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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-20
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KEEPS 1T UP
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just Received a New Line of
opalescent
Some More Crockery
A New and Dandy Assert
ment Of
Water Sets
The COME AGAIN STORE
L. S. Berlot, Washburn.

L.. S. Berlot, of the Come Again
Store, returned Saturday from a
two weeks trip to the twin cities.
He said it showed every day the
first week he was away. He bought
a good line of spring and summer
goods, and will tell his customers,
through the Leader, what he has
for them in a week or SO.
The local Knights held an extra
practice meeting Tuesday evening
to prepare for the Garrison meet
ing the 2sth. The Washburn lodge
has been designated by the Grand
Chancellor as the lodge to install
a Knights of Pythias lodge at
Garrison, and all members will go
up on the special that leaves Bis:
marck at 6 p. m. on that day. The
Bismarck lodge Will also ne Preseht
at the meeting
During the heavy wind last
Monday the Ed. Lathrop home,
10 miles west of town on the Mis-
souri, river, burned TO the ground.
"A few things were carried out Of
the house but they caught fire
later and burned. The house and
contents were valuedsat $l2OOwith
only 5000 insurance. The fire was
caused bysa defective fue. The
family is al present living on the
Sutton claim until q house is built.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-20
Dress Making.

I have opened a dress making
shop at my home, and will take in
all kinds of sewing. For further
particulars call on.
Mrs. Jess Marty,
Nashburn, n. D.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-20

busine SIS visitor in town this week
Insurance! Insurance! Insurance
F. e. Funk, Washburn, N. D.
Peter Haibeck Of Wiprud was
in Washburn the first of the week
on probate business.
Along the Pacific coast there
has been so much rain that homes
have been destroyed and bridges
washed away.
See those high foot-lift, sell
leveling Triumph sulkies and
gangs for sale by the Mandan
Mercantile Co.
Bruce Adams Of Clinton, Wis.
arrived in Washburn last week and
is assisting in w. A. Persey's
jewelry store.
E. M. Serr was down from
Mannhaven Monday on business
at the Washburn State Bank.
SEED FLAX for Sale-perfect-
ly clean. Enquire Andrew 3.
Sauer, Washburn, N. D..
Old settlers predict an early
spring. An early spring generally
means better crops, and better
crops means a good year, which is
what 1908 will be.
Warden Hellstrom gave the $lOC
which was offered for the capture
Of Bassenella, dead or. alive, to
Sheriff Beck and Fred Pfste1
while in Washburn Monday.
Last year the river broke up on
March 25, and the year before, not
until April End. People are very
cautious now in crossing as it is
expected the river will break any
day.
Last Monday morning the fire
department was called to put out
a fire at the II. @. Olson home
A defective fue had set the roof
afre but 1t was put out before the
hose company reached the house
The county treasurer's Office is
a very busy place. The taxpayers
came in swarms the last few days
Of February and the first Of March
and the office force is working
nights now to catch up with the
work.
Gard Of thanks!-We wish to
thank the citizens of Washburn
who SO ably and willingly assisted
at the fire which destroyed our
general merchandise store last
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Wallin.
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Diamond Photo graphs Soc. doz

VA AAS WI
Will Go on Your BOND, Frank E
Funk, Ist. NATL Bank, Washbu m
North Dakota.
M. S. Wickershaw was an at
torney from Cakes in Washburn
on legal business yesterday.
Will Hambleton and Henry
Stradinger, Of McClusky, were
business visitors in town this
week.
The clippers, sold at the Thomp-
son Hdw. Store this month are a
bargain. To see one will make
you buy it.
L. M. Wallin went to Bismarck
Tuesday to look up the city records
preparatory to a meeting here the
first part Of April.
STEAMSHIP TICKETS. Lowest rates
s different companies. F. E. FUNK
LIST Nat. Bank ashburn, n. D.
Before it is too late, insure. your
property against Fire, lightning, Re-
liable Company. Frank E. Funk, list
National Bank, Washburn,
50 teachers took the examination
in Mclean county given by Supt.
Olson last Friday and Saturday
and still there are calls for more
teachers.
Warden f. O. Hellstrom Of the
state penitentiary came up from
Bismarck Monday for the remains
of Joe Bassenella. He returned
on the forenoon train.
Mrs. O. @. Peterson received a
telegram Wednesday morning ap-
prising her Of the sad intelligence
Of the death Of the sister Mrs. Moe
at her home in Hudson, Wis.
Frank Tower returned from
Bismarck Tuesday where he went
to visit his wife who is in the
hospital. Mrs. Tower expects to
be able to return home next week.
The dance given Tuesday even
ing was not very we'll attended and
the boys who gave it will have to
''dig." Those who attended had
a good time and danced until
three.
It is expected the quar- antine will
be raised from the Vail and
Richards home tomorrow. They
have been in quarantine for several
weeks and freedom again will sure
ly be enjoyed by the two families.
We are not in the habit of con-
tinually dunning u subscribers
for money that is due us, but
under this new law, we must
either afix a stamp on papers that
are one year in arrears or stop the
paper by April LIST. This is our
last notiae and it would be a great
favor to the manager if you would
come in and make some sort of a
settlement. !
Ross Everson arrived in Wash.
burn last Saturday morning to
visit his parent north of town.
This is his first visit for two years.
has been at Kalispel. Montana
in the grain business but from
here he expects to go to Alaska
with surveying party. They will
leave about the 10th of May and
survey the international boundary
between Alaska and Canada,
which will take about four months
is very enthusiastic over his
trip as he has never been up in
that country.
Wednesday Afternoon about $50
the Washburn citizens were called
out to save the burning property
of L. M. Wallin's. Mrs. Wallin
the store and was about
half way home when she heard the
fire bell and saw the store afre.
The fire was caused by a defective
due and when seen the back room
was all ablaze inside. It lie just a
frame building and only the hard
work of the firemen saved the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-20
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK

NEWS llENn0 UT luE WEEk
Have your photographs on Post
Cards.
Editor E. A. Hull was in town
between'trains Saturday.
Let the Mandan Mercantile Co.
figure on your lumber bill.
Judge Winchester was in Wash
burn on legal business Saturday.
Mrs. f. R. Scofeld and children
returned Saturday from a long
trip East.
Judge Olgeirson spent a couple
Of days in Underwood on legal
business.
Nels Erickson and son, of Paint
ed Woods, we're shopping in town
on Thursday.
MI. and Mrs. Fred Seiss, from
Maxwell, we're shopping in Wash
burn Wednesday.
Before buying harness call at
the Mandan Mercantile Co., and
inspect these special made harness
John Baber is slowly improving.
He broke his leg a few weeks ago.,
and has been confined to his home
ever since.
Hon. f. Fl. Register was upfrom
Bismarck several days last week
and returned on the Saturday
evenings train.
Miss Agnes Nelson returned
to Benedict Monday. She came
down Thursday to take the teach
ers' examination.
It showed heavily Tuesday but
the snow did not last long after
the sun came out. Spring seems
to be here in earnest.
The unexpected happens. In
sure your property against Fire,
and Lightning. See Frank E,
Funk, Agt., Washburn, N. D.
Register of Deeds Nygaard spent
Sunday on his farm near Turtle
Lake. He reports everything in
readiness for spring work.
Go to the Mandan Mercantile
Co. for one of those j. l. Case
breakers-they are the best break
er made.
Representative III. r. Mathews
was down from Wiprud Wednes-
day greeting old friends and trans
acting legal business.
The MaYdan Mercantile Go. will
sell you anything from a harness
buckle to a threshing machine.
All goods guaranteed.
w. j. Dietrich of Bowden was
a Washburn visitor Thursday.
He is a brother of Emil Dietrich
who lived here a couple of years
ago.
POST .CARDS-Those having
negatives at the gallery can have
them put on post cards for loo
each. This is a snap and will not
last long.
Miss Esther Miller arrived from
Fargo last week and has accepted
a position as stenographer for ..
E.. Davies, manager Of the Mclean
County Abstract Go.
Loans en- Improved City Property
Monthly payment privilege. See
g, O., Raugust, Local Secretary,
Northwestern Mutual Savings q
Loan Association of Fargo.
The books in the register OF
deeds oficesshow the total amount
of fees collected, for recording and
filing, were over twice as much
during the months of January'and
February Of this year as they were
last year. :
Theo. Taylor, Ralph Ward.
Attorney Fraser, a. W. Phinn.
and DR.. j. W. Robinson Of Car
rison, and Krist Kjelstrup, from
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-20
COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
Sheriff. John Beck
Treasurer. A. T. Danielson
Auditor B. Wing
Clerk of Court. -. e.. o. Raugust
States Attorney. w. L. Nuessle
County Judge...... G. Olgeirson
Sup't. Of Schools. 49,. H.. G. Olson
Register Of Deeds. H. G. Nygaard
Commissioners-Hans Hultberg
Frank Putt and Theo, Taylor.
Surveyor. O. 9. S. solem
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
LET US HAVE PEACE.

Des Moines Capital: The, republican
party of Iowa wants peace. fnra: -
Nominations have been made for ev-
cry office. A special state convention
is to be held to nominate supreme
Judge to succeed the late Judge Bish-
op. Then all the preliminaries will be
over.
The candidates for membership in
the legislature have all been named.
There is no power resting anywhere
by which they can be instructed rela-
tive to the United States senatorship.
The people could not instruct them
for the people have delegated that
power
The line of republican duty is plain.
1t is announced that several men
aspire to be United States senator.
Such men should get on the stump for
the grand old party, thus helping to
elect a republican legislature. There
is nothing which remains to be done
except to- elect the republican NOM
inee. -.f
A newspaper campaign on the SEN
atorship would do more harm than
good. Such proceeding would stir
up the people and arouse all the old
bitterness.
Stop fighting. Let us have peace.
If republicanism amounts to any
thing or is worth having, it is time
that men began to make sacrifices
for it. ....a...
Making a campaign before the peo-
pie for senator would have no effect
upon the legislature already nominal
ed. 1t would be like a lawyer address.
ing the spectators instead of the fury.
Every republican should get into
line for Taft, Sherman, Carroll and all
the nominees for congress and the
state legislature. The senatorship
should rest until after Nov. 1.
Give republicans time to cool off.
They want to get on speaking terms
with themselves.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13

to farmers and everybody else. 1t
is absolutely impossible to read his
tory and deny that fact, yet even re
publicans are sometimes apologize
in declaring in favor of the protective
principle.
I'VE do not argue that the tariff
schedule should not be readiusted to
fit the present conditions, but ever
and always keeping in view the great
principle which has always meant
prosperous times for everybody, pro
lection to American labor against the
competition of the products of Other
nations"
Charity, policy, self interest, com
mon sense, all begin at home" in the
question of whose labor deserves first
consideration at the hands of our law
makers. The Agriculturist properly
accentuates these and insists that
American interests are paramount and
that protection is best for farmers, ar
tisans and every other class.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
LIE LAST OF 1HE 1l1ANs.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat Senator
Allison was the last link which joined
the United States of the civil war era
with the United States OF today. When
he entered the House of Representa-
tives in 1863 the rebellion was in its
middle stage. Gettysburg and Yicks-
burg were still TO be fought, while APP
pomattox was lar in the distance.
There were only thirty-four states at
that time, and eleven of these were
unrepresented In congress.
OF the men in public life on the ma
tional stage when, in 1852, Allison
was first elected to congress. none are
now in office anywhere, and few are
alive. Lincoln was then president,
Grow was near the end Of his term as
speaker, and Colfax was to go to that
post in the House when Allison en-
tered. In one or other branch OF that
first congress OF Allison's were Rich
ardson and Trumbull Of Illinois. Hen
bricks, Julian and Voorhees, of In
diana, Jim" Lane of Kansas, Fessen-
den and Blaine of Maine, Reyerdy
johnson and Henry Winter Davis of
Maryland. Sumner, wilson, Dawes and
Boutwell, of Massachusetts,; Zachariah
Chandler OF Michigan. Morgan and
Fenton of New York, b. Gratz Brown
and Francis p. Blair OF Missouri, KEEL
ley and Randall OF Pennsylvania.
Sherman and Wade of Ohio. and 9TH
ers who were conspicuous in that tu-
multuous period. OF those here men
toned. all died long before Allison.
no man IN all our history. not even
John Quincy Adams or Clay. ever bore
a part IN more great national crises
than Allison, or had hand in shap-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
PROFITS OF DISASTER.

Everybody remembers how the cher
ry crop was ruined CD by frost last
spring in the vicinity of Oskaloosa
The same kind of ruin seems to have
been in evidence at Council Bluns
for the, Nonpareil says:
In this vicinity there is nothing so
prolific and profitable as the so-called
ruined cherry crop Last Saturday
fruit raiser living within a few
miles OF Council Bluffs on farm OF
fifteen acres, received a check from
the local Grape Growers association
for 1857, this being in payment OF his
cherry crop which, after the heavy
frosts of the late spring, was declared
to be practically ruined. Only small
portion of this fruit raiser's farm is
planted in cherry trees. and he has, in
addition to that crop, other fruits and
a big crop of vegetables from which
he is realizing every day.
This instance serves to illustrate
the productive qualities of the fruit
and vegetable lands in the vicinity OF
Council Bluffs. When fruit raiser
can realize practically $1,000 from a
cherry crop. taken from trees that
cover only small portion of a tract
OF fifteen acres. in year when the
crop Is far under normal yield. 1t rs
easy to estimate what may be ex
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13

pected of this section when the thous
ands of acres That are available for
fruit raising purposes are carefully
and scientifically cultivated. 1t empha
sizes, too, the necessity of having bet
ter transportation facilities eastward
from the city into the fruit section.
Such facilities would not only encour.
age more rapid settlement in this
quarter on the part of many who live
in the city, but would be a great in.
ducement to those who are looking
for investments in fruit and vegeta
BILE tracts.
1T becomes more and more apparent
every day that sooner or later the
products of the land lying within a
radius of ten miles from Council
Bluffs, will greatly enrich, not only
this city, but the community sur
rounding it,"
The lessons the Nonpareil draws
from the horrible financial suffering
endured by the cherry grower above
mentioned is applicable to this neigh
borhood. There are opportunities in
the fruit line, in this vicinity, for those
who care to take advantage of them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
PROTECTION FOB EMPLOYEES.

The laboring people of the United
States now have additional evidence
of the fact that the republican party
lis interested in their welfare. Under
the present administration there has
been formulated and enacted, a law
that became operative August 1,where-
by government employees will have
protection for injuries sustained in the
discharge of their duties.
Under the provisions of this act any
person employed by the United States
as an artisan or laborer in any of its
manufacturing plants, arsenals or navy
yards, or in the construction of river
and harbor fortification. work, in the
Reclamation Of arid lands or the man
agement and control of the same, OF
in hazardous employment under the
IIsthmian Canal Commission, shall be
entitled TO the same pay that he would
be earning at work, in the event he
is hurt and has to cease labors. 1t is
provided. however, that no compensa
ton shall be paid under this act where
the injury is due to the negligence OF
misconduct of the employee injured,noI
unless said injury shall continue fol-
more than fifteen days. All questions
of negligence or misconduct shall be
determined by the secretary of Com
merce and Labor.
1t is further provided in the act, &c
assist the widow or children of any
navy yard employee who shall succumf
to injuries received in the service oil
the government.
"The bill says in section No. 2:
That if any artisan or laborer sc
employed shall die during the said
year by reason OF such injury received
in the course of such employment, leav
| ing widow, or child or children
under sixteen years of age, or a de
pendent parent, such widow and child
or children and dependent parent shall
be entitled to receive, in such portions
and under such regulations as the
secretary of Comerce and Labor may
prescribe, the same amount, for the
remainder of the said year, that said
artisan or laborer would be entitled
TO receive as pay If such employe were
alive and continued to be employed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13

ing more measures of supreme import
Iance He was prominent in the dis
|cussions of the great measures of the
war and reconstruction era, he helped
to shape every tariff from Morrilfs,
in its later stages, along to Dingley's,
land he shared in the discussion OF
every big monetary question from the
establishment of Chase's national
banking system in the readjustment
of 1861 onward to the resumption of
specie payments IN 1875, to the adop-
Ition of the limited silver coinage act
Iof 1878, and to the placing of the
gold standard in the statutes in 1900.
Though not brilliant nor picturesque,
Allison was safe man. Iowa and
the country will be fortunate If his
successor shall have as much sanity,
foresight and balance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
WASTE IN AMERICA.

Agitation for removal of the tariff
on wood pulp, denunciation of the
chimera of paper trust, protestations
on the part of manufacturers of the
growing scarcity of wood available for
paper making, all call attention to the
fact that the materials for thousands
of miles of paper annually go to waste
in America.
A practical paper-maker recently
called. attention to a few of the
sources of enormous waste, when
speaking of the number of materials
in Americas refuse heap which are
worth while considering as promising
substitutes for wood pulp.
The Northwest annually produces a
million ard half tons of fax stalks
which are not now used Tor anything.
That amount of waste remains after
the Irvine makers take all they want
1t makes excellent paper.
The farmers in the South burn or
pillow under IL million tons of cotton
stalks every year, That which is
plowed under, is not, wholly lost, for
lit enriches the soil to some extent, but
not so with what goes up in smoke.
Five hundred thousand tons of fiber
have been adhering to cotton seed
every year. 1t has been fed to farm
stock along with the seed and has
done the stock no good. Cattle and
sheep do not like the fiber and the
seed cake is better without it. A
machine has been invented, which, it
is claimed, will separate the lint from
the seed. Paper makers think they
can use it.
Nobody knows how many million
tons of cornstalks go to waste; but
in quality they are far ahead of cot
ton stalks, and it is believd they can
be made into paper, although it has
scale
Thousands of acres of wild hemp
grow in the southwestern part of the
country, particularly along the Colo
RADIO river. Its only use now is to shell
ter jack-rabbits and coyotes, but it
has splendid fiber and tests on a
small scale show that excellent paper
can be made from it.
Paper making from straw is we'll
established Industry. Book binders
use thousands of tons of strawboard.
The straw which goes TO waste in
western wheat fields would bring for
tunes if made into paper.
Lists of fibrous or woody plants
suitable for paper are almost without
limit, but only a few may be had in
quantity sufficiently large TO be worth
considering.
The time has not yet come when it
is absolutely necessary that substi-
tutes for wood pulp be found, but it
is coming. The forests are still able
to furnish materials for paper, but
they cannot continue to do so for a
great many years to come, at the
present rate of cutting and growth.
Makers of paper anticipate a scarcity
of pulp wood and it is this which
prompts the active search now going
on for substitutes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
AN ALLISON INCIDENT.

That a man who for forty-five years
has been a great national character
should retain all the lovable character
istics which blossom in private life is
not expected, and with man without
great heart it would be impossible.
IL was a pleasing incident called to
our attention by Major Lacey that
Miss Garrett, of Troy, Davis county,
Iowa, came all the way from Washing
ton, D. c., to stand by the grave of
Senator Allison. The Senator in 1900
was authorized to recommend some
clerks in the Census office, and he
named this young lady in his list.
Senator Allison has been helpful to
many in his long and useful life. 1t
is pleasing thing to note this in
stance of gratitude on the part of this
young Iowa girl, who journeyed twelve
hundred miles to take a last look at
the dead face of Iowas great sena-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
PRESERVE PROTECTION

The Northwestern Agriculturist, O
non-political paper, has stong article
on the value of protection to the work.
ing classes whose financial condition
is revealed from time to time by the
savings bank statistics The average
wages in the United States in 1906
were 24.2 higher than they were in
1896; the retail prices of goods were
1871 higher in 1906 than the same
foods cost ten years ago, but the wages
have more than kept pace with the
rise in the cost of supplies. An hours
labor now measured an foods at pres.
ent prices buys .7.3 per cent more
than an hours labor ten years age
would buy So much for increased
prosperity during the last decade.
We sometimes hear a greet deal
concerning the thrift of European
countries as indicated b. their saw.
ings banks. We should not forget
that the United States, our own say.
ings bank deposits are about sixty
per cent greater, per capita, than
those of any other country. During
the last three years the average due
each depositor in our savings banks
has been $423, as contrasted with 1916
during the Cleveland administration
The countries ranking next to ours in
this regard are Canada, with an aver
age OF s293, Germany, s163, France
S74. United Kingdom of Great Britain
Ss4a The average in all Europe com
bined is SIP and in the United States
1929. AS savings bank depositors are
generally the working class, this is
the best barometer OF the general
prosperity of "the Masses" With
these facts in mind the Agriculturist
goes on TO say:
During the last three years OF the
democratic administration our total
savings bank deposits were only
about half what they are now. II
might be well to let well enough
alone and not go crazy on the tariff
reduction notion. We have had free
trade experiments at various periods
in our history but never once--not
once have they failed to bring DIS
tress. not only to manufacturers. but