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The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31
Elevators Must Be Good

Grain elevators must toe the mark in
the matter of complying with certain
North Dakota laws regulating the pur-
chases and handling Of grain or there
will be trouble.
This is the ultimatum of the state
railroad commission which held meet
ing in Bismarck the latter part of lsat
week.
The railroad commission has issued q
circular letter to every elevator in the
state,. and in this letter attention is
called to complaints that have been
lodged with the board effecting the
general operations.
One of the features which is touched
upon is that of unfair competition
methods. It has been charged that
certain line elevators engaged in busi-
nsssin this state at points where other
companies are located, have been issu-
ingsfalse market reports, circularizing
towns where the other concern is To-
Gated alone. Such false market re-
port fixes the price of grain at higher
point than it actually; is, thus causing
the company to suffer. This practice
i,asbeen resorted to to the detriment of
local line companies not effecting the
big organizations which usually have
representation on the boards Of trade,
~ The question Of barley dockage is ai-
80 brought up. It is shown in some
complaints with the commission that
dockage as high as from to 10 pounds
has been exacted.
There will be prosecutions in in
stances .of violation Of the law which
prohibits the exacting Of q dockage on
barley 81 oats, as no such dockage is
permitted at the terminals.
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31
Milton Packages Sent

Six million packages were handled by
parcel post during the first seven days
Of the operation Of the system. accord
ing to figures prepared by
experts of the postoffice department. +
The figures were compiled from re-
ports received by Postmaster General
Hitchcock from 1884 out Of the 1,65o
postofiices having city delivery service
and estimates made from scattering
reports Of the remaining postoffices Of
the country. The returns show that
during the first seven days loss, 1874
packages were handled in the city de-
livery offices which have submitted
reports. Of this number 1O7,581 pack
ages were insured. As all the Offices
were closed on New Years day. and
Sunday the reports cover substantially
only five days.
Without exception, . said POST
master General Hitchcock last night,
'.postmasters are enthusiastic over the
parcel post service and many Of them
have submitted with their reports per-
sonal letters describing the reception
Of the system by their communities and
offering suggestions for the betterment
Of the service. i Practically Ill post
masters report : steady increase 81
parcel post business and that q local
~ =, Merchants and lnan,,f cf1Iraras .hacnma
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31

SsAS ssSASSA . NAyy w 4VCu SnO 0A8S P0S
bellied, cast iron stove then in use, SO
itwas we were delegated to burn Mr..
Colton's coal. Together with kindling,
kerosene and Hooking valley, we burnt
the stuff, that afterwards left a mass
Of what looked just like clay-perhaps
it was clay-that had to be taken out
through the door, for no CRATE shaking
disturbed its compactness. After two
or three trials the office force was a
unit in its disgust of Ignite. It was
years afterwards we again experiment.
ed with Ignite in Mayville, and though
much better was still far from salts
factory. We recount these early ex-
periments with the then Ignite coal to
show wherein aversion to it arose.
Whether due to ageing, greater depth
at which had or to better facilities we
don't pretend to know, but certain it is
the Ignite of those days and the Ignite
of today is about as little alike as hide
and finished leather.
Two things are essential in the use of
Ignite; first. your heater, range or
furnace must be adopted to its use and,
secondly, one must learn its peculiarities.
Any of the so-called oak stoves, but
particularly those with the hot blast at
tached, are adapted to burning Ignite
for heating, while in range or cook
stove about all that is required is a
capacious firebox. In handling the
coal itself the one thing to remember
is, after your fire is lit, is to merely
keep shaking it down and not be
affrighted if, seemingly, there is an
undue proportion of Goals falling through
the CRATE. What falls through burns
up and gives out it's heat. 1t must not
be poked or stirred other than by shak-
ing the CRATE. A mere handful of live
Goals will ignite fresh coal thrown on,
but once thrown on don't make the
mistake of trying to hurry it by piling
in wood, for it is quite impossible to
start Ignite by fire atop, due to the
gas it is said-at any rate don't at
tempt it. It is unlikely to get too low
in the day time, but you will have
trouble in the morning, till you learn to
pile in plenty at night and then shut
the stove off tight, including damper
in the pipe. Shut off in this wise your
fire will keep twenty-four hours, and
then spring up as if by magic at few
vigorous shakes of the CRATE. In a
word, to burn Ignite successfully mere
ly shake the CRATE and put on plenty at
night. Observe these few precautions,
and you will find Ignite, for use in
home or store, the best coal on earth.
Up this way, in proximity to the
source of supply, there is no apprehen-
sion as to the future of Ignite; it will
be exploited by amazing strides within
a very few years. The Great North
ern's use Of it in its big undertaking
may serve to bring it to the favorable
notice of eastern money weights sooner,
though the advent of railways through
additional coal territory had already
served to awaken capital. Ryder Journ.
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31
Using tie Think Tank

Balanced delicately upon the end Of
the SPINAL columns of almost everybody
40 thing, called : head, containing.
theoretic cally, ! thinking machine. It
is true that Won win once ina while run
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31
Math Hager and Phoebe Dilley.
E. L. Hopkins and Isabella Russell.
Adolph Nordsky and Nettie Chilson.

Math Hager and Phoebe Dilley.
E. L. Hopkins and Isabella Russell.
Adolph Nordsky and Nettie Chilson.
July
F. 0. Hall and Mary Sorenson.
L. w. Curtess and Florena N. Sperry.
Neil Harmon and Vivian O'Brien.
John Albrecht and Dora Burckert
F. r. Severson and Bernice E. Keir.
H. M. Kennedy and Mollie Neppert.
August
j. w. Hopton and Sadie Colip.
A. E. Huber and Mary Helm.
II. Z. Weist and Pauline Singer.
Dow Leversee and Tillle White.
September
Adam Thompson and Lulu Payne.
R. R. Jackling and Laval Hammock.
E. R. Miller and Isabelle Harkett.
j. H. Starbuck and Alma j. Brummund.
C. H. Heck and Jennie Hedstrom.
r. E. Roe and Ella May Gustafson.
o. j. Schneider and EmmaJ. Hanson.
j. r. Ekstrom and Iva M. Whltlock.
G. w. Firm and Katherine Dunkvine.
October
c. w. Hanson and Ella Daniels.
Chas Cross and Leafy Smith.
A. B. Mellin and Rama M. Everson.
William Lick and Lizzie Wagner.
George Novak and Anna Morenko.
B. H. Brewer and Elizabeth B. Wright.
Fred Schlag and Anna Kolbinsvick.
j. j. Holkup and Frances Mack.
November
E.A. Lindsey and Carrie c. Dinkel.
E. w. Kroll and Ellen Janke.
Frank Friese and Josephine Alters.
A. C. Metz and Mary C. Standish.
o. S. Hjelle and Ella T. Myrah.
L. R. Stroth and Violet Harris.
H. Gessele and Katherine Singer.
Isaac Dunwood and Martha Blowel.
John Helm and Christina Gaub.
Andrew H. Henle and Elizabeth
Wacker.
December
T. ]. Kits and Naomia A. Robinson.
w. S. Vickers and Carrie M. Holmes.
F. Mehlhof and Paulina Hofer.
}. T. Estep and Mollie E. Campbell.
A. H. Thode and Mary DeHaven.
j. w. Keith and Hazel V. Davis.
R. D. Kollman and Elma ]. Hill.
L. D. Walters and Wilhemina I.
Freitag.
j. Hanlon and Clara D. Steffen.
w. F. Schmidt and Mabel d. Anderson.
T. w. Ramps and Lenora D. Kline.
r. w. Nelson and Lottie E. Carlson.
M. H. Grochow and Anna Swanson.
j. C. Wilson and Adina Peterson.
H. O. Torgenson and Mabel E. Ecklund.
D. Grushkowski and Lena Huncherenko.
Fred Neumiller and Lizzie Fischer.
Matt Beeks and Mabel Fahlgren.
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31


Il Three members of the Jacob Helm.
family Of Martin were killed last Sum
day when . wagon IA which they were.
riding was run into BY tie 500
Spokane Flyer. 5ss3
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31
What Crop Rotation Signifies

Grand Forks, Jan. l6.-Around the
expression of crop rotation there has
grown up an idea among considerable
PERCENTAGE of North Dakota farmers
that these words express something
very technical. The Better Farming
Association in recent bulletin empha-
sizes the fact that crop rotation is moth
ing more or less than simply the ar
rangement of different classes of crops
so that in series of years there shall
be maximum of returns and mini
mum of fertility lost. The establish
ment of crop rotation on a farm does
not usually require any radical change
in acreage. 1t means that for a series
of years there shall be just as many
acres of money crops seeded and har-
vested as will make their production
profitable.
The planning of complete rotation
of any farm consists in the placing
of crops which give the great
est net income for the farm
will be obtained. By taking into con-
sideration the factors effecting crop
growth and following complete and
carefully planned rotation, the present
productiveness of the soil may not only
be maintained, but be largely increased.
While rotation can be used with profit
if live stock are kept, it is much easier
to return to the soil the organic matter
contained in the crop residues when
they are fed on the farm. Crop rota-
tion and live stock with the return of
manure to the land judiciously, bring
permanent prosperity.
It is not always possible to state
definitely how much the productive ca
pacity of soil has been improved by
crop rotation because some of the re-
suits are immediate, while others are
carried over for future production. At
the North Dakota experiment station
it has been found after, fifteen years of
study, that wheat was increased SO per
cent, or about six bushels per acre
when corn was introduced into the ro-
tation, and an additional eleven per
cent when manure was applied. The
state demonstration farms showed after
four years cropping a yield Of 26.49
bushels per acre as against 14.4 bushels
on land cropped without rotation sys-
TEN.
If we'll planned rotation is carried
out on the farm it will accomplish the
following ends: ~.
1. It will keep the soil in a high
state of productivity.
2. It will prevent excessive losses in
dry years.
8. It will keep down the weeds.
4. 1t will make it possible to obtain
better distribution Of farm labor.
S. It will decrease the unit cost of |
producing farm products.
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31
across q person who possesses no think
ing apparatus at all, but it is safe to
say that generally speaking, everybody

OF course, the mere possession Of .
think signifies nothing. tits righ'
use Of the think-alorum that brings
home the bacon for the baby. Some
folks do not realize that there is Alright
and a wrong way to think; that. while
the process Of thinking is an involun.
tary one, the brain can be trained tc
work effectively, just as one of the
muscles can be developed.
For it is not mere thinking but effec-
tive thinking;to which we should aspire.
Hard work is energy practically wasted
unless it is directed by intelligence.
You have got to put in your licks where
they count. The unthinking manly
which is really meant the man who does
not think well-misdirects his efforts
and works against himself. Many
times he finds himself attempting tasks
as almost impossible as lifting himself
by the suspenders.
Thought should precede action. You
would not attempt to erect a skyscrap-
er at haphazard, without blue prints
showing every detail. The draughts-
man in the Office is the man who really
builds the structure, for it is within his
brain that every piece of steel has been
assigned to its place and position.
Confusion means waste. Disorder
has ruined thousands of merchants.
The people who dash about their bust
ness without reflection make many
false motions. Only small PERCENTAGE
of their possible efficiency is being de-
veloped.
We can train ourselves to think with
method. We can acquire the ability to
concentrate upon one thing at time.
It is only by acute mental concentra-
tion that We can evolve ideas which put
into operation, bring profitable results.
This concentration does not mean think
ing of only one thing, but thinking of
only one thing at time.
There are many preaching the doc
trine of concentration in the sense that
one should attempt to do but one thing
in life. But practical experience has
taught us that if we want to get things
done we must usually go to busy man.
There is almost no limit within reason
to the activities which one individual
can successfully carry forward, provid-
ed he has this faculty Of clear thinking,
and of complete concentration upon the
affair of the moment. Do one thing at
time with earnestness and you can do
many different things we'll.
/, A man should make his mind his SER
want and not his master. He should be
wise enough to know when to let his
brain relax and rest, and he should
know when he can force it to extra du-
ties. A clear head is the most valuable
asset we can own.
Most people of active lives read too
little. Reading is one of the best tonics
for the brain. The mind requires food
as much as the body. It needs an oc-
casional vacation, a change Of scene.
1t requires stimulating occasionally.
Don't read on a street-car, or when you
are tagged mentally. IF you feel dull
read something interesting. II you
feel keen let your mind feed for time
upon some solid reading.
The work of the world is done up
stairs in the noodle. Ginger.
The Washburn leader., 1913-01-31
Conkling Corr dence

tonkling Correspondence
Ernest slagg went 70 Garrison last
Thursday where he will spend several
days visiting.
Quite number from here attended
the basket ball game in. town last Fri
day evening. &,
4 Mrs. w: E. Partridge and daughter,
Clara, called on Mrs. Ralph Roe last
Wednesday. Y .t1.3 II .,8 e. S: s;s
Miss Nellie Furst returned home on
Monday from Washburn after spend-
ing ssverni days visiting there.
"A dance viii be given at the Holtz-
sYnagel home Friday 8. Every one i
cordially invited y attend and have 1 !
good time. /: M II 5s
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
Rrfnuina ur q pen.

A writer ln Country Life In Ameriya gives some advice ou the bringing uD of a dog. As be tells it, the process looks easy enough The first and most important lesson for pup to learn is to stop anything he may be doing when you say Stop" and to continue when you say All right" 1T well learned this will explain to him an future com mands. After this comes the lesson to lie down when you command Down and to stay down while you leave him. For this latter it is best to tie him to something and then if he does not drop when you call Down" from a distance return quickly and, scOIdiuE, push him down forclbIy. A caress and a taste of food should be his reward If he does right
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
HoWs THIs7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re uard for any case of eatarTh that car not be cured ny Han's Catarrh Cure F. J CHENEY 6 co. Toledo O.
 We, the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the past l5 ysars, Toledo, o.
 and believe Aim perfectly honorable In all business transactions. and fin tions made by his firm. Waldiug. Kin nan & Marvin. Wholesale oruggists O anciaIly able tlp carry out any obliga
 Har's CatarHh cure Is taken intern ally. acting difeCtly upon the blood and mucous susfaces of the system Testimonials sdnt free. Price 75c per bottle. soldl by all druggist.
 Take Halls FAmig Plls for eonst patiion.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
NOTICE OF ELECTION

A general municipal election will be held Tuesday, April 1st, 1913, for the purpose of electing seven councilmen and one member (treas- urer) of the School Board.
 The election will be held at the Town Hall and the hours for voting will be from 2 A. Nj. to T P. M.,
 A voter for councilman must be male citizen of the United States or who has declared his intentions to become such, twenty-one years or over, who has resided continuously one year next preceding the cleo tion in the Territory of Alaska and for six months preceding the cleo tion in the Town of Skagway, and who has been duly registered.
 All adults male or female, who are citizens of the United states or who have declared their intention to become such and who are bona fide residents of the Town of sRag- way, are qualified to vote for the School Treasurer.
 ID. W. Mckay, .2-1-13 Town Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
SYSTEMS IN GAMBLING.
Monte Carlo Just smilss at Them and
 Keepr on Winning.

Monte Carlo Just Smilss at Them and
 Keeps on Winning.
 There are on,y two games played at Monte CarIo-roulette and a simple card game called trente ct Quarante, One ls assured that these games are played quite fairly and that the per centage In favor of tue bank is 6l to Go. whataye- it may toe. this certain percentage in favor of the tables over comes all systems that human ingenuity can work out by any law of averages. NJ. Blanc win permit you to play any way you like. and to double your bet as often as you like until it reaches coco francs at roulette or 10000 francs at treute ct uuarante. Then you must begin oyer again, for it Ia quite clear that fl one were permitted to double indefinitely lt would only be a Ques- ton of ua'e and sufficient money to put NJ Blanc out of business.
 Thus it haDNens that Nj. Blanc, who takes no cha1Ce. wins against all those who are pern'itted to take any sort of chance they Eike. Sir Hiram Maxim disposed of all systems when be shat tered a popular, ,ielusion in these words:
 If red has come up twenty times in succession it is Jrst as likely to come up at the tweuty-trst time as 1t would be if 1t had not come up before for a week Each particular coup is govern ed altogether by tho physical condi- tions existing at that particular in- stant The ball spins round a great many times in a groove, When Its mo- mentum Is used up it CoJHes in contact with several pieces of brai.s and finally tumbles Into a pocket To the wheel which is rotating in m oDpCsite direc- ton It Is a pure and unaCulteTated question Of chance, and it A3 Et in- tluenced in the least by anything that has ever taken place before ,pr that will take place In the future.E-Mel. vile DavisSOn Post in Saturday Even- ing Post
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05

Mrs. Al Scott of Carcross. came up on the Jefferson and left this morning for her home.
 Jas. Mcdonald, bridge builder for the White Pass, is again in the city, after spending a few weeks on the Sound
 Mrs. Karl Ask has returned to | join her husband, after a visit Of some duration in Seattle and Tacoma.
 The White Pass club announce a dcuce to be given in their hall next Friday evening. The public is invited to attend and enjoy an evening of pleasure.
 Tuck Flaherty, who has been visiting the old swimming hole in Bucyrus, Ohio during the past win ter. returned last evening on the Jefferson.
 After a winter spent in Kentucky and Ohio, Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Ander- son returned last night on the Jef- ferson and will again take up their residence here.
 Among the outgoing passengers on the Jefferson this morning, were Mrs. Ida Crease, John Alden, Mark Phelps, S E. Chambers of Carcross and Byron Olson of Glacier.
 After nearly two months spent in Washington ahd Oregon, Mrs. Har- riet Pullen returned last evening, During her absence she visited her son Lieutenant Dan, who is station ed at Vancouver barracks.
 Smith Remick, formerly a resi- dent of Skagway, returned last evening. When MT. Remick left this city hs sold his cottage, and when he returned last evening he re-bought it. That is evidence that he likes the place.
 Dr. and Mrs. Gable returned last evening from thc Atlantic coast where Mrs. Gable has spent the past year recovering from a prolong- ed illness. Her health having been restored she has returned to again become resident of Skagway. The Doctor left several weeks ago 70 bring her home
 The Jefferson arrived in Skagway at IO:3O last evening and sailed at 4:3O this morning. She brought up III tons os freight and 5S horses. Some of the horses will be used on the White Pass stage iae, while others will be employed in various mining enterprises of the interior. They all went over the line this morning on a special train, which took over a large number of passen- gers.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
CHANGE FORECASTS.
Writers of old Who Dimly Pointed ts
 Modern Inventions.

Writers of old Who Dinly Pointed te
 Modern Inventions.
 Chance phrases in the literary works Of other days describe with uncanuy sxactness inventions of far later times. For instance, we dnd in the "Prolu- sionsp of Suudu the Roman. which were published in thc year l611, what might be held to embody a crude de- scription of wireless telegraphy.
 Strada represents two friends as car rying on a correspondence by means ct certain loadstone which has such virtue in lt that. fl it touches two nee dies when one of the needles begins to move, the other, although at ever so great a distance, moves at the same time and ln the same mannenp
 In 1874 Robert Hooke published a work wherein ha observed that as glasses improve the vision SO ways might be found to improve our other senses. Ut is not impossible" says he, ito hear a whisper a distance of fur long, and perhaps the nature of the thing would not make 1t impossible d. though that fUrlong should be ten times multiplied" This seems tO be a fair forecast of the telephone.
 In "Gulllyer's Travels" Swift causes his hero to relate in the voyage to La puta that the astronomers there have likewise discovered the two lesser stars or satellites which revolve about Mars" This has been held to constitute a sa- tire on sham science. Nevertheless Professor ASaph Hall a few years ago discovered the two tiny satellites.
 It was more than 1,7OO years ago that Lucian gave an account of the manner wherein-the inhabitants Of the moon drank lair squeezed or compress ed into a goblet SO that 1t formed a kind Of dew This clearly suggests liquid air
 The same writer in Vera Historia" humorousIy and at some length de- scrlbes an aerial ship tho sails Of which were inflated by a whirlwind, thus im- polling it through space to the moOn.- HarperS
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
Ola rin,n School Honr,.

In Scotland, up to she middle of the eighteenth century, the usual school hours were from a. m. till D. m-, with two breaks or an hour each. Some schools opened an hour earlier and worked SD long as daylight lasted No alteration in the hours was made on Saturday. and even on Sunday a cer tain amount of school work was done The holidays were restricted to a day at Caudlemas and at Whitsun, and a fortnight iu the autumn
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05

Olympia beer on draft at the Hoard of Trade. This famous brew Is kept constantly fresh both on drutt and in bottles. This is the tim,s 10 drink beer. Get it at the Board of Trade Bar, where the eel. ebrated Rainier Beer is also kept In bottles. u.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

Citizens desiring to vote for can Gidates for the common council of Skagway, Alaska, at the municipal election to be held April 1, 1913, must register. The registration books will be open at the town hall from 2 to 10 o'clock every evening from March 17 until March 29, in- elusive.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
Good Time Coming.

'I tell you. RinEs." said the million. aire, with great gusto. talk about your fun! There's none to equal that of earning a million. dollar by dollar"
 By ginger" said little Blnks, what lot of fun there Is ahead of meir- Harper's Weekly.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05

Bonded whisKses-Gibson, Noun Vernon and Belmont The best of Beer-Blue Ribbon, Budweiser aud Pale Rainier, at tbe Masoot Tels- phone 67. G
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05

PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
 Your druggist wil refund money if PAZo OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Prot-udtng Piles in 6 to IA days. soc.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
elusive

Food cooked as 1t should be at the White Pass Cafe" Only the best in the market Mrs. Orloff King, proprietress. t
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-05
prettv Meek.

Bl0bbs- HenpecEke always reminds me Of a mouse Slohhs Nonsense! If he was anything like mouse his wife would be afraid of him. Philadelphia Record