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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
ALL SIX AMENDMENTS
CARRIED IN THE STATE

From the incomplete returns
so far received it's almost certain
that all of the six proposed.
amendments to the state consti-
tuition, submitte to the voters
at the election last week, have
carried. These include two initi-
'ative and referendum clauses,
one providing for tIe initiative
and referendum for legislation,
the other providing the initiativ,
for the n.tituticn. The third
amendment changed the name
of the state blind asylum to the
state school for the blind. The
fourth amI Loment provides for
the classification Of property for
the purpose ct taxation. The
fifth pro>id,c 1lr state aid Tor
public highways and the sixth
provided for t., NINA el, yator.
within the stat.
The last two proposions, from
"a practical standpoint, are OF
great Importance. North Dakota
will now have chance to est-
tab!ish state owned terminal
elevators. Members of the stat"
board Of control vii! leave t@-
morrow for Canada to gather
data concerning government OWL
ed terminal elevators i'm the do
minion, that will be furnished to
the state legislature as a basis
for action in this regard.
The provision allowing the leg
islature to set aside funds for
Estate aid for highways puts
North Dakota among the pro-
gressive states Of the nation
(which are pulling themselves out
of the mud. Minnesota has been
ahead Of North Dakota in this
respect, having been at work on
state highways for several years,
with excellen4 results.
Because of the passage of this
amendment the coming session OF
the state legislature will have a
chance to get the state started
on a workable and comprehen-
sive plan for state highways.
Should they do SO North Dakota
will have big stride forward
in its development.-Fargo Fort I
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
TWO ROADS TO USE
BRIDGE OVER RIVER

: Schafer, N. d., Nov. 5.-Thc
500 and Great Northern rail
roads. it is reported here, have
reached an agreement concern
ing the construction or single
bridge across the Missouri river,
which will accommodate the two
roads OH their eXtentions into No
Kenzie county.
. If this is true, the bridge will
be built about cue cast of Plaza
and will change materially the
plan of the Great Northern,
which had contemplated build
ing a line somewhat to the south
Of the 500. The agreement woul
swing the Great Northern line
northward and the roads would
run para el to each other a
short distance.
The 500 railroad already has
its line laid practically to the
Missouri river but the Great
Northern can easily make the
change. ....
| x: i: X X
We at Washbmn have made
an inquiry from the 500 OF
'ficer in reference to the above
and find. that the Great North
e1m will turn the line from Nal
colm a few mile. north OF Garri-
son. In place of following the
Missouri river from the IT.
Stevenson reservation they will
go north Of Garrison and turn
in a northwesterly direction
and follow the 500 line to the
bridge. The crossing will be
across the river in Mountraille
county.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
POPULAR YOUNG FOLKS
MARRIED AT STANTON

Judge Reimstad of Stanton per-
formed the ceremony last week
which united in marriage, Mi
Flora KlokweavOld of Hazen t.
Frank johnson of WashbITl
The wedding was conkid'srah::e'
of a surprise, to their men.
friends in Stanton. The bride l'
quite we'll known there, hayin,
made her home in that city dur
ing the larger part of the pas.'
summer. Her parents live in the
vicinity of Hazen and are high
ly respected people. Mr. john
son has worked in Stanton and
other towns along the lines for
the past two years and is well
and favprably known there
Forum.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
COUNTY DIVISION FIGHT
IN THREE COUNTIES

.TowneY. N. H.. Nov. 6.-Diw;
sion cf McLlenry county was de
feated by a majority Of about
500. Tht fight was one of the
bitterest in the state. The pro-
posed division would have Gre
ated a new county in the south
part Of the present county.
NIandan, N. d., Nov. 6.-Divi-
sion of Morton cunty was de-
feated by a big margin. Two pro
posed plans were voted on.
Beach, N. D., Nov. 6.-Beach
obtained the county seat OF
Golden Valley county, being
chosen by margin Of 147 votes
over Sentinel Butte. The two
towns made hot fight for coun-
ty seat honors.
Washburn, N. D., Nov. TO-
There were three counties, Nc
Lean, McHenry and Morton, that
had the county division propo-
sition to decide this year. Mort
on county had a proposition to
divide it into three parts. The
feeling seems to be that the
farmers are against division of
any kind, it makes no difference
how good it looks. They think
the chances are poor for a farm
er to get any county office, SO
:hey look at it from a pure busi-
ness point. We have never
known, before this campaign,
that it would cost SO much to
run new county, as we learned
after reading the circular letter
sent out from Garrison which
has a heading: ''It pays not to
tell the TRUTH We understand 1t
was j. r. Sullivan who made
this great discovery. It is a
wonder that We had not dis
covered it before Sheridan coun-
.tv was started or our neighbor
county, Mountraille, but this
great discovery may he a bene-
fit to Mclean county in the
future.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
From the Dogden News

Garrison defeated county di-
Vision but in doing so fixed
prejudice against Garrison that
not only will defeat any county.
division scheme hereafter that
she may favor but will slaught-
er. every Garrison man that
comes up for office. They haven It
had much in the past and they:
will get even less in the future.
Garrison went down to Wash
burn in eight lighted autos Wed
nesday evening and paraded the
streets in Washburn, footing.
their horns, yelling, and turning
their engines on at high speed.
They had engaged the opera
but the city dads hastily met
and ordered the house. closed.
Mayor Forbes, being a member
of che democratic party that had
traded votes for county division
for Burgum for register of deeds,
kept the house open for his con-
vivial compatriots.. We cannot
see what they went to Washburn
for. To crown king" John
who won if he lost? The trip
to WAshburn was idiOtic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
From the Max Enterprise

The Hanna county division
proposition was defeated Tues
day by about 200 votes. A light
Vote was cast a" over the coun-
ty and especially was this true
in the north end of the county,
which to large extent was re-
sponsileb for the defeat If the
proposition.
That the division was the best
one ever put up before the peoo
pie Of Mclean county was ad-
mitted by all, and the people
who boosted for it have no APP
pologies to make. 1t was a
long, hard, clean fight, and every
thing that could be done honor
abl y was done for the PROPOSE
ton. We regret that the divis-
ion was defeated and we be-
ieve that the people will rea-
lie when they have time to con-
slider the proposition purely from
a business standpoint that they
have lost one Of the best oppor-
tunities ever offered to them to
advance their own interests.
This is the first time the peo-
pie Of Max have ever taken any
part in any of the numerous
division schemes agitated in Nc
Lean county and, needless to- say
they would not have taken hold
Of It this time if it had not
been forced upon them. Six
years ago, Garrison started
agitating county division and
have had it before the people all
the time since, and when another
division scheme was started by
them this fall, the people of Max
felt that the question should be
decided once and for all time,
and that the only way to have
it settled was to place before the
people a fair and square pr0pt.-
sition and not another bootleg
proposition.
The most gratifying thing
about the election was the way
the people at home stood by the
proposition. Out Of 1O8 votes
cast in Max every vpte was for
division, net ONE vote being
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
COMPLETE RETURNS ON
ALL COUNTY OFFICES

United States Senator
Gronna 1117, Purcell 537.
Representative
Norton ILL, Halverson 538.
Governor .....
Hanna 719, Hellstrom 9S3.
Judge of Supreme Court
Spaulding 1908, Christianson
1850.
State Senator
McGray 1927. Bellies 1872, Nc
Aduo SIP. Coweil 64
Representatives
Fraser 1916, F;eitag 992, Jahr
lO42. Giffey 454 Monteclair 377,
O'Brien 397. .Grimes 3O7, Wagner
349, Wiilougbby 3l3. Larson
"a, johnson 50.
Sheriff.
Hendricks 993, Mariert 563.
Duffy BOP, Peck AZ. Okert 233.
Auditor
Stacker 1912, Samuel Fairman
4l9, Riebhotf 3l5.
Treasurer
Yackey 1914. Mann 474, Balkan
2Se. Sivarts ~.
Clerk Of District Court
Tellefson 1917, Findley 344,
Matson 298, Fritz l22.
Reg ster Of Deeds-
Heck 937. Burkum 838, Sim.
mons 266.
States Attorney
j. E Williams l445, Henry
Golden 325.
County Judge
Geo. p Gibson 1861, G.. M.
yHoughtaling BIG. w. L. Keller 90.
County Division-
For 984, Against 1924.
Woman's Suffrage
For 988, against 1892.
Every Republican candidate,
D. y i 9.,1 - eA I
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
After thoughts
On Fail Election
The Fight Made Against Coun-
ty Division is Still the Talk
of Many

The Republican state and coun-
ty ticket won out at the fall
election. County division lost by
24O votes.
Of the so precincts in the
county Is went against woman
suffrage. 20 were for it.,
3 were tie and 2 failed to re-
port any count.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
Governor Hanna's
Proclamation of
Thanksgiving Day
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
By j.. B. Hanna, Governor.
"A PROCLAMATION.

An established beautiful provision for
the of general prayer thanksgv
ing
The people during past been
literally ewardd has crowned the efforts Of the farm
of prosperity and happnessfee the of
thence and disaster
Almighty God for blessings and mercul gifts bestowed
Therefore, L. b Hanna of the state of North
Dakota conformity with traditional custom and
of president of the United States
do hereby designate and proclaim
THURSDAY NOV. 26, 1914 AS THANKSGIVING DAY
and suspend their daily vocatons and
der homage and reverence due
Done at the capitol at Bn this fifth day Nov 1914
l.. B. HANNA.
BY the
THOMAS HALL.
Secretary of State
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13

w. L. Brokofsky, who owns a
farm south Of Turtle Lake, was,
here ON business Tuesday. HI
brought his brother Henry witt,
him. He is from Drinkmater,
Canada, and has been visiting
lat Turtle Lake a while but will
now 60 to Ventura, N. D., tc
visit his parents. Mr.. Brobofs-
Ky says the crop around Turtl,
Lake were pretty good this year
If they will always, be as good
he will have, no. complaints t.
make.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13
From the Benedict Banner

From the Benedict Banner
Yes, the people have said they
did not want Hanna county.
X X X X
Evidently this was a poor
year for. county divisions.
X X X X
Had the hoodlums from Garri-
son, who went to Washburn to
celebrate "King Johns defeat,
had only had a little brains, it
might have occurred to them
that it was not his defeat but
his victory over Garrison they
were celebrating.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-11-13

CONTINUED on page ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
THE DANCER AS AN ACTRESS
COMBINING THE TALENTS

only Lydia Lopokowa was sent to the
Imperial Ballet School and she was
graduated from there when 10, the
youngest graduate the school has ever
had. She appeared before the Car and
became premiere danseuse at the Inn
perial Theatre. Later she went to
France, Germany and England to dance.
and each place she captivated by her
grace and sweetness.
Because she remained In America
Miss Lopokowa has forfeited her PEN
sion from the Gar. but she wants to he
an American anyway. She has been
possessed with the idea OF living In
America ever since she first saw the
Statue Of Liberty. Until to-day she has
never once changed her mind. though
at times she admits a desire for her
mother.
Daily since she has been fortunate
enough to have contract to appear
under Mr.. Fishes management Lydia
Lopokowa has spent an hour with him
learning to speak and read English. Her
progress has been remarkable. BY fall
there is not the least doubt about the
fact that she will speak as good Eng
lish as any American born actress. This
Is unusually remarkable. when It is
considered that the Russian language
Is almost impossible for an American
to learn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
MISS GEORGE TELLS THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE CASE OF BECKY

publication, I'll say that II Miss George
were the real Becky he'd come back
not only once but again and again.
This is between you and me.
well, l think he'd come back, and
YOU too. Wdrder was in love with
Becky, and when mans in love with
a woman, well, he'll almost invariably
come back. And after all, she had done
no real wrong, merely tibbed bit. And
she couldn't help that; 1t was second
nature"
but wouldn't that revolt him?"
81 don't know that II would. You
know that when we are very close to a
thing we do not realize 1t as those do
who see II at distance. If you live
with child you don't notice its growth,
but the stranger who sees II once or
twice a year will exclaim: How the
boy has grown A man may be mar
ried to a woman on the verge of uer-
vous prostration and he won't take par
ticular notice OF her lrrltability until an
outsider remarks about It. And so
Wdrder didn't see Becky's lies: he lived
too closely with them"
Mr.. Booth continued:
And then you must remember that
what brought Wdrder to Becky's side
was the telegram from her father say.
ing that his daughter was dying. OF
course Wdrder rushed to his wife. What
man with any manhood In him, par
ticularly II he loved his wife, would DO
anything else? Should he let her die
alone? Should he abandon her at the
last hours of her life, after years OF
love, simply because OF one quarrel
which, after all, had not proved any
real guilt? And when face to face with
her. and Becky assured him that she
had learned to loathe lies even II she
told them, and she proved this by tell
ing the truth fearlessly when her whole
future and happiness was at stake,
could yor blame him for taking her
In his arms?
"Why. to me the ending not only
seems logical but 1t liz the only psy-
chologically logical ending. For is It
not true. as Warder says, that We don't
love people because they are perfect. We
love them because they are themselves?' "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

There used to be roles In the past
that required an actress to be dancer
as we'll Only recently Regina Badet In
Paris has been acting in some Of the
plays, such as la Maison de Danse,"
which shocked and incidentally de-
lighted Paris. She was different In
these efforts from those dancers of the
past who never had to speak. When
Gervaln Delavigne and Eugene Scribe
wrote the text OF la Muette de Por-
tici" for Auber they had the inspira-
ton to put into the story OF the rise
and fall OF Masaniello dumb girl
Various famous dancers, including
Taglioni. played that part In the opera
In 1.-THE French Spy" Jennie Hughes,
and before her other women. used to
mime IL not actually dance in this and
kindred plays. There have been nu-
merous ballet dancers In plays. although
they never danced. One heroine OF
Sardou's Andrea" appeared in stiff bal
let skirts, although she did not dance.
Maude Harrison at the Union Square,
and later Johnston Bennett among the
other actresses who played in "A Pa
rislan Romance" with Richard Mans
field. used to come as Rosa Guertn to
the supper OF Baron CheprtdI In the
tulle skirts they had Just worn In the
ballet at the Opera.
Ii. G. Fiske Is going to present Lydia
Lopokowa as a dancer In the new play
which she will act this winter. II
seems that It was the sensitive penetra-
ton of Mrs. Fiske that suggested to this
manager that Miss Lopokowa had talent
as an actress. She had been determined
ever since arriving in this country to
make her way on the stage. No man
ager would listen to her. Finally she
got access to the Fiske family and at
the suggestion OF Mrs. Fiske acted a
few scenes from "a Dolls House" Mrs.
Fiske thought she showed 80 much
promise that the Russian dancer was
engaged to become a player. She will
be seen in the new play next year.
Miss Lopokowa was born In st. Pc
tersburg. Russia, just twenty years ago.
Her father IL one Of the employees OF
the Imperial Theatre In that city and
Is of the Russian middle class. When
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

Grace George was not inclined the
other night to admit that clyde Fitch
sacrificed truth to a happy ending when
a SUN reporter questioned her about
The Truth" which is just now at the
Little Theatre. She almost refused to
take Becky seriously
Every one seems to think you ought
to know whether the ending of The
Truth is logical. So many say that
Clyde Fitch sacrificed the truth for sue
cess when he made the play end hap
PLY. 1t should have ended with a trag-
edy. they say. The husband. an hon
est man, would never have returned
to such an inveterate little liar as Becky
had proved herself to be-"
How can anybody say that?" asked
Miss George. "Do they expect a trag-
edy? There was nothing tragic about
Becky She was a delightful, fascinat-
ing little butterfly. Butterflies are not
tragic. They're frivolous.
Then how would you have the play
end? Surprising her husband had not
returned. Would Becky have remained
with her father and sunk lower and
lower down the social scale unit. she
became dowdy and slattern, sovenly
all through body and soul?
would she? or course mott" Again
Miss George laughed infectiously
Becky was too pretty women and too
fond of nice clothes"
What would she have done, them"
ASK Mr.. Booth. He'll tell you. He
can talk for hours on the subject" And
Miss George smiled again in that fas-
cinating way which is so personal TO
her. "Of course the conclusion was
logical, What could poor Becky dc
but fall in the arms OF such a nice
trusting and devoted husband as War
der? But you better see Mr. Booth
he'll tell you much more than l ever
could"
You wish to know IL the end
Ing was logical" Mr.. Booth, who
plays the husband, said. "Weli. II you
ask me for my private opinion, not for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
PLAYS THAT REMAIN.
Musical Plays and Otherwise 70 Nc
Seen Here.

Margaret Angln continues to present
Lady Windermere's Fan" at the Liberty
Theatre. At the Booth Olga Petrova
is appearing in "Panthea." and To-day"
Is at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre,
while all the other dramatic perform
ances are comic in intent. They arc
Seven Keys to Baldpate" at the Gaiety
THEATRE 1.-THE Truth" at the Little
Theatre; "The Things that Count" at
the Playhouse; TOO Many Cooks" al
the Thirty-ninth Street; "The Dummy"
at the Hudson: "a Scrap of Paper" at
the Empire; "The Crlnoline Girl" at the
Knickerbocker; High links" at the
Casino; kitty Mackay" at the Comedy;
Peg o. My Heart" at the Cort ~
Pair Of Skies at the Longacre: Potash
& Perlmutter'' at the Conan; "The
Beauty Shop" at the Aston; THE Yellow
Ticket" at the Eltinge and mime.
Moselle" at the Shubert.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
MAE MURRAY'S IDEALS.

Mae Murray. who is dancing at the
Folies Marigny, thinks a cat Is the best
of dancing teachers, Miss Murray Is
one of the few dancers who does not
teach, and II may be pardonable In her
thus to refuse to discriminate between
her colleagues,
Cats are the most graceful animal
creatures In the world" said Miss Muir,
ray the other evening at the Folies
Marigny. when little girl was
very fond OF kittens. These playful
creatures have been my hobby ever
since. ! went on the stage in New
York when was 16 years old. and half
my first weeks salary went to purchase
cute Persian kitten. dare not men
ton just what sum that salary amounted
to-"
When she Is whirling about to the
strains OF a waltz with Clifton Webb
Miss Murray reminds her Boswell of a
delicate faun. or the dance floor she
is to him a decidedly human person. She
was born In Portsmouth. Va. Her
Southern ideals have rapidly blended
into the tendencies Of Gotham, for she
came here when she was years old
and has been here ever since.
When she was wearing her hair in
braids and studying Cicero and other
subjects at Mount St Vincent's Acad-
envy Miss Murray kept a kitten as a
pet. When she journeyed out to Chi
cago to educate the tango gazers at the
College Inn she took along Felix, a
purring Angora.
II can truthfully attribute a large
part Of my success as a dancer to the
fact that have been very observant OF
feline movements" says Miss Murray
I'm the first place, the cats body is
well arched and all the muscles move
without stiffness and awkwardness, and
all four legs seem boundless success
sion Of perfect curves. When a cat
alights after a spring the rebound is SC
slight that hardly a sound is audible
The cat Is always light Of foot, and that
knack Ia one OF the fundamental prin.
cipies of modern or classical! dancing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

In such roles that he can scarcely be
now that he is acting character roles
for which he is suited. ought to be an
admirable Stein. This really would be
a cast deserving to be called "all star"
But what manager could afford to pay
the salaries of such an organization?
Squire Bancroft bought outright the
manuscript of Dora" from Sardou and
the version made by Clement Scott and
called Diplomacy" is his property TO.
day. The play has never been pub
lished nor in any way dedicated to the
public; so the royalties for its use still
go to the knighted actor-manager OF
London. Another English play which
has never been published In spite OF
its long usage is Forget Me Not" l.,
is impossible to buy Herman Merivalc s
interesting play and the rights for this
country are held by Rose Coghlan.
There have been pirated versions OF
Diplomacy" and one curious form or
the play bears the singular title pip
donates" 1t was made by an American
in Chicago In 1894 and in 1t the two
Beduclercs arc American naval and
military officers. There Is, of course, no
suggestion of the British Embassy In
this form of Sardou's old drama.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

Chicago has enjoyed several plays
that will he brought to New York next
season. one Of these is Daddy Long
legs" which Henry Miller produced for
Ruth Chatterton and it has enjoyed Il
long run I'm the West. 1t Is to lie re-
written, nevertheless, before it Is
brought here. Twin Beds Ii a popu-
lar farce by Margaret Mayo and Kitty
Gordon is favorite in a musical farce
called Pretty Mrs. Smith" of which
Oliver Morosco Is said TO be the author.
Then in Philadelphia Eugene Walter is
said to have found success with "A
Plain Woman" his latest play, in which
the popular theme of the estrangement
between a man and his wife who does
not rise as rapidly az he does, is used.
Then Annie Russell Is there with "The
Lady in the Case which will doubt
less bring her back to this city early
in the winter. Philadelphia also had
"Cordclla Blossom and Boston Under
Cover" the most successful novelty of
them all.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
THE MADISON SQUARE ROOF.
A New Dance Pavilion Has been
Constructed There.

The Madison Square Roof Garden
will soon be opened to the public and
there will again be dancing under the
stars. a new dancing floor has been
laid and their Will be an enlarged or
to be twenty teams of professional
dancers In addition to the public. Among
these dancers are Anne Grain and Sid
ney Dellon, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dawson.
Arthur Hasin and Anette Garcia. Baron
Hess and Helen Wallace. Clarence
Lovejoy and Alice Deane and MIR. and
Mrs. Alfred Springer. More than 10000
has been invested in silver cups for
prizes.