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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Our Birthday

With this issue the Leader
starts on it's twenty-second year.
John Satterlund, the owner of the
paper, is celebrating this birthday
by a visit at his old home in Swe-
den. The Leader has been under
the present management for four
and a half years and for the FIVE
previous was managed by w. T.
Hogue who now has a paper at
Tyler, MINI. The subscription list
8 gradually growing, and we aim
to make it the paper to take by
those wishing to keep in touch with
county and state affairs, we also
aim to make it the paper that the
discriminating advertiser will find
returns to him full value for every
dollar spent in use of it's columns.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Llbsllns Old England.

According TO General Pnlee Of
France, tho author Of "~Iianglsteese
vue q Londres ct dams ses Provinces"
published in 1916, wife murderers .
hundred years ago generally went
scot tree in England. In this engag.
ing work the author says that THE
murder Of q married woman BY her
husband 10 hardly recognized 40 a
crime. II BY some rare chance the
guilty husband u brought to Justice
be 10 bound to b acquitted. This &C.
counts for the heavy death rate among
women In England. Most English.
men Of fifty have been married at
least three tdmes." Pilet had been
prisoner Of war In England and pub
ushed this work In revenge It was
20 full Of ubelous statements that it,
circulation was forbidden BY the
French government, and the few
copies available brought very high
prices.
Apparently the English did not cor.
slider tho work very dangerous, as q
CODY was secured for the British mu-
scum,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
A Road Mad. n Day.

A Road Made In q Day.
Lothian road, a prominent street In
Edinburgh, was made in a single day.
Sir James Clerk Of Penicuik bet with
a friend that he would between sun.
rise and sunset prepare the line Of
road, extending nearly a mile In length
by twenty PAGES in breadth. It hap
pened to be in the winter season, when
many men were unemployed. BE had
no difficulty in collecting several hun
dreds Of these on the ground at the ap-
pointed time, when he gave them all a
plentiful breakfast Of porter, whisky
and bread and cheese, after which,
Just as the sun rose, he ordered them
to set to work, some to tear down In.
closures. others to unroof and demolish
cottages and a considerable portion to
bring earth to I'll up a great hollow to
the required height. The Inhabitants,
dismayed at so vast a force and 80
summary a mode Of procedure. made
no resistance. So active were the
workmen that before sunset the road
was sufficiently formed to allow Sir
James to drive his carriage over It.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

The Sound o. Il.

The Sound OF u
The ladies' aid ladies were taking
about q conversation they had over
heard before the meeting between q
man and his wife. :.
'They must have been to the ZOO"
sa1d Mrs. A.. because I heard hel
mention a trained DEER"
Goodness mel" laughed Mrs. B.
'syhat queer hearing you must have'
They were talking about going away
and che said. Find out about the train
DEAR"
well, did anybody ever7" exclaimed
Mn. @. II am surv they were talking
about musicians, for she said a trained
ear as distinctly as could be"
The discussion began to warm up.
and in the midst Of 1t the lady herself
appeared. They carried their case to
her promptly and asked for a settle
ment
"Well well, you do beat all" she ex.
claimed, after hearing each one. IT'D
been out to the country overnight and
was asking my husband # it rained
here last night"
After which the three disputants re-
tired, abashed and In silence.-W. J.
hampton in Lppincotta
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

The committee in charge of the
celebration this week are to be
congratulated on the manner in
which the program throughout the
entire day was carried out. The
program was followed closely and
all numbers given at the time
scheduled from the band concert
in the morning until the dance in
the evening. The old soldiers re-
union was we'll advertised but this
is too busy a season for the farm
ers to leave their fields, however it
did not keep the young folks from
coming early and staying late.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
u.o.nb.ek,, N.rrowsst Escape.

Hsasnbeck's Narrowsst Escape.
am often asked what - my mar
rowest escape. Perhaps the following
u the closest shave ! have had. I was
experimenting the dispatch Of some
animals at the railway station In Ham.
burg, when q half grown elephant
which was standing in one Of the
trucks with its legs chained suddenly
turned round and tried to pin me to
the wall. / was at that moment exam.
ming a cage containing monkeys.
When I entered the car I knew the
elephant was cross and should have
kept my face toward him Instead OF
doing 90 I turned round to look at
something, and at that moment the
brute went for me he tried to pin
me to the wall, but fortunately for me
his tusks were too wide apart for him
to properly grip me. The tusks Just
grazed my skin on each side OF my
back. One Of my men rushed to the
rescue and pulled me down between
the animals head and the wall They
then stood me on my feet to zee II
my back was broken. With the ex.
cept1on. Of torn clothing and . grased
skin I was all right-Wide World.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Tr.aio Tale Of Rat

tragic LUZ OF y SNaGs
The story Of the luck Of the Howths
IL well known, and down to very re-
cent times no member Of that family
would permit a rat to be put to death.
It was said that about the year 1850
the twenty-sixth Baron Howth was
giving a banquet to his friends when
q rat rushed into the hall. followed by
several dogs. and. Jumping on the ia.
BILE, sat up before Lord Howth as II
appealing for protection. he saved tts
life, and from that moment It never
Quilted him. At last he set out on q
foreign tour. accompanied by his broth.
er. who persuaded him to leave the rat
behind. Sitting In a hotel at Mar.
seilles. the door suddenly dew open and
the rat, dripping wet came crawling In
and went straight to the fire to dry It.
self. Lord Howth's brother, enraged
at the Intrusion. seized the poker and
dashed out the rats brains. "You have
murdered mel" exclaimed Lord Howth
and instantly fell down and expired
London Tt-Bits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Bruce At eannoekburn.

Robert Bruce was the descendant
Of a Norman. He was half an Eng.
lshman and half a scotchman, and by
his mothers side he was a claimant
to the Scottish crown. After many
daring adventures and rude perils,
borne up throughout by strong perse-
vering conscience and an ardent love
Of liberty. Bruce was able to get to.
gether a patriotic army to meet the
English at B%annockburn in 1874. Be-
fore the battle began the Scottish
army knelt down In prayer. Edward
II. was looking on. He turned to his
favorite knight and said: Argentine,
the rebels yield. They beg for mercy"
'They do. my liege," the reply was.
but not from you"
The battle ended not only I'm a vic.
tory. but in q rout-samuel Smiles
DUTY"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
stonewaIl Jaekson,s Death.

StonOWAJJ Jackoon'0 Death
Nothing In the wal perhaps. except
ing the surrender. eve struck Rich
mond with such stunning force as the
announcement Of "Stonewau" Jack
sons fall, Of the amputation Of his
arm and finally Of his death, following
the battle of Charlottesville. Even
the brilliant victory OF our arms was
placed in total eclipse by this irrepara.
BILE loss. From the first, when the
shy Puritan professor Of the Virginia
Military institute had startled the ar
mics by his extraordinary daring and
military skill, jackson had taken hold
Of the popular mind as a supreme IA.
vorite. "Old Stonewall," "Old Jack"
or "Old Blue Light was by the SOL
diers held in the reverence bestowed
by Napoleon's grenadiers upon the
person Of their sacred emperor. With
Lee and jackson to the fore quiet peo-
pie sitting in their homes felt them.
selves as behind two massive towers
Of strength. facing and meeting every
adverse wind-Mrs. Buxton Harrison
in Scribner's.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
How He Won the Yotea.

A physician in a small town wanted
to be mayor. Politicians told him he
had no chance-the machine was
against him. A few days before the
election he printed the following card
in the paper: {.
ITO the People Of Bingtown-l am
getting old and have decided that be-
fore I die I would like to be mayor Of
Bingtown. l have no. particular plat
form to run on except that I want the
Office. have lived here forty years,
have paid my taxes without q murmur,
collected what ] could and forgiven
and forgotten many omissions. II I
am not elected I will publish in the
Bingtown Herald what ! know about
people IN this community"
When the votes were counted the old
doctor received all but three. and those
three were cast BY people who had
moved into the town that sprine.-St
Louis Post. Dispatch
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
A won psserxed enub.

A Well 0ooorN0d 0nuh.
On one occahon an English gentle
man called to see Lord Westmoreland
on particular business. He was at
breakfast and. receiving him with his
usual urbanity. asked the object Of his
visit The gentleman said that he felt
somewhat aggrieved. as he had brought
an official letter Of Introduction to him
from the foreign Office and. having
learned that his lordship had given a
great dinner the night before, was sur
prised and hurt at receiving no invita-
ton. Lord Westmoreland exclaimed,
with his usual heartiness: "God bless
me, sir; I am really quite distressed
I think I received the letter Of which
You speak. I will send for It" Ac-
cordingly the letter was brought to
him, and on reading 1t he said to the
stranger: "Ah. I thought so! There,
sir. is the letter. but there Is no men
ton Of dinner In It" On which the
gentleman rose and backed out Of the
room in confusion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

Too much cannot be said about
the fine growing crops in this
state at this time. All papers are
sending out good reports about the
prospects. The Minot Independ-
ent compares the crop conditions
in different states as follows: Crop
conditions over the entire state
appear the very best and we do
not believe that there is the least
chance of beating us out of a fine
crop. Many farmers have hopes
of their wheat averaging thirty
bushels, though it is a little early
to make any predictions. It will
be some time before the wheat will
begin to head out, and the critical
period is when the grain is in the
dough. Last year, we we're visited
by hot winds about June 20, but
before that time the grain was
very backward from a series of
frosts early in June, besides the
lack of moisture. The earth has
been thoroughly soaked this spring
and this obviates the danger from
hot winds. North Dakota can
consider herself very fortunate for
every spot in the state has been
wet up in good shape, while over
in western South Dakota, there
has been very little rain this sea-
son. Little or no grain will be
raised there this year. The con-
ditions in southern Minnesota are
not good either on account of a
lack of moisture. We note by the
Kansas reports that the average
yield of wheat will be very light.
The wheat sown last fall did not
get sufficient moisture to start it
we'll, and consequently it is head.
ing out, at a height of six or eight
inches. So you can see, North
Dakota, so far, is more fortunate
than most all of the other states
of the middle west.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Easy to Make q Gun.

Easy to Mako Q Gun.
The ameer Of Afghanistan once start
ed a gun factory Of which he was very
proud and placed It under the super
vision of a smart Yankee who could
keep his business to himself. Ameer
Khan, one Of the ameers chiefs. came
in to see the factory one day. The
Yankee showed him around, and at
the end Of the inspection Ameer Khan
said:
'This looks very simple. Now tell
Just how to make a gun, and I will
set up a factory in my own province
on my return home"
ut looks simple" said the Yankee,
land 1t Is simple. To build a gun you
make a hole first; then you wrap some
iron around II, and there you are"
Amer Khan shook his head. "Ah,"
he said, "there is plenty Of air for the
hole in my province, but how the iron
should be wrapped around It IL . thing
none Of my people know"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

County Commissioners Bitz and
Ahlbrecht of Sheridan county
were called before Judge Win
chester Saturday to show cause
why they should not be removed
from Office. Ever since Sheridan
county was organized there has
been trouble in the ranks of the
county officers. It is hoped that
after the next general election
things will be adjusted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
PoNfn.

Poetry.
It IL q shallow criticism that would
define poetry al confined to. literary pro.
auctions In rhyme and meter. The writ.
ten poem Is only poetry talking, and
the statue. the picture and the musical
competition are poetry acting. Milton
and Goethe at their desks were not
more truly poets than Phidias with his
,chtsei, Raphael at bis easel or deaf
Beethoven bending over his piano. In.
venting and producing strains which hs
himself could never hope to hsar~
Ruskin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
The Man Eaters.

It seems strange that bears, 30 fond
Of all sorts Of flesh, running the risks
of guns and 6res and poison. should
never attack men except in defense Of
their young. Only wolves and tigers
seem to have learned to hunt man for
food. and perhaps sharks and croco-
diles. Mosquitoes and other insects
would. i suppose. devour a helpless
man in some parts Of the world, and so
might lions. leopards. wolves, hyenas
and painters at times II pressed by
hunger. but under ordinary circum.
stances perhaps only the tiger among
land animals may be said to be a man
eater unless we add man himself
John Muir In Atlantic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

Washburn proved that it could
take care of all the visitors during
court. Last week and this week
there have been more people here
than usually visit q town of this
size but all have been accommo.
dated and there was room for
almost as many more. We hope
some day to prove this statement
by having the crowds here that we
can Just accommodate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
A Blow At Science.

: "And the voltaic current" continued
the lecturer. .was the discovery Of
Volta, and IL development ts a com.
paratively recent achievement Of sci.
ence."
A still, small individual hoisted him.
self to q chair In the rear of the hail.
"Hold on there, professor What
about the earlier discoveries Of Noah7'
II don't understand you, STR"
Then brush upi Didn't Noah make
the.sarc light on Mount Araratf'-Bal.
dmore News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

we understand that in all proba-
bility the board will cut the as
sessed valuation of real estate in
Washburn. The citizens of Wash.
burn pay more than their share of
taxes and the equalization board
will see that matters are made a
little more equal this year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

Odd churohyard inscription.
The following quaint inscription 10
taken from q monument in a London
c%hurchyard:
TO the memory Of Emma and Mary lat.
tlsboy. the twin children Of George and
Emma Lttleboy. who died July 18th, t71a.
Two LittleboyD 10 here,
Yst, strange 70 nay.
These Littleboys N gtrtsL
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Hopeless Cot

Hopeless case.
why don't you make hay while the
sun shines and
"Huh: II tried to do that it'd just
be my luck to get sunstruck."-Phila.
delphia Ledger.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Sins Of the F.the,a,

Fair Girl am sure papa would not
object to youtbut Lam afraid mamma
wa'l:s Seessa1s ycsr fasllseHhase. de.
praveaeEfaes1Af Rich GroeerhIRn--
Good -gractous!, Where did she get,that
idea2 Fair Grill think she Judges
By the butter that your father used to
recommend az good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

The city board of equalization
held several meetings last week
and heard the complaints made by
the citizens of Washburn. The
assessment is higher here than in
any other town in this county aud
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
Hoist with ~. Own

Hoist With His Own Pet.rd.
Why, Harkins. where have you
been3 You look IKE q wreck
Il know it Ny twin brother and I
bad q quarrel. and ] hired Z bruiser
to lick him. The fellow mixed % up.
and here I am"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

Mn. Blank-ls your husband roine.
70 Mrs: Jaaon's funeraif Mn. Dash
Decidedly not: shssnsver returned my
last call.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
HE Pessent Lew,

Wife-l came across some Of your
old love letters today. How Jon loved
me-, Harry! Husband-Yes. Il suppe.
|rsadyf I'm awfully hungry.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

Honesty Is the best policy, but he
who 10 governed by that maxim II not
an honest man.-Whateiy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
INST Fouod.I

Visitor waiting IN invitation 10
lunch,-Two o'clock / fear I.m~keep
Ing you from your dinner. Hostess
No. but ] fear we arc keeping you
from yonrs.,-MeSgendorf Blatter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
"cat!" She Exclaimed.

Nan-Anyway. don't like bis looks.
Fan-That's because be looks In my ID.
rection rather oftener than he does in
yours.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30

Poverty wants some things. iLxnry.
Dsnv- ayafics ansthings.-Cowlex.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
on cendition,

On Co0ottton,
Customer-See herei thought you
said these Things would grow In any
cljmate. lheater-They wilL' But II
you want u grow them In this. climate
you've got to have q dollhouse for
them. Of courre.-Puck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-17

NEW YORK, April 17.-If
you've got a feeling you're due to
crack q safe tonight there's a good
job waiting you under the north
east corner of the New York pro-
duce exchange. m
There. guarded by doors of steel
and with 10 assorted locks, re-
poses in peaceful serenity the coll
lateral wad---or at least $780,
10000 of it-of John ID. Rookie
Teller, the richest "plute" on the
face of the earth.
The secret of the location of the
big strongbox has just leaked out
after five years OF Jealous guard
ing on the part of John d. and his
pards.
1t takes a force of five or six
men-each unlocking one combin-
alton, and only one, for no one
man is trusted with the complete
secret of entry--to get to John
DIS bonds. Inside the big vault
are two rows of 20 safes. each
doubly locked. and inside the safes
are locked compartments contain
ing the real stuff. A card index
to the bonds goes with the outfit.
With proper ceremonies the prop
or hirelings get at the bonds ever
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-17

COLUMBIA. s. c., April Is
Coleman Blease has won the title
of 'pardoning governor. Since
he took office Jan. 1, he has aver
aged two pardons, paroles or COM
mutations daily.
Gov. Blease was a criminal law
yer before he took Office and those
who don't like him say he is par
doning former clients, rich men
and those who can help him polit-
ically.
"These people who eriticise me
pray, and forgive us our trespass-
es as we forgive those who tres
pass against u.s. / believe saliva.
tion comes through forgiveness,
That's my religion. And I believe
that the only way we can save
criminals is by forgiving Them"
Says Gov. Blease.
Blease is a fire-eater, of a will
iowy southern type of physique,
with deep burning eye and q
shock OF coal black hair Just
touched with gray. He is a whirl-
wind on the stump.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-17
GOOD CHANCE FOR
NISQUALLY BONDS

curities to New York, George Mil
ton Savage, who returned home
Thursday effected sale Of the
paper Saturday.
Before going to New York Saw
age had a conference with Sey-
mour over the bonds and he then
charged Seymour with having
written to New York counselling
the bond buyers against the bonds.
Seymour admitted it. Savage
went to New York, however, 70
try to undo the damage Seymour
had done and he created a favor
able impression but did not finally
place all the bonds until he re-
turned home. sHe then got busy
and at last placed the bonds.
This now insures completion of
the plant for the city unless a
change in officials at the city hall
blocks 1t in some other way.
There are plenty of holes into
which tStone-Webster may insert
a stick to stop the project from
being success, however, If the
city gets into the hands of the
friends of the special interests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-17
us. AMBASSADOR IS
D|NED BY JAP
MINISTER
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TOXIC, April 17.-Felicitating
the American diplomatic represent
tatives upon the completion of the
new treaty with Japan, Foreign
Minister Komura today dined
American Ambassador Thomas j.
O'Brien. Premier Katsura and all
his cabinet were present as well.
Both Minister Komura and Am
bassador O'Brien said that the
treaty was the highest evidence of
kindly and sympathetic relations
between America and Japan, and
both denied flatly that there had
been any falsehood or misrepre-
sentation employed by either side
in its framing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-17
TACOMA Ministers
The following is taken Puyallup Tribune
widely quoted Washington:


which widely quoted all the state of Washington
There is heated mayoraty campaign in Tacoma
And it is remarkable what being contest
by people Puyallup a
sation
sion opinion Everybody with
Fawcett. The Seymour Puyal-
up The people all that the
saloons another all for
that doesn't make hit in this vicinage.
I'VE read occasionally of minister who gets himself
into print by saying something his pulpit in behalf the
Royal Arch candidate the which
flatterng worldly
wisdom There minister,
sufficiently with the downtown situation
what the behaving discovered
lutte certainty that the saloons the whole sporting fraternity
Seymour-has declared himself Fawcett
from the pulpit minister with practical enough
certain practical facts hand depended
have sense enough not to discuss politics the pulpit Such
minister will his from the Bbleand not
partisan exhausted
THE minister referred Benadom
of the First Methodist church citya affec
tionatey remembered the Puyaup his
Christian character his charity judgment his
secated e his common and his happy fruitful ministry
this the other ministers Tacoma
knew the facts of the situation there Mr. Benadom knows
them there would be political Arch
to and laugh in their sleeves about And
It is gratifying to hear that number of them have last got
their