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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
DESTROY THE WEEDS
The Mayor Issues An Or
der.
This is W cry Important and
Property Owners Should
get busy.

Mayor Dibbell has issued
an orier calling upon all
property owners to destroy
all kinds of nOxious weeds
that may be growing on their
premises. The, Mayor deems
this of very great Importance
and requests that the order
and the law be complied with.
Not only will the order Of the
Mayor be enforced to the
letter but the state law gov
erning such matters will be
brought into play. The order
is as follows:
To the property owners Of
the city of Washburn:
r Chapter 424 of the laws Of
Wisconsin, for the year 1901
provides that every person
and corporation shall destroy
upon all lands which he or it
shall own, occupy, or control
out to the center of any high
way, lane or alley thereon,
all weeds, known as Canada
thistle. sourdock and yellow
dock, mustard, wild parsnip,
Russian thistle, and wild bar
ley, at such times and in such
manner as shall effectually
prevent them from bearing
seed. with penalties for non
performance.
All and every person or
persons and corporations
within the SAID City OF Wash
burn, Wisconsin are hereby
requested to obey the law in.
this matter, or to destroy or
cause the same to be de-
stroyed, all weeds before
mentioned, otherwise the
Commissioner of noxious weeds
will vigorously enforce the
said law with all the penalties
attached.
Washburn Wisconsin, July
"a, 1909.
Geo. A. Dibbell, Mayor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29

The University of Wisconsin Base
Bail team will leave for Japan on
August 22nd, to play series of ten
games with teams from the Univer-
sity OF Japan. Douglas knight of
Bayfield, is captain and one of the
pitchers.
VIM. Knight of Bay field transact
ed business in the city Tuesday.
Billie LaFay of Ashland who
formerly lived in this city and who
is brother Of George LaFay who
was charged with the Ernest mur-
der at Sioux River, was arrested at
Ashland Tuesday, charged with
statutory crime, preferred by
young girl, named Laura Opperman
LaFay was committed to the Coun-
ty jail and bail fixed at 100000.
We are now practically settled in
our new home next to the Northern
State Bank. 1t is one of the most
convenient printing offices in the
Northwest. Come in and look it
over. We are now better than ever
prepared to do alls kinds of fine Job
printing. Our equipment is better
than ever, we have added several
new lines of type to our job depart
ment and can supply our customers
with anything in the printing line.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29

Constitution, Wis. Constitution,
Physiology. Manual, Agriculture
Theory and Art.
Additional for End Grade. Y
Physical Geography, Algebra,
Am. Literature and Composition
Additional for 1st Grade
Physics: Geometry, English
Literature and English History.
Jessie N. Smith,
County Supt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
1S5 men Wanted.

The Willow Liver Lumber Co. at
Grand View, Wis. wants 100 woods
men and 80 men for extra gang and
section work and will pay following
wages for good men,:
Swampers $50, Sawyers and team
sters $50 and board per month.
Extra gang and section work,
s1.75 per day, $3.50 per week for
hoard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
judge Orrin T. Williams of
Milwaukee in Charge.
Case is That of Wildner, Rec.
VS.. Wis. Lbr. & Cattle
Co.

Judge Orrin T. Williams of
Milwaukee will be here next
Monday for the purpose of
holding court here.
The case that will come up
for trial is that of f. J. Wild
ner, Receiver, against the
Wisconsin Cattle Company.
The case will probably occupy
the attention Of the court for
several days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
Injured Internally.

Alfred Thoresen who lives with
his widowed mother on west fifth
street was seriously injured Mon
day, at the Box factory. He was
struck in the abdomen with board
from one of the machines. Thorsen
who is about II years of age was in
critical condition for several hours
but at this time seems to be i'm
proveing and has a good chance of
recovery.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29

The latest invention is cradle
which rocks by clockwork mechan-
ism and at the same time PLAYS baby
tunes. 1t is safe to say that the
inventor is father of large family.
Ten suffragettes have been trying
to starve themselves in Hollow ny
prison. Would they have done it
had the prison beer named Full
House?
Man possesses an indomitable de-
sire to believe that nobody sees him
when he sees nothing-like children
who close their eyes in order not to
be seen.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walsh and
daughter Elizabeth left today for
Montreal. Canada. where they will
visit for short time. Mrs. Walsh
aud daughter will. remain in Canada
while Mr. Walsh transacts business
in Boston Mass. They expect to be
away two weeks or more.
Byron Harris, formerly of this
city, but now solicitor for the Du-
luth News Tribune, transacted bu-
siness in the city few days ago.
1t is announced that there will be
ten census districts in this state.
Under the law there will have to be
ton Supervisors of Census to be
annOinted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29

G.. W. Hacker is making number
of improvements to his residence on
fourth street. He is having "a base
ment and stone foundation put in
also complete bath room. He ex-
poets also to lay cement walk on the
fourth street side.
Mrs. T. G. Oscar is engaged in
taking the school census of the city,
the work being done under the d.
rection of Secretary of School Com
mission Axelberg.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Kelley last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Beaulieu are
the happy parents of baby boy.
born Monday evening.
"When the Harvest Days are
Over,'' which was presented at the
Opera House on Monday evening bv
G.. Herbert Perry and his Company
] was we'll received by the large audi
ence. Managers Hanson & OVERLY
have succeeded ia booking some
splendid performances of late and
they should receive the support of
the show going people of the COM
munity.
Rosa and Eva Ross visited
with friends at Bayfield, last Sat
urday. They rode to Bayfield,
on bicycles.
Rev. and Mrs. John Gibson of
Odanah visited with friends in
the city during the past week.
Miss Clara Marsh returned
Tuesday morning from Calumet,
Michigan, where she has been
visiting with relatives and friends
for the past three weeks.
Edward Foster the 5 year old son
of George Foster of Mellen was kill
ed at Oshkosh on Tuesday, by being
!, struck by street car. The father
of the child is member of the firm
of Foster & Latimer and is wefl
known in the city.
nSeveral of the local cracks shots went
to Ashland Sunday for the purpose
of taking part in the Gun Club tour
nament. On account of the recent
storm, which prevented many from
attending, the tournament was post
poned until later.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
Injured by Fall.

Henry Halvorsen. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Halvorsen, was
quite badly injured down at the
Stearns dock the first of the
week. The boy was down watch
ing the men load a boat with
lum Der and as ne was coming
down the ladder from the boat,
the ladder slipped and he fell
into the water, landing on his
head on the corner of plank.
He received quite cash on the
head and four stitches had to be
taken to close up the wound.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
Experience Social.
The Ladies Aid

The Ladies Aid
the Methodist {
conduct an expert :.
at the home of Mr. M.
Mitchell on west Pine street
Friday evseing, A,a sss 9Th.
The ladies are all expected
to earn a dollar in some man.
ner and tell their experience
at the social.
Mrs. Louis Segal is improving
very slowly at the ST. Joseph 5 hos
pital, where she was operated up
on three weeks ago for appendicitis.
1t is said however that she is now
about out of danger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
Gathering BlueberrieS.

Bell, Burns & Company have NOV
ed their outfit out to the blueberry
fields on the Northern Pacific Rail-
road and are engaged in gathering
berries for shipment to the Twin
City markets. A large force of In
dians from the Red Cliff reservation
have been engaged to do the picking
and the shipments from this time
until the close of the season will be
large. M. o. Duffy & Co. are also
engaged in the business. North
Wisconsin bueberries find ready
sale at good prices, and the business
OF picking them has reached large
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
SUMMER INSTITUTE
To Be Held Here Early Part
Of Next Month.
Professors Royce of Superior
and Schulz of Eau Claire
in Charge.

The summer institute for
Bayfield, County will be held
in this city August 9th to 18th,
and the following is the an
nouncement of the events:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
ANNOUNCEMENT

The summer institute for Bay
field county will be held in Wash
burn, Wis, August 9-13 inclu-
sive.
The work will be sectioned on
the basis of experience in teach
ing; those having taught one
year or less will be in the B
Section; all others in the A. Sec
tion.
School Management. manual,
language. !. arithmetic, agricul-
ture, reading and, geography
will be given. Teachers may
take not less than three of the
above.
Topics of general interest.
such as dictionary work, library
card catalogue and it's use, IL
brary reading, ETC., will be taken
up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
EXAMINATIONS

Aug. 1917
Examinations for teachers
certificates will be given Monday
and Tuesday following the insti-
tute. All 3rd grade subjects
will be given on these days.
Those prepared to do so may
write on second grade subjects
Monday and first grade subjects
Tuesday.
REQUIRED SUBJECTS
3rd Grade
Orthoepy, Spelling, Reading,
Writing, Arithmetic. Grammar,
Geography, U. S. History, U. S.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
TEACHERS,

Every teacher who expects to
teach in Bayfield, Co., by virtue
of q county certificate is expect.
ed to be in regular attendance.
Those teachers who attend the
summer session of the normal
school will be excused from
attendance at the institute.
Teachers are requested to
bring the circular, "How to have
a good school," and their 'man-
uals," and such text books as
they expect to use.
Promptness and regularity
will be credited.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
School board members and
other citizens are invited to visit
the regular sessions and attend
the lectures.
Upon each certificate issued is
noted the number of days the
holder attended lnstitute-Note
this when hiring a teacher. One
who neglects opportunities for
professional advancement is not
likely to render efficient service
II, tho schools
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29

to secure
a t "a indnstria. or 0ccu-
patton work for the lower grades
and we also plan to have several
good lectures.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
CONDUCTORS.

Prof. Royce of the Superior
Normal School and City Supt.
wv. III. Sch"l- Eau Claire will
= These men
rs and we are
structions and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
INTRODUCTION BY PEARY.

Some of my reasons for saying that
DR.. Cook did not go to the north pole
Will be understood by those who read
the following statements of the two
Eskimo boys who went with him, and
who told me and others of my party
where he did go. Several Eskimos
who started with Dr. Cook from An
oratok in February, 1908, were at
Etah when | arrived there in August.
1908. They told me that DR.. Cook had
with him, after they left, two Eskimo
boys, or young men, two sledges and
some twenty dogs. The boys were
l-took-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah | had
known them from their childhood.
One was about eighteen and the other
about nineteen years Of age.
On my return from Cape Sheridan
and at the very first settlement |
touched (Nerke, near Cape Chalon) in
August, 1909, and nine days before
reaching Etah, the Eskimos told me,
in a general way, where Dr. Cook had
been; that he had wintered in Jones
Sound, and that he had told the white
men at Etah that he had been a long
way north, but that the boys who were
with him, I-took-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah,
said that this was not so. The Eski-
mos laughed at DR.. Cooks story. On
reaching Etah, | talked with the Es-
kimos there and with the two boys
and asked them to describe DR.. Cook S
journey to members of my party and
myself. This they did in the manner
stated below.
WSignedl r. e. PEARY.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21

After being informed of the boys
narrative thus far, Commander Peary
suggested series of questions to be
put to the boys in regard to this trip
from the land out and back to it.
Did they cross many open leads or
much open water during this time?
Ans. None.
Did they make any caches out on
the ice? Ans. No.
With how many sledges did they
start? Ans. Two.
How many dogs did they have7 Ans.
Did not remember exactly, but some
thing over twenty.
How many sledges did they have
when they got back to land? Ans.
Two.
Did they have any provisions left on
their sIedges when they came back to
land? Ans. Yes; the sledges still had
about all they could carry, SO they
were able to take but a few things
from the cache.
From here they went southwest
along the northwest coast of Heiberg
Land to a point indicated on the map
(sverdrup's Cape Northwest).
From here they went west across
the ice, which was level and covered
with snow, offering good going, to a
low island which they had seen from
the shore of Heberg Land at Cape
Northwest. On this island they
camped for one sleep.
From this island they could see two
lands beyond (Sverdrup's EIlef Ring
mes and Amund Ringnes Lands). From
the island they journeyed toward the
Ieft-hand one of these two lands
(Amund Ringes Land), passing a
small island which they did not visit.
Arriving at the shore of Amund
Ringnes Land, the Eskimos killed a
deer as indicated on the chart.
The above portion of the state
ment of the Eskimo boys covers
the period of time in which DR.. Cook
claims to have gone to the pole and
back, and the entire time during
which he could possibly have made
any attempts to go to it.
If it is suggested that perhaps DR..
Cook got mixed and that he reached
the pole, or thought he did, between
the time of leaving the northwest
coast of Heibere Land at Cape North
west, and his arrival at Rngnes Land,
where they killed the deer, we must
then add to the date of DR.. Cooks let
ter of March 18th, at or near Cape
Thomas Hubbard, the subsequent four
or five sleeps at that point, and the
number of days required to march
from Cape Thomas Hubbard to Cape
Northwest "a distance of some sixty
nautical miles,, which would advance
his date of departure from the land
to at least the 25th of March, and be
prepared to accept the claim that DR..
Cook went from Cape Northwest
(about latitude eighty and half de-
grees north) to the pole, distance of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
five hundred and seventy geographical
miles, in tWenty.seven DAYS.

five hundred and seventy geographical
miles, in twenty-seven days.
After killing the deer they then trav-
eled south along the east side of Ring
nes Land to the point indicated on the
chart, where they killed another deer,
They then went east across the
south part of Crown Prince Gustav
sea to the south end of Heiberg Land,
then down through Norwegian bay,
where they secured some bears, but
not until after they had killed some of
their dogs, to the east side of Ora
ham Island; then eastward to the lit
tie hay marked "Eid's Fiord" on Sver-
drup's chart; then southwest to HelPs
Gate and Simmons peninsula.
Here for the first time during the
entire journey, except as already
noted off Cape Thomas H. Hubbard,
they encountered open water. On this
point the boys were clear, emphatic,
and unshakable. They spent a good
deal of time in this region, and finally
abandoned their dogs and one sledge,
took to their boat, crossed Hell's Gate
to North Kent, up into Norfolk Inlet,
then back along the north coast of
Colin Archer Peninsula to Cape Vera,
where they obtained fresh elder duck
eggs. Here they cut the remaining
sledge off, that is shortened it, as it
was awkward to transport with the
boat, and near here they killed a wal
rus.
From Cape Vera they went on down
into the southwest angle of Jones
Sound, where they killed a seal;
thence east along the south coast of
the sound, killing three bears at the
point noted on the map, to the PENN
sula known as Cape Sparbo on the
map, about midway on the south side
of Jones Sound. Here they killed
some musk-oxen and, continuing east,
killed four more at the place indi-
| Gated on the chart, and were finally
stopped by the pack ice at the mouth
of Jones Sound. From here they
turned back to Cape Sparbo, where
! they wntered and killed many musk
oxen.
After the sun returned in 1909 they
started, pushing their sledge, across
Jones Sound to Cape TennySon; thence
along the coast to Clarence Head;
(passing inside of two small islands
not shown on the chart, but drawn on
it by the boys), where they killed
bear; thence across the broad blight
in the coast to Cadogan Fford; thence
around Cape Isabella and up to Com
mander Pearys old house in Payer
Harbor near Cape Sabine, where they
| found a seal cached for them by Pan
| ikpah, I-took-a-shoo's father. From
here they crossed Smith Sound on the
ice, arriving at Anoratok.
| (SigneD r. l.. PEARY, u. S. N.
ROBERT A. BARTLETT,
Master S. S. Roosevelt
d. 3. M'MILLAN,
GEORGE BORUP,
MATTHEW a. HENSON.
G45O d.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21

it developed that DR.. Cook had told
these boys, as he told Mr.. Whitney
and Billy Pritchard, the cabin boy,
that they must not tell Commander
Peary or any of us anything about
their journey, and the boys stated DR..
Cook had threatened them if they
should tell anything.
The narrative of these Eskimos is
as follows:
They, with DIR. Cook, Francke and
nine other Eskimos, left Anoratok,
crossed Smiths Sound to Cape Sabine,
slept in Commander Peary's old house
in Payer Harbor, then went through
Rice strait to Buchanan bay After a
few marches Francke and three Eski-
mos returned to Anoratok.
DR.. Cook, with the others, then pro-
ceeded up Flagler bay, a branch of
Buchanan bay, and crossed Elles-
mere Land through the valley pass at
the head of Flagler bay, indicated by
Commander Peary in 1898, and utilized
by Sverdrup in 1899, to the head of
Sverdrup's Bay Fiord" on the west
side of Ellesmere Land.
Their route then lay out through
this ford, thence north through Sver-
drup's "Heuerka Sound" and Nansen
strait
On their way they killed musk oxen
and bear, and made caches, arriving
eventually at point on the west side
of Nansen strait (shore of Axel Hell
berg Land of Sverdrup), south of
Cape Thomas Hubbard
A cache was formed here and the
four Eskimos did not go beyond this
point. Two others, Koolootingwah and
Inughito, went on one more march
with DR.. Cook and the two bows.
helped to build the snow igloo. then
returned without sleeping.
(These two Eskimos brought back
a letter from DR.. Cook to Francke,
dated the seventeenth of March. The
two men rejoined the other four men
who had been left behind, and the six
returned to Anoratok, arriving May 7.
This information was obtained not
from the two Eskimo boys, but from
the six men who returned and from
Francke himself, and was known to
us in the summer of 1908, when the
Roosevelt first arrived at Etah. The
information is inserted here as supple
mentary to the narrative of the two
boys)
After sleeping at the camp where
the last two Eskimos turned back, Dr.
Cook and the two boys went in q
northerIy or northwesterIy direction
with two sIedges and twenty-odd dogs
one or more march, when they en-
countered rough ice and a lead of open
| water. They did not enter this rough
ice, nor cross the lead, but turned
| westward or southWestward a short
| distance and returned to Heiberg Land
at point west of where they had left
| the cache and where the four men had
! turned back.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
lSSUESLONG PROMISED STATE
MENT IN NORTH POLE
DISPUTE.
GIVES STORY OF TIL: ESKInOS
The Statement Is Signed by Peary,
Bartlett, Mcmillan, Borup and Hen
son of the Roosevelt Party-Eski-
mo Boys Closely Questioned by All.

entered according to Act of Congress,
I'm the year i9l9 by the Peary Arctic club.
Sn the Office of the Librarian of Congress,
at Washington, ID. CO
New York, Oct. ~. - The
following statement of Command
er Robert E. Peary. which he
submitted, together with the accom-
panying map, to the Peary Arctic club
in support of his contention that DR..
Cook did not reach the north pole,
is now made public for the first time.
The statement and map have been
copyrighted by the Peary Arctic club.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
Sad.

Two little girls were out walking
when they passed the big brick build
ing of an orphan asylum. That, Min
ME" said Rosy, anxious to impart her
knowledge to her younger sister, lis
where the little orphans live. Mr.
and Mrs. Orphan are both dead"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
DAMAGE Done by Brown Bat.

The brown or Norway rat is re
garded by the United States depart
ment of agriculture as the worst
mammal pest in the United States, the
losses from its depredations amount
ing to many millions OF dollars year.
ly"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
Lona DELAYED Tribune.

THE experienced reporter is IA
model of courtesy" acknowledged a
Philadelphia preacher. First bouquet
OF that kind in years and Years
Cleveland Leader
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
Trained EaaIes for Aviation.

One of the most fanatic ballooning
projects Of the past was that of an
Austrian who suggested. nearly a cen.
tury ago, that balloons might be
guided in any desired direction with
the aid of trained eagles.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
Salt Whale.

Already quite trade is done with
Japan in canned and salted whale
meat. 1t is said to be more tender
than beef and to taste like it-Na.
tional Food Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
Suggestion as to Clothing.

Clothing ought to be made with the
soft ancient Egyptian or modern Chi
nese buttons. Maybe removable ones
are better still. If it were not for
buttons most laundering could be done
by machinery-Ne York Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
Peculiar Florida River,

The st. Johns river im Florida is
the only navigable river in the coun-
try that flows in a generally north
erly direction into an ocean.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-21
A Foolish Notion.

Most of the men who think the
world is against them are SO insignifi-
cant that the world has never noticed
them.