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The Washburn leader., 1914-03-06

Growing Wise
Returned German--Russian Says
They Will Revolt From 1g-
norance and Vodka !:

Editor +. j. Kehrer of the
Ashley Tribune is a Jamestown
visitor today and incidentally at
tended the meeting of the Ger
man Alliance. He has just re-
turned from visit to his former
home in Bessarabia, in Southern
Rnssia, near Odessa. It was
twelve years since he had been
there and he said that he was
greatly interested in everything
he saw. But he said he would
not 20 back there to live under
the present conditions if they
would give him 200 acres of Land
and fine house.
Mr.. Kehrer says the curse OF
the country, ruled by the czar, is
ignorance and vodka. The gov
ernment does not want the people
to he educated and frowns upon
all attempts to establish schools.
They haven't any good schools
Vodka, a strong whiskey, is
manufactured and controlled by
the government, and it is large
source of revenue. Men and wo-
men drink it freely and every
where, and it is debasing the
nation. It is not infrequent to
see men and women, arm in arm
on the street, shouting and sing
ing and both under the influence
Of vodka.
The government They have
nothing which corresponds to
the freedom Of our institutions
The bgovernment is poor and
:Srotten from the top to the
bottom. .
Land for q hundred miles
around Odessa is worth about
$l2O an acre. That held in large
tracts by the nobility is not worth
so much because it is undeveloped
but that held by. the Germans, who
fled to this part of Russia in
1872, is kept in high state Of
cultivation and is very product
i've. Bessarabia is in exactly the
same latitude as North Dakota,
but the waters Of the Black sea
temper the atmosphere and the
climate is much milder than here
Mr. Kehrer spent two months in
Bcssarabia and says that the
light Of the twentieth century is
beginning to be felt there through
the returned American citizens,
like himself and others who tell
Whist is being done in more en-
liyhtened regions. He says the
people are becoming "wise" and
he says he would not be surprised
If they had q revolution inside
Of the next ten years and throw
off the burdens which for a
hundred years huve kept them
down. n.-.Jamesto town Capital.
The Washburn leader., 1914-03-06
THIS Is ONE ON DUTCH"
OF OUR TOWN

III. G. Boeltel, who has bts i,
visiting with relatives and
friends at Ltchville, N. D., re-
turned to Driscoll this week for
a fey days visit before returning
to his work at Washburn, N. D.
It is, reported that while at
Htchville Dutch got the hunt.
ing fever and went rabbit hunt
ing, but after t1amping through
fields and valleys for some time
he became tired and decided to
return to his friend s home, and
as he.was passing through q near
by corn field he spied a lonesome
goose feeding on some Of the
saaall nubbins Of corn left from
last seasons harvest. "Dutch =
made one Of those neat fox
sneaks on the poor goslng until
the proper range was reached
then worked his automatic fur
iously, and when the smoke had
cleared away there layed the
goose prone and cold in death.
g Dutch was triumphant, and
hurried to his friends home whel
he told the story Of his hunt. Up
on examination it was found
that the above mentioned goose
was not 4 wild goose, but was
The Washburn leader., 1914-03-06

referred to will be found on page
2O6 of the Session Laws of 1913,
and on page 120 Of the Popular
Edition Of that year.
This law was enacted mainly
at the request of the travelling
men, but it applies to any and
all who may be away from home
at the time Of any election.
This spring a. large number of
Scandinavians from this state
are going to Norway to attend
the big celebration in that coun-
try, and will be there when the
primay elections are held in
this state in June.
The absent voters ballot must
be printed at least fifteen days
prior to the holding Of an elec-
tion, and any time after they are
printed they may be procured in
the manner provided by law, and
after being marked and sealed,
returned to the auditor Of the
county in which the voter resides
These may be sent to the audi
tor before election day to be kepa
by him and returned over to the
inspector of election Of the pre-
cinct in which the elector votes.
Amy voter who expects to be
absent at the time of an election
should fully inform himself on
this subject SO he will not lose
his right to vote.-LadgerwooC
BOadaxe.
The Washburn leader., 1914-03-06

SUBSCRIPTION, $3.50 PER YEAR
membership in the new federal re-
serve banking system.
Ex-Auditor Teibel of Sheridan
county will have to fork over
$2O4 according to the state ex-
aminers.
Hay is selling at Beach for $12.
so ton. That and the high cost
Of water at Bismarck would soon
make a stock raiser quit his Job.
Forty patients will be trans
ferred from the insane asylum to
the feeble minded institute at
Grafton. The jamestown build
ings were overcrowded and the
new home not completed.
Twenty-three people have been
deported from Morton county
during the last year. The Last
one to be sent was young Lady
who was sent home to AustrO-
Hungary.
The people Of Elgin will have
a two story club house. 1t will
be gathering place for the
farmers as we'll as citizens of the
town.
The suffragists are now pub
fishing paper of their own at
Devils Lake. The paper is called
The Suffrage Advocate.
No more will the Maennercher
society in Bismarck enjoy their
beer at the club house. The
states attorney was active in
this undertaking.
A large produce concern in
Kansas wants a good many car
loads of potatoes both for table
use and for seed. They certain
ly know where to send to be
satisfied when they order it ship
ped from North Dakota.
Two students of the state agri-
cultural college will leave soon
for California where they will
debate with two members of the
University of Southern California.
A man at Dickinson is boas&ing
of a hen that laid an egg that
measured four inches long and
six inches in circumference
Twenty-Five thousand yards of
rock will be put in along the
Missouri river bank along the
south branch of the N. P. railroad
grade.
Over a hundred boys have en-
tered the boys corn contest man
aged by the Garrison Industrial
association. twenty-five prizes
will be given.
The latest Improvement in the
Benedict Banner office is a new
wash basin. The type will prob
ably be given a bath now so it
will print up little better.
Fourteen members of the North
Dakota Holstein Breeders Circuit
at New Salem realized $;44, $4,000
froIa their herds during the year
jt,st past.
The Barnes county Jail at
Valley City is receiving a lot
Of advertising by being the
worst, without exception, that
can be seen anywhere, according
to Rev. Newc0mb.
The county commissioners in
Mercer county have let the con-
tract for the erection of three
new steel bridges. One at Stan
f! ton to cost $4,7OO, one at Hazen
to cost $500 and one at Golden
Valley to cost 81 600.
Prop
In this weeks issue Of the,
Leader is published an article
from the Jamestown Alert telling
of Editor Kehrer's trip to his
old home in Russia. Mr.. Kehrer
is well known here. He publish
ed a paper at Denhoff and lat
er at McClusky. He is doing q
great deal toward helping his
people
Alfred Leifson has returned
from Norway where he spent.
sixteen years. Before leaving he
was register Of deeds Of Wells
county. He must have had q.
very bad reputation to live DOWN
TO cause him to stay away that
long.
The Washburn leader., 1914-03-06

MARCH 6, 1914.
Minnesota University in 1904
and located in Garrison the fol-
lowing year. He served as as
sistant states attorney under j..
/; -. Nelson from January 1st, 1909
to January 1st, 1911. He will
canvass the county in the interest
Of his candidacy before the pri--
maries, but as he is already we'll
known, these visits will be made.
SO that he will be better able to
serve the people.
D. G. Wright, chairman Of the
board Of county commissioners,
has announced himself as a candi
date for clerk of court on the
republican ticket. Mr.. Wright is
SO well known that it is not neces-
sary to say much in his favor. He
has a farm near Wilton that is
|! ct present being run by his son.
He has the support of many
friends.
Joseph H. Olson, an old set
tier of Mclean county, is a can
didate for sheriff. Mr.. Olson
came to this county in 1883 and is
IWell known over the entire cOun-
ty. He has acted as deputy un-
der Sheriff Simon during this
last term. Mr.. Olson is wei
lposted en- the duties in the
!, sheriff s office so he would find
nothing new should he be the
fortunate candidate for the Of
flee.
The announcement of Il. G..
Stpcker as candidate. to sue
ceed himstlf as auditor is now
publicly made, and will, without
doubt be favorably received by
all the voters. Since his term
began he has been an industrious
worker and the affairs in the
county auditors office has been
handled with gratifying dispatch
1 Mr.. Stocker has gained in
strength steadily and the voters
will want to see him continue his
good work.
John L. Brekken has made an
excellent record Of service during
the two terms which he has hela
1.-the office Of county superintend-
ent of schools and we are glad
to announce that he will be a
candidate for reelection. So far
there is only one other candidate
for this position. Mr.. Brekken
has filled the office so well by
his honesty and uprightness that
he may be given longer time to
serve the county.
/ Alex Miller, county commits
sloner, is a candidate for the Of
/, flee of sheriff. Mr.. Miller is
serving his second term as COM
missioner. He is farmer and
intends putting in about 300
acres this year, he will not let
his campaign interfere with farm
work. Mr.. Miller has many
i: friends who will give him their
votes and support.
NJ. E. McCurdy, principal Of
| the public schools at Max, is a
candidate for county superinten-
dent-of schools. He was in Was.
burn last fall attending teacher s
institute btt did not become very
we'll known. He will no doubt
canvass the entire county before
the primaries so that. the voters
will know who to vote for. His
home friends have urged him to
enter the campaign.
There are at least a half a
dozen more candidates who are
! feeling around to see what their
! chances are before they make
their announcement for offices
in Mclean county. No one
should have. any trouble this fall
in making q choice with so many
in the field. No office should 20
by default as there are good men
! out for each office.
FARMERS WANT TO KEEP
THEIR LAND IN n. D.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

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The ore taken out by the Indians is
now largely copper, although most OF
il carries NOR. OF less silver. The real
value of the mines is in the copper,
the ore containing more and more cop
per as the mining goes down. The
SILVER, which, near the surface. oft On
nssayed 100 ounces Ia the ton. has
gradually fallen in qgaiitE. uniIl il is
now less than ten. Ali OF the ore,
however. has more or less gold and
silver iii it, and the American com
pany finds that the costs Of The mining
are paid H. the precious metals the
copper bcinG almost pure profit. The
copper is far richer tian that in the
mines Of the Initeh states from which
our great supplies come
IL was the great copper value that
capitalists to Ccrro dc iasco. ana to-
day II syndicate, composed Of some OF
our richest men. have bought the mines
here. and they are operating them on
= scale aGch as exists nowhere else IN
ms continent Among the members
OF the synaica;c arc such men as j. II.
bits. the Hearst estate and others.
These men have already spent tens Of
millions Of dollars III developing the
property. aud they have mines here that
are worth. am told, ~ least 500, 000,-
ooo The business Is not Il stock prop
osition. The shares are not quoted on
the exchange, and. so far us know. no
stock has ever been offered for sale
ihc operation Of the mines is on Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

the sincltcr. They have within about
Twenty-Five miles from Cerro dc Pasco
great mines of bitumiuous coal which
they have connected by railroad with
this town and the smcltar, and they
make their own coke and furnish their
own fuel.
They have built a standard gauge
railroad. which is hy far the best in
PERU from Ccrro de Iaaco TO Oroyn.
and they have more than 100 miles of
track. over which ears 20 as smoothly
hs amy In the states. and that notwith-
standing the altitude of the road
ranges from l2.0oo to $4,000 above. the
sea " is this road that connects them
with the Central Railway Of Peru. by
which thci, ore is taken down TO the
coast;
In Its purchase OF the mines the com
rany included Il great deal Of land 1t
has Der" Il hacienda which covers about
2tto0u acres. IL would take - day and
half to ride all around it. This ha-
c'"nd; is highly mincral;zcd. but the
TILE TO such lands in Peru gives only
srriace riG.its aud any one AN pros
poet and claim, an. mino lie discovers
IN addition 10 The mines the syndica tc
owns. through one Of its branch com
p;tnieS. u great copper property at Mo-
rococha where. | am told the ore is
even richer than that at Cerro de pasco
The mines there are almost three miles
above the sea level. and they are now
being worked They are not far from
the Central Railway. and they will
have down grade all the way to the
G.acoast at Callao. starting within 4
few miles of the mines.
Indeed, IL iG hard to realize the VAL
ucs in the copper which is being found
here at the top of the Andes The ore
winch is now coming out of Cerro de
fasco averages from s to 10 per cent
OF pure metal That means that there
are zoe pounds Of copper in each ton.
From a single ton Of ore they nrc now
Getting u product equal TO S32 worth of
copper $40 worth OF silver and So worth
OF gold. This represents the values in
the rock at the mines and. of course
the expenses Of getting it to the mar
kct and OF smelling and reducing must
bc considered. Nevertheless il is
doubtful whether there is any other
place III the world which has such val
uahle copper deposits and but few
where the deposits are Of such enor-
nous extent. SO far the Americans
know that they have a great mass OF
ore right under this city. with veins
running out in u dozen directions. How
< big this mass is they have not dis
covered They have been going down
deeper and the copper Is richer all the
way. Said one Of the superintendents
To me:
You might compare the copper
formation here 10 your hand. Let the
palm represent the great mass and
your fingers the veins As ii is now
we arc working on one Of the veins
and We have enough ore i'm sight to
Keep us busy for ten years or more
without doing further development. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

How the Mines Were Discov-
cred-Thc;r Enormous Deposits
of Silver and Copper, Sprinkled
With Gold-Their Yield in the
Past-They Now Produce A.
100000 Pounds of Copper Per
Montl-A Srnelter Which Is
$4,000 Feet High. With an
Area as Big as a Farm-Down
in the Mincs-A Wonderful
Working Monument of Indus
try Which Americans Have
ou2 10 dol Hl9A og4 no aHna
Andes.
IL FRANZ, t.. CARPENTER.
Cerro de paseo. rcru.
TiIANr7 come To tho top II the Andes
~ tail you about TIN" greatest cop
por mines Of this continent They
li" mere on ihc roof Of the world. FneN
arc moro ihau 200 miles south OF ;hc
p0uamo Canal, und something like
..oop miles from to, strait of Magellan
rney lr, about 200 miles cast at the
rucite ocean and &,0ee-odd miles from
tha Aslautj, 'Th",r actual altitude is
over lt.uoo feci. and olr has 10 80 over
& PASS Vhich is 1900 feet ,aboT" sea
torc3 10 reacu tlom. came here hN
.h, Central Railway ol Peru. This
brought nle over tar Andes and down
..tu tlte i2.e00-fuot level ut the town
"s oroyn There ! got ,he ccrro lie
rascr lsailroae ara olimbed mp the
plateau 10 where NOW An.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

propositions are worked by Indians
Outside the American holdings. Their.
are many small mines. and the town
OF %r.ooo is SO peppcrcd with holes that
on" would hardly dare to 20 about
alone after dark. The native miners
do their work III the old in shion.d
Way. They dig out tine best ore with
picks. aud carry il up ladders III raw
hide sacks OF their backs. Saw
many piles OF such ore as rode
THROUGH. tie CITY. Al Indinn Viii CARR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

q powder,
The iirst working was done by the
Spaniards. who used Indian slaves. and
hogsed them 10 Keep them AT labor.
Later on the mines fell into tile hands
of Indian Cho!os. aud whom silver was
high they We're owned Nv capitalists,
who paid the miners something like
10 cents = day for twelve hours work.
with An ounce OF coca leaves 10 keen
them nard on the Job To-day the sill
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

il Is my personal opinion that we have
rot yet scratched the surface of what
is To come. In the United States we
think II Il good copper mine If the ore
will yield | or . per cent IL the ton.
Here III the ore docs not assay more
than J per cent. we throw il away.
cur average is about per cent 81
more and we have taken out sorle
which has yielded 40 per cent to the
tom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

from sixty to eighty pounds ut n load.
and they arc now bringing the ore out
upon ladders IRON a depth OF 300 feet
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
EASION

MT. and Mrs. Robert w Marsh have for a few days been entertaining at their home Mrs. Matilda Bene or Bridgeport.
 Miss Laura Beach of Norwalk is spending a few days in town with her cousin Mrs. John Fl. Candee
 Mrs. Bertha Sargent of Hartford, has been spending 8 few days as guest of friends in town.
 PhiIo Lyon is confined to his home at Rock House by illness
 Miss. Susan Edwards has returned, having spent a week with her grand mother, Mrs. Harry Hull of West port.
 MT. and Mrs Urban Tyaek of Ches- hire have been spending several days with Mrs. Tyaek's parents, MT. and Mrs. George B. Gregory of Sport Hill.
 Mrs. William MeCauley has return ed from a visit with her friend. Mrs William Curtiss of Monroe.
 Miss Florence Burgess of Bridge port has been spending few days with her cousin. Miss Mabel Marsh.
 At the Methodist church on Sun day a. m. the twin daughters of MT. and Mrs. Clifford Jennings. Evelyn Ca1nile and Eleanor Bertha were baptized by Rev. Dunkerke. Miss Florence Burgess of Bridgeport as- sisted with the services by rendering vocal solo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
WHAT MRS WILSON DIED OF The Advance Says Ministers Wives
 Can sympathize.


 If you want to know what ai1ed thel wife of the president. you may ask either the doctors or the ministers wives,i says the Advance. They both. know The doctors know more about. |Erightss disease; but the ministers wives know more about the conpli-i cations. There was the congressi ona1 a Id the Mexican com plication, and the European compIi cation.
 Does any ministers s wife ql1estion how Mrs. Wilson felt when she read the papers after those IS young men were shot at Vera Cruz? There is not a parsonage in Christendom that does not realize how Mrs. Wilson felt when she saw the war cloud rising, and knew that it meant anxiety and care and heartache for her husband. Many and many a minister's wife has said to her own hear, CT know what Mrs Wilson died of. Many l of them have died of the same trouble. The doctors have not always called l gan that broke down under the strain ldepended on the constitution of the woman herself, but whether they
 called it Bright's disease with compli- cations, or neuritis with conplica- tions, or something else with com pHcations, itscame to the same thing in the end. It is the complications that kill.
 1e recently have read the pub l lisfA 1etters of Dolly Madison. She was a gay young woman when she I went to the White House, and she faced with her husband the criticism and bore the burden of the war of I1812 It was just 100 years ago. and when the White House was burned l and she fled from Washington in a buggy to the place, where she ex-
 pected to meet her husband. she was l laornnalied to stay out of doors all 1 night in the rain because the farmer i to whom she applied for shelter did
 not like the way her husband con ducted the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
,hange was entirely suspended. M

change was entirely suSpende ed. Mer- chant ships had ceased running.
 But we have an almost world wide organization. and we brought it largest buyers of high grade rubber, so we have our own experts in Lon don, Colombo, Singapore and Para.
 We cabIed our London people to buy up the pick of the rubber there. By acting quickly and paying cash they obtained 1, 1,500,Ooo pounds of the finest rubber there. They bought be- fore the advance-before the other buyers saw a way to get London ex- change or to bring the rubber here.
 That big supply of rubber is now nearly all on the way to the Goodyear factory in Akron. It constitutes tn e best of the London supply. On the inferior grades remaining, prices have since been rapidly advanced.
 We have since taken other steps to insure us a continuous supply, all of the highest grade rubber. In all the chief sources of rubber supply we being done that can be done to secure the best rubber, the exchange to pay for it and the ships to bring it here.
 SThe result is that Goodyear tire prices are now the same as in June. This is true. we believe, of no other 1 maker, all Of whom have raised prices We are using the same grade of rubber and the same amount of 1t as we always have used in these tires.
 we are, running our factory with three shifts of men, twenty-four hours a day. So long as we remain in this fortunate position on rubber, we shall supply tire users at before war prices to the limit of our capacity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
STOOLS FOR CONDUCTORS.
C1ncinnafs VIII Let Them Sit On Rear Trolley Platforms.

Cincinnati. Aug. 2s. Conductors on the Green line cars are tickled be- yond measure at the prospect of hav- ing stools upon which to sit equipped lon the rear platforms of ears.
 That an amieable agreement be- tween the car company and the Street Car Employees Union relative to this innovation was reached is largely due to the efforts of Commissi o1er of Public Property Mason Hawk, who made it his business to confer with of the union and the car company.
 When the company objected to the passage of an ordinance compelling the installation of stools and the pay enter system on the Green line, Com 1nissi oner Hawk at once devoted much time in effecting an agreement to the benefit of the employees of the com pauy, and with that end in view he consulted with Secretary Polk LafS foon and MT. Silva q the car con-, pany.