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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28
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mite before the trees are planted, 90
that the roots can get down through
the impervious layer Of soil. It has
recently been found that this is the
cheapest and most effective way Of
preparing holes for these trees.
I have found from experience that
10 cents worth of dynamite, in blast
ing stumps or digging holes for trees.
will do more than so cents worth OF
labor. By using from one-half to q
whole stick of 40 per cent. dynamite,
placed about four feet deep, an imper-
vious subsoil or hardpan IAN be crack.
ed up and loosened for several feet
around.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28
70 PRINT BOOKS ON NICKEL
idea Of Edison's Would Largely Do
Away With the Present Rapid
Destruction Of the Forests.

Z Nickel az a substitute for paper 10
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison's solution Of
the problem Of disappearing forests.
and the consequent increase Of the
price Of the raw material Of books.
The idea will doubtless warm the
hearts Of the novelist and the biog.
rapher-more especially the auto
biographer--for the prospect Of pre-
serving their labors on tmperishabls
leaves of metal is undoubtedly fasci-
mating to those who thirst for literary
immortality. The nickel tones of the
Edison library age may cause the fu-
ture trustees of the British Museum
some anxious hours as they face the
problem Of overweighted shelves. but
to the publicist 1t may well be hailed
with pure delight The new sub
stance will rival India paper in it's
thinness, and for cheapness. tough.
ness and lexibility it is said will be
superior to the present paper where
Of the multitude Of books arc made.
Nickel sheets, 1t is claimed, can be-
made so amazingly thin as to take
1000 of them to equal the thickness
Of an inch.
These sheets-as we'll as sheets Of
steel and copper-can' be made by the
great inventor to absorb printers ink.
though the ink may have to be Of
somewhat different ingredients. al
though the present ink makes q per-.
fectly good impression or nickel. 1.-The
same shades and colors," he says.
"can be brought out on nickel az are
now brought out on fine calendared
paper. The cost of manufacture on q
small. scale is $1.75 q pound. but I be-
lieve this could be reduced to 81
were the nickel sheets manufactured
in rolls and large quantities. The
operation is performed by electroly-
sis, and the process is absolutely &C.
curate.
The electrical current deposits on q
prepared base twenty-thousandth
Of an inch Of nickel in a minute and
a half. No more or no less is deposit
ed, because 1t is governed by a chem
zeal law. On account Of the extreme
thinness Of the nickel Sheets" he
adds, Il hardly believe they would
serve as a substitute for the paper
on which newspapers are printed"
The solution Of the newspaper diff
Guilty, however, he considers is to be
found in the discovery Of a substi-
tute for carbon ink, by which old pa
pers could be puH through the paper
mills, re-made, and bleached. So long
as carbon ink is used this will be i'm
possible, because the ink will not
come out in bleaching. 49,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28
Business Peach. Varieties.

The varieties Of peaches ne grow
are mainly! Liberia, witha few Craw-
ford and some Belle u, Georgia. We
are trying q few other varieties. Bale
sofs Georgia has done very well for ~
We have Z few Niagara and ! few
'Saiway. We ate our last salway after
election. Our Elberta was sold az $3.50
Sal bushels In the village. Niagara ripens
With The late Crawford.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28
FIRST WOMAN
Mrs. Bachelor Member Of Bankers
Executive Committee.

Jamestown.--The members of the
American Bankers association elect
ed ]. J. Early of Valley City. vice presi.
dent for North Dakota. and Mrs. L. A.
B%atcheller, president of the First Ma
tional bank. Fingal, a member OF the
executive committee. to attend the
convention OF the American Bankers
association in Detroit, September 8.
General Secretary F%arnsworth said
Mrs. Batcheller is the first woman
delegated to attend oficially from any
state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28
Early Rhuparb.

Early rhubarb can be grown in any
ordinary cellar. thus: When q thaw
comes dig up one or more srhubarb
3clumps from the garden, with consid-
cradle soil clingtng to the roots, and
put them on the cellar door; the warm
er the cellar. the sooner growth viii
begin. Give them . little water o {.
Scasionally. and await results. Light
does not seem to be necessary for tho
stalks grow all right Ia evans dark
place.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28
~PosTMAsTERs Z
Annua, Convention L. Held ct
Fargo.

Fargo. jamestown was select
ed by North Dakota postmasters
as the location for their next
annual session. New officers are:
President, John McGauvran. I!Angdon:
vice president. g. B. Metzgar. Willis
ton; secretary treasurer. B. Humph-
rey. Brocket. The day was spent In.
interesting discussions Of matters per-
tanning to official duties.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28

well I says to ma. 4. guess stay
In In beds the best thing You can do
I says. I'll fetch you In some supper
and some hot coffee and then maybe
you'll feel better Z
ssYou let me alone says ma. You
needn't bring me nothin' To- eGt. Do
you think I'm going to 1T up and eat
1T You bet your life I won't,
ION the square. begun TO think
she'd gone dippy. She didn't act no
more like ma usually does than moth
IN. oh, come ont of Il, ma I says
: You bet 4 won't come ont % T.;
ma. says. I'm going 70 stay. right A It
TIL spring. And, what's mora, shs
ssays.. 7 ain't goin' Is wash nv face ull.
the temperature gets above freezing
and bsforeI come % bsd3I dtdamy hair
mp to stsy tn tho Fourth o. lnly. Now
.bsats IN says ma. RI
s'My, I sshould think she'd ut awful
tired of it,'3 said MilsS anxiouS
reilly think sho WIN Hstayy
thsrs s. basdi { .9sNS III
Sure will,' rspiisd Mrs con.
neny,ywtnkinG chsstfnlly atthsfothofs
~. s1as5taksGSafksf smt sand George
WeshinSitoq. She nevSr tod ! He.'A-
Chicsgos Dl1ilys lsswa.5 az ss8ss s q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28

DYNAMO SOIL FOR TREES.
Enable. Roots TO Get Down Through
lmpervious Layer-cheapest Way
Of Preparing Holes.

fBy R. q. wEATHERsToNE.)
The growth of many newly planted
trees is impeded by impervious sub
soil or hard pan. Take the pecan tree
for instance: To get the enormous tap.
root of the pecan tree down into soil
deep enough to give the root wide
enough range in which to grow pro.
perly requires a good deal of thought
and care.
For this purpose 1t Is q good prac'
tice to 'shoot" the holes with dyns
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28

The Proper Kind.
81 noticed that middleweight cham.
pion has q spaniel for a pet dog"
What surprises you in that?"
HE ought to have a pug. oughtnt
hs?"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28

ri wish you girls could see ma" she
went on after a moment "You never
did see any person hate the cold the
way ma does. The first night l brees.
ed in out Of that north wind ma was
settin' Just as close to the kitchen
stove az she could set.
"sForevermore. ma I says, putin
my hand on the back Of her neck.
like I done to Frizzie just now, why
don't you get into the stove?'
"T would says ma, II the door was
big enough
"say. 1t always tickles me to death
to see ma get peevish, 30 I went to the
door and flung 1t open. Geo. I says.
but it's close In here!'
"'Nell Connolly yells me, shut that
door this minute, or I'll take my slip
per to you
II didn't move fast enough to suit
her. so she jumped at the door and
slammed 1t shut and I really thought
che was going to hand me mi on the
side Of my head, she was SO mad"
well, she says. I never thought
to live to be the mother Of a goose
she says, though it amt a word that
I care to use, me bein' a lady. 1t don't
run in my family she says. I al.
ways did say you took after your pas
folks .
1.-THE next morning, when I came
down to breakfast, ma a shaking
SO with the cold that she was maxim
the dishes rattle on the shelves. ]
was dom q shiverin' act myself, but ]
wasn't in the same class with ma.
my teeth was %chatterin' 50 I could
hardly talk, but I says, az steady as ]
could: MY, amt 1t oppressive this
mornin,, ma? What do you say to
havin' cold boiled ham, lemonade and
ice cream for supper tonight? I says.
II couldn't get q word out Of ma
that night when I come home from
work. I don't knows I eve seen her
80 sore before. After supper my kid
brother and sister got to scrappin'
and, bless Pete, II they didn't break
the window! Ma give EN- just n
look and then she beat into her bed
room and locked the door. and not one
Of rs set eyes on her again that
night
"The next night when I blew In
there was my kid sister gettin' sup.
per.
"swhere's mar I says.
"'Gone to bed says the hid.
cit gave me an awful Jolt I'd never
moved ma to 90 to bed In the day
time since I'd been acquainted with
her. 2s
"she amt sick, 10 shef I says.
"ashe's actin awful funny the kid
says. Z can't tell whether she's sick
or not. You better 60 in and talk to
her.
We'll. / went into mas room and
there she wal in bed with q hot water
bottle on each side Of her. about . "
On blankets and three comforters on
top Of her and my kid sisters cap that
she wears to school pulled over her
face.
why. ma I says. what's the mat
teri Are you ssickf'
Il s'poss you might call II bein'
sick she barks. 4 know I'm sick and
tired Of this here weather and amt
goins 20 countenance II another min
uts.' Ma knows some swell words, b.
lisvs me. Shes got . grand educs-
ton.
-N i.fNE As,stfAsGLN IN lwHt41E F-tH-tl5
WELL / says to ma. Z guess stay
In In beds the best thing You can do
/ sayy. I'll fetch you IN Some supper
and some hot coffee and then maybe
you'll feel better sf si
You let mo alone says ma. You
needn't bring me nothin' to eat. Do
you think I'm going to 1T up and eat
IT. You bet your life ! Won't
"On the square. I begun TO think
anna Ainnw Che SAidnsf not mo-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-06-28
Cold Weather

. Some good old-fashioned winter.
believe me-" said Miss Connolly, gay.
~, a. she bounced into tho cloak
room. anybody that's collectin' this
kind Of weather can have all that's
comm to me and no questions asked"
She threw her mum at Miss Hon.
man and her fur collar at Miss Larson
and laid two icy fingers on the back OF
Miss Frizkie's neck. Miss Frizkie
squirmed out of reach.
you're terribly nervous, Frizzie."
said Miss Connolly. "You ought to
take something for It."
I'm more likely to hand out some
thing" rejoined Miss Frizkie. with
justidable indignation.
Miss Connolly winked at Miss Hon.
man. who promptly collapsed in an at.
tack Of the giggles. "Pretty smart
for you, Frizzie." said Miss Connolly.
"Look at what you done to little
Hoffy. Some Of them wheezes Of hers
is going to strike in some day.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-10

&&****#* $3.50 -
RE FLIRTY AND GAME
APARTMENT COUNTER
%* So So &*#* ~
steady and couple of "Oh You
Kids
"oh, You Beautiful Doll" have
you got it?"
@Oh, got cha Steve-he's kid
din me, Gertie.". fsz
Say, l want to buy some muz
Sic Have; you got a copy of ooh,
You Beautiful Doll" If your ge1
in towait. on me, please do it."
Jointly we beg your pardons
Mayme Thought you WIZ refer
ing to her"
II didn't ask,for the Last Rose,
of Summer, did i ?"
Here's you music-anything
else-have you heard ''Smartyss
Il should say / -have-you talk
Ikea megaphone." ~
Can you beat.it, Wayne? He,
walks away from here like he
owned the place. Deliver me from
his kind"
i cav go on, Gertie, you'd like
to cop him off yourself-but he's
too swell for us. Over the River.
Charleys for him. -
Will one of you girls please
show me some music. I've been
standing here for 10 minutes" Is
"Oh, 1 beg your pardon.
Madam Have you heard Alex
ander's Rag. Time Band?'
"No. I haven't I've heard
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-10
*iGERTIE AND MAYME ARE FLIRTY AND CAME
BEHIND THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT COUNTER

= r, :. = ~
Say, Gettie, every time l hear
that piece, waht.to laugh. F"
"Well, nobody's stoppin' yuh,
but I don't see anything funny
about it"
ooh, you would if you wuz hip
to the joke. A dude guy warbled
that piece to me onct and the
poor duffer plumb forgot that my
old man. was waiter, Bleeye
me, faint possible to take tip
from waiter-oh my, no! It's
Just the other way. flyer a real
honest ia Pete sport, you tip the
hash slinger-if you don't tip i'm,
dog gone it, he'd just as leave as
not, tip something over on you.
Take it from me-if your goin' to
eat in piece, eat less and give the
waiter the difference. -
fBut, amt it funny, Mayme,
how lot of words. thrown to-,
gether and stuck up above sew
eral-lines OF. notes, will make a lot
Of these ivory ticklers dig for.
dime-and say, ten cents is dern
cheap for. the line of music we
have been dishin' out lately-oh,
goodness; here comes that swell
gty-the one who's alwuz bt1yin'
those heaven help US sentimental
pieces of dream music. The first
day we were showed into this de-
partment he bought three copies
of Asleep in the Diteh-I mean
Deep" I'll bet my, last stick of
.'SDearmint" that he's got one
(
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

wouldn't have remembered Want it you won the cup
back from the Britisher?"
season or ago. I'm out of all that now, though.
Never meant to get in SO deep, anyway. But didn't
stop just to tell you that There was something
"Al right says l. gancin' uneasy back at the Purdy
Pells front door, "but can't you manage to do it some
where else
@Whv, certainly" says Mr. Austin "And you're
in hurry go somewhere Pardon me. May take
youo'
50 gives him the Studio number and piles in. A
~ mild, inoffensive 1ookin gent he was, under thirty
I should judge; with queer-shaped, whopper- awed
face, sandy complexion well freckled up, and he's
wearin extra thick eyeglasses.
"Now what's the dope?7 says as starts off.
al trust you'll not misjudge my motive says he,
bllnk1n embarrassed and rubin his chm nervous,
"but but it's about the young lady whom you just
corted home"
"Huh" says I, glancin at him suspicious. "Know
an a way I do he begins, "and then--well of
course 1 do not. But wish to very much and I
haven't the least idea how to go about it. I'm
awful duffer at such things, you see
"Strkes you amt SO dead SLOW says 1. @Follow
us down from Carnegie, did you?"
"Why, yes he admits. "But had no thought of
meeting her again when went to the recital 1t
just chance you know, and I thought it might not
happen that way a second time so"
$50 you had met her before?" says 1.
"Not formally" says Mr. Austin. "In fact it
quite informal. We were-er-it was on surface car.
There was a row-a drunken rowdy, you know,
making himself disagreeable, and-er-we, he was put
off"
"Clear mud" says I. "Was it you did the chuck
in, eh:'
mot altogether" says he. "The conductor did most
of it. But perhaps was too officious. The young
lady, YOU er-I hope didn't make an ass of my
self. You understand, don't your
am gettn glmmers,' says l. "And it's perfectly
good little it stands. But let me give you
tp,-dont push it any further"
al beg pardon?" says Austin.
ashes all right far as looks CO. says L. but beyond
oft of frOct
81 don't think quite follow you,' says he.
"Then stretch your ear" says l.. @For instance, do
you know who this Sorolla gink was?"
do you mean the Spanish artst?' says he
II amt sayin',' says l. "But how about Grieg,
and Sainte- Beuve, and Tchaikowsky, and Della Rob-
bia?"
Hanged if he don't bob his head KNOWN at each
and smile sort of confident!
"Then you're more of wonder than you look says
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

az could not ask everyone to do this" she goes on
"but YOU quick to grasp things to understand
May r.
go as far as you like, Miss Adams, says I.
THAT'S what she does. And believe me, I've been
r,ng in on some nutty episodes, but never any
thing like this before! Three minutes later I'm all
prinled with information, and trots down to shoot it
at Austin.
"Well?" says he, jumpin' up expectant.
"Sit down. saysI at amt all over yet. It's
now of you passin' on Peregrine."
"Of wha-a-at?" he gasps.
"I11 give you the Details says l. @as near as can
remember. Now first off, you stuck on this lbsen
"Ibsen?" says he @Why, can't say understand
just what he means at all times
well says l, I'm here to break it to YOU that Miss
bad digestion, words to that effect"
"By. Jove!' says Austin. That's rather good, you
know.
She's for it. Got fve-foot shelf of canned relatives
herself"
THAT sort are the least troublesome" says Austin
Anything more?"
yep, saysI. "There's Boston. She simply couldn't
live anywhere else, and wouldn't try
with her | could live anywhere says he.
NO yellow streak in you yet, says L. "but now brace
yourself Ever tackle Peabody Sunday mornin
breakfast?'
whats it like" says he doubtful.
Its institution in her family" [ goes on, sort
of sacred rite, and she'd think of tippn
Bunker Hill Monument than changin anything else
Il know says he. "You mean baked beans and
you're punk guesser" says I. dts three kinds
of cream toast, with cheese. How about that?1
It's the first time that eager expression in Austns
eyes had wavered any. But he RECEIVERS quick. Il
could stand even four kinds for her. says he.
Then you're up to the finals, old man says I,
givin him the grip. go in and win Good luck to
YOU With that steps to the foot of the stairs and
lets out "HoohooT
Miss Adams" says l as she foatin in, Il want
to make you acquainted with Mr. Knapp Austin. He's
all right"
Then beat it, All I tells Sadie is that I've changed
my mind and proceeds to get into my dinner regalia
AS passes the double doors way down to the
dnin room Sadie spots the pair of EN-, sttin close
little Davenport, lookn into each others eyes, and
chinnin' confidential.
"Why!" gasps Sadie. "Who can that be with Pere-
grine?'
"Him?" says I. @Thats the winner"
"What winner says she. "Who is he? Where did
he come FROM"
"My entry" says I. "You women folks had made
many mscues about Peregrine that had to lug in
candidate off the street And say, by the looks guess
it's him for Beacon-st., all right. Eh?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

l. "But that's only the elimination test. Now once
more: Her name is Peregrne Peabody Adams, and
she's from Beacon-st., Boston, Mass
"By Jove!' says he. Il wonder if she be one of
the Salem Peabodys?"
@If they're any good, she is" says I. "She traces
straight back to the Mayfower bunch, l understand
and her family tree has its roots laced around Plymouth
Rock like piece of kep around clarlshell. Come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

the verdict"
why of course I'll see him!" says she.
And then it with a of cold feet. Would
it be square deal for Peregrine, luggin in stranger
like this and lettn him spring such surprise without
givin her hint?
Excuse me if I'm buttn' in, Miss Adams" says I,
"but maybe I've got right to slip you bunch. This
you know.
"Noo' says she lool<n me straight in the eye with
futter.
"The fact is" says I, "hes more or less gone on
you"
She acts sort of puzzled at that.
"YOu see" | goes on, "if he hadn't opened up, and
put his strong wouldn't have towed him here.
But he business-says your the only girl, and
all that mush. And his idea is to call for decision
right off the reel"
al see," says Peregrine, calm and placid if I'd
announced that the grocer had come for order.
THANK you too. But moment, please"
With that she starts pacin slow back and forth from
the door the window, gain blank straight ahead of
her. But at the third lap she stops
Il quite sure he would find me-" says she. she
is wonderful man-noble, generous, true! Anyone
that And efficient! If you could have seen
how splendid he was on the Yes am very glad
that he has But before he speaks there
things that he ought to know-about me, you see"
gawps at her This pair had me dtched good and
plenty. | didn't know what was comm next.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-24

successful as this one could avoid
hopping off to NJ York. The
next job for the doctors at John
Hopkins is to invent an antitoxin
especially doped for squirting in
to western newspapermen suffer
ing from N'York fever.
Well, Berton worked on Man
haitian paper some, was associate
editor of Puck for awhile and
then cast himself loose to do that
which the Muse called upon him
to do and nothing else. She has
called very many times. There
is no magazine of any conse-
quence in the country that has not
bought poetry from Berton Bra
ley. And now he is writing a
daily poem for The Day Book.
This is a recklessly short ac-
count of this famous young wri-
ter's life. But our readers have a
perfect personal acquaintance
with him anyway from the delic-
ious verses he puts before their
eyes from day to day. In looks,
Braley is big fellow-big-f
big=hearted and big in the hui
mainly and cheer and good Eng
lish he puts into his poetry.
To Clean White Serge.
Lay the garment to be cleaned
on the kitchen table and rub
freely with powdered magnesia
over the soiled parts. Then place
r.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-24
A VAST DIFFERENCE

"A NAO4 DIT ERENO6
Fourteen thousand Chicago
street car men are fighting des-
perately to force the street car
companies to give them a living
wage.
The. average wage of these men
just now is 1928 a year. They
ask $1,o59, which comes to a lit
tie over so week.
The presidents of the street
railways say that the Wall street
capitalists who own the railways
are too hard up to pay that much.
Now read this:
Newport, R. l., Aug. 24.-All
records for sp1endor, for lavish
display of money, were broken at
last nights $4,000 ball on the
Vanderbilt estate at Beaulieu.
The value of the jewels worn at
the ball is estimated at over $10,-
100000.
There were 400 guests. They
all were clothed in flowing orien-
tai costumes, glittering with prec-
ious gems.
Priceless decorations adorned
the walls. Myriads of artistic
lights, reproductions of domes
and spires and minarets, blazing
with color, transformed the en-
tire estate into dreamland.
A theater had been built on the
grounds just for the occasion. A
"real play'-"The Merry Coun-
tess"4was transported direct
from New York, and gave the
o,,ests Broadway show in
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-24

The weight of the diamonds
exported each year from Africa is
about three-quarters Of a ton.