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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24

Schulz's sell Occident flour made
by Russell Miller Milling Co.
Gold Heart -four is the best
Try some. For sale by Hans
Holtan- & Sons.
&. T. Smith of Underwood sue
~cessfully passed the state embalm-
ing examination this week.
MORE CHEAP N -
Lana loans. See Frank E. Funk,
First National bank of Washburn.
North Dakota.
Cheap money for land loans al
ways on hand. Make your own
rate-no red tape. T. E. Funk.
First Natl Bank, Washburn, N. d.
Ole Gradin called on old friends
in Washburn this week. He is all
ready for spring and will pus in a
big crop again this year. He says
as long rs he has been on a farm
he has never had to buy a load of
hay. Neither has he sold any as
often he is in need of what has
been left over the year before and
is glad to use it when hay reaches
the ten aud twelve dollar mark in
the spring.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24
Aim TO Tel the Truth

eoN~ w 1V
In reporting the court proceed
ings in connection with the Jay
Russell trial The Leader erred in
stating that there were 500 signers
to a petition praying Judge Win
chester for %clemency. Since hav-
ing our attention called to this
matter by Brother Jones of the
Turtle Lake Wave we have exam
ined these petitions and find that
tpe "clemency petition" has 259
names attached to it and reads as
follows:
1--WE the undersigned citizens
and tax payers in and around Tur-
tie Lake in the county of Mclean
and state of North Dakota, who
have been acquainted with Jay
Russell during the last past year
and more do respectfully petition
and request of the Hon. w. 81.
Winchester, Judge, that he. be as
lenient and use as much clemency
as possible in the passing of sem
tence on the said Jay Russell who
on the 9th day of January 1911
plead guilty to the charge of keep
ing and maintaining a common
nuisance at certain place within
Mclean county and state of North
Dakota"
To the above petition we find
the name of E. J. Jones. This E.
j. Jones is the editor Of the Tur-
tie Lake Wave.
There was also a second petition
presented which was signed by 20
and reads as follows:
Turtle Lake, N. D., Dec. %, 1911
To the Hon Judge Winchester,
District Court, Washburn, N. D.
We the undersigned and free
holders of Turtle Lake, N. d., do
hereby earnestly pray that Jay
Russell, who is up for "blind-pig-
.ging" this term of court, be prose-
--4L-.--
cuted to the limit of the law and
we see no reason for a change of
venue OF continuance being grant
ed this man, at this time, as the
evidence is SO plain that it must
convict him in any county in the
state. Furthermore this man has
always been known to sell booze
when out on bail and if left out,
will sell enough "booze'' to pay
his bond by the time his case comes
to trial and we are tired of his
''booze" business and want it stop
ped now"
To the second petition the name
Of p. J. Jones is also signed. This
j. Jones is the same +. j. Jones
who signed the 'clemency petition
and is editor Of the Turtle Lake
Wave. This explanation Of the
facts will probably be occasion for
Brother Jones TO explain to his
readers Why he should persist in
wanting to "hang' Jay in one Of
l.is petitions and then be easy"
With him ii thesother.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24
May Have Extra Session

The house of representatives
does not want to be responsible for
the extra session of congress that
may be called. The members are
making haste to dispose of all bus
mess early. If an extra session
is called it will be through the SEN
ate and for the purpose of voting
on the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24

Rev. J. 8. Rood is visiting Rev.
D. d. Mitchell this week and will
preach in the Congregational
church Sunday evening.
A thorough course at the Mi
not College of Commerce will bring
you, without delay, face to face
with the opportunity for which you
have been looking. The handsom-
est catalogue in the country free
for the asking.
How to cure a cold is a question
in which many are interested just
now. Chamberla MS Cough
Remedy has won its great reputa-
ton and immense sale by it's re-
markable cure of colds. 1t can
always be depended upon. For
sale by all dealers.
You are probably aware that
pneumonia always results from a
cold. but you never heard of a cold
resulting in pneumonia when
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was
used. Why take the risk when
this remedy may be had for a
For sale by all dealers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24
ArePraaflhg

It 10 feared that Russia and
China will have trouble in the
near future. Troops have been or.
dered out to strengthen the watch
on the frontier.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24
They Have Agreed

The apportionment committee
of the two houses have agreed and
if the measure becomes a law there
will be 46 representatives and l04
senators at the next session. Nc
Lean will have one senator and
three representatives, which is one
more house member than at pre-
sent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24
LOCAL NEWS
Hail Insurance

Frank E. Funk.
Farm Loans made at the Wash
burn State Bank.
DR.. and Mrs. John w. Robin
son of Garrison are rejoicing over
the arrival of a son on Monday.
Mrs. Hubert Edgerton came up
from Wilton Thursday. to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Weise.
Lay in a supply of coal now that
you can get It cheap. Only $l.2o
q ton at the Black Diamond mine.
Eighteen Reliable old line Fire
and Hail Insurance Companies
Frank E.. Funk First Natl. Bank
Why pay high rates for land
loans?, I can-save you money. F.
E. Funk, First Natl Bank, Wash
burn, N. D.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congre-
gational church will meet with
Mrs. L. M. Wallin, on Thursday,
March End.
Mrs. Ben Weise and son return
ed to Blackwater this morning af-
ter a pleasant weeks visit at the
j. Weise home.
ONE DOLLAR will start a
saving bank account with First
National bank Of Washburn, Nd
Capital and surplus, $4,000.
I do hereby express my appre-
citation and thankfulness for the
generous gift of the members of
the Knights of Pythias at the close
of the services last Sunday night.
D. d. Mitchell.
As an evidence of their faith
that spring is near the Thompson
Hardware Go. has removed the
large heater from their store. 1t
Lie hoped their faith is we'll ground
ed.
Parties wishing to purchase
stove wood are requested to com
municate with the undersigned.
I have the wood all cut in proper
lengths. 81. Nj. Merry. Pho ne
River Line No. SO.
It is now thought that Minot'
will not get the $200,000.M appro-
priation wanted for the new
normal. It is claimed there ore
not enough funds in the state and
many will have to receive less
than the appropriation asked.
A piece of flannel dampened
with Chamberlain's Liniment and
bound on the affected parts IS
superior to any plaster. When
troubled with lame back or pains
in the side OF chest give it IA trial
and you are certain to be more
than pleased with the prompt re-
lief which it affords. Sold by all
dealers.
The Birthday club was very en-
joyably entertained last Wednes-
day evening by Mrs. Walfred An
derson. The evening was spent in
playing FIVE hundred. Mrs. Carna-
fhan.proved herself the lucky per-
son Of the evening while Mrs. Sim
on needed consolation. Delightful
refreshments were served at the
close of q happy evening.
|t4s Hs<eFN ID fET"29SrI rEtE4.
The opportunity Of listening 10
Rev. CIV. Harris in his famous lec-
ture on the Passion Play was taken
|bya large per cent Of the citizens of
Washburn last Tuesday evening.
The evening was ideal, Mr.. Harris
was at his best and the stereopti-
con was without fault. The sub.
ject was one Of interest to every
person therefore it is useless to-
addthst#the silent enthusiasm was
. great compliment to the speaker.
Never before have We listened to
descriptions that interested and in
stirncted u6Eas those that held our
closest attention that evening and
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-24
500 Tine Gard
West Bound Trains.

No. 2o7-passenger departs 9:24a M
No. 65.freight departs $50 : m
East Bound Trains.
No. 265-passengor departs 2:lOpm
No. 64-freight departs 3:2Osp m.
All trains daily except Sunday,
effective Aug. 18th 1909.
The Washington times., 1911-03-13

Williams colleges will compete for SUI
premacy in the aerial world. The
opening event is to be balloon race
from Pittsfeld on May 20, for distance
and a cup.
1t is not clear as yet whether the
collegians are going into aeronautics
as a safer sport than the deadly foot,
ball field, or to redeem contests of the
air from the blight of commercialism
which has fallen upon them. In the
boundless currents of the blue ether
the aerial sculling matches will be free
from the yeXing handicap of the eel
grass. Since the contest under imme-
date review is for distance, the heart
ening applause and the yet more heart
ening gate receipts will not be so large
as in the conventional contests with
which we are familiar in the athletic
world. Residents of the remoter Sec
tions of the countryside must be edu-
Gated out of the inconvenient habit of
taking a pot shot at every flying craft
which sails over the cornfeld, on the
chance that it might be a crow wear
ing the livery of the great aux.
The New England colleges have be-
gun modestly with ballooning. 1t will
be but a step to the contest with the
heavier than-air machine and then the
representatives of each respective col
lege may show the mettle of his pas
ture. No mollycoddle can become a
follower of Montgolfier and the
Wrights.
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
SAFETY OF TRAVEL ON THE
PENNSYLVANIA.

1t is frequently pointed out to those
who have an instructive fear of the
sea that according to statistics, the
percentage of deaths by accident in
land travel is far greater than that
upon the ocean highways. However
TRUE this may be as a general PROPOSE
tion, it would be hard to find record
of greater security than that which
has just been made public by the Penn
sylvania railroad The record shows
that during the past calendar year the
Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg
and Erie carried l36,OOO,OOO passengers
without killing one. Combining the
figures for the past three years it is
shown that the same lines carried 37l,-
S5S,2T passengers-more than four
times the number of people in the Unit
ed States-and killed only one. When
it is considered that the chance of
death by accident on the Pennsylvania
railroad is but one in 37OOOO.OOO, the
element of safety seems to have been
carried to the maximum of efficiency.
Even in the matter of mere personal
injuries, the Pennsylvania makes a re-
markable showing. Notwithstanding
the fact that the railroad under con-
sideration carried l4,lSO,228 more pas
sengers in 1910 than in the previous
year, the number of personal injuries,
including every case which required
surgical attention of any kind, was
only eighty four. This was reduc-
ton of just so per cent from the pre-
vious year, and showed only one per-
sonal injury for every 100000 pas
sengers carried. The number of pas
sengers and the miles Travelled. on the
Pennsylvania lines last year, were
equivalent to three billion passengers
travelling one mile, so that for each
passenger carried one mile. the proper
tion was 35,0OOOOO carried in safety
to one who was injured. This is a
showing OF which the Pennsylvania
may well be proud.
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
MUNICIPAL EXPERTS. AND
PETTY POLITICS.

1t has become quite popular to de-
plore the corruption and inefficiency Of
municipal government in the United
States. Even SNUG, complacent citi-
zens, who don't take the trouble to go
to primaries. and who know practically
nothing of the administration OF the
affairs of great city, have acquired
the habit of throwing up their hands
and saving "shocking' when some par
ticuIar graft or some especially bad
piece of city business is exposed. These
people utter blanket Indictment of
municipal government and then 60
their way, paying no further attention
to the problems of their community
until ii new opportunity for criticism
presents itself.
This is the chief reason we have bad
municipal government in this country
Cities are operated as political princl-
palities by politicians and not as bust
ness Institutions by business men
Many evils result. and one of the great
est is that peculiar, srnseless theory
that the city must not 20 outside its
geographical limits for officers and en-
ployps to handle its affairs.
Recently there has been mild crit
icism of the District commissioners
because they employed Norfolk man
as Superintendent of the District Street
Cleaning Department. No question OF
the new officials qualification is rails,
ed: objection to his selection is based
solely on the ground that he did not
live in Washington.
Great Britain and Germany are con-
cedcd to have the best municipal gov
crnmpnts in the world. The reason is
that in those countries municipal gov
rrnment has been made Il science. The
work of administering municipal gov
ernmcnt has become a profession. Men
90 into it as they 90 into law. medI-
clllp, OF CIVIL PNSluF'IlhS III ''i~
try. They make it life work. these
men begin at the bottom and work up
and their Jobs are not subject to the
influences of petty politics. If a GER
tain man makes a success as mayor IN
one city he is drafted for service in
larger city. A particularly successful
superintendent of street cleaning in
Manchester would be likely to attract
the attention of Liverpool. If Liver
pool needed him it would take HIM
The fact that he happened to be
resident of Manchester would not be
considered.
An illustration nearer home is even
more conclusive. If the Capital Trac-
ton Company, or the Commercial Ma
tional Bank. or the Arlington Hotel
needed a new general manager, would
it begin its hunt for material with the
assumption that it could not employ
anv one who lived outside of the Dis
trict of Columbia?
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
TRANSFER QUESTION COMES
BEFORE CHAMBER.

Interest in the Chamber of Com
merce is so keen among its 800 mem
bers that it is seldom necessary to
urge a large attendance at its monthly
meetings, but one of the questions to
be considered at the March meeting to,
morrow evening is so important that
word concerning it is not amiss.
The interchangeable transfer issue
left over from last month, will be
presented to the membership. 1t is es,
sential that it be considered by as
many members as can possibly find
time to attend, for it is something
which affects every person in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Tomorrow evening the Chamber Of
Commerce will be asked to conduct a
prize essay contest on street car trans
fers. The members behind the pro,
posal hope, by such an undertaking, to
arouse the interest of every Washing
tonian in the transfer question and to
bring out for public discussion every
possible argument in SUPPORT of the
contention that the two street rail
way companies should transfer pas
sengers to and from each others lines
as they would il both systems were
owned by one company.
Whether or not the Chamber of Com
merce. is ready to adopt the unique
policy OF conducting essay contests or
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
BABY M'LEAN AIDS
MILK LABORATORY
Check Assures Keeping 1t
Open Another Month
for Poor Babies. !

Vinson Walsh Mclean, popularity
known as the Fifty Million Dollar
Baby the tiny BIT of humanity that
will sOme day inherit the John r. Nc
Lean and the Thomas +. Walsh for
tunes, has come to the rescue of the
Straus Milk Laboratory.
yinson's papa, Ned" Mclean, today
sent a check for $3.50 to julius |. PeyseT,
chairman Of the committee that is try
ing to save the Straus milk depots with
the message that it was from his son,
aged one year. Wilson'S contribution
runs the total received by Mr.. Peyser
up to s5O6, more than enough to keep the
milk plant in operation another month,
until Congress has had a chance to pro-
vide funds for its maintenance.
Vinson Walsh Mclean knows how
necessary it is for babies to have whole
some food, because Vinson himself has
been terribly i'll. He has suffered just
as ordinary, everyday little babies
suffer, in spite of the great array OF
spectacled scientists, nurses, and re-
tainers who have sought to drive away
mis- sickness and make him comforta BILE.
Gives Poor Babies a Chance.
Maybe Ninson, surrounded by every
attention, necessity, and luxury that
money can buy, has been thinking how
hard it must be on sick babies whose
papas and mammas haven't enough
money even to buy them good milk.
Maybe his suffering has caused him to
develop a sense of sympathy for his
fellows at an early age. At anv rate,
he's going to keep the Straus plant open
and thereby make it possible for 500
poor babies, in plain, wooden cribs, to
have a chance to grow up.
Now it is proposed by Mr.. Peyser to
keep the plant going until next winter
If necessary. At a mass meeting OF
citizens at the Chamber of Commerce
this afternoon plans will be made to
create a committee to present the case
of the Straus plant to Congress at the
special session. If no action is taken
on the milk depot bill, the committee
will raise funds to keep the laboratories
open until the regular session meets.
This is considered important, as babies
need wholesome milk in the summer
more than in the winter. Mr.. Peyser
said today:
To Keep 1t Open All Summer.
II feel so much encouraged that 1
am sure we can keep the Straus depots
open until December If they are not
provided for at the special session.
shall ask this afternoon to have or
ganized a permanent committee to raise
money. If We need it, l feel sure we
can get it, | consider it essential that
the plant be maintained through the
hot weather"
Contributions to the fund are still de-
sired, in anticipation of the possible
failure of Congress to act at the special
session. Money may be sent 10 Mr..
Peyser. at the Merchants and Me-
chanics' Savings Bank, Tenth and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest. Con-
tributors to date are as follows:
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
Workers Are Here for
Y. M. G. A. Convention

Everything CONNECTED with the Young
Mems Christian Association, from coun-
try life in America to the work OF the
Y. NJ. c. A in China, will be discussed
at the convention which is to be opened
tomorrow in St. Johns Episcopal
Church. The delegates will represent
the States Of Maryland and Delaware
and the District of Columbia. 1t is eX-
pected 80 will attend.
During the opening session tomorrow
afternoon, Kaison Tong, secretary OF
the foreign department, Feklng; WI; VIII
in shanghai and Hongkong, where he
has been personally identified with the
association. At the same session Dr'
{. A. Barbour, of New York, will make
an address.
Tomorrow evening a reception and din
ner is to be given at RausCher's. Judge
Solden P.~SPencer, of st. Louis, will
speak. Others on the program are vii
let NJ. Hays, Henry Israel. and John F.
Moore. The last two named speakers
will discuss the country life feature OF
the association work. Particular atten-
ton is being paid to this by the local
association because there are number
of outlying communities too small to
support associations of the ordinary
type.
1t is expected that the platform meet
ing a the D. A. r. Hall on Wednesday
evening will be very large, DR.. E. A:
Iowa College. at Grinnell, IS to tell of
his work among the foreigners and in
the countries of the old world. Dr..
Steiner has been active in this work for
a great many years.
The Y. NJ. c. A. as the home for the
young man away from home will be
discussed by A. II. Whitfcrd.
Wednesday will be the big day of the
convention. In addition to the platform
meeting in the evening, heavy sessions
have been planned for both the morning
and evening. Addresses will be made
by the leaders and in the morning re-
country and r0iroad work
The session will close Thursday noon.
The closing hours of Thursday morninc
will be spent in traTsacting the business
of the convention. Committee reports
and general business will be taken up AT
that time.
Considerable attention has been drawn
to the convention and ii is expected
there will be 4 good representation
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
Wilson Fighting for
Direct Elections Bill

TRENTON, n. j., March 13.-Gover-
nor Wilson and his aides are trying to-
day to force the reporting to the Legis-
lature tonight of the Geran bill de-
signed to revolutiopize the election ma
chinery of New Jersey. Based on the
Oregon law the proposed measure goes
farther than that famous document in
safeguarding the ballot and providing
for the direct nomination of all officials,
including United States Senators and
for the direct election of delegates to
national conventions.
The governor has been promised by
the legislative steering committee that
he will get a vote on the measure ont
the regulars in both organizations VIII
try either I'D kill ii altogether or 10
emasculaGe it by amendments.
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
NEW DEPARTURE IN COL,
LEGE SPORTS.

For many years there have been
sporadic efforts to introduce some new
form of sports into the athletic curri-
culum of American colleges. The
tabby cat diversion of cricket excited
the mirth of the full-blooded youth OF
the land and they would have none OF
it. If they had followed the bent OF
their own heroic zeal they probably
would have chosen "the sport of kings
and thus lifted the race course from
the evil case into which it has fallen
but this seemed hopeless task.
\ happy inspiration has cSme to New
England in the meantime, and the an,
uouncement is made that Amherst and
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
United States Mission
To Be Speakers Subject

The mission of the United States will
be discussed by Baron d'Etournelles de
Constant, member of the senate OF
France. in the Hall of the Americas,
Pan-American Union Building. Wednes-
day night. Baron d Etournelles, to whom
was awarded the last Nobel Peace
Prize will speak upon what America
has done and what it yet must do for
the salvation of Europe.
He is Iecturing in the United States
under the auspices of the American So
ciety for International Cancellation. He
will he introduced Wednesday night by
James Brown Scott, Of the State De-
partment,
The Washington times., 1911-03-13
BOOMS
THEHOTEL TRADE
Congress in Session. Army Maneuvers, and International
Trade Conferences All Attract Patronage, But the
President Is the One Big Drawing Card

the persons they dine with and are
dined by-staycd in town. 4 good many
of those web-footed individuals with a
limp. called lame ducks. are swimming
in the sea of politics again under high
pressure ma rlking off international
water boundaries or setting out to rest
under the shade of the flag IN trop:c
desert or proudly to watch 1t fiutter
against the cold blue of the farthest
habitable north for diplomacy.
Every little bit helps.
President and Patronage.
But after all, 1t IS the President s
flag, not the Stars and Stripes on tire
port and sta'bboard wings of the Cap
itol that signals the hotel managers,
their clerks, porters, doormen, bell
boys. chambermaids. walters, chefs,
scullions and scamperers that the Gus
tom is coming. yo-ho, yo-ho!
The Constitution follows the flag, Of
course said hotel manager today,
mt the human constitution known to
Washingt0n's hotels IS to be found
keeping I'D with the Presidents flag.
Members of Congress live in apartment
houses and boarding houses. Occasion
allv they dine with US, often they have
supper after the theater. But it's the
men here to see the President that live
with us. When man wishes to show
his merits by stereopticon he needs a
bright light. The people who have five
days or weeks or months even to show
that they are seeking office because 1t
is an inanimate thing that hasn't sense
enough to seek them, therefore flash
and their spotlight is operated from the
big hotel
Just watch the hotel registers. talk
with hotel men the week before and the
week after the President goes to his
summer White House. and you'll be con-
virced that the President brings more
people to Washington I'm a week than
Congress i'll tWo."