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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-02
The Time to Save.
For Future is Now
The Time to Save Your Money Is Not
at Some Future Date But Right
- Now

Presumably every young man
knows as a physical fact, that he can
do nothing next year which he can
not, in some degree, do today. He
will not grow wings, or overcome the
law of gravation, or subsist without
food. But he is always prefguring a
future in which his mind will operate
differently ". Theatime will certainly
come when he realizes that there is
no future, but only an indefinite ex-
tension of today. The important
question is whether that time will
come early enough in life to do him
any particular good. # e;
A lazy man cannot possibly make
himself Industrious in the future; or
a drinking man, sober; or an extrav-
agant man, economical. If it is done
at all he must do it at an immediate
present moment-at some right
now!" No man ever saved penny
in his hand for the future
ors}fItever will. He has got &3 to
save the penny in his hand at the
moment or he will be broke to the
day of his death. That is clear
enough to anybody who will think
abo,aut it. To save the, penny in the
hand he must resist the temptation
to spend it. Imagining himself next
year as resisting the temptation to
speend handful of pennies will do
him the same good that the drunk
y; ard I gets out Of imagining himself re-
formed a1l1a next year Every year that hat he
does not resist weakens his ability to
resist. z" "..5 r.. w.
This spending business Az .as much 2
matter of habit as tipping: It IS
within the knowledge Of everybody
who s,a,fh has the ordinary circle Of per:
sonniai acquaintances that, after GER Ger.
tain time, the man who lives up to
the limit 81 his income which, about
nine times out Of ten, means q q little listl
beyond accepts that as as normal l'l'1r|ia !
condition a and inst automat e tttcally tEsld
s,p,,ends whatever he gets. ffS8S
XVI twenty. y man lives largely inS an
imaginary, future. At thirty he seems sar
sto have & fairly incalculable powers
and opportunities to draw upon. At A.;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-02
Bill That Caused Number of Days Debate
" In the House Before Being Passed
IL Was Defeated in the Senate
Representative Divet Has Accepted A. @
Townley's Challenge to Debate in
Fargo on House Bill No. A

The following bills have passed the
House:
H. B. So, providing for delinquent
taxes, penalty and interest thereon.
H. B. %, steam heating plant for
municipalities, known as Valley City
bill.
H. B. 81, 1.-THE only bill to be de-
feated in the house up to date) pro-
viding for establishment branch school
of agriculture in Morton county.
H. B. 45,-prohibiting or negotiating
of note or check taken in payment
of first premium until after policy
has been delivered to applicant.
S. B. 1O5 -appropriating $4,000
for returning troops. Passed under
suspension of rules.
S. B. 9 relating to taxation for
promotion diversified farming and pro-
viding for disposition of accumulated
fund
The senate passed the following
bills
8. B. 33 providing that only quail
fled voters may vote upon the ques-
ton of changing the boundaries of
school districts.
s. B. 29-Nelson of Grand Forks
Adds farm bookkeeping to the courses
to be taught in the public schools.
S. B. 4S-relating to assessment
and taxation of bank stock.
The following bill was introduced:
S. B. Observation-Disclosures rail-
road companies to install stock scales
at stations from which SO carloads or
more of stock were shipped in 1915.
The act also provides for weight
master.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-02

forty be begins to realize what he full.
ly knows, probably, at forty-tive name
ly, that he has already spent his fut-
ure, in the sense that he has largely
shaped and fixed it so that it will
contain nothing essentially different
from what he himself has already
put into it.
II he can realize by thirty that he
is spending his future every day it
will be good thing for him.-Ex.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-02
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIA-
TIoN GOOD FOR EVERY TOWN

There is room, in every progressive
city or village for building and loan
association: Such an organization,
soundly organized and wisely manag-
ed, is of immense value in promoting
the interests of the community through
it's encouragement Of the habit of saw
ing, the building Of homes, and the re-
tention of interest in the local commu-
nifty. The building and loan associa-
tion is, in it's essence, a mutual organ
ization into which its members pay
monthly such sums as they wish to
save regularly for this purpose, and
which loans these accumulated funds
to members who wish to borrow, u.s.
ually for the building of homes, with
payment Of principal and interest to
be made in definite monthly install
ments. 1l- H. !, .f-
Properly managed such an institu-
ti6n provides for its investors means
for investing their funds safely, at a
reasonable rate of interest, and under
conditions which enable them to with
draw at any time. It makes it pos
.s'ble for. the borrower to build home
to repay his loan in installments
which amount to little more r, than
rent, and thus to become, within q
reasonable time, the absolute owner
OF property which he could not other
wise acquire 2.si,s:sh
r One Of the fine features about such
an institution is that It encourages
thrift by providing . means for and
giving an incentive to, the saving gand
Investment of small sums month by
month. In this way it tends to raise
the standard Of citizenship. Such an
enterprise merits attention. In fact,
experience IN some 81 our own cities,
shows that the3build ding and loan as:
ssociation is worth while from 7 he
standpoint Of community development
alone, In addition ito all Of It's other
valuable features. I. / 4
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-02

feeding charges, commissions, shrink
age, yardage and other terminal
charges which have cut so deeply in
the farmers returns. A state market
for our own products will save a very
great deal to our farmers and in ad-
dition will make more valuable all
of our North Dakota lands.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-02
SILVER WEDDING, TENTH YEAR;
GOLDEN THE TWENTY-FIFTt
New Movement Would Advance the
Date Of Wedding Anniversaries

Tradition is a proverbially tough
enemy to tackle, but history has
proved over and over again that it is
not always invincible. There are
occasions, in fact, when it capitulates
easily, and the new year has brought
one of these. We are already familiar
with the movement to save daylight
by advancing the clock hands
and a somewhat similar movement
has for it's purpose advancing the dat
es of wedding anniversaries, eliminat
ing the unimportant and giving to the
majority of married humanity an op
portunity to enjoy the really import.
ant, namely, the silver and golden an
niversaries.,
AS every married person and every
person contemplating marriage knows
land this includes practically all
humanity the silver wedding is cele'
brated on the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the marriage and the golden on
the fiftieth. In this age, however
when marvellous inventions have al
most annihilated time and distance ;
when speed is as much factor in
life as in locomotion, and when in
creasing liability to injury emphasizes
the uncertainty of earthly existence,
it would seem by no means unreason.
able to knock off some years from
the traditional anniversary periods.
The reform would be at once sop
to the present-day spirit of insurgency
against the tyranny of convention and
a most welcome multiplication of the
occasions for friendly congratulation,
joyful family reunion and indulgence
in the blessedness of gift-giving.
Here is a reform which would be
welcomed by all, and to which even
the most grouchy bachelor or petulant
spinster would not dare offer objec-
ton. The present length of the silver
and golden anniversary periods would
appear to have been based on the
generation idea and are so prolonged
as to exclude a majority of mankind
from the enjoyment of what are re-
cognized as the happiest occasions in
married life. It would seem unrea-
sonable that the mother should have
to wait until the silver appeared in
her hair before receiving the silver
gifts which it would be at any time
a pleasure for her family and friends
to give, while the golden anniversary
is so associated with the. sere and
yellow leaf on life, il not With senjle
debility, that the occasion is an In
congruous mixture of Joy and patho.,
for which 1t would be q relief to ell
to substitute an earlier celebrate n.
,4 Altogether the advance Of the date
of the silver wedding from the TWEEN.
ty-fifth to the tenth year and Of the
golden wedding from the fiftieth to
the twenty,flfth year would seem to
merit worldwide popular approval:
Who in our, vicinity will be: first to
be credited with introducing the new
idea? t.s 81 NJ '%s:sE p. fSE
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-02

The county commissioners of Ward
county appropriated $50 for Appre'
citation Week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-13

usually from evidence Of similar en-
ploynent in civil life, and letter OF re-
commentator from employers and 9th
ers. II - sss~-
-, In order that: men of these qua llfca-
tons may not feel that they are leav-
ing their present positions with the
prospect Of having to hunt new places
at the expiration Of their service, en-
pioyers of such men are urged to assure
their men of unemployment at the OK
piration of their enlistments.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-13
STOP CATARRH! OPEN
NOSTRILS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied in N6strils
Relieves Head Colds at Once.

If your nostrils are clegged and your
freely because of cold or catarrh, just
get small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
as any drug store. Apply little of
this fragrant, antiseptic scream into
your nostrils and let it penetrate
through every air passage of your head,
soothing and healing the indamed, swol7
len mucous membrane and you get in
slant relief
ALI how good it feels. Your nos
trils are open, your head is clear, no
more hawking, snuf1ing, blowing; no
more headache, dryness or struggling
for breath. Ely's Cream Balm is just
what sufferers from head colds and ca
.aIrh need. It's q delight.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-13


Total Men
5.Sergeants Shall be at least so years
old, shall have sufficient education to
perform the duties OF the grade, and
shall hold in civil life, position Equal
to or of the Importance as Oyerseer
in the Engineer Department at Large,
and shall be- expert in one or more OF
the special qualifications listed in para
garph above.
Corporals shall be at least 25 years Of
age. shall have sufficient education to
perform the duties Of the grade, shall
hold in civil life position equal to-,
or Of the same Importance, as foreman
in the Engineer Department at Large,
and shall be expert in one Or more OF
the special qualifications listed in para
graph 4 above.
: Hcrseshoers, sadd1ers, cooks, buglers
and wagoners shall be qualified by their
experience in civil life for these posi-
tons.
Privates, 1st class and Privates, shall
have one or more Of the qualifications
listed in paragraph 4.
Qualifications for these various
grades will be determined to the salts
faction Of the officers securing recruits
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16
ALL MUST HELP STOP
SERVICE MEMS BOOZE
Supt. Robinson Calls Citizens to
Report Violations of Law
to Police

Superintendent OF Police James Robinson
urges every man and woman in the city to
serve In the capacity Of detective and aid
the police to round up INSCRIPTIONS persons
who are selling to sailors apd soldiers
Under a Federal act passed recently
liquor dealers are prohibited from serving
sailors marines and soldiers, Despite this
law the uniformed men stationed in this
city are experiencing but little difficulty
when they want to buy liquor.
THE violations" said Superintendent Rob-
inson, have reached the point where drastic
action must be taken, The police depart
ment is doing all that is possible to check
the evil and has assigned several plain
clothes detectives to the job of finding the
lawbreakers.
Detectives who are working under in
structions from naval officials are on the
job, too, but If the work is to be effective
the public must cooperate.
I'm every arrest involving a sailor or
soldier, we have asked the prisoner where
he obtained his liquor but none Of the men
have been disposed to tell.
I'm many instances the uniformed men
have approached civilians In the streets
and urged them to buy liquor for them.
AS a rule the uniformed man would say,
L am doing your fighting and want you
to do me favor by buying me a half pint
Of whisky This argument is usually effec-
tive, for the average citizen. appreciating
the patriotism of the sailor or soldier,
grants the request
This system must be smashed and to
smash 1t the public must cooperate"
Arrest Of a soldier was made today Sam
uel NJ. Turner, twenty-three years old, a
member or the First Regiment, Pennsylva-
mia National Guard, was committed for
thirty days to the county prison by Magis-
trate Price, but later paid a fine of $40 and
costs of $3.50, thereby gaining his release.
Turner was taken of trolley car at
Ridge and Allegheny avenues by Policeman
Cousins OF the Twenty-second street and
Hunting Park avenue station, charged with
creating disturbance and being intoxi-
Gated He refused TO tell who had furnished
him with the liquor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16
adephan Staying Family Mayor Act

in your state for the navy and the marine
corps"
Secretary Daniels expressed satisfaction
today over the offer OF Governor Brum-
baugh TO have the Attorney General Of
Pennsylvania cooperate in cleaning up the
city. When Secretary Daniels was asked ::
Just what are the conditions az League
lsland?' he replied
AT one time there were pig pens near
League Island. They were endangering the
health Of the men. We we're told that we
couldn't get rid Of them. | appealed to the
Governor Of the state then, and they were
cleaned out. Now We want to get rid OF the
two-legged pigs, and | have appealed to the
Governor again
Secretary Daniels said he wanted II made
plain that In sending his detailed report on
immoral conditions in Philadelphia to the
Governor instead of to Mayor Smith, he had
followed the same course that he adopted
with reference to cleaning up vice at New.
port, A. ]. Furthermore, he said, he would
take up all new cases with the Governors
of the States in which the immoral cities
are located
Secretary Daniels said that the report
that he first complained to the Mayor OF
Newport. before appealing 20 the Governd
Of Rhode Island is erroneous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16
EDGE LAUNCHES MOVIE
CAMPAIGN FOR RECRUITS

TRENTON. n, j., July l6-Goyernor
Edge and Adjutant General Barber started
their movie campaign TO recruit the New
Jersey National Guard TO war strength by
motion pictures, showing the State camp at
Sea Girt in fun action. The films will be
shown m picture houses throughout the
State this week and the schedule for today
and tomorrow takes in nearly dozen cities.
we have been helping in every way to
obtain New Jerseys quota Of over 5000 for
the regular army and this is now virtually
accomplished" said Governor Edge today.
This campaign for the regular army which
started several months ago, necessarily
meant that recruiting In the National Guard.
TO some extent, has suffered thereby, but
we felt our first duty was to the Federal
Government units"
Governor Edge called attention TO the
fact that in the meantime the Federal Gov
ernment has called upon New Jersey to
organize a number OF new units OF the Ma
tional Guard, including regiment and a
half Of new artillery, coast artillery and
other units, as well to MI the infantry
regiments up to war strength. Permission
TO form these new units stimulated re-
cruitng during the past four weeks and 400
men have enlisted in the engineers, $50 In
the field artillery. 200 in coast artillery
ninety In headquarters troop and seventy
hve in the signal corps. II Is Understood
that the state needs more than 5000 men n
order 70 bring its present National Guard
organizations 10 war strength
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16
ITALIAN TOTS MOURN BECAUSE
DIRT KEEPS PLAY PLACE CLOSED
Paradise Alley Has to Postpone Debut When City Cleaners
Fall Down on Job-Negro Riddles Dust Their
Own Recreation Street

are to guide the destinies Of the little
ones WHO will eventually enjoy the de-
lights Of Paradise Alley said, must remain
down cellar" until the street cleaners ar
rived.
Miss ClinCh, who worked hard last year
to bring about Philadelphia's first play
street and Mr.. Mason rushed to the City
Hail to see that MontrOse street be swept
tidy for the little people who are waiting
FOR il.
II didn't help restive little persons ach1
ing for seesaws and sliding boards to know
that just as soon as ever it Is possible the
street will be cleaned up and the play.
ground will b. officially opened.
Miss ClinCh announced that the official
opening would take place tomorrow morn
ing.
All was smooth sailing on South Colorado
street between Dickinson and Reed where
the other play street opened today. 1t lived
up to schedule.
Some 900 little colOred boys and girls
came and literally assisted at the resurrec-
tion of the play street, which came into
being last summer When It was found
that everything pretty dirty the little
ones ran to their homes and got busters
and brooms and cleaned up for the party.
All of the apparatus was thoroughly cleaned
before the houseworkers got through. Miss
Clinch spoke and the play street was ON
clally opened.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16
WOMEN MERE FRACTION
OF CHY'S PAYROLL
Ward Leaders Prefer to Put Voting
Henchmen in Municipal
Jobs

That women are in no more demand for
municipal positions during war times than
under ordinary conditions was proved to-
day by figures made public by the Civil
Service Commission. In 1915 a total Of
1884 women was employed in departments
under the Mayor, or Q per cent Of the total
of 900 municipal employees.
This year the number is slightly increased
owing to augmented forces of nurses in the
Department of Health and Charities, but
the total remains but and a fraction per
cent of the grand total. The estimate Of
10000 is exclusive of laborers and court
attendants. The latter do not come under
the Mayor.
Women, with but few exceptions, oc-
cupy the lowest-paid positions in the
municipal government, Most of them are
serving as clerks, telephone operators,
nurses, attendants and cleaners.
Political leaders of wards are strongly
opposed to filling vacancies caused by men
leaving for war with women, on the ground
that they are not so valuable politically.
So far ward leaders have been almost uni
formly successful in combining substitute
appointments to henchmen who de
liver the goods" on election day In their
opposition to women they are aided by the
fact that many positions are open only to
men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16

Paradise Alley, which should have opened
wide its arms today TO some 400 little
Italian boys and girls, didn't, because-welI
to tell the truth, II was just too pain dirty
for the occasion.
According to the schedule Of the street
Fairgrounds committee. of which Judge
Raymond MacNeille Is chairman. Montrose
street, between Eighth and Ninth. was 4"
meet official death today.
At 2 O'Clock this morning Little italy.
which comes In all sizes and in baby
coaches arrived to attend the funeral The
mourning party was joyous--it was gala
decked-because the death OF Montrose
street means the life of the little folk who
may come and play in its roped-on quarters
all summer long and keep out of the way Of
autotrucks and street cars
Miss Beatrice ClinCh, the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company's safety first lady,
and j. Leonard Mason, supervisor Of reCrea-
tion, came to put the official opening under
way The street was roped off, as was
expected there were flags Of America and
Italy bravely flying at either end of the
barriCades.
But
In place Of the sliding boards, the teter
board and the beloved balls supposed TO
dwell within, those who came found piled
up garbage. dirt-decked papers and-dis-
appointment.
All OF the play apparatus teachers who
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16
PENNSYLVANIA LEADS
IN FOOD CONSERVATION
Keystone Women Respond Nobly
to Canning and Drying
Campaign

Pennsylvania is cooperating with the
National Emergency Food Garden Commits
sion in its nationwide campaign to can
and dry the food products of the country
as no other State in the Union, according
to the statement of Charles Lathrop Pack,
the president Of the commission who to-
day in Washington told of the activities
in that State.
Today the Pennsylvania Railroad through
Elisha Lee general manager ordered 1000
of the canning and 1000 Of the drying man.
uals that are being put out by the commits
sion. These will be distributed to employees
of the company through the publicity de-
partment of the road in this city. The
road also organized its garden planting
campaign with the national commissions 8
garden primers for instruction.
The Philadelphia Board of Trade. through
Secretary w. r. Tucker, is distributing
200 copies to the II. c. Frlck Coke Com
pany, at Scottdale; 1000 copies Of the can
ming and drying manuals have been sent
for distribution throughout Fayette and
Westmoreland Counties Several hundred
copies have been sent the Chambers of
Commerce here and in Wilkes-Barre for
distribution through those organizations.
we will send these manuals" said Presi-
dent Pack today, ito any one who sends us
a two-cent stamp to pay the postage The
way the women of the country have Joined
us in the campaign to conserve the food
VI NouilNlS hdS hSpN my biAiS pNoy ~
summer and will keep them busy right up
to the finish OF the canning season.
Thousands Of women have sent for man.
uals through the EVENING LEDGER.
THE banks of Pennsylvania have been
distributing these manuals to customers and
one Of the most interesting phases of this
campaign Is the way libraries have been
enlisted. The General Federation of Won.
ems Clubs has done n wonderful owrk as
has the Christian EndeaVor Society Of the
United States"