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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
SALE or BOYS SUITS

Clearing sale of suits for boys, age
: to l6 years. Splendid values pre-
veil II low priced suits. Knickerbock-
u suits $1.75 and up. Even the cheap
est Of our boys clothing is made to
stand hard service Sale lasts 10 days.
Al. B. Ames, 169 Main St. dwm15
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

The refuse from the catch basins is
to be handled in a sanitary manner
hereafter and it Is time ii was. The
piles of muck taken from the sewers
must have contained samples of every
kind of germ known to medical science
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

a case Of small pox is reported at
the home Of James English the well
known Northwestern railway conductor
at WaulSegan. One Of the children Of
Mr.. English IS i'll with the disease.
This is the second case to be reported
from the English family. It is said
that the disease is in mild form and
that 10 serious developments are ex-
peeted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

Miss Mollie Sullivan has resigned
her position in the Office of the Thomas
3. Jeffery company and will be as
ISOLATED with her brother in the new
dry goods store to be opened early in
June.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

The funeral of the late .lrs Mary
Ellis was held from ST. Matthews
church on Sunday afternoon. The
service was in charge Of the Rev. Fred
Ingley and interment was at the fami-
ly plat at the Kenosha City cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
rs HELD FOR TRIAL.
Giles to Stand Trial on Charge Of Per
hitting Gambling at July Term

Jacob Gies, arrested on Saturday
evening on warrant issued on the
complaint of Charles R. Williams,
charging him with permitting gambling
in room on the second floor of the
building situated at 204 Main street,
was arraigned before Judge Randall in
the Municipal Court this morning and
held for trial at the July term of the
Municipal Court under bonds of $3.50.
The defendant furnished bonds and
was released. The evidence at the
hearing was practically the same as at
the John Doe proceedings before
the issuance of the warrant and the
defendant did not call any witnesses.
Calvin Stewart, who represented the
defendant, sought the discharge of his
client on the grounds that the evidence
had not shown that Gies was in any
way il charge of the room in question,
but tho court denied the motion The
members Of the Federation declared
that only a part Of their evidence was
disclosed at the preliminary hearing.
The hearing of Michael Neiderprim,
arrested on similar charge at the
complaint Of officers Of the Federation.
will come up in the Municipal Court
on Thursday morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

The bill for state aid for public
highways is now being worked out at
Madison and it is to be hoped that
the measure finally passed will provide
for state supervision of all work done
under the bill Should the counties be
allowed to build their own roads en-
'tirely, the roads to be passed upon by
the state inspectors before the state
pays its share, the state inspectors
would undoubtedly be forced to over
look many minor defects in construc-
ton that would not appear should the
roads be built under state supervision
all the way through rather than to
deprive the county building them of
It's share of the state aid by refusing
to accept them. The counties of the
state annually expend large amounts
of money in road work most of which
is wasted because of the lack of scien-
tifc direction of the work and the only
way to stop this waste is to have the
work done under the supervision Of
competent engineers. IF the money
spent by the counties in the last TWEEN
ty years in road work had been spent
under proper supervision there would
be no need of state aid.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
APRIL LAKE LEVELS
Report From Government Bureau
shows Changes in Lakes

The United States Lake Survey re
ports the stages of the Great Lakes
for the month of April, as follows:
Feet above tide
Lakes water, N. Y.
Superior ............... 601.36
Michigan Huron ............. 5s0.25
hFle .................. otz.ol
Ontario ............ 246.lS
Since last month. Lake Superior has
fallen Il inch, Lakes Michigan and
Huron have risen 90 inches, Lake
Erie has risen inches, and Lake
Ontario So Inches.
During May, Lake Superior is likely
to rise about inches, Lakes Michigan
and Huron 33t5 inches, Lake Erie 5
inches, and Lake Ontario inches.
Lake Superior is inches lower than
the average April stage of the past ten
years and about 81 incnes lower than
last year. It is 4 inches higher than
IL 11P1llj 1907, bu0 80 IHcHoS lower
than in 1905 and 1o1l inches lower
than in 1901.
Lakes Michigan and Huron show a
stage 3 inches lower than the average
April stage of the past ten years and
IA inches lower than last year, but
12A inches higher than in 1896. In
Apria, 1885, the water was 35s4 inches
higher.
Lake Erie is 3A inches below the
mean April stage of the past ten years
and Is inches lower than in April last
year, but 9 inches higher than in 1895.
1t is IS inches lower than in April,
1873, and 22A inches lower than in
April, 1887
Lake Ontario is 1A inches lower than
the average April stage of the past
ten years and % inches lower than in
April last year. In 1870 it was 26
inches, and in 1886 81 inches higher
than in 1909. In April, 1897, it was
l4A inches lower than this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

II there IS anybody higher up in
that kidnapping case there is plenty of
room in the penitentiary for them too.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

The Pirates defeated the Lake Views
in an eleven inning battle at the golf
grounds diamond Sunday afternoon by
a score of 9 to s. The Lake Views had
the Pirates in bad way IN the ninth
inning when the score was s to in.
favor Of the losing team. In the
ninth the Pirates batted out five runs
and they followed up this work by win
ming out the eleventh.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

William r. Fisher is spending a few
days in Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

The United States Lake Survey re
ports the stages of the Great Lakes
for the month of April, as follows:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
Farmers Telephone Meeting.

A meeting is called tor next
Monday, at / O'Clock, at the Office
Of Klein's land agency, to give the
farmers one more chance to enter
the Farmers Telephone line at q
fixed price. All the farmers near
this city have telephones, and
about thirty.five more have given
their orders for one. Manager
Chadwick will be busy all summer
putting in a large number Of
country phones on lines already
established and will alsol oloonstruct
several new lines. The farmer who
has once had the benefit Of a tele-
phone in his residence will never
willingly get on without one. It
is such a convenience in talking
with neighbors, ordering goods
from town, ard in case Of sickness
brings the doctor without any de-
lay. Every farm residence should
have phone and arrangement for
same should be made next Monday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
Braneh South d Mandan.

When work was begun on the
branch line to be built south Of
:Mandan it was reported that no
york would be done ON new lines,
but the first Of the week railroad
contractors arrived in Mandan,
and, after q survey Of the north
branch to view the proposed route,
they will put il bids on the con-
structlon Of same. The line will
be built fifty miles north Of Man
dan and will follow the Missouri
river for some distance across from
Washburn. The surveying for this
road was done two years ago, but
II vas not expected that the work
would be begnn until next spring
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
grain exchange, was established
to lessen the huctuation of price
and supply before and after
ha-vests.
Water Routes Improvement.

The railroad companies are op-
posed to the development of the
water routes. The Mississippi is
paralleled on both sides by rail-
roads operating long trains, and it
is claimed that the railroads take
traffic at unduly low rates along
the river and at competitive points
generally, and recoup themselves
by high charges at non-competitive
points. The traffic on the lower
Mississippi has decreased rapidly
of late years. but the Ohio river
has increased business. Pittsburg
is now the most important river
point in America, and st. Louis
and; New Orleans used to be.
Enough attention has not been
paid to the Improvements Of the
river for many years, but it is now
being taken up again, and the
Missouri, too, will be improved.
The bulky traffic will again be
restored to the waterways, where
it economically belongs, and leave
the railroads to carry on such
business as is profitable and cut
ting off what was q loss. The
history Of water transportation
shows that it frequently makes
traffic for the railroads more than
sufficient to make up for the
apparent loss Of business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
brakes Big Locomotive.

The 500 road has them all put
in the ''clear' when it comes to big
engines. One of them goes through
here every morning.
This engine has five acres of
gratebars, four acres of netting in
the smoke box, and it takes a man
a day and a half to walk through
the cylinders. Every time the
engine exhausts it rains for twenty
minutes afterwards. There is an
elevator that goes to the headlight
to hoist the oil as it requires five
gallons to fill it. It takes two men
forty-five minutes to light one
signal lamp.
The engineer has an X.ray to
watch for signals. After running
for six months he goes blind. It
takes two astronomers with a pow
erful telescope to see her going,
and the glare of the headlight can
be seen through a hill one mile
thick. It took nine carpenters
four months to build the pilot.
They use a steam shovel to give
her coal. The pony wheels are as
large as an ordinary turntable.
The crew holds a picnic in the
tirebox every summer.-Drake
News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
NEW STATE FARMS
Farmers TO Be Given Practical Lesson
In Agriculture GOOD Results
Are Expected.

Senate Bill No. 43, which was
approved March 4 by Governor
Burke, provides that from six to
twelve more demonstration farms
be established in the state, such
farms to be located one only in q
county not previously provided
with a demonstration or q sub
experiment station, says the Biz
marck Tribune. The object of
these new fa1ms will be to show
that a good rotation, good pedi-
gree seed, through cultivation, and
the frequent application of manure
will do in producing heavy crops
and conserving soil moisture IN
their respective neighborhood. On
these farms is put in practice the
best agricultural methods worked
out by experiments that have been
conducted by the main experiment
station and the sub-stations.
Each of these farms consist Of
five or six plots or fields of four
acres each, worked by a practical
farmer, who uses his regular farm
tools under the direction of q su.
perintendent from the experiment
station. Most of the demonstra-
tion farms consist of five fields,
three of which are marketable
grain crops each season, such as
corn and one field in hay, either
clover or a mixture of oats and
peas. The marketable crops are
put in the ground in the best pos
sible condition, and the land is
given a good thorough cultivation,
and this alone should raise the
grain yield at least twenty-five pei
cent. The corn is used as cult
vated crop in order to clean the
land of weeds, conserve fertility
and prevent loss of soil moisture.
It will be used for stock food on
the farm and the barnyard ferti-
lizer resulting therefrom vii: be
spread on the land in order that
fertility may be maintained and
the soil be filled with decaying
vegetable matter known as humus,
The hay crop will consist Of
clover, where that crop can be
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07

clover where that crop be their ghborh ood
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
Max Enterprise.

2. Fl, Podhola purchased a
quarter Of school land in section
l6-l51-83. at the sale at Minot
last week, paying $1,000 per acre
and considers he got bargain.
Christ Hintz is building a fine
residence on his farm just north.
west of town. The main part is
1880 feet and there is an, ell l4xl6
feet. The entire building will be
two stories in height.
Have you examined your we'll
to see whether it is the ordinary
kind that produces water? It may
be you have an oil we'll. Better
look it up and remember that oil
and water do not mix-just take
a sample from the top Of the
water and that will settle the
question.
Stock will be assessed in, Ward
county on the following basis
this year: Horseshoe year old
$40; two years old $50; three years
old and over, $50; stations, 500
and upwards, Cattle One year
old, $l5; two years old, $25: three
years old. $50: work oxen, each,
$50: Mules Same as horses.
Sheep Each, a. Hogs Each,
$40. Other property will be as
sessed on a 25 per cent basis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
Dogden News.

Joseph Tenniss, who has been
sick at Velva since last fall, died
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Tennis
Was about 81 years old and has
been resident of this vicinity for
about 25 years. The funeral will
be held at Velva Friday, at one
O'Clock.
There are from four to fourteen
commercial men in town every
day, which goes to show that there
is some business done in Dogden.
We understand that the 500
line will put on straight pas
senger service between Minot and
Bismarck in the near future.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
High Prices on Falling Market

Right when wheat was dropping
like skyrocket stick the farmers
throughout the west were selling
their winter wheat at one dollar
per bushel for July delivery, a bill
introduced into the Illinois legis-
lature hit at futures as remedy
against such corners" as have
been ascribed to "Jim" Patten and
smashed on the Chicago board of
trade. The bill provided, says the
Evening Times. that anyone who
sells what he does not actually
possess at the time, or buys what
is not actually delivered to him on
the spot, shall be sent to the peni-
tentiary in addition to paying a
fine arranging from one thousand
to twenty-five Thousand dollars.
Intended as protection to the con-
sumner. the measure bit at the act
Of grain and cotton growers who
sell their crops at high prices be-
fore they are ready to deliver it.
Millers have repeatedly taken ad-
vantage Of similar situations to
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grown successfully, because there
ID no other leguminous plant that
will work in a rotation so we'll as
a medium red clover. It makes
very good hay; it has proved
very lucrative crop when grown for
seed, but its grsat values comes
from it's ability to make nitrogen
from the air and stir it in the soil,
thus making the soil on which it
grows a good deal richer than it
was before the clover was planted.
On any farm where clover fails,
because of drought, lack of proper
bacteria in the soil, or from winter
killing, oats and peas will be grown
for hay instead of clover, because
the peas have the chief ability, to
quite an extent, to take nitrogen
from the air and store it in the
soil. This mixture makes the best
of hay and yields we'll. Last sea-
son, on the original demonstration
farm, it yielded an average of 3,lOO
pounds of the best grade hay per
acre.
The people Of Mclean county
have secured one of these farms
southeast of Washburn. 1t con-
sists of six fields of four acres
each ON which the following rota-
tion will be grown: Corn wheat
oats and pea hay, wheat, corn and
fax. One third of the farm is in
wheat following corn and oats and
peas respectively. One sixth of
the farm is in hay following wheat
and Hax. The farm has six year
rotation, one half of which consists
of marketable crops, and the other
half consists of hay and fodder
crops. which should be fed to
cattle or other live stock. One third
of this farm is manured every year
on the land that is to 60 into corn.
The farmers in the vicinity of the
farm will be able to see exactly
what such a rotation. good seed
and good cultivation will do in
producing big crops and increased
instead Of depleted soil fertility in
their neighbour ood.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
Coal Briquetted in North Dakota.

1t has again been proved that
North Dakota coal can be made
into briquettes. Some coal WAS
sent from the Lehigh mine, near
Dickinson, and it stood the gov
ernment briquetting test in 6ne
shape.
The machinery used in making
the tests turns out six tons of
briquette an hour. A plant for
briquetting 200 tons per day would
cost at present something like
$4,000 and perhaps more. The
machine is patented in this country
but the rights run out about the
first of the year, and after that the
chances are the machine can be
duplicated for considerably less.
Briquetting coal means taking
the water out of it and moulding
it into a shape considerably like
a brick, only smaller. In this form
it is clean and convenient to
handle and is said to be the finest
fuel for domestic use ever discov.
cred. When briquetting plants are
established in this country every
grocery store will be in the ccal
business and the man of the house
will be carrying along quarters
worth of briquettes with the re-
mainder of his supper when he
starts for home. The briquettea
will be used in cooking, however.
Briquetted coal means saving
of over one-third to the consume,
and of course lengthens the life OF
a mine by the same proportion.
Incidentally the North Dakota
Ignite was found to be a much
higher quality than the Texas
Ignite.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
Underwood Miner.

G. K. Brewster is again in Un-
derwood looking after his farm
interests west of town. He reports
that not more than five per cent OF
the wheat is. .sown in the Red River
valley country.
DIR. Sawyer of Washburn was
called to Underwood for consulta-
ton in the case of Mrs. A. Shows
illness which we mentioned last
week. Her recovery is very slow,
but we hope it will prove sure.
Fred Glitchka aud B. O. Wyman
are spending the week in Calgary,
Canada, overlooking the lands in
the irrigated district in that vi
entity. Mr.. Wyman acquired a
half section the last trip he made
up there and may buy some more
this time, while Mr.. Glitchka
intends to purchase small tract
also.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
CLIPPED NEWS
OF THE WEEK.
Many News Items Clean.
ed from Our Latest
Exchanges.
Malcolm Correspondence.

The supper and entertainment
held by the local union of the
American Society of Equity in the
Malcolm schoolhouse, Saturday
evening, was we'll attended and all
we're pleased with the meeting.
Mr.. Foss, of Garrison, gave an in
:structive talk ON equity. A good
program was rendered and music
furnished by the Malcolm Or
chestra. Equity to the front.
Jacob Forland was business
visitor in Washburn last Saturday.
Carl Wahi and Gilmore Lund
have invested in a steam engine
and have started to do their spring
blowing. They can now turn over
a few more acres of ground a day
than by team.
Albert Anderson has q brother
visiting him from Massachusetts,
whom he has not seen for twenty
years.
.sae Farmers are busy finishing their
seeding after the delay made by
the snowstorm.
Mr.. Holm had the misfortune Of
losing one of his best work horses
this week. He has not completed
his spring work and the loss will
delay him considerably.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
They all Come Back Home.

They all come back to North
Dakota can't stay away. Will
Males has returned after an alb
sence of two years in Pennsyl-
vania: Pete Hogan was dissatis-
fed with South Dakota and is
again making his home here. Even
the budding apple trees of Iowa
could not keep Sewald Ovre away.
Jim Estep is back from Nebraska,
and Ike Bjersted and George Pc
terson will return from Minnesota
this week. There's something at
tractive in the freedom of our ex-
pansive prairies with its exhilar-
ating air and sunbeams impreg-
mated with life prolonging bacteria
Maybe the hearty appetite and the
cool refreshing sleep of summer
nights produced by our climate ia
a drawing card. Anyhow the boys
have returned loud in their praise
Of North Dakota. They each are
planning and executing create,
accomplishments than before, go.
ing to work with the vim and
enthusiasm characteristic Of west.
erners. Mercer Telegram.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-05-07
FREIGHT RATES
~
ARE RESTORED
Railroads Grant the Old
Rates in Effect Prior
to Jan. 1st.

At last the freight rates have
been restored that were in effect
prior to January l, 1909.
For many years prior to January
1, the freight rates on small ship
ments of goods weighing less than
100 pounds in, North Dakota were
charged for at the actual weight,
at the rate per 100 pounds of ths
class to which the goo.ls belonged
and the minimum for each chip
ment was 25 cents.
On January l the railroads put
a new rate into effect in this state,
making the minimum charge On
single shipments of less than 100
pounds the same as though the
shipment weighed the full 100
pounds.
The placing in effect of the new
rate caused a great deal of dissat-
isfaction among jobbers. mer-
chants and shippers generally, for
the reason that the carrying
charges in many instances wers
more than the first Icost of the
goods. Numerous complaints were
filed with the board of railroad
commissioners against the new
rate during the months of January
and February, and the board called
a public meeting to be held at
Fargo on March 10 in the Com
mercial club rooms, at which time
the question was discussed by rep
resentatives of the shippers and
the railway companies of which
a stenographic report was made.
Since the public hearing at
Fargo on March 10, and without
awaiting the decision of the board
of railroad commissioners, the rail-
way company put into effect new
tariff, preserving the 100 pound
minimum by making flat third
class rate for all commodities. This
rate is in effect in Minnesota. but
as the distance tariff is so much
greater in North Dakota than it is
in Minnesota, the basing Of the
minimum charge on the third class
is considered to be unjust and un-
fair by the board and places the
shippers and consumers of North
Dakota at a great disadvantage a.
compared to the shippers and
interests of other states.
The question of a minimum
freight charge has been under con-
sideration by the board of railroad
commissioners ever since the hear
ing at Fargo, and at the meeting
of the board resolution was
adopted refusing to concur in the
third class 100 pounds minimum
charge, and an order is entered
directing that the rates in effect
prior to January l be restored.
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ment of twenty-five cents month
was made on each and every MEM
Der to raise funds to pay the hall
rent. Three practice nights in the
week in the future ought to put
the boys in fine shape for the
seasons work.