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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-01-13
Taxpayers Want A Post lnstalls New
Comfy Agri. Agent Officers For 1872

The Victor B. wallin Post No. IL.
American Legion, installed their new
officers for the coming year on their
regular meeting night last week.
The new commander for 1922 is Ar
chic Fahlgren; Vice Commander, Ben
o. Everson; Adjutant, Harris Robin
son; Dan Schulz, Treausuer; L. r.
Burgum is Chaplain; Elmer Hanson
sergeant-at-Arms, and Palmer FAIL.
gren, Mess Sergeant. The new ofic-
ers were installed by the retiring Com.
mander,: L. r. Burgum, with the as.
sistance of past commander H. e.
Wahl. - ... 49,. =
The Post has outlined year full
Of activities for itself and for the COM
.munity. As heretofore the exercises
on Memorial Day and Armistice Day
will; be in their charge, as we'll ~
other holidays pertaining to American
ism. Each year the influence Of the
Post is felt in the community and the
year 1922 the boys are hoping will be
their best year so far. -.
The latter part Of the evening was
taken up with q social hour at which
time the Post invited the Ladies Aux
Hilary to take refreshments with them.
At that time the Auxiliary presented
the Post with gift of $50, to which
the boys will add another $50 and with
the 500 buy a national flag and le-
gion hag.y These will be kept on dis.
play at their meeting place and to be
carried tos CONVENTIONS q by local mem.
ibers. i:
J Several talks we're given by mem:
bers Of both the Post and the Aux
Hilary and the evening as q whole was
a very enjoyable one for all.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-01-13

Friends here will be glad to know
that Mrs. joachim weise is gradually
improving at the Bismarck Hospital.
where she has been confined for sew
eral weeks with a broken leg. She Is
expected to return home in about two
weeks. -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-01-13
Mrs. John Kittleson Il: !; I N!
Dies at Her i Home

7e Mrs. John. KttlesOn died at her
home in east Washburn Monday, jan
uary l., after .. prolonged illness Of
several years. Being nearly helpless
for the past year or more she has
suffered patiently until death took her
from this life. At all times she was
cheerful and her death will leave q
vacant place in the hearts Of her fam
lily and friends. .,.s: "a l.s ..s. /.
Mary Wood l<lttieson
Mary Marberry Wood, daughter Of
Cary Wood and Mary Campbell Wood,
was born May II, 1856. ct Portage
City, wisconsin. and at the time Of her
death was s6 years Of age. During
her childhood she resided with her
parents ct Portage City, Eaa Claire
and Marshneld. On. August 1e. 1873.
|she was united In marriage: to John
|Kittleson. The marriage service was
read BY Rev. q c. Cummings at the
Linton House, In Watertown, Wiscon-
SIN. The young couple resided ct
OconomoWoc, Marshfield and Fafi-
bault, Minnesota. - IS 3
In the early eighties, Mr. 5Kittleson
came west In railroad work for the
transc scontinentaf lines that were then
building through the north and west,
and in the fall Of 1886 tiled on e home.
stead In Mclean county, the North
east quarter of section two. township
one hundred forty-hve north Of range
eighty-one. In June, 1886 Mrs. Kit
Etleson came west and joined her hus--
Ebasnusa and tbse4hsra they lived on their
|Aoms for q .peIipd sot thirty.one..
years, or until the 1 spring Of 1871. J.
At which time they moved to Wash.
burn. y II II .5s q, 5f,.. i
To this union was born one child,
Gertrude, now Mrs. Frank Westmiller,
who together with her husband, re-.
main to mourn the loss Of the de-
parted loved one. Mrs. Kittleson has
one brother and one sister living. The
brother, William Wood, lives in the
state Of Washing ton, but in the early
nineties homesteaded near Underwood
as did Mrs. Kittleson's father, Cary
Wood. 55 .s !;
/ Funeral services at the Methodist;
Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon.
were conducted by Rev.sL R. Burgum.s
:.A. committee from the knights OF.
Pythias I.odge. which Mr. Kittelsons'
Ii q member, had charge of' the ar i. :
rangements and members Of the Or
der acted as pallbearers. Music was = ]
by the mixed quartette..
Splendid 5noral offerings were IN evil
:aence. Interment was made at River.
view Cemetery. 81 45i. Is sat
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-01-13

g. That the taxpayers OF the county
want county agricultural agent was
proven last week when petitions were
handed to the County Commissioners
by a committee of farmers stating
that the services Of Mr.: Norling were
still wf,nted in the county. The COM
missioners . unanimously decided to
continue the county agricultural work.
but the signed petitions we're a con
yincing argument in favor Of an agent.
This Is Mr.. Mornings. fifth year at
at the work : In Mclean county.
The first year he had three counties,
and his salary was paid by the govern
ment. Since then he has devoted all
his time TO Mclean county and has
been paid H. the county. His old con
tract expired the first Of January.
The handling of the petitions was
taken care OF by the Mclean County
Farm Bureau. Petitions were sent
out over the whole county. On their
return they showed that the desire
for an agent was distributed over the
county. Practically every township
had signers on the petitions. The pc
.titions were presented to 1886 tax
payers, Of these 1777 signed and So
refused. This does not include / Pc
titions which were lost. This is the
largest petition ever presented to any
board in the state in favor Of this
work and probably in the United
States. over half Of the townships
reported not 9 single farmer refusing
tp sigI1n. & Ss.
s,t5 The largest petition was presnted
from Unde derwood Township. Is names.
e. Johannes and G. ". Cannon having
circulated this petition. Geo. Monson
and Ed Evanson Of Economy township,
come second with 100 names. J. J..
Hill, sr, of 1887, was third with 6s
names. G. M. Condor Of 1854, was
fourth with "a names; and I. s. Max
well of 14s.s0, fifth with 50 names. ID
Those who signed the petitions as
well as others will be glad to know,
the decision Of the Commissioners and
that Mr.. Nopling win remain here in
the county to continue his good work.
sSt ~ q > y ~
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Met Culloch shooting a basket.
Charley Arvig from the sidelne:
tits q punk show; l want my money


Charley Arvig from the sideline:
TITS q punk show; want my money
back. ,..s.s,s; 's: .-.:; ;:., s.s .1
Il Those who took part in the fracas
for. the fats were: Gordon Burgum,
Perry Wahl, John Williams, Ole sstef-
ferud, ed Fahlgren; Hugh Culloch,
Leslie .Burgum and "Pete" Ferguson.
The Jeans were Jim O'Brien, M. &.
McC Curdy, NJ. Teliefson, F. Jefferis, r.
J:s Thunow, Archie Nelson and A. G.
ptschet s......:
SE @ While the basketball boys were
dressing the next attraction was a
wrestling match between Harris Rob.
ihson and Lewis Mann. This was q
special feature by itself: They wrest-
led twice and each event was clean
and fast. Robinson won the first fall
and Mann the second. each throwing
his man BY a scissor hold. 5i.ss.
5 After the wrestling came the box
Ing matches, three in all. The first
between I'd; Wolitarsky and young
achnlz :The vonne fel,ows went after
Il with hammear han and !, tones n fact thew
vi,nuld forret to aton when the hell
rang. Each left the ring happy and
contented. 3is: u ...ts.:.s n.
IS The next bout between Gross and
tHendrick, showed more style. Each
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-01-13
MERCER CLUBS
HOLD CORN AND
POULTRY SHOW


held it's annual corn and poultry show
last week and the interest shown made
the show a decided success. The boys
and girls had some fine specimens Of
corn and chickens, and the members
this year are planning to do still
better. g..
Emanuel Rennisch gets first prize
of $500 in the corn contest, Emanuel
Laib and Fred Laib both have the
same score and have been awarded
second or prize of 50 each. John F..
OBraun was awarded third prize Of 81.
Ardice Rice wins the first prize with
her White Plymouth Rocks. Molly
Rennisch wins the first prize with her
White Leghorns. Olga Meyer wins
the first prize with her Buh Orphing-
tons.
The boys carried on corn grow
ing contest while the girls club raised
poultry. The boys who have grown
one or more acres during the past
year are Emanuel Rennisch, Emanuel
Laib, Fred Laib, John F. Braun, Otto
Just, Adolph Laib, John Fischer, Fred
Fischer, Henry Tulson, Ed Fischer.
Clarence Thompson, Martin Trulson,
Torrance Bergan, all of Mercer. Be-
sides the corn and poultry exhibited
by the boys and girls. Jake Just
showed some Yellow Dent corn, Fred
Laib and Theobald Hofer showed
White and Yellow Dent corn, Nels
Fiberstad Gehu corn, J. G. Nelson
showed White Leghorn chickens that
were four and one-half months old.
Two out Of the three pullets brought
In laid one egg each during their
three hour stay at the fair. Frank
Rice, n. Bergs' and q. N. Hedahl also
exhibited some poultry.
Reverend Hansen called the meet
ing together and Theo. Knutson was
elected temporary chairman: A piano
solo was rendered by Mrs. Ole K3elle.
This was followd by recitation by
Miss Meyer, song by the high school
girls (Margaret Hedahl, Evelyn Knut-
son, Olga Singer, Loretta Heren) song
by Prof. Anderson, piano duet by
Evelyn Knutson and Margaret Hedahl-
The community club then held their
election of officers for the coming
year. Theo. Knutson was elected pres
fdent, Jacob Braun, vice president:
Fred Summers, secretary, and J. c..
Nelson, treasurer. Mr.. McElroy Of
the agricultural college then gave .
talk on poultry, emphasizing feeding
and care. He also gave a good ex-
PLANTATION Of the method of culling
OF the loafer hen. The last number
of the program was talk on corn ,by
A. L. Norling, after which lunch was
served by the ladies. ,..s
The: boys and girls club work dur.
ing the year has been fostered by the
Mercer Community Club and they arc
deserving of much credit for the good
work they have started. They have
set an example which many OF tho
communities might we'll follow.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-01-13
!MAsoNlIlc /! I MEETING !

Ms Robtnsons a. w n. There
VIII be 4 special communication Of
Fellowship Lodge, No, 122. a. =. e a.
En-, Monday evening. 1. u q g: Asgood
sttendaness 81 desired: 81: ii7s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1922-01-13
AlHI Ell SH0l !
ETS BIG / J! MONEY @ /!
FOR CAL POST

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srenembered. People are still talking
1 about Ii, the Victor 3. Wallin Post
Athletic Snow, which was staged at
the hall Friday evening Of last week,
The public turned out fine and en-:
s3oyed itself to the fullest extent:
Throughout the whole evening It was
one Big entertainment after another,
and when there was nothing going on
the band flied the air with their good
music, which helped to make the eve:
dng's entertainment I plete: The
Post realized close to 5000. and their
appreciation. OF the public's good will
cannot be- over. estimated f;.ss; :s.
Tho basketball game Of the evening
proved to be about the biggest event.
Elxcunss Us. please, s. scomb binat tion bas-
kettall and football game. To tell
ssths truth It was pretty ruft. That, is
5the snrst half. Referee DeGraff would
blow his whistle to start the game,
Tut would get to laughing soahard he
scconldn't blow it to stop it and before
She could get his breath all ton. play.
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-15


FOR RENT-Garage. I'll West Lead.
FOR RENT-Garage. 2li Vest Coal.
FOR RENT-Piano, excellent condition.
Phone 1901
FOR RENT-Large new brick garage,
cement floor; across from Gold avenue.
124 South Arno. phone CS2-W
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-15

gum--we have stopped so often
that I'm afraid well be late
"Oh, | hope not" said Uncle
Wiggily. "We'll hurry along now"
And he and Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy
were hurrying when, all OF a sud
den, they passed some wild rose
bushes. And on one stem was a
sad, dropping rose. 1t hung over,
almost touching the ground so
that the sun could not shine on
it, the rain could not give 1t a
drink and no one could look into
the heart of the rose and see how
beautiful 1t was.
"Oh. you poor dropping rose!"
cried Uncle Wiggily as he saw
the flower. THE strong wind
has bent you over when you ought
to stand up straight"
Yes" whispered the rose, 1--WE
tried and tried to straighten up
by myself, but / can't. / am the
last rose Of summer, Uncle Wig
gily, and all the other roses are
gone. I'm left here alone. and
wanted to perfume the air and
let every one see my bright pet
ais. But all ] can do is to droop
away down in the weeds"
That is soon mended." laughed
the bunny Since your stem is
too weak TO hold you up straight,
III drive a stake in the ground
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-15
HOPES REUNION GETS
TO BE VISITING PLACE
FOR S0UTHEASTERNERS


Especial Correspondence to The Journal.)
Roswell, N. M, Aug. 14.-Ros-
well day was big day in Hope, the
biggest day Hope has known in
many years Of celebrations, for over
1000 people were visitors for the
second day of the annual cowboys
reunion. AS usual, cars bearing
Roswell banners predominated.
over $50 Roswell cars making the
trip.
Visitors were entertained with
with the true Hope hospitality. The
principal features of the day were
the rodeo and the barbecue. Any
one who doubts that the real, hon
est to goodness wild west still exists
can have his doubts dispelled by a
visit to Hopes annual reunion, for
yesterdays rodeo was wild enough
to satisfy the most inveterate
searcher for thrills.
But the thing which makes
Hopes reunion such an unqualified
success year after year is the fact
that it Is a reunion in fact as we'll
as in name. People from all over
southeastern New Mexico and
many from even farther away, take
advantage of the opportunity Of
fered by the annual reunion to get
together, renew old acquaintance
ships and form many new ones.
Southeastern New Mexico is big
country, and the annual reunion
gives many people the only oppor-
tunity of the year to get together
and visit.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-15
THE UNITED STATES ASH
HEAP.

Conservative estimates show that
the United States loses daily from
fires more than a million dollars,
which is added to the annual ash
heap without any possible return.
More than 5000 persons are
burned to death and more than
1900 are seriously injured by fire
annually in this nation, These two
items alone almost equal the loss
of life by the United States in
France during the world war in
the same period of time
These statements were made re-
Gently in an address by an Official
OF the National Board of Fire I'm
derwriters at Dallas, Texas.
Analysis of the fire toll OF the
United States during one year
shows that So per cent of the vic
tins are mothers, and children un-
der school age. 1t is also shown
that 81 per cent of the loss Of life
and property is due to the COM
mon carelessness or thoughtless-
ness of our citizens.
The financial loss Of over one
million dollars daily does not in
include any of the amount paid for
the upkeep Of the fire depart
ments and water supply to care
for our losses, nor does it include
the enormous economic loss which
comes in the wake Of every do
even though the plants are insured,
every owner stands enormous
losses in disruption OF business,
trade relationships, clientele and
so keen as in securing the trade of
the unfortunate whose business
and output is shattered.
This official pointed out that
believe that of the million dollars
daily loss, the insurance companies
pay at least three-fourths, and the
property owners without insurance
SidIIu lllG REMAINING lpSo AIl'lll-
selves. The fact is that the citl-
zens OF the nation pay every cent
of the loss. Included in the price
of every pair of shoes, articles Of
food and suit of clothes is por-
ton of expense for insurance and
overhead expense from the time
the article is raw product to its
sale.
Analysis of the causes OF fires
shows that over 81 per cent can
be avoided. Nearly 60 per cent
of all fires occur in dwellings. The
chimney and unsupervised furnace
are the source of most of the trou-
BILE.
One of the greatest needs of the
nation is a campaign to impress
upon the people the necessity of
avoiding fires. Occasionally fire
may be unavoidable, but, accord
ing to statistics, only 10 per cent
of the total loss each year can be
SO classed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-15
JUSTICE BLIND, DEAF AND
DUMB.

Chief Justice Taft has returned
to his study OF the British judi
cial system, and is now engaged
in writing a report on his obser-
yations that will probably be a
guide in revising our own court
practice. Hardly a day passes In
the courts of this country but what
is revealed a gross miscarriage of
Justice either through the fault OF
the law itself or through the man
ner in which 1t is administered. A
slaring instance is in process OF
development right now in our own
national capital. On January IS
of this year the roof OF the knick-
erbocker theater, in Washing
ton, crashed IN on the heads
of innocent people who had
hem led to believe that the build
ing was perfectly safe, and whose
money had been accepted at the
ticket window. A hundred OF
them were killed outright, and
scores of others were horribly in
iured, some Of them crippled for
life.
Subsequent examination OF the
ruins by competent engineers re-
yealed gross errors of design and
construction. A coroner's jury
and a grand jury investigated the
case with the utmost care, with
the result that indictments OF
manslaughter were found against
five individuals concerned with
the design, erection, and inspec'
ton of the building. Counsel Tor
the defendants filed demurrer to
the indictments, which was upheld
bv the Judge and on July "a, just
six months from the catastrophe,
the indictments were thrown out
of court as defective. The dis
trict attorney took an appeal, bul
the appeal will not be heard until
next January, one year from the
fatal date. What will be the pro-
cedure thereafter heaven only
knows, but that it will be fea-
tured by interminable delays no
one doubts for a moment.
Imagine the state OF mind OF
the survivors of that horrible
night and of the relatives of those
SO cruelty killed as they read the
% typewriter pages Of the judges
decision. To them the case is SIM
pie enough--the building fell duo
to the criminal carelessness of
its builders, the identity of whom
has been established by the grand
jury. Those poor corpses are Just
as dead as if they had been lined
up against a wall while living and
ruthlessly shot down by the gen.
tlemen who put UP the theater.
The only difference is one of
method and premeditation. The
horrible result is the same In both
cases.
Chief Justice Taft has his work
cut out for him if he can so amend
fhe legal procedure in this coun-
try as to make the laws more ef-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-15
THE MARKET
(By The Associated Press.)
FINANCIAL
Wall Street.

Nel- York, Aug. 14.-Profes-
sional operators today took advan-
tage of the deadlock in the rail
strike to launch two attacks on the
stock market. one at the beginning
in rccessions of l to 4 points In
the active issues.
Active and strong buying sup
port halted the first reaction but
constructive sentiment apparently
was disappointed over the prolong-
alton of the strike and the second
attack caused many shares to yield
and close at the lowest prices of
the dav.
Northwestern rails. which had
registered the largest advance in
the upward movements last week,
Welded the most. Losses of l to
2 SIS points were shown by other
leading roads.
Mexican Petroleum fluctuated
within a radius Of nearly six points.
closing at a net loss of AZ.
Independent steels were strong
in the early trading on reports of
an early contamination of the two
Independent mergers, but they sag
ged considerably in the general re-
action at the close. Several high
records were made in the upward
movement around noon. but most of
the stocks yielded with the general
list in final dealings. Total sales
were approximately $4,000 shares
A new low record in the Cana
dian discount rate and a sharp
break in French francs featured
the dealings in foreign exchange.
Call money opened and renewed
at per cent. but eased off to 81
before noon and thence to 8, where
it closed. Time money rates were
virtually unchanged.
,,V;pnc.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-15
|B e time Storie S
For Little Ones
Copyright. 1921. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
DROPPING ROSE
By Howard B, CARTS.

Once upon a time, when Uncle
| Wiggily was out walking with
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, his mus
krat lady housekeeper, the bunny
gentleman stopped for a moment
and leaned over.
What in the world are you
| DOING" asked Nurse Jane. Did
you get Il splinter in your foot ?"
Very often Uncle Wiggily did not
bother to put on shoes or boots,
| but went barefooted.
NO, I'm glad to say it isn't a
splinter or a piece of glass" an
swered Uncle Wiggily. But here
is a poor little ant lady. caught
in drop of sticky gum from the
pine tree. I'm going to get her
| loose"
"Oh, thank you, so much, I'm
Gle Wiggily" spoke the little ant
lady in very tiny voice II
didn't see this sticky pine gum on
the ground and l walked right
into it, Ever since then I've been
trying TO pull my legs loose, but
can't"
'I'Il help YOU" said the bunny
and he did, soon setting free the
little insect who went happily on
her way.
Dear me, Wiggy." said Nurse
Jane, you stop and fuss so over
such little things as ants, it's a
wonder you ever get anywhere"
ut is the little things that
count in this world, Nurse Jane"
laughed Uncle Wiggily, with a
jolly twinkle of his pink nose.
THE big things seem to take care
of themselves, but the little things
often need looking after. I was
glad to help the tiny ant lady"
We'll. if you keep on stopping
every minute to help ants and
grasshoppers We'll never get
where we're going" said Nurse
Jane.
Where are we going?" asked
the bunny. you asked me to
come walking with you, but you
didn't tell me we were going any
special place"
We're going to have tea with
Aunt Lettie, the goat lady," said
Nurse Jane, land you have
stopped so often, first to help a
lightning bug out OF the brook,
next to take splinter out of the
wing of a bee and now to help
the ant lady out of the sticky