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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-09-20
n. D. FOREST
PROBLEM IS
ENCOURAGING
A Forestry School Building Will Be
Completed in Bottineau in
the Near Future,

The people of North Dakota
have just laid the cornerstone of
fine building at Bottineau for a
state forestry school for which
they have been working for ten
years. The need of encouraging
forest growth was early recognized
for North Dakota is the most tree
less of all the states.
Only one per cent Of its area is
timberland, and the best timber
has been cut from much Of this.
Minnesota, on the other hand, it's
nearest neighbor on the east: has
sixty per cent Of its surface classed
as timLerland.
North Dakota has no national
forest. A few years ago the gov
ernment undertook to establish
one in the Turtle mountains and
made a thoro Investigation OF the
project only to discover that the
effort was too late. The greater
portion of the timberland of the
proposed forest had already passed
into private hands. 1t was not
practicable to make national for
est of the remaining and detached
fragments, and the project was
abandoned.
The Canadian government was
more prompt and successful. The
Turtle mountains extend across
the international boundary and the
portion on the north side of the
line was made into adominion for
est by Canada, and its timber is
being cared for and developed,
while that south of the line is
practically all gone. except second
growth which is rapidly being cut
out.
The Turtle mountains form the
chief wooded region Of the state.
Early settlers on the open prairies
obtained their fuel and lumber and
will continue to draw upon this
little "north woods as long as the
supply of material lasts. 1t is not
an unusual thing FOR farmers togo
fifty or sixty miles with their
teams for wood, and for years the
Turtle mountains have met the
demand, but they cannot do SO
much longer.
Outside of this little area of
woods and lakes North Dakota
never had any considerable forests
The greater portion of the state
consists of treeless prairies, while
the portions which are too rough
to be classed as prairie, are no less
treeless. The lands are cut by
deep and formidable ravines, rem
dering roadmaking and travelling
difficult; but much of the land is
fertile and there is reason to be-
lieve that many valuable woods
will flourish if planted and cared
for.
Small patches of forest are
found in many places in the state.
furnishing evidence that trees will
grow If they get start. The val
|leys of most of the rivers have
belts of timber, and here and there
in the bad Lands small bodies
of timber are found.
The native trees are nearly all
broad-leaved oaks, elm. popu-
lar, birch and occasionally maple.
Coniferous trees are few and scat
tered. The pine forests which
reached such high development in
Minnesota, never gained a foothold
west Of the Red river. The broad
and fertile valley Of that stream
appears not to have been favorable
to the growth Of pine. The soil is
too rich and the tall grass furn-
ished fuel for fierce prairie fires
which also kept back the advance
! of the woods. Cedar is found in
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-09-20

but neverless are enjoying their
trip and have been visiting on the
road since the latter part OF Au-
gust.
Rudolph Miller, who accident
ly shot himself in the foot, was
able to leave the hospital and re-
turn home Monday.
Henry Edgar, Mike Whelan and
Gilmore Lind returned Tuesday
from Bismarck where Mr.. Edgar
proved up on his claim.
The ten year old daughter of w.
IA. Allen Of Coleharbor returned
home Monday. She had her right
leg amputated last winter.
John Gergen and Geo. Sponagel
Of Turtle Lake went to Bismarck
Monday where the former will
make final proof on his claim.
G. w. Nc Gray is moving into
his new brick building this week.
The building and fixtures make an
excellent appearance and his large
=. - + !. Z
stock shows up much better than
ever before,
An eight pound baby girl was as
born Monday to Mr., and Mrs. VIM.
Gross.
Douglas Herald.
M Rnssman hronUht in some
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-09-20
Douglas Herald.

Mr.. Bussman brought in some
fax Wednesday from their farm
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
A Famous He'll.

The eczperor's great bell in the Ca.
thedral Of Cologne was consecrated
with great pomp. Twenty-Five cannon
taken from the French were assigned
by the Emperor William for it's manu-
facture. 1t was cast by Andreas
Hamm Of Frankenthal, and more than
100000 was paid for the cacting.
It bears an inscription recording
that William, the most august EN-.
peror of the Germans and king of the
Prussians, mindful of the heavenly
help granted to him whereby he con
Quoted the late French war to pros
porous issue and restored the German
empire, caused cannon taken from the
French to be devoted to founding a
bell to be hung in the wonderful ca
thedral then approaching completion
A likeness Of st. Peter, the name
patrcn Of the church, is on the side
beneath which is quatrain in the
style Of the medieval conceits, pray
ing that as devout hearts rise heaven
ward at hearing the sound Of the bel
so may the doorkeeper Of heaven open
wide the gates of the celestial mansion
On the opposite side is inscribed q sex
tet in German.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Where New England Il Pre-emlnent
From the standpoint of mental eth
nology New England. 10 as different
from the rest of the United States al
Brittany or Provence from the rest OF
France, Piedmont from the rest of It
ally, Bavaria from the rest Of Ger
many. Those features the existence 01
which can be scientifically proved and
the extent Of which can be readily
measured are high birth rate Of gen
ius, a passion for reading, high di
vorce rate, a low natality, high death
rate from diseases of the nervous sys
tenn. The correlation between some
Of these traits 10 obvious. Between
others 1t is obscure. But we must -
member that mental ethnology 10 q
science born yesterday. Today 1t gath
eHs facts. Tomorrow It will compare
these and from them derive laws
0ustave Michaud In Putnam's Month
II.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
A Foxy Tenant.

At one time there lived In Worcester,
Mass, an old negro who had tre-
mendous influence. religious and politi-
cal, in the settlement where he lived.
He occupied little house owned by a
prominent banker but had successful
ly evaded the payment Of rent for
many years. No trouble came, how
ever, until the banker was nominated
to run for a political Office. The next
day the old negro came hobbling into
his office.
"Well. SAM" said the banker, II sup
pose you've come In to pay me some
rent"
"Oh, no, boss" replied the old man.
ITS just come in to say rs glad yo' is
nominated and will tell de res Of desc
no count niggers to vote TO- yo' and to
mention to yo' at de same time dat de
roof Of my house is a-leakin', an II
faint f1xed I'll have to move out d.
rectly."-Lippincott's.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
R0rticnutural Meeting

The 7th annual meeting OF the South
Dakota State Horticultural society
will be held At Groton, South Dakota
January 22-24, 1907. An are cordial-
~ invited 70 attend. An excellent
programme OF papers on the culture
OF fruits, trees, Shrnbs, vegetables and
flowers by men who have devoted q
life time to western horticulture.
The secretary n. e. Hanson, ls now
on his way home from ! trip Of aeri-
culture and horticultural exploration
through siheria for the United States
Department Of Agriculture.
The miseiou Qf tho South Dakota
State HOrticultnrsl Socie1y is 70
gather and disssmenate information
regsrding fruits, trees, shrubs, ve9e
tables and flowers. All Who can help
in this work are requested 70 send
title Of their proposed pe Per &c opce
to the secretary at BrOokiu1s. South
Dsk"ts 70 help him Ia, the preparation
Of : program. Let your lieht shine.
Records Of failures, = vii g snc.
cess, ere Of vslue. Address: s,el,re-
tary Of State horticultural Societ,.
Br00kiugs. South Dakqta. =
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

The Wcstern Address Coz. ).
Pua&en. Manager.

A new enterprise that has
oeen slowlyeoming to the front in
this.city, and of which little is
known by the people at large, is
the Western Address Co. E. S.
PulIen is at the head OF the con-
cern and one of his sons is the
secretary. The business of the
com pany is to furnish addresses
of the heads of families. These
addresses are sorted, farmers,
storekeerers, etc, ali being ar
ranged separately. Mr.. Pullen
has been a: work on his lists for
several months and ha sat the
present the names of all the
heads of families of sixteen
counties complete in this state,
besides several thousand names
under the ''premiscous lists.
The firm has been very success
ful aud are beginning to get
good sized orders to repay them
for their hard work. Only re-
Gently Mr.. Pullen received an
order for 10000 names from an
eastern publishing house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
Mother Badly Burned While
Trying to Save Her
Baby,

A dreadful fire occurred at the home
of Alfred Stavig in Ortley township
last Sunday. 1t seems that the family
have been using fax straw for fuel in
. straw burner. Mrs. Stavig had re.
plenished the fire and went to the BARI
on an errand. When she returned she
discovered the home in flames. The
woman made q desperate effort to get
into the home to get her. fourteen.
months old BABY, but before she could
reach it her clothing caught fire and
she rushed to the door nd screamed
for her husband who came to her res
cue and by rolling her in the snow
succeeded in putting out the flames
but not until she was frightfully burn
ed. He then made an attempt to get
into the house and get the child but he
was too late to get the little one and
it was cremated in the house. The
heartbroken parents have the sympa-
thy of all in their awful trouble. -
SissevOn Banner.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Gen. A. A. Humphreys post G. A
e. enjoyed q dinner at the cour,
house last Friday. The dinner was
gotten up by the Relief Corps and
was heartily appreciated by the ole
soldiers and few friends who had
gathered with them. After dinner the
officers of the post and corps were in.
stalled for the ensuing year US fol
lows:
Commander-R. T. Rodgers
S. V. CD. B. Nichols
q. NH. j. Benedict
Surgeon-A. M. Talcott.
Chaplain-N. l. Lowthian
O. D. VIM. jennings
O. CIV. w. Mount
nelea ate-J. V. r. Priest Alternate
J. F. Hilstrom.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
Where Horses Are Never Seen

Where Horses Are Never Seen
E. w. Phelan and Pat Dumphy
received postal cards from Knute
Nelson, of Lomabrd, Mont, the
first OF the week, on which were
views of Sixteen Mile Canyon
and Lombard. The Milwaukee
has a track running through the
first named place which is under
the care of Mr.. Nelson as road
master of the division between
LON bard, where he lives, and
Lewiston, little over fifty
miles. Lom bard is a village of
ten or twelve houses owned by
the company and a borse has
never been seen on the streets.
The railway company sells the
residents soft coal at s. a ton,
and the section men have to de-
liver it as well as merchandise
that is shipped there.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
CAUGHT ON TIE WING

Some of us are Still inclined to
write 1T 1896.
A statistician says it would
take q forty-mlle solid train
loaded with silver dollars of par
value to pay for this years agri
cultural yield in the United
States. The trouble would be tC
get the ears, aaot the products or
the money.
Lots Of acts are laid TO preach
.ers, lawyers, and last bat not the
beast, the printers .devil-bu,
here is some poetry said to be
the musing Of an Iowa school
marin:
Tell ne uotdn idle jingle,
Marriage is but an idle dream;
For gill is 6ead that's single,
Things are not what they seem.
Life is real, ,sLife is earnest,
Single blessedness ie but fb
"Man thOn aSt, to man returneth,"
Was not spoken Of the rib.
In the worlds broad field Of battle,
In the bevOuac of life,
Be not like duIab driven cstue,
Be wife,
Lives OF married folks remind ae
We can live onr lives as well
And departing leave behind us
Lots of kids to shout and yen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Mrs. Burgan's Mother Very 10.
J. w. Burgan received word
Wednesday from Mrs. Burgan
at Tower city, N. D., that she
had found her mother. Mrs.
Heffron in q very serious con
dition from the effects of the
fall she had received q few days
previous. The chances Of her
mothers recovery was very
poor, as the lady is past eighty
years of age. Mrs. Hehron will
be remembered by many" Mil
bank people as she has been
here q number of times to visit
the Burgan home.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

JanH Jan. IL
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
IN LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
State Of South Dakota
County of Grant
In COUNTY COURT
In the matter Of the estate of Jacob H. Och
deceased.
The State OF South Dakota sends Greeting
Mary C. Ochs, Ellen n. Ochs. and Martha s.
Och0 heirs ct law and next Of kin Of Jacob h :.
Ochs. deceased, and to al whom these presents
may come. =.
Notice 10 hereby given that Mary c. Ochs. has
nled with tho Judge of this Court, . petition
praying for Letters of Administration Of the
Estate II jacob u. Ochs. D~ceassd, and that sat
urday, the 46th day of January. 1907. ct o'clock,
P: ~, Of said day. oeing . day Of regular term
ofthis Court, to-wit: o7the January term, 1907.
at the ounty court room In the court honse. In
the city OF Milbank, Grant county. South Dakota,
has been Get for hearing said petition. when and
whore any person interested may appear and
chow cause Why the said petition should not be
granted
Dated at Mllbank, S. D., this and day ofJanu-
ary. 4. d. 1907.
(sBAL) S. s. LoCKHARr
Judge OF County Court.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11


The old nursery rhyme Of "Sing 4
Song Of Sixpence" Ii an ancient allie
cory and very pretty one. The eartt
10 represented by the bottom Of the pie
while the sky is the upper crust. The
clouds are the clothes which the maid
who is daybreak-is hanging on thu
line before the king Or sun ID up. Th<
money which the king counts In hil
counting house" are the sunbeaml
which Blip through the suns 0nseEs
The blackbird, which nips OF tn
maids nose % unceremoniously and
thus ends the song. 10 the sunset o.
end Of day. The moon and moonbeana
are represented By the queen and hss
honey, and thus we have the .wholl
day amply sccounted for.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
The Pee Oa0nlo.

Patrick Murphy. while passing down
fremont street. was hit on the bead
b. 4 brick which fell from . building
nrSt things he did after being taken
home and put to bsd was to send for Z
lawyer. A few days later he Feceived
word to call, as his lawyer had settled
the case. He called and received Ave
crisp new 800 bills.
''How much did you est7' he asked.
Two thousand dollars," answered
the lawyer.
Two thousand, and you give me
$500? Say, who got hit by that brick.
you or me r'-Boston Herald.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

EPISCOPAL

EPISCOPAL
Services Sunday Jan. Is as
follows 1O:45 a. m., holy CON-
muniOn and sermon.
1900 noon Sunday school.
500 p. a. evening prayer and
sermon. Seats free. All well
come. The collection at Sunday
school and church will be for the
children's home at Sioux Falls.
The work for this home is SO we'll
known, that these few words are
sufficient.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

The new naturalization law re-
quires that any person Of foreign birth
who intends to make application for
his or her final certificate Of naturali-
zation, must file . petition for natur-
alizatiOn within ninety days before
the opening of the circuit court and
must appear In open court with two
Witnesses in support of their claim to
Q final certificate.
Said circuit court will convene in
Grant county about May l, 1907
Therefore, In order that said court
may act on naturalization petitions Al
the next term it will be necese ary tha,
such petitions be filed in the clerk ot
courts Office by February l, 1907.
JOHN w. LIGGETT,
Clerk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
METHODIST

The pastor will preach morn
ing and evening next Sunday.
The morning subject will be
'Out of Bondage" and the even
ing subject will be "The debt we
owe the bible" Our first quar-.
terly meeting for the year will be
held Sunday morning, Jan. 20
and the presiding elder DR.. Gra-
ham will be present and preach
the morning sermon. Every
family of the church is urged to
be present on that occasion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

The Woman s Foreign Mission.
ary Society of the Nj. e. church
met with Mrs. Hunt, Jan. 4,
1907. The roll call was respond.
ed to by news items from the
foreign fielas.
After the business meeting
the following program was car.
ried, out:
Il Reeding-John Williams, by
Mrs. Enos. = - -. ? :.
Chap. II of text book by Mrs,
McWreath.
Reading-Mission ships by
Mrs. Smull
Mrs. McWreath, Reporter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

On New Years, Rev. Strut
started to drive from Ferney to
Feller neighborhood, where he is
holding q series of meetings at
Bethel church. He hadn't gone
far when the binding snow and
east wind convinced him that il
was necessary to make different
arrangements. Going east i,
was impossible to keep the road,
SO he headed northward, ana
with the wind partly in his back
was able to reach Groton.
ton Independent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
w. r.. G..

President-M Mrs. Jane johnson
8. V. P.-Mrs. Mary Rodgers
J. V. P.-Mrs. Esther Porter
Treas. Mrs. Eliza Mount
Sec. Mrs. Della Fuller
Chaplain-Mrs. e. VanW alker
Conductor-Mrs.S Sarah Fitch.
Asst. Cond.-Mrs. E. s. Pride
Guard-Mrs. Ida Finley
AsstGuard-Miss Georgia Stanford
Patriotic Inspector-Mrs. 8. K.
Clark
Press Correspondent and Musician
Mrs. Lydia Lowth'an
Del el,gate-Mrs. Della Fuller. AL.
ternate, Mrs. Nellie Nichols.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Rev. Laux Team Rums Away
A team belonging to Rev.
Laux ran away last Friday even
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Laux were
out in Grant Center visiting
friends when the team became
unmanageable and began to run.
Mr.. Laux was dragged while
holding onto the lines until Mrs.
Laux could get out Of the cutter,
when he let go. The team ran
into telephone pole and were
caught by q farmer. The cutter
was broken up some.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
Returns 10 MiIbank to Live

4 ROuurno 10 M1tb0mk to Live
The many friends of G. e,
Mills are pleased to welcome
him to Milbank again, where. he
takes his place as cashier in the
Farmers bank. Mrs. Mills and
little daughter are visiting rela,
tives in Iowa, where they may
remain for a short time before
coming to their new bone. Be.
fore the family left Fairfield, the
neighbors and friends came in
upon them to spend the evening,
during the course of which they
presented Mr.. Mills with 9 fine
leather seated easy chair as q
token of their regard.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Up In North DalkOla-Melt Snow
Peter Vandervoort received q
letter from his son Frank who
lives in North Dakota, last Fri
day, stating that they had lots of
snow in that country and the
general incon veniences of winter.
There were three wells on his
farm but these had frozen up and
he was melting snow for twelve
or fourteen head Of stock-which
was no small task. The coal
question was of some impor.
tance to the people there-the
day previous to the big storm, a
car of coal-eleven tons being re-
ceived.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
Devided mp Prize Money

Martens Bros. last week de-
vided up the money which they
received as second prize for the
exhibition of corn sent from this
county by them to the recent
contest. While the amount each
received is not much-it Is the
fact that it is prize money that
has bearing upon the matter
and next year Grant county corn
will take first honors,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
Telephone Meesing To-Day

The Farmers Telephone Co.
will hold q meeting at the court
house today for the transaction
Of business and election of Of
ficers. The I'd visibility Of cut'
ting down the beard Of directors
will be discussed, many favorfns
= board of Ave directors instead
often g in the pest. A full &C
efunt If the meeting will appear
m theruext issue.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
For Over sixty Xears

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for children teethin9.
II sooths the child, softens the gums.
allays the pain, cures wind colic, ana
10 the best remedy. for diarrhoea.
Twenty five cents q bottle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Illustrated songs, humorous
caricatures, clay modelling, music.
al burlesques, impersonations,
character sketches, sand etch.
ing. transformation, and illus
trated poems. make up the PRO.
gram OF Ash Davis, the cartoon
LIST. Friday evening. Jan. II, at
the Ben tley Grand opera house.
Tickets on sale at Blesers's drug
store.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Allessandro IL an adorable Infant Ito
his parents. One day his mother. to
punish him, deprived him Of his fruit
at dinner. He yelled at the top Of his
voice for two hours and then stopped.
WELL" said his mother. "are you %
Ing to be good? Have you finished cry
l1g?"
mo-" replied the boy; II have MOI
6nished. I'm only resting."-Il Motto
pef Ridero.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Milbank camp, M. w. A. and r. N.
of A. will hold their joint installation
of officers, At Harmonic hall, on Sat-
urdsv evening, January IL, 1907. All
woOdmeu and their families are in
vited. FRANZ WENDLAND,
Clerk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

Yes, Mrs. Swsllman has been rob-
bed Of her jewels, and Ars. onsSksr u
the guilty party"
''Whats You don't mean 70 cay shs
stole
what else can yoa call IT. me o.
fered the cook - and the maid 8 !
week. and now she's got them. m."-Hx-
change.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
Ees Msssen3.

Are you sure ycu love me tor my.
sslf alcne?'' asked the romantic youns
WOMAN.
We'll" replied ths psaetical yoans
man. Il don't think love yoa ~
any o0e else."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11

ny daughter" sah ~ father. s.has
beea accustomed to all ~ lsxuries q
Woo1th."
~Yees." said the coont, bris&ling up.
'hat ees what ! m. Clrlsl1an Rse.
tG1os.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
A FUR COAT
out If the old one

Il not bad idea - can do tbst
Tor YOU. Bring that old fuT cnoe
- me-. will make : nice fur
lined coat ont of Il far yOs' at :
very small ccst - one tlsAt yOu
could not huy for frcns e10st6 80.
Any Other repairing will ealo0ksa
after promptly. PricesI1oht.
Andrew Larson. TAILOR
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-11
PHYSICIANS

DR j. J.A.JACOTEL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
:: Once over Farmers ,Bank--rO0ms ], sOsl2
Residenoe-First house north of court houee.
Phones-D, c., Office. see, residence 33-4; fasm'
ers,ll
MILBANKs so. DAkOTA