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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-07-16
P1cKUPs FROM TRAsK AND
VICINITY.

Why don't every body sign for"
the good old CREssET.
Having some dne July weather
at present and crops growing
fine.
There was preaching at the
Baptist church in Trask last Sat.
night Sun. and Sun. night.
Mrs. Mamie Cox and daughter
Muriel who Lives near Wolf
Greek spent Sun. afternoon at
Mr.. Drymonds.
Our Trask Ball team played
down at Hattie last Sun. They
feel quite proud Of their team as,
it has not heen beaten vet.
Good FOR them.
Mrs. Abram Setvens is on the
sick list at present.
Mr.. Frank Walton spent Sat.
night with Mr.. Kriogh.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Setvens made
o business trip to Min View last
Sat.
Miss Matte Ledbetter is STAYING
nights with our widowed postmis
tress.
Hear those wedding hell, la
Ha.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-07-16
The C:RESsET.
m AK MO
Lf'cAx LORE

AAO SNnSEAs lOvc VI 1eIp i'll
every good cause.
-Mrs, Ledbetter and Mrs.
Casner visited the Colony PEG.
pie on last Wednesday.
Mr.. II. G. Campbell shipped a
car load of lumber from Trask
last Saturday cut by the Colony
mill.
Mr.. Johnson our Merchant is
still doing business at the old
stand in Trask he will treat you
right.
Our Socialism is Bible Social.
ism. We are an Abraoam Lincoln
Socialist do you blame us for 1t?
II SO, Why SOY
The Ed. 10 ready at all times to
make any wrong right when We
know tho WRONG.
Mr.. Hemer Daniels and wife
was out to the Colony meeting
Saturday and Sunday night.
The cause of u man saying
things when he ia mad which he
ought not; is because his reason
is out of iolnt.
We ask orr readers 10 spare
us this week on advertisements,
IA we have several announced
Picnic days will soon be over.
Our worthy merchant Mrs.
johnson Is frying tn got tn. P>st
Office. We think tburo could be
no better
Mr.. George Gastincau our
Watch tinker called on the Ed
Saturday evening and returned
home again.
Mr.. Parmalec was oat to mrctin.
ut the Colony tents in conpan,
with Mr.. Kreigh on last Sat
urday night,
If any OF our readers see an,
thing In our writings that the
think is not Scripture or il
conlornmaty with the word o
God. we want them to note tina
part and send ii TO US for con
nection.
Cd Bro. Dock Collins and wifi
and his son Franklin and his wifi
visited the I'D. and wife ON In,
Sunday. Old Bro, Dock an
wife, took the train III the even
for his son Henry near WllIo,
Springs.
Mr.. Walton living at the Co
Ony will do all kinds Of pain,in
ina first class manner cali Il
this OrFltE to find the man
you want painting duuc ypu car
not do better than get Me- Wa
ton to do your work.
Ii You make Il contract with
man, live 10y it, it 1t tako- u sacr
flee I'm your part. Not after n ma
has done Il lot OF work tor YOU o
the contract and you awe him, the
try TO raise up your nrighhul
against, and thrrateu HIM ana III
property: a man that will dc tn
II t. b" feared il uughhurhno,
he ~ Ilkr II thri ~ tho n'Ihr.
The Colony people was invite
over to Sins Valley to Nj
Drymans on last Sunday 70 sin,
And they went over in compan
with Brother Ledbetters fami
and had q fine time, and W.
cordially invited back. The
we're several families there livi,
in the neighborhood of Sin
Valley. And every body cnio
ed themselves. The Colony pc
pie have many friends living
the ncighborhc cd of Trask.
There will be joined togcth
in Holy Matrimony at the pla
s /, Of the Colony People ON next s,
day at II O'clock Mr.. Fra
I. y Walton Of. Tvask and NJ
Maybell Stevens of Trask \
The Ceremony will be- said
n Rev. L. S. Garrett after
breaches a sermon on the N
u fimonal vows.
U Mr.. Charley Dawson and v
md Mr.. Vim. Swerngin and v
VIII stand as witnesses to
solemn cause.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-07-16

Why don't every body sign for
the good old CRESsET.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Two lives have been lost, the vii.
lagos of Hauser Lake and Craig have
been destroyed, a dozen cabins at Ok
bow, the site of another dam, have
been swept away, railroad traffic has
been tied up and ranchers have lost
heavily in live stock and buildings as
the result of the bursting of the $2,.
100000 dam at Lake Hauser, Mont.
The loss from the flood will reach
100000.
While outward bound from New
York for Havana the steamer Mon
terey collided with the Scandinavian
line steamer United States, outward
bound for Copenhagen. Both steam.
ers were badly damaged.
Two more bodies have been found
in the ruins Of the Chelsea (Mass.)
fire of April 10, making the number
recovered twelve and the number of
known victims fourteen, which in.
cludes two who died in hospitals.
Practically the entire business sec
ton of Schaefer, N. D., has been de.
stroyed by fire.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

The intimate. personal friends of AS.
sistant Secretary of State Bacon have
received information which leads
them to believe MI. Bacon will be-
come secretary of war about July /
next, succeeding Secretary Taft. who
is understood to be DESTROYS of retir.
ing from the cabinet at that time.
Because Of the ~notoriety brought to
her since she was named as core
spondent in a sensational divorce case
Miss Julia Marlowe, the actress. is
lying seriously i'll at the Plaza hotel
In New York city. as the result of a
nervous breakdown.
In a sermon at New York Rev. DR..
Madison G. Peters bitterly attacked
Trinity church corporation, describing
it az New York's worst citizen" and
"the wealthiest and most mysterious
monopoly in the world"
Rear Admiral Evans continues to
gradually improve, though very slowly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
AIMED AT OIL COMBINE.
Roumanian Government Submits Bill
to Parliament.

Bucharest, Roumania, April 22.-The
Roumanian government has laid be-
fore the chamber of deputies a bill
directed against the petroleum COM
bine. This action is a result of the
agitation against the Standard Oil
company which the Roumanian oil
dealers have carried on for some time.
Several municipalities where the
Standard Oil company has attempted
to establish oil tanks have made reg
ulations, particularly in the matter of
taxes, which have made it practically
impossible for the Roumanians to con-
duct business. Minister of Finance
Costinescu, speaking in the chamber
in behalf of the proposed measure,
said amid unanimous applause:
1.-The Americans say America for
the Americans; we will say Roumania
for the Roumanians."
The Americana oumanian CONNER
cial convention, which was signed
April 16, made exception of the petro-
leum industry, concerning which the
government reserved freedom of &C.
ton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
Southport Globe Onions.


Connecticut's famous Southport Globe
onions stand unsurpassed among popu.
lar American. varieties Of the onion.
They are in high favor in some of the
finest commercial! onion growing dis
tricts Of Ohio and New York and dur
ing a few years past have made a
steady advance in standing everywhere
as a highly bred, perfect onion. East
ern onion growers use the red and
white Southport Globes to produce
the exceptionally large, solid, beauti-
fully formed bulbs that bring top
prices in the New York city markets.
Besides the two varieties named.
there is q yellow Southport Globe that
resembles the others in shape and gen
eral character, but is of q. rich yellow
color.
The white is one Of those beautifully
white, perfectly globe shaped onions
that take the eye and bring highest
price in any market. Its skin is thin
and paperlike, the flesh fine grained.
crisp and mild favored. Add to this
that it is a tremendous cropper, and 1t
represents almost an ideal product In
It's line.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
Apples on Long Island.

Long Island in the past was noted
for its trees, both fruit and foliage, and
many rare foreign trees are thriving
today on its ideal soil. with its mild
climate to back it. 1t has developed
some Of the finest apples known.
among them the Newtown Pippin, both
green and yellow; Flushing Spleen
burg, Long Island Russet, Long Island
Seek No Further and other varieties.
The Yellow Newtown Pippin is un-
doubtedly the most widely known Of
all apples. It is unsurpassed as a des-
sert or a cooking apple, and for cider
1t stands unique both in clearness and
high quality. They are known in some
sections as Albemarle Pippin, but all
came from a Seeding originating at
Newtown. N. Y. Introduced into Eu-
rope by Benjamin Franklin in 1859. it
still brings two and ever three times
as much as any other apple. 1t bears
annually; hence it is an al! around
good thing."-H. B. Fullerton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
NEWS. OF THE WORLD
Important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Compressed into what would be not
more than a ten minutes speech on
the floor Of congress President Roose-
welt urged that body in a special mes
sage to provide for the construction
of four battleships of the largest n
most approved type at once. The ar
guments of the president to impress
his insistence on this naval pro-
gramme were few, but calculated to be
effective. China was held up as an
example of the "peace at any price"
doctrine and Great Britain as having
the naval policy to be emulated. Dis
claiming any intention on the part OF
the United States ever to engage In
a war of conquest the president made
1t plain that this country could Ill
afford to relax into a place where in
President Roosevelt has stated that
he will oppose any bill providing a
commission to consider the subject Of
amendments to the Sherman antitrust
law. The Merchants association of
New York and several other business
organizations are sending circular let
tiers throughout the country suggest
ing a commission to consider the
whole subject and make recommended
lions to the next session Of congress.
In a special message vetoing a dam
bill President Roosevelt warned con-
gress that there are pending in this
session bills which propose to give
away without price stream rights
capable of developing 1900, 900 horse
power and urged in vigorous terms
the establishment of a policy which
would safeguard the granting OF
bridge and dam privileges and require
the grantees to pay for them.
The attorney general has sent to
Speaker Cannon a letter in reply to
the house resolution asking what
steps have been taken by the govern
ment to investigate the alleged COM
bination of wood pulp Dr. print paper
manufacturers. The attorney general
says an investigation is in progress,
but no evidence has yet been obtained
to Justify legal proceedings.
secretary Ol war WlllidAl1 II. DIT
will resign from the cabinet if he is
nominated by the Republican conven-
ton in June. Otherwise he will con-
tinue at the head of the department
until the end of President R%oosevelt's
term.
The president has nominated Guy
Murchie of Boston to be United States
marshal for Massachusetts, a personal
appointment in which the two SEN
ators a%cquiesced. Murchie was a
rough rider.
The leaders of congress have noti-
fled the president that many of the
most. important measures recommend
ed by him in his several messages
cannot be passed at the present ses-
sion.
The president has sent to the SEN
ate the nomination of Lawrence O.
Murray to be comptroller of the cur
rency, vice w. B. Ridgely, resigned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
DEMANDSRETRACT|0N
Secretary Loeb Replies to Speech
of Mr.. Sims in the House.
DENIES BEING A LOBBYIST
Declares Congressman's Speech Was
False in Its Effect, Misleading in
Its Imputation and Unfair to His
Sense of Rectitude and Honor.

Washington, April %. William
Loeb, Jr., secretary to the president,
has made public a letter written to
Representative Sims of Tennessee in
reply to Mr.. Sims speech in the
house regarding Mr.. Loeb's connec-
ton with the Washington Railway and
Electric company. Mr.. Loeb calls upon
Mr.. Sims for an immediate Tetraction,
says that the statement of Mr.. Sims
was false in it's effect, misleading in
its imputation, unfair to him and to
the representatives sense of rectitude
and honor. He says that of the 400
shares of the common stock of the
road standing in his name only 100
shares, enough to enable him to quail
ify as director, are his and he denies
approaching any one regarding street
railway legislation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
FORTY-TW0 KNOWN DEAD.
E%ighty-eisht Others injured in Austria
lian Rail Disaster.

Melbourne, Australia, April o.
Forty-two bodies have been taken out
of the wreckage caused by the col
lision of two trains, from Ballarat and
Bendigo respectively, at Braybrook
Junction, about eight miles from Mel
bourne. 1t is believed that several
others are still buried under the de-
bris. The number of persons injured
is placed at Lightweight.
Many of the victims had entered
the Pallarat train at Braybrook and
were just about settling in their seats
when the crash came. The conductor
had signalled to the engineer to start
the train and was in the act of step
ping into the car when he say the
approaching Bendigo train. He sprang
aside in time to save himself. The
station a in darkness and a scene
of indescribable horror followed the
collision. Three of the ears took fire.
Many Of the victims were burned be-
You'd recognition. A member of the
fire brigade found the bodies of his
two sisters buried in the wreckage.
An eyewitness to the disaster says
that the scene was one of carnage
and resembled that of a battlefield.
Several of the victims died as they
were being lifted from the wreckage.
The driver of the Bendigo train says
that he saw the signals and when the
brakes failed to act he reversed the
engine, but was unable to check the
train.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
L. ~BEISECkER,
Attorney-at-Law,
F%essenden. North Dakota
THE INDIVIDUAL EAR.
Stop and Consider This Easy Way te
Lose on a Corn Crop.

Stop and Consider This Easy Way to
Lose on a Corn Crop.
BY ]. B. PETERSEN, Kansas.
What constitutes an ideal ear of
corn? This question must be answered
by every corn breeder if he wishes to
succeed. He must have an ideal in
mind and work to that end. The ear of
his ideal must be determined by the
condition Of the soil and climate. In
buying seed corn 1t is not advisable to
secure it from a long distance.
Seed corn should not be shelled until
near planting time. but early in the
spring a termination test should be
made of each ear and the poorest ears
discarded and the good ears shelled
and the corn made ready for planting.
There is perhaps no one thing that
will do as much to increase the yield
Of corn on every farm as the testing
Of each ear to be used for seed. The
Importance Of discarding the ears that
are poor in vitality is essential when
we realize that one good ear will plant
one-eighth of an acre.
The simplest and best method Of test
ing the termination of each ear is by
using a termination box. The most
convenient box is 3 by 4 feet, with
wire stretched crosswise forming
squares large enough to hold six to
eight kernels. Fill the box with sand.
Number each n Of the squares. Take
a few kernels from each ear and put
in each Of these squares. Then wet
the sand and place a damp cloth over
the box. keeping the sand and cloth
moist and warm. Keep a record of
the time Of termination and note the
kernels which fail to grow.
What Eight Good Ears Will Do.
After the termination test the next
step is to prepare the corn for the
planter-by removing the mixed kerr
nels. the ununiform kernels; the in
jured or rotten kernels and the tip and
butt kernels, when the corn should be
carefully shelled.
The value Of testing the vitality of
corn which is intended for seed can
not be overestimated. 1t is strange
how many farmers, even today, are
willing to plant corn without the least
certainty that the seed will garminate
and produce good, healthy plants.
There are thousands Of acres that have
been planted over each year on &C.
count Of the poor vitality of the seed.
I wish each farmer would stop to
consider this. Get a seed tester and
test your seed this spring. The vitali-
ty Of each individual ear of corr in
tended for planting may be determin-
ed. You can discard the poor ears,
keeping the good ears for seed. Some
farmers say they have not the time to
test the seed.
Stop and consider that it only takes
from eight to ten good ears for each
acre. Suppose you plant an a Of
low vitality. Then you r losing one
eighth of your crop, and it takes only
a few minutes to make the germina-
ton test.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
THE DEATH RECORD.

William w. Barr. who. trained and
developed the famous trotting mare
Maud S. and drove her to the record
of 2:0sA, is dead at Philadelphia,
aged s~ixty-nine years.
Lou Williams. said to be the Oldest
man in North Dakota. is dead at the
Grand Forks county poor farm. He
was 1O7 years of age.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
Grand Jury viii Investigate.

New York, April PIT has become
known that a federal grand jury is
about to begin an investigation of
several of the largest concerns manu-
featuring manila wrapping paper in
this state. The purpose of the inquiry
is to ascertain whether or not the
manufacturers are conducting their
business under an agreement in re.
straint of trade and in violation Of
the Sherman antitrust law.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
Girl stowaway on Supply Ship.

Washington, April Pas the re-
suit of a story circulated in Pittsburg
by Elmer e. Dey, who was a civilian
passenger on the supply ship Brutus,
attached to the Pacific fleet, that /;
girl stowaway made the trip through
the straits of Magellan with the fleet,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy New
berry has taken steps to ascertain if
a man named Dey was aboard the
Brutus..
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-04-24
Port Of La cuayra Closed.

Caracas, Venezuela, April 22.-Pres-
ident Castro has issued a decree to
the following effect: "The port Of La
Guayra will be closed for fifteen days
pending a report of the sanitary board
because there have been three deaths
and twelve cases of an unknown tu-
bercular fever. Importation and ex-
portation will be allowed only through
Puerto Cabello.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
VESTA'S SKIRTS SHORT
Detective Has English Vaudeville
 Actress Brought to Court.

New York, Dec. 7,-Because the de- tectves were unable to describe the degree of abbreviatiun of the skirt she wore or how she used, her feet in dancing, Vesta Victoria, the London music hall singer. who was arrested yesterday in Blaney's Lincoln Square theator, was discharged to-day by Magistrate Krotel In West Side police colrt James Solly, manager of the theater, was also discharged.
 Detective Henne said that when the singer appeared on the stage yester- day she wore pink tights, low-necked waist and skirt eight inches, above her lanQes. .fb ifS
 Are you sure?" asked counsel for the young woman.
 Well 1 didn't measure 1t, he re- piled, but I'm sure of it
 The detective admitted there was no disorder in the theater, and that no one seemed shocked at her cos tune
 He then was asked for his definition of dancing, of which crime he had accused the singer.
 she was moving about the stage and shuhling her feet" said Henne.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
BYLAWS CHANGED.
Governors Foot Guard Votes for New Set of Regulations
 at Special Meeting.
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED
Ten Year Service Medal fer sherman E. Law--Plans for Governors In-
 auguration and Reception.

The Second Co., Governors Foot Guard, met in their armory last night to discuss proposed jchapges in4tNiF by laws. They occupied several hours in doing so, voting finally to adopt an entirely new set J- e.
 The old bylaws have proved made quate for many things and so 1t had been decided to change them so as to meet present conditions The new by laws will not he made public until after they have been seen bX the governor His approval and acceptance of them IS netessary before they bccome' effective and not until they have his apthorlza-r tion will they be given out. ..1 ,.
 Two new men were accepted last night and arc now members of the company, They are Benjamin Frank lin Brusstar, tho siiperlntendent of the rolling mills at ,Winchesters, and Will liam j. Garland proprietor of severai of the large freshman dormitories' in York street, %E&
 A ten-y year service medal was, prc- sented to Sergeant sherman E. Law.
 The Foot Guard Is going to journey to Hartford on January s to take part in the inauguration ceremonies of Gov ernor-elect Gorge l.. Lllley. Plans for the trip were discussed last night.
 On January 20. the company will give reception to Governor Lilley in the main armory, From present plans this is going to be a fine event. It. will be the night following the Yale Junior promenade and the armory will be adorned with all the decorations, lights, boxes, etc, of that affair.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08
BATTLESHIP IN DANGER
Heavy Guns of H. M. s. Brilliant Cause
 Her to Roll AlarminglN.

Halifax, N, S., Nov 7.--The British warship Brilliant which left St Johns, N. F., Dec, 2, was ordered to the dock yard here to-day for repairs as the re- suit of her experience in the terrific storm of last Wednesday night, which she encountered,
 Petty Officer Watson was thrown against bulkheads and internally in. jured,
 The wireless telegraph mast was broken off, doors were smashed boats swept away and minor damage done to other parts of the ship during the tempest The ship rolled and pitched in an alarming manner and the great weight of her guns kept her down in the sea at times
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-08

There are $50 students in st. Johns and 15O girls at a school immediately adjacent which is under the same faculty
 Mir. Yen said in part, also. it is not mostly for the success In athletic, nor for the American influence, non for the western education, but for the Christian training which is really very largely embraced by the graduates of St Johns, and so per cent of them go out to teacn all over the empire thus spreading Christianity willie not being profcssed Christians At pres ent the college is too small to hold the number who desire to attend. out of 1S0 who applied for admission last spring only 60 could enter. There is need of help for the good work, and an appeal was made in behalf of the college, which will doubtless bring in assistance for the carrying on of the good work in tho near future.
 Mir. Yen showed some pictures of the college buildings and the instruc- tors which were very interesting, and the arrangement of both buildings and campus were certainly very much aft CT the fashion of the American col- legcs