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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26
A NOTABLE COINCIDENCE
When Wizard Edison Stumbled on Wiz
ard Morse's Diary.

| In the middle SOS, Thomas A, Edison
took house in Gramercy park, where
he found himself very well situated for
the leisure which he always enjoys. be-
| ing by nature a repOseful man and not
the grinding dynamo that people so often
| fancy him.
Few things suit better the mood of
idleness than to poke aimlessly around
an old house that has its legible traces
and signs of human occupancy, and thus
one day Edison found himself in the
garnet of the house, where some old
! furniture had been stored.
Opening one of the drawers he saw a
fiat, oblong book labelled "Daily Jour
nal.'s To his great establishment, says
the Metropolitan, this proved to be moth
ing less than an original diary kept by
Samuel +. B. Morse, inventor of the
system of telegraphy which bears his
name.
The entries belonged to a brief but
interesting period of his life, the year
1S4S, supplemented by transcripts of i'm
pOrtant correspondence dated back as
far as 1S43. when the electromagnetic
telegraph system was being constructed
between Washington and Baltimore.
Edison put the book away carefully
and took it with him when he established
himself at his present country home in
New Jersey. He has now placed it in
the hands of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers with this comment
in his accompanying letter of July %,
1909:
Gas this appears to me to be a matter
of great scientific and public interest, l
feel that this journal should be placed
where it may be accessible to others, and
l therefore take much pleasure in for
warding the same herewith and in pre-
senting it to your institute in the hope
that it may be deemed worthy of receiv-
ing a place among the mementos of the
photographic art in your library
That Edison himself, the great tele-
graph inventor of our own age, who
stands next in line to Franklin and
Morse as master of the electrical forces,
should have CHANGED thus casually on
such lost relic of his predecessor is to
say the least a notable coincidence
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

Judging from reports made by mem
bers of the Roosevelt and McCutcheon
hunting expeditions in Africa game is so
plentiful that huntin~ with native help
must be like the sport INDUCED in by
royalty on game preserves in Europe.
This suggests the wisdom of so regulat-
ing the slaughter Of game that only
the predatory beasts like lions and Loop
ards will be slain and the animals whose
flesh can be eaten will be preserved.
spheres of influence" are now so gen
orally in touch that this ought to be
easy of achievement by the creation of
ah international commission to formu-
late regulations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

In limiting the execution of the ''for-
ward pass" behind the line of scrim-
mage, and in reducing the necessary
gain in three downs to eight from ten
yards, the intercollegiate Football Rules
Committee is revealing a disposition to
reduce the impetuosity of players and
thus minimize the dangers Of football.
This is commendable, and should be con-
tinued. All changes may not work out
in accordance with expectation, but in
the course of a few years the commit
tee may be able TO bring about revolu-
ton on the gridiron in the interest of
safety for the skulls and spines of con-
teStants
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26
SPOILED THE IMPRESSION

/ thought he was a clever man,
And would have told him so.
He did what l thought few men can,
And / was glad to know.
That he'd achieved success at last,
Until he Dragged about it.
/ thought him wise, but that is past;
l have begun to doubt it.
1 watched another gaining fame
Ard saw him reach the top.
felt he'd earn an honored name,
Said nothing could him stop.
His judgment I'd have banked upon,
But I've begun to doubt it,
He conquered, but my faith is gone;
I've heard him brag about it.
And then / knew another, who
Had wealth enough to spare.
A helpful sum he gave unto
A woman bowed by care.
'Ah, there's a kindly man." thought /,
But soon l had to doubt it,
For e'er a week had journeyed by
/ heard him brag about it.
Detroit Free Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

tions. They did not see life as q
whole.
The reason why the lives of so many
people are mean and stingy and juice
less is because they put so little into
them, they make such a meager prep
arat1on in education, in culture, In
training, in thinking. Their harvest
is small because they sow so little
and such inferior seed.
II the youth expects a rich, COLDER
harvest, he must prepare the soil, he
must do some good sowing in the seed
time.
You cannot take out of your life
what you have not put into it, any
more than you can draw out of a banl
what you have not deposited
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26
The Power of Suggestion.

1t was the reserve force stored up
in the years Of conquest and the habit
of triumphing in whatever they under
took that gave such power to the
Washingtons, the Lincolns, the Glad
stones and the Disraelis, says Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine. 1t
is the reserve power which we feel
back of the words and between the
lines of a powerful book; not what is
actually in the printed words that i'm
presses us most. We are not so much
affected by what an orator like Web
ster actually says as we are by what
he suggests; the latent power, the
mighty reserve force that we feel he
might put forth were the emergency
great enough.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

EE&SSNGH ranks among the greatest labor and
wealth producers engineering genius has
devised. These granting Ttans, although almost un-
known beyond the shores of America adding hun
dreds of millions of dollars to the worlds wealth
and doing the work of armies of Whether
digging the big canal the Isthmus Of Panama.
loading trains the lake iron ranges leading
railroads the Rockies, tearing away the mineral
lied walls of Western canyons making huge excava-
the rocky floor of Manhattan island stripping
coal in Pennsylvania, quarrying railroad ballast in
the Mohawk valley delving for copper in Spain,
shovel tells splendid story of the American indus
trial advance.
The biggest of shoves In the United States
is the Steel Corporation. That is why the
mands the iron market The millions Of dollars
year that the trust by using steam shoves would
pay the dividends good share of the half billion
dollars of common stock Up in of the great open
iron mines in Minnesota is mined and carried
away with amazing speed. The mines worked from
the surface by cut. reservoir canal would
he dug. Over railroad tracks through the pit the
big trains hauled alongside the giant shovels
One shovel picking up six tons of assault
on the GRE bank loads ifty-ton steel three min
Trainload after trainload of is hauled away
to docks at the head of the lakes to be
put aboard the big lake ships speed 800 tons
a minute.
The Panama canal job has recently thrown the Amer
steam shovel in the limelight before the world
When government undertook the task that had baf
fed the worlds engineers. and promised that it would
he completed within a few years. the American
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

1t will be noted that the Mann bill
passed by the House of Representatives
prohibiting the dumping of refuse in
Lake Michigan within eight miles of the
shore line in the vicinity of Chicago
excerpts liquid refuse flowing into the
lake from streets and sewers. This will
not save Chicago's drinking water from
contamination. as the flow of liquid
refuse is quite heavy at the great me-
Sropolis. Chicago is procrastinating dan
gerously in putting off the installation
of sewage disposal works in various Sec
tions, to dispose of the liquid contami-
mating material.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

The Police Department Of Chicago has
adopted fifty new rules for the regula-
ton of street traffic. One of these rules
and it is a good one-prohibits vehicles
from crossing streets or avenues or max
ing turns at a speed greater than half
the maximum speed limit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

Prince Rudolf Liechtenstein. frs
lord chamberlain to the imperial court
who died several months ago, left mys
terious legacy to the Vienna Academy OF
Science in the form of a sealed case of
documents. They were understood to be
of great historical interest, but the seals
are not to be broken for fifty years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

San Francisco's subscription of over
four million dollars within a few hours,
to guarantee the cost and expenses of
the proposed Panama canal opening ex-
position of 1915, is evidence of COM
mercial vitality in the city which was
not long ago wrecked by earthquake and
fire. Evidently San Francisco is herself
again; and if an exposition to celebrate
the opening of the Panama canal is to be
held anywhere, the city at the Golden
Gate is the proper place for it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

Another cargo of eighteen hundred car
casses of mutton has arrived at Phila-
delphia from Australia by way of Eng
land. The meat will be sold to Philadel-
phia dealers, who promptly disposed of
the first cargo. If the trade can be
made profitable by indirect shipment, it
ought to be far more so when the open
ing of the Panama canal cuts down the
distance to the antipodes and establishes
direct trade. Then the importation of
Australian beef and mutton may keep
meats within reasonable range.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26
A Sensitive Patient.

DR.. Emdee-Feet go to sleep? That
shows your circulation is bad. Editor
That's all you quacks know. I sup
pose if my corns ached that would
show that advertising patronage was
falling off.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

The vicious character of the explo-
sion in the coal mine at Palos, Alabama,
doubtless indicated conditions in the
workings which should never have been
permitted to exist. The fact that a man
was killed on the surface hundreds of
feet from the mouth of the mine is evil
dence that the blast of death was hot
and extremely forceful.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

The raising of the Maine will show
whether President Mckinley was right
in his theory regarding the blowing up
of that warship. He always thought that
its powder magazine exploded-not that
it was wrecked by Spanish bomb.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

There will probably be no objection in
Congress to permitting the new steel city
of Gary, Indiana, to reach out into Lake
Michigan with reclamation enterprise to
a point where the water is twenty-five
feet deep. There is no longer any use
for shallower water for navigation, es-
pecially in the blight of the lake be-
yond the range of east and west excur-
sion steamer enterprise from Chicago,
and nobody would be injured if the
entire head of the lake were filled out
to the depth at which heavy freighting
is possible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26
Autos Must Garry Mirrors.

A Los Angeles ordinance making the
carrying of mirror imperative on auto
mobiles with tops is now in force. Not
one driver in hundred will find any use
for the mirrors, say autoists, except to
watch for motorcycle policemen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

Miss Laura Ebel. an officer of the
Juvenile Protective association of Chi
cago, makes the suggestion that police
court cases in which young people are
defendants or witnesses be called first
and that young witnesses be kept out
of the court room till actually needed.
These regulations are as well adapted to
other cities as to Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

John Quincy Adams Ward was a con-
scientious sculptor, whose work was al
ways truthful. Its dignity commands
respect even from those who feel that
it lacks the stamp of vivid genius.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

The recent drowning of two little girls
in Wisconsin who were pushed from a
trestle or bridge by a locomotive, and
the tragedy reported from Arkansas,
where a construction engineer was COM
PEELED to throw his wife from a trestle
to save her while he was ground to death
by a speeding engine, are incidents of
a week which should warn those who
indulge in country rambling against
making short cuts across railroad
bridges or viaducts. Train schedules may
be familiar, but specials" or wild en-
gines, may happen along and cause
trouble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

The biggest brewer in England
states that the consumption of beer has.
decreased in five years by more than.
100000 barrels-from 80 to 26 gallons.
head of population.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

HE American steam shovel-and all steam
shovels are of American manufacture
marks an era in mans conquest Of nature.
One of the most powerful of the tools that
steam and steel have made possible, 1t
ranks among the greatest labor savers and
wealth producers engineering genius has
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

The locks for the new barge canals in
New York state will be operated by cleo
dricity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26
DIAGRAM EXPLAINING A DANGEROUS TEST.

HLE there question the of submarine
as engine of and hold the opposite view there
very with sufficient hardhood deny type
is dangerous for those who Them whatever
to enemy. The very of their
heir to different kinds danger any other
that hOatS-Or Those who believe n
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-26

Yours is the only hobby that is not
foolish.
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF TIME OF
REDEMPTION.

State of North Dakota, once Of County
County of Stark. Auditor.
To F. A. Mischief.
You will please take notice. that the piece
or parcel of land situate in Stark County.
North Dakota. assessed in your NAM for the
year 1905, and described as follows, to-wit:
Southeast quarter (seA). section thirteen C13).
township one hundred and forty GAO, range
ninety-three (93) was on the 4th day of De-
cember, 1915. duly sold for the unpaid taxes
for said year for the sum CT ten dollars and
hftv-six cents. being the amount OF the taxes,
penalties. interest ana costs due on said land.
which sum, with interest from the date OF
said sale at the rate of "a per cent per annum
together with subsequent taxes thereon,
amounting in all to the sum of sixty-eight and
eighty-two. one hundredths dollars, besides the
cost of this notice. Is necessary to redeem
said land, and unless you redeem the same by
the payment OF said sum on or before the 9Th
day of May. 1910. being the day on which the
time allowed by law for redemption will ex-
pire. o deed therefor will issue to Herman
Leutz.
Witness My hand and Official seal this 2sth
day of January, 1910.
[sEAL] J.L. HUGHES.
2-5-3t County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF TIME OF
REDEMPTION,
Citation hear.
Ing proof
OF viii
(, s

State Of North Dakota, once Of County
To ]. M. Tracey.
You will please take notice, that the piece
or parcel of land situate in Stark County,
North Dakota, assessed in your name for the
year 1905 and described IS follows. to-wit:
Lot TWENTY-FIVE (2s) block thirtv-six C36) town
OF Taylor. North Dakota. was on the 4th day
OF December. 1908. duly sold for the unpaid
taxes for said year for the sum of fftysix
cents, being the amount of the taxes. penal
ties. interest and costs due on said land. which
sum. with interest from the date of said sale
at the rate of "a per cent per annum together
with subsequent taxes thereon. amounting In
all to the sum of two and seventy-five one
hundredths dollars. besides the cost of this
notice. Is necessary to redeem said land, and
unless you redeem the same by the payment
OF said sum on or before the 9Th day of May.
1910. being the day on which the time allowed
by law for redemption will expire, o deed
therefor will issue to Herman Leutz.
Witness My hand and official seal, this 28th
day of January, 1910.
[sEALl J. L. HUGHES.
2-5-3t County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
@. A. MCFARLAND T.F. MURTHA
& MURTHA,
LAWYERS,
Practice in all Courts and U. S. Land
Office.
OFFICES 5 to 9, RAY BLOCK.
Legal Notices.
FIVE YEAR PROOF

Department Of the Interior, o. s. Land ONCE
at Dickinson; n: p, January 30. 1910:
wornik Of Daglum, N. D., who, on August q,
1904, made homestead application. No. $50,
(Serial No. 035e6) for eh seA. SEX neh and
9Th principal meridian, has fled notice OF in.
tention to make final five year proof, to es'
tablish claim to the land above described, be-
N. D.. on b 2Srd day of March. 1910,
Claimant names as witnesses: Frank Pachl,
Joseph Binstock. Frank Krushenizki. John
Binstock, all OF Dickinson, N. d.
3-ls6t S. M. FERRIS, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
FIvE.YEAR PROOF

Department Of the Interior, q. s. Land once
ct Dickinson. N. D.. January Is. 1910.
son of Dickinson, n. d., who, on March 10. 1908.
made homestead application No. 1852 (Seriai
No. 04768O. for VIZ section 20. township i38 N,
notice of intention to final Ave year
proof, to establish claim to the land above
described. before the Register and Receiver,
1910.
Claimant names as Witnesses: Frank Brose.
Robert Basham, George F.. Thompson, William
Blakeley. all of Dickinson. N. d.
2-196t SIN. FERRIS, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
Buy, Sell, or Trade

Don't fall to come in and look over
our line of rugs, furniture and harness.
Well please you in style, sizes and
prices. We buy, sell and trade in all
lines. E. A. CURRIE, Dickinson, N. %.
IS Ist Ave E. 2-I2-tf
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19

Durum wheat is evidently more drought
resistant than ordinary wheat and this
explains in part its increased yield.
Just why this wheat is more drought
resistant is not sc easily determined.
In other portions Of the state, in the
southeastern portion. for instance, durum
does better accordingly than it does at
Dickinson. This increase is due not
only to the drought resistance of the
'durum but also to its disease resistance.
1t is well known that durum is less
subject to rust than common wheat.
Rust is much more prevalent in the
eastern half Of the state. The presence
of the rust decreases the yield of the
common wheats but does not affect the
durum wheat 50 much. As rust scarcely
becomes q pest west of the Missouri
river. the common wheat does not have
this to contend with and so its yield is
not decreased on this account.
Two important durum wheats are the
Kubanka and the Arnautka. These
two wheats have a slight difference in
appearance. but perhaps they differ
mainly in their relation to disease. In
the southeastern portion of the state
the Arnautka is generally considered
to be the better yielder. This is con-
Continued on page y
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF TIME OF
REDEMPTION.

A>0AAOA Va A4<AA A1&A A4OIS VI A34 VT
REDEMPTION.
State Of North Dakota, once Of County
County. OF Stark. Auditor.
70 Z. N. Cary,
You win please take notice. that the piece
or parcel of land situate in Stark County.
North Dakota: assessed in your name for the
yea 1905. and described as follows, to-wit:
Lot six 90 block thirty-seven 90. town Of
December isoe. duly sold for the unpaid taxes
for said year. for the sum Of ffty:six cents.
interest q costs due on said land. which sum,
with interest from the date of said sale at the
rate of ~ per cent per annum, together with
subsequent taxes thereon, amounting in all to
the sum OF two and forty-lve one hundreds
necessary to redeem said land. and unless you
redeem the same BY the payment of said sum
on or before the 9Th day Of May. 1910, being
the day on which the time allowed by law for
redemption will expire. Q deed therefor win
issue to Herman leutz.
Witness Ny hand and ofacisl seal, this 18Th
day Of January, 1910.
[alALl ]. Il. HUGHES,
Ism County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
Hotel Properly For Sale

/ have a "a room hotel. furnished, liv-
cry barn for r. teams in connection, in
first class shape; will sell cheap if taken
atonce.
John Fischer,
u Almont N, OAK. I-7e-4t
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
$4,000 WILL my

$4,000 Will BUY
Residence property at No. 546 sd
avenue West; finest young trees and
shrubs; good deep we'll with gasoline
motor, also underground gasoline storage
tank. Call at premises or address c.
a. Bloom, Manrsdaan, n. D.. 5I2 Main
street. o-II-tf
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19

County Of Stark Esao b before aa ' &on. ) GT San
=, ~. der Las; Judge.
Walton. deceased.
Mary Walton and A..
billiard. Petitioners.
Cora Walton Russell,
Irene Walton. Helen Citation hear.
Walton. Florence Walk ing proof
ton, wi Wia9a. Isaac VA. OF viii
Dorothy Walton. and ALL %
other persons interested.
Respondents. ~
The State of North Dakota. to the above
PANIED respondents and al persons interested
You. and each Of di you a are ef hereby notiaed
that Mary Walton and A. billiard the petition
ers herein, have dIed in this court a document
n writing, purPSorting TO be the last viii and
city Of Dickinson. in the County Of Stark and
state Of North Dakota, deceased. with their
petition. praying for the admission to probate
OF said document as the last will and tesla
ment Of said deceased, and for the issuance to
that the said petition and the proofs of said
purported will and testament will be heard
and duly considered by this court on Tuesday.
the LIST day of March A. D.. 1910, at 10 o'clock
Of this court, In the county court house. in the
city OF Dickinson. county of Stark and state
of North Dakota: and
.n You sna and each Of ~. you are hereby cited to be
place and answer said petition and show
cause, II any there be. why the prayer of said
petition should not be granted.
,. By the Court:
:%:snAL: Judge :; OF Gt sse Pee ceu hAs Court.
McFarlae & Murtha. Attorneys for Petitioners.
Dated the LIST day of February A.. D. 1917.
The Dickinson press., 1910-02-19
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF TINE OF
REDEMPTION. ...a.

REDEMPTION. .a.
State Of North Dakota. once Of County
To J. NJ. Tracey.
You viii please take notice. that the piece
or parcel Of Land. situate in Stark county,
North Dakota. assessed in your name for the
year 1906 and described as follows. to-wit:
Lot twenty-four (2l, block thirty-six (3e),
town Of Taylor, North Dakota, was on the 4th
day of December. 1905. duly sold for the unpaid
taxes for said year for the sum of fifty-six
cents. being the amount of the taxes,
penalties, interest and costs due on said land,
which sum, with interest from the date OF said
sale ct the rate Of n per sent per annum
amounting in all to the sum Of two and
seventy-6ve one hundreds dollars. besides the
cost OF this notice. Is necessary to redeem
said land. and unless you redeem the same by
the payment of said sum on or before the
9th day Of May, 1910. being the day on which
the time allowed by law for redemption win
expire. q deed therefor will issue to Herman
LeutZ.
Witness My hand and Official seal, this 18th
day of January. 1910.
[sEAL] jill. HUGHES.
s5St County Auditor.