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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Turtle Lake Wave.

Word comes from j., E. Nord-
quist, who formerly edited the
Underwood Miner, that he is now
employed by the hour in print
shopsat Hamilton, Montana, and
is also working as night clerk in
the best hotel in the state.
VIM. Nelson and Julius Roe left
Saturday morning for Fargo where
they will take a short course in
traction engineering at the state
agricultural college.
Mrs. G.. E. Heinzeroth, who has
spent the past. year id Chicago, re-
turned to her home in Turtle Lake
Saturday evening.
A cyclone passed through near
Endres and destroyed about $500
worth of claim shacks and barns.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

tion of the state, says that the
farmers of that section have in
vested heavily in new farming
machinery this year.
Last year and this year steam
plows have been doing great
amount of work in breaking the
soil' said Mr.. Fingle. The in
creased acreage has brought on a
demand for farming machinery
that is even larger than had been
anticipated. This demand for
farming machinery can be taken
as an indication of the fact that
the farmers of that country are ex-
pecting big yield this year.
THE weather conditions in the
extreme southeastern section of
the state has been very good. The
acreage will be much larger this
year than last and if present pros
poets are not spoiled by the
weather later in the season, south
western North Dakota will take on
a new air of Importance in the ag-
ricultural world. It has only been
a few years since that section of
the state used only for stock
growing and an acre of grain
gown is an addition of just that
much wealth to the northwest
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

meningitis, the past couple Of
weeks. Doctors in attendance ad-
yised the calling Of a trained
nurse, in order to give the pa
tient the best care possible. Miss
Coombs Of the city hospital, at
jamestown, was called upon, and
she arrived Friday evening. I'm
der her care Mrs. Anderson has
been improving steadily, and the
already numerous friends Of the
Andersons in McClusky will be
glad to know that her speedy
recovery is looked for. Miss
Coombs left for jamestown this
morning McC Clusky Gazette.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
CLIPPINGS CUT
FROM .EX.C[ !. CHANGES; : | |! ] ! s;
"A New Town Will Be Started
About SIX Miles North Of Nc
uuskY on N. P. Road

Mr.. William Pickard informs
us that he has received notice
from officials of the N. p. that q
sidetrack will be built about six
miles west of McC Clusky on the
n. P. road; and a new. town may
. be started. This would be- con-
venient for the farmers in Edge
ment township, who are now COM
PEELED to go to Wilton to do Their
trading.
John Walz died at his residence
in the west part Of town. ae was
II years old, and has lived in Da-
kota 10 years. He leaves a wife
and six grown up children, all in
fair circumstances.
The local telephone exchange
has been enlarged, the old poles
carrying the net inside the city
limits, have been replaced by
stout new ones, and other inn
provements are being made. Mr..
Klein, Of Washburn, who owns
the exchange here, and his mama
ger, Mr.. Chadwick, are anxious to
give the people Of cClusky the
best telephone service possible,
and they are spending consider
able money to make improve
ments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
A Death at Coleharbor

Miss Minnie Sleeth died June
9Th at the home Of her aunt, Mrs.
John Caldwell, Of Coleharbor, af-
ter a sickness Of several years of
tuberculosis. She came there two
years ago from Missouri to try q
change of climate for her health.
She was eighteen years old and
leaves to mourn her.loss, one sis
ter and three brothers, who reside
in Missouri. Her sister was sent
for but did not arrive until three
days after the funeral. Interment
was made in the Coleharbor ceme-
terry.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
will be the duty Of this inspector
to report upon the feasibility of

will be the duty Of this inspector
ito report upon the feasibility OF
applying the eighty-acre farm unit
to these lands.
The farmers claim that any
other than ten-acre unit will
work unnecessary hardship upon
them as the climatic conditions
are such as to make possible the
growth Of only the more hardy ce-
reals and grains. Secretary Bal
linger inclines to favor the conten-
ton of the farmers. He is familiar
with the country, but adds that he
will be bound by his Inspectors
report. In the meantime the
eighty-acre unit regulation will
not be enforced.
An effort was also made to have
the interior department come to
the relief Of all those farmers who
will find themselves unable to pay
the increased cost of reclamation
in connection with this project; as
previously stated, the actual cost
has been, $42.5O per acre, when
highest previous estimate of cost
of construction was $50.
No relief was promised on this
score, the secretary taking the po-
sition that it was a matter for con-
gress to determine. He said that
he would lay the matter before the
senate committee on irrigation,
which will visit the project on
Sept. 2.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Crops Good ii Mercer County

Rev. D. D. Mitchell made a trip
to his home in the northern part
of Mercer county and reports all
kinds Of crops growing finely and
promising an abundant harvest;
An increased acreage has been put
in and the abundant rains have
made summer breaking an enjoy
able work in.which many are en-
gagged. The work being done by
the railroad surveyors and graders
is very encouraging and the price
Of land has gone soaring on the
wings Of morning.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Prospects Good IN Mclean County

Senator j. E. Davis, of Good
rich, has been to Grand Fork and
in an interview with the Herald
has the following to say about Nc
Lean county:
"McLean county will prove a
great surprise this year if the pre-
sent conditions continue. We will
have an increase in acreage of
about 25 per cent, nearly all sown
to fax, and this fact will mean big
things for that section of the
state when the harvest time
comes. The crops are getting
along splendidly. Up to the last
week and a half the work Of break
ing ard sowing could be done
very satisfactorily, but since then
heavy rains have made it impossi-
BILE to do much and consequently
considerable work that has been
planned, has been abandoned.
Notwithstanding this fact Nc Lean
county will have the most pros
perous year in its history with the
right kind Of weather from now on.
The new breaking which was
sown to flax a year ago will this
year be in wheat, SO we conse-
quently have a considerable in.
creased acreage Of wheat as we'll
as fax.
r. E. Fingle, cashier Of the
Bismarck Office Of the Internation-
|al Harvester company, the station
lsupply lying the southwestern por-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Basket Social at Conkling.

Everybody come to conkline
Friday evening, June 25th. The
pupils and teacher cordially invite
you TO attend the program and
basket social to be held at the
Conkling school house on Friday
evening, June .25th. Girls please
bring baskets and two night caps,
one to. be sold and one to wear
while eating supper. Boys please
bring we'll filed pocket books,
Proceeds to 10 towards buying
library looks
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
COURT CONVENED
LAST MONDAY
Ferry Found Not Guilty and the
Roystan and Andrew Case is
Before the Court

Court convened Monday morn
ing with Judge w. H. Winchester
on the bench and Madden as court
stenographer. The first two days
were taken up with the making of
citizens. About Is secured their
second papers. Inspector D. S.
Sweet of Minneapolis was present
the two days the papers were be-
ing made out.
Among the many attorneys seen
in our city to attend court are: M.
Barret and j. j. Coyle of Minot;
A. G. Lacy of the firm of Glassford
& Lacy of Fargo; III. T. Turner
of the firm of Turner & Wright of
Fargo; B. F. Freeburger of Max:
w. P. Costello of Dogden; j. T.
Hoge and L. j. Edwards of Under
wood; r. L. Fraser of Garrison;
E. E. Wright Of Max; G. F. Dull
am Of Bismarck; j. E. Williams
Of Turtle Lake.
Judge Winchester has decided
to clean up the calendar here and
says it will take some time.
Of the 1875 civil cases on the
calendar. 55 will be jury cases, 7
have been set over to the Decem-
ber term Of court, % have either
been dismissed or settled outside
of court and 8 have been transfer
red to Sheridan county, The
cases that were transferred are as
follows: Gottfreid Heisz VS.. j. j.
Schmidt, et-al; John Mintz VS.. D.
P. Hermann; Joseph Fleck, et-al
vs.7N. P. Ry. Co; Emile Brost VS..
Jacob Brost, et-al; Christ Herr VS..
F. Remferd; Lehr & Herr Va. G..
M. Curtis; G. Kunz VS.: A. N.
Beiseker; w. A. Staley VS.. L.
Ballman; and Sayer, Strong Grain
and Nero. Co. vs. w. G. Melvill,
et-al.
There are several divorce cases
to be tried, the one of most inter-
est is that of Howling Wolf vs..
White Calf Woman.
The first case to he tried on the
criminal calendar is that of the
state vs.. Dennis Ferry. The jury
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
The jury is being drawn in the
Roystan case as we go to qress.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Plaza People Disguised.

The Plaza News heads the fol-
lowing article "Bum 500 Service
Goes into Working:"
Last Monday the service prom
ised us by the 500 went into ef-
feet and since then we have been
getting a mail every other day.
The train goes to Drake Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays and re-
turns on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays. This makes about
as poor service as could posi-
bly, be devised by any railroad i'm
beetle and every town along the
line should protest.
The railroads are violating the
statutes by giving us this service.
A law passed in 1907 provides that
any road then doing business in
the state shall have train each
way daily and that two passenger
coaches shall be provided, which
has never been done on this line.
If a complaint is made to the rail-
road commission and the company
does not give US better service be-
fore the day set for the hearing
they are subject to fine of $500
for so doing. Other towns along
the line will do this and we should
get in line, hold an Indignation
meeting and have an attorney
bring action against the company.
A railroad is granted special
rights and privileges under the
laws of our state and can go thru
any of our land and cut it up in
any shape they choose; and for
these rights they are under GER
tain obligations to the people, and
the first obligation is to run q
railroad. This the 500 has failed
to do and they would be up against
it if they had to prove that they
ever did run one. They show no
consideration whatever for public
needs and care not for public
opinion and the only way to
handle them is by sending men to
the legislature that will choke
them up against the capital walls
and make them be good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Ruso.,, Record.

Mr.. and Mrs. fdge. and Mr.,
Fuller Of. Plainyiiew, left here this
afternoon for Minot, Williston and
points in Dunn, Stark Nc Kenzie
and Hettinger counties. They in
tend to make the entire trip in an
automobile.
~ Ed Schultz and his father, +.
I D. Schultz, left Thursday after
noon for the Canadian northwest.
They will make q tour Of inspec-
ton over the southern Alberta
country and il they find some good
government land, each will file on
: quarter section.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Wilton News.

The Klein elevator is undergo
ing extensive repairs, among which
is the installation of a new twelve
horse power gasoline engine.
When the work is completed Mr..
Klein will have one Of the most
up-to-date and convenient eleya-
tors along, the 500 line. M
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Jahr report
from Moose Jaw, Canada, that
they are having very fine trip
over the Canadian Pacific railroad.
Right q way agent Walker 81
the N. p, was. in town this week
looking after some unfinished de-
tails in connectio ioAgith the CON
struction of the new railroad.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Midsummer Celebration.

TIE Swedish Lutheran church
will have a midsummer celebration
at John Olson's farm at Malcolm,
the Oath of June. The, Ladies
Aid will serve dinner and supper.
The Underwood band will furnish
music and some ball games will
be played. Everybody is cordially
invited to come and have a pleas.
ant time out in the beautiful
country. A large crowd is expect
ed. Everybody come.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Plenty. Of Ban Games.

The Washburn ball team had
another stroke of hard luck last
Sunday when they played Nc
Clusky return game. Every
thing seemed to be against the
boys. On Saturday it rained 50
hard that they could not go and on
Sunday morning they started out
in autos but the roads were 80 bad
that they did not reach McClusky
until $3.50 and at once went to
playing ball without their dinner.
The<fnal score was - to 8 but the
local boys still believe they can
win and will give the sMcC Clusky
nine another game in the near fu.
ture.
Manager Wacker was in Fargo
the day of the game and Captain
Fred Hall: helped Underwood win
one game from the Bismarck U.C.
T. and one from Mandan Sunday.
Only one game Of ball has been
played on the local field this week.
That game was between the "Old
Ones and the Hopes The
game was called at 1870 and only
six innings were played, the game
having to be called off on account
Of darkness, The game was to
have been secret affair and no
spectators were wanted but some
players had too much faith in their
husbands and the news was very
confdentially carried until every
man in town knew what was caus-
ing the noise in the east end Of
town but promised to stay away
until all were in trim for the ex-
hibition game. The final score is
yet unknown.
The Max team plays on the local
field Saturday afternoon at four
O'Clock and on Sunday at 2:30.
Both games will be interesting
and a good attendance is expected
on account Of the number in! town
attending court. ,s
The Washburn team plays
Goodrich at Turtle Lake on the
third and at Wilton on. the fifth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Third Annual County Convention,

The third annual county con-
yention Of the Americ a Society
Of Equity will be held at q der
wood on june Both and July lst.
q good spea ker will bes secured.
About 200 5delega ties and bers
will Be present; different subjects
iof interest win bs disc cussed Ey-
serybody iis' cord ally invited 70 at
tend and join the Society Of Equity
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
More About Irrigation

& As.the result Of protests Of Mon
tara and North Dakota /. farmers
interested in the Yellowtone irri.
cation project project, Secretary
iBallinger Of the interior depart
ment today decided TO send q
special insp peotor to the scene and
report upon condit ditions as5 they
actually y exist at this project. II
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
The Weeks Pfck-Up.

Simon Sorben, Of Turtle Lake
and Miss Winnie Rothe were mar.
ried at Hayfeld, Mimi, June Sd
Anna Rothe, who is teaching
school at Turtle Lake. took a few
weeks vacation and left for Hay:
field to attend her sisters wedding
X Dogden Observer.
The attorneys Of Sheridan coun.
ty met at the Office of Temple and
Bates in Mot Clusky on the eve.
ming on the ninth of June and or.
ganized the Sheridan County Bal
Assoc citation ave.
Mercer will celebrate at Brush
Lake. Don't forget it. There
will be boats to- let, q l2 passenger
gasoline launch. q spacions payil.
ion, al client orchestra cor.
net band two ball games and :tirs
works ID the evening. .s,ss.3
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18
Recovering From Illness.

Mrs. A. I Anderson who re.
Gently moved here With Her hus-
band from Wash burn, has been
anfined to her bed with spinal
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-18

MAY NOT OPEN
Some Are Hopeful But the Indian
Bitterly Oppose It On Account
Of Mode Of Living

Bitterly Oppose It On Account 6
Of Mode Of Living
1t is now said that the Indians
on the: Berthold reservation are
opposed to the plan to open it
for settlement.
Their reason for opposing the
proposition is the allotment Of
land that is to be made to the
Indians. It is stated that under
the rules as they have been work
ed out it will work hardship up
on a large number Of the residents
of the reservation, as at the pre-
sent time the entire reservation is
used for a range, and most of the
Indians live from stock raising
and many of them are owners of
several hundred head Of cattle,
which it would be lmpossi b le
to take care of in proper shape
should the allotment be made as
! it is now planned. There has been
a movement started against the
opening and a delegation Of the
Indians will probably go to Wash
|ington in the near future to con-
suit with the officials high up in
the administration of Indian af-
fairs.
The prospects of getting the
Berthold reservation open at an
early date is growing brighter each
week, says the Ryder News. Con-
gresham Hanna is doing some
valuable work on the proposition
and taking personal interestin" the
matter, while all the rest Of our
representatives are favorable to it.
B. A.. Dickinson deserves con-
siderable credit for his activity in
the matter and below we publish q
letter from Mr.. Hanna to Mr.. Dick
inson in regard to the matter
which will explain itself. +
| June 1, 1909.
Mr.. B. A. Dickinson,
Ryder, n. D.
Dear Mr.. Dickinson:
/ hand you herewith a copy of
the bill which / have introduced
looking toward opening up the
Fort Berthold Indian reservation
east of the river. 1 took this mat
tor up with the department Of the
interior and they advise me that
allotments are being made to the
Indians, but there was no law for
opening the remaining land for
settlement and entry and without
such a law no opening could be
made.
Look this over carefully with
your people up there and if you
have any suggestions to make
kindly submit them to me. This.
bill cannot be acted upon till next
winter, but I am putting it in now
for the reason that the first bills in
will have first consideration by the
committee on Indian affairs and
there are a good many bills Of a
similar nature that will come; in
from over. the United States. In
drawing this bill I went over very
carefully bills which had been in
Itroduced in previous sessions of
congress for opening Indian reser-
yations and tried to pick out the
best features IN each and at the
same time to follow the rules Of
the Indian department. I shall be
glad to hear from you and will
give this bill every attention 50 as.
to set il operating at the earliest
possible time. Sincerely,
=. 3. Hanna.
MAse Af,0aif Irrigaf fin,l
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-10
~-..cal lnerr d.

A curious experiment with an elec.
trio discharge conducted round a right
angled corner is described by Prof.
Francis E. Nipher. The corner was
formed by bending sharply the con.
Quoting wire. A Photographic plate,
inclosed in harl-rubber holder, was
placed under the wire in such a way
that the discharge would descend
toward it, then turn at a right angle
and pass horizontally above it. 1t was
found that when negative discharge
passed down the wire to the angle the
electrical particles kept straight on
their way instead of turning, pene-
trated the rubber cover and affected
the inclosed plate. But when the dis
charge was positive no such effect was
produced. The curren. apparently
turned the right-angled corner without,
so to speak, shooting off at the bend.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-10
German Red Tape,

A Danzig, Germany, paper tells
story of incredible red tapeisln recent
ly witnessed in that city. A fire broke
out at big sugar factory and great
damage was done in few minutes.
The flames were rapidly spreading
but it was hoped that the storehouse
containing 10000 casks of raw sugar,
each holding hundredweight, might
be saved, and all efforts of the fire
brigade were turned in that quarter.
Here, however, several custom house
officers suddenly appeared and forbade
the firemen to enter the warehouse,
on the ground that the duties had not
yet been regulated Despite energetic
opposition the officers stuck to their
principles, and the whole stuff was
consumed by the fiames-Bakers
Weekly.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-10
Tone and Tune.

When your vitality is low you need
"toning up" Why not tuning up?"
Same thing. We are all pianos, Just
mass of sounding boards, keys and
strings. We get out of tune and tone;
We run down, just like an eight-day
clock. and require rewinding. Look at
your wife tomorrow morning and see
if she is out of tune. II she is cross
you will say she got out of bed with
the wrong foot foremost. Not a bit of
sense in that. She simply got up from
her nights rest out of tune, or tone
Tune her up. Tone her up! In her
finest health she may be G sharp;
when not so well she may be at D.
Have your family kit of tuning irons;
give her test; then bring her up to
pitch.-New York Press.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-10
Was Once Great City.

No city has happier name than
Ispahan-the rendezvous" When Wis
tied by the traveller Chardin in the ear
ly part of the eighteenth century. 1t
contained 173 mosques, As colleges.
1900 caravansaries and 273 public
baths. But the Afghans, the local van
dals, who did not care for bathing,
destroyed the aqueducts and slaugh-
tered the bathers. In the matter Of
great public squares Ispahan can easi-
ly outrival any European city. The
Meyden, or great square, is third OF
mile in length and about half that
breadth 1t was once encircled by a
canal bordered by fine plane trees, but
these have long since vanished along
with the canal.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-10
Valuable Scientific Discovery.

Prof Florence has devised a new
method of examining and photograph.
ing Opaque microscopic objects Apply
ing this method 10 the examination of
traces of blood on weapons, he was
able to recognize distinctly red blood
corpuscles which had escaped discov-
cry by expert examiners. The meth
OF. which is susceptible of other than
Eedico-legal applications, is charac-
te.ized by the fact that the light by
which the object is Illuminated is ad-
mitted into the tube of the microscope,
whence it is reflected by prisms 10
the object glass. which converges it
upon The object
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-04-10
Seek to Prevent Burial Alive.

Members of an English organization
known as the Association for the Pre-
vention of Premature Burial are en-
deavoring to form similar societies in
this country, and great numbers of
circulars containing grewsome statis-
tics are being sent to persons in all
parts of the country. 1t is proposed
to take from relatives and underta-
kers the right to make the death dag
ncsis and to allow only physicians to
do this ard to apply the tests for the
establishment of the fact that the per-
sen is really dead. The society pro-
poses also to establish waiting NOR
tuares,' lighted, ventilated and
pleas.ngly furnished" where bodies
ray be placed under observation until
there is no longer any doubt as to
death.