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R? -,k Eight Pages of All Home Print VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 'i'lvllr mm Women Win City Election At Umatilla Oust Husbands and Take Control of Offices in Oregon town Umatilla, Ore., Dec. 22—Umatilla is still giggling hysterically today—and a trifle apprehensively—over the fact that the new year is to put this town under a "petticoat government." The nation may have been some surprised when it wakened the other morning to learn that this railroad town on the Columbia river had el ated a woman mayor, four women council members, a woman treasur er and a woman recorder—that the women in fact, had gained control, absolute, of the city government. But the nation wasn't one-half so surprised as was Umatilla, itself, in cluding the victors. Nobody expect ed' it It all started as a joke a week before election, at a card party. It was considered so much of a joke by the men-folks that they paid no at tention to it and hence they neg lected to campaign for their own can didates. The results: The men stared speechless—and 30 did the women for the returns spelled "p-e-t-t-i c-o-a-t!" But tho the campaign was waged as a joke, the women have been look ing around a hit since election and have emitted mysterious and discon certing rumorings of a "clean-up." In the words of "Speck" Starcher present mayor, whose wife defeated him for re-election, "there are going to be a whole heap of things a-doing, now." The mayor has been having a sor ry time of it since election. For days and days, now egged on by his colleagues, he has nagged at the new mayor-ess for a hint as to her plans. "I can't get a thing out of her— she just grins," mourned the mayor, who is wire chief for the O. W. R. & N. railway here. "If I get right per sistent she bawls me out for letting the dog in the house, or because my shoes are muddy!". But the two most uncomfortable men in town are C. G. Brownell and A. B. Stephens, councllmen holdovers from the present regime to the "pet ticoat" reign. Two men in a group of seven wo men. they are facing a hopeless ma jority with misgivings. They daily accept bluBhlngly the commisera tions of retiring officials, and hearken hopefully to a distant rumoring that Umatilla's women may start a recall against them. The new mayor announces that in seating the council she Is going to put the two holdovers each between two women, to keep them out of mischief. The election had dozens of discon certing and precedent-upsetting feat ures to it. for Instance, Mrs. Robert Merrick defeated the husband of Mrs. Roy F. Fjgilja for treasurer. And Mrs. Paulu to square matters, defeated Mrs. Merrick's husband for councilman. there is one thing that has the women worried more than another, It is the very good probability that a woman will be marshal. There are rumors to that effect. The new may air doesn't deny It, any more than site denies that "while the town's morals are good, they might be bet- slffm not sure a marshal is neces aha said. "However, if there ii'to be one, it will be a woman!" Wherefore, it wouldappear that further .rumors, to the: ej|ect that a Very heavy,. muscular woman, for merly a waitress in a local eating la on route from Alaska to "as poll ce powers, are not without foundation in fact. 1: 'vv1 I Sir 1 K-- vftsi -at: :s» 1 tl APFY THE WOMAN'S NEW YEAR IN THI8 PEACE LAND The recent years have brought to women a sane knowledge of health conditions and of pure food require ments. They have brought the great prize of an awakened feminine con science and a sense of responsibility which has resulted In better school conditions and in mother's clubs and societies which have to do with the welfare of the young. And as it is fitting that all New Year's meditation shall have to do somewhat with resolutions, it would 8 earn that the modern woman's out look should include the determina tion to seek new paths of effective ness and achievement. And since her allegiance is to her husband and her children, her home, her friends, her work, to the world, she should resolve that the new '-year shall bring the broader viewpoint, the wider sympathy, the receptive mind, which shall make her respond to the needs of those whom she loves and shall make her a gracious and useful member of society. For myself I am glad that hope and health and friends have come to me in my New Year's ship, but I go beyond this to be grateful for the wonderful treasures of idealism and opportunity that the New Year's ships are bringing to you and to me and to all the privileged and fortunate women of this land of ours.—Temple Bailey in Philadelphia Press. MOTHER SHIPTON'8 PROPH ECY COMES NEAR TRUTH Mother Shipton's prophecy, first published in England in 148S—four hundred and thirty-one years ago— before any of the important discov eries were made and even before America was discovered by Colum bus, has come true, except that part referring to the end of the world. It is as follows: Carriages without horses shall go. And accidents shall fill the world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye, Waters shall yet more wonders do, Now strange, yet shall be true. Through hills man shall ride, And no horse nor ass be at his side. Under water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. In the air men shall be seen, In white, in black, in green. Iron in the water shall float As easy as a wooden boat. Gold shall be found 'mid stone In a' land that's now unknown, Fire and water shall wonders do England shall at last admit a Jew. And this world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one. VARIETY IN FOOD FOR LAY ING HENS 18 NEEDED Wheat,, oats, and corn are good grains to feed the laying hen. Mr. Peterson, poultryman at the North Dakota Experiment Station, recom mends a dry maBh made up as fol lows: 3 parts bran, 2 of middlings, 2 of corn meal, 2 ot beef scraps and one part alfalfa by measure. Mix it well and put in a self feeder or hop per. ThiB can be kept before the birds all the time. Charcoal should also be kept before the chickens at all times. FOUR LADY EDITORS IN McLEAN COUNTY Ryder, N. D., Dee 22.—With the purchase of the Benedict Banner by J. W. Sherry of this village and the announcement that Mies Anna 8herry, a sis ter, would become the new pro prietor, it was brought to light that' McLean county. has now four newspapers edited by members of the fair sex. Hasen is three years old and has a population of nearly 600. There will be no inaugural ball at Washington tills year. Governor-elect Frazier must have heard of President Wilson's decision. Miss Ida Tarbell, the writer, may be appointed as a member of the federal tariif commission by Pres ident Wilson. The losses of the French army to date have been $3,800,000 and of the British $1,300,000, according to "com petent military authority." "V The senate postofflce committee has reported favorably on the bill to bar liquor advertisements from the mails in prohibition states. The rate of growth In population in South Dakota, Kansas and Wy oming from 1900 to 1910 was nearly double that from 1905 to 1915 accord ing to estimates announced by the census bureau in Washington. Mrs. Edmund Pennington, wife of the big railroad man, helped to get Christmas presents to the boys on the border by having gifts left at her house in Minneapolis and then sending them by express to Texas. The automobile record shows that in McLean county there were 551 cars in 1915 and in 1916 there were 1,148. That makes an average of a car for every thirteeth person to this county. jj THE WASHBURN LEADER WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1818. Sentiment For 1917 There was once a man who smiled, Because the day was bright. Because he slept at night, Because God gave him sight To gaze upon his child Because his little one Could leap and laugh and run, Because the distant sun Smiled on the earth, he smiled. He smiled because the sky Was high above his head, Because the rose was red, Because the past was dead! He never wondered why The Lord had blundered so That all things have to go The wrong way here below The overarching sky. a The Flatlron building at Minot was destroyed by fire. The Minot Daily News occupied part of the building. $100,000. The loss Is said to bo if i! EW I He toiled and still was glad Because the air was free, Because he loved, an$ she That claimed his lovevand he Shared all the joys they'had! Because the grasses grew, Because the sweet winds blew, Because that he could hew And hammer, he was glad. GENERAL NFW8 ITEM8 OF THE COUNTY AND 8TATE In iyi /—smile anff^make your loved ones happy so they will smile too ls the sincere wish of Cfye ®ttasbburn ieaber WASHBURN, N. DAK. Congress is strictly up against It this sesion, or rather will be after March 4. With a woman member in its midst—young, beautiful and bril liant—the old duffers will have to re frain from cussing, fighting, snoring, and many of their other favorite forms of amusements. Editor Francis of Velva announces that he has reduced the subscription price of his excellent paper in this way. Whereas in some former years, he would accept six bushels of pota toes in lieu of one year's subcription, he is now willing to accept one bu shel. Because the busy little beavers in sisted on felling his fine timber a great deal faster than he could grow it, D. B. Shaffner, who has a ranch on the Little Knife river, has written the state treasurer's office that he will hold the state, which protects the beavers in their waywardness, responsible for his loss. More than 1,000,000 liquor circulars were sent out within a week, accord ing to Postmaster E. A. Purdy of Minneapolis. The "Merry Christmas' letter with holly and red bells, is sandwiched between a gray card re minding someone to not forget his "Christmas drinking" and another giving special holiday rates on cer tain brands of whiskey. FRAZIER FAVOR8 THE AUTO FEE PLAN Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 22.—Gover nor-elect Lynn J. Frazier, in Bis marck yesterday, declared in favor of a state highway commission to re ceive all automobile license tees and it was reported fare that such rec ommendation will be embodied In his inaugural address. J* 'ajL •&&& Via & CITY WILL SELL FOOD WHOLESALE Evansville, Ind., Dec. 9.—Ever see a municipal market house with rail road tracks running into it and cars loaded with potatoes and cabbages and apples on Bale by the city at cost to whomsoever cared to buy? No? Well, rub your eyes and come to Evansville next spring, and that is what you will see on Little Market square in the center of the city, where there will be a market house, with tracks from a nearby railroad. Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evans ville, planning a municipal whole sale as well as retail market, has just announced that Evansvllle's market-master will buy fruits and vegetables in carload lots, have them brought to the municipal market house, and see that they are sold at just enough profit to pay expenses. "It has been demonstrated else where that when prices of food soar above what is reasonable, municip alities can temporarily bring down prices by selling direct to the con sumers at cost," said Mayor Bosse. "That is what we propose to do in Evansville, only we intend to go much farther, and instead of selling I to the consumer spasmodically, we 'shall make this a permanent feature of the Evansville municipal market." Evansville is an ideal place to try out Mayor BOBSC'S scheme. Eighty I per cent of the city's 90,000 inhabi I tants are employed in mills and fac tories and the manufacturers are with Bosse in his plan. Location on one of the thru rail routes from the south to the Chicago market also favors the success of Bosse's idea. For years it has been the practice to "kick in" at Evansville cars of fruit and mellons intended for the Chicago market became glutted. These cars were opened on rail road switches and the contents sold at retail for what they would bring. Soon Mrs. Housewife will be making regular visits with her basket to the municipal market instead of the rail road yards. When "Big Ben" Bosse announced his municipal market plan, three fourths of the people considered the project as good as done. For "Big Ben" is no dreamer. He is the lead ing furniture manufacturer in the second furniture making city in the United States. THREE DAYS BLIZZARD STOP8 ALL TRAFFIC It has been like pioneer days in Washburn since Monday morning. There was a train north that morn ing but the train from Minot got stuck in a snowdrift at nine that evening and stayed until eleven the following morning. There was no at tempt at train service after that as it was an impossibility until yester day morning. For three days the wind blew a gale and the snow fell but was drift ed from place to place, changing at least every hour. Only a few vent ured out on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday morning the sun came out bright and clear, the wind had ceas ed to blow, a train arrived from Bis- TIP TO GIRL8 BUT LEAP YEAR'8 OVER Bismarck, N. D., Dec 23. —There will be three "old batches" in the incoming ad ministration. They are State Treasurer John 8teen, Attor ney General "Bill" Langer and Insurance Commissioner Ols ness. All other heads of de partments are married—except of course, Major Henry, of the land department, who well, he "don't want to get married, no- I I A A. -V rA Best Job Office In the County SUBSCRIPTION $140 PER YEAR. McDoff Lookin' Mead to Time in Bismarek 8aya it is Big Business in Opposition to Big Business The most ave us are lookin' to the openin' ave the big show ad vertised to open at Bismarck on or about January 1, 1917. If the gov ernor, Lynn Frazier, don't rule out prayin' loike be did the inaugural ball the circus will be open ed be prayer. The Non-partis ans may be opposed to mixin' prayers up wid politics—an that wuld show sum respect fur prayin*. Fur the mather uve that, it don't make much difference whether the new political partby opens be prayer or not. If they don't wind up wid a fioght Oi loose a 160. Thim new judges troied to get in the game early—an' they put thimselves on record roight at the very start. They made a record roight at the very start that ought to last thim fur a week-or-two, at least. This action ave the new judges is makin' the state uve North Dakota stand up an shed a little tear over the blunders it made. Well, the new governor begins roight away to take an inventory ave the loaves an' fishes waiting fur distribution. It is hinted that the supply will be entirely too small to meet the demand. Forty thousand faces are now turned to ward Bismarck an' they all aid fnr the privilege of lookin' in that direc tion. Alphonso an' Gaston will act as ring masters an' the way they'll crack the whip will make the donk eys keep in the BawduBt. Townsley will play the part ave Alphonso an' Gaston needs no impersonator. The program fur this session is not pay ing so much attention to noxious weeds as to business. The state is going into big business in opposition to big business. We ought to be able to give the big fellers quite a run— we'll freeze thim out, that's all there will be to it. The big millin', packin', an, elevator companies must meet state competition. If the govern ment packing houses an' mills don't pay, the farmers will gist jump at the chance to make up any little shortage that moight cum from the lack of adjusting overhead expenses —ur things loike that. That's the beauty ave having state owned util ities, there is no danger ave having to go into bankruptcy as long as the people have the money to pay taxes. Nobody moinds a few taxes. Whin the farmers pay hoigh taxes they feel glad to do it, an 'that they are patriots. 'Nother thing, the Btate owned mills cin afford to pay the farmer a higher proice fur his grain than the proivate miller can. You see, the state has nothin' to loose an* everything to gain. If the farmer gets tin cents a bushel more fur his wheat because of state owned mills, he had not ought to object to paying a part ave it back in taxes, if the mills don't pay. The plain fact is the mills can't loose. The packing plant can't loose. McDuff expects to spend a little toime in Bismarck this winter trying to help the boys out. Our mission will be to record events fur future historians in po litical economy.—Grand Forks Inde pendent. marck and people began to wake up after a forced rest of three days. It was thought that storms like this belonged to early history. Those Indians and others who predicted an open winter have lost all standing as weather prophets. With December the coldest in 36 years and more snow than usual everyone Is iron* dering what's coming next. The Christmas programs, at the different churches were very much enjoyed. Little children always take the principal part and every one en joys seeing and hearing them. J.. ../*)• 4 I I t- 4: •I I. 1 •sa *i-^ ... 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