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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
ST. LOUIS GOLD MINE.
Traces Of the Metal Once Found With
in the City Limits.

Traces Of the Metal Once Found With
in the City Limits.
st. Louis has never been known as a
gold mining center, but. there was once
a gold mine within the limits Of the
city, and, what is, more, it yielded gold.
which is more than a great many gold
mines in the Rockies have done.
In the sixties of the last century
there was Il well dug or a hill just
east of Carondelet park, and the well
diggers, noticing some bright. spar
king yellow particles in the clay at
the bottom, did a little washing on
their own account and found several
grains of gold in the pan. The news
soon got abroad, and two examiners
from the west who were living in the
neighborhood quickly got the idea that
there was money to be made in st.
Louis gold mining, SO they sank a shaft
not far from the well, fully expecting
rich returns from their work. They
did actually find gold, but in quanti-
ties so small that they estimated q
yield of about Is cents per ton of clay,
SO they filed up the hole and gave up
the undertaking in chat place as a bad
job.
But they had all the miners enthu-
siasm, and the fact that they found
gold at all merely stimulated their zedl
to try in another place, so they went
to the side of q hill where the Glaize
creek had washed away the earth and
made a clay precipice. They dug a hole,
there, where they also found traces of
the precious metal. but in no greater
quantities than before. Then they went
up the creek about a quarter of a mile
and sank another shaft, with no better
result. They spent: the whole spring
and summer digging holes around in
the neighborhood OF the park, but the
only benefit they realized from their
work was the sobriquet 1.-TWO luna
TICS" and people laughed ut them so
much that both left and went back
west, where digging holes in the search
for gold was taken more seriously than
in st. Louis.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
GRAFT.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
COMMERCIAL
Hartman Holds on to U. p.

hartman HVOiQS 0u- W SsVs It L-#Er
The annual stockholders meeting OF
the Union Pacific railrOad at sSah
Lake City resulted in \a complete
triumph for the Hartman ticket. al
though there was 81 protesting minor
ity at the meeting. Flo the first time
in years the minutes of the executive
committee were read. giving IN idea
of what the management hhd done.
They showed that in February a deal
had been made, to purchase n large
block Of stock the Railway Seettri-
ties company had from S~tuyvesant
Fish. thus clinching Harriman's hold
on the Illinois Central. Of which the
former is Il holding company. The
Union Pacific has also made large land
purchases in Washington and British
Columbia containing coal deposits. The
financial statement of the entire sys-
tenn showed net earnings of $24,74
600. an increase Of 5 3.3OS.QO0 ' the
previous year. This does not include
receipts from stock holdings amount
ing to $11.598.OO0.
Report Of Western Union.
The annual report Of the Western
Union Telegraph company shows an
increase of 50. $50. ISL In revenues, the
total Of which were s332. 81 .406. This
was Offset BY an increase of $2,927,-
1874 in the expenses. bringing the net
income down to $8.324.2l0.
| Steel Trust Breaks Record.
According to the Iron Age. steel pro
duction and consumption are still pro-
ceeding at a very high rate. the out
put of all works for September being
1,417, 1853 tons. On Oct. 2 the mills of
the United States Steel corporation
broke all records by producing 48,326
tons of ingots in a single day. The
pig iron markets are dull.
Good Rock island Earnings.
Advance copies of the financial state
ment of the Rock Island railroad show
total earnings Of $60. 22332.4 400. an In
crease of $4,000. 1862. Notwithstanding
an increase of nearly $G.O06,OOO in OPP
Grating expenses the net earnings
$19, 194, 27S. an increase Of $3.O23,473.
The report calls attention to the fact
that Eve states In which the road OPP
crates have enacted two cent ate
laws, and other laws have reduced
freight rates. This. says the report,
has been due to a .'misconception OF
the actual conditions"
Accidents and Dividends.
Much discussion has been caused by
the report of the Philadelphia Rapid.
Transit company for the last fiscal
year, showing Il deficit of over $$364,-s
600, while during the same period the
company paid damage claims for acci-i
dents to the amount of $1.217.5S6, or
z per cent of the gross receipts. This
does not include the cost of the legal.
staff in defending suits. Commenting
On these figures, Golfers says that
when traction companies. throughout
the country are compelled to choose.
between killings and dividends they
will find ways to prevent the Killings
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
R ELIG @ S
Divorce Resolution. Defeated.

EHEgGG
The honse of bishops Of the general
convention of the Episcopal church In
session at Richmond. Va. has voted
down the resolution offered by Bishop.
Doane of Albany which was designed
to. commit the church to the rule Of de-
nying marriage to any divorced person
having husband or wife living. The
mems offering to missions am counted
to $1,000. 600
Did Solomon Write Songs?
Professor Paul Hanpt OF the Johns
Hopkins university of Baltimore. who
has Just completed his translation Of
the Song of Solomon from the orlgis
nal texts. asserts that this famous cois
lection of poetical effusions was writ
ten fully 600 years after the reignfof
Solomon. which was in $50 b. al. and;
that it was written in the neighbor--
hood of Damascus.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
A solLlNe CROP.
Rye Gives Satisfaction on Fertile, Well
Drained Soil.

q .- L
Rye Gives Satisfaction on Fertile, Well
Drained Soil.
I have been growing rye for the past
five years. So far as my experience
goes. any soil that is well drained and
fertile will produce a good crop of rye,
says an Ohio farmer in American Agri-
culturist. l plant rye almost entirely
for soiling purposes. The crop is ail
plowed under with the exception of
enough for seed. AS soon as any crop
is taken off the land it is disked and
sown to rye. I broadcast it and har-
row it.
Time of Sowing.
The crop is put in any time from
June to November, depending upon the
character and nature of the crops talk
en- Off. My crop varies from two to
twelve acres each season. AS the crop
is plowod down, except enough for
seed, l have no record of the yield per
acre, but l always have a splendid
stand. I SOW the seed thick and seq
the results in other crops.
Applying Manure.
All manure is applied in the winter
and plowed under as for corn. No COM
mcrcial fertilizer is used on the rye
crop. ] usually harvest rye for seed
purposes in July. 1t ripens about the
same time as wheat in this section. |
consider it one of the most important
crops l raise, and from records OF
farmers in this section about twenty
bushels per acre would be a fair av-
craze here.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
Tho Name Bismarck,

Few people know how Bismarck and
his ancestors got their name. Bis
marck is the name Of n of those
ancient castles a short distance from
stendal, on the road from Cologne to
Berlin, in the center Of the old mar
quisate Of Erandenburg. The castle
had this name because it defended the
"marca.' or the line where the river
Biese formed a boundary i'll former
times or mark Of defense against in
truders; hence the name Of Bismarck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
Beans Fed to Swine.

Beans can be fed to swine only in
the cooked form. The pig seems to be
unable to utilize beans which are at
all hard or firm, even though they have
been boiled for some time; hence it is
very essential that they be thoroughly
and carefully cooked, says r. S. Shaw,
Michigan. To supply a single feed Of
half cooked beans to a pen Of hogs
Irobs them Of theiy appetites and relish
for their food, il indeed It does not
lput them off their feed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25

Springfield. and
in consequence
two candidates
for governor
were nominated
by different fac
lions. Charles
Barrett was
nominated by
the regular con-
vention and
Henry NJ. Whit
ney by the bolt
ing faction. The
question as to
which ticket
will be placed
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25

ScFNlCcS = re
carried on the Metropolitan books as
assets. Counsel WINS had in his pos
session a check for $685. O7, which the
Metropolitan company had given to
Brady. ostensibly in payment for q
franchise for a Wall and Cortlandt
street ferries railway, Notwithstanding
that Brady testified that he received
only $25O.OOO for that franchise. Brady
admitted that the larger check was
sent to him with a separate memoran-
dun directing him to write his personal
checks so as to divide the $715.GO7 bal
anc between Messrs. Ryan, Whitney.
Widener.. Dolan and Elkins. On the
same day MIR. Wins traced directly
into the hands Of Thomas F. Ryan
checks to the amount of $4,000 for
which Ryan had never accounted.
These checks are Endorsed in Ryan's
own handwriting. H. ii. Vreeland.
president of the company. was shown
to have drawn 100000 above his sal
airy il the last ten years, of which more
than $4,000 was not accounted for at
all.
The three Philadelphia parties to the
| deal. Widener. Dolan and II. t. Bow
er. representing the Elkins estate, gave
out a statement intended to explain
their share in the profits Of the trans
action. This is that the identical pay
ments represented in the Brady checks
constituted the repayments of loans
made to William G. Whitney. with i'll
4z.n.4 vrl~> o,,u;~,,, fo,+,,.o of this
explanation. however, which has at
tracted attention, is the similarity of
the amount and the similarity OF the
explanation. AS Mr.. Whitney is dead
no one is able to say whether his share
is also for a loan which he had made
to himself.
Another sensational point brought
out in the Metropolitan investigation
was the discovery that Thomas f..
Ryan had contributed $4,000 toward
the of the National Civic
federation committee which went to
Europe to study the problem of NH
nicipal ownership and which recently
reported in favor of legaliZed monop-
oily. Counsel WINS has in his possession
LQTGe clpckS 10 tue OIQGi VI AuSuSt
Belmont for $1,000 each. drawn by the
Metropolitan company and used by
Belmont to pay the expenses OF the
committee. In his letter calling for
the last $4,000 Mr.. Belmont said. THE
work. as far as l understand it, is
very satisfactory
Tracing Oil Trust Loans.
In the course Of the Standard Oil
hearing before Referee Ferris at New
York Government Counsel Kellogg
brought to light the fact loans agg
gregating $$332.7G1,7GO were made last.
year by the Standard Oil Company OF.
New York to outside interests, but,
which Vice President Tilford Of the.
oil trust could not remember about.
The evidence Of these loans was found
In lastsyear's balance sheet, which was
! produced in court When asked direct
w what this account meant Tilford re-
piled bluntly. 81 do not now. OIL
cannot recall, To secure this infors
nation the treasurer Of the company.
/ w. q. Rockefeller. son Of William.
the brother OF John, was su%bpoenaed.
sk
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
Examine the Trees.

Every apple tree in the orchard
should be examined for borers before
frost gets into the ground. The knife
and the wire method Of DISCRIMINATING
these pests is old, but it is the surest,
says a writer in American Cultivator.
Neglect of this duty till spring may
cost the orchard a number Of valuable
trees through girdling.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
THE BOARD.

tiers, such as three, three and one-half
and four tier, etc. AS the apples are
wiped they are properly TERED. The
advantage Of this method is that the
packers have the apples practically
graded and can do much more work
in a day, and after the first half day
the wipers can usually accomplish
fully as much as with the old method.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
CELERY PRACTICE.
Methods of Banking, Trenchina and
Storing the Crop.

lWSIklOcS "! o-iihihSJ tiS''S.''3 S''
Storing the Crop.
Celery will withstand considerable
frost. but it's keeping qualities as we'll
as flavor will be Impaired if it is al
lowed to freeze. II may be banked up
with earth and the plants covered with
coarse stable manure, straw or corn
fodder held in place by stakes or old
boards. The celery can be removed
from these ridges Is needed, but will
be found to be very inaccessible dur
ing rhe time when the ground is fro
zen hard.
Large growers handle the last Of the
crop by the method known as trench
ing" The celery is partially banked
with earth and allowed to remain
where grown so long as there is no
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25

mel. with system
of transfers for
the benefit of the
public, been put
to sleep.
The testimony
of Anthony N.
Brady, partner
Of Thomas f..
Ryan. was an
amazing confess
sion OF. financial
l~jugglery in which
large sums of
money paid to
different persons
for u n II a III d
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
EGAL-CRIH1lNAL
New York Traction Revelations.

New York Traction Revelations.
John r. Mcdonald. the man who
bull, the first New York subway. was
the first Of Il series Of important wit
nesses BEIGE the public service com.
mission. which has continued its in
vestigation of the Belmont-Rya trac.
ton combine. He admitted that he
had been paid $26O.OOO by Thomas +.
Ryan and his associates for the abro-
CATION Of Il contract which he had en-
tered to build additional subways and
that be was to receive. besides. an
annual payment of $4,000 for five
years. Thus had his scheme for a
New York and New Jersey tun,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
%Japanese MiNet.

japanese milIet is a stiff, coarse plant
that looks like common barnyard
grass, of which it is only an improved
variety. 1t is quite drought resistant.
1t is considerably later than some 9TH
er varieties Of millet.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
Gradina Apples.

Some apple growers in the Hood
river region have been using the grad
ing board shown in the figure. A. COM
mon board or piece of a~pasteboard is
hung up before the wiper. In this
board holes are cut the size of various
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
When Greek Meets Greek.

"GraciouA my DEAR said the first
society belle, 81 do hope you're not. I'LL
you look so much older tonight"
.I,m quite well, thank you, DEAR re.
Piled the other, And you-how Won
derfully improved you are! You look
positively young.'-Philadelphia Press
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
Farm era
Garden
QUALITY IN CORN.
Tremendous Influence Of Seed on the
Percentage Of Yield.

Percentage Of Yield.
The wide variations observed with q
large number Of seed corn samples
tested at the Virginia experiment sta
ton show that the corn breeder can
quickly change the characteristics Of
the crop. increasing or decreasing the
size Of the stalk, number Of leaves.
length and shape of ear and the per
cent Of grain. To select and improve
corr successfully one must make an
Individual study Of the desirable and
undesirable qualities of the several
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
KEEPING TAB
ON THE World

New York Traction Investigation
Strikes "Pay Dirt" In the Tes-
timony of Mcdonald and Brady,
Disclosing Criminal Stock Jug
gIery and Looting In interests
of Ryan and His Associates.
Standard Oils Big Loans a
Bookkeeping Mystery-Hearst-
Republican Fusion In New York.
Massachusetts Democrats
Spiit--States May Not Aid I'm
migration = Lusitania Breaks
All Ocean Records-Harriman
Holds Union Pacific - China
Welcomes Taft-Tufts to Quit
Coeducation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
sMee. NPotatoes.

Sweet potatoes should be perfectly
dry when put in storage, and they
should be kept dry in order to prevent
rnt. III
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25
OFFICIAL

Massachusetts Democrats Split.
Massachusetts failed to get together
in the. customary state convention al
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25

Nothing is so new as what has long
been forgotten.-German Proverb.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-10-25

Facts are Gods arguments. We
should he careful never to misunder-
stand or pervert them.-Edwards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
light ON THE TARIFF.

If you want some substantial Facts
and wholesome argument about the
tariff, get hold of the little pamphlet
~ with the title, Licensed Loot" Mr..
Kelly bats the tariff all around over
the field, and it Is difficult to see how
an intelligent man can read this little
book and still hurrah for the present
tariff system.
Comparatively few Kansans are now
enthusiastic believers in a high tariff.
tariff builds up trusts and protected"
Industries and enables them to rob the
American consumer, selling their pro-
ducts in foreign markets cheaper than
they do to their neighbors; but the av-
erage man does not understand just
how the tariff system has been built
up. Mr.. Kelly tells how In his book
and why.
Incidentally Mr.. Kelly also discusses
along with the tariff, showing how the
great corporations have been working
together for their mutual protection
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The tariff question is bound to come
to the front once more. The tariff is
higher now than ever before, although
the infant industries which early
now grown into great trusts. It is a
good idea for the voters to understand
this subject as thoroughly as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

his generation. It is evident from the
facts given by Secretary Crumbine
that he is no race suicidist. In this
respect he ought to command the
ardent admiration of President Roose-
vent. By figuring a little on Secretary
Crumbine's facts it is evident that the
fly becomes a grandfather when he is
about three weeks of age, and 1t is
not long before he is a grandfather
14,40O times. During the season he
becomes the ancestor of from IL to IA
generations. If death did not enter his
family circle by midsummer he would
be the head of a family of 2,sSo,-
9S4,367,S92 children, grandchildren,
great grandchildren, and SO forth
not counting sons-in-law and daugh-
ters-in-law,-and during the balance
of the summer each of these would
also accumulate a family of like pro-
portions-each of them, mind you. 1t
is therefore cheering to the rest OF US
to learn that many of the babies IN
the fly family die in infancy.
A perusal of the facts sets forth by
Secretary Crumbine in the bulletin just
issued by the state board of health,
will do much in promoting casualties
in the fly family if people will act on
the advice given therein The ch1ef
point in this advice is to prevent
manure piles or other refuse and NTH
from accommodating and standing more
than a few days at time. These az
ford the breeding places for the n.y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
HUMOR OF THE DNY

Policeman-Did yez want amy p'ticlar
hotel, yOuSe?
Reuben Corntossel-Nah. I reckon a ho-
tel what was tew p'ticl1ler wuddent hev
us.-Judge.
'Lushley thinks that automobiles are a
snare and a delusion.''
Does he labor under one Of those delus-
ions ?'-Life.
Judge-Have you formed any previous
opinion of the case? -
Henpeckt-No, your honor, but Maria
has.-Harper's Bazaar.
"A certain man thinks that the autono-
bile is an invention of the devil"
Does he own an automobile himself, OF
doesn't heT'-Somerville Journal
so as to give me strength for me washin'
or shall do me washin' first, as to
give me happytite for me lunch? 1 think
II strength 1 want most'-Punch.
What we need in these campaigns SEM
ator, is more aggressiveness on the part of
May be So" replied Senator Badger
thoughtfuly. But If there is any way
whereby we can throw more mud than we
old In the last campaign, 1 would be glad
TO know 1t. '-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Yes" sighed Mrs Collier, IT suppose
Gerald and 1 missed great deal Of ro-
nance we were married without ever
having been engaged"
Still" pensively answered Miss Weldon
1t seems to me it must be more unro-
mantle to be engaged long time without
ever being married. Chicago Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News.

GFrom the Chicago News.1
There's always room for several more
at the bottom.
Stinginess and thrift are as different
as they are similar.
He who kisses painted cheeks takes
the bitter with the sweet.
Unless a man is willing to do some
thing he will amount to nothing.
Many a good thing slips through a
mans grasp because he is too previous.
Some people boast Of their blue blood.
but the red brand is good enough for
us.
One mother-in-law is enough to con-
vince the average man that polygamy
is all wrong.
A man never tries to belittle other
men unless he feels that they are SUI
perior to himself. 4
Our pity invariably Stops over wheft
We meet an easy going man who IS
married to an intellectual woman.
A woman always has an interest IN
her husbands businessmen IL II is
nothing more than a mere curiosity
You can't make a boy believe thar
one good turn deserves another after
he has blistered his hands turning n
grindstone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

permitted to see the cars, SHINING 10
their new paint, and was permitteo
personally to talk with the clSWn
while Duncan talked with manager
Boston of the chances OF an early
season in the south.
"Good luck to you" Henry sara, as
they shook hands in parting. XouV We
saved one youngsters life and the sea
son is not yet OPEN"
Hell be a mascot" said Boston, as
he waved a farewell. "Glad you
brought him out
1t was past supper time when Dun
can turned a very sleepy little boy
over to his sister. Tad looked up
drowsily as Marion put him to bed.
There is circuses." he announced
Really and truly ones like Henry
said. And / got a. lions tail" he
added. as his sleep-heavy eyelids
closed.
Marion came into the parlor where
Duncan paced the floor.
"Are you a magician" she asked,
smiIingly. Duncan shook his head.
"I knew Boston was going to take
his show south early this year, and
got permission to bring Tad to the
dress rehearsal Have earned nay
fee %
"How can you earn what was al
ready yours?" demanded Marion as
he drew her to him.-(Copyright
1907, by Homer Sprague.)