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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
A Defense OF Newport.

From time immemorial, 1t has been
the journalistic habit to brand Rhode
Islands former semicapital as the hap
py hunting ground OF Mammon and its
votaries. Newport has become the
synonym for all that is obnoxious to
the great majority which has never
felt the magic of its influence or tasted
the sweetness of its delights. The ac-
copied view of those who hold the
Newport colony in contempt, albeit
that scorn is tinctured with a gener-
Gus flavor Of envy, is that the jewellers
of the exclusive city by the sea are
a group of degenerates upon whose
hands time hangs SO heavily that they
are ready to snatch at any prospect of
! amusement, no matter how absurd or
depraved, that will serve to release
them from u moment of boredom.
At last an energetic apologist for
the maligned Newporter has risen in
the we'll groomed person Of MI. Gou-
verneur Morris. whose very name
should carry conviction, even though
his pen fail to do the trick. He comes
to the defense of the rich leisure class
with a vim that must excite the Won
der and admiration Of the most languld
cliff dweller. What are the facts? he
demands. Instead of waiting for
some one to answer he does it him
self. The facts, of course, are" he
declares. ''that the rich leisure class
contains perhaps as large a percentage
Of honest fathers, good mothers and
well brought up children as the poor
working class; that in this respect it
compares f%avorably ever with the
poor leisure class"
Then Mr.. Gouverneur Morris makes
q statement which must have required
all the courage he could summon to
his aid. Hear him: "Now, If there is
one thing that the American people
cannot and will not df they can help
i) stand 1t is the person who en-
deavors to live his own life in his own
way and mind his own business. The
American considers those who differ
with him in life, means and point OF
view not merely inferior but immoral
characters"
Is it possible that Mr.. Morris has
made an original discovery:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
The Awakening Of China.

According to Minister WI, the Chi.
nese emperor's able representative in
Washington, the Celestial Kingdom is
in dead earnest today in its efforts to
deserve and maintain its place among
the worlds powers. The old regime
has passed, and progress is In the sad.
die Twenty-Five years ago Minister
WI was himself a student Of western
institutions. He described his troubles
in a recent speech to 126 Chinese boys
now being educated in an American
school:
When l began learning the English
language competent teachers were not
easily ~obtainable. Western learning was
despised, and those who wished to study
1t had to do it privately. Foreign edu-
down upon. They were considered almost
barbarians and traitors. In cases of ne
cessity when their services were required
they were principally employed as trans
lators or interpreters. They were not in
trusted with responsible functions or ap-
pointed to important posts In the. govern
ment service. 1t is a well known fact
IIdl OpOl llo return VI SAC w Y
ment students to China In 1881 they were
not properly or fairly treated.
But times have happily changed, and
the conditions are at present different
Western science and knowledge are eager
ly sought after now. What was despised
before is now appreciated. Schools and
colleges for western sciences are being
established everywhere, and students are
sent abroad; hence you are here.
The general cry in China today Is
for reforms and for competent men to
carry them out. The reforms demand
ed are social and professional as well
as political. China's eyes have been
opened by the wonderful success OF
the Japanese in mastering the methods
in trade. diplomacy and war Of the
white race. Her farsighted mer
know that she must learn western
ways. and learn them rapidly, or she
Will perish as a nation. In referring
to the proposed Chinese-American al
lance Minister WI, pointing to thu
Chinese students. said:
The cordial way in which these young
men are received everywhere is gratify-
ing as showing how kindly the American
people feel toward those Of China. Later
these young men will go home and go to
work, every one q friend Of America,
This. you see, is something OF al alliance
IN itself.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
Mike and Wall Street.

My combination gardener, goat keep
er, chore boy and man Of all work is
like Wall street In one respect. He
cannot stand prosperity. Whenever
the country grows prosperous Wall
street is not satisfied until it goes off
on a regular debauch of speculation
and all the surplus disappears. When
eve Mike gets his months wages he
is not content until he goes off into a
little different sort of debauch and
gets rid Of his surplus in the same
way. The only difference between the
two is that Mike does not water his
stock.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
TOURING THE NORTHWEST
Bryan Speaks at the Fargo IN. D.)
Fair Grounds.

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 2.-William J.
Bryan, Democratic candidate for the
presidency, continued his campaign in
the Northwest. Upon his arrival here
he was met by Governor John Burke,
State Chairman j. L. Cashel, National
Committeeman Frank Collins, George
w. Poague, county chairman Of Cass
county, and J. B. Eaton, congressional
committeeman, and many other prom
inent Democrats and conducted to the
Hotel Metropole, where Mr.. Bryan be-
fore partaking of breakfast shook
hands with the crowd which filed into
the lobby.
At the station several hundred per-
Fons assembled and cheered the pres
idential candidate as he aligbted from
the train. A street demonstration
was a feature of his visit, the people
cheering, clapping hands and waving
handkerchiefs.
After breakfast Mr.. Bryan proceed
ed to the fair grounds and there held
a reception, preliminary to a speech.
At noon he was rendered a banquet,
prairie chicken constituting one of the
main dishes.
Mr.. Bryan gave to his speech here
an agricultural color owing to the fact
shat he was in a farming country.
The Illustrations which he used were
gathered from the farm and the issues
presented were those that appealed
especially to the farmer. He dwelt
upon the subjects covered by his no.
LITIGATION speech and pointed out as
he did then the things which he said
have operated to take the government
nut of the hands of the people and
named the remedies which the Demo
Gratis propose.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
OF FORESTS.
The Old Bay state Is Now Taking the
Initiative.

The Old Bay state Is Now Taking the
Initiative.
The preservation Of the forests is a
problem second to none in present I'M
Dortance and in its outlook toward the
future. without trees u country
would be a desert, and the rapid den
ndation Of u New England hills is
already beginning to have its effect
nnon our streams and rivers and upon
our water supply. The invention OF
wood pulp paper and the rapid extern
sion Of the industry throughout the
country, together with the increase OF
newspaper circulation, have stimulated
the destruction Of the forests to such
a degree that steps are already being
taken to preserve them before it Is too
late.
Congress- has attempted to take a
hand in the matter, but so far with
little avail, and it now remains for the
individual states affected to see what
they can do. The first step would seem
to be the development of paper making
from some rapidly growing and an
nually re%appearing substance, such as
cornstalk fiber, instead Of from the
slowly rising tree which cannot be re-
placed except after years Of renewal
and growth.
AS was to be expected, Massachu-
sets is taking the initiative. To the
governors of the other five New Eng
land states Governor Guild has sent
out a request for a conference, and it
will be held at the Algonquin club
in Boston on the 14th of September.
The six governors will then confer and
deliberate over the best a to be
taken for the preservation of u for
ests, and it is probable that arrange
ments will be made for the calling Of
a New England business conference at
some time Immediately following the
presidential election. If it should be
held, says Governor Guild in his letter,
it should come at that time Sin order
that its work might not be confused
with the politics of the presidential.
campaign" One Of the especial OBJ
jects Of this meeting Of the governor
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
The First "watered Stock

One cannot turn a corner in this
county without humping into history.
The latest thing / have run into is a
story of Daniel Drew. He took his
rise here or hereabouts and in an early
day bought and drove stock to the
New York market.
The story makes It appear that Dan.
iel Drew was the financial II not the
physical ancestor Of most Of our mod
lern captains OF industry. He gave
birth to the term "watered stock" Il
twas In this wise:
Before reaching the weighing scales
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
Tho First Potatoes.

Sir Walter Raleigh, who shares with
Sir Francis Drake the honor of first
introducing the potato in England,
lived at Brixton, England, ear Eliza.
beth's House. Formby. in Lancashire,
also claims the honor Of being the site
of the first culture of the potato in that
country. They are said to have been
grown there by a Formby man who
sailed with Sir Walter.
The earliest cultivation of the potato
in the British islands was probably at
Youghal, on the south coast Of Ireland,
where this great navigator had. an es-
tate.
1t has been generally accepted that
the potato was taken to Europe from
Virginia and that it was cultivated.
there by the natives. Sir Joseph Banks
and De Condelle both lent the weight
Of their authority to this view, but 1t
has been ascertained that the Indians
of Virginia, though they used a number
Of tuberous roots. did not know u poA
tato.
One Of these was the plant sometimes
grown as an ornamental climber in our
gardens and called by botanists Apios.
tuberosa. The Indians called the roots
potatoes, and the French Canadians
knew them as pommes de terre, and
our potato, being a native of South
America, was scarcely likely to be.
known to the Indians OF Virginia.
Yet the potato was undoubtedly
introduced in England as part Of the
cargo Of n of Sir Richard Grenville's
ships and landed at Plymouth, and the
ship had gone direct from Virginia and.
called nowhereaon the way. On the
voyage home, however. 1t had encoun-
tered and captured a Spanish ship from
santo Domingo. The potatoes we're 9
part Of. the cargo of the $latter.yessel.
TEHF az 49, a aF.aE 49, ETtI-F MI hA2 ILNykN Il - I'll
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

most popular where the fruit is ship.
ped. The humanSSeye is the great buy,
er OF fruit.
Apples that are sold for first class
fruit should be handled III i careful
manner while being picked and then
carefully laid Ia piles 81 he gro,l1s
where the sun caGnot reach them nr
removed to the barn for q few days
andleft ii piles. 81 as pegyasis soass.ss,
OF the moisture to8eyaporsste ana the
skin Il become toughened. IN walie.!,,
condition the fruit will stand up bet;
ter while beinf:. shipped md Keep ksrgg
er when packed than IL win when put
into the barrel as fast as5 It IS sspicked
from thestres. % sss$
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
+ arm ano
Garden
HANDLING APPLES.

Fruit Must Be Put Up, For Market In
Attractive Style.
Radical changes must come about III
the methods Of grading. packing and
marketing our home grown fruits If we
succeed in maintaining our present
trade in the home markets. California
fruit is having a greater influence on
the prices of fruit in the eastern mar
kets every year, and this competition
Is sure to drive many eastern fruit
prowers-out of the business unless 1t is
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

The dismissal OF the two ringleaders
in the West Point hazing case and the
suspension for a year Of six others
was a triumph for law and discipline.
The hazers did what they did In abso.
lutte defiance Of law. What sort Of
officers would such young men makei
How would the defenseless private
soldier fare at their handsi
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
caIl for Democratic COMMITTEES.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-secretary Urey
Woodson of the Democratic national
committee has sent out ~noticesSto all
members of the national committee
requesting their presence at aSneet:
ing to be held here on Sept. 8 No
specific reason for the calling of the
meeting was given, but it was under.
stood that plans for the campaign will
be discussed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
TWENTY SEVEN OF
The CREW PERISH
Only Five Escape From Wreck
Of British Bark.

Meath, Wales, Sept. 2.-The British
bark Amazon, for 1quique from Port
Talbot, has been wrecked a the
latter port. Only five of her rev out
of thirty-two were saved. Six bodies
already have been washed ashore.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
potato Bugs stop Cars.

Bristol, Conn, Sept. Potato
bugs on the rails at Lazy Lane stalled
eight trolley cars laden with excurs
3sionists bound to Lake Compoynce. In
spite OF the terrific slaughter tho bugs
held possession OF the tracks until the
carmen could sand the tracks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

GOVERNOR GUILD OF MASSACHUSETTS.
with his associates will be to devise
means whereby a greater uniformity
of action may be secured in the leg
islation among the several states In
the Union. But the greatest result
should be in the stimulus 1T will give
to public opinion and in its awakening
of us to the fact that the forests must
and shall be preserved.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

Fighting Bob Evans says there
VIM be no war with Japan. Now let
Hobson rage and Count 0kuma Inn n
aginesa vain thing!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

Rear Admiral sperry. in command
OF our sixteen battleships, knows how
to save coal Would that he could, i'm
part the secret to the hired Girl in q.
million homes!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

Great things are expected Of electric
fly ON the farm Of the future. Give II
something easy at first. Let 1t teach
. wabbly calf to drink milk out Of q
pail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

Thesman who 1rst made use Of that
saying that what goes up must come
down. evidently didn't have much trou-
BILE with the cost Of living IA bis day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
The Useful sunhower:

Sunfower seeds are said to give g
extra fine flavor toseggss and are much
used By the French people for thatspurs
pose. Remember this when you plant
your gardensSan n drop ii ON seeds
around the edges and IL the odd cor
ners. A few planted a the SIM
drain will help to keep away miasnnaSa
and give you heads of reed thatSWills
sbe mammothsin size.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04
Grouches and Rivers.

The worst foe Of mankind in this age
Is the crouch. This imp of the evil
one goes about seeking whom it may
get into a bad temper. The color Of
the crouch is a dark blue, and one Of
it's most familiar forms is as a cloud
over our mental sunshine.
The crouch is a bigger liar than any
whom President Roosevelt has in his
justly celebrated gallery. 1t whispers
into it's victims ear that he is no
good, that he is a failure in life, that
he might as well be dead and all that
sort of childish, negative nonsense.
The crouch also spoils a mans dis
position so that he wants to abuse his
family and fight with his best friend.
1t has the same effect on the milk Of
human kindness that a thunderstorm
does on that which we get from the
brindled COW called Spec.
Whenever I recognize the fact that
this monster Of the abyss is after me
I either go to work and exercise 1t by
sheer muscular exertion or go out on
to the little old platform in front Of
my crooked house and let the air from
the river blow the phantom away. The
breath from the face of the waters al
ways gives a benediction. Whether
at morn or eve, noon or night, 1t has a
touch of sanity, of calm, Of cooling.
that is good for obsessfons and blues.
The sense mind is the father Of lies.
and the crouch is his eldest child.
This indigo monster is an elemental
that fastens on u souls and sucks
away our happiness as the vampire
sucks blood. The crouch Is the gum
tessence Of doubt, weakness and petu-
lance.
The air from the river is like q
breath from the eternal country. and
1t clears up this mist Of falsehood as
the morning breeze curls up and BAN
ishes the tents of the fog.
Down the road a little way is the
old home Of George P. Morris, who
wrote "Woodman, Spare That Tree"
1t is evident that the woodman did
spare that tree, also. several others,
for the place is a veritable forest. SO
that the house Is almost invisible.
I used to long above all other things
to be given the power to make the
world free, but now know that
would not do, for 1t would deprive
the people Of the experience, the
strength and the self reliance gained
BY making themselves free.
Men and women are the only things
on the earth that are of real value
Any system that prevents the highest
progress and development Of men and
women will be swept out. Neither boo
die nor saltpeter will save It
/ am not always an optimist, but that
Is my misfortune. ! sometimes have
grouches. but never make the mistake
Of thinking there is virtue Id a crouch.
"A man has only one real enemy, anl
that Is himself. All others are but
seeming foes who % do him no per
manent harm.
IA man who can smile with the tooth
ache may not be martyr, but he 4
q good imitation.
JAMES 4. EDGERToN.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

"A man has only one real enemy, and
that is himself. All others. are but
seeming foes who can do him no per.
manent harm.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

/ am not always an optimist, but that
is my misfortune. sometimes have
grouches, but never make the mistake
Of thinking there is virtue Id q crouch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

Down the road a little way is the
old home Of George P. Morris, who
wrote "woodman, Spare That Tree"
It is evident that the woodman did
spare that tree, also. several others,
for the place is a veritable forest. SO
that the house is almost invisible.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

IA man who can smile with the tooth
ache may not be a martyr, but he 4
q good imitation.
JAMES a. EDGERTON,
Cold Spring on-the- Hudson, n. =.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

I used to long above all other things
to be given the power to make the
world free, but now know that
would not do, for 1t would deprive
the people of the experience, the
strength and the self reliance gained
by making themselves free.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-09-04

Men and women are the only things
on the earth that are Of real value.
Any system that prevents the highest
progress and development Of men and.
women viii be swept out. Neither boo,
die nor s~altpeter will ave It.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-08-12
SCREAMS THREATS
AT MURDERER

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Selim shashem,
mother Of Tuffa Shashem, whose mu
tilated body was found in Mud lake.
swooned today when the inquest over
the lads body was begun by Deputy
Coroner Davis. In Mysteries, which
preceded loss of consciousness, Mrs.
shashem muttered and screamed
threats against Hassin Nemmer the
Turk under arrest as a suspect.
The murdered boys father was the
nrst' witness. Rage glared in his eyes
and showed in his trembling hands as
ne glared from the witness chair at
Nemmer, who was present under
guard Syrian friends of the Shashem
family swarned from their rookeriss
IN the Ghetto in numbers too great to
oe accommodated in the small court
room at the nnorgue. Nemmer was
made nervous by their vindictive nnur-
murings and when Casiner Shashem
an uncle of the murdered boy. who had
sworn to kill Nemmer, was detected
cautiously sliding along the bench
toward the prisoner, two detectives
quietly took seats on either side Of
him, checking further progress. To
guard against possible violence six ad
ditional detectives were brought in
and distributed about the room
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-08-12
SEVERAL VAGS HELD
Bunch of Undesirables Rounded Up
Last Might've Tinhorns in
the Lot

There was a lineup in police court
before Judge Martin Ryan this morn
ing that filed up one side of the
room. One Of the bunch, little old
man, had not yet got over the infiu-
ence of the liquor with which he was
filled when arrested and he was
promptly Jailed for four days. He gave
the name Of Frank Sullivan and said
that he was from Boston.
Four Others, all of whom were ar
rested by Oficer Pat Grant, were held.
1t is believed that two of these men,
Charles Wilson and F. G. wallace, arc
what are termed tinhorn sports, that
is, men who are accustomed to getting
their living by petty gambling and
swindling devices. Wilson claims to
be telegraph operator and Wallace
claims that he came from Oklahoma
Neither Of them looked good to Judge
Ryan and they were held until late
this afternoon, when Oficer Grant viii
appear against them.
Joseph Reece, who claims to be a
bartender out Of. employment, came In
for scoring by the judge. who want
ed to know what a bartender was
doing looking for work in prohibit
tion state. Ed Goodin was also given
a lecture. He was brought in at 2:S0
this morning, at which time ne was
roaming the street, and 1t is possible
that all four may get jail sentence
when their hearing comes UP this af-
ternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-08-12
Market Quotations Eclipse
Those Of Former Years
new PRODUCT VERY GOOD
DEALERS SAY DEMANDS OF THE
MILLERs AND SHORTAGE IS
THE cAusE--FlRsT SAMPLE or,
THIS YEARS CROP RECEIVED
IN MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 12.-New
wheat will come on the market not
less than 81 a bushel the highest price
paid under prevailing conditions in
hfteen years, according to George F.
Blossom. general manager OF George
C. Christian & Co. merchant millers.
Mr.. Blossom received the first sam
pie of the new wheat yesterday and
made the above market forecast while
testing it. The new product was
grown in South Dakota and was said
to look excellent from a milling stand
point 1t graded No. 2 northern.
In regard to the price that will pre-
vail when the new wheat comes on
the market, Mr.. Blossom said: Il ex-
pect the price to be not cent less
than 81 when the new product comes
in. This will mean the highest price
paid in fifteen years under the present
conditions. This Is cents higher
than we paid year ago, 25e cents
more than we paid two years ago.
I'm 1904 the price of new wheat was
the same as expect it to be this year,
but this was due to the scare of
scarcity in the crop by black rust
With the present outlook for a good
crop the price this year is the highest
that 1t has been in years and re-
markable in many ways"
Mr.. Blossom attributes the cause of
the high price expected on new wheat
due to the fact that every milling con-
Germ in the country is unusually low
in its stock Of old wheat.