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out to his farm. 1t was twenty-five
miles out, and on the way We saw
prairie dogs. prairie chickens. prairie
owls. and jack rabbits. Later we ran
across a few rattlesnakes, and once in
a while heard the coyotes snarling at
us at night.
That first night Mr.. Frank, the farm
er, gave us a pile Of old blankets and
comforters and told us to hunt a place
to sleep. Luckily the other men were
old hands, or I'd have been lost. They
got a lot Of straw under a wagon,
pulled of their boots. rolled them
selves I'D in their blankets and were
soon snoring.
Bunked With a Braying Jackass.
l soon got used to sleeping out. and
we KEEP il UP except when il rained.
when we shared a granary with a
jackass, whose sOul-piercing bray was
the last thing We heard at night The
animal began again early next morn
ing. so We yer oversight. The long
cared alarm clock was a sure awak-
ener. At night he brayed US all asleep
and next morning brayed us all awake.
Next morning we got up at s. fed.
Watered. curry-combed. and harnessed
the horses. ana then had breakfast.
We got out to the fields about :,
worked till l., lay off two hours for
dinner. then worked again till or s.
Then home. and after attending to the
horses, supper and to bed about half
past S. completely tired out
That was the regular program every
day except Sundays and several times
when il either rained or blew too hard
for work. And what wind storms they
did have-regular miniature cyclones.
Several times while working we would
hear a yell OF warning from Frank
and have TO drive the header barge
alongside a stack and hold the horses.
10 prevent its being blown over.
How the "Header, Barge Works.
The header is a big machine. pushed
by six horses. and cuts the wheat so
that it falls on a moving canvas plat
form. which carries ii up an elevator,
inclined at an angle OF about 45 de-
grees. whence wheat falls into the
header barge. The header box. or
barge. is a big wooden wagon. a frame
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work OF Stats. with one side lower than
the other. pulled by two horses and
with Two men i'm il. one TO drive and
one to pack down the wheat. As it
is driven alongside the header the
wheat falls into il from the elevator.
When full it is driven to the stack
and unlOads. while the other header
barge takes its place. There Is a man
at the stack called the stacker. who
piles The wheat UP. 1t is quite
skilled job" 10 stack the wheat
properly SO that il won't fan down or
0e blown away.
/ worked in one OF the header
barges, and it was good. stout work
Frank was very easy the first few days
unit! l hardened up. but even then it
was no cinch.
Couldn't Go Pie for Breakfast.
But what an appetite! II was surely
worth the hard work. could eat any
thing and everything, except pie for
breakfast. That was one OF their
standbys. Fresh eggs. fresh milk. all
kinds of vegetables. bacon and meat
about twice a week. When we were
working too far from the house TO go
back 20 dinner the women would bring
it out TO US and it seemed like a pic
mic
After every meal we had a solemn
FIVE minutes. following Franks request
10 pass the splinter" 1t was almosr
a ceremony We washed in the horse
trough and the six Of us would use
the same towel three times a day for
about two DAYS. when a clean one
would appear. There was also a COM
mon comb. but l must confess would
use my own surreptitiously ard try not
to appear too stuck up. They said
man who used his own private comb
was no gentleman.
| had never been on farm before
and for a time was the butt of all. /
would miscall the animals shamefully.
and am not quite sure To Ibis day the
difference between goose and duck
I passed one bad half hour trying TO
milk COW. / didn't succeed. and from
her actions i am sure she objected to
the proceeding as much as /. I'd dis
cover eggs in many out OF the way
places and proudly take them TO
Franks wife. only TO be told that they
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This is the pie resumed ne. That
costs YOU ; cents"
He drew another straight line be-
meath the third
This is the coffee" he continued.
That costs you > cents. There y,u
see. you have 10. %, ;. 5-thats 90
cents. You tip the waiter 10 cents
that's 20. Say the tip is abolished. The
waiter must make his money just the
same. The proprietor must pay him
more wages. What does the prOprie-
tor do: All, IA. He takes IL from
you. lie adds 20 cents TO your 90 cents.
He adds 10 the soup. he adds 10 The
meat. he adds ; 10 the pie he adds ,
70 the coffee. You pay 80 cents instead
Of 10 cents
Mr. KlOs laid down the tab Of yell
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anced on the apex. and a clear. eye
that can see a tip across the longest
dining room ever invented without the
aid OF a spyglass. he took tab
OF yellow paper and a lead pencil
and figured 1t all out for me.
You see. gentle man." he began. lit
is this way: Here are your four
COURSES
He drew a straight horizontal line
on the yellow paper.
This is the SOUP, ne said. THAT
costs you 10 cents"
He drew another straight line be
meath the first
This is the meat" he went on.
THAT costs YOU 20 cents"
lie drew another straight line be
meath the second
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low paper and the lead pencil. He
spread his hands ont before him. and
murmured:
say. gentlemen, hadn't YOU better
pay 80 cents and 10 cents 10 the walter
making 30 cents. than pay 80 cents 20
the proprietor and nothing To the
WAITER Hadn't you better save 10
centse-
There was no answering him. He
had The lid nailed on the proposition.
Presently he picked up the yellow tab
AID the lead pencil
Gentlemen said ne. ITS this
way
He drew a long horizontal line on the
paper.
There is the waiter %, said he. THE
proprietor pays him SIS or $50 month.
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egTaph pole, they would let the pas
sengers off and then discharge freight,
a process usually consuming about an
hour at each place. The engine broke
down every few miles. and when We
came 10 an upgrade II had all ii could
do To get over it. Twice We came TO
"a junction and the passengers had to
get down and wait about three hours
While the train made a side tUip down
a little branch road. The town we
were told we could get dinner al Yield
ed only milk and lemon pie. and
mighty little of that We were hun
81, and it tasted good. but didn't 20
very far toward satis wing healthy APP
petites The train ran so slowly that
wheel, our legs got cramped we'd jump
down and run alongside for a mile or
two.
The harvesters were a pretty decent
lot of men, most Of them following the
wheat season North. We managed TO
enjoy ourselves in spite OF many in
conveniences. Some carried revolvers
ard would take pot shots at the jack
rabbits and prairie dogs as we rolled
by.
"HObOes" Sold at a Dollar g Head.
On the same train We had an empty
box car with FIVE hoboes locked in
The train men would let them ride and
then deliver them TO farmers along
the road at 81 a head. and they would
give them the choice OF working or
going TO Jail as Migrants. They told
me IT was a regular business every
summer. Crowds of farmers met US at
every station. offering us jobs at s.
per day We would hire out to,
them. and as the train pulled out jump
on and wave them fond farewell.
while they tried TO invent new COM
binatioHs in the cussing line
We finally got to Larned at o'clock
Wednesday morning after going 800
miles in thirty hours. While waiting
for daylight the town constable kept
US corralled in the station. evidently
thinking we We're too disreputable To
let loose on quiet and respectable
town so early in the morning When
he let US out two of the men and I
hired out to a farmer who promised
us good grub and the usual wages-s9
day-and after buying overaIls
jumper and big straw hat. we drove
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OUe1- Half Million
Dollars Weekly
Given TO Those
Who Serve You
in Re
and Cafes.

" viz W
v v er your 1O-cent
tip, or your 25-
cent tip, or 50-cent tip, or
when you have dined espe-
clally well-your dollar tip,
you are contributing your
mite toward the $28,O00,O0O
tribute that Americans pay
annually to the men of the
autocratic absent look and
the apron.
There are 107,430 walters
IN the United States, accord
ing to the last census report,
not counting the maid ser
wants and the man servants.
Each waiter expects a tip.
Each waiter, ninety : nine
times out of a hundred, gets
a tip. On these tips hangs the
tale of a colossal American
institution, beginning at the
5-cent "cOrnbeef-and" coun-
ter and ending with the
fOrty-four dollar luncheon
check at Delmonico's.
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are inulkn8nt Nnen one talkS
about abOlishing the tip systeml
The TAP is a part OF the system
continued Mr. Hlos. but IL is not dis
cussed in the convention. What We
discuss is the waiter himself and his
comfort. We want 70 make gentle
men out OF walters. We want 10 build
for them fine club houses in all large
cities Of the United States Ike we
have built in Chicago. The next place
we shall build such a club house Is in
New York. And then we shall follow
u UP IN other cities. We want to raise
the standard OF the walters in this
country 20 the European standard. In
Europe the waiter must first serve IN
apprenticeship Of three wears. He
starts IN the cellar He learns how TO
bottle the wine and put on the labels
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The cost OF living is high. The waiter
he cannot live on s25 or go a month
He cannot live for less than $50 a
month. What does he do? He gets
the tip. lie gets the tip that makes
mp the other $50 a month.
$50. gentlemen, the average
waiter makes s15 a week in tips.
Now, shall we abolish the upH"
He shook HIS head and smiled
like a carpenter elinches a nall on
the other side of a board. And on
this logic rests the whole super
structure Of the American system
of tipping.
Let us see. MIR Klos says that the
tips OF the average waiter amount 10
SO a week. Now. on the assumption
that the Government has been cor
rect I'm the compilation Of its figures.
and that there are 107.43o walters in
the United states. this would mean
that Americans give s1.61I.4J0 in tips
each week. But Mr.. Klos is figuring
from the New York viewpoint. where
the tippers are lavish and the patrons
numerous. He IS also figuring on 80
10 s0-ccnt dinners and luncheons. and
includes the higher priced meals in
the swagger hotels and restaurants
lie does not take into consideration
The heaneTies and the lunch counters.
where the checks range as low as 3
cents, and seldom reach over Is. and
where the waiter gets nothing most Of
the time. and never more than
nickel Then Mr.. Klos overlooks the
thousands OF restaurants I'm the coun-
try and the country hotels. where girls
preside. and where there are no tips.
but only kind smiles With these
points in view it would be on con
sentative lines TO cut his estimate 10
one-thlrd. Saw. then. that the average
tip OF the waiter IN the United States
is s. a week.
Americans. therefore, according
TO this conservative estimate, ex.
pend weekly S537,150 in tips, or
$27.931, SO0-S2S, 100000 in round
numbers-annually. Is II surpris.
ing that Herr Hahn and Mr.. KIOs
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~ SCAR HAHN sat next TO me a
little way from the executive
table in the convention hall
lie LnnI..L Ia IL. -.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-01
NEW PUBLIC LANDS ORDER
Sweeping Instructions to the Secretary Di=
rect from the White House.

The WHITE HOUSE, Washington January 25 1907.
The Secretary of the Interiors
Sr To the fraud ractced the acquisition of pub
lands of the United States have direct hereafter final
fcate patent other evidence title shall be issued under the
public land laws until actual has been made the
ground authorized officer the but the following
shall be excepted from the force of this order:
O All claims which have heretofore been examined ground
authorized officer of the whose report found
sactory.
~ All claims where heretofore officer of the other
than the officers authorized take final proofs shall have been
the taking of final proofs claimant and witness
es, if such proof is found satisfactory
( All claims where claimants compliance with law has been
ablished by contest other regular adverse proceedings
N Entries which may have been confirmed by virtue of
congress.
@ Selection and entries in which residence improvements
required by law when the lands embraced therein strictly speak
agricultural districts when their character has been fixed by
investigation and classification made in accordance with law
@ Cases of of patents because Of clerical
occurring in the patent heretofore issued
CO All Indian aoments which have been regularly approved in
accordance with instructions from the secretary Of state
You will issue all NECESSARY instructions this order into
effect This order in lieu Of order Of December l 1906
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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A Bad Storm.

Last Friday this section was
visited by a blizzard, the first of
the winter. The storm was not so
severe here in Washburn, but out
on the prairies where the full force
of the wind was felt. it was much
worse. The snow drifted badly
and all the cuts on the railroad
were filled level full and it required
hard work on the part Of those en-
gagged in railroatling, to open up
the road and get trains moving
The sled roads through the coun.
try were not drifted to speak of as
they have been packed down until
they are above the level of the
snow, and a heavy wind sweeps all
the loose snow over them, leaving
them clear. The storm could not
have been very bad as a party OF
ladies drove out into the country.
from town, mile and a half and
spent the afternoon, driving back
in the evening.
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One clerk at $4,000 per month

That the county auditor be and
hereby is authorized and directed
during the year 1907, unless other
wise directed, upon sufficient proof
to him presented of the employ.
ment of clerks and deputies as in
this resolution authorized to draw
his warrants upon the proper fund
in payment of the salaries of said
deputies and clerks SO employed
in the amonnt authorized herein
The following resolution being
duly seconded was carried:
Whereas John Whittmayer Of
Goodrich, N. D. has applied tc
this board for permission to erect
maintain and operate telephone
lines over and along all section
lines public roads highways and
cart ways and over and along all
streets and alleys in unincorated
towns and villages in Mclean Co..
N. D.,
Therefore be it resolved, that
John Whittmayer of Goodrich, n
D. his executors, administrators
and assigns is hereby granted and
given the right and permission to
erect, maintain and operate tele.
phone lines over and along all
section lines public roads, high
ways and cartways and over and
along all streets and alleys in un-
incorporated towns, villages in Nc.
Lean Co., N. d.
Provided, however, that the
poles and wires along said section
lines highways, roads, cartways
streets and alleys shall be 80 sci
and strung ss not to interfere with
public travel or public convenience
and such telephone lines while
maintained and operated as afore.
said shall be under the supervision
and subject, to the regulation Of
this board or other such officers Of
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said register of deeds be empow-
cred and authorized to appoint and
employ seven clerks in his office
during the months of January,
February and March of said year
of 1907.
That the salary Of said deputy SC
employed in said Office is hereby
fixed and allowed at SIS per month
during the time of such employ
ment and that the salary of said
clerks to be employed in said office
are hereby fixed and allowed as
follows:
One chief clerk at $65. per month
One clerk at $4,000 per month
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Senator johnson introduced the
following bill entitled an act te
relating to the qualifications o.
state, county and city elective off
GERS.
Be it Enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Nvrtf
Dakota:
Section 1. No person holding
any elective Office under this state
or county or any county, or any
city of this state shall at the same
time hold any other elective Office
under the state, county or CITY,.
Section 2. All acts and parts o.
acts in conflict herewith are here.
by repealed.
Whereas, elections will be helc
for certain of the Offices hereir
mentioned prior to July l, 1907
therefore an emergency exists, ano
this act shall take effect and be ir
force from and after its passage
and approval.
The Tribune in commenting or
the bill says:
Divested of any local application
for this is only an incident-the
principal involved in Senator John
sons bill prohibiting the holding
of two or more elective Offices BY
one person at the same time il
right. It is not proper that an Of
fcer- a member of an equalization
board for instance should be /
member of another similar boare
to review his own acts.
A mayor Of q city or an alder
man should not act at the same
time as county commissioner.
A states attorney should not a
the same time be an alderman.
The position as sheriff may no
interfere with the duties as alder
man but it would be just as vel
If the two offices were not held a
the same time by the same person
From a party standpoint tn,
punching" Of Offices is q mistake
All who have to deal with politics
know full we'll the public feeling Of
this proposition.
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shall have legal supervision o1
such section lines, roads highways
cartways, streets and alleys.
The following resolution was
carried:
Whereas, j. A. Hyland has been
appointed assistant states attorney
in and for Mclean county and has
qualified as such.
Now. therefore be it resolved
that the salary of the assistant
states attorney be and the same is
hereby fixed at the sum of $50 per
month and that the county auditor
be and he is hereby authorized
and directed during the year 1907
unless otherwise ordered to draw
his warrants upon the proper
fund in payment Of the said as
sistant states attorneys salary as
aforesaid.
On motion the following bills
were allowed
Frank Putz, commissioner
and mileage ...........$ 66 OC
Theo. R. Taylor, commits
sioner and mileage .. Is &C
Hans Hultberg, commits
sioner and mileage 900. II &C
Upon motion board adjourned
to meet February 5th, 1907.
O. B. Wing, Co. Auditor
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Upon motion duly carried DR.. G.
G.. Forbes and j. A. Hyland were
appointed commissioners of in
sanity, said appointment to hold
for period of two years.
On motion the bond of Jacob
P. Keim constable was approved
The following road supervisors
reports were laid over awaiting a
bill for services.
S. D, Shepard dist. 43
G.. G.. Heb, dist. 45.
b. j. Pfatf, dist. 81.
John j. Hill, dist. IL.
Morris Redman, dist. 5.
On motion the following bills
were allowed:
Phoenix Lbr. Co. bridge
material. .......... ....$l2O 47
The Herald, pigeonhole
boxes 3 90
Jacob Heb, grading l50-
74.................. 81 rs
N. w. Solenberger, bridge
logs and services as Co.
commissioner IL 5U
Moved and seconded that the
bond of county coroner be fixed at
$500. Motion carried.
The following resolution was
upon motion carried:
Whereas, it is necessary for the
prompt and accurate dispatch Of
business in the Offices of the cour.
ty auditor, the county treasurer
and the register of deeds of this
county, that deputies and clerks
be employed therein.
Now therefore be it resolved
That the county auditor be and
hereby is authorized and empow.
cred to employ deputy in his Of
fee during the whole of the year
and the said auditor be authorized
and empowered to appoint and en-
ploy one clerk for such time as
may be necessary.
That the salary Of such deputy
SO to be employed is hereby fixed
and allowed at 500 per month and
that the salary Of the said clerk to
be employed is hereby fixed and
allowed at $65 per month during
the term of said employment.
That the county treasurer be and
he hereby is authorized to appoint
and employ in his office for the
year 1907; that the salary of said
deputy SO to be employed in said
Office is hereby fixed and allowed
at s1OO per month during the term
of such employment.
That the register Of deeds be
and he is hereby authorized and
empowered to appoint and employ
a deputy in his Office during the
whole ofssaid, year and that the
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What might have been serious
accident happened Sunday morn
ing at the Merchants. A boy was
sitting close to the stove unloading
a gun when in some unaccountable
way it discharged its contents into
the ceiling, the bullet passed thru
the ceiling, took corner of the
bed in No. IA and passed on up
thru the roof. Fortunately no one
was hurt,
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE BOARD OF
County Commissioners

w IL Wv III III WI v u VI
Washburn, N. D., Jan. 8, 1907.
$40 p. m. Board of county
commissioners met, present Com
missioner Putt.
Hans Hultberg and Theo. r.
Taylor presented their certificates
of election and oath of Office and
took their seats as commissioners.
On motion Hans Hultberg was
elected chairman for the ensuing
year.
On motion the bond of G..
Olgeirson was approved.
On motion the bond of III. G..
Nygaard for $4,000 was approved.
The temporary bond of A. T..
Danielson county treasurer in the
sum of SIS, 600 was on motion ap-
proved.
Bond of Robert Cotton, con-
stable was on motion approved.
Bond of Henry G. Olson, Supt.
of school was on motion approved.
Bond of w, L. Nuessle, states
attorney was on motion approved.
On motion board adjourned to
meet at 9 o'clock 8. M, Jan. 9th,
1907.
Jan. 9th, 9 o'clock a. m.-Board
met-all members present.
It was moved and seconded that
sDr. E. G. McReynolds, DR.. M. H..
Sawyer and DR.. R. H. Ray be ap-
pointed county physicians for the
ensuing year at salary of $500
per year each. Motion was car
ried.
Bono. .of GO. Raugust was ap-
proved and accepted conditionally
to remain effective until such time
as bond sufficient in form can be
procured.
Bill of E. A. Lamb county judge
was on motion returned for ex-
planation.
Moved and seconded that the
states attorney be authorized and
instructed to take steps to collect
by suit or otherwise the amount
heretofore paid by Mclean county
for the admission and maintain
ance of John j. Beck and Paulina
Zoller at the state hospital for the
insane. Motion carried.
Bill of Gull River Lumber Co.
Of Turtle Lake was on motion
ordered returned for explanation.
Bond of John A. Beck, sheriff
was on motion approved.
A. G. Ranard presented his Of
fetal bond as justice of the peace
which on motion was accepted and
approved.
Bill of Jesse j. Hogue in the
sum of $22 for work in the register
of deeds office was on motion al
lowed.
Afternoon Session.
Board met, all present.
On motion the bill Of the Martin
Searchlight in the sum of S28.7O
for publishing commissioners pro-
ceedings was allowed.
The following bids were sub
mitted for the furnishing the
county treasurer with surety bond
in the sum of $4,000.
Solem & Seltz, 1 year, sll7.Oo
Solem & Seltz, 2 years, 2l2.OO
G. o. Raugust, years, 1850
S. M. Pye & Co., 2 years, 1865
Christ Kjelstrup $l1O each year.
F, E. Funk, 2 years 1000
On motion the bid Of +. E. Funk
for furnishing the treasurer with a
fidelity bond for a term Of 2 years
was accepted.
The following bids were submit
ted for the deposit Of the county
sinking fund:
The Wilton Bank 81 per cent
Wilton.
Mclean County State Bank 5
per cent Wilton.
Merchants State Bank s per
cent, cClusky.
Farmers & Merchants Bank 5
per cent, Turtle Lake.
Citizens State Bank 6 per cent,