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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-01
Respectfully,
James T. Mel ulloch,
Attorney for plaintiff,
Washburn, N. D.
Notice Of Real Estate Mortgage
Foreclosure Sale

Notice is hereby given that
that certain real estate mort
gage. made, executed and
delivered by VIM. Rost, mort
gagCr to Rose nol Rost, mortgages.
which said mortgage bears date CT
the 5th, day of September, 1904
and was filed for record in the Ct
flee Of the Register of Deeds in ard
for the County of Mclean and State
Of North Dakota, on the 5th, day of
September 1904, and duly recorded
in EOok SO" of Mortgages OIL Page
IS, will be foreclosed by a sale of
the premises in said mortgage and
hereinafter described at the front
door of the court house in the City
of Washburn, County Of Mclean
and stste Of North Dakota on the
25th, day of January, 1915, at the
hour of two O'Clock in the afternoon
of said day to satisfy the amount due
4l,on said mortgage on the day of
sale together with the costs and dis.
bursements thereof.
mortgage and which will be sold to
follows, to-wit:
A%VI AUAuO0l IWSASy ~OANS (0Ay al
Block Fourteen (1A) In the town of
Washbum. Mclean County and all
improvements and buildings thereon
In Veederis Addition to Washburn.
And whereas, said mortgage pro-
! vides that in case OF the failure of
the mortgagor to pay the taxes the
morteagee may pay the same and
such sum paid shall become a part
OF the mortgage Indebtedness and
draw interest at the rate Of one per
cent per annum.
And where as the mortgaGor failed
to pay the delinquent tax upon said
premises Tor the year 1908, and the
mortgage having on the a1st day
Of October 1910 paid sadd delinquent
tax in the sum Of $21.12.
That including the amount paid
for delinquent taxes as a6ore.
said there w1ll be due on aaid, mort.
gage at the date Of sale the
sum Of Three Hundred and Fifty.
five Dollars. together width the
COSTS and diabursements of said sale.
Dated this Bird, day Of December,
1914.
Rose BeQl Rost, Mortgage.
Washburn, N. Dakota.
Geo. p. Gibson,
Attorney Tor Mortgage.
Washburn. North Dakota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-01
LEGAL NOTICES

E1-Notloes published under this
heading wilt 80 charged legal rates
according { othe law and no Aft.
davlt viii bo issued until al publ.
cation charges are paid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

pourings of a madwoman. She had
spoken of death, it was true, yet was
it not to be supposed that she was
slowly being driven to suicide? She
had kept her secret, and she wished
the mar Hornby-the man who was to
marry Muriel Leithcourt-to know.
The room in which we stood was evil
IDENTIFY an apartment set apart for her
use, for beyond was the tiny bedcham-
Der; yet the small, high-up window
was closely barred, and the cold bare
ness of the prison was sufficient in.
deed to cause anyone confined there to
prefer death to captivity.
Again l spoke to her slowly and
kindly, but there was no response.
That she was absolutely dumb was
only too apparent. Yet surely she had
not always been SO! l had gone in
search of her because the beauty of
her portrait had magnetized me, and
l had now found her to be aver more
lovely than her picture, yet, alas! suf-
fering from an affection that rendered
her life a tragedy. The realization
of the terrible truth staggered me
Such a perfect face as hers l had never
before set eyes upon, SO beautiful, SC
~clear-cut, SO refined, so eminently the
c%ountenance of one well-born, and YET
so ineffably sad, so full Of blank I'm.
utterable despair.
She placed her clasped hands to her
mouth and made signs by shaking her
head that she could neither under
stand nor respond. | took my wallet
from my pocket and wrote upon g
piece of paper in a large hand the
words: 81 come from Lydia Moreton
My name is Gordon Gregg"
When her eager gaze fell upon the
words she became instantly filed with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
PEOPLE TAKING TO WALKING
Most HeaIthful Form Of Exercise Has
Become a Popular Fad Among
All Classes.

Walking has taken a hold on popu.
lar fancy as a sport, pastime, recrea'
ton and form Of exercise. Walking
has been urged upon the people by
men and women Interested in public
health. by physical culture enthusi.
astsJ by nature students and by the
press. Every person converted to
walking has become a missionary, and
unusually with all the spirit of a con-
vert. The walking habit, which is be-
Ing contracted by an increasing num-
Der Of persons yearly, is a relatively
new habit.
In those days usually referred to
glowingly and somewhat indefinitely
as the good old times" walking was
not p%racticed as a pleasure. but only
as a necessity, and as Q necessity II
was avoided wherever possible. The
average person did not move around
much unless with the aid Of q horse
or a horse and trap. There was not
much going to and fro on foot. Walk.
inE was ant tn he cnnHidarad - 4 aiRn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
Florence NlahtInoaIe,s statue.

1.-THE Lady With the Lamp" statue
Of Florence Nightingale, has been I'M
yelled without ceremonial, in Water
loo place, London. The statue stands
high on a red and gray granite pedes-
tai, and makes a notable and an ap-
propriate addition to Waterloo place.
BY its side, fully h~armonizing with 1t
in general outline, is that of Sidney
Herbert. The effective background
for both is the Crimean memorial. The
sculptor portrayed his subject in a
sympathetic pose, standing in the vo-
luminous skirt Of the early Victorian
period, with the lamp borne in the
right hand. This statue of "The Lady
With the Lamp" is the first public
statue of a woman in London other
than those Of royal ladies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
Hot Story.

A contributor to the China Herald,
telling of experiences during a sum
mer trip into the desert, narrates that
while he watched a lizard run across
a sun-baked open strip of sand, 1t dis
appeared in a pun Of vapor. The in.
tense heat Of the sand had turned
the moisture Of itsf body into steam,
the pressure Of which rose SO high
that the little creature was blown
into bits 30 minute that no trace Of
1t was afterward to be found. In
backing up his statement, he quotes
an old p~rospector's allegation Chat in
Death valley, during the heat Of the
day, water poured from a canteen will
not reach the ground, being turned
into steam as fast as II leaves the
mouth Of the canteen. Can you beat
it7-Engineering and MininR Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Gregg, dining aboard with Horn
by, the yacht Lola's owner, accidentally
sees a torn photograph of a young girl
That night the consul's safe Is robbed.
The police find that Hornby is q fraud
ana the Lola's name a false one. In
London Gregg is trapped nearly to his
death by a former servant, Olnto. VISIT
Ing in Dumfries Gregg meets Muriel
LAithcourt. Horribly appears and Muriel
Introduces him as Martin Woodroffe, her
fathers friend. Gregg sees a copy of the
torn photograph on the Lola and finds
tina the young girl is Muriels friend.
Woodroffe disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of a murdered woman In Kan
nOch wood. The body disappears and in
Its place is found the body Of Olinto.
Muriel n Gregg search Rannoch wood
together, ard find the body of Armida,
~Ollnto's wife. When the police go to the
wood the body has disappeared. In Lon
don Gregg meets Olinto, alive and well.
Gregg traces rhe young girl of the torn
photograph, and finds that she Is Elma
Heath, niece Of Baron Oberg. who has
taken her to Abo, Finland, and that she
holds a secret affecting Woodroffe. On
his return to Rannoch Gregg finds the
Leithcourts fled from Hylton Chatter, who
had called there. He goes to Abo, and
after a tilt with the police chief, Is con-
Quoted to the place where Elma Is I'M
DriSoned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

Gustav Lindenthal, who is building
the Hell Gate bridge at New York.
the greatest structure Of the kind in
the world, which will have a length Of
three and one-half miles, Is an Aus
trian by birth. He received his tech
nical education at Brunn and Vienna.
and before coming to this country in
1874 he had had considerable practical
experience in railroad building. His
first work In the United States was
as an assistant engineer on the force
constructing the Centennial exhibition
buildings. He became a citizen and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

to say, to allow a few drops to fall upon the -four AS a result, a number of
little holes will be made in the -four and at the bottom of each hole will he
found a pellet Of dough.
The dough pellets must not be disturbed until they have had time to
become dry and hard. Then they may be taken out and will represent with
a fair degree Of exactness the sizes Of the drops by which they were made.
This may be proved by allowing artificial randrOps (suspended from the
end Of a broomstraw or glass pipete, and carefully measured) /, fall into n
pan of flour from a height of two or three feet. When the resulting pellets
are examined they will be found to correspond closely in size to the droua
Many thousands of such dough pellets representing raindrops have been
photographed or labeled and put on Ale for reference at the weather bureau
in Washington, They afford data from which various kinds OF ramals NAV
be studied. For, oddly enough, sizes Of drops seen to have a ecGgnizahla
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

myself to youi My name is Gordon
Gregg. English by birth. cosmopolitan
by instinct ! have come here to ask
you a question: question that con-
Germs myself. Lydia Moreton has sent
me to you"
! noticed that her great brown eyes
watched my lips and not my face.
Her own lips moved, but she looked
at me with an i~nexpressible sadness.
No sound escaped her.
l stood rigid before her as one
turned to stone, for in that instant. in
a flash indeed, ! realized the awful
truth.
She was both deaf and dumb
She raised her clasped hands to me
in silence, yet with tears yelling in
her splendid eyes. l saw that upon
her wrists were a pair of bright steel
gives.
What is this placer" l demanded
Of the woman in the religious habit,
when l recovered from the shock of
the poor girls terrible affection.
Where am II"
This is the Castle of Kajana--the
criminal lunatic asylum Of Finland"
was her answer THE prisoner, as
you see, has lost both speech and
hearing"
Deaf and dumb" l cried, looking at
the beautiful original of that destroyed
photograph on board the Lola. But
she has not always been sol"
INC. l think not always" replied
the sister quietly.
But she can write responses to my
questions?"
Alas! no." was the old woman's
whispered reply. Her mind is affect
ed. She is, unfortunately, a hopeless
lunatic."
l looked straight into those sad
wide-open, yet unfinching brown eyes
utterly COMPOUNDED.
Those white wrists held In steel
that pale face and blanched' lips, the
inertness of her movements, all told
their own tragic tale. And yet that
letter I had read, dictated in secret
most probably because her hands were
not free, was certainly not the out
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

Franklin K. Lane and Indian Commissioner Sells witnessed the signatures
and the thumb marks. Then everybody went up to the White House to see
the Great White Father" and tell him what they had done. 1t was some
thing of an event in annals of the Indian office. For once the government
officers and the Indians had been able to agree on the disposition Of Indian
property.
The action provides for the leases o the 100000 acres of oil and gas
lands in the Usage reservation in Oklahoma which are known as the Foster
leases and arr held by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil company and its
subleases, and which will expire March is next The controversy has ex-
tended over months. The oil company sought a renewal of the existing
leases, but the action taken cuts them out and eliminates the middleman
generally. q 4s.~tIs8e a#&#
A feature of the agreement is the provision that the United States
government shall be given an option on the wells at prevailing prices when
new leases are made. None of the present sublessees will be permitted to
retain more than 1890 acres. Oil and gas rights will be leased separately.
The royalty rate is increased from oneeighth to onesxth on well producing
less than 100 barrels and oneffth IN wells producing over that amount The
rate on gas wells is changed from $1O0 each per year to oneskth royalty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

manufacturer who has really wit
messed the results Of wholesale ozone
iags. makes all hands work faster
and yet grow fat" was the reply.
The latter result will make 1t I'M
popular in spots7 but ought to encour-
age its sale to persons of the Connie
Mack type. Factories in this town are
really trying this plan to introduce
more ozone by artificial means Ply
sicians tell me that even in large
quantities 1t will do NO harm, but will
make the blood Jingle as II a mild al
coholic stimulant had been admins
tered.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

of poverty or as evidence Of dementia.
On the other side of this question 1t
may be said that in the olden time
more men got their exercise in the
open by their daily work than now.
Cities were small. and men were
generally not called on to walk long
distances. The cab or the omnibus
came into operation on the city thor
oughfare, then the horse car. the
cable and the electric car. Now the
automobile Is here. The ratio of in
door to outdoor workers increased
and the e and opportunities for
moving from place to place without
much physical exertion multiplied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

through letters to the secretary of the treasury to have the Federal public
health service take charge of the two lepers, but these efforts have been
without success.
The necessity for taking care of the two men has drained the funds set
apart for the contagious disease work of the District The cost is between
Sc and $40 a day. The health department has found it necessary to call
several times on the commissioners for emergency appropriations.
The lepers, it is stated, re under treatment by the District health
authorities according to the latest inoculatory methods. but SO far have
shown no improvement On the contrary, it is understood, the disease is
showing progressive development in both cases.
Both of the unfortunates came to Washington with the hope Of remaining
here, 1t is said, and seem contented with their lot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

went through the halls telling of Cobbs presence. From then N there was a
constant stream of visitors into Clancys office. ,t
They kept coming and congregating in the room. Clancy tried to open a
door and let them come in one way, shake hands with the visitor and pass
out. But that did not work at all. Those baseball fans" weren't going to be
dictated to. They Just hung around, and each had a baseball story to tell
Cobb.
Cobb then went through the building, guided and protected by Robert
Clancy, and impromptu receptions were held O every floor. Business did
not settle down after those receptions, for the employees went to the win
dow to watch "Ty" leave the building.
They we're hanging out every window when the player stepped into a
waiting taxicab with Clancy.
"Wave to them, Ty" said Clancy. %f
"Ty' waved. n
Then a great cheer went up as the taxicab disappeared down the avenue
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
Paper Covers a Protection.

Undeniably, paper cover ore OF
some aid In preserving the fresh APP
pearance Of books, but neither the ap-
pearance nor the feeling Of a covered
book is agreeable. Still. for those who
have no objection to them, covers are
a good thing. Nothing 10 better than
ordinary brown paper, except IN some
unusual cases, as, for example. the
cook book. which. az every good house
keeper knows. should be covered with
nilninfh.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
CHAPTER XII.
The Castle of the Terror.


The big Finn rowed me down the
swollen river.
After nearly a mile, the stream
again opened out into a broad lake
where, in the distance, l saw rising
sheer and high from the water, a long
square building of three stories, with
"a tall round tower at one corner-an
old medieval castle it seemed to be.
From one of the small windows Of the
tower, as we came into view of it, a
light was shining upon the water, and
my guide seeing it, grunted in salts
faction. 1t had undoubtedly been
placed there as signal. After waiting
five minutes OF so, he pulled straight
across the lake to the high, dark tower
that descended into the water. The
place was as grim and silent as any I
had ever seen, an impregnable strong
hold Of the days before siege guns
were invented, the fortress of some
feudal prince or count who had prob
ably held the surrounding country in
thraldom. A small wooden ledge and
half a dozen steps led up to a low
arched door, which opened noiselessly,
and the dark figure of a woman stood
peering forth.
My guide uttered some reassuring
word in Finnish in a low half-whisper,
and then slowly pushed the boat along
to the ledge, saying:
your high nobility may disembark.
There is at present no danger"
I rose, gripped a big rusty chain to
STEADY myself, and climbed into the
narrow doorway in the ponderous wall,
where l found myself in the darkness
beside the female who had apparently
been expecting our arrival and watch
ing u signal.
Without a word she led me through
a short passage, and then, striking a
match, lit a big old-fashioned lantern.
As the light fell upon her | recognized
that she was a member of some re-
ligious order. The thin ascetic coun-
tenance was that of a woman of
strong character, and her ~funereal
habit seemed much too large for her
stunted, shrunken figure.
"The sister speaks French?" I haz-
arded in that language, knowing that
in most converts throughout Europe
French is known.
"Oui, m'sieur. But are you not afraid
to venture here? No strangers are
permitted here, you know. If your
presence vas discovered you would
not leave this place alive-so l warn
you. BY admitting you l am betraying
my trust, and that l should not have
done were it not compulsory"
Compulsory! How?"
"The order of the chief of police
Even here, we cannot afford to offend
him"
So the fellow Boranski had really
kept faith with me, and at his order
the closed door of the convent haG
been opened.
"Of curse not" I answered. RUS
sian officialdom is all-powerful in Fin
land nowadays, But where is thu
1ady?"
you are still prepared to risk YOU
liberty and life" she asked in a hoarsC
voice, full of grim meaning.
81 am" l said. Lead me to her"
"You are on Russian soil now
m'sieur, not English" she remarked
in her broken English. 'If your oh
1ect were known, you would never b,
spared to return to your own land
Ali" she sighed, you do not know tn,
mysteries and terrors of Finland.
am a French subject, born in Tours
and brought to Helsingfors when l wa
fifteen. have been in Finland forty
five years. Once we were happy here
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

took up. railroad building. Some Of the
greatest bridges which he has built
span the Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers, though he has also spanned the
Mississippi and other streams. Though
famed as a bridge builder he prefers
to be known as a nan who has had
more to do with laying out railroad
routes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

ment Hospital for the Insane beyond
the eastern branch. With Early at
the detention cottage is Emil R. Ora
Bile, another leper. who was taken In
custody on the streets of Washington
December 10. Early arrived In Wash
ington and notified the health officials
Of his presence early in June last
year.
Since Early's arrival, and since
the coming of Cradle, the District au-
thorjties have made reDeated efforts
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
A Last Resort.

"Confound III Another wedding In
vitation."
Going to send something's"
NO. l think 1t would be cheaper
to move and claim the invitation went
aatgay:."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

has succeeded IN measuring them-
the result being the discovery that
r~aindrops vary in diameter all the
way from one-fftieth of an inch to
one-third Of an inch.
Anybody IA measure the size of
r~aindrops for himself, when once the
simple method is explained. All that
is necessary is to take a small tin pan
and spread smoothly in 1t some we'll
sifted -four to a depth Of an inch.
Expose it then to. shower for three
or four seconds-long enough, that Is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
Ad minimum.

I suppose visitors ask You a great
many foolish questions" said the man
who thought he was different.
"Oh, yes" answered the guide weay-
lily. I have Just been asked another
ond-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
How Uncle Sam Measures the Size Of Raindrops

n HE United States weather man recently has undertaken some very inter
1 esung- experiments in relation to raindrops. He has made movie
pictures of them falling, and through thu. adoption Of an ingenious device
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

to Assistant Secretary Sweet of the
department, also from Detroit. Cobb
and Clancy, in between times, run the
Woodrow Wilson factions out in De-
troit. Clancy is president of the
Woodrow Wilson Club of Detroit and
ely" Cobb is his first lieutenant, hold
ing down the chair of vice-president.
When Cobb came in to see Clancy
one of the messengers opened his
eyes wide at being able to get so
close to the baseball player, and, like
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
Lepers Heavy Burden on District Of Columbia

w AsHINGToN-More than a year after John Early, the leper, put in an
w appearance in Washington, and was taken in charge by the District
health officials. he is still a guest" of the municipality at the little leper
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
"Ugh!" Says Indian Chief, Signing Away Millions

A FTER ASheGahHre, principal chief of the Osages, attached his thumb
"A to a document at the interior department asserting to the disposition Of
oil and gas leases in the Usage reservation covering $4,000 acres nd'vaued
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22

marked:
ugh, guess that will do"
Andrew Big Horse also signed, for
he could write. When E-Gron-Kah-
Shin-Kah was asked to assent as a
member of the Usage tribal council
he pressed his thumb mark upon the
paper.
Peter Bigheart was able to write.
Other signers for the tribal council
of six and the officers all wrote their
names. and Secretary of the Interior
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-22
''Ty" Cobb Stirs Fans in Department Of Commerce

trT Y" COBB, the popular player of the Detroit baseball team, nearly
l wrecked the government machinery in the department of commerce
when he called to pay a visit to his friend. Robert Clancy, private secretary