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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
Teachers Like Farming

Teachers examination was held
in Washburn. Max and Turtle
Lake last week. There were 20
applicants here. l9 at Max aud IA
at Turtle Lake. After taking the
regular examination. teachers
could take their choice of being
examined in the following studies:
agriculture. domestic science,
drawing, music and manual train
ing, Agriculture was chosen by
nearly all, girls as we'll as boys.
One young man, who is evidently
a bachelor homesteader, took the
examination in domestic science.
The following are the teachers
who took the examination in
Washburn: Esther Peterson,
Wilton; Olive Van Dyke. Wash.
burn; Carl Metz, Underwood; Anna
Meyers, Basto; Ellen Eskes, Coal
Harbor; Alice Brown. Washburn;
Madalon Foster, Underwood; Clara
Morgan, Malcolm: Opal Caldwell,
Coal Harbor; Florence Kelley,
Garrison: Thomas Helman, Gar
rison: Maurice Finn Blackwater;
Gertrude Walsh, Garrison; Geneva
Jennings, Garrison; Edythe Gull
.lemin, Garrison. Katie Barlow,
Washburn; Christian Kurle, Mer-
Ger; Harriet Mol Donald, Under
wood; Hattie Luescher. wash
burn; Vsrna Folsom, Underwood;
Agnes Z. Peterson, Washburn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
; Frozen to Death

Attempting to make a walk OF
seven miles through the Saturday
night blizzard, John Wesley Dud-
ley. aged about IS, was overcome
and frozen to death after reaching
a point within a mile and a half Of
his destination. He left Grand
Forks Saturday afternoon at 5
O'Clock for the Henry Larivee farm
one mile north of Powell, and was
found Sunday morning about 10
O'Clock lying on the prairie.
Dudley had made brave fight
against the storm which was pre-
vailing at the time. but had been
unsuccessful. When he left the
city it was showing hard, and out
on the prairie the conditions be-
came even worse. with the temper
ature constantly falling. The
task proved too great.
The unfortunate mau 8 body was
brought to, the city and placed at
the Bresee undertaking parlors, an
inquest being held in the after
noon and resulting in a verdict of
death from exposure.
1t appears that Dudley had been
in the city during the day for the
purpose Of making q purchase of
winter clothing, Two companions
had gone to Powell at 3 o'clock but
Dudley did not catch the train.
4:N he called the Larivee farm by
telephone seeking to learn whether
or not Mr.. Larivee was coming to
the city, and finding that he was
not, he tried to walk out. The Lar.
sivee residence is located just sew
on miles from Grand Forks on the
road one mile north of the Great
Northern right Of way
The discovery Of the body was
made by a man and his family who
had stopped ut the Larivee farm
over night while driving from Gill
BY. to Grand Forkes, they also be-
ing caught in the storm.
It's believed that Dudley had a
rich brother residing in Illinois, as
he had spoken of y millionaire
brother to other men employed
In the Lariyee farm. He had
been EN- ployed there only y month
and had previously been located.
al Reading, Cal, and Kalispel
Mont. Evening Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
Threshtng Tied Up

Andrew Wicklander was In
Washburn Tuesday shopping. he
has been SO busy with his thresh-
ing rig that he has not been here
for two months. He says mum.
Der Of farmers waited with their
threshing SO it could all be- done
at once and now the grain il
covered with snow. Grain was moi
as good as expected but the yield
was far better than last year. Mr.
Wicklander recalled the long
winter Of 1896 and predicts another
like it,.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
Turtle Lake Wave

Eighteen acres Of fax on G. E,
Paulson's farm west of town
threshed ont 18 Nbushels per acre.
;Paulson's share Of this was one
fourth which counts s. an acre
rent from the field
Albert Huston followed up q
hunch that struck him Tuesday
morning and immed iately got busy
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
Court Adjourned

District court adjourned last
Friday noon after hearing only
one court case. A number Of
cases were dismissed and many
continued over the terra. Cont
will convene again on the Goth
when the jurors will be here.
There are thirteen criminal cases
to be heard, several Of which will
be continued over the term. It is
not thought that court will last
more than q couple of weeks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
he Has Left Us

S. E. Dahl left last Friday for
Neptune, Mimi, where he will live
on homestead Cy has been en-
ployed in the different county Of
fees during the last three years and
made many friends who regretted
to see him leave.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
Was Great Success

Was Great Success
The enthusiasm shown by those
who heard the Washburn Concert
Band last Friday evening was
most gratifying to the members OF
the band. The house was we'll FL
led and each number on the pro-
gram was heartily applauded. j.
E. Racicot, the director, has been
here only a short time and the
progress made by the band was.
not realized until the night of the
concert.
The overture BLACK Prince"
was the opening number, and that
and each of the following seven
numbers by the band were very
we'll played.
Mr.. Racicot played THE Holy
City" on the saxophone and as an
encore gave an limitation of q
bagpipe which brought down the
house.
Misses Agnes Peterson and En-
ma Brummund played two piano
Duets very pleasingly. They are
talented young ladies and their
numbers added greatly to the pro-
gram.
The slide trombone solo, Asleep
In The Deep by Leslie Bur-
gum was given with swing that
| showed that he had done faithful
work at reheasals. Many consid-
cred his number the best on the
program.
Miss Ruth McCulloch, who has
been studying voice in Minneapo-
lis during the last two years, sang
"The Sweetest Flower That
Blows" by Hawley and "Shadows''
by Carrie Jacobs-Bond. As an
encore she gave DE Las Long
Res :" also by Carrie Jacobs Bond
This was Miss McCulloch's first
appearance in public in Washburn
but she will no boubt be called
upon many times after her success
of last Friday evening.
Mrs. G. F. Maennel gave a read
ing entitled THE Death Bridge
of the Tay." Mrs. Maennel is an
elocutionist whom all enjoy hear
ing. Every part of the program
was we'll taken and the members
of the band won a warm spot in
the hearts of Wash burns music
lovers.
We wish to call attention to the
fact that while the band is primar-
ily conducted for the amusement
OF the members and those whe'
hear them in Washburn, it will.
before long, be an organization
that will build up and advertise
the city and county and for that
reason should receive the hearty
support of every one. They plan
to give several concerts during tho
winter months and If they are all
as pleasing as the first one, yoe
will get more than your moneys
worth by attending The next
concert will be on November %.
The Washburn Concert Band,
under the direction Of J. E. Raci-
cot. is composed of the following
members: 7. Il. Jeffery, A. s. Rel
tan. Roy Eckstrom, Oscar Ander-
son. Leo Wilson, cornets; Art
Yanken, A. McPaul, altos; Fred
Benn. Adolph Waoker, tenors; g,
W. Poe, baritone; Frank Thomp-j
son, tuba; Ever Eckstrom, doubla
B fiat; A. b. Boen, clarinet; Leslie
Burgum, Tom Thompson. trom-
bones; Emanual Schulz, snara
drum; +. a. Callahan, bsss drn1aG
!.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17
Surface Farmers
Are Not Wanted
A Man WHO Only Plows Six Inches
Cannot Rent a Farm IN Other
Countries

Countries
In the pages of the National Ir-
-igation journal for April 81. w
Campbell of Nebraska is reported
as saying in a speech delivered in
North Dakota: Eve have men
with the audacity to suggest that
farmers plow IL to l6 inches Deep .
Being one Of the audacious in.
s1ividuals, would like to explain
The jingling Of dollars in the
pocket, fat bank account from
deep plowing and dry farming for
IS years without losing a crop
naturally begets confidence; even
audacity
Five thousand dollars from dry
farm orchard on a hillside, sup.
posed to be only fit for cattle,
does not tend to reduce a mans
confidence in good work or make
him shakey in the knees. I am
glad to see that w. S. Perishing,
another pioneer like myself, speaks
np Tin the same number) for deep
glowing. This gentlemen was
eating his own dry raised apples
before the putlic ever heard of dry
farming. He says ''Shallow plow-
ing shows results in a wet season,
but it takes deep blowing to show
good results in severe drouth.''
Some writer's do not appreciate
.his but we farmers who have been
through the dry years know it.
When dry year comes we sadly
miss our friends, the six inch
blowers: we find them not at the
conventions; neither do We see
them In the exhibit row; but when
we get a precipitation of 20 inches
OF more. they bob up serenely
laden with the spoils of war, and
we welcome them with open arms.
Some of them plow their sod two
OF three inches, run a packer and
"a slanted harrow over it, and call
It agriculture. In dry year they
might just as we'll try to raise a
crop on rag carpet.
G.. L. Farrell of Smithfield, Utah,
averages 45 bushels OF wheat per
acre every year off 200 acres. He
also has made fortunes out of dry
farming. How does he do it? He
plows 8 to 8 inches deep and every
other year or so suhsoils down to
l5 inches. He has been dry farm.
ing for half a century.
During the last good dry farm
year in Montana the Campbell
system men raised from 100 to $50
bushels of potatoes to the acre.
Norman Holden of Dillon put his
plow down 10 inches and raised
23O bushels to the acre.
Shallow plowing is the curse Of
the west Secretary Wilson, in a
letter to the Dry Farming Congress
in 1909, denounced intensive sur.
face tillage as y vicious system.
All agricnlturists know that this
is true, that shallow plowing fol-
lowed by intensive surface work
to save the crop is the worst form
Of soil robbery.
] Surface farming consumes the
humns. destroys the fertility of the
soil Deep pl.wing buries the
humus, stops the combustion,
saves moisture and obviates that
continual day and night surface
tillage without which it is impos-
sible to pull Off crop on shallow
plowed land.
Which is the better idea, to
plow shallow, pack solid and try
to make the moisture rise to the
roots Of your crops or to pillow
deep and get the roots down to
the moisture e?
Which is the better, to pack
and keep the moisture on
the surface, where the eyapo-
ration is Ave per cent day, or to-
- 4 ~ y s.s47
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-11-17

School 0iicer's Meeting
a meeting Of the school officers
Of Mclean county will be. held
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-24
New "Put-In-Bay' Succeeds
To Title, FLYER of The Lakes
Ashley Dustns Palaa Steel Steamer In Operation Week
Proves One of the Fleetest and Staunchest
On Fresh Water.

I appeal to all lovers Of the dancing
art The floor embraces 5000 square
feet, and experts have estimated that
dancer can cover Is miles on the
| trip from Detroit to Put-in-Bay. The
/. ball room is enclosed In glass, but a
system of sliding doors makes IL pos
sible to throw the place open to the
| lake breeZes.
No matter how rough the sea, that
| fact will not interfere with the dane
| ing, for the steamer is equipped with
steadying tank and several auxiliary
| tanks, which keep the boat on an even
keel under all circumstances.
On the shade deck, just above the
ball room, are the magnificently APP
pointed observation salon and the
richly furnished private parlors. The
latter are finished In white mahog-
any with antique silver trimmings on
background OF pale blue. The de.
sign was worked out by Louis o. Ketl,
well-known naval designer OF this
city, whose work has attracted much
attention.
Steamer chairs, which are exact re-
pleas of those used on ocean liners,
are provided on the hurricane deck
\ for the exclusive use OF those holding
coupons for them, and no one except
persons holding coupons will be al
lowed to use this part of the boat.
This is a feature that will undoubted-
ly appeal TO many excursionlsts. judg-
ing from the great demand for coup
ons the past week.
The boat is equipped with all the
latest aids to navigation. including a
powerful searchlight, which is being
used on the return trip at night.
Capt. A. J. Fox, who was master oi
the Kirby for 20 years, is In com
mand OF the new boat. He has crew
of nearly rs men. The other officers
are: First mate, Bert Hinger; chief
engineer, Julius Holder; purser, Ster
ling Brown; steward, William Port
wood.
Excursions booked for the Putin
Bay the coming week are as follows:
Sunday, June 20, German Statesmen
l 900: Tuesday, June 81, Evangelical
association, 500: Tuesday. June %
Detroit Street Car Mems association
l 500; Wednesday, June 90, AshlaT
lodge. Masons. 1000; Thursday, June
20, c. NJ. b. A., OF Wyandotte. 1000;
Thursday, June 20, Detroit Jobbine
Contractors. 400; Stuarday. July /;
Transportation club OF Detroit. 500:
Saturday, July 1, American Eagle
lodge. Oddfellows, 1000; Monday, July
3, Knights of Columbus, Windsor. 2,
600: Monday. July 3. Wesley Metho
dist church, Amherstburg. 300.
The new steamer Put-in-Bay will
feed many thousands OF people in hel
dining rooms and this great quantity
OF food. unless correctly checked
: would offer chances for loss and con
! fscation The manager OF the safe
, and dining rooms decided TO put thu
National cash register system through
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-24

The acme OF modern passenger and
excursion steamer construction seems
to have been reached in the palatial
new steel steamer Put-in-Bay, of the
Ashley & Dustin line, which was put
in commission last Saturday and has
been making daily trips the past week
between Detroit, Putin-Bay and San
dusky.
Not only is the new Put-in-Bay,
which replaced the steamer Frank Z.
Kirby on the Put-in-Bay-San
run, the largest steel hull excursion
steamer on the great lakes, but she Is
also one of the safest and most com
Portable. Her stability and seaworthi-
ness have been fully demonstrated in
the first week OF operation and she
has not been found wanting in any
particular. Her average speed is Is
miles an hour, though she Is capable
OF 2S miles. The running time to the
Lake Erie resort IL little over three
hours.
The design of the hull IL a big foe
tor In the speed of the vessel. The
boat - constructed on trim Laes,
every possible point OF resistance be
ing eliminated. The bow is sharp
and narrow and the stern IL SO con
structed that there Is little or nc
suction. Frank e. Kirby, a name tc
conjure with In marine circles, was
the designer.
Another important factor from the
standpoint OF speed are the engines
which are OF the four-cylinder, triple
expansion, vertical type, capable OF
developing 1000 horsepower. There
are four boilers. The smokestacb
Is encased In steel. With this equip
ment there is no question that the
new steamer will succeed to the title
Flyer of the Lakes" which was hell
for go many years by the steamel
Frank Z. Kirby.
The Put-in-Bay measures 24O fee
from stem to stern and has a widti
OF so feet amidships. From the top
most deck to the keel Is distance
OF 90 feet. The total carrying ca
pacity Is $500 people. There are eli
decks. each of which are for the u.s.
of passengers. From the bottom al
they are the orlop, main. promenade
shade, boat and hurricane decks.
i On the orlop deck is located III
rathskeller, where light lunches on
soft drinks are served. There is M
| bar on the Put-in-Bay and no intoxi
eating liquors are sold.
/ On the main deck. aft, Is the dininl
| room, which has been finished In TIA
most approved style. The WOODWORK
throughout IL mahogany. Large wiz
dows AFFORD the diners view in nj
directions and add greatly TO tn
pleasure of the meals. The servic
il Ia carte. and is as good as ca
be had In any first-class hotel.
The promenade deck In given owe
almost wholly to the ball room. whic
IN one OF the principal features OF IN
new boat and one that cannot nelp bu
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-24

ont as In up-to-date hotels. Every
article of food IS checked as II comes
into the dining room and the price
nlaced after il on the card, so that
tbe customer az well is protected. Inc
serve-self lunch room on the DROP
deck IA an electrically lighted ana
operated one and finished to harmon
ize with the woodwork, etc. All told,
there are Ave handsome registers sup
piled by the National Cash Register
Co.
One of the largest orders ever re-
ceived by A. A. Gray Co., the WOOD
ward avenue furniture house, was that
of the interior furnishings OF the new
steamer Putin Bay. This firm started
a department of building furniture lot
steamers. boats, yachts, launches, ETC.,
vears aeo. This department, then a
small beginning, has grown into such
mammoth proportions that A. A. Gray
Co now have q factory in which all
tbis work In done. The entire fur
niture equipment OF this steamer was
designed and built by A. A. Gray GO.
The officers quarters are very com
Portable. The captain has a mnhog-
any cutter desk, fine brass bed and
rattan chairs. The managers room has
a mahogany daveno bed with leather
upholstery and rattan furniture. The
committee room is furnished with
leather easy chairs and a mahogany
table. with leather covering.
The Greenwood tkinson-Armstro
Co.. manufacturers OF uniforms. cloth
ing and caps, rs Woodward-aye.,
furnished the offcial caps for the uni
formed STAFF OF officers and subordin-
ates in the crew Of the Put-in-Bay.
The Detroit Photo Engraving Co.,
"a to 90 Fort-st.. produced all the
beautiful half-tone and zinc-etching
cuts used in the various lines OF de
scriptiye matter pertaining to the
steamer Put.In-Bay. This work Is
beautifully executed and reflects great
credit on the skill and clever concep-
lions OF these artists and engravers.
John c. sieferlein, manufacturer OF
Continued on page ID.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-24

Bay will leave week days at $3.50 Sun
days and be home 845 Five and oneha hours
Putn-Bay the wonderful battle in Lake Erie
oboggans and chue picnic grounds pavons dane
baseball and other attractions Fare Put
Inlay and soc week days. 5c Sundays Fast steel
Frank Kirby leaves for PuinB and Sandusky daily
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-24

~ carFy y000 passengers.
zas > 200 horsepower.
= 40 fest long and 90 feet
Vide. Has six decks.
inzel's Orchestra will play
|or continuous dancing on
he !. 900 square feet of deck.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-24
The New Steamer Put-in-Bay

Llcr I ut-ln-Ddy
Ocean steamer chairs.
Private parlors.
Dining room on main deck.
Elegant lounging rooms.
Two lunch rooms.
Souvenir booth.
REST ROOM for WOMEN.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-15

The Chicago school marin who
declared publicly that "a respec.
table saloonkeeper is just as re-
spectacle as respectable bank
err" will retain her position in
spite, of the efforts against her
of the Women's Christian tenn.
perance union; but the board Of
education, in deciding that she
may stay, lays down this rule for
the future guidance of teachers:
The principals and teachers in
the public schools of Chicago
should always refrain from max
ing public any comparison likely
to ncurill will or hatred between
classes of citizens as regards re-
ligeon, race, nationality or occu-
patton.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-15

We are living in a marvellous
age declares Senator Burton,
and the last ten years have seen
greater things accomplished than
the entire hundred years prece-
ding, The total expenditure last
year of all the nations for the
maintenance of armies and ma
vles was about two billion dollars.
What would have been the re-
suit If that stupendeous sum had
been turned over to the uplifting
and benefitting of the human
race.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-15

It seems to be the most hope
less kind of Legislature which
Ohio has on its hands. Right in
the face of the bribery exposures,
rushed through a bill providing
for the payment of next years
salaries to members this year.
this being the first Of two-years
term. They wanted the money
not due until next year right
away for use now, and proceeded
to get it. Gov. Harmon, however,
has INTERVIEWED with veto.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-15
A HUNTINGTON BREEzELET.
The Herald Dispatch Man Visits Will
Hanson and Sees Snakes.
ENDEAvORS TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY
UNDER WILLIAMSON DATE LINE.

Some one brought into our
|offie on Monday the Sunday issue
of the Herald-D Dispatch, of Hunt
|ington. This yellow but eau
tious little sheet obviously has
an artist space-writer som ewhere
on its staff, and this person
seems to have expended some of
his most choice moments allow
ing his frisky Imagination to
play about over Williamson. At
the beginning of this classic arr
ticle we are accused of being like
unto Monte Carlo, but from sub
sequent highly colored state
ments, lit would seem that our
alleged aspects resent BILE more
closely the popular conception Of
Reno, Nevada, This jere made
starts out by consigning the dia-
mond clubs to the Louisiana Lot
terry class and from this am bles
serenely down an entire column,
describing with more or less &C.
Ecuracy and unlimited enthusiasm
all small near-gambling schemes.
that have been seen in Williams
son or elsewhere for the last ten
years, not emitting to mention
that some of the boys have been
betting on the ball games. After
this the writer states that If he
is fairly lucky he can manage to
get out Of this fierce inferno with
with an average cost of from
three to four dollars an afternoon.
He doesn't say what he pays this
extravaganta mount for, but from
the general tone of his muck-ra-
king we think be must have used
the greater part of it on his
latest visit for some of our cheap
err grades of mean corn whisky
and then found himself without
funds to purchase Red Raven
Splits in the morning.
There is nothing really often
sive in the article except wholly
untrue and inaccurate statement
about our beloved Booster Club.
It says we have "playcarted"
our population on sign boards.
We have looked in every una
bridged dictionary known to the
civilized world and fail to find
that word "playcarted." How
ever, we are ready to contend
with our dying bi eath that the.
Booster Club never did this thing
(whatever it be) to the popula-
ton of Williamson.
We note with interest that the
copy-editor of the Herald Dis
patch seems to have had his
doubts about the wisdom of pub
fishing this rot, but, being per-
haps, hard up for copy. he eased
his conscience by adding this
perfectly innoc uous paragraph II
Aside from all this buncombe,
it may be stated truthfully, that
the metropolis of the Tug is
prospering.'
We presume that this is in
tended to take back all that goes
before it, so we accept the arti-
Gle at its own valuation, as bun
combe, pure and simple.
-.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-15

Mr. JOHN SHEPPARD city, has the promise Of the
Governor so is published that he reapponed as
Der OF the Board OF Control AS pride
ship will appreciate the distinction the Governor has conferred
upon this section AS politician Sheppard will have host of
and associates IN his home county
ally him the conferred there are
ered many otners VINO have
AZ for ourselves individually that John
about the best material for tie position
these parts he comes the standard political
can He of good ought
hh the place ceditaby Socially his very pleasant man. We
might mention his political fecodn past but this is not
sary ~ this connection He is in the confidence party
hard political gfhe why shouot gather in the crumbs
that fall from the rather Others who have not
bali the intelligence which he possessesA