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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
COUNTY NEWS
BOILED DOWN
The American Society Of Equity
Seems to be Doing Things
Near Malcolm.

Edgar Kjelstrup was an Under
wood arrival Friday and has ac-
cepted a position in the Security
State bank.
The business and stock Of the
firm Of Pritchard & Griffith have
been turned over to that firms
creditors, and arrangements are
being perfected to carry on the
business by trustee.
R. A. Males and family hare.
gone to Harvey to make their
future home, leaving for that place
Monday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
The CREAMERY
IS NOW OPEN
A Good Showing was Made the
First Day-Cream will be Re-
ceived Any Day in the Week.

Manager Steferud arrived from
Katherine on Saturday and on
Monday spent the day getting the
creamery in readiness for the
opening on the following day.
Andrew E. Sauer, who lives about
seven miles north of Washburn
was the first one to deliver cream
to the new creamery. During the
day fourteen farmers brought in
$50 gallons in all. Some cream
has been received every day this
week but no churning will be done
until Saturday. ~
Cream will be received any
time it is convenient for the
farmers to bring it in, but there
will be no churning done only on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. according to the plans now
made which may be changed
later if other days are more favora-
BILE to the farmer.
The business on the first day
was greater than anticipated and
no doubt the farmers who have
not been especially interested be-
fore, will begin to take notice
when they see their neighbors
getting rich SO easily.
The creamery stockholders are
to be congratulated upon getting
a man of experience to open the
creamery. Mr.. Stefferud is con-
sidered one of the best butter
makers in the state and the people
of Katherine regret his leaving
their city where he was employed
for four years.
Mr.. Steferud will move his
family here in about two weeks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
Turtle Lake Wave.

Paul Affeld sold his homestead
northwest of town to his brother
August for $3000r
Erick Erickson received tele-
gram Monday bearing the news
that his mother had died at her
nome at Barnesville, Minnesota.
He left for there the following.
morning.
Tom Owens sold his quarter
section homestead northeast Of
town near Brush Lake last Satur-
day to Theobald Hoffer for $500.
This farm has 80 acres under
cultivation and the average home
stead Improvements.
The chances are pretty good
that the farmers telephone line
will be extended to Coleharbor
and Underwood and also to Wip-
rud postofice.
The public driveway is still di.
rectly across the Turtle Lake
burial grounds. a town is pretty
cheap when it can't afford a de-
cent place for it's dead,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
Washburn School Notes.

The Washburn High School
Basket Ball team played it's first
game against the Washburn Athe-
!letics Friday Jan. 2lst.
A nice bunch of High School
7"Rooters" was present with horns
and pennants to witness the
onslaught of the dwarfs against
the giants. From'start to finish
the High School boys fought
bravely but the weight of their
opponents and the lack of ex-
perience was against them. The
game was exciting and the boys
made splendid showing, when
sone considers the little practice
they have had. A basket ball
team like baseball team cannot
be developed in six weeks out of
green material. The final score
was as follows: Athletics 81.
High School 9.
The manager of the High
School team has been for some
time endeavoring to obtain games
with High Schools of neighboring
cities, but his efforts up to the
present time have been in vain.
Is Washburn on the map?
Clarence Wallin. Homer Wallin
Christine Sigurdson, Tillie Breen,
and August Breen, are on the sick
list.
The contagion similar to tonsi.
litis has lowered the attendance in
all the rooms.
On Friday mornings for few
weeks, one of the debating team
will talk on some phase of muni-
cipal government. Prin. w. P.
Dean, on last Friday morning dis
cussed comets, including the re-
cent visitor of that family. His
subject next Friday morning will
be the moon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
Joint Homestead is Latest Craze.

Washington, Jan. 28.-" Comb
nation homestead" sis the latest
craze to reach the national capital
and receive attention at the hands
of congressional solons. The pro-
position is simply this-that two
persons instead of one be permit
ted to make a joint homestead en-
try in the future and that only one
be required to reside on the land
while the other may remain in the
city to earn wages to help improve
the land. The scheme is a novel
one and. meets with favor in some
quarters but as yet there is not
enough sentiment to crystalize the
proposition into law.
D. Clem Deaver writing from
Omaha, Neb. to Representative
Dick T. Morgan of the Oklahoma
City district on the subject says:
"The government is spending
several million dollars to irrigate
lands in.the intermountain states.
These lands are subject to home
stead entries in forty and eighty
acre tracts. There are thousands
of people in the cities of the
United States that are anxious to
take one of these homesteads. If
a joint homestead law were passed
making it possible for two persons
having no land at all to make a
joint homestead entry, only one
being required to reside upon the
land, the other being permitted to
remain in the city and to earn
wages to help improve the land;
the homestead later to be divided
and patent issued separately, such
a law would give large number
Of worthy people who have for
various reasons no homes of their
own, an opportunity to acquire
homes"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
Not 50 Bad for North Dakota.

Klein's Land Agency of this
place are getting in a number of
buyers this winter, nine deals were
closed during the month of JAN
uary involving about 22OO acres.
When people are getting tired of
their bad winters in the south and
east we shall be glad to have them
come here and enjoy with us the
sun shine in the winter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
Wilton News.

M. A. Hanson came up from
Bismarck Saturday to look after
farm matters, returning to the hos
pital Monday afternoon. Mr..
Hanson is taking electric treat
ment for his spine which was in
jured some time ago by q horse
rolling over him. He has made
marked improvement since start
ing the electric treatment.
A. L. Swanson received Wednes-
day a telegram announcing the
sudden death of his father at
Burlington, Iowa. Mr.. Swanson
senior, has been in poor health
for several years but his death had
not been expected so soon. A. L.
left Wednesday afternoon for Bur-
lington to attend the funeral.
Fl. @. Otto, Of Iowa City, Iowa,
has purchased the Bigelow drug
store and took charge this week.
Mr.. Otto has recently been engag-
ed at Harvey with the Harvey
Drug Co. He is a young man Of
pleasing appearance and manner
and patrons Of the store will find
him accommodating. Mrs. Otto,
who is spending the winter with
relatives in Iowa, will arrive about
April l.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
some years and believes he has
solved the problem.
Where the Money Goes.

Washburn N. D. Jan. 81, 1910.
To the Editor,
Dear Sir
Hearing that the taxpayers of
Mclean county are very much in
terested as to where the money
goes which they pay into the coun-
ty treasury in the shape of taxes, I
thought it would do no harm if
statement were printed to that ef-
feet by the different newspapers of
the county for the enlightenment
of taxpayers.
Following statement applies to
the 1909 taxes:
For state purposes. IS 28,O73.25
For school purposes. 80. 99,632.59
For county purposes. 52,71S.84
For city and village
purposes .......... 6,669.59
For township purposes. l4,302.47
Total. l............ $2Ol 1864
Total amount paid to
officers and clerks
during 1909. ........$ 2l,891.53
Total amount received
as fees by register of
deeds, clerk of court
and county judge.... l3,39l.47
Total amount taken out
Of taxes to pay salar-
les of all officials and
clerks over and above
fees received. .......S 8,5OO.O6
Taxpayers will please bear in
mind that county officials have
nothing to do whatever with levy
ing state, school, city, village and
township taxes.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul S. Meyer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04
The Smiths Get Theirs.

Judge Winchester and Court
stenographer Madden were in
Washburn Wednesday between
trains and sentenced the two
Smith brothers from Wilton.
One was given 6 months and 500
and the other Z months and $50
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04

Underwood Monday where she will
visit friends for a few days.
Jacob Furlain drove to Wash
burn on Wednesday.
The A. S. of E. met in Malcolm
school house on Saturday and
held their regular meeting.
Walter Wilkins is spending a
few days with John Linder.
/ Miss M. Nelson was on the sick
list last week.
Lars Comstadious gave party
to the young people of Malcolm
Saturday evening at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Lund. A
big crowd was present and all re-
ported a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Johnson and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. j. For
land and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Olson and family Sundayed
at Andrew Olson's.
Farmers of Malcolm made trip
to Turtle Lake last week to see
about getting the telephone line
extended from Darling up through
Malcolm.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04

Governor Eberhart Of Minnesota
has taken up the matter Of the
switchmen's strike with the rail.
road ommission.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04

The. women il many large cities
have joined il the revolt against
high prices.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-02-04

Fort Abraham Lincoln and after
turning at the mouth Of the Can
non Ball takes westward course
in close proximity to the Custer
trail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
CITY IMpRoYEMENT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that contract has been
LET for the laying and building Of sewers in the
following streets, viz, In Rowland avenue from
lakewood avenue to Middle street; in Rowland
avenue from Middle street to Orchard street, in
Oakwood avenue from Maplewooo avenue to
Rowland avenue; in Jay street from lakewood
avenue to Albert street OF the City of Kenosha,
Wisconsin: and that the expense Of said I'M
provement chargeable to the real estate has been
determined as to each parcel Of said real estate
and statement of same is on fle with the City
Clerk.
1t IS proposed to issue bonds chargeable to the
abutting real estate to pay the said assessments,
and such bonds will be issued covering all of the
said assessme nts, except in cases where the own
ers OF the property file with the City Clerk within
thirty 1907 days after the date hereof written
notice that they elect to pay the said assessments
on their property, describing same on presenta-
ton of the certificate.
The said bonds viii be semi-annual interest
coupon bonds. Oue-hfth of the principal OF said
bonds shall be payable annually and said bonds
shall bear interest at the rate OF six per cent per
annum.
The said bonds shall be charge upon the
particular lots only against which said assess
ments are claimed.
Said bonds shall be issued under the provisions
of fine charter of the City Of Kenosha. Wisconsin.
and the laws Of the State OF Wisconsin in that
behalf made and provided.
Dated at Kenosha, this 22nd day of December.
w36 GEO. ". HARRINGTON,
City Clerk of the City Of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
STUDY METHODS OF BIG PLANT
Every Part of the Country Represented
by the Army Of Sales Managers and
Reports are Encouraging for Record
Business in New YeaTs

Forty-fve branch house statesmen,
picked representatives of the metro
politan distributing and service centers
of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company, are
in Kenosha this week in four days
sales conference at the Rambler fac
tory.
They come from widely separated
sections of the country, hailing from
San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Mime
apolis, Cleveland, New York and Des-
Moines.
While at the factory these men will
study those methods by which ninety
four per cent Of all Rambler parts are
manufactured in the Rambler plant,
and by an interchange of ideas, even
further strengthen what is now con
sidered to be one of the strongest sell
ing organizations in the industry.
The present Rambler sales organiza-
tion is the outgrowth of an organiza-
tion started more than thirty years
ago to sell Rambler bicycles. The ex-
perience of twenty-one years of sue
cessful bicycle selling has been COM
bined with the knowledge and expert
ence acquired in ten years of selling
Rambler motor cars.
Rambler statesmen are being enter
tanned by the Managers Of the company.
On Tuesday evening they attended the
local amateur dramatic performance,
and on Thursday evening they win go
to Chicago for dinner at the La Sale
hotel and theatre party afterwards,
Those present at the Thursday morn
ing session at the Rambler factory
were w. S. Simonds, e. j. Wall, M. E.
Lebon, Gilbert Williams, of Boston;
f. w. Perry, Taunton, Mass; H. G..
Musgrave, w. fl. Howe, R. III. ellis,
III, r. Thompson, George Norwood, Chi
cagoi r. s. Bennett, H. b. Walz, G. M.
Halstead, Cleveland; Alfred Reeke, +.
r.. NoetzeI, L. r. Kilbourne, w. G..
Schultz, Milwaukee; G. R. Ruckert, w.
E. Dusenbury, New York; L. B. Har-
vey, E. 3. Stoddard, San Francisco: Ed
ward Robbins, of the Rambler Auto
company, of Charlotte, N. c.; A. R.
Rockwell, of the Herring Motor Car
company, Des Moines; r.. Campbell,
representing the Middle West, G. NJ.
La ROux, representing the South; G. H.
Collins, representing the Central states;
j. F. Hagen, representing the South
west; L. A. Poundstone, representing
the North Central states, and J. A,
Rose, representing Illinois.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29

At the last meeting of the council
Alderman Werner chairman of the pau
per committee presented a report show
ing that the poor farm is saving the
city considerable money in the care Of
paupers wholly dependent on the city
for support and it is believed that the
good showing made will put an end to
the plans for the disposal of the poor
farm which crops up in the council
every once in a while. AS a matter of
fact the pendulum is likely to swing
the Sother way now and instead of get
ting rid of the poor farm it looks as
if it might be an economical move to
enlarge the buildings there and send
all the panpers who draw their entire
support from the city out to it to be
cared for. The net expense of running
the farm to the city for the past year
was 500 and this makes the cost Of
caring for each pauper there average
three dollars week which is as low
or lower than they could be taken care
OF anywhere else. 1t must be admitted
that the good showing made by the
poor farm came as a surprise to many
members of the council who had never
investigated conditions there very
closely and to many people of the city
who have some way gotten the idea
that the poor farm was considerable Of
drain on the city treasury and that
the city was receiving no adequate re-
turn for the money spent there. In
case the committee ordered by the
council to bring in plans for an addi-
tion to- the farm buildings large
enough to accommodate all of the pau
pers wholly supported by the city,
finds that the necessary additions can
be erected at reasonable cost it is
likely that the plan to build the addi-
lions and send more of the city's de-
pendents there will have considerable
support in the council. If the average
cost Of keeping all of them there could
be kept in the neighborhood of three
dollars week each, and some of the
aldermen are convinced that it could
be, the city could save enough on their
keep to pay interest and depreciation
on the money invested in new build
ings not to mention the great advan-
tage Of removing the paupers further
away from the influence of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
PURE CONTEMPT OF COURT
irate Driver Would Have Magistrates
Wear Their Gowns on the
Street.

Magistrate 0'Connor was picking
his disgruntled way through the rain
the other day. says the New York cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star. He had hailed a street car rom
the pavement, and sheltered under his
umbrella made for the rear platform.
when four ton furniture van whirled
on him, drawn by three briskly tretting
horses. Magistrate O'Connor escaped
demolition by a brisk side-wfse lean.
He called remonstrance to the
driver AS far as he could see, that
parsonage had his head thrust around
the corner Of the furniture van, while
he called back interesting items to the
magistrate. Magistrate O'Connor
chased him in the street car, caught
him at blockaded corner and had
him arrested. The driver appeared be-
fore Magistrate O'Connor himself.
when the latter had gotten into his
silk robe of office.
Il could send you to the workhouse, .
said the still angry magistrate, but I
will let you off with fine of SIS. l IN
tend this as warning to all reckless
drivers" The driver looked at Magis-
trate O'Connor sullenly, and thrust his
hand into his pocket, He peeled of
five ones and started for the clerks
desk to pay.
Hold on there" said Magistrate
O'Connor, gathering up bunch of his
silk gown in nervous hands. Haven't
you anything to say for yourself?"
Eyes" said the driver. sourly. "They
ought to make you guys wear them
Mother Hubbards on the street, SOS
O. Teller could dodge yuh.'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
STAMP SALE MONEY IS GONE
Entrance to Schools Made by Forcing
Windows in the Basement of the
Buildings and Nearly All Desks Wis
tied.

The police of Kenosha are looking
for the meanest men ever sought in
Kenosha as some time during the night
burglars broke into the Balm and Col
umbus schools and after a search Of all
the rooms got away with considerable
money belonging to the children. The
money represented the amount secured
by the children through the sale of red
cross seals. AT the Columbus school the
thieves secured between $53 and $55
and at the Balm school the amount is
reported at about 500 The burglary
was eviedntly the work of boys or
young men who knew of the facts in
regard to the money being left in the
schools and it is just possible that it
was the work of a gang of school boys.
At the Columbus school entrance to
the building was made by forcing one
of the windows leading to room on
the first floor of the building. Once in
the building the thieves went to the
room of Miss Marie Heating the prin-
cipal of the school. Late Wednesday
afternoon three of the teachers at the
Columbus school, not being ready to
make a full report of their stamp sales
had taken their money to the princi-
pals Office and it was placed in box
and locked in the drawer. Miss Keat-
ing had the key with her at her home
and the desk was broken open with a
jimmy The floors of the various
rooms were Uttered with paper and
dirtied with tobacco spit and in many
Of the rooms after looting the desks
of the teachers the thieves stopped
long enough to write, Merry Christ
mas" and samilar yule tide messages
on the black boards.
At the Balm school entrance was
made through one of the basement
windows and about the window was
found three iron bars which had been
hammered into the shape of chisels.
With these the burglars had broken
away the screen in front of the win
dow of the basement. Here the bur
glars went into every room. The n on
ely was In the desk at the principal s
Office and the burglars committed all
sorts of nuisances in the various rooms
of the building. They also got away
with a pair of gold eye glasses belong
ing to Miss Kroncke.
The robbery of the two buildings was
not discovered until after eight O'Clock
this morning but report was made to
the police at once and every member
of the force on duty was put on the
case. 1t is thought certain that the
burglaries were the work of some boys
about town. It is probable that the
Board of Education will be called upon
to make good the money of the child.
rem stolen by the burglars but the DO
lice are hopeful that they will be able
to recover part of the loot AS it is
nearly all in pennies it is thought
that the thieves will have trouble dis
posing of it without attracting atten-
ion in some quarter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
SEEK MISSING WOMAN.
Efforts Made to Find Some Trace OF
Young Swedish Woman.

Efforts are being made to find some
trace of Miss Hanson, a young woman
about eighteen years of age who start
ed from Evanston to come to Kenosha
on last Thursday and of whom no word
has been heard since. The girl WIS
coming to Kenosha to seek work in the
factories here and her friends expected
to hear from her within few days.
This morning q cousin Of the young wo-
man came to Kenosha and visited NUT
ual friends in view of getting some
trace of the girl. It is not thought that
Miss Hanson ever reached Kenosha and
efforts are being made to locate her IN
some other town along the lake shore.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
She CHANGED Her Mind.

Henry B. Harris relates a story of
an actress very well-known, both in
this country and in England.
A manager desired her services
very much for a part which he had,
which fitted her personality. The
actress insisted that she be featured
and on this point the manager de.
INJURED. Finally it was agreed be
tween them that If she scored hit
her name in all advertising matter
should be twice the size Of that of the
rest of the cast.
The dramatic critics in their review
of the play, numerically roasted the
performance of this actress, and gave
all the rest of the compa fine no
tees.
Along about II o'clock the follow
ing note was sent to this manager:
Dear Mr.
81 have reconsidered by ultinatum,
and you needn't feature me-"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-12-29
Burglars Break Into Office
of Association and Get
$40 in Money
MEN USED A SKELETON KEY

The diversified interests of the bur
glars working in Kenosha was shown
again last night when some miscreant
broke into the Office of the General
Secretary /. T. Crossman of the Ken
osha branch of the Young Men s Chris
tion Association and breaking open the
desk in the office they forced drawer
with chisel and managed to secure
twenty dollars in money and some
stamps belonging to the Association.
1t is supposed that the Office was en-
tered by means of skeleton key as
when Secretary Crossman reached the
office this morning he found the door
standing wide open and the lock had
not boen broken The men evidently
went into the association office some
time late last night Secretary Cross
man had left for his home just after
ten O'Clock and at that time he locked
up his desk and his office leaving the
money in the drawer. Of course the
outside door of the building was open
and this made it easy for the sneak
thieves to get into the building. When
the robbery of the office was discover
ed it was thought possible that the
rooms in the dormitories on the second
and third floor of the building might
have been entered as well but nothing
was missing from any of the rooms and
it seems certain that the burglars were
satisfied with the small sum of money
that they got from the desk. Secretary
Crossman does not believe that any Of
the boys of the Y. M. G. A. were con-
nected with the burglary but he is of
the opinion that some Of the hold-up
men who have been working in Ken
osha noticed the front door of the
building open and just dropped in and
made touch. The robbery was report
ed to the police just after ten clock
this morning but they have no clew to
the identity of the guilty party.