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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
Memorial Day Program

The following program will be given
on Decoration Day:
9:45 a. m.-Meeting of train.
1000 a. m.-Band Concert at Opera
House.
1880 a. m.-Introductory remarks by
President of the Day.
Music-Selected.
Prayer-Rev. J. C. Cook.
Music-Ladies' Chorus.
Gettysburg Address.
Music
Address B. F. Spaulding, Chief
Justice of Supreme Court.
Music-Band.
200 p.m.-Line of march formed in
from of the German Store. Order of
march: Band, Officers of the day, Girls
to decorate graves, Citizens. 1t is the
plan to furnish conveyances. Each
soldiers grave will be decorated and
song and prayer given before leaving
the cemetery.
Officers of the day are DR.. C. G. For
bes, president; w. C. Jertson, marshal;
A. E. johnson, D. D. Mitchell, Adolph
Wacker and Leslie Burgum, committee
on arrangements.
The committee desires all who can to
bring flowers to the new music store
before 2 o'clock Thursday so that they
may be used in decorating the graves.
Either cultivated or wild flowers can be
used.
Any aged or infirm person desiring
conveyance to the cemetery on Decora
ton Day should make their request
known to some member of the COM
mittee.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
VIII Soon Be Ready

The Canadian farmers are just awak-
ening to the great advantage Of reci-
procity and are busy kicking each
others dog around because they did
not accept this boon when it was offer
ed to them. The wheat growing pro-
vinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta have recently had striking
illustration of the advantage Of frecipro-
city. Last year their wheat crop was
very heavy, but was hurt by frost. It
could have been shipped to the big
American mills and under reciprocity
would have netted the Canadians 20
cents more per bushel. The Cansdians
will be ready for reciprocity by the
time the Americans are ready to turn
lit down. The Towner Democrat. as9
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
Made Good and Has No Opposition

]. E. Davis, of this place, who has SO
ably represented this legislative district
in the state senate during the past four
years, is a candidate for reelection
and will have no opposition. During
the last session of the legislature Mr..
Davis gained considerable prominence
and was faithful worker for all good
legislation and voted and worked for
the passage of the best measures
placed upon the statutes during the
session. Mr.. Davis has been credit
to the people of his district and state
during his term of office and with the
experience gained he will be better
able to represent his constituents in
the future than in the past. Goodrich
Citizen. e.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
What is a Progressive?

Minot Reporter-The question as to
whether or not man is progressive, OF
as we now put it ga progressive" does
not, to the mind of the writer mean
that it is necessary for him to always
offiliate with certain particular bunch
of men or certain particular orga-
nization.
If the word progressive has any
meaning in true sense, it means man
who is in favor of the most possible
betterment of the people which can be
brought about by the enactment of
new laws and proper enforcement of
old ones. It means the advocacy of
such measures as the short ballot, di-
rect legislation, conservation of natural
resources and the use of the same for
the benefit of ourselves and our child
rem so that we shall not rob them for
our own benefit.
It means more than that. Above all
things it means integrity in Office, and
responsibility on the part of public Of
ficials to the people for the trust i'm
posed upon them.
Those things are the means Of
measuring progressive, not by the
say so of self imposed critics and judg-
es, who, from their own glass houses
are engaged in throwing stones.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
Pamphlet Soon 0ut

After May "a no candidates for state,
congressional, judicial, legislative or
county Offices are allowed to file with
the secretary of state their copy for
space in the publicity pamphlet to be
issued by the state and mailed to every
voter in the state 20 days before the
primary election, June 26th. It is re-
ported that about 80 per cent of the
county officers took space, while the
percentage Of state, congressional and
judicial candidates was about IS per
cent.
The following were the rates per
page, prescribed by law, for the can
didates for the various offices:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
Roseglen Correspondence

Charlie Lanertson arrived here from
Cyrus, Minnesota last Tuesday to look
after his farm property here.
Torger HOLDEN made a trip to Rose
glen last Tuesday on business.
Peder HOLDEN and two daughters and
Peder Barsness and family were Sunday
guests at Mrs. Liva Kolden's.
Lunden's and Kolden's tractor lost
it's crank some time ago, a reward will
be handed to the finder.
James Shea's tractor is being re-
paired this week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
Crisis Is Near In
Republican Fight
Only One Hundred Delegates Remain
to Be Chosen For National Con-
ventiOn

Washington, May 1s.-The pre-con-
vention contest for delegates to the
republican convention at Chicago June
l8 is practically ended. Approximately
973 delegates have been selected, leav-
ing only 100 more to be chosen. Both
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt
assert that they have sufficient num-
ber to insure their nomination.
Director Mckinley of the Taft bu-
reau here issued a statement tonight
declaring that President Taft will be
renominated at the Chicago convention
on the first ballot. Mr.. Taft has $50
delegates to his credit, or twenty more
than enough to nominate, according to
Director Mckinley.
Senator Dixon, the Roosevelt man.
ager, claims approximately 600, sixty
more than enough to nominate.
The Democratic race, however, is not
SO far advanced as the republican con-
test. So far 764 delegates to the Bait
imore convention have been chosen,
leaving $50 to be elected. Speaker
Clark increased his lead over the other
democrat candidates this week by his
victories in California, Iowa. Wyoming,
New Hampshire and New Mexico.
Mr.. Clark has 294 delegates. The other
democratic candidates remained station
ary in the past week.
Within the next few weeks the con-
test between President Taft and Colo
mel Roosevelt will be pushed with the
! full strength of their respective polit-
ical managers.
The most important political event
of the coming week will be the primary
to be held in Ohio Tuesday, when forty
eight delegates will be chosen. The
Roosevelt managers have been hare
at work in Ohio for months in an effort
to defeat President Taft in his owr
state. The president spent the last
two weeks in a vigorous personal can
vass of Ohio iii an effort to thwart the
plans of his opponents.
Following the result in Ohio, the pol
iticians will turn their attention tt
New Jersey, which will be the mex
state to hold its primaries. Both Pres
ident Taft and Colonel Roosevelt will
begin campaigning in New Jersey al
soon as the Ohio contest is completed
President Taft will leave Washington
Tuesday for New Jersey and will spend
three days speaking in different parts
of the state.
The Texas state convention May %,
the Arizona state convention June
and the primaries in South Dakota
June 4 will complete the election OF
delegates
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
Large Corn Acreage

The corn acreage this year in Mclean
county will be fully so per cent larger
than last year. Dent and flint corn is
now being planted amp while most seed
only terminates from 70 to 80 per cent.
This difficulty is being overcome by
planting one or two additional kernels
in each hill. Flint and dent corn to in
sure reasonable certainty of maturing
should not be planted later than May
25-planting around May Is being pre-
ferable, For fodder corn there is plen-
ty of time up to June 10, but planting
prior to June is desirable. Many Of
our farmers are turning to fodder corn
to solve the winter feed problem since
so much of the land has been broken
up and fenced which has reduced the
prairie hay supply. From two to three
tons of fodder to the acre is very
common yield and it is a sure crop ev-
cry season. Our farmers will do well
to put in few additional acres to fod-
der corn-it makes splendid feed for
both cattle and horses and milch cows
do better on fodder corn than on any
other feed that can be produced locally.
We have late price quotations from re-
liable seed houses granting prices half
of what was asked q month or two
back. We are not in the seed corn
business but any of our readers who
are unable to procure seed corn we will
gladly supply them with prices upon
application. We are interested in hav-
ing plenty Of feed in the county and
the way to solve the feed problem Is to
plant plenty Of corn. We hesr Of
many large acreages locally Hans
Hultberg falling o. this week sthat he
would have 40 acres 10 corn. s.is
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24

eight Massachusetts delegates he would
have thereby released these Illinois
delegates from their obligation to vote
for him.
The Indianapolis Star, on the other
hand, regards Roosevelt's wavering of
his claim to the eight delegates as an
honorable and gentlemanly thing" !"
and calls "petty and contemplate"
those who ascribe crooked motives to
him.
The New York Evening Sun rejoices
over the failure ''of the third-term can
didate to incite, browbeat or frighten
the American people into mad stam-
pede. 1t denounces as utter and
vicious folly" the nomination of a
president "by such loose and mis-
leading method" as the direct primary.
However pretty in theory, it fails
utterly in practice" the Sun says.
"a moral victory in drawn battle"
is what the Brooklyn Eagle calls the
result for Roosevelt. It dwells on the
massed opposition of the state delega-
tion in congress, on the incongruity of
the ballot, and says Roosevelt profited
largely from the mixup. The Eagle re-
grets that the issue is morally in the
Colonel's favor and says Taft did not
improve his chance by going on the
stump. 1t concludes:
The split in republicanism was al
ready bad enough before the Massa-
chusetts primary. It is worse now.
No republican who holds party is above
the personality of any candidate can
view the situation otherwise than with
a feeling of disgust and despair. The
democracy has the opportunity OF
years. 1t remains to be seen whether it
shall be improved or thrown away at
Baltimore.
Always strongly pro-Roosevelt, the
New York Mail halls the result as q
pronounced victory for the Colonel. 1t
says the Roosevelt delegates-at-large
ought to regard the preference for
Taft as binding.
A pleasant surprise to the ''progres-
sives' and bitter disappointment to
Taft is the New York Globes summing
up. Though friendly to Roosevelt, it
admits that, in calling Taft an oligarch
he grossly and unscrupulously mis-
used Mr.. Taft's words, = but maintains
that all the arguments against the d.
rect primary betray "a sincere con-
viction that an appeal to the people is
a deplorable thing"
The Baltimore Evening Sun says the
result must be accounted victory for
Roosevelt, for ''to split even under the
circumstances, in its effect upon the
country will be equivalent to victory. -
The president, it says, used all his
reserve forces, but couldn't stop
Roosevelt. It attributes Roosevelt's s
surrender of the delegates-at-large to
an enlightened self-interest, and says
those who accuse him of making a
''grandstand play only make votes
for him. Portland (Oregon) Oregonian.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24

few, if any, small ones. Other hills
will have one or two big potatoes and
several small ones. 1t is plain that tub
ers from the first kind of hill will pro-
duce hills with many large potatoes,
while those from the second kind of
hill will produce plants with many
small potatoes. To improve, potatoes,
select the seed from the kind of hills
most desirable. e.-Agricultural College
Bulletin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
Chance For a DARK Horse

If Colonel Roosevelt should be nom-
mated as the republican candidate for
president, large element of the con-
servative or regular or reactionary
wing of the party would be alienated
and would go to the democratic NOM
inee, if the nominee suited them.
If Mr.. Taft should be nominated as
the republican candidate for president
a large element for the radical or in
surgent or progressive wing of the
party would be alienated and would 60
to the democratic nominee if the NOM
inee suited them.
II Wilson should be nominated by the
democrats, q large element of the con-
Fservative or regular or reactionary
wing Of the party would be alienated
and would 60 to the republican nom
inee If the nominee suited them. .
II, Harmon should be nominated Is
the candidate Of the democrats, large
element Of the progressive or radical
or insurgent wing Of the party would
50 70 the republican nominee II the
nominee suited them. !
\, II Clark should be nominated, the
democracy would be fairly united, but
not enthusiastic . against any srepub-
lican. s,3.fs5S 5 5s8 3ts59s.4
II Bryan should b nominated, the
democratic losses would bs' consider;
able, though the gain would also Be
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
WIN Hold Meeting ii seattle

Il The Northwestern Development
league will hold its annual meeting ii
Seattle in early June. Governor Burke
appointed delegates to represent each
county In the state. FL =. Funk and
Joseph Mann were appointed from this
county. st .'i' {. ss !. n q i.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24
"Hft And Miss"
Work Will Not Do
Farmers Will Soon Learn That Guilt
vating the Growing Grain
Brings Better Crops

Narrowing or cultivating grain after
it is up has been carried ON in chit
and miss" fashion for several years in
the semiarid regions, says L. R. Wal
dron, superintendent Of the Dickinson
substation. With the majority of farm
ers it has been mostly ''miss''; that
is, they have not practiced it at all.
The matter has been in the air for
long time, but not until within the last
two or three years has the movement
become so general as to impress the
farming body as whole. Many people
believe that it will become a regular
procedure of farm practice. They be-
lieve that cultivating the growing grain
will supersede the practice of letting it
alone, just as certainly as drilling wheat
superseded the practice of broadcasting
it.
If the growing grain is to be culti-
waited, one thing necessary is the use of
suitable machinery. A machine suitable
for the purpose must be able to cover q
large amount of ground with the least
amount of draft, thus allowing the cost
per acre to be as low as possible. In
the second place, the machine must be
made efficient so that it will do the
work in the best possible manner. The
machines that are in use today for
cultivating growing grain probably do
very crude work. They may perhaps
be compared to the self-binders of the
early sos. The inventors have not
made much of an effort to adapt the
tool to the work in hand.
| But even with the tools in use it has
been found that cultivating the growing
grain not only increases the crop, but
conserves moisture in the soil. Un-
fortunately, the experimental evidence
upon this point for semi-arid regions is
not very abundant. This is especially
true of spring grain. But some evil
dence is available and we have the
opinions of many practical farmers.
Unfortunately, many of those who
cultivate the growing grain do not leave
a test plant for comparison. They
cultivate their entire field, and then
Judge whether cultivation has helped
any, by comparing it with their neigh
boris grain, which probably was sown
under entirely different conditions. Or
again, perhaps the farmer, cultivating
the grain upon his fall plowed land,
leaves the grain upon the spring plowed
land uncultivated, and then comes to
the decision that cultivating grain les
sens the yield. The farmer who is to
make test of narrowing the growing
grain should give the two pieces of
land exactly the same treatment
except for the one point-the cultiva-
tion. of the growing grain. If he gets
a larger yield from the cultivated piece
it will probably be reasonable to con-
clude that the increase was due to cul-
tivation.
When we make it possible to compare
two conditions, and only two, we have
an experiment. But when every con-
dition is allowed to enter then an ex-
pertinent is not being conducted, but
the results are results of experience.
Results of experience are very valuable,
but nothing definate can be looked for
for a long period of years. Expert
ments we'll carried out should bring us
definite results within few years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-24

u. S. Senator ;. 500
Congressman 100
Supreme court judge .......... Is
Governor. 100
Secretary Of state. 100
State treasurer. observation-disclosures. lOO
State auditor. 100
Commissioner Of insurance. ...... Is
State superintendent. ent............ IS
Attorney general. .. Is,
Commissioner Of labor. Is
Railway commissioner. .......... rs
State senator S....s............. ~
Representative ~. .........:...... 10
District judge. - - ................. 50
County judge, register Of deeds,
auditor, treasurer, states attor-
/ ney, sheriff and superintendent. Is
Additional spsce, 500 per page not 70
exceed three pages; for state Offices.
Hanna no doubt took al three.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-11-13
LOCAL ITEMS.

j n. Harmon, of Tazewell,
was among the business men
in town last week.
s. l.. Buckles, Of Bristol, was
q guest at the Monte Vista on
last Thursday.
Paul Duncan, of Blackwood,
spent Sunday with his brother.
Frank, at this place.
Chas. Claiborne, salesman
for Cowan, Tate and Claiborn,
of Knoxville, was in the Gap
this week in the interest of his
company.
Clyde NJ. Witt, of Penning.
ton Gap, was in town Sunday.
"Korrect Shape" Shoes for
men, best made $500 and $500
at Fuller Brothers. adv.
Mrs. Pat Olinger, of Olinger.
has been and continues quite
sick at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Body.
p. f. Coutts, of Norton, spent
Sunday in town with his sister,
Mrs. James Cox.
James Il. Mears, business
manager of Sullins College,
Bristol, was Il visitor here last
week.
w. p. Mcdowell, of Bristol,
was among the travelling men
in town last week.
Hon. Henry c. Stuart, Of Elk
Garden, was a guest at the
Monte Vista Friday
Notice Fuller Brothers show
windows this week for ladies'
house slippers and "Korrect
shape" Shoes adv.
Mrs. Ralph Hershey and lit
tie son, of Pulaski, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
r. Bum, in the Gap.
Mrs. Jennie Cornett n n d
grandson, Fred Irvine, of DEM.
son, Texas, are visiting Mrs.
Carnetts sister, Mrs. Polly Kill
bourn, in the Gap this week.
Messrs. c. d. Allen and Echol
Gobble, of Bristol, are spend.
ing n few days in town this
week professionally.
&C Hyatt, of Norton, was
in town Saturday afternoon and
attended the good roads meet.
ing in the town hall.
Joe A. Sloan, of Huntington,
w. Va, was a guest OF the
Monte Vista one day last week.
Messrs. l.. b. Howard and NJ.
+. Woodward, of Jonesville,
were guests at the Monte Vista
one day last week.
a. P. Crockett, of Coeburn,
secretary to Congressman
Slemp, was visitor to the
Gap one day last week.
Mrs. G. Q. Counts, of Coe-
burn, attended the Cummings
Bruce wedding here Thursday.
Webb j. Willitts, OF the Nor.
ton Coal Company, spent Sun
day in town.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-11-13

oau swat from the Depart
ment of Agriculture because OF
the department. declaring q
quarantine on the gypsy moth,
which has in tested Christmas
aud other evergreen trees in
the New England States.
The Associated Charities
wishes to ask anyone having
old clothes and shoes to be dis
posed of TO please send them to
Mrs. j. l.. Mccormick or Mrs.
h. b. Alsover and they will be
distributed among the worthy
poor.
r. b. Tinsley, engineer in
charge on the Corozai Locks,
on the Panama Canal, arrived
in the Gap last week on O visit
to relatives and friends. He
VIII spend his vacation of sew
eral weeks here and with other
relatives and friends in the old
dominion. Mrs. Tinsley, who
is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. NJ. Goodloe, did not come
with her husband to the states.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Mainous,
of Appalachia, were in the
Gap Sunday visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. H. f. Benedict.
County Treasurer X. V.
Wohlford has posted notices of
dates for collecting 1912 taxes.
and will be at the Monte Vista
Hotel, on the 23rd inst, for that
purpose.
DR.. II. W Holley, Editor w.
ID. Roberts, Attorney II. II.
Parker, Mayor y. z. Smyth and
Charles Hale were among the
citizens of Appalachia in town
Saturday afternoon attending
the GOOD roads meeting.
Rev. G. S. Bales will conduct
services in the Methodist Epic
copal Church Sunday morning
at ll:00 o'clock. Rev. Bales
comes highly recommended to
this church from Hartman,
Tenn, having been pastor
there for three Years. The
public is invited to hear him.
Mrs. Kate Parish, aged abou;
81, died at her home near Seven
Mile Ford after an illness of
several weeks, following an nc.
cidental fall. She was "A grand
mother of Mrs. Charles Ma
hatfey, of this place.
Friends of n. d. Wallace. a
son of p, c.. Wallace, of this
| place, who has been in Missouri
for the past seven years will be
glad TO learn that he was elect
ed county surveyor of fancy
county, Missouri. in last week 4
election by a good majority.
r. p. Bruce, of Wise, asso-
ciate counsel for the defense, is
in Wytheville attending the
trial of Sidna Allen and Wesley
Edwards, for alleged conspira-
cy in the shooting UP of the
Carroll county court several
months ago.
The residence of DR.. and Mrs.
G.. G. Gilmer, near the Semina-
ry, in Turkey Cove, caught fire
Tuesday morning and burned.
We understand that the fire
started from the kitchen nue.
Mrs. Gilmer and her son, G.. II.
Gilmer, of Bristol, were there
at the time cf the fire. The loss
is partially covered by insur-
ance.