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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-10
Malcolm.

Mr.. Walter Cedgren is building
a fine house on his homestead.
Mrs. S. A. Johnson's daughter
and niece from Minnesota are
here visiting. They expect to re-
main until after the 4th.
Miss Sandburg closed the
Malcolm School No. 2 with a fine
program last week.
Miss Holmquist closed school
No. / Monday. A number Of
parents and friends were present
to hear the program which was
we'll rendered.
Commissioners F. L. Mackey
was out looking over the roads in
and around this community last
week.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Spalding are the
proud parents Of baby girl.
r. "A. Robinson is entertaining
his brother and sister and their
families from Emmett n. %. They
will spend the 4th in Underwood. &
Andrew Stohl was il Washburn
Thursday to make final proof
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-10
Newspaper Ads are Best.

Through careful experiment
made by the, manager of Hurtig 4
Seamon's Music Hall, one hundred
and twenty-6fth street, New York
it was discovered that Is per cent
of those who attend the perform.
ances are induced to visit the the.
ater by the newspaper ads.
G. p. Grenecker. the manager
said he placarded all the fences in
Harlem with billboards telling oi
his show, employed ten sandwich
men" to walk about the streets
sent out 5000 postal cards te
Harlem residents and distributed
25,OOO handbills. All last week
slips of paper were passed to the
auditors on which they we're asked
to designate what had attracted
them to the playhouse. The
printed requests were:
"What attracted your attention
oathe fact that Mr.. McAllister is
appearing in Hurtig & Seamons p
"Did you see it in newspaper
Did you see it on, a billboard? Did
you see it on a moping wagon!
Ora man carrying signP Was
it by means Of a postal card? Was
it by hearsay? If not by any Of
these means, please state what in
duced you to come"
Practically everyone who re-
ceived a slip Of paper told what
had attracted him or her to the
playhouse, and a count of the slips
showed that more than Is per cent
Of the audience had been attracted
by the newspaper advertisements.
"This shows conclusively," Gre
necker said, "that we make no mis-.
take in giving the bulk Of our ap-
preparation for advertising to the
newspapers.
sIf this is true Of amusement adj
vertising it is true Of the advertis-
ing Of other local business enter
prises. There is no getting away
from the fact that the newspaper
gets in closer and more intimate
touch, with the public than any
other medium.
Why is it, then, asks the Editor
and Publisher, that many other
wise shrewd and far-sighted busi-
nessmen allow themselves to be
persuaded to spend their money on
mediums that bring them only
meager returns?
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-10
A Successful Celebration

A SuCCeSSlul IeleDfal1On
Saturday, the last day of the
Mclean County Fair was a day
long to be remembered by the
5000 who were present on that day.
The attendance on that day was
the best in the history Of the fair,
and the gate receipts on the Fourth
were $500. The weather man did
his best all three days of the Fair
there being neither wind nor rain
The specials from Plaza were
crowdedeach day, teams from all
parts Of the county
came with loaded rigs
and some brought tents and
stayed all three days, The McClusky
and Plaza bands furnished music
on the first and last days and the
Washburn Jr. band played Friday.
The boys did theis best and the
playing was appreciated by all.
The races were interesting and
the managers are to be congratulate
ed upon the way the program was
put through each day. There
were very few exhibits owing to the
early season. Harry Carnahan
won several blue ribbons on his
exhibition of poultry.
The ball game on Thursday be-
tween Washburn and Turtle Lake
was almost a walkaway for our
team. the score being IA to 1.
This was the tie game between
these teams and was looked for
ward,to with great interest but
was too much onesided to be call
ed a good game. The game
between Elbowoods and Under
wood. played on the same day,
was won by Underwood by a score
of 6 and 5. On Friday McClusky
and Garrison played. The score
was 10 to 6 in favor of McClusky.
The winning teams were to play
on the Fonrth: At four the game
was called and Washburn played
McC Clusky, or rather tried to
play. The first four innings were
interesting after that, Tauer in the
box, was rather unlucky and the
NcC Clusky boys found every ball.
In fact the whole team went to
pieces badly and many errors were
made and no more scores added to
the three made in the second
inning while the McClusky boys
rode the merry-go-round to the
tune of l3. Richards was put in
the box at the seventh inning but
too late to save the game.
There was a bowery
dance every evening
and the music was furnished by
the Mandan orchestra. The
Indians also gave a dance each
evening. Spectators paid their
fec but were not al
lowed to participate. The dance
was given at twilight and was a
beautiful sight to even those who
had seen Indian war dances q
great many times The committee
who had the fair in charge, are to-
be congratulated on the three days
success and Underwood again
demonstrated her ability to enter
tain the people Of the county.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-10

Discomfort
and It's Cure

trolling IN the soil itself,
in the plant, in the animal;
and in his associations with
his fellowmen. His intellect
ual stimulus must come from the
farmers institute, from the agri-
cultural experiment stations and
from his educational agricultural
paper,
This new education has gone
far enough in the last few years to
demonstrate that the farms of the
United States are not on an avera-
ge yielding more than one-half the
net proceeds possible, and very
often no profit at all if the waste
Of fertility is considered. In other
words, the loss Of fertility is quite
equal to, if not in excess Of the
actual rent. The fertility is vast
ed by bad farming until but half
a crop is produced. That half
crop is often wasted by feeding it
to the wrong kind Of stock or in
unbalanced ration, or both. and
the products sold in the wrong
market.
These wasteful methods have
been going on in the West and in
the Easta as well as ever since the
settlement of the country, until
thoughtful men are beginning to
see clearly that unless this is
changed by brain work and more
intensive farming, the profits will
not only continue to decrease but
the values of,the land themselves
must depriciate in the market. :
So far, speaking broadly, the
American people have been a ma
tion of soil robbers, ever grasping
after lands of virgin fertility, which
they robbed for. twenty or thirty
years, and then moved west on a
search for more virgin soils to
despoil of the stored fertility of
the ages.
There is no discomfort on farms
where maximum crops are grown,
the soil growing richer all the
while because farmed more wisely
and where the boys and girls are
given small interest in some way
in the proceeds of the farm.
Properly farmed, the soils of the
corn and grass states would easily
support both its present population
and it's natural increase, and also
provide homes for the disco1tented
in the city who have sufficient ca
pacity to understand the principles
of farming, No farmer should be
satisfied with growing forty
bushels Of corn where he can just
as we'll raise sixty, or with a ton
and half of hay per acre on land
that, properly farmed can easily
grow two and a half.
If the farmers generally could
only be brought to understand
the tremendous waste of fertility
that has been going on most farms
ever since the white man drove
out the Indian, if he could be
brought to understand that there
are laws that govern in the soil as
we'll as in the soul, and these laws
can not be violated with impunity,
and that nature will take her re-
venge on those who violate her
laws, the problem would be easy Of
solution.
There are farms hundreds and
thousands Of them who are put
ting their brains into their work
and are demonstrating every
proposition that we have stated
above; but they fail to realize that
not only themselves but the
whole community, the entire state
and nation, are deeply interested
in this new education, which, as
we have stated, must begin at home
in the neigh borhood. It must
modify the teaching in our
common school, must force q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-10

the utmost poSltlveness ana as
surance that farm homes in any
and every land should be homes of
that the air is purer;
that there is a maximum of sun
shine; that the food contains the
maximum of nutrition and the
minimum of adultration; that
there is less Of the grind Of daily
toll; and that the farm is the best
of all places to fill the main if not
the chief end of existence ce-the
rearing Of a family of virtuous,
healthy and vigorous children.
The farm in every land has all
these advantages, and yet in every
land there is more or less discon-
tent. as shown by the tendency of
farmers and their families to
emigrate from the farm either to
the city or town, or some other
farming section, where the grass
is greener, the sunshine brighter,
the conditions of existence easier.
Europe is sending her hundreds
of thousands, many of them farm
bred, to this and other countries
each year. In our own land the
farm or rural population is steadily
decreasing not only in proportion
to urban or city population
but absolutely, except in the
sections more newly open to settle
ment. Some Of this emigration is
not to be deplored. There are
many boys and girls born on the
farm better fitted by natural in.
stincts to follow some other
occupation, and they should do so
In the United States there are
sections growing fewer and fewer
each year, however, that offers
rare inducements sufficient to
justify removal to them; but the
time is at hand when some means
must be found to check this move
ment, especially of boys and girls,
from the farm to the city.
This is in our judgement but one
efficient cure, namely, agricultural
education that will make farm life
at once more enjoyable aud more
profitable. Practically, this
education should begin in our
rural schools. Heretofore our rural
school education has been such as
to incline our young people to
leave the farm. Teachers have
heretofore for the most part had
no sympathy with farm life. Many
of them are not able to frame a
problem in arithmetic in farm
terms. They know little or
nothing of the process Of growth
and developement Of plant and
animal. Their asperations for the
future are not in the direction of
the country life but of the town.
Hence their potent though possible
unconscious influence on their
pupils is to point them directly
downward aud not farmward. This
should be the logical beginning Of
the education, but unfortunately
new movements do not begin
logically.
Until the farmer = demands
teachers in sympathy with farm
life they will not be in the market
Unfortunately the farmer himself
is not always in full sympathy
with farm life. He is not always
conducting his farm as a purpose
in view, but is often farming for a
living because he can ses nothing,
else to do, and would drop it in a
minute if he could fndlsome other
life that would be easier and more
remunerative where he could live
at all. Therefore, this agricultu-
raj education, which will dispel.
this rural discomfort, must begin
with the farmer himself. He must
become q thorough farmer, which
he can do only BY putting his.
brains into his work, BY under
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-10

The leap year girls did we'll
during the month Of June 81
marriage licenses were issued by
cur county judge including one
for himself. a G -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-07-10

a It does seem strange that our
city council is unable to protect
the city against stray animals.
~ is an outrage which would not
be tolerated IN any other city Of
the state.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
When Woman Ruled.

Stories in the Old Testament take
on a new interest in the light of our
present knowledge of the ancient peri
cd of femme rule. According to Genesis
H., "a, a man shall leave his father
and mother and cleave 10 his wife.
Now this does not mean that they
shall set up housekeeping together;
it is not slur upon the primitive
mother-in-law. 1t means that he
must leave his clan and enter that of
his wife. So, too, we understand the
tribulations of Jacob. When this pa
triarch stole away with his two wives
Leah and Rachel, from the home of
his father-in-law he was committing
the most heinous of all offenses, for
his marriage had made him a member
of his wives clan. He had become
their property. And much later in
history Samson marries a woman in
Philistia, and has 10 go there to visit
her.
Woman" says Tertullian thou
art the cate of hell" 1t is unneces-
sary to quote the well-known opinions
of the fathers in this respect. The
stern provisions of the Christian
juriss ctame into conflict with the
milder customs of the barbaians.
Among the Visigoths, Bavarians and
Burgundians no mails kinsman could IL
terfere with the wife's guardianship
of her children.
According to Manouvrier the an
thropologist the average cranial capa-
city in cubic centimeters of men in
the stone age was 1,544, as against
1900 of modern Parisians; that of
woman in the stone age was 1,422, as
against only 1888 to-day.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
The Society Breakfast.

One of the latest fads of the branch
of society that calls itself ultra
fashionable" is the Sunday breakfast
at the high hour of / o'clock. 1t is
the unwritten law to invite only in
mate friends to these breakfast" par
ties, and it is certain the innovation
will find its greatest popularity during
the summer. Mrs. John Jacob Astor
has introduced the breakfast parties
here and Mrs. John r. Mclean has
brought them in favor in Washington.
The idea has been borrowed form
England and it has a certain merit 70
commend it. For one thing tine
Sunday breakfast is the only gather
ing of the week that does not end
with cards or other forms of racking
relaxation. Mrs. Astor has decreed
that these breakfast parties" must
strive for simplicity and as a result
society has taken them up with avidi-
" as offering a needed relief from
the eXactions of the week. They al
so afford the best chance for Ih~
friendly exchange of small talk, and
in general give the members of the
society that is driven from pillar "a
post an opportunity 20 get acquaint-
ed with one another.-New Yorl
Press
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
Caution for the Large Woman

The large woman must be careful
in her choice of clothes this season.
Besides being a flowery age, this is
an age of classical draperies but the
large woman finds both styles a menace
to her appearance. One can not even
though one be broad minded consent
10 endure the spectacle of a large
woman draped in soft, classical folds
or with kimona sleeves or Greek
borders on her frock. 1t is too near
the borders of the ridiculous and has
a fatal tendency to recall the
appearance of beloved Nine.
Schumann-Hink in her cloudlike
apparel. 1t was almost the dis
loyalty of of wotan when We be-
held his spouse atJired in classical
pink drperies. So it is with the large
woman of to-day when she insists on
draping herself after the fashion of
the moment in the picturesque severi-
~ of up-to-date Paris models. She
must not be flowery, nor must she be
classical. She must confine herself to
the obviously conventional style. Pic
turesque eXaggerations are not for her,
nor the girlish, sweetly simple sty-
les that do SO nicely for rather under
sized sister. She must cling closely not
only to conventional styles but TO
moderate expressions of those styles.
Also the large woman must beware
of bright colors, and bright colors of
every sort are absolutely demanded
by fashion this spring but the stout
woman must turn stern face toward
those who would beguile her in this
fashion. Whatever tho modiste may
say she must declare once and for
all that pink, pale blues vivid blues,
red and salmo are colors out of her
category. Quiet colors dull colors and
dark color wherever possible-those ar
the saving possibilities of the large
woman.
This seasons hats also--at least
those which are first to appear-have
not considered her in the least. The
wide flat hats, so wide would not be
so bad for some large woman-those
who are tall-tall enough to more than
outpoint their breadth and thickness
but for the woman who is stout they
are quite impossible. AS for the tall
hats which seem TO be built up in
stories-first story and basement mas
ses of flowers; second story hat; third
story feathers, ascending in what
seems to be a pennon flying from the
parapet-this style of hat is for the
large woman of course impossible. Sti
she has the Mephistopheles hat to de-
pand on and if she likes simplicity in
headgear, this is certainly something
not to be sneered at.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
The Story OF a Medicine.

Its name-rGolden Medical Discovery =
was suggested by one OF its most import
ant and valuable ingredients - Colleen
Seal root.
Nearly forty years ago, Or. Pierce dis
covered that he could, By tho Use Of pure,
triple-rcfined glycerine, aided by a GER
tain degree OF constantly maintained
heat and with the aid of apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose, ex-
tract from our most valuable native me-
dlcinal roots their curative properties
much better than by the use Of alcohol,
so generally employed. So the now world
famed rGoldcn Medical Discovery" for
the cure OF weak stomach, indigestion. or
dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and
kindred derangemenf was first made, as
II eyer s!rSe las bSen. without a particle
of alcohol N Its maRe-up.-
sr a slSIice,s @ list to Of Us ingTed'
will show that IL is made from the most
valuable medicinal ro&s\ Mound growing
In our American foresfAS All these In
gradients have received the SIr0lgest en-
dofseInent lfOm the lending RedlcaI ex:
perlS-L2aGklIs LIZ -,Yrites---l -An'sllQ
Wellc1 who -ecnmDienQ Lhenn,- as-Ica-X very
Sfst Esnsdl sS foE tAe diseases foE YAish
Attic book OF these endorsements has
been compiled by DIR. r. V. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, n. Y. and will be mailed free 10
any one asking same by postal card, or
letter addressed to the Doctor as above.
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books of all the differ
ent schools of practice, it will be found
that the ingredients competing the "Gold-
en- Medical Discovery" are advised not
only for the cure Of the above mentioned
diseases, but also for the cure of all ca
tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
accompanied with catarrhal discharges,
hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or
hangs coughs, and all those wasting
affections which, II not promptly and
properly treated are liable to terminate
in consumption. Take DR.. Pierce's Dis
covery in time and persevere In its use
until you give 1t fair trial and II Is not
likely to disappoint. Too much must not
be expected of 1t. 1t will not perform
miracles. 1t will not. cure consumption
In its advanced stages. No medicine will.
1t tCul cure the affections that lead up TO
consumption, If taken IN time.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
GAS TORIA.
Bears the sIhs Kind You Rars Alsas Sought
'''. .; &AzZu
Young Men Rapidly Filling Sen
ate.

The proportion of young men in the
senate is growing rapidly. The num-
Der of old-times is dwindling steadi-
ly. Recent months have removed two
of the oldest of the old-times, SEN
ators Morgan and Whyte. While Sen
ator Pettus was of advanced age, he
was not old in point OF senate service
SO that he can hardly be considered
in this connection despite the fact he
was Sc at the time of his demise.
But seven senators have served for
three terms or period equivalent 10
three terms. They are Senator ALI
son, Hale, of Maine; Frye of Maine;
Aldrich of Rhode Island; Cullom, of
Illinois; Teller, Of Colorado, and Dan
iel, of Virginia. Senator Allison entered
the senate March 4, 1878, and is now
in his thirty-sixth year of senate SER
vice. Senator Hale began March 4,
1887 Senator Frye, March Is, 1881,
Senator Aldrich, October 5, 1881; Sen
ator Cullom, March 4, 1883; Senator
Teller, March 4, 1885, and Senator
Daniel, March 4. 1887.
Senator Allison is past 70, Senator
Hale is Marty ~. Senator Frye will
be II in September, Senator Aldrich
is &C, Senator Cullom will be 70 next
December, Senator Teller will be rs
in May and Senator Daniel will lie c6
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
Water of the SimplOn Tunnel

The water encountered at same
places during the boring of the Simp-
Ion tunnel says the Engineering Re
cord, was remarkable for the entire
absence of chlorine from it in which
respect it was new to chemists. Sew
veral geolog SITS and analysts have rea.
ched the conclusion that the water
had never been on the surface OF the
earth; but no very satisfactory ex.
PLANTATION of its presence in the rock
at the situation of the tunnel has yet
been made.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
Weather Effects.

Remarks about the weather are com.
mon but few people know the vas,
effect of the weather. Favorable
weather brings prosperity and happines
to all the world. Unfavorable weather
wanr and misery. All that we eat
and wear depends on the weather
Without heat, sunshine and rain, moth
ing would be produced. Weather con-
ditions effect the welfare of every be-
ing. Too much rain floods and de-
stroys. Too much rain floods and burns
up. Social life is affected by wealth
er. Good weather makes people better
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
Like a Boys Pocket.

On killing a Plymouth Rock fowl at
Charlton, in Kent county, Eng, Mr..
Charles Downes found the following
extraordinary collection in its crop
About 20 pieces of glass, one cartridge
six halls, one tin tack a ia inch
screw, ~ inch copper rivet, one
bone collar stud, one shirt button, six
trouser buttons, one brass stud, five
pieces of coal, one clock screw and one
boot button.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
Bad makes them worse.

Bad makes them worse.
The fate of armies, the contests in
politics that fix the course of ma
tions, are more or less affected by
weather conditions.
In The old times when the parties
In this country were Wings and DEM
ocrats a rainy day meant success
for the Democrats. The Wings were
of the dignified class that would not
come out in bad weather. Think of
il, and see to what extent the weather
has affected your own life.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22

next September. Both in years and
length of service, Senator Allison is
the dean of the senate. Senator Gull
lom, of Illinois, however is less than
year younger than he. and Senator
Teller is younger by only IA months.
Within a year Senator Teller will
end his term and will quit the sem
ate and this will still further deplete
the ranks of the old-times while the
question whether Senator Allison is
TO return is still unsettled, and will
not be determined until the Iowa pri-
maries in June.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
Hair Ornaments Much Worn.

Among the pretty hair ornaments
that are shown in the shops the con-
ventional wreath of small flowers has
its place. Pink daisies or very small
white or pink roses are preferred for
this style of head dress. which is al
ways very becoming. Hair ornaments
are not worn by the younger debu-
lan.e set.