The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-11-09

600 pupAA5 IL IAS COuAIy. SpAt0 y6dIS
ago there was not a single classified
high school in the county, while today
there are three, with a total attend
[ance of 255. boys and girls last year.
In that year there was spent in the
county for school purposes the total
sum Of s259,s4s, while the school prop
erty in the county represents total
value of one third Of million dollars.
There are, four open country conso-
lidated schools and every town school
in the county; with the exception Of
two, has modern, up-to-date brick
buildings The number Of schools in
the county is 2l7. 4. siS 81. 81
These fgures,, In concrete way,
represent TIL advancement Of the
county educati tionally in one genera
ton. It: is our wish and our hope
that the work started so well will be
carried on to q successful consume
tion. 8 3;:;a{. 81 { .,, X
4 Judge Nuessle, in a brief introduc-
tion of the chief speaker Of the morn
ing, Chief Justice Bruce, declared
that the new court house Is. the finest
In the sixth judicial district, and that
every citizen Of Mclean county should
be proud Of it. He presented Justice
Bruce. as "a mans man." 3 I; e.,
Chief Justice Bruce's address was a
mastery production and IT is doubt
full 1t at any time the. equal Of it has
ever been heard in Washburn. The
audience listened most eagerly to
every word uttered from the speakers
lips and the tense silence was often
broken by outbursts of applause. a
resume OF his address Is as follows
"On the summit Of q hill IN the city OF
Bismarck there is q statue which, per-
haps, manySof you have noticed, It is
that Of an Indian called The Bird Wo-
man. / believe In the erection Of
statues but In the place of this one
of Il woman, whom / cannot say |
ever admired very much, y would erect
| a statue to the memory Of the pioneer
man and woman Is 1t not most fit
iting that We should pay tribute to the
memory 4 OF these men and women,
who IL order that they might attain
new opportuniti les for themselves and
their children have endured untold
suHerings and hardships 5I.33
III do not believe that We realize
what the foreign born settler has TO 90
through It III no easy thing for him
to enter new country and have aSlot
lot fools laugh at him because he does
mot speak their language very we'll. !
remember of a case ii y Chicago court,
where the clerk spoke scorningly of
Ian allen because he did not speak
English very eli. sIs went M to that
lflerk and IL said ]; This man knows
more than you 3dio. You speak only
English ana that not very well, while
this man speak DIX Ian guages., siss
rhe struggles of the world have
lbeens Tor oiiticals and Sreligi liberty.
Some of the nations IL the old world
lhaye been able to gu siit but some have
Inet SIIt was tos 4 secure s such liberty
that the frs people came oyersto
isettls and their de scsndants have in
iiherited the deals az Democratic
apeople sso sitS tlnat .Weg gare III WI
Hiths ernaany III isEnot Tor any
|enmity NH ainst the (serinans for M
/ mass 81 tie herman eop1e are hsroit
sonls Int II is for stths same principle,
libert are ghtins did
laeofgs ashinl tonI Il, 90 inst the Ens
alish goYernnlm,sls Eng