the resultant building up
| of trusts. For the past quarter of a
| century the trust evil has been con
| stantly developing and keeping pace
with it, is the mail-order system
| Much like the leprosy, its progress is
| such that the evil has d firm foothold
ere serious attention is paid to it. The
| cry of Save the dealers profits" is
| synonymous with xiii the industries
| of your own town; help us bind the
| trust ties firmer about your OWE
| hands" Don't be a traitor to your
home town, even though there is s
| promise of small saving in cents anC
dollars. Do your part to head OF the
| business concentration evil