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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-28

There are many weddings and few
real marriages,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Turtle Lake Wave

Insurance adjustors were here
this week to look over the dam.
ages the school. house sustained
from the fire. Their settlement
was very satisfactory as the com-
pany paid for all repairs and work
of repairing. and 500 extra for
damage done to furniture. The
building was insured for $4,000
and the furniture for $1,000.
The Northern Pacific has sold
its right.of-way and construction
on same in Western Mclean coun-
ty to the Great Northern. This
is the western end Of the N. p.
survey which runs west from Tur-
tie Lake. Last summer. quite a
bit Of grading was done there by
the n. P. in order to comply with
the law and hold the right-of-way
1t would appear that the two. rail
roads had deal OH of some kind
for this summer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01

wet down and frozen three or four
feet. This will be a reserve to
draw on should rains be irregular
through June and July. With
these good prospects we should
endeavor to prevent the use of
poor seed as much as possible. In
many parts Of the Northwest this
year there is really scarcity Of
good seed, but that is not the case
locally. There is an abundance Of
good seed wheat and fax with us,
but there is also much poor seed.
Those who have poor seed should
dispose of it and procure some
thing better even though it costs
a little something to do it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Malcolm Correspondence. !.

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew: L;nder
visited with Heigbergs on Sunday.
Miss Lucy Lynch spent Satur-
day and Su nday at home.
Frank Olson made a business
trip to Garrison on Friday.
Willie Hultberg Of Coleharbor
drove through Malcolm on Sun
day.
An important equity meeting
was held in the school house on
Saturday.
Miss Amy Holmquist. spent
Sunday at home.
MIR. Christensen Of Benedict
visited with some friends at NAL
colin On Sunday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
A Crop Prediction

E Ine DhkOEa Farmer recently
predicted an excellent crop year
for the Dakotas in 1912. The pre-.
diction was made before the re-
cent extremely cold weather, but
was based upon the observations
of ". c. Allen. the manager of the
Farmer, through his residence Of
more than thirty years in South
Dakota 1t is evident the OK.
tre'nly cold weather that has en-
sued since the Dakota Farmet
published it's optimistic prediction
has tended to increase, rather than
diminish. the feeling Of old time
residents Of the state that an ex.
cellent crop. year can be looked for
ward to with great deal Of con,
sfdence There has been an
abundant snowfall dnring the
Winter, especially il the north
Western portion Of the state but
extending we'll over its entire area.
This fact, coupled with the q.
oellent ondition+of the coil when
winter set in, will give the crops
y good supply of moisture next
spring, and with = normal summer
season will give the farmers ofs the
state excellent returns for their
year 3 labor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
wAsHBURN. n. D. MARca j, 1912

not only so. 1t gives relish and
facility for successfully pursuing
the unsolvel ones. The rudiments
of science are available, and high
ly available. Some knowledge of
botany assists in dealing with the
vegetable world-with all growing
crops. Chemistry assists in the
analysis of the soils. selection and
applications Of manure and in
numerous other ways. The me-
chanical branches of natural phil
sosophy are ready helps in almost
everything, especially in reference
to implements and machinery.
''The thought. occurs that edu-
cation cultivated thought--can
best be com bined with agriculture!
labor on the principle of thorough
work: that careless, half performed.
slovenly work, makes no place for
such combination; and thorough
work, again. renders sufficient the
the smallest quantity to each man
and this again conforms to what
must occur in world less inclined
to wars and more devoted to the
arts of peace than heretofore.
Population must increase rapidly,
more rapidly than in former times,
and ere long the most valuable of
arts will be the art of deriving a
comfortable subsistence from the
smallest area of soil. No CON-
munity whose every member pos
sesses this art can ever be {. victim
Of oppression in any Of it's forms.
Such "a community will be alike
independent of crowned kings.
money kings and land kings"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Jsdse Is Maf1iea

Judge q Newton 81 BIZ.
marOk and lrs. Elizab beth y oung
of Fargo were married last veek.
The judge = ven kno ~ 4 . ia 4 " " ash.
burn having spent etinle here
attsDdiDR court each year. yon.
llaaati Ions are extended s sthe
happy couple
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Reduce Tariff

One of the things voter should
ask from the congressman or sena-
tor he is to vote for is whether he
is in favor Of beginning reduction
of tariff by eliminating duties on
farm products says one ofour dem
ocratic exchanges. If he does not
come out fiat footed for giving the
farmer his full share of protection,
while a protective tariff exists, he
is not the man for the voter of an
agricultural section to support.
The farmers are fair minded and
willing to give and take bat they
do object to receiving the full force
of tariff reduction with no compen-
eating reduction in the goods they
purchase. This whole reciprocity
affair was wrong, insomuch as it
related to tariff reform. The be-
ginning should be made on the ar
ticles handled by trusts which arc
90 strong financially and in their
combinations that they can dictate
price and production. A little
healthy competition would be
good for what ails them. The
agricultural west would have. In
fuenoe enough TO properly protect
its interests ifit had a representa-
tive delegation in both branches of
congress.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Get Good Seed Corn .

"A good deal of the success in
corn growing depends upon the
source of the seed. Given an carly
maturing variety, ii grown to far
south it loses its early maturing
qualities. The only sure way to
know that corn will mature at any
given point is to know that It was
grown there or farther north. The
best seed is home grown seed.
Corn growing is now hampered in
North Dakota due TO a lack of
home grown seed. There should
be some one in every locality max,
ing business of growing seed
corn to sell to his nelghbors. This
would do more to advance corn
growing in the state right now
than any other thing.
Many who start to grow corn
and get seed that will not produce
corn that ripens get discouraged.
And again, where the corn is grown
for fodder, the silo or for ears. a
corn that ripens is the best.
Prof. Ladd found that the dry
matter in corn increases at the fol.
lowing rate: Twice as much when
silked out as when in full tassel,
three times as much when kernel
is in milk, four times as much
when kernel has glazed, and five
times as much as when ripe. He
also found that there was l89
pounds Of starch in an acre Of corn
when tasseled out aud 354O when
ripe OF. over l8 times as much,
and the digestibility increases as
the corn natures.
1t will pay bankers to encourage
and to aid some farmer in his To-
cality in starting into the business
Of growing seed corn. Such home
grown seed will command good
prices. In many cases, If not al
ways, seed will mean mature corn,
and imported dssaed, immature corn.
-. fefr - lsisaN n <Av
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01

would mean to the state now, it
there was farmer in every COM
munity with hundred bushels Of
we'll cured, home grown seed corn
for sale. Gordon w. Randlett,
Sec Treas. n. D. Corn Growers
Assn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
January Weather
In Three States
Government Weather Reports at
Bismarck, Moorhead, and Des-
Moines for Jan. 1872

MOlueS tOr jan. HIZ
There is so much talk and ccm-
ment about cold weather and
storms in North Dakota and on
the Missouri slope that the Leader
has taken the trouble to investi-
gate the prevailing weather con-
ditions in the states of Iowa, Min
nesota and North Dakota. We
have secured from the q. $. De-
partment Of Agriculture the
monthly meteorological summary
for the month of January, 1912,
from their stations at DesMoines,
Moorhead and Bismarck and are
submitting the same herewith
showing the maximum, minimum
and mean temperature for each day
during the month at each station.
These reports are really an in
teresting study. We have always
known that the average climate on
the Missouri Slope was more tenn
perate than that of Minnesota in
the same latitude. but we have
been led to believe that the eli
matte conditions in Iowa were a
great deal more favorable in COM
parison than these reports furnish.
ed by the government go to show.
For an example, the average
maximum temperature for the
thirtv.one days in January was:
Bismarck so. Moorhead 80 and
DesMoines l4.e above zero. The
minimum temperature was: Bis
marck -9S. Moorshead --l5.5 and
DesMoiDes -2.5. the minimum
temperature for the month being
below zero at each station. The
average daily temperature for the
month was: Bismarck 90, Moor
head---G.l and DesMoines 6.2. By
the average daily temperature it
will be noticed that the tempera-
ture averaged only IL degrees
warmer during the whole month
of January ~, D,sMoines than at
Bismarck.
The precipitation was: Bismarck
,lS, Moorehe;4d 80, DesMoines .53
and in cloudy days Bismarck had
II. Moorhead Is and DesAloines
Ii. Bismarck had 20 Moorhead
26 and DesMoines - days when
the thermometer got down below
zero.
On the Both at Bisma rex the
thermometer got up to 39, at
Moorhead on the 22d.sit was
% and at DesMoines on the 22d it
went up to ~. These were the hot
periods for the month. The cold
ones were Bismarck 3S below on
the 18th, Moorhead 80 below on
the llth and DesMoines % below
on the 18th.
The total movement Of the wind
for the entire month was Bismarck
1862 miles, with az average hourly
velocity Of 9.8 miles and the strong.
est wind was Al miles per hour.
Moorhead shows q wind movement
Of 6ll8 miles, with an average
hourly velocity Of 80 miles and
the strongest wind was ~ miles
per hour. DesMoines total wind
movement 6O3s miles, daily ave.
rage III and the highest wind
reached 80 miles per hour.
Those that have an idea that the
Missouri slope has q North Pole
climate will have this idea ma
terially dispelied il they will take
the time to pare and digest the
following tables.
Continued on page four.
The fodder from Hint i more leafy
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Cooperation in Alfalfa

The alfalfa interest in this state
has increased very much within
the last two or three years. How
ever. we feel that there are many
who ought to try small patch of
it, that are not planning on put.
ting any in this coming season. In
all my correspondence aud advice
| recommend that the farmers
start in small way with alfalfa
and learn to grow it before they
go at it in a large way. I have
also insisted that alfalfa is going
to be an important crop over much
of North Dakota: indeed. I have
gone so far as to state that alfalfa
will be the making" of certain
portions of Western North Da-
kota. 1t is not our desire to work
up too mnch enthusiasm in this
plant. but it seems of importance
that farmers commence to grow
some of il under such conditions
that it is almost sure to be sue
cessful
If there is any one reading this,
who has piece of ground, amount
ing to an acre or less. that is in
good condition; for example, that
was into corn or potatoes in 1911
and preferably a piece of ground
that has been manured. Let US
get in touch with him, provided he
is willing to take little extra
care with the crop. Any one writ
ing to us will receive statement
of our method of cooperation.
The object of the cooperative
work is of course, purely in the
interest Of the farmers and the
community in general. This CO.
operative work is intended pri-
marily for those not now
growing alfalfa. A reasonable
charge is made for the alfalfa seed
that is sent out. L. r. Waldron,
Supt. Dickinson Sub station.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Arrange Now, For
Some Good Seed
terminating Power Of Much 1911
Seed is Questionable All Seeds
Il Should Be Tested

1SSW ~ X0SSSkVA0U1SDxa0 S6SSsS
n Should Be Tested
The most important subject of
the hour is seed grain.
It is the matter of most vital in.
terest to the people OH the farms
and the people in the towns and
the time has arrived for all those
who have not done. SO to give it
their immediate and careful at
tention.
Owing TO the peculiar conditions
of the growing season Of 1911
much of the grain is ofvery doubt
full value for seed. This is said
to be true n, t only of this section
but many parts of the Northwest.
Considerable seed of various
kinds have already been sent to
Prof. Bolley at the state agri-
cultural college at Fargo to be
tested. Much of the wheat and
flax receive favorable reports from
this locality showing germinat-
ing PERCENTAGE of IS and better
and a good, healthy plant. Still
there is much grain that germi-
mates fairly we'll, but does not
produce a healthy plant. The pro-.
duction of healthy plant is even
more important than the germina-
ton Of seed and every farmer who
c6ntemplates seeding seed of
which he has the slightest doubt
should go tosthe trouble of having
it tested by the state authorities.
1t is true that each individual can
test his grain for himself by plant
ing given number of grains un-
der conditions favorable to ger
mination and noting the results,
but he cannot get relia BILE informa-
tion as to the production. Of q
healthy plant. In this connection
we have in mind the test of sample
by Prof. Bolley for one of our
local farmers where the germina-
ton was 81 per cent, but the plant
produced was weak and the pro-
fessor in his report did not recom-
mend the use Of the grain for seed.
The other day we read a return
from Prof. Bolley on frosted
sample Of wheat where the ger
mination was only 60 per cent aud
the plant produced was weak.
Another matter that is of great
importance is the treating Of seed
grain for smut. This is com
paratively simple and inexpensive
process and the method Of doing
it is known to almost everyone.
FormaIdehyde treatment for smut
and wilt produces the best results
and neither wheat, fax, oats or
potatoes should be seeded or plant
ed without first being treated with
formaldehyde.
Tests made Of native seed corn
has developed that We have very
little seed corn that will germinate.
This is true also Of much seed that
is purchased from seed houses
this gear. Prof Holden the corn
expert Of Iowa, says that at least
one.half Of the corn crop Of that
state from last year is unfit for
seed. Even though seed corn ist
produced from seed houses of good
ssj jntation y thorough, tsst should
bs made early H:it Is necessary
ITO plant extra aeed jjn order TO pro
dpee 4 stand this should BE- known
bafore planting time. An idea of,
tha scarcity of seed corn may be
gained from the fact that reed
corn is nov selling FOR Is per
busbel II the seedi houses az Bis
n,al1k, Fargo and 81 Pant and not
plentiful At those places. Last
ysar these same kinda ofs seed
f+wsre plentiful at rs and - .26s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Abraham Lincoln
A Good Farmer
Immortal President Many Years Ago
Saw Necessity Of Bushel Basis
On Farm

of his record that has not been
given much attention of late aud
tits through the Extension Depart,
ment of the North Dakota Agri.
cultural College, under the charge
of Prof. w. G. Palmer, that we
are able to print verbatim. the fol-
lowing material portions of an ad-
dress delivered by the famous
scholar and statesman, at Milwau-
kee, over fifty years ago, Septem-
bar 30, 1859. The value of inten-
sive farming and the special value
of real scientific education among
agriculturists are strongly brought
out in these excerpts:
"Unquestionsbly it will take
more labor to produce fifty bushels
of wheat from an acre than it will
to produce ten bushels from the
same acre; but will it take more
labor to produce fifty bushels from
one acre than from five? Unques-
tionably thorough cultivation will
require more labor to the acre, but
will it require more to the bushel?
If it should require as much to
| the bushel. there are some prob
able, aud several certain, advan-
tages in favor Of the thorough
practice. 1t is probable it would.
|develope those unknown causes
which. of late years, have cut down
our crops below their former aver
age. 1t is almost certain, / think,
that by deeper plowing analysis of
the soils, experiments with ma
nures and varieties of seeds, OBJ
servances of the seasons and the
like. these causes may be- discover
ed aud remedied.
1t is certain that thorough cnltiva-
tion would spare half, or more
than half the cost of the land,
simply because the products
could be got from half or Fl ,m
less than half, the. quantity of
land. This proposition is self
evident, and can be made no
palmer by repetitions or illustra-
tions. The cost of land is great
item, even in new countries, and
greater, in comparison with other
items, as the country grows older.
mo other human occupation
opens so wide a field for the profit
able and agreeable combination Of
labor with cultivated thonght, as
agriculture | know nothing SO
pleasant to the mind as the dis
covery of anything that is at once
new and valuable nothing so
lightens and sweetens toll as the
hopeful pursuit Of such discovery.
And how vast, how varied a field is
agriculture for such discovery.
The mind already trained to-
thought in the country school, or
higher school, cannot fail to 6nd
there an exhaustless source Of en-
joyment. Every blade Of grass is
q study; and TO produce two where
there was but one 10 both profit
and a pleasure. And not grass
Ialone, but soils, seeds and seasons,
hedges, bitches, fences, draining.
ldroughts and irrigation, piowing,
hoeing and harroWiag,s geaping,l
moving, and thsesh hinss, saving
crops, pests Of crops, disease of|
crops, and what will prevent or
lcure them; implements, utensils
and machines and their relative
merits, and how to improve them; !
hog, horses and cattle, sheep.
goats, and poultry; trees, shrubs,
fraits, plants and flowers; the
Thousand things of which these
are specimens. each q world 81
latnSi * vifh lin itself Is
The Washington times., 1912-10-04
THE WASHINGTON TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER a 1912.
YOUTH ADMITS HE
Is KLEPTOMANIAC
Gives Funny Feeling" as Reason
For Robbing Department
Store Here.

Confessing in the Police Court himself
to be Ia kleptomaniac. the sole object
Of bis thefts being tho excitement or
some funny feeling" that he realizes
out Of stealing, Robert c. Godfrey,
eighteen years old, who was recently
released on his personal bond after
being convicted Of houscbreaklnR.
pleaded guilty to systematically rob-
bing the baggage OF patrons OF large
downtown department store. where he
was employed as check room" boy
Central once Detectives Bcrman and
Cox, on investigation, placed young
Godfrey under arrest, and the boy led
them to places where he had hidden
many of the articles he had taken.
Other property the boy had taken was
found at local secondhand and pawn
shops.
Godfrey appeared in court In knee
trousers. and looked so youthful that
the court inquired whether he was OF
Judge Muilowny held the defendant in
?too bonds for the action Of the grand
The Washington times., 1912-10-04
The Keynote Of Health
10 the Liver

Scientists have definitely learned that
the Liver is one Of the most Important
organs Of the human system. II is the
sieve which separates the good from the
bad, the nutriment from the poison.
Allow the liver to become torpid or in
active. the poison Is sent through the
system and disease In the result. First
you become bilious and constipated and
later the consequences are more Sc
rious. Nobody. can live as regular as
a clock. In order to enjoy life We sub
ject ourselves to dietry indiscretion. II
the proper remedy Is then used the
trouble 10 quickly ended. A remedy
which comes nearest to the heart of the
people 10 a natural remedy. The natural
remedy most widely used is Hunyadi
Janos Water. the Natural Lsxa,iva.
Its natural combinations 10 wonderfully
effective in Biliousness. Torpid Liver.
and Constipation-h tumberful cleanses
the Liver. flushes the intestines, puri-
nes the system and is gentle. speedy
and sure. Don't take substitutes: they
are worthless limitations and may he
harmful. =
The Washington times., 1912-10-04
To Offer Prizes for
Essays on Suffrage

Prizes will be offered to students In
the high schools. colleges. and advanced
private schools OF the city for the oest
essays on suffrage In the District by
the executive committee Of the District
Suffrage League. Any young man or
woman under twenty-one years OF ags
will be eligible, provided he has passed
the eighth grade In school.
The prizes will be awarded December
I. All books OF reference necessary to
a successful study Of the subject will
be available through the auspices Of
the league. IL " expected that the
competition Will deal with both the his
toricai and the practical sid,s OF SUE
frage
The first number OF the District SUI.
frage Bulletin has been published. II
will be issued on the LIST and 18th OF eicl
month.
The Washington times., 1912-10-04
FLYER WRECKED,
FIFTEEN PERISH I.
IN BURNING CARS
Fifty Others Injured When
New Haven Express
Jumps Track.
Continued from First Page,

lar wreck on the New Haven a year
ago. The wreck at that time resulted
ir1,n .ne ssne causes.
s,.nu.aa aorurhary I'M, scenes ,attended .ne
.,,,sss usssr ne ioco,notve turned COM
medateiv ~ behind !, waa NJ cass eatapul,sd car ,vsr @
.ne lop OF tne engine ana landed tweh-
W Ieet IN fronI
an automobile standing near the
track at the time Of The explosion was
overturned by the concussion and fts
occupants thrown out. Trees were up
rooted. chickens beheaded.
.,Agonizing scenes followed; Men with
Their clothing ahame battled to wrench
the burning wreckaga. Crowds ot res
cuers stood by helpless to aid victims
who could plainly be seer in the fam
Ing cars.
saw Victims rersn.
J. Leopold Spiegcl. a leather merchant.
~ 90 cola .troat Non ynrL giy.. a
.x.,,, .t..,n AZ. 80.
.nr,nne descr'p,ion Oh ,ne wreek. eea
ed in an automobile alongside the rail-
road track. he was an eyewitness. The
concussion of the boiler explosion hurled
n 'n ,Sn an. ,ne il,aeh,ne ne anu s ,, .r,s'"
Ts. $3.50 ,a,,. ,, ~ ii. ~, ,s,,.,,,u
-, .s u ~, soh s , pups
,,, ~, ''n VI us'e, is
In the rescue OF one. The other three.
he states. were burned to death. He
saw four other persons roasted alive.
His story follows:
''I was waiting with n friend. n Mr..
Sullivan. Of Westport. in an aufomo,
bile at the westport and Saugatuck ara
tion, when the express came along We
rema rked that n must he r,nning fftv
miles an hour.
"When the engine had reacbed a noipt
about n citv block distant from Tho
depot, II gave a mighty swerye' a. N N
had taken a switch. Then the great
driving wheels on the side nearest 70 us
The engine gave 2 great 'iurcb. Sartad
of the track, and fell on one side, across
the rails.
''The bagpape car WAS immediats,v
back of the engine. II nurdIed into the
The Washington times., 1912-10-04
New Teaching System
Will Be Tried Here

The Montessari system Of teaching
children on the basis Of their physical.
instead Of their mental. age" viii be
introduced at a school to be established
at the home Of Alexander Graham Bell.
1893 Connecticut avenue, this fall.
Miss George. Of New York. will be in
charge.
The dominant feature o, the new in
struction is the use OF objects in de-
veloping q sense OF proportion. On tbi :
basis the child Will be taught to write
hrst by the movement Of the whole
elbow movement.