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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
Forty Jurors Called

Clerk of Court Hanson has re.
ceived an order from Judge Win.
chester that district court will
convene on November 8. All court
cases and petitions for citizenship
papers will be heard first. The
Jury is called fer the Goth. The
calendar is big one again and il
is hoped many cases of old stand.
ing will now be cleared up,
The following jurors have been
called: Knute Evenson, 81. Z
Burns, L. E. Olson, Henry Golden
P. A. Hill, Peter Schneider, Ive1
Skogsmarck. John F: Smith, n
w. Solenberger, Coleman Riddle
M. G. Dyer, John Kline, Aug
Norrdin, Frank Flynn, r. B
Allen, House Krogme, VIM. p
Bold, Oscar Oberg. Martin Nap.
pin, Ed Shearer, w. H. Raftery.
&. F. Branuon, John Frank, Wm
Lierboe, James Courtney, Lea
Yeager, j. F. Miller, G. A. Carlson,
Chas. Diokinson, Ole Ryggh, j,
w. Nelson, Alf. Jenson, s. NJ,
Caldwell, Algot Nordquist, Fred
Calkins, d. s. Marion, Knute
Knutson, J. e. Gruber, Herman
Peterson and Phillip Wansley.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
Big Undertaking

K. H. Johnston and E. r. Adel.
mann are about to undertake a
three-month job Of bookkeeping
correcting and perfecting the
transcription Of records from old
Mclean county. The work will
require infinite patience and ex.
pert bookkeeping, aud it is gen.
orally conceded that the job will
be in the hands of perfectly COM
petent men. Some idea of the
gigantic undertaking may be had
by considering that a stack Of
books eighteen feet high must be
rectitied line by line. There are
forty books Of rectigraph records
each book five inches thick, many
of tho photographed mortgages
and deeds being blurred aud i'm
perfect, while there are uos a few
errors Of record as to description
and location. These are indexed
in three grand index volumes Of
ton thousand lines each, and fur
ther noted in primary index
series Of Eve books which con-
tain 10000 double page lines.
This work was originally under
taken BY g: Q. Raugust and is
now il the hands Of q bonding
company Mr. Johnston is en-
ployed By this county and Mr..
Adelmann BY g. 0. Raugust ~
Nc Clusky Gazette. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
Normal School Gardens

The Valley City State Normal
school gave a course in agriculture
last year with good results. The
following statement was made
about one of the gardens: The
model family garden was planted
and cared for by the class in hort
iculture. It was. 4OX6O feet, and
the rows extended crosswise of the
plot. In this garden we're planted
the following vegetables in the or
der given: lettuce, radishes, oni-
ons, peas, beets, carrots, parsnips,
turnips, cabbage, tomatoes, citrons,
summer squash, hubbard squash,
cucumbers, swee: corn. This plot
yielded we'll: 1922 worth of veg
etables were taken from it, besides
two classes of parasites we're sup
piled with toothsome food. Co.
piers ate all the carrots, when
they we're about ready for use, and
all but stripped the pea vines, be-
fore; they were detected. Two do
ses Of poison put a stop to their
depredations. "Hoboes" carried
away quantities of radishes, let
tuce, turnips, onions, tomatoes
and cabbage. The parsnips have
not been harvested. There is nc
doubt but that more than forty
dollars worth of vegetables was
grown on the 4OX6O foot plot.
TIE aim, however, was not te
make money from the family gar
den. 1t was rather to demonstrate
what model garden should con
tain,ihow it should be planted ant
cared for, and what it would pro
duce. The main purpose of the
work, of course, is to teach the pu
pill something of soils and vegeta
bles by personal contact with tn
things themselves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
Try This Unique
Scheme Here Too
Many Vacant Sections Of Land
Around Here Are Too Good to
Be Idle For so Long

A movement has been started
by the Valley City farmers that
would be worth following by a
great many around here.
Many farmers own more land
than they can take care of and
a lot of land is held by speculation.
If a family could be placed on
every quarter section. a big change
would be noticed in the county in
short time. The following tells
how the Valley City farmers will
take hold of this new scheme:
A movement was inaugurated
yesterday by number of the big
farmers of this county which will
undoubtedly have profound in
fluence on the state. G. j. Lee
and half dozen big farmers en-.
tered into agreement to divide
certain of their lands into 16O-acre
tracts and import permanent
laborers. A small house will be
constructed, and a few acres sci
aside for the exclusive use of the
laborer. He will work during the
summer for the farmers and dur.
ing the winter if work can be had
He will cultivate the truck garden
set apart for use. Both the house
and garden will be furnished rem
free. The farmer will gain il
that he will have labor to work his
farm when he needs it at a les,
exorbitant price and the entire
community will be benefited b.
the families which will be brough
into the county and who will hav'
to purchase their supplies in th'
local market. A canning factor.
will be established in Valley Cit.
to consume the produce of tn
truck gardens.
| Mr.. Lee tried the experiment o
advertising for families unde
such a contract and one issue o
an ad in a state paper brought in
quires from twenty families.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
coak1iag Correspondence

Co1a1aS CoffeSpoooeoee
Messrs Gorden, McCullen and
Courtney of Underwood motored
ont to the Chas. Thomson home
Monday.
Chas. Thomson took his son
Charlie to Bismarck to receive
medical treatment for appendicitis.
Aaron Danielson and George
Aldreu of Deapolis rowed across
the river last Tuesday on business
The rainy spell has been very
disagreeable to farmers who have
fax to harvest.
Leslie Burgum gave q very in-
teresting talk to quite q large aud
ience Sunday aitho the weather
was cold and disagreeable.
Mr.. Meridith of Underwood call
ed at the Bigler home last Tues
day. He was looking after the
estate Of the Children's Home of
Fargo.
/ Master Earl and Lois Biglef
children of llrs. Matte. Biglefi
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27

are spending a few weeks here at
the home of their grandparents.
Mesdames Jno. Barlow and 81.
G. Jones called at the Robert Tow
er home near Energy last Satur-
day afternoon.
The Northern Pacific railroad
surely means business this fall.
1t will be u great convenience to
the farmers of this locality as it
affords them a much nearer mark
ct for their grain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27

ing used to haul the grain to
market, 700 bushels is taken on
each trip. The value of the crop
is estimated at $4,000. They
have done so we'll this year that
they are making plans to put in
more grain next season.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
New Line viii
Pass Through Here
Minneapolis and st. Louis Railway
viii Have a Line Follow the
Missouri River

A number of years ago survey
was made for a road to follow the
river from Bismarck to Washburn
and then 20 direct north to the
Canadian line. Although nothing
had been heard Of it for some time
it was still being talked of in
railroad circles. According to an
article from the Minneapolis
Journal this road is not far of.
The article follows: Leola, Nc
Pherson county, s. D., a little
town of 600 people, was more
talked of today in Minneapolis
railway circles than ever before in
its history. Newman Erb, yester-
day elected president of the Min
neapolis & st. Louis road, who
said when in Minneapolis Satur.
day, that the road will build to
the Canadian line, is believed to
have decided upon Leola as the
logical point from which to build.
The fact that Mr.. Erb, when he
left Minneapolis Saturday, did not
go to the end of the South Da-
kota line, but spent some time
looking about Codington, Clark,
Brown and Mcpherson counties,
where Watertown anil Aberdeen,
Minneapolis & st. Louis roads
most important South Dakota
stations, draw their business, and
then turned back for an inspection
of Minnesota lines, was taken here
to signify that the northward ex.
extension will start from the
Watertown-Aberdeen line. A line
northwest from Leola would only
have to extend twenty-five miles
to reach the North Dakota line
Then by construction through Nc
Intosh, Logan and Emmoni
counties, North Dakota, Burleigt
county, in which Bismarck is 10
Gated, could be entered by a lin.
Of 100 miles. With Bismarck a,
a secondary starting point, a lins
might be built to the Canadian
boundary, while the first con
struction would be operating on .
basis Of liberal tonnage, and bus
mess between Watertown, Aber
deem and Bismarck be available
for the Minneapolis & st. Louis
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
Good Prize For Land

Two land sales were made at
Beach last week that shows how
the price Of North Dakota land ID
going up. One man sold half 9
section for $3.50 per acre. The
other sals was for $685. per acre,
The 3l0 0'an aose price will soon be
unknonwIlii.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
Nex Read sooa

Deputy Sheriff Robt. Cotton OF
Wilton was in Washburn last
Friday. He is very enthusiastic
over the new road that will be IN
Wilton about the middle of next
month. It has already reached
Wing, q new town twenty five
miles east Of Wilton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
First Crop Was 6ood

Two men seeded $500 acres
last spring and raised 20, ,Oo0
bushels Of grain. This land i in
Dunn county 40 miles from .
railroad. I'fsctorI engines ~ be.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27

mountain slopes or digging deep
down into the earth with a regu-
larity that suggests the swing of a
pendulum or the beat of a pulse.
Large buckets filed with concrete
are passing noiselessly overhead
along the steel cables and depos-
lting their contents at the desired
spot. The whole scene is one we'll
calculated to inspire admiration
for the manner in which the work
is being performed.
What applies to Gatun applies
also to the other various sections
along the canal, all tending to con-
vience the observer that the pos
sibility of opening the canal be-
fore the date officially fixed is no
empty boast.
What the sanitary department
of the canal commission has ac-
complished in cleaning the canal
zone of yellow fever and other
disease is we'll known. The pro-
gressive wonders that have been
attained in housing. feeding and
providing amusement and in
struction to the army Of 10000
workmen is less we'll known. The
pestiferous jungle and swamp have
been transformed into clean, smart
looking, healthful towns and vii
lagos to be seen throughout the
canal zone, all full of hustling &C.
tivity and today the pleasant rem
devious of an ever.inoreasing numb
or of American and other tourists,
This transformation has cost mil
lions. but they have been well
spent and the uninterrupted and
successful digging of the canal
ever since has been rendered pos
sible thereby.
Throughout the whole length OF
the canal clean and comfortable
houses have been built for the
married employees and thei,
families. Eighteen big hotels
were also erected for the bachel
tors, besides numerous barracks
messes and kitchens for the labor.
ers. In these buildings there are
under the commissions care moi
fewer than 65,0W people.
The white canal and railroad
employees are furnished with fret
house, electric light. coal ano
water, and all laborers and en-
ployees have commissary rights
which enable them to purchase ir
the government stores at practical
ly cost prices. clothes, food and
other necessities which permits
them to live we'll and inexpensivelJ
and save a considerable part o1
their salaries.
The public schools of the zone
are very good. The teachers arr
American aud native. The gardens
established in many of,them have
been such success that the
Panama government is adopting
the same method in it's provincia
schools.
Under the management Of the y
I'M. G. A. there are club houses il
the principal zone towns wherein
employees after a hard days task
may go in reading and billiard
rooms, tennis courts, bowling al
leys and gymnasiums.
The erection and maintenance
of these climbs have added much t
the welfare Of the men, and in The
long run has been an excellent in
Ivestment.
This regard for the social vel
fare Of the canal workers has had
| its effect on the work itself for tht
workers seem, taking q personal in
terest in fulfilling Colonel Goe'
thal's prediction that the grea,
waterway will be finished ahead
of time.
What ultimate economic efec
the completion Of the canal vii
i have on the Republic Of Panam,
The herald., 1911-03-23
Historic Beauties.

The famous beauties of the world are
wise when they leave no portraits Of
themselves. Take Marguerite of Va
lois. She was an immoral, diShonOr-
able, criminal, sCheming, INSCRIPTIONS
villainess, but she was lowered with
such charm that there was not a jailer
or an enemy she could not charm when
she tried. No, nor wOmal-not even
the wives of her lovers. Men came
from every country. taking year long
journeys, only TO see her and went
away, after a little glimpse, saying
they had "seen loneliness itself" Then
one sees her portraits. Too much fore
head, not enough eyebrow, a straight
nose and expressive mouth lin one pic
ture a lovely mouth)-and that is ALL
Mary, queen Of Scots, was very lovely
three kingdoms battled because OF
her beauty-and yet her pictures leave
one cold. Fouche said her portrait
showed every trait of the lowest GRIM
inal type. That was before he knew
whose picture he criticised.-London
Truth.
The herald., 1911-03-23
An Epic of the Backwoods.

One Of the epics Of the backwoods.
told by John G.. Neihardt in THE Riv-
er and l." is the adventure of Old
Hugh Glass, who was terribly mauled
By a grizzly up the Missouri. so terri
bly, that the rest Of the expedition
pushed on. leaving a young friend with
several others to see the end 1T
seemed plain that he would have to go
soon. SO the young friend and the
others left the old man in the wilder
ness to finish the job by himself. They
took his weapons and FASTENED after
the main party, for the country was
hostile
But one day old Glass woke up and
got one of his eyes open. And when
he saw how things stood he swore he
would live merely for the sake OF kill
ing his false friend. He crawled to a
spring close by, where he found
bush of ripe bullberries. He waited
day after day for strength and finally
started out to crawl a small matter of
hundred miles to the nearest fort.
And he did It too! Also he found his
friend after much wandering-and for
gave him"
The herald., 1911-03-23
SEALING a Mine.

The brilliancy of the clear autumn
night was dimming in the first faint
light of the dawn when the work of
sealing the shafts began. Up into the
cloudless sky, through the tangled steel
work of the tipple, a tall tower of
black smoke 800 feet high poured up
into the still air and faded into the
dawn. In two hours the black pits
were covered, first with a layer Of
rails, and then on this was laid a solid
bed Of concrete. and two hours later
only a few thin wisps of smoke that
poured up through cracks along the
edges Of the great seal, like steam
beneath the lid Of a teakettle, told of
the inferno that was seething in the
mine 400 feet below. With the air cut
off and the shaft sealed the fire could
live only so long as sufficient oxygen
remained to feed the fiames.-Atlantic
Monthly.
The herald., 1911-03-23
CelIini's Quick Cure

Benvenuto Cellini when about to
cast his famous statue of Perseus, now
In the Loggia del Lanzi at Florence,
was taken with a sudden fever In
the midst of his suffering one of his
workmen rushed into his sick chamber
and exclaimed: "Oh, Benvenuto! Your
statue is spoiled, and there is no hope
whatever of saving itp' Cellini said
that when he heard this he gave a
howl and leaped from his bed. Dress
ing hastily, he rushed to his furnace
and found his metal "caked." He or
dered dry oak wood and fired the fur
mace fiercely, working in a rain that
was falling, stirred the channels and
saved his metal. He continues the
story thus: After all was over turn
ed to plate of salad on bench there
and ate with a hearty appetite and
drank together with the whole crew.
Afterward | retired to my bed. healthy
and happy. for it was two hours be-
fore morning, and slept as sweetly as
if l had never felt touch of Illness"
The herald., 1911-03-23
Lost MEANINGS.

"Those who care for the beginnings
Of things may be glad that the quill
pen survives to remind us that the
original pen was plucked from a bird. -
observes a writer. Germans and
Frenchmen are in no danger of for
getting that, thanks to their respec-
tive words FEEDER and plume but the
English pen suggests a feather only
when one chooses to think about ii
and recall the Latin 'penna.' Almost
all our writing materials are no longer
what etymolOgically they profess to
be. Paper is no longer made Of pa
pyrus; a pencil is not a little tail
'penicillus,' like a camel's hair brush;
the lead Of lead pencil is not lead,
and the india rubber with which we
erase its marks does not and never
did come from India. Even of parch-
ment there is probably not a fragment
in the country, except, perhaps, in a
museum and coming from Pergamum,
in Asia. Chicago News.
The herald., 1911-03-23
HOLY Lands of All ReIio;ons

Christians call Palestine the HOLY
Land because it was the birthplace of
the Christian religion on earth as well
as that Of the Saviour. whose birth,
ministry and death are inseparably
associated with the history Of Jeru-
salem and vicinity. To the Moham-
medans Mecca, in Arabia. is the holy
land. it being the birthplace Of Mo
manned. the saviour of the followers
Of that faith.
India is the holy land of the Chinese
and other oriental Buddhists, it being
the native land Of Sakya NUM-, the
supreme Buddha. Ellis. one of the
several divisions of the ancient Pelo-
ponnesus, was the Mecca and the Jeru-
salem of the ancient Greeks. The
temple of Olympus Zeus was situated
at Ellis. and the sacred festivals were
held there each year. With Achaia
it is at present part of Greece. The
believers in the Sinto religion make
annual pilgrimage to Sitsa Kara, the
immense stone pillar where their su-
preme ruler last stood while talking
to men.-New York World.
The herald., 1911-03-23
The Bird Table,

In the old countries of Europe the
bird table may still be seen Ia the
rural districts. A bird table is made
by driving a short stake into the
ground and firmly mailing a shallow
wooden box on top Of it. The box
generally measures two by three feet
and has number Of holes in the
bottom 10 drain it of rain or Snow
water. 1t is always high enough 10
be beyond reach Of any cat that might
try to leap TO II from the ground Care
also Is taken to select a spot far enough
from fences, trees or buildings to pre-
vent cats from bouncing down on il
when the birds are feeding. Into the
bird table go scraps from the house
table and kitchen. pieces OF stale
bread and cake, strips Of fat meat.
potato parings, carrot ends, bits OF
any kind of table green's. apple skins
and cores and cabbage leaves. All
kinds of nonmigratory birds come
to feed at the bird table. and many a
song bird has been saved by it from
starvation when a deep snow has COW
cred the ground and seed grasses. An
English naturalist counted twenty
seven species of birds at the bird table
in his garden in a single morning
after heavy fall of snow.
The herald., 1911-03-23
japanese louie.

A teacher of English i'm Japan re-
Gently gave as an examination ones
ton, What is a ventilatorY" Besides
the number of answers that were an
proximately correct, there were two
which indicated that the students
must have been absent either in body
or mind on the day when the school
room yentilator had been discussed.
The first was. The ventilator lives in
the mountains the second, Column
bus was a great ventilator." When
occasion offered the teacher reminded
his class that attention and application
are requisite for acquirin,. knowledge
and seriously asked them why any
one should have given an answer such
as the one concerning Columbus. One
OF the best spokesman in the class
essayed an explanation somewhat as
follows:
columbus brought new ideas back to
the old world; he changed the current
OF thought and opened a great door
into the new and outer world; there
fore he was a great ventilator."-
Youths Companion.
The herald., 1911-03-23
Life In the lev Arctic.

In the morning l was generally the
one to waken first and would either
start the alcohol lamp myself or call
Astrup for that purpose. Our morning
meal consisted of a lump Of pemmi-
can, six biscuits, two ounces Of butter
and two cups of tea each. AS soon as
this was finished everything was re-
packed on the sledge. then read the
odometer, aneroid and thermometer
and, taking the guidon, which had
waved and fiuttered over the kitchen
throughout our hours of rest, from its
place, stepped forward and the next
march was commenced. After from
four to six hours Of marching we
would halt for half an hour to eat our
simple lunch of pemmican and give
the dogs a rest and then after four to
six hours of travelling halt again and
repeat the already described route
Robert f. Peary. 'The Great White
Journey"
The herald., 1911-03-23
Making Insurance Mans.

In making insurance maps certain
features are considered essential, and
the growth of the system has proved
their wisdom and changed them only
as regards the amount of detail that
has been incorporated. OF first impor-
lance were the colOrs to show the diff
ferent materials used in the construc-
ton of a building. Naturally red
seemed proper color TO signify brick
and yellow to signify wood. These
colors have always been employed for
these materials. Other colOrs have
been added from time t. time, thus
blue for stone, gray for iron, etc.
In fixing signs and characters for
such details as stairways, fire escapes,
dumb waiter shafts, etc, a principal
object was to make them plain and
distinct. They must be easily under
stood by an underwater without ref
erence to my key or marginal foot
notes.
This object has been carried out,
with the result that when these insur-
ance maps are examined by an insur
ance man today each sign or charac-
ter has such an individuality Of its
own that it can be easily distinguished
and is not confused with another
Casters Magazine.
The herald., 1911-03-23
One Thing She Could Do For Him.

One saturday afternoon recently a
Trail little man started to cross Broad.
way at Forty-second street just when
all sorts Of fast moving vehicles were
whirling their matinee patrons up
Broadway. At the same instant a
very fieshy lady started from the curb
directly opposite with the same pur.
pose in mind.
BY remarkable luck both succeeded
In escaping the passing wheels: but. as
fate would have 1t, the little man.,
whose eyes were busy ogling the traf-
nc on either side of him, darted plump
Into the oncoming woman at the mid
die OF the street. The result was a
sickening collision. with the little man
down and out.
You should have looked where you
were going" said the fleshy woman.
bending over the victim on the curb.
to which he had been carried by a
traffic policeman. but is there any
thing l can do for you?"
YES" he replied family. opening
his eyes a moment. Get the number
Of the automobile that struck me-
Lippincott's.