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irmlx in the Republican column.

firmly in the Republican column.
In Illinois Bryan has a slight advan-
tage in change of sentiment, but by no
means enough to overcome the large
normal Republican majority. In Wis
consin the Bryan drift is even more
marked, but still is apparently made
quate, for the Wisconsin Republican
majorities were log, 600 in 1900 snd 1885,
600 in 1904, and over 80 per cent. of our
Democratic subscribers concede the
state to Taft In Michigan the senti-
ment is quite strongly toward Taft.
We expected to find Indiana decid-
edly doubtful state, owing partly to the
local strength of Mr.. Kern, the Demo
cratic candidate for vice president, and
partly to the liking of the state for
Bryan. To our surprise, the vote, in
addition to showing an overwhelming
prepOnderance of actual Republican
voters, showed a Republican drift to
Bryan of only 8 per cent, while there
was Democratic drift to Taft of 7 per
cent. The independent vote is, how
ever, 60 per cent. for Bryan and 40 per
cent. for Taft. Altogether, we cannot
regard Indiana as a doubtful state. as
its Republican majority of 1904 was no
less than 81, 600, while it was q, 600 in
1900. Over 80 per cent. of our Demo
cratic subscribers concede' the state to
Taft, while less than 10 per cent. of our
Republican subscribers concede it to
Bryan.
Kentucky, curiously enough, we are
almost forced to regard as doubtful, be-
cause of the small Democratic majori-
ties Tin 1900, 5000, and in 1904, IL, ,OOO)
and of the fact that our vote, in addi-
tion to disclosing a nearly equal balanc-
ing of parties among our life subscrib-
ers, discloses also 10 per cent. drift of
Democratic voters to Taft as against
but per cent. the other way, while q
substantial majority of independent
votes are for Taft. Kentucky will hard
ly fail to go Democratic, but these fig
ures are certainly interesting.
We place. Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota
| di40 ANuA I'll 6AAiO 1Oubu DdhOId III Tie ne
publican column. Kansas would, how
ever, be decidedly doubtful were it not
for the enormous Republican plurality
of 1904 Q26,0O0 out of 1924, 900 votes
cast, for there is decided preponder-
ance of drift toward Bryan. In Mime
sofa and Iowa, however, the drift is the
other way, though but slightly, and in
North and South Dakota the Bryan
drift, though evident, is too slight tt
overcome the normal Republican ma
jorities. A large majority of our Dem
ocratic subscribers in each of these five
states concede their respective states II
Taft.
| Nebraska Is doubtful. There is Re
publican drift to Bryan of IL per cent
and Democratic to Taft of but 4 De
cent, while IS per cent. of the indepen
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
Republicans.

Contrary to our expectati ons, there
are no Indications that New York is
even a doubtful state this year. With
a Republican majority of 144, 900 in 1900
and of 176, 900 in 1904, it is evident that
there must be an enormous change of
sentiment to produce a political revolu-
tion. Our vote shows, on the contrary,
but per cent. drift of the Republican
vote to Bryan, while there is drift of
13 per cent. of Democratic vote to Taft;
and of the independent (not Indepen-
dence League) vote 60 per cent. is for
Taft and 40 per cent. for Bryan. 1t
should be stated, however, that we
have practically no life subscribers in
New York City (Manhattan), so that
our vote is only from the upstate"
sections, including, however, Brooklyn
and Long Island. We believe New
York state will be Republican.
The South. including Oklahoma, will
be solidly Democratic, the only indica-
ton Of any drift toward Republicanism
being in Georgia, where it is curiously
pronounced but apparently Inadequate
to overcome the normal Democratic
majority of so, 900 or 1000.
West Virginia, which gave Mckinley
majority of 81, 900 in 1900 and Roose-
welt a majority of $4,000 in 1904, will
probably be again Republican, though
! there is slight drift (six and one-half
per cent? toward Bryan of Republican
votes, with no corresponding drift to-
wards Taft. The independent vote,
however, is quite strongly in favor of
Taft, and 40 per cent. of our Democrat
ic subscribers concede that Taft will
carry this state while practically all our
Republican subscribers claim it for
Taft.
Delaware will be numerically close as
usual, but there are no Indications that
the 20 per cent. Republican majorities
of 1900 and 1904 will be wiped out.
Curiously enough, every Republican
subscriber in Delaware claims the state
and every Democratic subscriber con-
cedes it to Taft.
The normal Democratic msjorities OF
Virginia are too large to be disturbed
by the very slight drift toward Taft dis
closed by our vote.
The Middle West is believed to be
Mr.. Bryan's hope, and with some rea.
son. If the Republican majorities OF
| Ohio were not so enormous (69, 900 in
1900 and 256, 900 in 1900, there might
be grave cause for uneasiness among
the Republican managers, for the inde
pendent and prohibition vote is largely
for Bryan. But the proportion of Re
publicans who will vote for Bryan il
materially less than that Of Taft Demo
Gratis, while 20 per cent. of our Demo
cratic subscribers concede the state t,
Taft, and we cannot fail to put Obi,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22
TAFT REGARDED
A SURE WINNER
Republican Candidate Is Conceded 29S
Electoral Votes, or 66 More Than
NeCeSSary-Bryan Given
t61-24 Doubtful.

New York, Oct. 19.-Success Maya
zine presents a forecast of the election
in its current issue, which forecast is
based on information obtained from its
auxiliary board of life subscribers, and
which is declared to be unbiased and
nonpartisan. Attention is confined to
those states regarded as doubtful, and
In this list Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada
and Colorado are placed.
The forecast reads as follows:
In q general way, it may be said first
that there is absolutely no evidence of
the Bryan Landslide" predicted by
some. The solidly Republican states of
the past will remain Republican and the
.solidIy Democratic states Democratic.
While there are evidences in many Of
these states of some drift away from
the ruling majorities of four and eight
years ago, these evidences are not so
pronounced as to warrant any expecta-
ton that the normal majorities will be
wiped out or cut down to the danger
point.
The New England States will be Re-
publican, as hitherto. Connecticut is
sometimes spoken Of IS doubtful, but
there are no evidences of this in our
canvass. Less than per cent. of our
Republican subscribers in Connecticut
will vote for Bryan, while about 20 per
cent. of the Democrats will vote for
Taft, and So per cent. of the indepen-
dent vote is for Taft.
In Pennsylvania and New Jersey the
drift appears to be strongly toward
Taft, and these states are, of course,
normally Republican in presidential
years by very large majorities. In
Maryland, which gave a majority of
1900 against Bryan in 1900 and a nom-
inal plurality of 81 only for Roosevelt
in 1904, there are no Republican sub
-;scribers who will vote for Bryan this
year, while % per cent. of the Demo
cratic vote is for Taft and over 60 per
cent. of the independent vote is for
Taft. We have placed Maryland in the
doubtful column, however, because of
its remarkably close vote in 1904 and
because 20 per cent of our Republican
subscribers think it will go for Bl gan,
while 80 per cent. of our Democratic
subscribers think it will go for Taft.
The probabilities. therefore, favor the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22

Hon John S. Wise will speak at Taze-
well on Saturday the 31st of October
The speaking that was announced t.
take place next Saturday, the S1st Inst.
was cancelled.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22

Try some Fenway Chocolates at Jack
sons. Fresh stock ard full line.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-10-22

Fresh Saturday Candy 29c. per pound
at Jackson's.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Wilton News.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Better ar
rived in Wilton last Monday
morning for a brief visit with
relatives and friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Gustafson
have both been receiving treat
ment this week at the Thelen
hospital for grip and other COM
plications.
Word was brought to Wilton
during the past week that the
family of Philip Gimble, living in
the northeastern part of Burleigh
county, we're suffering from a
diphtheria scourge, and that the
father, mother and one child had
died. No particulars of the mat
ter beyond the rumor above are
obtainable, and it is possible that
the report is an error.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Favors the Trusts.

We believe it is getting along
about the time when every pape,
should announce it's favorite for U
S. senator. and in this respect We
wish to say that we are for the re.
election of Senator Hansbrough
We have taken this stand after q
careful study of the different can.
didates. G. B. Little, one of the
candidates is known to be a man
favorable to the trusts and rail.
roads, while Marshall is any thing
for Office. He was member OF
congress for number of years and
tailed to accomplish anything of
much Importance to North Dakota
while on the other hand, Senator
Hansbrough has been working all
the time for the best interests of
the people Of the state, and gener-
ally got what he went after. There
fore we say we are for Hansbrough
Knox Advocate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
MCLEAN co.
HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK
Items Of General Interest from the
Various Newspapers IN
the County.
Ruso Record

The commissioners from Nc
Lean, Ward, Wells, Pierce and
Benson counties met at Minot re-
Gently to discuss matters pertain
ing to county business. A reso-
luton was passed calling a gener-
al meering of all county commits
sioners Of the state at Fargo on
March 4th, at which time they will
adjust taxation and get the taxes
of various counties on a more
equal basis.
John A. johnson Of Dogden. was
here Wednesday between trains
with brand new idea on county
division. His plan is to cut out
"a townships in the northeast cor
ner of the county and make Dog
den the county seat,
Messrs. John Ravnaas, Peter
Holland and Marcus Rovnaas were
business visitors to the county seat
Tuesday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14

acre tract of land along the Mis-
souri, river, including the Painted
Woods flats preliminary surveys
OF which were made by the state
engineer in December. The in
corporators are: James Il. Nc
Culloch, Frank E. Funk, O. B.
Wing, Hans Fritz, Joseph Mann
and O. A. Berg. The officers are:
O. B. Wing. president; Joseph
Mann, vice president; James T.
McCulloch, Frank E. Funk, O. A.
Berg, directors.
All of the incorporators are sub
stantial business men and farmers
who own land under the project
and the fact that the rroject is
being pushed by such men is as
surance of the successful outcome
of the undertaking. = Bismarck
Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Bar Association Program.

Mclean County Bar Association
meeting program, Washburn, N
D., February Goth, 1908.
Opening Address, by Geo. P
Gibson, president, Washburn.
Address, Relationship of Bench
and Bar, by Hon. w. H. Winches.
ter, Bismarck.
Address, Influence of the Bal
upon Legislation, by j. T. Hoge
Underwood.
Address, The Lawyer and Poll.
tics, by j. T. McCulloch, Wash
burn.
Address, Attorney and Client,
by M. C..Spicer, Underwood.
Address. Influence of the Bar
upon Society, by Herbert r.
O'Hare, Garrison.
Address, The Young Lawyer,
by Robert Frasar, Garrison.
Address, Usefulness of Oratory
in the Practice Of Law, by Thomas
d. Morrow. Denhof.
Address. The Experiences Of the
Prosecuting Attorney, by W. L.
Nuessle, Washburn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Marriage Licenses Issued in Jan.

Henry Hove of Oscar, and Bes'
sic Gilbertson Of Roseglen.
A. J. Granum of Roseglen, te
Alice Gilbertson of Roseglen.
William Kraus and Bertha Els
ner, both cf Ruso.
Jacob Bossert and Kristins
Hofer, both of Mercer.
Gilbert Bonnet and Kristins
Bleines. both of Lincoln.
Christian Kempf Of Coleharbor
and ,Jacobina Muller of Mamma
ven.
Adolph Henne of Coleharbor, te
Margaretha Boellner of Goodrich
William f. Tornow of Roches
ter, Mimi, and Matte A. Keel o1
Darling.
Jacob Deg and Rebecca Schalb
both Of Mercer.
Wilhelm Moser Of Java, S. D..
and Odelia Meckler Of Goodrich
Louis E. Ptak Of McClusky, and
Grace Davis of Turtle Lake.
Friedrich Heb of Lincoln, and
Magdalena Feikert of Martin.
William Ruminson of Benedict
and Kristina Hycco Of Max.
Higo Janfsen of Lincoln, and
Gertrude Massuhr of Waverly. Ia
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
The Hera1d's Bedfellows.

In it's attempt to throw contume-
ly at Senator Hansbrough, the
Grand Forks Herald is grave]y and
deliberately taking the side Of the
greatest trust-so far as the farm
ers of this state are concerned-in
this country. The Harvester trust
is doing more to suck the life blood
from the farmer than any of the
others as much as all the others
combined-and vet the Herald,
which claims to stand for the peo-
pie as against oppression by CON-
mercial and political schemers.
substantially seeks to uphold their
nefarious traffic, and with upturned
eyes exclaims, ''and every other
knows that it is the competition of
foreign made machines that forces
the trust to make whatever reduc-
tions are made in common mar
kets." And all the while the Har-
vester trust is making their pro-
ducts and selling them in the for
e;gn market, after paying the duty,
at "a less price than they charge the
North Dakota farmer! We have
no objection to the Herald making
a fight on Senator Hansbrough, if
in its soreness it feels compelled to
but it should be consistent-and
honest. -WalhaIla Mountaineer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Turtle Lake Correspondence.

The candidates for county hon
ors are beginning to come out from
cover. The Turtle Lake Repub-
lican-our new daper-has several
announcements in it's last issue.
We noticed that Mr.. J P.Peter-
son. one of the early timers in
Mclean county, on our streets the
other day. Mr.. Peterson said that
he thought our town was doiug a
very creditable amount of business
for it's size.
An advertised mortgage sale
brought number of farmers to
town last Saturday only to learn
that the property had been replev-
ined at the eleventh hour, and the
sale indefinitely postponed.
The wedding bells have rung
again in our village. This time
they announced the happy mar
riage of Grace Davis of Turtle
Lake and Louis Ptak of McClus-
ky, Rev. N. L Rockwell officiat-
ing. The wedding was held at the
home of the brides parents and
only few relatives and friends
were present to witness the cere-
mony and to wish the happy
young couple Godspeed upon the
long journey The bride is the
youngest daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Davis. She is an accom-
plished young lady with many
friends, some who regret to see
her go with Lou. Mr.. Davis is
a Civil War veteran and moved
here from Iowa about three years
ago. The bridegroom is a young
man of energy and enterprise. He
was employed in the Eureka Ba-
zaar about q year ago when he won
the esteem Of all who know
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Mckenzie Declines a denomination.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 5.-M.
II. Jewell, secretary republican
state central committee, Bismarck,
N. D.:
"My Dear Jewell: | desire to
inform you and the state central
committee that [ shall not be a
candidate for reelection othe po-
sition of national committeeman
IL have now held the position
eight years, and have given my
time and endeavors unstinted to
further the interest of the repub-
lican party, both in state and ma
tion. .... ....
"The position is an important
one, and my reason for thus early
announcing my decision is that the
republicans of the state may have
ample and proper time to consider
the election Of my successor when
the delegates to the national con.
vention shall have been selected
This decision is irrevocable.
II wish in connection with this
communication to thank the mem.
bers of the state central committee
and the republicans Of the state
for their support and loyalty tc
party interest. [ am confident
that their fidelity will continue in
the future as it has in the past.
''Very sincerely,
"-Alexander Mckenzie. y
Mr.. MCKENZIE s successor will be
selected at the state republican
convention in Minot on June ii.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14

is reflection on the intelligence
of the voters, and pointed to "Di-
vision" as the remedy. Mr.. But
chart refuted this by commenting
on the foolishness of supporting
two sets Of grafters by forming
two counties out of one. The
trend Of the opinion favored the
more economical and sensible plan
of supporting one county and
putting clean honest men in office
and forming five commissioner
districts.
Mr.. Arneson is a fluent speaker,
the result Of years Of active polit-
ical work. Yet in his speech he
contradicted his statements several
times and made few points that
were used advantageously by his
opponents.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, the Mercer Commercial Club
entertained it's visitors at Hotel
Olsen. About forty plates were
laid, and when cigars were brought
on, President r. S. Butchart as
toastmaster introduced George
McFadden for an Address of We'll
come. Both Mesrs. Arneson and
Rishworth responded. Mr.. Arne-
son is very interesting public
speaker, but at after-dinner speak
ing and repartee he is at his best
His suggestion for county feder-
alton of Commercial Clubs was a
very good one which we hope will be
the means of effecting a strong
county organization.
Mr.. Rishworth's pioneer work
in setting up Mclean county
prompted him to note the rapid
changes and settlement of this
section. He spoke reminiscently
of the old Mercer Ranch, which
sheltered people who passed to and
fro in the early days.
Messrs. Rice, Hedahl, Hielle,
Wasson, Giles (Goodrich) and Carl
Schaffer blue Lake, responded to
calls for after-dinner speeches and
the meeting broke up in the early
morning hours, peace and good
will prevailing,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Valley City Normal Notes.

The advance class in stenogra-
ply have been taking notes from
the different addresses that have
been given in chapel.
Pres. Mcfarland left for Ken
mare Saturday evening where he
spoke at the dedication of their
new high school building.
A meeting was held Sunday
afternoon for the purpose of Or
ganizing a Y. M. G. A. for the
boys of the school. Field Secreta-
ry Parsons will be in the city next
Sunday to address the young men
in normal hall. The organization
is boing pushed and will be CON-
pleted soon.
The games that were played in
the normal gymnasium Saturday
night between the model school
teams and two teams from Tower
City, resulted in a victory for the
visitors.
There will be abasketball game
in the gymnasium between the
mems basketball team from Fargo
and the normal mems team.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14

him. The young couple will live
on the groom's claim for the pres
ent.
Friday evening, Feb. Z, occurred
the leap year dance given by the
ladies of Turtle Lake. Every
body had good time. The fea-
ture Of the evening was dancing.
At midnight supper was served at
a restaurant. The ladies waited
on everybody and did splendidly,
the boys say.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14

A fire breaking out in school
house in the Missouri Valley dis
trict, Mercer county, resulted in
the total loss of building and
school books, amounting to $1,000.
The Mannhaven fire department
are to be congratulated upon their
good work, having two runaways
before getting started, and arriving
at the scene of the fire when all
was oyer.-Underwood Miner.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
Water Users Association Incorporate

Articles of incorporation of the
Washburn- Wilton Water Users
association were fled with the
secretary Of state yesterday. This
association is formed for the pur-
pose of obtaining funds from the
United State reclamation service
for the irrigation of a ten thousand
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14
COST
OF INSTALLING
WATERW0RKS
Also Advantages Derived From a
Water System-As Protection
and Convenience.

The following is copied from the
circulars sent out by the Com
mercial Club before election last
Monday: ..
At the instance of the Com
mercial Club an estimate of the
probable cost of waterworks sys-
tenn for Washburn has been had
from competent engineers and it
is fixed at not to exceed $4,000.
This, it is figured will give us a
first-class system with an ample
number of hydrants for fire protec-
ton properly distributed. 1t will
be proposed to bond the city of
Washburn for the cost of this pro-
ject-presumably $4,000. These
bonds can be placed with the state
Of North Dakota to run for twenty
years with an annual interest at
the rate of 5 per cent. When these
bonds are voted by the city,
provisions will be made for the
payment of interest and for the
creation of a sinking fund to retire
the bonds at the time of maturity.
The annual interest will amount to
$3.50 on $4,000 and an annual
sinking fund levy of $3.50 will re-
tire the bonded indebtedness in
twenty years. This will make it
necessary to raise by taxation each
year probably Sl,5OO. The pre-
sent assessed valuation of Wash
burn is in round figures $lS8,OOO.
By levy of one cent on each dol
lar of assessed valuation an annual
amount of 81 $50 can be raised.
If you wish to ascertain what your
share of this additional taxation
for the support Of the waterworks
system will be you may go to the
county auditors office and ascer-
tain what the assessed valuation
of your property is and multiply
it by one cent and you will have
the amount that you would con-
tribute. For an example, if the
assessed valuation of your proper.
erty is $3.50 your taxes for this pur-
pose would amount to $3.50. It is
reasoned that a good man can be
employed to run the plant at $1,000
per year and also that this man
can take charge of the fire apara-
tus and act as city police without
any additional cost to the city, and
also that the water rentals will pay
for this man and the operating ex-
pences of the plant This leaves
the interest on the bonds and the
sinking fund, or S1.5OO to be
raised by taxation annually.
The insurance commissioner of
North Dakota tells us that the in
stalation of waterworks system
and fire equipment would reduce
our insurance premiums from Is to
33B per cent annually figure up
your annual insurance premiums
and see what your saving would be
from this source. A waterworks
system will give you fire protection
it will give you beautiful trees and
lawns, pure water and plenty of
it. 1t will be an attraction to your
city and cause it to grow and i'm
prove.
The system will be owned and
operated by the city. In twenty
years it will be paid for and be
source Of revenue to the city. This
is an important proposition and
should receive your earnest con-
sideration.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-02-14

The following delegates went to
Bismarck Wednesday to attend
the Missouri River Navigation
convention: Theo. Landmann,
K. Klein, P. NJ. Ferguson, Joe
Mann, M. Holtan, Drs. G. q.
Forbes and M. Fl. Sawyer.