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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Ten Demandments

An employer has posted in his estab-
lishment the following printed epigrams,
labeled Ten Demandments:
l. Don't lie. It wastes my time and
yours. l am sure to catch you in the
end, and that is the wrong end.
2: Watch your work, not the clock.
A long days work makes long day
short; and short day s work makes my
face long.
8. Give me more than / expect, and
I can afford tosincrease your pay if you
increase my profits.
4. You owe so much to yourself that
you cannot afford to owe anybody else.
Keep out of debt or keep out of my
shops.
5. Dishonesty is never an accident.
Good men, like good women, never see
temptation when they meet it.
6. Mind your own business and in
time you'll have a business of your own
to mind.
z. Don't do anything here which
hurts your self respect. An employe
who is willingto steal for me is willing
to steal from me.
8. It is none of my business what
you do at night. But if dissipation af-
fects what you do the next day, and
you do half as much as demand, you'll
last half as long as you hoped.
9. Don't tell me what I'd like to
hear, but what / ought to hear. don't
want a valet for my vanity, but one for
my dollars.
10. Don't kick if kick. If you're
worth while correcting you're worth
while keeping. I don't waste time cut
ting specks cut of rotten apples.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Two Lines viii Be
Built to the Coast
Work May Be Completed In One Year
Right Of Way Has Been
Purchased

Accurate reports of railroad building
is hard to obtain but the Ryder Journal
gives the following and quotes other
papers as being the authority:
In a resume of probable railway
in this state the Minneapolis Journal of
April % says the Ct. Northern railway
will build two extensions from New
Rockford, that to Lewistown, Mont,
and also to Williston. This latter pro-
ject is the route that leaving Ryder
crosses the north half Of the Berthold
reservation to the Missouri river, then
skirts the river to the north half of the
Berthold reservation to the Missouri
river, then skirts the river to the north
west into Williston. Although a force
of surveyors were here but a couple of
months tying up the sections on the
survey across the reservation, the sud-
den announcement of the roads passing
south by the way of Elbowoods dashed
our hopes to earth, there at no time
having been given an inkling of two
objective points. If the Minneapolis
writer is correctly informed of this
double intention, an official announce
ment such as was made concerning the
south route may be expected soon. A
logical surmise is this route will be the
first to be built. 1t is all surveyed and
planned. Right of way from Williston
to the reservation was had two years
ago, and embracing the reservation
makes right of way obtained for better
than third of the whole distance.
Presuming that near Skogmo is where
the two branches will fork it would
leave but sixty miles of right of way to
purchase, of the entire distance of 200
miles. By commencing and rushing
work from both ends this route could
be built in years time It will take
four years to complete the south route,
half of the time alone to bridge the
Missouri river. IT,. as said, the Ct.
Northern is in desperate need of an
outlet from the west for its increasing
coast business, the Williston cutoff
lends itself for quick action.
A recent Twin city daily also con-
tanned interesting local news in the
purported action of the 500 board of
directors announcing an extension of
this branch from point between Ry-
der and Makoti, but no credence is
given this because an important item
of this nature would have found place
in more than one paper.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Our Growing Industry

Dairy Commissioner r. F. Flint says:
..There is an industry that is not sub
ject to failures; that brings returns not
once year but 365 days each year;
enriches the soil, cleans the land, plants
groves, builds houses and barns, pays
taxes, interest and mortgages accumu-
lated during years of crop failures, pro-
notes thrift, economy and prosperity
by paying as we go and still leaves some
cash in the pockets; and that is the
dairy industry.
Dairying promotes thrift by enabling
the farmer to use his time, which is to
q greater or less extent capital, during
all seasons of the year.
Itpromotes economy because dairy
stock is able to convert much of the
coarser feeds that are produced on .
farm that might otherwise 60 to waste,
into valuable milk and cream.
The dairyman is able to buy for cash
and thereby reduce his expense of liv-
ing. Investigation has shown that q
person buying for cash will live two
days on what he would consume in one
and one-half days If bought on time. If
buying on time, you also pay interest
on the purchase price.
Dairying increases the value Of farm
lands more rapidly than exclusive grain
farming, because it increases the earn
ings Of the land.
M Successful dairying necessitates di-
.versiaed farming and lessons the danger
Sof crop failure, which sometimes comes
when one kind Of crop Is depended on.
5i Dairying anchors the man e the
farm; causes him 70 feel q home, which
encourages him 70 put his best efforts
into his labor and BY that token secures
for himself and his family the best il
return. ~ sss VI
b Seems reasonabl ble, doesa' 7. i! 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Plant Flax Before
Twentieth Of May
Sohnd Advice BY Prof. Thos. Shaw
for the Proper Handling Of the
Flax Seeding

Flax Seeding
In the Dakotas and Montana the flax
crop of 1912 will be largely what the
farmers make it. There is now about
enough moisture in the soil and subsoil
to make the crop grow with the aid of
few showers in the growing season.
The aim should be, however, to make
the most of the moisture that's now on
hand.
The very best condition for growing
flax is where the land was summerfal-
lowed the past season. This will hold
good whether the land was breaking or
stubble. It should be disced shallow in
the early spring if firm on the top, and
simply narrowed if loose. This should
be done as early as possible in the
spring in order to prevent the escape of
moisture. This land will be clean ex-
cept in areas where the farming is so
wretched that weed seeds have blown
in from the adjoining fields in the
winter.
Next to this comes stubble land that
was plowed in the fall. This may not
always hold true of such land. It will,
however, this season as it has fair
amount of moisture in it. It should be
treated in the spring about the same as
summer faflowed land. %
After this and in some instances
quite equal to it comes sod land broken
in the early part of the season. The
present season is peculiarly favorable
to such breaking. Equally good crops
of fax may be grown from breaking
three to six inches, providing the seed
bed is equally well prepared in all in
stances. Viewed from the standpoint
only of the flax crop shallow blowing
will answer. Viewed from that of
future crops, the plowing should be
deep. In any. event the land should be
pressed down as soon as plowed. This
is exceedingly important. The sod
should be made to lie firmly on the
Bottom of the. furrow. Then a fine
mulch should be made on the top with
the harrow. Such firming Of the land
ought to be done at once, even though
the seed should not be sown for some
time. When preparing land for. flax it
is always important to have the seed
bed firm below and fine for couple of
inches on the surface.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Has Plenty Of Papers

The stalwart Bismarck Tribune, the
nsurgent Bismarck Times, the demo-
cratic Bismarck State and the puritan
ical Jim Jam Jems are all published
from the Tribune Office at the state
capital. The denizens of the cap
ital city can now regale themselves on
almost any brand of literary diet that
they desire. Grand Forks Progressive
Observer.
That is tough. IN the same class
with the State and the Tribune. Next
you know we will be in the Palladium
class. 1t is all true except that the
Times is published from it own printing
office in Bismarck. Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Working the Middle and Both Ends

The Valley City Times-Record under
the caption "Stand Up Mr.. White
says editorially: ''On behalf of the
Roosevelt men of Barnes county. the
Times Record, whose editor was 9
Roosevelt candidate, desires to ask 8
few pointed questions.
The report comes from Fargo, and
has been confirmed, that Mr.. White al
the progressive meeting last week,
stated to the meeting, that he had vot.
ed for LaFollette delegates to the ma
tional convention, and that while he
voted for Roosevelt, he did not vote
for Roosevelt delegates because
he lacked confidence in the leadership
of Roosevelt's campaign in North Da-
kota.
This will be q surprise to the Roose-
velt men of Barnes county.
How could you do it Mr.. White?
Just when did you loose confidence in
the leadership?
You signed up for Roosevelt just be-
fore the editor of this paper. Shortly
after you expressed the belief that
Roosevelt would sweep the state. You
also said you had made up your mind to
be candidate for congress. A day OF
two later you sent q man to Fargo to
see Mr.. Hanna and make sure of his
support for congress. Then you went
yourself to Fargo to see Mr.. Hanna and
ask him for his support. Mr.. Hanna
would not do better than to say he
would considerit, so you went within
few days to see H. N. Tucker, the
progressive chairman, to get his support
and you told him that you would vote
for Buchanan.
Tucker could not hear you. Nothing
doing. So again we ask:
When did you lose faith in Hanna's g
leadeship? Was it before or-after you
became the first signer for Roosevelt?
Was it before or after you went to see
Hanna at Fargo? Was it before or
after you promised 70 support Buchan-
an? Was it before or after you intro
duced Clifford Pinchot?
Was Il before or after you went with
Frank Talcott and party to Jamestown?
Was it before or after primary election
day!
q q & We might i sadd i d the above that
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Roseglen Correspondence

NOSSSlSl correspondence
Miss Ragna Syndsness left for Wash
burn on April Goth where she is to work
for E. H. Holtan.
A calf with two heads was born on
the Peder Barsness farm last week.
It was deformed in many other ways
too and did not live. The mother Of
the calf also died.
Mrs. Marie Hanson, Carl Hanson and
Mrs. E. E. Kvale and sons were callers
at Ole Rostad's last Sunday. G
Torger HOLDEN and John j. Lunden
have been on the sick list all spring
being unable to do any work.
The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs.
Henry Snippen the first Wednesday in
June.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-10
Roads Cost Too Much
McClusky Gazette: After q d

spectacular fight, R. M. Rishworth,
Fighting Bob of the Sheridan, - won a
sensational victory in the famous county
grading case. Along about the first of
the year County Auditor Teibel checked
up different grades made by G. A. Hill
and made the startling discovery that
the contractor had been heavily over
paid by the county commissioners. A
recapitulation of the entire case is Civ
en- above.
The commissioners met at the court
house on Wednesday of this week and
directed G. A. Hill to refund to Sheri-
dan county the sum of S3,321.74, the
amount which, according to the state
engineers estimate, had been overpaid
by the commissioners to the contractor
Mr.. Hill, the matter having been brought
to their attention through the suit
above mentioned. Conforming with this
order Mr.. Hill returned the warrant for
$1,000 issued to him on December 5,
1911, and upon which $500 had been
paid, thus leaving balance of $521. "a
yet due Sheridan county. The commits
sioners held that the unpaid balance of
the warrant would reimburse the coun-
I:ty, provided that Mr.. Hill would COM
plete the unfinished work according to
the contract.
The laws governing the manner in
which public grading in counties in this
state shall be done, the duties of county
commissioners regarding contracts shall
be paid are very explicit, SO that he
who runs may read. Appended is an
excerpt from the laws on this subject:
Section 1876, R. c. 1905 The board
of county commissioners shall in each
case Of each improvement ordered by
it designate the place of beginning and
the direction in which the work shall
proceed, and require the same to be
completed, mile by mile, or in parts Of
miles continuously, as 80 ordered. It
may also require q supervision of the
work by the county surveyor, so far as
deemed necessary, and shall require
him to compute and estimate the
amount Of completed work and certify
the same to the county auditor at the
end Of each month, and. all work SO con-
tracted for shall be completed prior to,
the first day Of November next follow.
ing. The provisions Of this section and
the orders and directions Of the board
made in pursuance thereof shall consti-
| tute apart Of the provisions and condi-
tions Of every such contract, whether
expressed therein or not. &
Further comments Unnecessary other
than TO state that the people Of Sheri-.
dan county are TO be cong atulated that
they have : real man for county audi
tor, . man who has the backbone TO
make : remonstrance that counts when
the county interests are placed Ia Sjeop-
srdy and j county auditor who knoWss
the business from beginning 70 end
County Auditor Teibel has eiven the
grading problem A lot of study, he has
probsds tie mn tier to the bot tom, md
| il the words of anot her, he has ssdeliv-I
erred the goods. Fl 3S i8Fsss, ss sss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
RUN OVER BY EMPTY AUTO.
Spencer Davis Seriously Injured In a
Garage In Springfield

Springfield, Mass, March TO- Spencer
Davis of Rochester. VT employed by
tn Massachusetts Auto and Supply COM
pany at "a Fort street, was probably
fatally injured about 1880 o'clock sun
dav afternoon. when he was run over
by an automobile on which he himself
was working. The car, large Buick
stood in the Fort street garage, and
Davis was cranking it, not knowing that
it was set in speed II shot forward
knocking Davis down and running over
him, dragged him some distance. The
ear sped out of the garage door under
considerable Roadway and struck anoth-
er automobile which stood at the curb
near the Fort street side Of the post
office. The lamps on the runaway car
were broken, while the tire and rear
wheel of the other car were badly dam
aged Davis was picked up and taken
to Mercy hospital in the police ann
bulance, where he was attended by DIR.
f. j. Mahoney. II was found that he
had serious spinal and abdominal in
iliries. His chances of recovery are con
sidered to be slight. Davis roomed on
Vernon street His parents in Roehes
ter were notified of his condition and
they started for this city at once.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
SUPREME COURT FILLED.
Mahlon Pitney, the New Associate JUS
tice, Takes Oath of Office.

Washington, ID. c., March l9--Mahlon
Pitney of New Jersey, took the oath OF
Office and assumed the duties of asso-
ciate justice OF the supreme court OF
the United States as the successor of
the late Justice Harlan. 1t was the
first time since illness last October
called Justice Harlan to his deathbed
that the bench was filed. Mrs Pitney
and other relatives witnessed the pub
lie ceremonies.
Every step of Justice Pitney's eleva.
tion to the supreme court was marked
with dignity and old time customs.
Meeting with the other justices in the
rohing room, the New Jersey chancellor
took the statutory oath of office, admin
istered by Chief Justice White. Attired
in the long, sombre robe of office, he
joined at noon the procession of Judges
AZ they mareed across the corridor to
take up their duties of the day. Once
the eight members of the bench had
taken their seats, Chief Justice White
announced to the bar the appointment
of Mr. Pitney A word of official vel
come was extended and the chief justice
directed the clerk to administer sec
ond oath. This time Judge Pitney took
the judicial oath" solemnly with equal
right to the poor and to the rich
and to faithfully and impartially dis
charge and perform all the duties in
cumbent upon him. The same Bible
on which justices have taken the oath
for century was used The new JUS
tice was then conducted to his seat at
the extreme left.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
ESSAYS BY SENIORS
Were Given by Part of 1912 Class at
Goddard Seminary Last Night.

A large audience attended the senior
exhibition at Goddard seminary last
night, when part OF the class of 1912
presented their essays. The program
was very good and was much appreciated
by the students and townspeople, as
WELL The other section of the class of
3s members will present their essays
next term.
The following program, except those
numbers marked by the asterisk, which
will be presented later. was given: Over
ture, THE Wood Nymphs," Bennett,
Miss Loranger and Miss Holister; In
dustrial Cooperation" Goldie Della
Hawes; Terrorism in America" Elmer
Sampson Pierce; international Peace,
Harold Henry Johnson; Sugar Industry
of Vermont" Avis Jeanette Keir,
+"Some of the Ideas of Thomas A. Edi-
son." Harold Christopher ChapeIl; THE
Parcels Post Clarence Roscoe McIver
"Gondolera," Reineeke; Miss Wells, Miss
Averill; #"The History of the Tele-
phone" Philip Eugene Goodere; "The
Green Mountain State" Majorie Kath-
crime Parker; improvements in Fire
Service Frank Holden Tupper sour
Oldest City" Mary Clementine Dole;
"The Great American Desert" Ruby
Jeanette Bartlett; *"Aerial Navigation"
William Branson McIeay; "New York's
Greatest Aqueduct,' Raymond franklin
Sherburne; vocal solo, "Springtide'
(Greenl, Miss Wingate; '"American Git
izenship," Charles Walter Pattee; Ian
guage, Queen of Studies" Ruth Lillian
Waterman; +"The Election of United
States Senator's Victor Patterson
Forest Fires" Fay Josiah Martin;
s"The Modern Philosophers Stone,
Clayton Cree Spencer "Dr. Ella Flagg
Young" lnez Elizabeth Waterman
+"Legends Of the Merrimack Valley,
Marion Eleanor Wingate; Creole Eyes
tGottscbalkl, Miss Barclay and Miss
Dashner; "The Automobile" Allen Gil !
bert Dix; '"The Moros," John Blackmer /
Smith; "The Seasons" Nina Louise /
Bates; "The People and Their Govern
mentp Wallace Fri Dutton
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
NEW RED MEMS TRIBE
Was Instituted at Montpelier Last
Evening

Sioux tribe, No. %, Improved Order
of Red Men, was instituted in Mont
,peier last night, the meeting being held
in the Knights of Pythias hall there and
being attended by members of the Barre
and East Barre tribes which conferred
the degrees, As many as sixty from
these two tribes were in attendance, and.
in addition, there were visitors from
Brattleboro and places in New England
more remote.
Among those present We're Great Sa-
chem Nj. f. Leonard of Hardwick, Past
Great Sachem w. w Russell Of Barre;
Great Senior Sycamore +. +. Marshall Of
Beechers Falls, Mass, and Great Chief
of Records John Story of Hardwiek
The officers of Sioux tribe installed
were: Prophet, c. A. Lang; saehem, DR..
F. C. Barretta senior sycamore, James
Jerome; junior sycamore, f. G. Vinton;
keeper of records, Henry Jerome col
lector of wampum, Albert Moore; keeper
of wampum Arthur Whiteomb; first
sunap Clyde Worthen; second sunap,
Fred Felt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
REVOLVER WAS FIRED
But Essex Junction Officer Claimed He
Fired II to Bring Help.

Essex Junction, March TO-. Rev. j. b.
Pouliot and Theofeld known as Tuffield
CConnor appeared yesterday before
States Attorney Henry b. Shaw in Bur.
lirgton to enter complaint against Dana
c. Woodward, charging breach Of
the peace, alleged to have been com
mitted Saturday evening. OConnor
claimed that while shoyeing path
from the residence OF Father Pouliot
to the Church II the Holy Family across
the Woodward right OF way he was
ordered TO desist by Mr.. Woodward.
0'Connor further alleged that Woodward
said he would put a bullet in his head
If he did not cease operations, O'Con
nor kept right on with his work and
then, according to his statement, Wood
ward fired revolver. States Attorney
shaw has not as yet investigated the
cast and it has not, as reported, been
entered in county court.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward claim that
the breach of the peace was committed
By 0'Connor. For several weeks O'Con-
nor, who is employed by the Rev Fa
ther Pouliot has, they claim. filled up
Mr.. Woodward's path so that il was
made impassabe to the road. Last
Saturday evening while Mrs. Wood
ward was cleaning out what OConnor
had filed in, he appeared and after
some talk, threw snow Mt her. say
ing he would cover her with snow, and
in some manner hit her hand with
shovel, making a bruise. Mrs. Wool
ward called the police, and Mr. Wood
ward, who is one of the village police
and the first officer to arrive after
the shooting Of Mae Labelle some
months ago at the station, came out
of the house and ordered O'Connor off |
Mr. Woodward claims O'Conuor told
him he would knock H. out of him
Mr. Woodward then held his revolver
toward the ground and fired a shot into |
the snow to call help to arrest O'Con- |
nor, who ran of. Mr. Woodward states /
that he said nothing about shooting |
0Connor and also that it is not right |
Of way as he owns the land.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
TWO MEN IN COURT
One Was Sent TO County Jail and the
Other Paid Fine.

Oscar Swensky, whose face is said to
be a familiar one in city court, was
arraigned before Judge II. w, Scott this
morning on the charge OF being an habit,
ual drunkard. Oscar admitted the of
fense and was sentenced to pay costs
Of $3.50 and to serve thirty days in
the county jail at Montpelier. In de-
fault OF the cost money. he will prob
ably serve fifteen days additional TO
the original sentence. Swensky was ly-
iug PROSTATE on the road side below
Jones Bros plant yesterday afternoon
il is alleged, when Chief Of Police Sin
clair arrived and took him in custody.
An officer took him to Jail this morn
ing
The second arrest to develop in the
free-for-all row which is said to have
occurred on Summer street early sun
day morning. came yesterday afternoon,
when John Ncliardy was brought be-
fore Judge Scott to face a breach of
peace charge. The respondent pleaded
guilty and paid fine OF S5 and costs
OF S5.l4
For participating in some kind Of ah
alteration said TO have taken place IN
Faster street Sunday. Daniel Sexton was
arraigned before Judge Scott late this
forenoon and pleaded guilty to a charge
of breach of peace. He was fined $
and costs of S5.l4, which he paid. Sex
ton was placed under arrest this morn.
ing by Officer Harry NJ Gamble. who
had warrant issued by States Attorney
j. Ward Carver.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19
SMALL CASE BEING HEARD.
1t Is General Assumpsit Case Over a
Question of Wages.

John II. Johnson VS.. James H. Pierce
was taken up in Washington county
court yesterday afternoon, the case being
one of general assumpsit over wages al
legged to be due the plaintiff The plain
tiff went on the stand first and testified
that he was hired for one dollar a day
and board and that later the wages
were increased to $3.50 day and board,
when he went to work in the mill. The
case is likely to be short The jury
which is hearing it is: Delbert T. Law
son, George Whitcher Patrick Callahan
i. f. Hathaway, ID. G. X. Hunt, j. S.
II. Benjamin, H. l.. Abbott, c. d. Joslyn,
c. 7. Mccarthy, L. J. Boyce and F. H.
Phlbriek.
The case of Allen Lumber company VS..
L. Hegira has been transferred from the
jury calendar to the court calendar.
One of the visitors at the courthouse
to-day was Sheriff Edward s. Witham,
who was the sheriff who had charge OF
the court in Plymouth, Mass when Lena
Cashumo was convicted for murder re-
Gently, being the first woman to be SEN
tenced to electrOcution in Massachusetts,.
lie and a deputy had charge of the case
for fourteen days and Sheriff Witham
comes here for rest.