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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-04-02

The chances are that the man in a
great hurry may be trying to get away
from something.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-04-02

Mediocre talent properly advertised
will discount genius every time
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-04-02

Pity is akin to love, but girl is new
er willing to accept il. as substitute
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
CHAS, WASHBURN
TAKES HIS LIFE
FIRED TWO BULLETS INTO HEAD
FRONT OF McGILLIVRAY
HOUSE LATE TUESDAY
MIG HIT.
No One Knows of Any Special Reas-
on for Suicide. Seemed Happy
and Was Well Liked Both at
Dickinson and MedOra.

Charles Lora Washburn suicided at
about II o'clock the evening Of the
18th by shooting himself in the head
on the side walk on the east side of
the Mary McGillivray residence. He
used a small vest pocket % revolver.
The first bullet evidently was fired
into the center of the forehead and
the second into the right temple. The
Stetson hat worn was powder burned,
probably by the first shot which pene-
trated the skull.
Two chambers of the revolver were
empty; three shells were snapped but
did not go off; the sixth was not tried.
It was about 1915 in the morning
when DR.. and Mrs. C. N. Barker, re-
turning home from the P. E. O. party
at M. A. Scherffius's, stumbled upon
the body which had fallen close
against the 20-inch retaining wall of
the McGillivray property. DR..
Barker's first though was that the
man was drunk but as he rolled the
body over a little he saw the blood
and hurridly returned to the M. A.
Scherfius home, where he had left
DR.. A. P. Nachtwey.
> The body was picked up by Drs.
Nachtwey and Barker, M. A. Scherf-
fius, w. L. Richards, Jay Reed and
others and taken to st. Joseph's hos
pitaL The wounds were dressed and
the man was put to bed. His breath
ing seemed better at 1 o'clock and it
was thought that he might recover,
although he was unconscious and it
was not considered wise to probe for
the bullets. Life became extinct about
5 o'clock in the morning, and the
body was removed to the Boulger &
Hughes morgue. 49,.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
SENATOR MCBRDE'S FARM
ONE OF FINEST IN COUNT

Senator M. L. Mcbride is farming
more than 1000 acres Of land this
year. He has seeded 800 acres of
wheat, 100 of barley, 100 of oats and
is planting SO acres of corn. He also
has rs acres Of speltz, acres Of po-
tatoes, 35 acres of bronze grass and
Is acres Of alfalfa, 10 acres of which
are being seeded this season.
The home farm is three miles west
of Dickinson, where are located as fine
farm buildings as any one could ask.
Mr.. Mcbride has just purchased a
pure bred registered Ayrshire. COW
from a Minnesota stock farm. He
bought a registered sire several years
ago. His horse herd numbers SO
head, including two registered sires.
Duroc Jersey hogs are raised at this
farm and nothing but the best regis
tered animals are kept upon the place.
The Guarantee Investment Co., of
which Mr.. Mcbride is president, has
235 acres in crops this season. Thus
it will be seen that the Stark county
senator is easily classed among the
large farmers Of North Dakota. This,
in addition to his law, loan and col
lection business, keeps him busy from
early morning until late at night.
Senator Mcbride saw much of the
development Sof the country around
Milbank, s. d., where his folks still
reside, and he sees no reason why
there should not be the same advance
in the price Of land around Dickin-
son. Our $40 and $25s per acre lands,
he says, are bound to double in price
before many years.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
k, {, GRAND COUNCIL
At DICKINSON MAY 29

The Grand Council of the Knights
of Columbus comes to this city May
20 and will bring representatives
from all parts Of the state. The local
X. C's, J. P. Cain, Grand Knight, are
preparing to entertain their guests
royalty.
There are seven Councils in the
state-Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot,
Dickinson, Bismarck, Devils Lake and
Wiliston, the last mentioned just
organized. Each Council is entitled to
two delegates which with the Grand
Council officers will bring some Is
prominent X. Cs to Dickinson.
The local Council which was the
fourth organized in the state. prob
ably stands fourth in membership,
with better than 200 on its roll. r.
v. Boulger is grand council treasurer.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
LOCAL PARTIES WIN
JUDGMENT FOR $1,000

A telegram1wasj received Thursday
afternoon from Minneapolis that the
suit of Arnett, Richards, Daily, Eyer
and Senour VS.. EyOn, which came up
this week there III the federal court of
appeals, had been decided in favor of
the prosecutors. 1nf ''''..
This case grew out of a $4,000
land deal in wheh it was claimed
Pat Lyon, as agent, took an unfail
advantage. The ease was brought in
federal eourt and a verdict against
Lyon, for SO, 600, rendered in March.
1914. He appealed the case but has
lost again on the appeal. Meantime
interest and Other expense brings the
total judgmaAt up to about $1,000.
w. F. Burnee represented Arnett ct
ihl and and tIe hs''' SEess is a great victory
for him. s''' 60 . .~%.7' - n ~. ....s s
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
BEAUTlFy|NG CITY
!. HUNDREDS Of TREES SET

In driving about the city it is very
pleasing to note the permanent i'm
provements in the way of grading
and the planting of trees, shrubs and
decorative plants. In the eastern part
Of the city the dozen Of evergreens
jim the Robert Fisher yard make a
fine showing and the same is true of
the William and Ed. Lenneville places,
where many pines have been put out
this year. DR.. Nachtwey also has put
out evergreens as well as other trees,
large shrubs and climbing plants.
The "A. B. Robinson, o. Ranberg, Joe
Auth, Fred Thompson (near Bohemi-
an church), Ward and Skinner places,
all have a goodly showing of newly
placed trees and the line of trees in
the street has not been forgotten.
The hospital grounds have been i'm
proved with several evergreens and a
pretty hedge along the front, while
the Waddell, Flynn and Ray places
all have new trees and ]. V. Jessen
has a nice row of street trees. Geo.
Berzel is another who has made i'm
provements along this line.
On, the west side DR.. Bowen's ever
greens show up fine while Wilson
Eyer, d. D. Mars, c. M. Dinsdale, DR..
Clarke, w. F. Burnett and Max
Hendrick have all been busy in beau
tifying their properties. A. H. Deit-
ers has put out a lot of nice looking
trees and shrubbery on his place and
his mothers and four Colorado spruce,
some of the "true blue" variety, have
been added to the Ayers lawn. The
evergreens set several years ago by
Tom Fisher make fine showing now
and are probably the best in the city,
numbers considered. The Manning
yard has two fine ones and Fred
Turner also. The big elm trans
planted by Mr.. Turner last year is
coming out in fine shape and demon
strates that big trees can be moved
if moved right.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
REGISTER v. B, DICKSON
WILL TAKE OFFICE

Attorney W. b. Dickson, the
newly appointer register Of the local
United States land office, is ex-
pected in Dickinson the coming week.
Register J. G. Quinlivan's time ex-
pires on the 10th, but, as stated last
week, it is quite possible that MI.
Dickson will not care to assume his
duties until the first of the month.
Mr.. Dickson's appointment came as
something of surprise even to him.
self and his friends, although for
some time past it had been UNDER
stood that his faithful service in the
interests of the democratic party OF
the state should receive recognition at
the hands of a democratic admins
tration.
His appointment meets with gen
eral approval, not only in Cavalier
county, where he has resided for
twenty years and is best known, but
over the state as we'll. His sterling
traits of character and his ability and
experience as a lawyer making him
eminently fitted for the position to
which he has been appointed.
Mr.. Dickson, who is Of Scotch de-
scent, was born in Canada and there
received common high school and
academy training. After three years
of teaching he studied law for five
years with Hon. Jas. T. Garrow, @. c.,
who is now chief justice of the
Ontario Court of Appeals. He prac-
ticed law in Ontario and at Helena,
Montana. On account of his wife's
health several years were spent in
Colorado, from which state the family
in 1894 moved to Langdon, N. D.,
which has since been their home.
AS lawyer in this state Mr.. Dick
son has received merited recognition
by being appointed and four times
elected states attorney of Cavalier
county. Perhaps his most prominent
I'work as lawyer was in the Barry
murder trial and the second test of
the constitutionality of the 80 per
scent feature Of the Primary election
law.
Mr.. Dickson's family consists of a
wife, two daughters and a son, who
will be a welcome addition to the life
of our city.
The Dickinson U. s. land office is
now the most important in the state
and the $4,000 yearly salary, politi-
cal plum quite worth gathering, and
all Mr.. Dickson's friends are con-
graduating him upon it's possession.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
EARLY DICKINSON TEACHER
, IL
AND BEN RAU'S SISTER

The recent visit of Mrs. Ed. II.
Davis of 5931 Bonsella Avenue, Los
Angeles, formerly of Oakland, and
Mrs. Della Richards of 743 Fifty
fourth st., Oakland, California, at the
North Dakota building at San Fran
cisco, recalls some early history at
Dickinson. ~,
Mrs. Davis (nee Mary Granteer, a
cousin of the late L. X. Granteer)
married l1er husband, Ed. Davis, a
druggist employed by Davis & Fowlef..
in Dickinson in the early eighties, and
has the distinction of being the first
public school teacher in this city,
She taught first in the old Baptist
church, later in the building Occur
pied by Auld & Moore, on the site of
the Bijou theatre. After the msr-
riage Mrs. Davis school was finished
out by Miss Thurber, the school beng
held for time in the Messersmith
building now owned by l.. A. Simp-
son and w. F. Burnett north Of the
Mary Murn store. Later the brick
school building was erected, now the
Catherine Ray home. Among the pu-
pils Mrs. Davis and her successors
had were Mrs. L. A. Simpson, Mrs. O.,
B. Frankenberg, Ben Rau, Welton Nc
Donald, Joe and John Lenneville. 3;
Mrs. Richards resided in Dickinson
from 1883 until about 1889, when she
moved to Tacoma. She is sister -.
Mrs. Rau and Mrs. Thomas Fisher,
pf this place, also of Fred Rau of Ia
coma and Charles Rau of Rochester,
Washington, all well known to many
of our readers. 1t will be recalled
that Mrs. Richards married her pres
tent husband in Dickinson. He was the
Northern Pacific station agent for a
time here.
Both Of these ladies wanted to be
Remembered to Dickinson friends
Through the columns Of the PRESS.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
.FENNO HALF NJ SECTION
. SELLS At $50. PER ACRE RI

q The half section farm south of
Taylor belonging to Mrs. r. w. Fenno
and Miss Hebe was sold ON Tuesday
sof this week by Herman Leutz to
John Davis of Delavan, Mimi, the
consideration being $35 per acre. The
purchaser is the father Of George G.
Davis Of Taylor and plans on sending
two sons up from Minnesota to take
charge Of the farm about October 1.
3 Mrs. Fenno and her daughter are
emong the oldest residents of Stark
county They have not decided what
they will do after leaving the farm
in the fall. tss Z ,7
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15

matters in charge urge that no un-
fair advantage in raising prices be
taken by those offering rooms or
board. Assurances have been given
the committee that this will not be
done. Meal hours will be such that
restaurants and boarding houses can
easily handle the large increase, the
noon rush of business people being
over before classes are dismissed.
The Walsh boarding house has already
agreed to furnish board for twenty
four at $3.50 per week, and no bet
ter rate has ever been quoted in the
state. Other boarding houses will
doubtless make rates. Then there are
the hotels, cafes and cafeteria, where
meals may be ordered la carte.
Mrs. Soules is chairman of the COM
mittee on rooms and parties are re-
quested to appraise her as to the
number and price of rooms they will
rent.
The following are the committees:
General Committee
C. E. Ward, chairman, P. S. Berg,
r. H. Pugh, John Orchard, Mrs.
James Soules.
Entertainment Committee
Mrs. w. C. Crawford, chairman, ].
v. Jessen, l.. R. Baird, Mrs. v. H.
Stickney, Mrs. Nora Jefferies.
This committee will have in charge
the reception to be given the teachers
on Tuesday, June 29th, at o'clock.
Reception to commence at six and
continue one hour. Plan entertain
ment at the country club if possible
and feasible.
Z Automobile Committee
Mayor Alf. White, chairman, A. T..
Crowl, J. F. Davis, S. M. Ferris, Fred
Maser, J. F.. Brodie, w. L. Richards,
F..SW. Turner.
The duty of this committee is to
arrange automobile ride of an hour
and a half during the third and the
fifth weeks. The ride to be one Of
pleasure and in the vicinity of Dick
inson.
-.,.-. Reception -...
Mrs. T. D. Casey, chairman, Mrs.
E. A. Lilibridge, B. H. Crawford, J.
w. Reed, Mrs. w. L. Richards, Mrs.
Guy. Hunter. a& :, .
p Duty of this committee consists of
meeting trains and taking guests to
places of boarding and rooming.
Billeting Committee
Mrs. James Soules, chairman, Mrs.
Margaret Dodd, Mrs. M. "A. Scherffius,
Mrs. Frank Reed, Mrs, A. A. Dins-
dale ''1~ >'7 :" = " @$ f%
This committee to have in charge
the location of rooming and boarding
facilities
Decorating Committee
Mrs. w. A. Mcclure, chairman, Mrs.
M. L. Ayers, Mrs. G. A. Perkins, Mrs.
C. NJ Barker, Mrs. F. L. Roquette,
Mrs. Harry Graschus.
This committee will see business
men and have them decorate build
ings and wait on mayor and arrange
for having banners stretched across
the street by the city.
Advertising Committee
p. S. Berg and C.. E. Ward
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15

Wednesday evening A. D Davis,
coroner, held an inquest, G. H. Dick
inson, w. G. Ray and George Senour
being sworn as jurors. Drs. C. N.
Barker and Geo. A. Perkins, w. L.
Richards, M. A. Scherffius and NJ. L.
Ayers were called as witnesses. II.
A. Burgeson, states attorney con-
Quoted the examination.
The jury viewed the body of Charles
Washburn, whom they thought to be
about 26 years of age, heard the
testimony of the various witnesses
and decided, without hesitation, that
the man came to his death by bullet
wounds inflicted by himself. Every
thing pointed to suicide but the letter
given below was proof positive.
AS far as can be learned there was
no special cause for Charles Wash
burn taking his life. He was pleas
ant young man and was known to
many people about Dickinson, where
he had been since last fall. He was
thrown from horse late in the seas
on of 1914 which necessitated an
operation and he was also stricken
with fever and was at St. Joseph's
hospital for some time. During the
winter he took treatment Of DR.. S.
w. Bailey and appeared to be in quite
good health this spring.
Charles Washburn worked at the
Custer Trail ranch south of Medora
for long time and he and his father
are said to have occupied the Roose-
velt log cabin prior to the time it was
taken to St. Louis. He had land
out near the Lebo ranch, the south
west half Of section 28-1o8-102, and
was the owner of the open A bar X
brand of horses. Sickness and conse-
auent reverses necessitated the mort
gaging of this property and at the
time of death everything belonging to
him was badly encumbered.
Charles Washburn's father is a
paralytic and is in St. Joseph's hos
pital at the present time, which is
about all that is known Of the family.
The boy looked to Re about a quarter
blood Indian, and those who knew
him we'll think that his mother was
half Indian and half Eskimo. He was
quite we'll known at Medora and up
the Little Missouri river country,
where all speak well of him.
The day of the suicide Washburn
was around the city as usual and doz-
ems of people recall having spoken
with him on Tuesday. He got the
second hand revolver at local hard
ware store Tuesday afternoon, saying
that he wanted to shoot some goph-
ers. The weapon seems like toy re-
volver and had been left at the store
for sale. Washburn said that he did
not have the money to pay for the
fire arm but that he would go to his
room and get the money.
Washburn's Last Letter
The following letter, addressed to
Lawyer Tobias D. Casey, was found in
the pocket of deceased:
"Dear Sir: lam leaving this life. l
cannot stand it no longer. 1t is no
pleasure to live this life. I have no
money but have a piece of land that
you know so well. Take it and pay
my bills. The Elite Cafe $40 and L.
H. Dundas SIS for my room rent and
take your bill out Of it and Dr.
Bowen's bill.
Your truly friend,
Chas. WashburE. .
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-15
Manning KEEPS
THE COUNTY. SEAT
JUDGE CRAWFORD is AFFIRMED.
TAKES TWO-THIRDs VOTE TO
REMOVE COUNTY SEAT.
This Settles Question for Adams,
Bowman and Hettinger Counties.
Manning Has Chance to Hold
Prize for Long Time.

The Dunn county seat removal case
was decided by the supreme court the
first of this week and is favorable to
Manning, thus affirming the decision
of Judge w. C. Crawford.
The following is syllabus of the
opinion handed down in this we'll
known case by Judge Burke:
DECISION OF SUPREME COURT.
From Dunn County.
The State Of North Dakota, ex rel,
Thomas G. Ahern, Relator,
VS..
T. G. Anders, ct al, as the County
Commissioners Of the County Of
Dunn, in the State of North Da-
kota, and as the Board of County
Commissioners of the County of
Dunn, in the State of North Da-
kota, Respondents.
Syllabus: Following Miller VS.. Nor
ton, 22 N. D. 196, it is held that the
Revised Statutes Of 1896 was new leg
islation, a change from old to new,
and not continuation of the old with
amendments. Chapter FL, Political
Codes of 1877, has therefore been re-
pealed and is now superseded by
Chapter AZ, Political Code, being Sec
ton 3191-3244 C. L. 1918. Dunn
county was organized under the later
law and an election held under Sec
ton 3233 c. l.. 1913 to determine
whether the county seat should be re-
moved from Manning to Dunn Center
is one for the removal, and not re-
location Of said county seat.
(2) There is no provision for To-
cation election in counties created
from unorganized territory. But con-
ceding, for argument only, that an
election might have been held to re-
locate the county seat of Dunn county
in 1914, the election in question can
not be now changed into one of that
nature.
Appeal from the District Court Of
Dunn County, disnnissing a writ of
mandamus agaiDstthe County Com
missioners, Crawford, ].
Affirmed. Opinion of the court by
Burke, J.
Alf. o. Nelson of Dunn Center, and
A. S. Boe of Dunn Center and Thos.
H. Pugh of Dickinson, attorneys for
Relator.
w. A. earns of Manning and w. F.
Burnett of Dickinson, attorneys for
Respondents.
The above decision settles the ques-
tion of county seat location hereto
fore discussed in Adams, Bowman and
Hettngcr. + All the counties of the
state are now clearly within the con-
fines of the removal act which pro-
vides for two-thirds vote, and in
order to get the question before the
voters at general election three
fifths Of tho legal voters must first
sign petition asking that such ques-
tion be submitted.
There is nothing to prevent a county
seat removal Vote III Duln county III
the fall Of 1916, but it would possibly
be three cornered fight, with the
odds in favor Of Manning. Tt is likely
that Dunn Center, Kjlldeer and Man
ming will all be out for the county
seat.
1t is rumored that Dickinson at
torney wrote an opinion last fall at
the request Of Dunn county resi-
dent that is in harmony with the
opinion now handed down by the su-
preme court.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-03-25
DEMOCRATIC iMCAPACITY PERIL.
GUS TO NATION.

Some one recently aptly described
the situation this country faces as a re-
suit of Democratic control, by saying
that Democratic tariff for revenue,
a war tax has been levied without war
within our borders, and business is told
that prosperity abounds without bus
mess, says the Bel Air Times The
National Treasury faces big deficit and
the situation in Mexico could hardly be
worse. With international complica-
tons growing out of the European War
calling for Craftsmanship of the highest
order. those in control seem incapable
of dealing with the big problems.
Where is it all to end? American
citizens are slain and their property
DESTROYED in Mexico and our govern
ment simply says it is investigating the
matter. American merchant ships are
sent to the bottom by belligerent
European nations and the American
government merely sets on foot an IN
quiry." We are patriotic, peace
loving people but there are limits to
what great nation shall permit to be
done by other nations who haye thrown
to the winds international law. The
supporters of the Democratic National
administration point to the war as an
excuse for the failure of their tariff law
and the resulting destruction of home
Industries. But the prostration of
business began long before the war
started last August and there are many
keen business men who point out that
the mills that have orders are those that
have secured foreign business created
by the war.
Moreover, at period of financial and
business disturbance at home and with
extraordinary conditions the world over
growing out of the great European con-
fiict, the Democratic Congress just
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-03-25
A New Telephone Company Organized

The Bethlehem Mutual Telephone
Company was organized and put in
operation during the winter of 1914.
The system consists of three lines, one
running to German, one to Stoyer and
the other to the Bethlehem settlement,
the three terminating at Loeb Lynn
where they connect with the Bell sys-
TEN. The company has about thirty
miles of line. The stock of the COM
pany is owned by 45 farmers, each hav-
ing an equal share and having one vote.
They Incorporated recently and elect
ed directors to serve one year The
directors are: Geo. w. Harvey, and
Ernest r. Hillary of Gormania, W.
Va. Chas. E. Martin, Jas. E. Lish,
Walter Davis, Chas. Steyer, C. M.
Calhoun, Jas. D. Harvey and j. B.
Shockey of Deer Park. The officers
are Pres. Jas. E. Lish; vice pres. Chas.
Steyer; treasurer, Jas. D. Harvey;
sec'y. C. M. Calhoun all of Deer Park.