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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
LIME WET LANDS IN FALL
caustic Forms Are Best and Cheapest
If Spread When Finely Powdered.

CduStic Forms are BEST n OneaPest
If Spread When Finely Powdered.
The period of late July and August
affords the best time for the drainage
of many wet areas Of land which are
SO saturated that they are filed with
water at other seasons, says Professor
E. O. Fippin Of the New York State
College of Agriculture. Particularly is
it desirable to drain heavy clay land
at this season in order that the soil
which is thrown out may have an OPP
portunity to thoroughly dry before be-
ing returned to its position over the
tile. This period Of slack work is also
worth considering for the drainage OF
those other wet areas on the farm
! which show themselves in the field by
the dwarfcd crop and the distress
which it suffers during these dry Pc
RODS. Those places which suffer most
from drought are often the same
areas which have had al excess of
water in the early spring.
The application of lime on old mead
ows and upon other land which is to
be plowed for Il crop next spring
should now he considered. Caustic
forms Of lime which are generally
most economical in this state are best
applied in the fall. provided they are
! distributed i'll the finely powdered
form. Fall applications followed by
late fall or early spring blowing are
Drefera bic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
News Of the Week From vafl
Gus Parts Of the State.
SETS FIRE TO FARM HOME
Mother Barbados Doors and Win.
dows and Perishes With Six
Children in Flames.

Barricading the windows and doors
OF her farm home after her husband
had left for his day of labor in the
field Mrs. Alex johnson, living eight
miles northeast of Braddock, set fire
tc oil soaked rags and waste about
the farm home and burned herself and
six children to death.
The seven charred bodies, burned al.
most to a crisp, ere found by friends
and neighbors under the ruins. The
flames We're seen by neighbors before
they enveloped the house, but when
aid arrived at the johnson home the
inmates were beyond any hope of
rescue.
Persons who arrived at the scene
before the walls crumbled say the
windows and doors were b%arricaded
with furniture so the children could
not escape.
Mrs. johnson had never exhibited
any signs OF insanity, but this is the
only explanation offered by the hus.
band for the tragedy. He says he left
the house early in the morning, as
usual to complete his fall work in the
field and left his wife in good spirits.
There had been no quarrel, he says:
He was attracted by smoke from the
direction Of the house and hurried to
it, to find neighbors co%ngregated about
the ruins. He is nearly crazed over
the affair.
The Oldest of the children was
twelve years of age.
The position of the bodies indicated
that the children had huddled up to
their mother in a corner of the living
Dol when the fire started.
Johnson is a we'll to do farmer and
has lived in North Dakota for five
years. Crops have been good and
want has never troubled his family.
He was about a mile distant from the
house when the fire was started.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Rev. Clarence v. T. Richeson, pastor
81 Emmanuel Baptist church, Cam
bridge. Mass. has been indicted on
I'VE counts charging murder in the
irst degree by the Suffolk county
(Mass.) grand jury for the alleged poi
soning on Oct. IA of his former sweet.
heart, Miss Alya w. Linnell of Hysn-
mis-.
Because Of his youth, Earl Gilchrist,
an Arkansas negro, declared by his
parents to be fifteen years old, will
not be hanged as a jury decreed, and
the supreme court affirmed, but in
stead will serve fifteen years in the
p%enitentiary Governor Donaghey an
nounced Communication of the sentence.
Mrs. Louise Vermilya was taken in
to custody by Chicago police following
their discovery that the recent death
of Policeman Arthur Bissonnette, a
roomer at her home, was the seventh
death in recent years occurring under
her roof or under circumstances with
which she was connected,
ohe lone robber wearing a black
mask which completely hid his
features held mp three men in the
First State bank of Hedges, Mont,
and secured $1,075. after putting a
bullet within an inch of John Dahl's
head. Dahl is a bookkeeper in the
bank.
Mistrial was recorded in the case
OF Mrs. Zee Runge McRee of Opelou-
sas, La, accused of the murder of Al
Ian Garland, >the young Tulane uni.
versity student. The jury reported it
could not agree.
Mrs. Vermilya, the Chicago woman
accused of the murder of a policeman
attempted suicide by poisoning, but
will
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

An alleged corner in wheat. Gen.
tered at Chicago and extending to
Minneapolis, Duluth, Buffalo and Bal
timore, by which it is declared 50, per
cent Of the country's wheat supply is
controlled, has, been under investi-
CATION by agents of the department
of justice for some time and the re-
suits may be presented to the federal
grand juries in these cities within a
few days.
Attorney General Wickersham's re.
port OF his investigation Of the Ma
tional City bank Of New York virtu.
ally charges the National City COM
pany, a subsidiary corporation. with
being an embryo money trust" con,
trolled by the National City bank for
the purpose of holding stocks in other
financial institutions in contravention
Of the national banking law.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
Land SHOW WILL
give MANY PRIZES
St. Paul Association Of Commerce
Offers Silver Trophy Cups.
BEST EXHIBITS WILL WIN

Business Interests Of the Twin City
and Those Interested In the Devel.
opment of the American Northwest
Contribute Prizes Worth Thousands
Of Dollars to Encourage Exhibition
Of Products at Land Show In st.
Paul December IL to 23.
Exhibitors from every state at the
Northwestern Land Products Show in
st. Paul Dec. IL to %, will be given
an opportunity to compete for more
than fifty valuable silver trophy cups
offered for the best displays, twenty
Of the trophies being given by the st.
Paul Association of Commerce.
This announcement vas made by
the management of the Land Show
and the Association of Commerce this
week. Accompanying the ANNOUNCE
ment is the statement explaining how
the trophies are offered.
LAS the Land Show in st. Paul is
an enterprise given by the states of
the American Northwest, individual
competition is almost eliminated by
necessity" says the statement. The
trophies are therefore offered to the
commercial clubs, communities or
states first. Another class of prizes is
offered for the growers furnishing the
best samples to their state or sectional
exhibits. 1t is lot desired that any
individual make an exhibit at the
Land Show except as the samples arr
furnished those who are collecting and
preparing the state and sectional ex-
hibits. The name of the grower may
appear on each of these samples. The
trophies III this class, of course, will
go to the grower furnishing the sam
pies, but competitors must make all
entries with those in charge of the
state or community exhibits in their
own states and not through the Land
Show management"
The Offering Of fifty trophies Is on
a par with other things about the st.
Paul show 1t is perhaps the largest
list of trophies ever offered by a Land
Show.
These states and their individual
| contributors. commercial clubs and
communities will have the opportunity
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
Hiah sehoo. Athletes Organize.

Organization of the North Central
Athletic association, comprising the
high. schools of, Bottineau, Pierce, Ro-
lette and Towner counties, was per-
fected at q meeting held in Bottineau.
Bottineau, Rolette, Bisbee, Rugby,
Willow City, Westhope. Lansford and
the state school of forestry in 0
tineau have Joined already. The first
activity of the new association will be
to carry out a schedule OF basketball
games for the district championship
and there will be prizes both for the
boys and the girls teams OF the
various schools.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
PLuckY GIRL SECURES PAY
eowbelIs schooIteacher Wins, but

BoWbeIIs Schoolteacher Wins, but
Directors are criminaIIy Charged.
Because they paid the salary claim
ed by Miss Bessie McManus, school
teacher, for several months, during
which time no school was maintained,
members of the board of education of
the Little Butte district near Bowbells,
have been placed under arrest, charged
with the transportation of public
funds. H. Van Worst is the complain.
ing witness.
The criminal action against the
three school directors, A. H. Smith,
Paul Kelly and Clarence Onstad. is the
result of a long fight in the district
The former board of education had en-.
gagged Miss McManus as the teacher
for the district and she was given q
contract covering seven months.
Shortly after the new board took
hold the number of children attending
school was brought down so low that
the board deemed it advisable to close
the school and paid Miss McManus
her salary up to that time. But Miss
McManus, acting on the strength OF
the contract which she held with the
board, remained In the district to open
the school each day. At the close OF
the contract period she made demand
upon the board for her salary.
After q conference with the states
attorney the board decided to pay the
amount in full, inasmuch .as Miss
McManus was about to bring civil &C
ton to recover the amount. q
It is now charged by Van Worst,
the complaining witness, that the
board was without power to pay the
districts money to the teacher.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
REMOVE USELESS HORNS.
May Adorn Cow. but Often Load 20
Serious Damage.

May Adorn Cow. but Often Load 70
Serious Damage.
Since P~ietertje Maid Ormsby made
the grent record that won first place In
the thirty day division and had her
picture so widely published many let.
tiers have come to me in regard to her,
says Superintendent n. II. Gardner OF
the HoIstein Registry at Delavan,
Wis, in a letter to the American Cult.
vator. Several breeders show curios.
ity as to her lack of horns, one or two
commenting unfavorably. As an indi-
vidual proposition a neat pair of short.
nicely curved waxy horns on a cows
head may be something to be admired.
As a general proposition the COW of
today has no need Of such weapons.
and IL she has them will surely use
them on her mates in the herd and
cause more or less loss to the owner.
Ages ago when the ancestors Of Pie
tertje Maid Ormsby ran half wild in
the forests of Europe it was necessary
for the cow to protect her calf from
the d%epredations of wolves and other
beasts Of prey, and the horns which
nature had provided for that purpose
were a necessity, but such conditions
no longer exist, and u breeders may
well ask themselves as to what useful
purpose can be served by horns on the
head of q cow.
Pietertje Maid Ormsby never had
any horns because their growth was
prevented. When a calf Of about three
weeks old. as soon as slight swellings
showed where the horns were to be. She
was laid on her side and the hair close
ly clipped from both swellings. Then
the swellings were moistened with wa
ter and carefully rubbed with a stick
Of caustic potash, and the work was
done with absolutely no pain to the
little animal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
FARM FAIRS TRAIN CHILDREN.
Teach Thorn That Agriculture 10 Q
Study Of Which to 30 Proud.

Teach Them That Agriculture 10 .
Study Of Which to 30 Proud.
Is a farmer q business man? II
90. lie Gu. make no better invest
ment than to take his family to the
state fair. By 80 doing he will cast
bread upon the waters The profits
will be dollars and sense. The bless.
ing will be-better boys. better girls.
better farms. Every boy and every
girl has a right to have a good time
while young. Make the child happy
and you have done much to make 1t
good. The neglected and unhappy
child too oft becomes the tramp and
the vagabond. The state fair Is the
crossroads Of well directed effort. the
showcase of Drawn and brain, the sea-
sons finished story, the upstairs Of
human endeavor. the home Of the top
notcher. the inner chamber Of the tenn
pie Of ambition and perseverance, the
college and university Of experience
and experiment, the arena where
Greek meets Greek: the battle Of the
breeds. the. field upon which the VIC
tories Of peace are won. the home
stretch Of genius and invention, the
repository Of finished products, the
place where exhibitors learn the joys
Of victory and the gloom Of defeat,
the pendulum which moves the hands
on the clock Of progress, the guide
board pointing the way to better meth
DDS. and better things. a convincing
argument for higher ideals, the acme
Of the newest and the best, the high
priest Of civilization and Christian
living.
When the boy learns that father will
take him 10 this great exposition the
world will at once seem brighter to
both father and son. Hard work will
not seem so much like drudgesy. The
boy will sing and whistle and his heart
be glad from morn till night. The old
farm will have a charm it never had
before. More sunshine in the home
and a hundred smiles for every frown.
"A. P. Sandles, in Official Bulletin
Ohio Department of Agriculture.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
Hum Of tho Hive.

Wait till spring to make u start in
b~eekeeping.
It is surprising what an influence the
winter has owe the clover flow for the
following spring, and where the heavy
SHOWS prevail it is generally a good
omen for a heavy clover flow.
If you are tired of the aimsy bottom
boards that are sent out by a number
Of manufacturers that hardly last long
enough to pay for the paint they take.
or If you have had mishaps with them
in moving bees, etc., here is your
remedy. Order all your bottom boards
made out Of seven-eighths inch lumber.
The real way to furnish q good mar
ket for honey is to produce the very
best article and make people believe
It, Honey Is often sold at u. 16. IL
and 20 cents right in a community
where much honey 10 selling for 10
cents simply because buyers knew that
the honey they were paying the higher
price for was all right.
Give your bees a chance to . their
wings all year round. When cold
weather comes on pack straw or
leaves under the hives and also around
them, being careful to leave a way
open to the hive door. When the tenn.
pefature gsts to Is degrees the beck
VIII ~ and get back 70 their hives a.
soon ID Z wind comes up. Being win.
tered ont Of doors they ct the bene-
a. - sovAral vintnr HsOhfa ~cIeansfnv
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

By a decision handed down in the
United States district court at Seat
tie by Judge Hanford a patent grant
ed by the government to the st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad, a
subsidiary company of the Great
Northern, to a tract of copper land at
Reiter, or the Skymosh in Snoho'
mish county, was Cancelled. A deed
given by the railroad company to the
Cascade Power company was declared
void. The land is worth $6.oOO,OoO.
Saturdays football scores: Mime
sofa 30, Chicago O; Wisconsin IL, Iowa
o; Illinois IL. ""rdue 3; Nebraska 6,
Ames G; Yale 49,, New York Univer.
sity 3; Princeton 8, Harvard 6; Car.
isle Indians 16, Pennsylvania o; Cor.
nell Is. Williams IA; Dartmouth 1S,
Amherst 6.
The United States senate commit.
tee. which for a month has been in
vestigating charges of bribery in the
election of United States Senator Isaac
Stephenson of Wisconsin, adjourned
it's hearing in Milwaukee to meet later
in Washington.
Consuming more beer in the aggre.
gate than any other country in the
world the United States leads all ma.
tions in the total consumption of malt
liquors. wines and distilled spirits,
with the enormous total of ~2.045,SO0,,-
900 gallons.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
RYAN LETS ALASKA LAND GO
Files REIMBURSEMENT on Controller
Bay Tract.

Washington, Nov. S.-Richard S.
Ryan, alleged author of the famous
Dick to Dick" letter. which started
the Controller bay investigation during
the extra session of congress last sum
mer, relinquished all claim to the fifty
six-acre tract on Controller bay, Alas
ka, known as the Canyon creek line
terminal tract. .
Mr.. Ryan is president of the Con
troller Railway and Navigation com
pany. The claim which he relin-
Quished lies between the claims of j.:
J. Ryan and A. l.. Schear, which. 1t is
conceded, were taken in the interest
Of the railway and navigation COM
pany, of which Mr.. Ryan is head.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
WASTED EGGS.

Two esgs out Of every aozsn
laid by American hens may be
said to drop through holes in
the farmers basket before they
reach q market. In other words,
while the hen sees to It that
every egg she lays 10 worth TAX
inn care Of, tho farmer takes
proper pare Of only ten. The az
greuats loss from this cause
reaches vsr~$1,000,000 annually.
Nearly all those eggs may bs
saved by q better arrangement
Of poultry houses, q better sys-
tom in collecting eggs and by
cooperation in quick markst-
ing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
TERROR RElGNS IN ALABAMA
Many Killings Recently in Lewisburs
and Arcadia.

Birmingham. Ala. Nov. S.-A reign
OF terror exists in the vicinity of Lew
isburg and Arcadia, about four miles
north oil Birmingham, as a result OF
recent killings, for which so far no ar
rests have been made, because, 1t Is
said, the entire community is intimi-
dated into not giving information.
The records show that six white.
men and eleven negroes have been
killed in this immediate section in the
last eighteen months. Six of the ne
groes have been killed in six days.
However, the Sheriff plans a raid and
cleanup.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
School FIGHT Ends in Blows.

AZ & result of a school fight in Noble
township Ole c.. Keen, chairman of the
beard, appeared before Judge Hanson
at Fargo against c. w. Walters, charg-
ing. him with assault. Walters plead
ed guilty and paid a fine. The alterca-
ton arose over refusal of the scnooi
board to provide transportation for
Walters' children after the school
house near his home had been closed
by the board. Walters wanted his
children carried to the next school
by the board.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10

BTOpJlvCos
to win the cups: Minnesota, North
Dakota. South Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
Here is a partial list of the trophies
offered:
The st. Paul Association Of Com.
merce will give silver trophy cups for
the best state exhibit and for the best
sectional exhibit.
In Minnesota the following cups are
offered: For the best half bushel OF
winter wheat; for the best ten ri
Of corn| for the best bushel of pota-
toes, and for the best bushel OF oats.
For North Dakota two prizes are
offered, a cup for the best bushel Of
wheat and another for the best half
bushel of fax.
South Dakota exhibitors will be
given cups for the best bushel of
wheat and for the best ten ears Of corn.
For the best half bushel Of non
irrigated and for the best half bushel
Of irrigated winter wheat some Mon
tana growers or exhibitors will re.
ceive cups.
Idaho is offered a cup for the best
five boxes Of commercial apples.
Oregon and Washington growers
will have an opportunity for friendly
competition, az q cup is offered for
the best bushel Of apples grown in
either Washington OF Oregon. and an.
other cup for the best sample Of al.
falta. There il 3 cup for the best
half bushel Of wheat shown from
Central Oregon. and for the best col.
lection OF processed fruits from either
state.
Besides the cups offered by the Az.
s~ociation Of Commerce. the Great
Northern railroad offers Q cup in each
state for the grower furnishing for
the state exhibit the best collection
Of samples. The Sioux City Tribune
10 Offering q handsome silver cup for
the best showing made from an acre
Of alfalfa in South Dakota.
Many other prizes are offered b..
the Land Show and business firms lf
Ct. Paul end Minneapolis: announce
nents Of which have been made to the
state commissions collecting ~ =
libits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
MAY STOP ALL
SUNDAY TRAINS
Old Blue Law Dug Up by New
Jersey Litigants.
COURT HEARS ARGUMENT

War Between Two Ocean Resorts
Many Trains on Big interstate ROADS
Will Be Unable to Reach New York
City on the Sabbath.
Trenton, N. j.. Nov. S.-The supreme
court has heard arguments on the
fight for and against Sunday trains in
New Jersey, which has assumed ma
tional Importance because Ocean
Grove has dug up an old blue law
Of 1874 limiting every railroad in New
Jersey to two trains on Sunday-One
each way.
This would practically cut of New
York city from Pennsylvania and the
South from midnight of Saturday I'm
til midnight of Sunday.
The hearing is on the writ OF Ger
tiorari granted the Ocean Grove Camp
Meeting association by Supreme JUS
tice Willard p. Voorhees, removeing the
order of the public utility commission
that Sunday trains should stop at AS
bury Park on and after Nov. l to the
supreme court for review. This means
that the constitutionality OF the utility
commissions powers in this particular
will be tested for the first time.
The Ocean Grove association con-
tends further that the order Is in
violation of the vice and immortality
act of 1874, which provides that on the
railroads Of New Jersey only two
trains shall run on Sundays-one in
each direction.
Counsellor George Holmes, repre-
senting the railroads involved, admit
ted before the court that the railroads
concurred in this and Counsellor
James D. Carton, representing Asbury
Park. heatedly declared: Then we'll
stop every train in the state"
Feeling in Asbury Park is bitter
against the Ocean Grove association.
and there is talk among prominent cit
liens of raising a fund to test its
charter and break its power over AS
bury Park.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
POLITICAL NEWS.

President Taft surprised . large au.
dience at the dinner Of the Hamil-
ton club Of Chicago by what most OF
his hearers construed Is an admission
a the possibility Of Republican defeat
a the coming national election. Re-
nublicans present FASTENED TO ascrtbe
the presidents utterances to weari-
ness after his long tour Of speech
nakinS. ! s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10

that will hold at least fifty gallons of
water. In this place a large size water
barrel, bore some three or four holes
in the bottom end Of this just below
the top of the outside tank. in these
holes place m iron tube as much as
an inch in diameter and the Enclosure
tank will always be full of water, and
there is no waste.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
Last. ve.se, Leave. Alaska.

Nome, Alaska, Nov: 8.-The power
schooner Duxbury sailed from st.
Michael for Seattle with fourteen pas.
sengers, from the Upper Yukon. who
came down too late to catch the last
regular liner before the close Of navi-
cation. The Duxbury will be the last
vessel to leave Bering e this year.
The weather at Nome continues warm.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-10
MRS. M'REA IS OUT ON BAIL
Months to Elapse Before Retriai for
Murder Of Garland.

Opelousas, La. Nov. S.-For the first
time since she was formally charged
with the murder of Allan Garland.
the young Tulane. university student;
regarding whose killing q jury could
not agree, Mrs. Zoe .Runge McRea res
turned to her home here, having been.