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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
strenuous suffragettes.

Said a speaker ut q college woman,s
suffrage meeting. when 2 woman can
fire a bullet and hit a mark she Will
be better entitled to vote.' But many
women have already qualified as crack
shots, and If the authorities would
give schoolgirls equal privileges with
schoolboys on the rifle ranges this sort
of comparison would oon lose point.
When Cynthia Westover laid down
the rifle for the pen she could shoot as
straight as any man in Buffalo Bits
crowd, not excepting the great scout
himself. Cynthia exhibits no scalps
as evidence of her true aim, but she
has numerous trophies, telling not OF
the hunt, but of balls placed on the,
bullseye in defense Of human life out
On. the plains.
Men will need to look to their laurels
when women start to do the tricks
their rival sex prides itself upon. Un-
Willingly men are training women to
equal them everywhere, and as one
result we behold the strenuous suf-
~fragettes. Intending merely to en-
nance the pleasure Of sport, they take
women for comrades in outdoor pas
times. Women ride to hounds, u
races, play ball, swim and row and
are as hardy and as handy in the
woods rs their brothers. The athletic
woman is here to stay. In England
she uses natures weapons in a man
her to shock the proprieties perhaps,
but any crowd Of male amateurs
would go to the same extremes under
the same provecation. The hair pull
ing. clawing, kicking. horsewhipping.
screaming and general hazing and nag
ging that upset London would all
happen were the aggrieved grown
schoolboys.l Tie suffragettes lack sci
Sence; but, having temper and sand,
they hit right and left. Theirs are the
tactics of the savage who will not re-
main savage longer than it takes to
climb higher. Calamity mixed with
%selfishness started woman on the road
to muscular strenuousness. Time and
evolution WILL do the rest.
GEORGE l.. KILNER.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Notice of Real Estate Fore.
closure Sale

Whereas, default has been mad. in the pay
Incnt of the money secured by the mortgage
hereinafter described, and the interest thereon
according to the terms thereof; and whereas
default has been made in the payment of the
taxes assessed against the land in said mort
gage conveycd: and whereas. in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the said mort
gage hereinafter dcScrih:tl. the mortgagce has
cicc.sd I" declare. and does hereby declare, the
whnie sum secured by san! mortgage due and
defaults: Now. therefore.
S1iee is hereby given. that that certain
mortgages. executed and del :Hcred by Michael
StOlX and Sofia StOlZ. his wife, mOrtgagOrs. to
John Jaeger. mortgascc. dated the 10Th day of
December. A.. D: nineteen hundred and six. and
iflca for record in the oil ice of the Register of
netd~ Of the County Of Me Lean and State of
North Dakota, on the >.h day of February:
AID. ls07. at IL 80 O'Clock. y. ~, and recorded
in Book . Of Mortgages, al Page el., will be
mortgage, and hereinafter described at the
front door of the Courthouse in the City of
Washburn, In the County of Mclean and State
on the Sir day 81 February, A.. u. 1908, to satisfy
the amount due up"n said mortgage on the day
Of sale.
which will be sold TO- satisfy the same arc those
certain premises situated in the County Of
Mclean, and State of North Dakota, and
degeribed As follows, to Wit Gun 81, ~. ,.n.
west quarter (NWa), the sonthwest quarter,
(SWAi OF the northeast quarter (NE'A(. and
Lots. Nos; Two III: Three ~ ana Eve ~, OF
Section Number Six l8l,. in Township, One
Hundred Forty-eight I1AS1, North of Range
Eghtythree 1873 West Of the Fifth Principal
Meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of eighty.Seven and twenty.
five one-hundreths l$S7 .225I dollars, the amount
Of the interest coupon due December 70, 1907
tho sum Of eighty and eighty-tiye one-hundreths
coupon due December 20, 1905; and tue sum 81
one thousand ten and ~sixty-six one hnndreths
SlolO.66l dollars, the amount of the pr:incina
sum secured by said mortgage, making thu
OF sale the sum of eleven hundred seventy
eight and sevcnty-six one hundreths lSll7S.7 Isl
dollars. together with attorneys fees and
statutory costs.
John jaeger. Mortgagec.
HyIand & Nuessle. Attorneys for Mortgagce
WAshburn, n. ID.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Some More of Jimmie's Exploits.

AS I have told You before. Jimmie.
the little boy. is now a judge u has
white hairs. children. acres and re-
sponsfbiIities. But that does not pre-
rent the two of us from getting to-
gether and being boys again. Over q
pipe by the fire we wipe all these ugly
years OF the slate.
When Jimmie and I went to an acad-
emy-it does not matter wherc-many
interesting things befell. One of these
was the placing of a bucket of water
over another boys door in such a way
| that 1t administered the baptismal rite
by Immersion, not sprinkling. under
standard without any of those holy
and sacred sentiments on the boys
part that should accompany thcf unc-
| ton. At another time Jimmie and I
and some other choice spirits slept five
in a bed and whenever we felt too
crowded. which we did most of the
time, dumped the outside. boy on to
| the floor. On a later occasional the
end of the term this was-we thought
the event should be celebrated and
took to pieces every bed in the dormi-
tory and piled it in the middle OF the
floor. One lad that refused to open to
us we smoked out by sticking blazing
pine knots through the transom. AL
this was but mild. however, compared
to Jimmie's revenge on q professor
that we did not particularly love. Ar
ranging a ticktack at the window OF
the professors sleeping room, Jimmie
attached thereto a string and secreted
himself behind an adjoining fence. In
the middle Of the night the ticktack
got busy and kept pecking at the win
dow until the professor was simply
raging. Suddenly the door opened, and
the next thing we knew the rocks
were going bling against the adjoin.
ing fences and outbuildings. The pro
lessor was actually ~resorting to the
undignified method OF heaving stones
around promiscuously in the hope that
a stray one might hit his tormentors..
The night was dark. and the profess
or was so blind with ragefthat he prob
ably could not have seen us even \
it had been the brightest day. Bing
thump, funk went the stones against
the fences. the pickets and the build
ings, landing with II. force which show
1 ed thatsthe professorsw was an earnest 4
not an accurate thrower, and smash
went one Of. them through the window
Of a neighboring store. which the pro
lessor had to pay . ! the next day
The crashing Of the glass evidentl.,
brought him to- his senses for he y
treated. md atter.he had been giveel
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
A Double Barrelcd Torpedo.

"A u baffelcU IOFOOuS.
One of our naval commanders haS
invented a torpedo which may do
more mischief to an enemy's battle
ship than one Of those "all big gun"
Dreadnoughts we are launching. This
new torpedo shoots twice, so to speak
that is, 1t makes two holes instead
Of n In the target. Theoretical
ly the old torpedo would rip a hole
in the side of a warship and lei, in wa
ter enough to sink her. AS a rule.
however, torpedoed ships have kept
afloat until the repair shop made them
as good as ever.
The shell Of a big gun will do more
damage to a warship than any torpe-
do. provided it explodes inside the
vessel, say in the engine or mag
azine. But a shell may pass through
a vessel, leaving only two small holes
and a few wrecked things in its wake.
The torpedo which becomes the ex-
elusive property Of the United States
because an officer in service devised it,
will smash a big hole in the armor
where it strikes and at the same time
project a shell carrying a fuse timed
to explode 1t at any desired distance
inside. Unfortunately this govern
ment cannot monopolize the genius OF
the world, and If war comes to us the
enemy may have some contrivance
that will sink a battleship as efectual'
ly as u double acting torpedo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

time to return to slumber the tick
tack resumed business AID continued
until even boyish vengeance was salts
fed. On the morrow the professor had
a somewhat wearied and distracted air
us though lie Ind not slept well. He
should have punished US and doubtless
would have done 1t with spirit and
thoroughness il he could have found us
out.
Later on Jimmie and / went to col
lege, where there were other doings of
a similar nature. One boy whose head
was swelled was put under the pump
to reduce it to normal size. Two 9TH
ers who were marked for the same
wholesome process retreated to the top
of the dormitory and backed off into a
corner under the sloping roof, then pro-
duced knives and were going to fight.
! These it was necessary to starye out
until they were ready to be disciplined.
Boys are red handed savages. but the
pump did these particular lads worlds
of good.
On the eve of Washington's birth
day. irreverently known as ''Birthing-
toms wash day." occurred two es-
capadcs that Jimmie and l still tain
I'VE in a half shamefaced way. In the
college library building was q very
fine stuffed alligator. On the top of
the same building was a tall flagstaff.
Several of us conceived the idea that
it would be an act of the highest patri-
otism, to unfurl that saurian to the
breeze. III the middle of the night we
carefully carried him to the roof, at,
tached him to the flag rope and hoisted
him, not half mast, but to the very TOP
Of the pole: This vas no occasion for
mourning. AS the library building
stood on a hill visible for miles around,
it is needless to speak of the sensation
created by that alligator the next day.
The professors did manage to get 1t
down. but not till they had broken its
tail when it fell with At loud clatter or
the tin roof. narrowly missing a little
dried up professor of Greek In the
descent.
The other event Of that memorable
night resulted in the ruin of several
EASuIIS ShllS tASl IC GAPubSAoh VI. O0N
student. but not either. Jimmy or my
self. The faculty chairs III chapel
We're painted a reddish brown. We
thought those chairs needed q new
coat of paint. which we proceeded to-
administer. The paint was sticky, and.
when the president arose to read a
chapter the following morning his
chair arose with him. The professor of
mathematics came to- the rescue, and
his chair arose also. In q moment
there were animated chairs all along
the PLATFORM, Some professors find
difficulty in Keeping their chairs, but
these had no trouble on that score,
their only concern being to separate
themselves as, speedily and painlessly
as possible. One unfortunate boy was
found with 81 little OF the paint on his
coat and on this circumstantfal evil
dence was tired out Of the college for
three terms.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Horses Il. Cities.

The Lendon Globe predicts that the
ideal city of the. future will be horse
less. 1t says: that motor vehicles are
now driving horse drawn vehicles out
of London. While that city has grown
in size Immensely within the past few
years, the number of horses in use
there has become smaller. Cleaner
and less crowded streets have fol-
lowed this substitution Of motor cabs.
trucks and omnibuses for the old style.
If the horse must be cut out Of city
traffic in this country, it is evident
that he will go in glory. Exhibitions
of horses used for commerce In large
American CITIES show that this nation
now recognizes the merits of the draft
horse better perhaps than ever be-
fore. The streets Of every large city
give proof daily that fine horses are
the pride of horse owners and of the
employees who have care of the ami
mails. Horse owners have always liked
the best. The sensitiveness about TAX
ing another mans dust operates in the
city. The fine horses of the fire de-
partments. the express companies and
the breweries stimulate the attention
Of all horse owners and drivers in
their choice Of stock and the. treat
ment of 1t when at work. In a few
years the American draft horse will
be at his best, and it will be a pity to
cast him aside.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Write to an Expert.

l receive many letters from people
that want to Know about farming. j
would like to answer all these. but
modesty forbids. l really do not know
| enough about farming to presume to
instruct anybody else. In fact, as l
grow older / come more and more to
the conclusion that there is nothing on
which l cay instruct other people.
There is so much to know and SO little
on which one cal gain accurate and
expert knowledge. OF course l could
guess, as l am told that some others
do, or l could hunt the matter up in
books and encyclopedias, but that
would not be quite honest, you know,
and so + prefer to be perfectly frank
and square and to tell all my friends
that if they want worth while knowl-
edge about farming they should write
to an expert. ! am only a learner.
Moreover, l have made it a point to
have this a farm department which
shall treat of everything-except farm
ing, Here 1 simply ramble along and
chatter as suits the mood.
But how the subject theme may gang
Let time and tide determine.
Perhaps it may turn out u sang.
Perhaps turn out a sermon.
I do not know whether that quotation
is correct or not. and l am not going
to look it UP. although the book is in
front of my nose. That is as l remem-
Der it, and you will have to take me as
l am in this column or no at all. l
will not talk about partisan politics or
s%ectarian religion Or expert agricul-
ture, because, you see, l am not a par
tisan on a %sectarian or an expert. What
IS the use in pretending! | am only
an average man talking to other aver
age men, slapping them on the back
and chattering about anything that
comes uppermost. This is a fine world
if we are only %neighborly enough.
With the readers Of this column like
to run in of IN evening just for a visit,
you know. That is the way l want
this department to be regarded. But
do not ask me to pose as a fountain OF
information. I will not do it. do
not know any m0re about farming than
nv readers and not half as much as
most Of them. But ! have 81 very large
fountain OF Gods love in my heart, l
think-love for AT people and all things
and If I can radiate some OF that
through this column l will he satisfied.
Just write and tell me that l am well
come, that the latchstring is out, and
l will drop in to see you every week,
being conveyed tt your Preside by those
wonderful messengers. the types. the
presses and Uncle Sans mails. We
are neigh|nrx. you and l. even though
one Of us Iivcs in New York and the
other in California. am sure that is
Gods understanding of neighborliness.
and what is good enough for him Is
good enough for us. You and have
ties Of which we lo not dream. Let US
strengthen the bond between MS and SO
strengthen the bond that unites us to
him whose life ~incloses us all. M
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

The minister who recently doubled
the attendance at his church by dis
play advertising In the newspapers
evidently believes, with Wesley, that
Satan shouldn't be given a monopoly
Of the best means for reaching the
heart Of the busy world. But the
question has its practical side. People
will consult the papers to. find out
what is going On around them, and
the church that Is willing to challenge
criticism by advertising may be sup;
posed to offer something worthwhile.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Notice to Creditors.
IN the Matter of the Estate of /
Annie McEldury Dom, Deceased: j

IN the Matter of the Estate of
Annie McEldury Dom, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
James 7. McCu1loch, administrator iOf the es-
tate Of Annie McEldnry Dom, late Of the city Of
Baltimore. State of MARYLAND, deceased. TO the
againstfsaid deceased. to exhibit them with the
sscessary vouchers. within three months, after
tho first publication of this notice, to said Ad-
Anrn insaid McLeancounty.
Dated December 10Th, 1905.
James T. McCulloch. Administrator
First publication on the 18th day OF Decem-
her. a. y 1S0S. :
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Notice For Publication.

Department of the Interior. United States
Land office at Bismarck, N. D., Dec 1G, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that Robert w. Gill. Of
Washburn. N. D.. who, on July 8. 1901: made
Section s. Township LA North. Range 70 West
of the Fifth Principa! Meridian. has filed
notice OF intention to make Final Communication
described, before Aug. E. Johnson, a United
States Commissioner, District Of North Dakota,
Mt his office at WashburD, N. D., on the 8th
aay of February. 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Inha Rains, Ed Ridnour. Fred Falck and
Gerry Shearer. all Of Washburn, Nd.
NJ. III, Jewell, Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

The price of diamonds is following
the general trend and going up. This
does not necessarily mean that people
: getting luxurious. again and have
money to burn in mere display. Dia-
monds usually drop after stocks 60
down and do not rise again until gen
eral securities become firm at good
prices. Precious stones. are q good
Investment when business conditions
are normal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

Lyman Abbott asks II anybody can.
explain the mystery Of life and death.
Some people explain life and death as
natures ordinary way y doing things
with no mystery involved.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

Our educational systems get no end
of hard knocks at homo. but the
teachers who recently returned from
an inspection Of the English system
declare that the American public
school is, ahead so far.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

They ase' handing out the short and
ugly word recklessly in London and
Berlin too. If this is going to be cpl
demic the. code duefIo is certain to be
revived.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

Too much discussion about the Pam
anna canal purchase may put 1t into
the heads of those lucky French in
vestors that more is coming to them
out Of Uncle Sans strong box.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

A few weeks hence Mr.. R~0Osevelt's
opinion of congress and congress-
opinion of. Mr.: Roosevelt won't get
even, one. lime In the newspapers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

II the men who were behind the
original shooting up Of brownsville
had worked in the open. they would
have spared the nation a lot Of shoot
ing up; on the side.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15

With a white Christmas to cap the
glorious autumn season; this country
4 & y still N the .'inest climate On earth
claas. E s3!2s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Newton & Dullanl.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
bismarck. N. ID.
Notice

The above entitled action relates to the south
west one quarter of section 9, township lab,
ty. N. y. and is brought for the purpose Of
guietine the title to said land in the plaintiff.
Newton & Dullam,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Bismarck, N. d.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
State Of North Dakota. /, In District Court.
County of Mclean iSixth Judicial Distric
Luis Brezden. Plaintiff.

Luis Brezden. Plaintiff.
aiman Gertznan. Mary Gertzman,
Norman T.. Mears. and all other per-
IONS unknown. claiming any estate
or interest in or fien or incumbrance
upon the property described in the
complaint. Defendants.
The state OF North Dakota, t" the above
NAMED defendants:
You are hereby summoned and required tn
answer the complaint, of the plaintiff of this
action. which complaint was on the l.4th day of
December 1903. filed in the office of the clerk of
district court of Mclean county. North Dakn:
IA, and to serve a copy Of your answer to said
complaint on the subscribers at their office in
Dnkota, within thirty days after the luminous
has been served upon you exclusive of the day
Of service and in case Of your failure to appear
sgainst you by default for the relief demanded
in the complaint.
Dec. 18th. 1905.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Legal Notices.

s.s" Notices published under this
he fading will be charged iegalrates
IN accordance with the ruling Of the
Mclean County Press Association,
and no affidavit I will be issued until
all public alton charges are paid.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
The Song of the Wind.

Whatever IL De. tnere Is maugnt 10 me, ~
No medley of sounds, no melody.
That possesses SO n1llcis of a nameless
AS the wall of winds in a winter storm.
When the rafting branches are bleak and
bare
And singing and rough is the wintry air
And the eddying snow gusts blindly beat
sweet
As to sit by my open fireplace wide
And hear the howl of the winds outside.
1t takes me back to my boyhooa days,
When we gathered around the ruddy
OF. a night and watched the fire beams
glance
And the answering hadOW mesrily dance
Upon the, wall and heard the moan
OF the wind as it sobbed in an undertone,
AS it's sobs rose high to a wall so shrilf
That it made the aching marrows thrill.
Oh. what is SO sweet when the fire burns
bright
Az the silrieking winds OF a winter night?
Full many q time I've been lulled to sleep
AS l heard them eddy. and sigh and sweep
Through the branches outside. as l heard
their tread f
On the rafting shingles overhead,
AS 1 heard them yell and rave and groaa
And sink down into a monotone.
While l lapsed away to the happy shore
OF dreams and heard their tones no more.
Oh, there's naught SO sweet when coy
and warm
Tonight l sit where my shadow falls
And dances along my chamber walls.
Outside the storm wind surlily roars
And charges and beats against panes and
doors. S8 M
49, - --.- -. - 49, ar, --,.1 t. -u,o.,
Amid the things of a happier day,
Amid the scenes that SO long have fed.
Amid the faces that now are dead.
And I hear, with a sense of nameless woe.
The song Of those winds of long ago.
The middle ages had many engines of
torture, but they escaped the New
York subway. This hole in the ground
ofends every sense. The foul air Of
tends the sense Of smell, the grooming
and screaming wheels offend the sense
Of hearing, the blank walls offend the
sense Of sight, the crowding and SHOW
ing offend the sense of feeling, and, as
for taste, the offense against that ex-
ceeds all the rest.
"A man never amounts. to much until
he finds his soul. 1t is ever SO with a
nation. America should find her soul.
the peculiar genius on which her life
was founded and that has made her
grow to her present stature. So long
as she is true to that sc long will she
walk In the divincly appointed path to
greater honor and higher usefulness.
Man has learned how TO telegraph
without wires and to fly without
wings. but he never has found out how
Ito live without work. Yet il one-half
the effort. had been expended at toll
that has been employed in. trying to
avoid It the ace. would be several laps
nearer the millennium.
Winter Is not q very good time to
grow things, Int \ lindsthatI am still
liable to raise a considerable crop Of
happiness on my slanting farm.
JAMES a. EDGERTON.
Cold spring.on-the-Hudson n. ].
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-01-15
Edgerton's 5.
# arm.

1905. by James A.. Edgerton.
This matter must not be reprinted with
out special permission..l