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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
Douglas Herald

l.. r. Reynolds is busy getting
his cellar and foundation ready
for modern 8-rO0m house which
he intends to build.
M. E. Bowen is getting ready
to erect an 8-room house on his
place and has moved the house
from the o. M. Heath homestead
on to his farm to live in until
the new house is completed.
The jacobson boys are building
a nice house on their place, which
was formerly known as the DAN
ielson homestead.
j. j. Blonigan has just COM
pleted q goodsized granary on
his place.
Chas. Myler, who. bought the
Dan Kline place, is busy building
a Large barn and fixing over the
house in readiness to move there
this fall.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
DRAG ROADS TO MAKE
THEM MORE PERMANENT

The Minneapolis journal has
the following editorial on a sub
ject, which is Of as much in
terest to North Dakota as to
Minnesota:
The slogan Of every town in
Minnesota these days ought to be,
Drag the roads. Nothing so
quickly puts a dirt road in trave-
ling condition as the use of the
drag after "ain. And nothing
will as quickly make it way
Of ruts and holes and humps as
failure to use drag.
The care Of the roads we have
is Of almost greater Importance
than the building Of new ones.
Scientific roads maintenance is
a lesson that is learned all too
slowly in this country. Europe
learned it long ago and practices
it with industry and success.
There are two great forces for
good roads in Minnesota that
must be brought into active CO.
operation before great things
are accomplished-the farmers
and the automobiles. Agriculture
prosperity has already made au-
tomobilists Of some Of the farm
ers and will make more.
But the farmer, whether he
drives car or horse, stands in
need of good roads on which to
take his produce to market, and
however short-sighted he may be
as yet about the expenditure Of
state money on great paved roads
radiating through the state from
the various centers, he recogniz-
es tn need of having the roads
he himself uses kept in good
condition. The drag is the simp-:
lest and best way to do that. :
Live villages and cities find :
Iit pays to keep the to-town roads
dragged, for it brings the farm
ers and their businesss. Auto
mobile clubs in the various CIT
les Of the state are helping to-
spread this gospel of the drag.
The state automobile association
is wisely encouraging the wide
organization of these clubs to
engage in the work of looking
after neighborhood roads. i
If the automobile owners in
each city Of the state would get
together and through club see
that the reads leading into the
city are we'll main1 kined, the
conversion Of the farmers to
the gospel of good roads would
be rapid and widespread. A
little practical demonstration
beats reams of argument.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
MORE SCHOOLS AND LESS
FUNDS FOR STATE AID

Warrants for State aid, for
various high schools throughout
the state are being mailed from
the office of Superintendent Of
Public instruction E. j. Taylor.
The checks will be mailed to the
treasurers in the various districts
where the schools are located
and will in turn be delivered by
them to the school authorities.
There are three classes 4
classified high schools in -.
state and they will receive adj
ditional funds, as per their
qualifications. Five high sch.',.>
with agricultural and manual
training courses will each :.
ceive $2,O2O, coming under the
special classification. Those 6
the First class will receive $544;
Second class, $34O, and Third
c,,ass, $2O4. Washburn is in Il
second class and it's receipt :
from this source is $40.
The amounts this year are less
than last year by reason Of the
action of the State Board Of
Equalization, and . decision Of the
State Supreme Court regarding
the tax levy for the current year.
There are a larger number Of
high schools classified this year
than ever before in the histor.v
of the State. This shows tn
dency on the part Of the country
and city school authorities 20
bring their schools up to the
standard recommended by the;
State Board Of Education.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
HARD WORK MADE
BILL TURNER PROMINENT

Bill Turner was a farmer, he
iabored all his life. He didn It
have no schoolin and neither ha
for business and made the wheels
go round, and left a healthy
fortune when they put him un-
his wife. But Bill was built
der ground. He was always TAX
ing chances, paid a hundred for
a bull. His neighbors called
him crazy, but he left a stable
full of cows that broke the re-
cord, making butter by the ton,
an Bill had his picture printed
in the squeedunk Weekly Sun.
He had new tangled notions Of
making farming pay. He even
bought fool machine to help
him make his hay. The neigh
bors fairly snorted when they
saw the bloomin' thing; said Bill
would never make it work. It
wasn't worth a ding! Bill didn t
care a darn bout what they
said, fer slick as grease, his
hay went in the barn an hour
before thunder storm came
sailin' out that way and caught
his neighbors in a pinch and
spoiled their new mown hay.
Bills neighbors put their milk
in cans, and set 'em in tank.
Bill skinned his milk with a
machine and turned it with a
crank. Smith shops his firewood
with an ak. Bill used some gas
oline and saws hundred cords
fsa day with another blamed ma
chine. Today Bills wife rides
in car and dresses up in silk.
Smith s wife rides in a wagon
and keeps on skimming milk.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
MUCH BUILDING IN uN-
DERWooD AND VICINITY

The building and Improvement
that is going on now in Under
wood and vicinity is worth more
than passing mention. The fine
new meat-market recently COM
pleted by w. F. Schwieger adds
greatly to the appearance Of
that corner of main street and
the spacious new building j. G..
Sayler is putting up is rapidly
nearing completion-it will not
I'be long before the elegant new
First State Bank is in process Of
construction-and at the pres
ent rate Of rebuilding and new
building the near future will
show an Underwood better in
appearance than ''before the
fire." Many Of the residences
land business places have been
recently renovated and painted
and put in fine shape. The park
by the railroad station has been
well looked after and is very at
tractive in APPEARANCE, calling
forth expressions Of admiration
every day from passing travellers
Many Of the farmers are putting
up new buildings and otherwise
improving their places, which, by
the way, with their good build
|ings, fine groves, attractive, cur
roundings and splendid crops,
could not suffer by comparison.
with any farming country any,
where. Underwood is in the
heart Of one Of the most pros
porous and beautiful farming
centers Of the whole United
States and not q week passes
but a number Of home seekers
from other states find this cut
by personal visits to the COM
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
Resident Of 1877
Dies in Washington
Charley Weller Who Established
Resident Northwest Of Here !;
in 1877 Dies at 73

Charley Weller, who died at
Colville, Washington, july 5, was
the second white man to actu-
ally establish residence within
the present confines of Mclean
county on land on which was
afterwards homesteaded and
title occurred to from the govern
ment. Mr.. Weller established
residence on the NEA of Section
IL, township 145, Range S3, in
June 1877, and later in 1882 when
survey was made he entered q
homestead filing on the tract. The
location, which was a stopping
place for travel between Fort
Lincoln and Fort Stevenson and
on as far west as Fort Benton,
Mont, was established in 1876 by
George G.. Rhude who sold out to
Mr.. Weller in 1877. Later in 1888
when the surrounding country
was settled a postoffice
was established and named for
him and Mr.. Weller was the first
postmaster. In 1884 the town of
Weller was plated, store build
ing built and one small residence
and at the fall election that fall
Weller contended with Wash
burn for the county seat Of Nc
Lean county. The Weller ranch
continued as favorite stopping
place until travel was abandon
ed on the old military trail and
government activities on the
various reservations up-river cea
ed. In 1877 when Mr.. Weller To-
Gated in this county three COM
panies Of soldiers were stationed
at Fort Stevenson, supplies and
mail was transported overland
as far west as Fort Benton, Mon
ana, a distance of more than zoo
miles from here. Through these
parts led the government high,
way for the entire northwest anc
uul1u& CIOuUlOuS Auu1dA u0y
may were the adventures along
this trail.
Mr.. Weller was born in Wuter
burg, Germany, October 18, 1912.
In the year 1861 he crossed the
ocean and in August, 1862, he en-
listed to fight for the Union and
served two years and eleven
months in Co. HI. 1O6th Illinois
volunteer infantry. He drove
team for General Custer the
SUNNI y of 1873 on his famous eS
Hedition up the Mussel Shell
river. April IL, 1883, he was
married to Martha A. Heath and
she survives him together with
four children, W., w. Weller, of
Republic, Wash, Mrs. G.. o. Null,
EFT, Of Seattle, Miss Hazel and
Miss Irene, of Golville, Wash.
The. family moyed. from here to
Washington in 1908.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
Wilton Has the Distinction of
Being the Largest City in
Mclean County
The population of Mclean

The population of Mclean
county as returned by the as
SCISSORS and filed with the county
auditor shows that we have a
population Of 1878 which is an
increase of 1882 over the United
States census of 1910. A fair
estimate of the actual population
of Mclean county is placed at
$4,000, it being agreed that as
SCISSOR in his rounds miss many
people who are temporarily alb
sent from home. The county has
enjoyed good substantial
growth during the past five
years as well as during the. other
census periods. In 1880 there was
no organization in Mclean coun-
ty and but few residents, the
number of people within it's
boundaries at that time being
less than 25 souls aside from the
Indians on the reservation. In
1890 there was a population of
$50, in 1900 4791 and in 1910, this
had grown to 1896 and Mclean
county took it's place as the
eighth county in the state in
point Of population.
Among the cities in the county
| Wilton has enjoyed the most
healthy growth, although a part
of the increase in Wilton is due
to enlarging the boundaries of
the city-some Of the adjoining
territory in Burleigh county be-
ing attached to Wilton and this
added some 125 people to it's
population.
The population is divided as
follows: Native white males,
$500, native white females 5611,
native colored males 1, foreign
born males 1896, foreign born
females 1870, male children five
years old and under 1852, female
children five years old and
under 1883, males five to twenty
years 1896, females five to twenty
years 2545, males twenty to
sixty years 4344, females twenty
to sixty years Of age 3048, males
over sixty years 356, females
over sixty years $50. r. y.
By townships the population is
made up as follows:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16

breakdown, one Of the wagon
wheels smashed up, the spokes
and portions Of the fellow being
broken. He was thirty miles
from a smithy, but nothing
.daunted, he took the wheel,
mounted horse and repaired to
the shop. His dismay may be
imagined when upon his arrival
the smith informed him that to-
repair the wheel was impossible
as he hadn't a single piece Of
wood on hand. For three days
he tarried waiting for something
to turn up.' Finally late on a
Sunday evening the smith be-
thought himself to cut up his
work bench. No sooner conceiv-
ed than he proceeded to put
the idea into effect and the day
following Mr.. Millar was able
to proceed upon his way rejoic-
ing.
One Of the greatest dangers
encountered in these long trips
was the danger from prairie fire:
The anxiety at times was near
akin to frency in the expectation
that upon reaching the next hill
they would behold the approach
of the fiery demon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millar have now
reached the advanced ages of rs
and II years respectively, hale
and hearty, actively engaged in
the conduct of the farming opera.
tions on their fine ranch of 900
acres up the Mouse valley four
miles north Of Burlington.
On Oct. 20 this grand old coupl
will celebrate the fiftieth ami
versary Of their marriage. They
are both natives Of Scotland
hailing from Kilmanrook. Mine
children have bless~d their un-
ion, Of whom eight are still liv-
ing, one girl, Mrs. L. D.. Cotton.
died and is buried at Havana
Cuba.
The children are: Mrs. Ben
Bach, Minot; John G.. Millar
Burlington; w. l.. Miller, Webb
Sask; Mrs. Henry Banning
Webb, Sask; Mrs. f. d. Foote
San Pedro, Calf; Mrs. P. NJ
Cole, Grand Forks, and Miss MAJ
garet Millar, Thief River Falls
MINI.
Only those hardy pioneers who
braved the dangers and hard,
ships Of those early days car
fully appreciate or realize what
these older citizens endured in
these early days.
1t is unfortunate that no eff
fort is being made to preserve
and record the accounts of those
early days. The old settlers
might well employ a historian
to attend their gathering and
record the many stories which
may be heard related by these
old settlers at their yearly
meetings.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16

munity, which has resulted in
many new settlers already this
year. 1t is up to us Of Under
wood to keep on with the good
work-cooperating in every move
for the growth and upbuilding
Of the community in general,
and to let the outsiders learn
more Of the vast resources, faci-
lities and opportunities Of our
part Of the great state of North
Dakota.-Underwood Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16

The annual re-arrangement of
salaries for postmasters gives
the following salaries for current
year: Underwood $14OO, Wash
burn $170O, an increase of 500
in each office. The. other salaried
offices. in the county remain the
same.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-07-16
PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS
INSTEAD OF POOR. .A1D

North Dakota, in common with
several other states, has provid-
ed for mothers pensions. I'm
der the Law passed by the iast
Legislature, several applications
for aid have been made. I'm the
strict administration Of such
laws lies their merit.
Abuse of the privilege is bound
to work hardship upon the de-
serving widows who find the
struggle hard when the home is
robbed Of the bread winner.
Any woman who has one or
more children under her care anG
who has been left without suffi-
cient means can be given an al
lowance of $15 a month for each
child under fourteen years of
age.
Mothers pensions are admin
istered through the county and
are only granted upon proof Of
actual need being furnished. Whe
in the judgment Of the county
court the allowance is not neces-
sary or is being improperly used,
that tribunal can discontinue the
aid. Further safeguards are
thrown about the granting Of
the pensions through an appeal
to the district court.
This la W only puts in speci-
fic form the manner Of grant
ing aid which.has1been in vogue
for years under the exciting poor
laws. It is merely a new form
|of legislation in the interests Of
the poor, and not the innovation
that some social worker would
have us believe.
Several parties from here at
tended the old settlers picnic at
Painted Woods yesterday. This
lis an annual, event and brings to.
Rethel, large crowds.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Brunswick People Know How to
Save 1t.

Many Brunswick people take their
lives in their hands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Weak kidneys are respOn-
sible for a vast amount of suffering
and i'll health-the slightest delay is
dangerous. Use Doan's Kidney Pills
"A remedy that has helped thousands
of kidney sufferers. Here is a Bruins
wick citizens recommendation
james A. Green, engineer, 41o Wolfe
St, Brunswick, says: 81 suffered
for a long time from sharp piercing
pains in the small of my back Often
could hardly get around. had head
aches and dizzy spells an spots
floated before my eyes. I felt drow-
sy and languid all the time. Less
than one box of Doan's Kidney Pills
gave me great relief Another of the
family has taken DOan's Kidney Pills
and has had lot of benefit
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for d kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Greene had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. 27
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12
GIRLS! HAVE WAVY.
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
SAVE YOUR AAIRl DOUBLE ITS
BEAUTY IN A FEW MOMENTS.
TRY THIS!

If you care for heavy hair, that
ghstens with beauty and is radiant
with life: has an Incompatible soft
ness and is fluffy and lustrous, try
Danderine.
Just one application doubles the
beauty of your hair. besides it imme-
dRtely dissolwes every particle OF
dandruff; YOU cannot have nice, heavy
healthy hair if YOU have dandruff
This destructive scurf robs the hair
of its lustre, its strength and its very
life, and if not overcome 1t produces
a feverishness and itching of the
scalp; the hair roots famish, loosen
and die; then the hair falls out fast
If your hair has been neglected and
is thin, faded, dry. scraggy or too
oily. get = 25-cent bottle OF Knowlton's
Danderine at any drug store or toilet
counter; apply a little as directed and
Item minutes after YOU will say this
was the best investment you ever
made.
We sincerely believe, regardless of
everything else advertised. that ii you
desire soft. lustrous. beautiful hair
and lots of it--no dandruff-no itch
ing scalp and no more falling hair
YOU Il ust use knowltons Danderine
II eve ually-why not now? .
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12
A Sermon in Figures.

The following very timely and thor
oughly valuable information comes
from the splendid Macon News. The
subject matter fairly teens with in
tercst and should put thoughtful Geor
siaus to thinking. Here ii is;
last year Georgia sent 20 mil
lion uullars out of the state, money
that never came hack---and every
cent Of 1t could have been kept
at home.
Last year this state produced
5000 000 bushels of oats, without
half trying and then bought from
out-ofthe-state dealers more than
',0uo,oo bushels.
Last year the corn yield in Geor.
eia was in excess of forty mil
lion bushels, hut it was necessary
TO import eleven million bushels
more in order to supply the de.
mand
Last year Georgia purchased ten
million bushels OF wheat grown in
the West and bought one hun
dred and thirty thousand tons of
hay, much of il from nearby
States.
Leaving Texas, because of its
size, cut OF the calculation, Geor-
sia spent 4vl- ---<> -Al ,ar
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12
Engagement Contracts.

The notorious Tanner breach of
promise case in New York has in
spircd legislative proposal to put
marriage agreements on the same ba-
isis as other contracts. AT present, a
verbal promise to marry is binding in
law if it can be proved to the salts
faction of jury Ogden l.. Mills,
millionaire state senator, has intro
duced a bill at Albany requiring that
a mutual promise to marry shall have
no legal force unless it is in writing.
Every agreement. promise or UNI
dertaking." the measure reads, lis
void unless some note or memoran-
DUN thereof be in writing and sub
scribed by the party to be charged
herewith, or by his lasSul agents, if
such agreement, promise or undertake
ing is made in consideration of mar
riage, including mutual promise to
marry"
In other words, if this bill passes,
the future Rae Tanzers of New York
state cannot hold the future Oliver Os-
bornes to their betrothal pledges UNI
less the hedging gentlemen have
backed their vows by signed promises
after the manner of genuine business
contracts.
1t would be an excellent thing in
many respects if such formal proceed
ure were required everywhere. When
man and woman honestly intend
to marry, why should either of them
hesitate to sign legal document to
that effect? 1t would be but a modern
substitute for the formal bans" that
used to be required universally
The necessity of such formality
would serve to show up the buffers.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12

and probably save a good many hearts
both male and female-from being
broken. Doubtless it would brighten
away some timid souls who might
drift into matfimony if the way were
less rugged-but it Is1l't evident that
the institution Of marriage gains much
by making the assumption of the bond
easy and casual. The more lightly
people marry, the more lightly they
seek the divorce courts.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12

for these four products than any
other Of eleven Southern states.
Georgia bought more wheat
than any other Southern state,
was third in the importation Of
corn. led in the purchase of oats,
and ranked second in the buying
of hay.
And yet every bushel Of oats,
every bushel of corn, every ton Of
hay, and much of the wheat thus
brought into the state could have
been raised in Georgia just as
well.
Amounting to a saving Of over
twenty million dollars!
Georgia is peculiarly adapted
to the raising Of corn and oats
and hay, and even wheat may be
cultivated extensively and profit
ably. There is no reason under
the sun why Georgia farmers
should ever buy an ear Of corn
or a wisp of hay or a straw of
oats. There is no reason why
Georgia merchants should ever
give an order for these articles
to Western or northern firms
They should be able to purchase
all they rejuire for their trade
right here in the state
These figures are more than i'm
pressive. They are staggering
They are impelling. They de
mand that Georgia farmers shake
off the shackles OF a one-crop
bondage ana diversity.
Our Macon contemporary might
rave gone a step further and shown
hat the Georgia department of agri
culture estimates of the money sent
ut of Georgia annually for hay vary
rom $10,000,0O0 to $Ed,00J,O0O. Most
If the hay brought in is timothy and
rcight and profits added after il
caves the farmers hands in the
northwest and before it reaches the
consumer in Georgia are about S.
,er ton. This gives the Georgia hay
grower a great advantage over the
northwestern farmer.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12

Tho resolutions aSsvd by ia, city
council aud the Brunswick Board of
Trade mcmoral'zing the Georgia
senators and Coneressman Walker to
move for sessions Of the federal court
in Brunswick, are timely, We doubt
if trere is city in Georgia the size
OF Brunswick. the Importance of
Brunswick, etc. where sessions Of
this court are not held. We are of
The opinion that some aui,N work on
this suhl-cf, would re' u- results,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12

We suppose the oberlauter muir
der. like a half dozen that have oc-
CURED in Brunswick within the past
year or two, will he dropped and that
the criminal will 20 unpublished,
while Brmswicks reputation suffers
another blot.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12

We commend very cordially the
movement of the Brunswick Civic AS
sociation for Carnegie library in
this city. We had the opportunity of
securing one of these libraries a few
years ago and let it pass. We ought
to try again and succeed.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12

Several years ago. when President
Wilson was mere head of great
educational Institution, ne said some
thing about knocking wellknowu
and regular candidate for the presi-
dency into a cooked hat We believe
the thing has been done to the
queens taste.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12

That fish and game bill was intro
duccd IN the senate day or two ago,
but was Immediately withdrawn
again We suppose it will be in or
der to start a filibuster on that