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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31
THE BEST APPLES.
soms That You Will Recognize 40 Old
Friends In This List.

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North America is tie great apple pro
ducing region OF the world. and New
York leads oil the other states in the
quantity grown. although varieties
quite as choice are produced in other
states, particularly Missouri. Oregon
and Washington. To have perfect
fruit the soil and the climate condi.
tions must be Of the most favorable.
A list Of what may be called the best
~apples-best in n or another
has been arranged. The list comprises
these varieties: The Belmont, Bethle.
mite, Bullock's Pippin, Cogswell, Early
Joe, Esopus. %spitzenburg, Full Wine.
Garden Royal, Melon, Mother, North.
ern Spy, Pomme Grise, Porter. Pri
mate, Red Canada, Summer Pearmain
Summer Rose, Swaar. WAGNER and
Westaeld. To this list are added the
Baldwin and the Rhode Island Green
ing-two Of the best known apples the
country over.
Other popular apples include the Gil.
lifower, Vandevere. Maiden's Blush,
American Beauty. Fameuse. Pound
Sweet, Talman Sweet. Winespice, Bell
flower. Red Astrakhan. Pearmain. Au.
tumn Bough, Roxbury Russell, Sops o
Wine, King, Twenty Ounce. Hubbard.
ston and Peach Pond Sweet.
The Pippin wherever found seems tt
be always well liked. But one Pippin
differs from every other. What one
state knows as Pippin another state
greets by quite a different name. The
Ben Davis, for instance. so known in
the middle west, is known in New
York state as a New York Pippin.
Almost every propagation of apples
has found, If his experience and his or.
chards are extensive, specimens which
he thought entitled to such names as
Seek No Further, Nonesuch and Sine
Qua Non, so that If one receives an
apple bearing m Of these names in
Massachusetts, it may differ exceeding.
~ from n of the same name offered
to him in Wisconsin. But they are all
likely to be worth the eating If their
grower has seen fit to honor them with
such names.
The longer apples remain on the
tree. unless the weather becomes toe
cold to permit their exposure, the bet,
ter the flavor and keeping qualities.
The fruit that comes to perfection the
farthest north, as that in the Hood
river region Of Oregon. appears to
have the finest keeping qualities with
out deterioration in flavor.
OF the varieties raised in the east
the winter russets keep longest with
out being put in cold storage and real
ly reach the full perfection of flavor
only late in the winter or in the early
spring. 1t used to be considered a
marvellous and almost an impossible
thing to keep apples over from the
fall till the first summer apples ap-
peared, but with methods of cold
storage 20 extensively used as they
are now this is easily achieved and
with far less deterioration in flavor
than might be reasonably expected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

ice is of course good. but e~ighteensinch
Is better, as the thicker the cake the
better its keeping quality. Clear the
field Of snow and with either line or
straightedge mark off the cakes to be
cut. using any sharp pointed instru-
nent for the marking. An old file
makes a good tool for the purpose.
Mark the field of into eighteen inch
squares, being careful to have cakes
cut exactly to measure. for in no other
way can close storage be accomplish
ed. Cut out corner cake with an ak
and start the saw exactly on the line.
holding saw straight up and down.
Remove one handle from the saw and
in its place attach a small weight. said
weight adding much to the rapidly
Of the saving. Two pairs of ice tongs
at about so cents each complete the
outfit for the farmers ice harvest,
In building an icehouse get good.
smooth drop siding for the outside and
paint it. For the interior any old lun,-
Der will do. for all that is necessary is
something to hold the sawdust used In
packing from the outer wall. Leave
spaces between studding open at the
top. To accomplish this the inside
sheathing should stop at about four
inches below the plate al top of stud<
ding. thus allowing the side air to
flow out and over the stored mass.
thence u through small windows
which should be provided in each end
of the building and as near the peak
as possible. These openings should
be filed with upward slanting blinds.
thereby forcing inf1owing air currents
upward and away from the ice, insur-
ing free circulation at all times. These
openings should never be closed. for
through them must escape dampness
that stored ice always produces.
The size Of the building must be de-
termined by the amount of ice to be
used. If for family use only. then
u by IA feet. with eight foot studding.
will give ample storage space, but for
dairy use the building should be en-
larged in proportion to the demands
put upon 1t.
A Wisconsin farmer puts up such an
icehouse as is shown in the dllustra-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31
A Very Good Year.

SIEssg3G 80 Why NVVO 00keSSEIE3Ff8
If the life that is uneventful can be
called blessed solely on account of ita
evenness the same philosophy would
set the year 1909 down as a very good
twelvemonth. It seemed to bear some
times possibilities Of wars. OF indus
trial disturbances, Of famine and also
Of a back straining and price breaking
yield from the son. Nothing Of the
kind happened. and, although 1909 Sc
cured q place in history, It Is agreeable
history, and before long the year will
stand among the averages pleasant to.
recall.
An encouraging sign for the future
Of the year that is gone was, the evil
dence put forth Of a determination to
''clean up" and improve and strive for
higher ideals. No remarkable gain was
made anywhere by radically progress
i've forces, yet there were no deci-
sive defeats. Conservation within rea-
son, public economy which shall not
block the wheels Of improvement 0
check progress, purer standards in
public life-these commonplace princi-
pies were declared to be vital to the
national welfare. With a people so ac-
tive as ours there is always an under
current Of progress either, in the right
or the wrong, and that year
is always fruitful wherein the progress
is not in the wrong direction.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31
po..um Huntino In Queensland,

Postum Hunting In Queensland.
Among the ways Of earning a living
In the colony Of Queensland the col,
lecting OF fur skins combines consids
cradle profit with a line. adventurous
life in the open air in the ..bush"-the
term which describes all country parts
plain, hill and forest. away from the
settlements. The possum is protected
by the government Of Queensland TIL
May /. on which date young men issue
forth for a campaign against the willy
animal whose skin makes such beam
tiful carriage and other rugs and forms.
the material for ladies' turs all over
Europe. Formerly shooting was ~
sorted to. but now .trapping is found
to be the most efiicacioIs means OF tt
curing a good bag. Most OF the trap
pers work In couples or employ 9 Al
tive, and snares offihin wire are uSeds
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Until more men are at work-unth
We have further recovered from the
wounds Of recent yeafs-there should
be In congress no experimenting with
prosperity. Il
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

be set at a steep incline. Such sails
must be long and narrow and set
closer together.
In pumping from a deep we'll the an.
gle Of the sails of the windmill is
such that the wheel will revolve the
same number of revolutions a minute
that it is desired to operate the pump.
This makes it possible to connect the
mill directly to the pump without the
gearing necessary where a high speed
is employed in operation of the pump.
While the low speed means less wa
ter pumped, it greatly lengthens the
life of the mill.
In the illustration the windmill, tow
er and tank are combined in q rather
ornamental structure. When the well
is located on high ground as compared
with the grounds where the water is
to be distributed the tank may rest
upon the surface, as shown, and the
windmill frame be constructed over
head. When the mill is to be located
on lower ground the water tank may
be placed midway on the windmill
frame or on top. with the windmill
just above the tank.
A tank placed thirty feet from the
ground will give a pressure Of fifteen
pounds when the tank is full. This
would lift water to the second story
Of q house standing on the same level.
A garden hose nozzle connected with
this tank would force stream nearly
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Another senatorial investigation Of
West Point is under way. Hazing, as
usual, is to be stopped in the post reg
ulations only to be sanctioned in
Washington.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

What puzzles the ordinary observer
is how the moving pictures taken Of
the Nicaragua squabble are to show
the belligerent Knox in the center I'M
less the picture men patch the films.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

It is doubtless correct to say that Al
bert 1. Of Belgium will be king Of a re-
publican monarchy or Of a m~onarchical
republic. That is the status to which
many Of the monarchies Of Europe
have come and to which they are all
rapidly coming.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Although Zelaya has stepped out,
those new elements tending toward
anarchy which Knox sighted through.
the Nicaraguan mists have not dis
persed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Yellow newspapers in this country.
will win no international language
singing contests against some Of the
Radical organs in England which are
bombarding the house Of lords. Brit
ish dignity takes a vacation now
and then.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Uncle Sam will not demand payment
Of Cuba's $6.5o9,511 until times Inn
prove. Compliments Of the eason go
with the favor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

II Is not an improbable outcome Of
the campaign forced upon England by
the dispute over the Liberal budget
that the stubborn house Of lords may
be reduced to the status Of a chamber
representing the peerage instead OF q
chamber in which every peer has q
right to vote. as at present.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31
Usefulness Of the Hen.

The period Of a hens usefulness de-
ponds altogether on the hen. While
the first year is usually the best for
egg production. 1t is not always the
case, some hens laying better the e
ond year. But, as a rule, n will get
the greatest number Of eggs from a
given number Of fowls by having the
pullets Matched early.
The meat Of yarded poultry Is al
ways more tender than. that Of fowls
having free range. due to the extreme
muscular development Of the latter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Many men as avaricious and crnel
and immoral as Leopold II. have es-
capped notice. But q king Is seen OF all
men, and his wickedness and weak
nesses are always before the eyes OF
the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

STATIONARY SCRATCHING SHED HOUSE.
In many instances very billy land that
will not permit the construction Of
long houses can be utilized to good
advantage with the small stationary
house such as is shown in the cut un-
der the caption. "a Stationary Scratch
ing Shed House."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

The best thing that can be said Of
the moral character Of Leopold, Arte-
mus Ward has already said about that
Of Brigham Young. Mr.. Ward treated
It as q conundrum and gave It up"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

The presidents insistence during his
recent tour upon putting the response
bility upon congress should It fail to
indorse the legislation proposed has
at least had the effect Of centering
popular attention more critically upon
the house and senate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Washington has neither the Black
Hand societies nor the tongs to disturb
its serenity, nothing wors than a band
of insurgents
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

The Cuban ministry, to which Mr..
John B. Jackson has been transferred
from Persia, is highly important at
this time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Even though Peary did stop fourteen
miles short Of the pole. he got near
enough to look it over and shout
"Howdy" across the icy waste.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

It would be the most fortunate thing
for unhappy Nicaragua Il she could in5
this crisis develop a leader approx
mating the unbending personality Of
Diazz OF Mexico. ia %
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Perhaps rich Mrs. Astor's Jewels and
other belongings have been jealousy
guarded. since her death against cheap
substitutions and perhaps not.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

With the combination Of the Belgian
parliament, press. people and king
committed to the reformation Of the
Kongo the world will await the inau-
guration Of the new order there with
confidence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

When matters have been adjusted in
Nicaragua the people Of that republic
will find themselves freer than ever
they were. None save Zelaya, his IA
vorites and other tyrants Of his type
have reason to complain or to fear.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

There will be a big vote in the Unit
ed Kingdom when the general election
comes on. but it would be bigger IL
there were universal manhood suf-
frage in Great Britain, as there ought
to. he. fas4i
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

No argument is necessary to prove
that the price Of Christmas keeps pace
with the general advance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

It doesn't really matter much where,
Zelaya goes so long as he takes his
style of government with him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Girls In q Foreign Atmosphere.
A German American author, Frau
Won Ende, whose book was published
in Berlin the other day, undertakes to
explain why so many American girls
m captivated by the nobility of the
continent. She says that very many Of
these girls never get an American edu-
cation. They are often taught by Ger
man or French governesses and reared
In surroundings which are intended to
initiate those Of cultivated Europeans.
Even cheap limitations Of foreign fur
niture and paintings may affect q girls
ideals Of the things desirable In life.
American girls are expatriated 'sbe-.
fore they make their first trip to Eu-
rope" says this author, and the men
they meet in American society have
nothing in common with their vitiated.
tastes. What everyday life falls to do
In creating a foreign atmosphere for
the idle mind Is supplied In the for
eign novel with its heroic nobleman,
as impossible as he is romantic. An
attractive young woman cannot be long
abroad without meeting the Prince
Charlie Of her dreams. and after that
American simplicity has no chance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

It 10 said that there are more than
100000 goats In this country, and all
are practically free from tuberculosis.
Thousands Of them are milk goats and
are used regularly Tor this purpose. ]
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

This Is the season Of the Christmas
shopping neutrality-suspicious. nor inn
portant than the original idea.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

AND TIDY 6A4I1x rs
ton at a very low cost. Each winter
he fills It when he could be doing little
else. He has half a dozen customers
to whom he supplies ice during the
summer and makes a handsome pro6t-
from the transaction.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

The passing Of the old king Of Bel
GUM adds still another to the list Of
amiable young kings on European
thrones, OF whom Alfonso Of Spain and
Manuel Of Portugal are examples.
These youthful monarchs have an OPP
p~ortunity to secure their hold on their
kingdoms by a wise and temperate ad-
ministration Of their high Office. But 1t
viii be the part Of prudence for them
to dwell lightly on divine right" as
the authority for their rule.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Pumping by Wind Power.
The speed Of q windmill depends
on the angle the wheels are placed at
with reference to the wind. II a slow.
steady motion is desired the sails must
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Cook can hardly be blamed for a lit
tie hesitancy. in opening Copenhagen's
Christmas package.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

Land Is % scarce In Japan and the
people i 70 numerous that farm
rarely consists Of more than an acre
or two. These little farms are divided
up into tiny fields. ss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-12-31

bikes scanpY MIXER tossssnnixs
sfhsse days ana sound thea ppfrospssFity
Mhcop III the same time $
Evening star., 1909-03-14

and women, TO the inaugural ceremonies
attending the installation Of Mr.. Taft.
Well, probably these folks'H go away
on their summer vacations by the Fourth
of July, or perhaps a little later, and then
the undersigned can walk on the New
York streets in the daytime without fear
of assassination.
/ saw about a dozen of them after they
got back from their inauguration trip.
Not only would few of them even speak
to me, but their actions toward me We're
so menacing, SO fraught with loathing anu
hatred and all vindictiveness and revenge
fulneSs. that / got under cover just as
soon as l could. The few who consented
10 hand me n word or two dttin talk Ia
me- They barked at me- They not only
denomina ted me as Charter Member No.
of the Ananias Club they not only tossed
the short and ugly word at me hissingly
and with venom puring around their
teeth as they Missed ii, but they called
me Il leper and d hull lot or other orfnl
things like that.
Some of these people whom / induced to
go to the Inauguration belong to clubs of
which / am a member l hear they're
going to try to have me disciplined by
these clubs for outrageous mendacity.
I'm afraid TO open my mail Already
have received about thirty-siX of the most
scandalously insulting letters that you
ever read or heard of, all written by en-
ragged persons who went TO the Taft inau-
guration because l advised 'em to. (Some
of em, by the way, never got any nearer
Washington than Elkton. Md
Worst of it all is that they throw II up
to ME, in this violent, threatening corre-
spondence that l didn't go TO the inau-
suratiOn myself. thus implying. that L
knew in advance all about what they
were going up against. Shall l constitute
myself booster for any more Inaugural
tions: Never asayne!
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
Evening star., 1909-03-14

"Of course" l went on, magniloquently,
folks who take in the inauguration do
miss the full verdure of Washington
magnificent trees. Washington's LEAKAGE
doesn't appear in all Of its fulness until
well. about March the 9Th or Sth. But
you'll see the swellest buds You'll see
the trees all ready to burst into umbrag
eousness. Oh. but it's the fine sight
Think we'd better trot down to the
Inauguration, them most OF them
asked me. after I'd got through picturing
to them the balny delights of the Capital
city during the earliest days of March.
do l think you'd better CO.. | de-
claimed. earnestly. Sirs, or madames.
you will forever despise yourselves. and
inflict an immedicable injury upon your
progeny, If You do not avail yourselves
of this opportunity to see the loveliest of
the worlds capitals. and at the same
time the greatest OF all American
pageauts, And Yet you have the temer-
ity to ask me If you'd better go. I'm
ashamed of you folks"
Yes, yes. I was heap earnest about it.
| honest was.
But are you going?" number of
them, as I say, persisted In asking me-
IF it's so great as all like you say. why
the dickens are you going to stay away
and Washington your home. too?' l re-
piled evasvely, as l say, to such as put 1t
this way, and told em 1 was going to be
too busy or something, but that l was
grieved almost to death that 1t wouldn't
be possible for me to see Washington dur
ing the balmy, etc, etc.
We'll. now you have 1t. Now you
know why the humble author Of these few
lines is in close hiding and why he is
afraid, not to come home in the dark, but
to leave his abode until after dark.
At moderate and conservative COM
putation / believe that my eloquence was
more or less directly responsible for send
ing fully fifty New York persons, men
Evening star., 1909-03-14

months. charged with the manufacture Of
malignant divorce testimony to aid the
cases of divorce 1itigants who paid them
handsomely for their services. Ali Of
these women escaped punishment. on one
te"hnicality or anpther, until the theatrl-
cal managers Wits was disposed of
the other day. The evidence against this
woman was so Overwhelming and the
vicious nature of the charges that she.
with her helpers pn the job had brewed
for use in connection with this particular
divorce case was so apparent that there
was nothing else for the jury to do but TO
convict her. This wonfen. who had not
scrupled to make out of the whole cloth
a series OF charges against a divorce iiti-
CANT that would forever have blasted him
had the charges not been niHped before
they were put over" was real weepful
over 1t, so she was, when the jury an
nounced her conviction, and she mOaned
quite hard for her "babe"-being the wife
of a theatrical person she called 1t 'bab -
not "baby'-that had been born only six
weeks before she was brought to trial
The judge, however. took occasion to re-
mark. not without a certain fitness. that
she might have done better had she given
thought to her babe" at the time she
was scheming and conniving with la
bunch of male and female crooks to for
ever shatter the reputation OF a wealthy
man. who is at least as good as his
neighbors. And so this woman, q not at
all pathetic victim of greed is booked for
states prison and the short haircut that
formeth preliminary to such incarcera-
tion. and II would be an assertion very
wide of the plain truth to assert that this
community feels any sorrow whatever for
her in her Seif-wrought plight.
\ man who used to SIT on the bench
here told me not long ago that he posi-
lively knew that about three-fifths OF the
divorces granted in the New York courts