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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

Tom C%hristianson came down
from Oakdale this week on business
Hail insurance, reliable compan-
les only. Frank E. Funk.
The following we're down from
Greatstone to attend court: 81. w.
Mehrkens, Frank Voth, John Bode
and Fred Adams.
For Statehood shelled corn
at Hans Holtan 4 Sons.
B. F. Freeburger and Paul Frsi-
tag are two Of the prosperous bus
mess men Of Max who we're seen
in Washburn on Tuesday.
Talk life insurance to Il. o. Rau-
gust, general agent. Pioneer Life
ms. Go. of North Oak.
j. D. Hanson was down from
Turtle Lake talking over the pc.
litical situation of the day with
his many friends in this city this
week.
For SALE--2W bushels oats nj
40 cents per bu.
! G. o. Nelson,
Turtle Lake, N. L.
Mrs. L. NJ. Wallin will sell of
the goods in the store, the sale to
begin July End. Read her ad in
this weeks issue and get in on the
cheap prices of the closing out
sale.
Wanted-a good waiter and q
dish-washer. Will pay $22. 6
month. Banner House Bismarck
N D.
Nels Olson, a prominent news.
paper and business man of Mercer
was in Washburn this week on the
jury. Mercer is an enterprisine
J town and Mr.. Olson is a booster
for his home town.
Aug. E. johnson left for Sain,
Paul Saturday on business. HI
was accompanied by his daughter
Louise, who will spend some time
with her grandmother, Mrs. Pat
terson, in that city.
The hail season is at hand. W.
represent the old reliable st. Pau
Fire and Marine Insurance Co. ane
seventeen other reliable old lint
insurance companies. When 70,
insure with us you get the hes
which costs no more.
Frank b. Funk,
Washburn, n. OAK.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

New York proposes 10 train country
girls to become homemakers. But By
the time they have learned they viii
marry and 60 to the city and live n !
family hotel where dogs and childrsa
are barred.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

Horne Manure esst, Cows Worst.
It may be desirable TO know the why
OF the individual richness Of the ma
nures from farm animals. The horse
d at the top on this account. That Of
the hog comes next. then that from the
OK. The manure from the cow Is at
the bottom Of the list. this being due
to the ~enriching substances in her food
going to the formation Of milk. leav.
ing the manure comparatively weak
ened.-Home and Farm.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

So the Wellesley college girls want
the married graduates to leave their
o~bstreperous infants at home Instead.
Of bringing them to mar the pleasure
Of the undergraduates on tree day
..Obstreperous Infants" indeed Just
wait q dozen years or 60.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
+ arm ass
Garden
CULTIVATION OF THE PLUM

Spring the Best Tims. For Planting
This Variety Of Fruit, Tree.
Discussing the cultivation and propa-
cation Of the plum, a bulletin of the
Iowa State college says:
The plum may be propagated either
BY budding OF by root grating. In
general practice the former Is the more
successful. the work being done at the
close Of the active growing period.
which Is usually the tore part Of Au.
gust In top grating the plum 1t is
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

II there is more alcoholic liquor be-
ing sold now than ever before II may
be owing to the increase of population
and more extended use Of 1t for me
dicinal and mechanical purposes Tenn
perance seems to be progressing with
out regard to sumptuary laws.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

Persian prince claims to have mas
tered the English language In twenty.
four years. And nine ont Of ten Of -
die Of old age without coming close .
II!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

E"AN III M
The corn crop is an important factor
In Mexican agriculture. Much Of the
land-B farmed by renters. In Du-
range. for instance. the renter signs
a contract to give the landowner one
half the crop clear Of all expenses.
The corn is husked BY men who get
so cents each In Mexican money per
day. By the time all expenses are
paid the renter has little mor than
enough corn to last him until spri:g.
Then he is compelled to buy Of the
landowner at an advance Of 40 to 80
per cent over prices he receives for
his crop Of the. fall. Prices In Mex
leo are around go cents q bushel 10
the fall and 80 cents in the spring.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

Harvard's trio Of oldest graduates.
whose aggregate 10 ~ years. attribute
their long life TO habits formed 10 COLI
lege. II was the Harvard ut 1888
however. which deserves the credit.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

1t will be interesting to compare the:
predictions FROM the Jefres-Johnson
camps with explanations that win fol-
low later on.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

Sarah Bernhard 10 preparing for
SIN another farewell tour" Some
day perhaps Sarah will treat the pub
lie to . farswell to her farewell habit.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

The Ute Indians have won $4.O0O,00O
In a lawsuit. One guess is al good az
another on how much Of it the Utes
will handle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

There % In sight at this moment no
man to succeed the late o. Henry 40
Interpreter Of the moods and motives
Of the American masses.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
Rinht W.xs Is GROW sweet Corn.

Right Way 70. Grow Sweet Corn.
Shallow cultivation of sweet corn
should be practiced to preserve the
moisture Of the soil. since this crop
requires a large amount Of water in
Its growth and is likely to suffer from
drought,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

Perhaps we shall have the Panama
canal to thank for an example how to
pull OF a worlds fair without govern
ment subsidy. =
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

1t seems that It requires only an avi-
alton stunt TO Instantly dispose Of the
burning questions OF the hour az far a..
certain newspapers are concerned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
Then ID. Danish prncesses Alex.

Then the Danish princesses Alex
adra ana l)agtnar were girls they
were poor and made their own dresses.
Now one IL the widow of a king Of
England aud the other is the widow
Of a czar Of Russia. These famous
are still spared in good health
to console each other.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

Earthquakes have done very well for
Q starter IN the first half Of 1910.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

The kaiser draws the monstrous sal
airy Of 100000 Il year. hut then he
spends 1t all %patrdnizing home attrac-
lions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
Among Relatives

Mrs. Ed. Schmidt of Oberon,
N. Oak is spending the week with
her sister Mrs. j. Schweitzer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

When disposed to reform the Ftonftlhl
out Of existence remember that you
are a part Of It yourself
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

lFrom bulletin Iowa state cOuege.1
important that the stock and the scion
belong to the same or a closely related
species. If this is not the case the
union is apt to be unsatisfactory and
the tree becomes poorly developed and
is short lived. For the American va
rieties stocks Of the native species
should be used. Miner is highly rec
commended as a stock for the sAmeri.
cana plums by some Of our Iowa grow
ers. h.
Under average conditions spring is
the best time for planting plum trees.
In exceptional seasons. with a favora-
bic moisture supply fall planting
may be done with success. provided
the work Is done early, SO that the
trees may become re-established before
winter sets in. Often. however. the
moisture supply in the fall is an un-
certain quantity. and IL the ground is
at all dry the tree which has been re-
Gently disturbed is likely to suffer Sc
verely during the winter.
The distance apart to plant depends
somewhat on the variety and also on
the type Of soil. Generally eighteen to
twenty feet apart gives ample ROOM.
As fr'uited at this station and else
where fu Iowa the plum shown in
the cut. the Golden. is an attractive
golden yellow plum. rather large for
its class. 1t Is one of the few varie-
ties having Japanese blood which ap-
pear to be we'll enough adapted to
Iowa conditions to merit further test
ing. The tree is vigorous. compare
lively hardy and rather productive.
The fruit is sometimes. badly injured
BY fruit rot.
Farmers Buying Autos. Not Bonds.
Wall street has been watching with
growing envy the success of the auto
mobile makers in disposing of their
wares to the farmers. For the mo-
ment, at least, securities are out of
favor. although. If the figures just
made public by the department Of ag-
riculture regarding the growing pur-
chasing power of the farmer may be
taken as a criterion, after each farmer
has his stable Of motors there ought
to be something left over to squander
on stocks and bonds. According to the
statisticians of the department.. the
growth in average farm value per acre
for each crop covered is as follows:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24

The land wants hlom,ecomers from,
town TO bring their things for a long
stay. and there's the rub.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-24
Corn In Mckee,

New York Times.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21

a wild assertion to declare that the Of.
flee Of Flynn g. Ames was the destl-
nation of both Oldham and Bryant.
and that their trip was for the pur-
pose Of arranging to have bankruptcy
proceedings instituted against Norton.
Saturday afternoon r. t. Kellough
when asked concerning the reports on
the street, refused either 10 confirm
or deny anything. He would vouch-
safe no information as TO the where.
abouts Of Examiner Bryant. or the
present status of the Farmers affairs.
Nevertheless the information at
hand is such that It feels justified IN
declaring It TO be entirely likely that
the next move in this case viii be the
appointment of permanent receiver
and the institution Of bankruptcy pro.
ceedings against the president Of the
late Columbia Bank & Trust company,
.of Oklahoma city.
Local capitalists VINO were for a
time active In their efforts to effect
"a reorganization and reopening Of the
Farmers have apparently given up
their purpose. Some Of them have ad-
mitted that so far as they are con.
eerned the deal Is on Another ru-
NOR has II that Norton a day or two
ago notified the examiner that he was
unable to raise the cash demanded,
and that no further relief from him
would be expected
The instituting suits against some
Muskogee debtors of the failed bank
last week Is a further indication that
II Is to be liquidated By the receiver
and not reopened
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
MAY NOT WAIT FOR |
CHEMISTS REPORT.
Scene of Activity In swope Case is
Transferred to chIeaeo--Arrest
Depends on Two Men.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. I7.--An ar
rest in the swope case involving the
death of Colonel Thomas II. swope,
and his nephew, chrisman swope, and
the alleged poisoning of seven heirs
of the dead philanthropist, is expected
within forty-eight hours, irrespective
of the findings of the scientists now
examining the stomaohs of the two de-
ceased swopes, at Chicago.
The scene of activity in the swope
case has been transferred temporarily
to Chicago.
Whether an arrest viii be made in
the Swope case within the next few
days rests practically with two per.
sons, who are directing the inquiry
into the death OF Col. Thomas II.
swope and Chrlsman Swope. This de,
cision probably will be made Iuown
from Chicago. where those having
charge OF the case have gone.
These two men--John G. Paxton, at
torney for the Swope family and exc
cutor Of the estate, and John II. At
wood, the attorney retained to assist
him, were expected to arrive in Chi
eago this morning
They left Kansas City at Cos
O'Clock last night on the Chicago q
Alton train. That train Is due to
arrive in Chicago at 1880 o'clock this
morning. Mr. Paxton and Mr. At
wood have gone to confer with Walter
s. Haines, professor of chemistry and
toxlcology in the Rush Medical Col
lege. Chicago, regarding the examin-
alton of the contents of the stomach
of Colonel swope and that of Chris
man Swope.
II the result of these tests warrants
there will be immediate action IN the
swope case, 1t is said.
Thomas Mastin. the third OF the at
torneys In the Swope investigation,
remains in Kansas City 10 await the
result Of the Chicago inquiry. He will
be advised by telegram OF the result
OF the chemical examination for
poisons.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
St. Louis MiIlionaires To
Visit the Southwest

Muskogee. Okla, Jan. 17-one hun.
dred and twenty-five millions of dol
lars is represented by eleven st. Louis
millionaire capitalists who viii visit
the southwest in a special train this
week, reaching Muskogee, Friday Be.
side investigating conditions surround.
ing real estate investments and loans
in Oklahoma, 1t is said the party are
interested In the reorganization OF the
81. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern
Railroad company, which commenced
an air line from Sc. Louis to Mus
kogee, but was thrown into bank
ruptcy by the panic in the fall of
1907.
Grading was completed from Mo.
nett Mo, TO Tahlequah, Okla, when
financial troubles overlook the pro.
moters OF the railroad and d. n. Fink
was named receiver. Only last week
William Mellette Of Muskogee was ap.
pointed by Judge Campbell to get the
assets Of the company in shape to be
sold leading 70 the conclusion that
a plan of reorganization has been
completed
Festus ] Wade heads the party Of
wealthy St. Louis men who will touch
the state and Texas Commercial clubs
IN the various towns to be visited
will expend great effort 10 convince
the capitalists Of the opportunities for
investors IN Oklahoma, as well as the
qualities Of climate that render this
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
OUTBREAK LOOKED
FOR ANY MOMENT
Lull In HostilltIes Expected In House
as Soon at 5alllnger.Plnehot
Deal Is Settled.

Washington, Jan, IL ~ No matter
how satisfactory an arrangement is
made for the selection of the joint
committee to investigate the Ballin.
ger-Pinehot controversy. the insur-
gent fight promises to occupy prom.
inent place in the congressional situ-
alton during the coming week.
Dissensons between the insurgents
and regulars In the house have oc.
cupied the center of the stage for
fortnight although several important
measures have been passed The biok.
erlngs have even spread to the sen.
ate and legislation there has been at
standstill
That there win be lull In hostili-
ties In the house as soon as the Ballin-
berPinchot committee is appointed is
conceded, but those who are anxious
that legislation may proceed without
delay are not oversanguIne of their
efforts to keep the insurgent row In
check They look for renewed out
breaks whenever any question affect.
ing the Canon rules is interjected into
the proceedings.
Second In interest to the discussion
of the battle between the republican
organization and the insurgents In the
house. is the gossip In both branches
of congress as to what will be the fate
of the several administration bills to
put into force what are now known
as Taft policies. These embrace the
programme for the amendment OF the
interstate commerce laws, the sher-
man antitrust law, and carrying into
effect measures for the conservation
of natural resources.
The insurgents of the senate expect
to hold conference at an early day
to consider what is to be their atti.
tude on the administration bills. In
the meantime the senate committee on
interstate commerce will take up the
subject Of amending the interstate
commerce act at a meeting 10 be held
Friday, while the Taft measure will
have to run the gauntlet of opposition
in the house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
TULSA BANK WILL
NOT Be REOPENED
Az Hope Of Re-openlng oefunet Bank
Abandoned-Expeet Receiver to
Close Affairs at Once.

Tulsa okla. Jan. 17.-That a crisis
has been reached in the affairs OF the
Farmers National bank Is evidenced
by the developments Of the past two
days. II Is now believed that all
hopes Of reopenlng the bank have
been abandoned and that It is only a
question of closing up its affairs in
the most advantageous way to the de-
positors.
A number Of incidents contribute
TO this belief. though II is absolutely
impossible to get the slightest confr-
nation either from Bank Examiner
Bryant, or his attorneys. Kellough &
billiard.
Last Thursday Judge Oldham. Of
the department Of Justice. Washington
arrived in Tulsa He Immediately
took charge Of the case. On Friday
both he and Examiner Bryant went
west on the Frisco. It Is reported
that the recent trip of Dennis Flynn
TO Washington was not so much politi.
cal as for the purpose Of having his
firm designated as the attorneys for
reopening the institution failed and
bankruptcy proceedings against w L.
Norton were resorsed to. While posi-
tive information is lae'ing It is not
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
Noted New York Jurist Addresses Convention
on Uniform State LGwS--Many Dangers from
Pressing Uniformity to Extreme = Climate
and DiUersifcGtiOn of Interests Oppose
IT, Tax Enforcement Causes
More Complaint.

Washington, Jan. 17.--It were un-
wise to think Of absolute uniformity
Of legislation throughout the United
States in the opinion of Alton B. Par
ker as expressed today in an address
before the convention on uniform
state laws.
I'VE do not aim at absolute uni
formity Of law, but wise an oonser-
vative uniformity, said Judge Par
ker. There is danger in pressing
uniformity to extreme lengths, There
are diyersities of citrate, o2 produc-
tion, Of tradition. Of heredity. of popu-
lation, Of pursuits among the people
of our several commonwealths which
should be generally respected.
Uniformity should be promoted
along the lines marked out by the
commissioners on uniform laws, and as
much further as the diyersities to
which have referred will reasonably
permit.
"A movement has recently been in
augurated to make each industry
bear the burden of accident to em-
ployes, without regard to the question
Of negligence. upon the ground that
such burden is properly a part Of the
cost of the product. It has been ac-
cepted as founded on sound business
principles, and put in operation by
some employers already who recog-
nize that otherwise great unfairness
often results in casting upon the en-
ployee and his family the entire bur-
den of accident Legislation IN Eng
land and Germany thus provides for
the compensation to be paid to injur-
ed employees. The English statute
provides for compensation during dis
ability, equal to fifty per cent Of the
wage rate, and in case OF death of
total disability, a sum equal to four
years wages. Surely this country
ought to lag behind those enlightened
nations in righting what is now the
most monstrous injustice of the age.
Nevertheless that is likely to happen
uniess there be uniform legislation in
many, If not all, the states on the
subject, For IN the absence OF a gen.
eral movement for uniform legislation,
New Jersey. for instance would hesl-
tiate to place her contractors at dis
advantage in competing with New
York contractors.
From this convention now assem-
bled representing, not one or many,
but all the civic interests Of each and
all Of the states, there should go out
an authoritative expression in favor
o. uniform legislation in so far as it
is conducive TO the common veal, Let
us strive to promote unity in diversity
unity In all that touches IN like
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21

a delightful state in which to live as
well as grow rich. Festus J. Wade.
who is president of the Mercantile
Trust company and other financial
concerns. achieved national notoriety
as central figure in the arbitration
that resulted IN settlement Of the
Frair land dispute. involving church
property in the PHILIPPINE Islands.
James Campbell, reputed to be the
richest man In Missouri. with for
tune estimated at from seventy-five
TO one hundred million. is perhaps
second IN Importance of the party.
Other millionaires coming are Paul
Brown, vice president Of the .Ameri-
can Tobacco company. John soullin.
president CT the scullin-Galligher Iron
and Steel company; John S. Sullivan.
president OF the Sullivan Saddle Tree
company. c. II Mcmillan. secretary
of the Mercantile company; W. J.
Kinsella, president Of the Lanley 4
Kinsella Coffee and Spice company.
Henry Griesedleek, Jr., president OF
the Independent Brewers company of
st. Louis; w r Carter vice presi.
dent Of the Mercantile Trust company.
L. D. Dozier, connected with the same
company and with the National Bis
cult company and James G. Butler.
well known IN middlewestern finances.
The itinerary includes Muskogee. Ok
lahoma City. San Antonio, Fort Worth
Dallas. Austin. Houstin. Galveston and
Memphis.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21

manner the internal affairs of the
communities separated by state lines
diversity in those particulars which
are peculiar to each commonwealth. I"
Judge Parker thus closed his ad.
dress after having reviewed in detail
the complicated relations between
state and national governments. In
this respect he said
'Latterly complaints have arisen Of
inefilciency resulting from the division
of powers between the federal and
the state governments. II is said, de-.
pending upon the point of view, that
some states grant charters which are
far too broad, while others go to the
opposite extreme. That in some
states the law has not been enforced
against disobedient corporations and
their officers, while In others the ten
dency is to presume them guilty of a
desire to violate all law, written or
unwritten.
The public complaint for the pres
ent is more generally that the states
have been lax in the enforcement Of
law, with most disastrous conse.
quences. The charge OF neglect must
be admitted by all who appreciate
that every one of the corporations
now struggling for life was created
in the face of the law under which
they are now prosecuted-a law which
by reason of its deliberate non-en-
forcement was assumed by the cor
poration founders to be more houored
in the breach than 10 the observance.
This is not the time to consider
whether the one government or the
other is the more responsible for this
condition. For the claim is that IN
any event efficiency is sacrificed in the
dual form Of government, and that IN
the interest of business prosperity eff
ficiency is of greater importance than
all else.
There is no political government
on earth SO efficient as the govern.
ment of the United States Steel Cor.
poration from a purely business stand
point. Every step it takes Is In
obedience to a master mind But Il
may safely be said that no one would
be willing to have our government
thus managed, however much national
wealth might be augmented each
year
we are ambitious. Il Is true, for
wealth and the comfort Il brings, but
We have not yet lost our faith in the
proposition that the object Of govern
ment is the greatest good to the
greatest number. It is desirable there
fore now, as it was In the beginning.
that we should endure a less efficient
form of government in order to avoid
the greater evils which would other
wise arise