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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Notice of Mortgage Sale.

gage ss. ssseut as[s and t deiiVe aasI f BY ALERT isess'1 Harris fapri,
and Carrie Harris, bis wife, mortsagors, to
ton, mortgagee. dated the 9Th day of August,
1902. and filed for record in the Office Of the re.
gister OF deeds in the county of Mclean and
s ass isSs and andre ree 14deda in of book eof 1ssn 81 fa So ct ages,
at page $50, and assigned by said mortgage to
Winona, Fire Insurance. Co.., a. corpora;
ton ,a hy assignment in writing dated
filed for record in the office Of the register Of
deeds on the 2lst day Of September 1908 and re-
corded in book H of assignments of mortgages
At page 20 and re.assigned to the Northern
writing dated the 18th day Of July 1903 and re-
corded in the office Of the register of deeds Of
said county on the 24th day of August 1908 in
III, will be f~orclosed BY q sale Of the premises
in said mortgage and hereinafter described at
the front door OF the court house in the city of
Weshb4rn in the county OF Mclean and state
the afternoon on the 18th day of October 1908 to
satisfy the amount due upon said mortgage
upon the day of SALE.
which Will be sold to satisfy the same are those
certain premises situated in the county of Nc.
Lean and the state of North Dakota and de-
scribsed as. follows, to-wit: The southeast quar-
one hundred ~fOrty-siX 1857. north of range sew
enty-four LA west containing 100 acres more
or less according to government survey thereof.
There will be due upon the said mortgage at
the date of sale the sum of seven hundred nine
and 5000 [$709.s sol dollars and the costs OF fore
closure and sale.
Dated at Harvey, North Dakota this 31st day
of August 1908.
Northern Land g. Mortgage Co.,
MortSagec and Assignee of Mortgage.
John O. Hanchett,
Attorney for Mortgage and Assignee of
Mortgagee.
Harvey. MI. 10
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
H. f. johnson,
Assignee OF Mortgagec,
stsSlBLCCU Ut V1UTUSUB'
R. l.. Fraser.
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage.
Garrison, n. ID.

Notice is hereby given, that that certain real
estate mortgage, made. executed and delivered
by Robert r. Schnabe and Hulda Schnabel,
his wife. to The Farm Mortgage, Loan and
Trust Company. a corporation mortgages, dat
ed the 18th dayof April. 1906, and filed for re.
cord i'll the office OF the register OF deeds in ani
for the county of Mclean and state of North
Dakota on the 18th day Of May. 1905, and re-
corded therein in book B7 of Mortgages, at
page 24S, will be foreclosed by a sale OF the pre-
misses therein and hereinafter described. at the
front door of the court house in the city OF
washburn, in the county of Mclean and state
of North Dakota, on the 18th day OF September
at the hour of II O'Clock in the forenoon of the
said day Of sale, to satisfy the amount due up
on the said mortgage at the day of sale, to-
gether with the costs and disbursements of the
said sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are des-
cribed as follows. to wit:
The southwest quarter (swAl OF the south.
west quarter [swAl of section thirty 1887 and
the south east quarter [seAl of the south east
quarter fseAJ of section thirty two 1927. in
township one hundred and fifty [lj0] north and
the south east quarter of the north east quart
er and lot one II Of section five Isl. in town
ship one hundred forty nine [149l north. all in
range seventy five, west 9Th p IN Mclean CO.,
Nd.
There will be due upon the said mortgage on
the dayo of sale the sum of ninety and no-1O dol
lars, $4,000, together with the costs and dis
bursements Of the said sale.
Dated this tenth day of August, A. D. 1908
The Farm Mortgage. Loan and Trust Co.
Mortgagee,
Edward P. Kelly,
Atty. for Mortgage,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Milton and America.

It is fitting that there should be q
counterpart Of the celebration in Eng
land of the tercentenary Of the birth
of John Milton on this side of the At
lantic. E%nglishmen will duly COM
memorate his birthday, Dec. g.. a
somewhat belated honor to this re-
publican poet. Leaving his fame as
a poet to take care Of itself, the people
of this republic can acknowledge a
deep debt to him as the author of the
principle Of commonwealth building
which we have carried further on the
road to completeness than any other
nation on earth. The self government
for which Milton fought against coer-
Give feudalism long before he wrote
the poetry which placed him among
the immortals appears as the power
of progress in every American COM
monwealth of this century.
AS a teacher Milton is the most H.
lustrious exemplar of that Puritan
type which left so deep an imprint
upon early American character. For
two centuries throughout New Eng
land and her offshoots Milton's "Para-
disc LOST was read more universally
and more attentively than any other
volume, with the exception Of the BIZ
BILE and Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Prog
ress." Everywhere as the republic
grew serious and studious the New
Highlander felt himself uplifted and
encouraged as he recognized in Mil
ton that unity of piety, virtue and wis
dom with melody and beauty which
makes the true seer.
Great, however, Is our debt may be
to Milton, the singer Of a lofty and in
spring note, our highest obligation is
to the prose, so long neglected abroad
because practically outlawed at home,
in which he fought for representative
government. "He who is not trusted
| with his own actions Chis drift not be-
ing known to be eviD and standing to
the hazard of the law and penalty has
no better argument to think himself
reputed in the commonwealth wherein
he was born than if he were a fool or
a foreigner" Wrote Milton in the years
when the. power of autocracy was
most insolent. In that single sentence
turks the whole principle Of our Dec
laration of Independence, and if Eng
land claims the poetry of the man who
penned it we alone have used his poll
tics so as to be able to claim him as a
pioneer commonwealth builder. 2.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Novices In or On tho Water.

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The season has added heavily to the
record Of drownings, accidents pecul-
llarly tragic and distressing, because
they are usually met with in search of
health or pleasure under apparently
safe conditions. The thought of
a bath or a swim or a sail Is so cheer
ing that 1t seems cruel to poison the
spirits Of the venturers with hints Of
danger. And really where millions
battle and swim and sail less than doz-
ems come to grief. But, few as the
drowning accidents are compared with
the risks, the number should be re-
iluced If. not practically eliminated
from the years records Of mishaps.
It is the custom of many experts in
and on the water to say that drowning
accidents generally result from mex
cusable ignorance or heedlessness. OF
course no one should venture in or
upon deep water without q fair knowl-
edge Of the ways Of the element and
l u LAS 0lt ~. LII 1A0 SOAluClS xIS
treacherous power. 1t looks safe and
innocent and is a well nigh irresistible
charmer in warm weather. Probably
the majority of drowning accidents.
whether the victims are precipitated
from craft or get in too deep while
bathing, are due to the inability to
swim or, rather, to keep af1oat. There
should also be added among the causes
Of drowning failure to keep a level
head. Fright contributes to drowning
casualties.
Unless heavily weighted a person i'm
mersed in water will rise to the sur
face and should then expel the water
from the nostrils and keep the mouth
shut when immersed again, so as to
avoid strangling. Only a trifing sup
port is. needed to prevent a person
from sinking if that support is for. the
head. The nonswimmer should not
struggle to swim, but, rather. keep
quiet and float, with or without aids,
such as a board, paddle or piece Of
furniture. A corked bottle will sink If
pitched into the water, but will rise
again and stay up. It is much the
same with a live body, provided the
mouth is kept closed. It would be
well for every one liable to risks on
The water to learn beforehand how to
act in emergencies. The matter of
swimming, floating, sinking and COM
Ing up right can as well be learned in
water waist deep as in water six feet
deep. Swim If you wish to and an,
but at least learn to float and to main
tain self control even when violently
tossed about and forced under water.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Notice of Foreclosure Sale,

Notice is hereby given, that that certain mort
tage executed and delivered by Andrew Bergset-
err, mortgagor to the Bank of Ryder, a corpora
ton organized and existing under the laws of
the state of North Dakota, mortgage dated
the eth day Of September A. L. nineteen hundred
seven and filed for record in the Office of the
Register Of Deeds of the county of Mclean and
State of North Dakota, on the 9th day of May,
A.. D.. 1908, at $50 o'clock p. m., and recorded in
book big Of mortgages, on page zoo, andassigned
by the said mortgages to H.. L. johnson, will
foreclosed by Il sale Of the premises in
such mortgage and hereinafter described
at the front door of the courthouse in the City
of Washburn in the County of Mclean and
State of North Dakota, at the hour of two
O'Clock p. M. on the 18th day of October 1908, to
satisfy the amount due upon such mortgage on
the day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are those
certain premises situated in the county of Nc
Lean and State of North Dakota, and describ-
ed as follows. to-wit: The Southeast quarter of
Section twenty-sevcn (seA of soc. 30 township
one hundred forty-nine north of range eighty
six west (twp. 149 II. rye. IS W.. containing 100
acres more or less. according to the government
survey thereof.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum OF Thirty-two and sixty-tive
~one.hundredths Dollars ISL. G5), together with
statutory costs and attorney fees.
Dated August 26, 1908.
H. f. johnson,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
R.. L. Fraser,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage.
Garrison, IN. ID.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18

The Russian church has again de-
nounced Tolstoy, hoping thus to BELT
tie him in the eyes Of the common but
superstitious people, who love him. 1t
ordered the peasants to abstain from
honoring Tolstoy's forthcoming birth
day on penalty Of losing their souls
through the judgment Of God. Perhaps
there never existed a mar who in his
lifetime was so beloved and so ven
Grated as Count Leo Tolstoy. And the
wonder of it is that it is all the result
of his moral teaching, his profound
thought and his beautiful personal life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Food and Human Euerev.

For the matter of five years or more
there has been q constant tendency in
this country to declare that men now
adays eat overmuch, and Sir James
Crichton-Browne, a distinguished au-
thority among physicians in the Eng
lish speaking world, is out with a pro-
test against the limitations Of diet
which has attracted particular atten-
ton here in America. DR.. Crichton-
Browne believes, that the abstemious-
ness in diet advised by certain of his
medical brethren in recent years, more
particularly abstinence from certain
kinds of food to the degree often rec
commended, is not only unwise, but pos
itively dangerous. . (
The eason given by this English au-
thority in dietetics for his present en-
phatic protest is that the decrease Of
nutriment will undoubtedly impair the
efficiency, physical and mental, of the
individual. He does not hesitate to
affirm that the vitality and construc-
tive energy of the successful races
may almost be measured in direct ra-
ito to the animal food which enters
into their diet. Meat eating peasants
are said to make the best soldiers, and
in recent years the men in active mill
itary service are better nourished than
the classes at home from which they
are drawn, measures believed to be
necessary in order to keep the army
up to the standard Of efficiency.
Wise physicians realize that the
quantity and the quality Of food re-
quired to keep the human being at
work is largely an individual matter.
It is with food very much as it is with.
sleep. Some men require more than
their fellows. We are engines of ac-
tfvity with appointed tasks, and u
necessities for fuel and repairs vary
according to our Individual structure
and the work in hand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
The County Fair.

As a general proposition there is ut
east one advantage which the Amer
lean county fair has over oil similar
functions in other lands. 1t is held
at a time Of year when it is a delight
in this country to be alive. For many
reasons the county fair is perhaps the
most attractive Of our national insti-
buttons. So long as 1t remains true,
as has been said, that the typical
American is either a farmer, a farm
er's son or a farmers grandson so
long must the county fair, which is
u harvest home, remain the most
significant Of III social institutions.
The county fair brings about the
chief annual reunion of the whole body
Of people in a district, giving busy
neighbors a chance to brush up in ac-
quaintance and compare notes on prog
ress and also on problems. There are
numerous side features. such as the
flirting and the counting of the young
folks, the shows from town and the
candidates looking for votes the while
they talk shop to the farmer. How
ever, this all belongs to life. as it
averages and makes everybody feel
kin to everybody else. A fair wholly
devoted to the scientific side Of agri-
culture would be another hint to the
boys to leave the farm or die Of the
blues. For another thing, the county
fair places honest nature on exhibit
ton and puts up a show that is really
entertaining in spite of its plain, mat
ter Of fact character. In these days Of
sham and pretense and overdone SEN
sationalism the genuine thing is a nov
city, and that alone makes it interest
Ing. Long may the best traditions Of
the American county fair survive as
an uplifting force for the whole COM
monwealth!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Iron and Wood.

So much has been said of late re-
garding the depletion of Jul forests
that the impression may be created
that we are passing into d position
unique among nations of not having
any timber supply Of our own. Such
is distinctly not the case, says the Iron
Trade Review. However serious may
be the present rate of drain upon our
forests, if there is any uniqueness in
our position among nations it is that
of still having an immense area of I'M
touched timber land. 1t is not that our
forests, as a natural supply to a ma
ton, have become small. but that the
present area is small compared to that
which once existed. We are driven
toward forestry not because the sup
ply is scant, as such supplies go
throughout the world, but because we
have been tending rapidly toward the
position Of being reduced to the level
of the older nations.
The talk of a famine in any commod-
ity is useful to bring about measures
Of economy and conservation, declares
the Review, and continues:
But as regards either wood or iron in
the United States there is not the least
occasion for alarm. Scientific forestry
can easily overtake the diminution which
is now occurring In the timber supply,
with q most ample area on which to
work to grow for the future a vastly
larger annual supply per capita than
readily %suff1ces for Germany, while on the
other hand the utilization Of our lower
grade iron ores can easily supply 9, great
.er quantity of iron than can possibly be
put into use, with all the growth in popu-
lation which the country is otherwise ca
pable of supporting.
It is not q question of famine or ex-
haustion in the one commodity or in the
other. It is a question of prospective
needs and Of prospective cost to supply
those needs. Scientific forestry cannot
produce wood as cheaply as 1t has been
sold. A higher standard of value for
wood must prevail when it Is grown
through the active effort Of man than
when 1t is cut down, possibly for the chief
purpose Of clearing the land for cultlva-
ton. A higher standard of value for iron
now prevails when the necessity is faced
Of working lower grade ores than pre-
vailed when ore almost up to the theo-
retical standard Of excellence was being
mined with no thought Of possible ex-
haustion.
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A OF NORTH DAKor.
COUNTY OF MCLEAN
In County Court,
! Before Hon. g.
Olgeirson, Judge.


oAA1EOE NOh1H OAhO1A IN county COufIp
COUNTY OF MCLEAN }Before Hon. g.
Olgeirson, Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Sochem kasofsky,
deceased.
Louis kasofsky. \
VS. Citation Hearing
Tobias kasofsky, A. Ras. for petition
ofsky. LENA Bernstin, Appointment
and FAME Nudelman. of Administrator.
Respondents
The state of North Dakota to the above nam
ed respondents and all persons interested in the
estate Of Sochem Kasofsky. deceased.
You, and each Of you, are hereby notified that
Louis Kasofsky the petitioner herein, has filed
in this court a petition, praying that letters OF
administration upon the estate Of Sochem Kas-
Of Burleigh and state of North Dakota, .deceas-
ed. be granted to Louis kasofsky and that tho
said petition will be heard and duly considered
By this court on Monday, the 10Th day of Octo-
Der A. D.. 1908 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
that day. at the court rooms Of this court, in tho
city of Washburn county of Mclean and state
Of North Dakota, and you, and each of you, arc
hereby cited to be and appear before this court
at said time and place. and answer said petit
ton, and show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of said petition should not DO granted.
[Seall 6. Oleeirson,
Judge of the County Court.
Dated the Sd day of September A. D. 1908.
Let the service of the above citation be made
by publishing the same in the Washburn Lead
er, a weekly newspaper printed and published
in the city of Washburn, Mclean county, N. D.,
once each week for three consecutive week.
[Seal] g. Olgeirson,
10 Judge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Bids Wanted.

Notice is hereby given that the board Of coun-
ty commissioners will receive sealed bids for
grading approaches to bridge between sections
i H. st to COUNTY So,af,Sa s,n aTSS eFaI pian 50 and ns e Estimates asesl on
file in the county auditors office.
And bids to be considered, by the Board; must
give the price per cubic yard for which the
bidder is willing to do the work.
The Commissioner reserve the right to reject
any or all bids.
AZ bids submitted mnst be sealed and marked
Bids will be opened Oct. 18th, 1908 at 2 o'clock
p. M.
BY order of board of county commissioners the
satisfactory bond for faithful performance of
o. B. Wing. Auditor Of Mclean Co.
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Notices.

heading will be charged le%gaIrates
IN accordance with the ruling Of the
Mclean County Press Association,
and no affidavit will be Issued until
all publication charges are paid.
Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office
Devils Lake, N. d., Aug. 10th. 1908.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office By Owen Arthur Merrill, contest
ant against homestead entry No. $685. made
June q: 1907, for the nwA of section Il, town
tee, in which it is alleged that said claimant
has wholly abandoned said land, that he has
changed his residence therefrom for more than
six months last past, that he has not %cultivat-
ed nor improved said land as required by law
that such default does now exist, and that said
alleged absence from the said land was not due
to his employment in the army, navy or marine
corps of the United States as Q private soldier.
officer, seaman or marine. during the war with
States may be engaged, and said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10. O'Clock
a. m. on September IS, 1908 before Karl Klein.
q notary public, at Washburn, N, Z, and that
final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock q m Sep
TENDER Is, 1908, before the register and receiver
at the United States Land Office in Devils
Lake, ND,
The said contestant hearing in a proper ,aff1-
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby. Or
dered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper, publication.
VIM. Miller, Register
F. NJ, Cockburn, Receiver
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-18
Anarchy That Is ssJust as Bad.

Anarchy That Is ssJust as Bad.
1t seems that the firm of stockbro-
kers which failed in New York ow-
ing millions really used a capital of
only $4,000 to manipulate stocks rep
resenting owe $1O,OOO,O00. There was
little real value back of any Of their
deals, and the large transactions in
which they engaged were the widest
kind of gambling, even for Wall street.
This is q condition of financial anarchy
and is as destructive Of confidence,
which is the soul Of business, as an
other kind Of anarchy is. or aims to be.
of property.
Conservative business men. even
those who believe in stock invest
ments, are continually decrying the
wild methods Of speculation which
brought ruin to Brown & Co. and
financial loss to their clients. 1t is
an axiom with conservatives that Il
should not risk in stocks money they
cannot afford to loose. The Brown
firm risked but little. yet its patrons
risked and lost millions. Surely no
knot Of investors can drop so much in
one furry without some of the number
feeling it keenly. Here is at least one
field where guarantees of a fair deal
are needed. And there already exists
one form of guarantee which eager in
v%estors too often overlook-the guar
antee that goes with established repu-
tation. Brokers may be found in every
financial center who draw the line at
methods which if they shall become
general will destroy all confidence and
bring anarchy on all the business
world.
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ASSESSED VALUATION.
assessed valuation. for prior We;

ASSESSED VALUATION.
Assessed valuation for prior year
1907.
Value Of farm lands, city
and village real estate. $$33,297,S55
Value Of personal property. 2,626,S39
Total ........ ........ S., 1924, 694
Assessed valuation for current
year 1908.
Value Of farm lands, city
and village real estate. /. S., 1893
Value Of personal property. 2,6O1,434
COUNTY 5GsSI OFFICERS OF is,SyH;1l1
COUNTY.
Chairman board of county commits
sioners-Hans Hultberg.
Commissioner, pst district-Hans
Hultberg.
Commissioners, I'd district. L.
Mackey.
Commissioners, Sd district-Frank
Putt.
States Attorney-Wm. L. Nuessle.
Sheriff-John A. Beck.
Clerk of Court-G. o. Raugust.
County Judge. Olgierson.
Register of Deeds-H. G. Nygaard.
Superintendent Of schools-H. G
Olson.
Coroner-Wm. Hambleton.
Surveyor FIR. Breitzmann.
All warrants payable on demand.
List of bondsmen for A. T. Daniel
son, county treasurer, Northern Trus.
Co. of Fargo, N. D., $40, 100000.
State of North Dakota, County of
Mclean, SIS.
We, A. T. Danielson, treasurer, and
o.. B. Wing, auditor of said county,
being ~severally duly sworn, on oath
say that the exhibits and statements
herein contained are correct as ap-
pears from the books in their respec-
tive offices.
A. T. DAN1ELsoN, Treas.
o. B. WING, Auditor.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of Aug, 1908.
A. B. ANDERSON, Notary Public,
Mclean county, N. D.
My Commission expires Nov. %,
1913.
81. ~ 'L - .-.e. Hr $50