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THE WASHBURN LEADER.
VUBI.TMHKD EVERY SATUIUIAY,
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COMXAND, EDITOB.
SUBSCRIPTION THICK. SI PER YEAR.
Thin paper Is entered as necoiid-chiss matter
at tho Postofflcc at Washburn. North Dakota.
The Republican*State Ticket.
For Member of Congress—
M. N. JOHNSON,
of Nelson.
For (Jovcrnor-
A. II. 1HJRKK,
of Cass.
For Lieutenant (iovernor—
U()41KK A I.I.I X,
of Walsh.
For Secretary of State—
JOHN KMTTIE,
of Traill.
For State Auditor—
JOHN 1». HKAY,
of (jraml Forks.
For State Treasurer—
].. K. ItOOKKK,
of 1'eiiiblua.
For Attorney General—
V. A. M. SI-KNCKlt,
of Walsh.
For Superintendent of rulilli: Instruction—
JOHN OCUKX,
of Mrlntosh.
For Commissioner of AKrlnilture—
II. T. llEUiKSON,
of Cavalier.
For Commissioner of Insurance—
A. I- CAltKV,
of Cass.
For ltallroad Commissioners—
EOK( II. WAI.SH,
of (irand Forks.
C.E01UJK W. IIAKMON,
of Morton.
ANUltKW SI.OTTEN,
of Klrhland.
"A Step Forcwiirl."
Wo copy from tho Mail of last week tho
following editorial under tlio above cap
tion:
There is at last a strong interest
awakened ainomi our South Dakota
neighbors regarding the lignite fuel of
thin region, and it is safe to assume Hint
this coining winter many of the
dwel­
lers in the claim shanties, farm houses
and town homes of the counties adjac
ent to the Missouri in South Dakota,
will be burning McLean county coal at
less than three dollars a ton, 111 place of
Iowa, Indiana and Illinois sol't coal (not
by any means guiltless of slate) at $7.50
to $9. In the coining winter also, the
thoughts of inauy wil- be turned to the
study, earnest and practical, of menus
by which all parts of the two ststes may
be leadily supplied with North Dakota
lignite at minimum rates. Although
the scheme of boating the lignite down
the river is one of great utility, and
perfectly practicable if properly hand
led, when it comes to delivering the
fuel at points inland, or far from the
point, of first unloading, lidded expense
with other bad features will arise: and
ns a result the field of usefulness of the
river method must be restricted. It
should be remembered that there is no
railroad touching the river between
Pierre and Bismarck. It is true that
indications point to the completion of
the line from Forest City to Uowdle,
and to the early building of a road from
1'ierre to Aberdeen and on to Oakes.
The opening of this important enter
prise of commerce in the native fuel of
North Dakota is an event fraught with
great promise of the rapid development
of this couutv in particular. It is a
foregone conclusion that as the value
of the blessing nature lias bestowed up
on this section becomes known, capital
will be attracted hither, and the conse
quent interests of many people will be
identified with the advancement of Mc
Leau county.
So much has been said about lignite
that it seems superfluous to repeat the
old praises, which, though merited aud
honestly given, have become platitudes
to our readers. Yet, like persistent ad
vertising, this repeated heralding of
the abundant fuel deposits in our neigh
borhood, during the years that have
elapsed since it first began, has had its
effect. People have heard of the coal,
have no doubt smiled at first at what
they deemed a "boon" dodge, but, be
ing repeatedly assailed by it have gra
dually come to take some interest in the
matter. Now. away down at Pierre,
the first practical advance 011 the new
road has been made, and we venture to
Bay that another year will see a wonder
ous change in the condition of things in
the lignite region.
The organization of the Pierre com
pany Is completed and it is evidently
in hands of men who will see that no
time is lo«t in getting matters into active
operation.
With literally thousands of acres of
land underlaid with this valuable fuel
McLean county is destined to come to
the front in' all respects. She takes no
second place in point of agricultural and
grazing advantage.
Dunielth Herald.
-v It lias been learned that seveial
school ]orders have been forged upon
the South Valley school district by Pat
rick Rogers. An order for $105 was
presented to the Bank of St. John to be
cashed, which was done for 8o cents on
the dollar, also one for 170 was cashed
by the bank of Rugby. After Rogers
obtained the money he skipped for
parts unknown. Several days later it
was reported that he was in the vicinity
of St. Thomas,where an officer was sent
to make the arrest. Several other par
ties are connected with the crime.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
An Interesting Paper. Superintend
ent Gevowe'a Annual Report
of the Ft. Stevenson In
dian School.
By the kindness of Supt. Gerowe of
the Ft. Stevenson School, we have been
loaned copy of his Annual Report,
which we publish in full. There are
some financial statistics which are not
embodied in this report, and which it
would doubtless Le out of place to give
to the public before their arrival at
Washington:
Oi'Kicu OK SUPERINTENDENT,
FT. STEVENSON, N. D., August 9,1890.
In submitting my second annual re
port of this school, it is gratifying that
I can speak of the year's work as one of
general improvement and advance
ment.
The attendance has been still larger
than last v«ar—the average by quarters
being us follows:
First quarter, 70
Second 1'W
Third HO
Fourth 112
The month's vacation during tlie sum
mer materially lessens the average for
the first quarter and correspondingly
afreets the general average for the
whole year. An increase of 10 or 12
more pupils which I hope to secure
the near future, will fill the school
extent of its capacity.
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Early in the year steps were taken
secure water works for the school,
large receiving tank and tank house
were constructed. An Aermoter was
purchased from the Aermoter Company
of Chicago, together with the neces
sary pipes, hose, &c., to conduct the
water not only to the buildings for
school purposes, but to the barns for the
sjock.
The whole of the arrangements are
not yet complete, but when finished, no
more Simple, but effective, means for
supplying water can he had.
Besides the tank house, another nice
building for the storing of ice has been
eroded and in the winter some 60 tons
of ice were housed for summer nse.
A large and commodious range with
steaming table, and hot water tank has
taken the place of the old and broken
ook stove in the kitchen, which causedt
so innch trouble and annoyance.
In the laundry the purchase of an ap
propriate heater with boiler, hot water
tank anil dry room attachments has
completely revolutionized the work in
this department.
In the hoys' department, new floors
have been laid in the sitting room and
wash room, and other improvements
made. A line heater and circulating
boiler of
192 galons capacity takes the
place
of
a caldron kettle, and the me­
chanic is at this date engaged in con
structing 7 batli tubs (ofgalvanized iron)
and 7 rooms whien are to be connected
with the supply of both hot and cold
water.
The dinning and assembly rooms, as
well as the kitchen, have been thor
oughly renovated and neatly painted,
as likewise the office and all the em
ployes'rooms. These, with the num
berless minor improvements during the
year—place us on such advance ground
that one almost wonders how the work
heretofore was accomplished.
SCHOOL STOCK.
The dairy consists of 30 milch cows
which supply an abundance of milk to
the
school, and produce butter enough
to last the yaar round.
The total number of head owned by
the school June 30th was as follow*: 7
horses, 95 cattle, 35 swine and 138 head
of sheep.
FARM.
Tillable land of the school has been
worked as follows:
AVI.eat 45 acres.
Oats 55
Com 10
Potatoes 10
Uaiden 20
Besides this about 25 acres are being
summer fallowed. The prospect of
obtaining even fair result, is at
thiB
time doubtful and discouraging.
MECHANICS.
The carpenter and blacksmith shops,
have been under the charge of the
same teacher as last year. He has been
assisted by pupils detailed for the
especial trades and the work done has
been thorough and substantial.
SHOE SHOP.
John P. Lindeleaf is still retained as
instructor in this department. On an
average he has taught six boys during
the year.
I learn from his report that over
1000 pairs of shoes have been mended
and 212 pairs have been made new.
The outside Mork during the year has
been considerable.
TIN SHOP.
This department has remained closed
during the year. 'ii'
SEWING ROOM.'
The regular monthly system of de'
tails has placed,some 12 or 14 girls in
this department. The work cossists
in fabricating for general school use, in
making the clothing for girls and in re
pairing and darning for the entire
school.
A step in advance in this department
during tho year has been the teaching
of tome of the older girls chroclieting
and embroidery. The readiness with
which tbey take up the werk is surpris
ing. V.
GENERAL HOUBEWOUK.
The general housework—laundry and
dairy work has been as last year under
the supervision of the Matron, and
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means are at hand now to more thor
oughly than ever train the girls in the
work of these departments.
SANITARY.
With the exception of a severe-skin
trouble among the boys during the last
part of the winter and early spring—the
health of the school has been very good.
Only three deaths occured during the
year.
GKNAHAL.
Very gratifying results have been ob
tained in the school rooms. In the
dining room the use of table linen for
every day gives a more cheerful appear
ance, and inspires more neatness on the
part of the pupils. In tlie girls' dormi
tory the adoption of white Bpreads for
constant use has not been without sim
ilar influence.
In short the general improvement
about the school—in the rooms and up
on the buildings gives them a much
bettter appearance than they possessed
a year ago.
I must not omit to speak of the ad
vance in the manner and pride of dress
both among the girls and boys, on Sun
day, white dresses and aprons, sailor
suits and hats, buttoned elioes, parasols
and funs—all of their own purchasing,
render many of the girls as becoming
as those in whito communities among
civilization. While the boys take a
great pride in white shirts, collars, ties,
cuffs, hats, A little inore than a
year ago these things were unknown.
But as if to crown the labor of the
year and brighten up the dark spots,
and bring joy into the hours of care and
anxiety, evidence of a work more last
ing is about us.
Eighteen of the students have been
received into the mission of the Con
gregational church and more will fol
low, anxious to know, liot alone the
"white mans way of life" but the ways
of life infinitely more blessed.
GEO. E. GEROWE, Supt.
To the Hon. The Com. of Indian af
fairs.
Veterinarian Langdon tells the Fargo
Republican: "I have returned from
Cavalier county, where I killed ten
glandered horses,—five belonging to
county commissioner Row, four owned
by a Mr. Adums, and one belonging to a
Mr. Come and there are more that will
probably have to be killed. The fate of
Mr. Row's horses furnishes a warning
to people against buying cheap horses
fro'ii strangers passing through the
country. Some time ago he bought a
horse from a stranger for $25. The uni
mal had glanders, and the result is that
he lost four other valuable horses.
Whenever a horse is seen discharging
from the nose, it should be isolated at
once, and kept away from other horses
until an examination is made. Mr.
Adums not only lost four horses (which
were all that he had, except a mare aud
a couple of colts), but his sou is now
suffering from the disease,—having
caught it from the horses." .:
The Campbell county people are mak
inga moye in the right direction. They
propose to have a market for their grain
on the river, and arrangements have
been made by which a price 6 cents in
advance of railroad prices will be paid
for grain. A coal depot to be supplied
from the McLean county mines, will al
so be established. Better prices for
wheat and cheap rates for coal will
make a difference of 23 or 25 cents on
the dollar handled by the Campbell
county farmers. Let the farmers of
Walworth county take hold of this mat
ter and vigorously push it, establish a
depot at some point in this county on
the river, and market every bushel of
grain there they raise, and they can
confidently expect a solution of our
railroad problem by the extension of
the Milwaukee road in a few months.
Six cents advance over railroad prices
is quite a consideration, and a reduction
of about $6 on coal is a still greater con
sideration.—Walworth Cjunty S.D. Rec
ord.
Wells County Gazette.
There'will be twice as much wheat
as there was last year although it will
not grade near as high. No 1 hard is
going to be scarce, all owing to the
severe hot winds. As a whole, Wells
county will average ten bushels to the
acre. The flax crop is going to fall short
several thousand bushels, but every
body hopes that it will turn out better
than expected, There is also going to
be plenty of oats this year, quite ai)
item to the farmers who have been
compelled to buy feed for their stock
for the last year. Taking everything
into consideration, Wells county is. all
right yet.
Opium, rum and death 1 What a tale
of woe these words contain. T. W. Sel
lick, who committed suicide in Rochest
er N. Y., left these warning words as his
legacy. He left a letter telling how "ra
ther th$n have opium and ruin kill him
he preferred to do it himself." In the
agony of remorse over bis misspent life,
be says: "Young men for God's sake
never touch a drop of liquor, It has
killed me and will just as surely kill
you. I had as bright prospect before
me as any young man ever had had a
nice position and good salary, but ruin
and opium have got tho mastery of me.
May an allmercifal God forgive me. Let
this be a warning to all for I would likeit
posted over the door of every rum shop
and opium den in the world." This
brief story of a ruined life is an every
day occurrence, but even the anguished
tale of woe depicted therein has no ef
fect on the drunkard. Rum! accursed
ruin!—Ex»
A Sermon in a Camp of Railroaders.
Tho McLean county boys working on
tho railroad west of Missoula have been
heard from through Ed. Ramsett. He
sends us the copy of a sermon which is said
to have been preached to the crew there on
a recent sabbath, which we publish in full.
Ed. says the sermon had a good effect, and
the boys were much affected by it:
"My beloved brethering—I am a unlarnt
hardshell Baptist preacher, of whom you've
no doubt hearn afore, and I now appear
here to expound theScripters and pint ont
the narrow way which leads from a vain
world to the streets of Jaroosalem and
my tex, which I shall choose for the occa
sion, is in the leds of the Bible somewhar
between the second Chronikills and the
last chapter of Timothy Titus, and when
you find it, yon'll find it in these words:
'And they shall gnaw a file, ond flee
unto the mountains of Hepsidam, where
the lion roareth and the whang-doodle
mourneth for its first-born.'
"Now, my brethering, as I have before
told you, I am an oneddicated man, and
know nothing about grammar talk and
collidge highfalutin, but I'm a plain, un
larnt preacher of the Gospel, what's been
foreordained and called to prepare a per
varse generation for the day of wrath—eh!
'For they shall gnaw a file and flee unto
the mountains of Hepsidam, where the
lion roareth and the whang-doodle mourn
eth for its first-born—eh!'
"My beloved brethering, the tex says
'they 6hall gnaw a file.' It does not say
they MAY, but SUAI.II. Now, there is more
than one kind of file. There's the hand
saw file, the rat-tail file, the single file, the
double file, and profile but the kind of a
file spoken of here isn't one of them kind,
bekause it's a figger of speech, and means
going it alone and getting ukered 'For
they shall gnaw a file, and flee unto the
mountains of Hepsidam, where the lion
roareth and the whang-doodle mourneth
for its first-born—eh!'
'"And now, there be some here with fine
olothes on their backs, brass rings on their
fingers, and lard on their hair, what goes
it while they're yung and there be others
here what, as long as their constitooshins
and forty-cent whisky lasts, goes it blind.
There be sisters here what, when they gets
sixteen years old, cuts their tiller-rope and
goes it with a rush. But I say, my dear
brethering, take care you don't find that,
when Gabriel blows his last trump, your
hand is played out and you've got ukered
—eh! "For they shall gnaw a file and flee
unto the mountains of Hepsidam, where
the lion roareth and the whang-doodle
mourneth for its first-born—eh!'
"Now, my brethering, the tex also says,
'they shall fiee unto the mountains of Hep'
sidam but there's more dams than Hep'
sidam. There's Rotter-dam, Had-dam,
Amster-dam, and 'Don't-care-a-dam,' the
last of which, my brethering, is the worst
of all dams, and reminds me of a sirkum
stans I onst knowed in the state of Illinoy.
There was a man what built him a mill on
the north fork of Ager crick, and 'twas a
good mill and ground a sight of grain but
the man what built it was a miserable sin
ner and never gave anything to the church
and my brethering, one night there came
a dreadful storm of wind and rain, and the
mountains of the great deep was broke up,
and the waters rnshed down and swept
that man's mill-dam to kingdom come
and lo! when he woke up in the morning
he found he wasn't worth a dam—eh! 'For
they shall gnaw a file and flee unto the
mountains of Hepsidam, where the lion
roareth and the whang-doodle mourneth
for its first-born—eh!'
I hope I don't hear anybody larfin,do I?
"Now, 'where the lion roareth and the
whang-doodle mourneth for its first-born
—eh!' This part of my tex, my beseach
ing brethering, is not to be taken as it
says. It don't mean the howling wilder
ness, where John, the hard-shell Baptist,
fed on locusts and wild asses but it means
my brethering, the city of New Y'Orleans,
the mother of harlots and hard lots, where
corn is worth six bits a bushel one day and
nary a red the next where niggers are as
thick as black bugs in spiled bacon, and
gamblors, thieves and pick-pockets go
skiting about the streets like weasels in a
barn-yard where honest men are scarcer
than hen's teeth and where a strange wo
man once took in your beloved preacher
and bamboozled him out of two hundred
and twenty-seven dollars in the twinkling
of a sheep's tail but thank God, she can't
do it again! Hallelu-yah! 'For they shall
gnaw a file and flee unto the mountains of
Hepsidam^ where the lion roareth and the
whang-doodle mourneth for its first-born
—eh!'
"My brethering, I'm the boss of that ar
box car, you see, and have got her loaded
with flour, bacon, taters, and as good Mo
nongahela whisky as was ever run through
a prohibishun state, and I'm mighty apt
to get a big price for 'em all but what,
my dear brethering, would it all be worth
if I hadn't got religion There's nothing
like religion, my brethering 'tis better
nor silver, or gold, or jimcracks and you
can no more get to heaven without it than a
jay-bird can fly without a tail—eh! Thank
the Lord I'm a oneddicated man, my
brethering, but I've sarched the Soripters
from Dan to Beeraheba and found Zion
right side up and hard-shell religion the
best kind of religion—eh! 'Tis not like
the Methodis, what 'specks to git to heav
en by hollerin' hell fire nor like the Uni
verlis what gits on the broad gauge and
goes the hull hog—eh! nor like the Yew
nighted Brethering what takes each other
by the slack of their britches and hists
themselves in nor like the Katherlioks
what buys threw tickets from their priests
but it may be likened unto a man what has
to cross the river—eh! and the ferry-boat
was gone—so he tuoked up his britches
and waded in—eh! 'For they shall gnaw
a file and flee unto the mountains of Hep
sidam, where the lion roareth and the
whangrdoodle mourneth for its first-born
eh!'" Please pass the hat, Brother
Lonqvist, while the kongregashun sings,
tho Dogsology, and lot every hard-shell
Baptist shell out."
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McLean County.
The ParadlHe of North Dakota. A Half Million Acres of Fertile Agricultural Lands
Give us a call and satisfy yourselves.
Htlll open to settlement, and all underlaid with immense veins of Coal..
McLEAN COUNTY is situated on the Missouri river, and adjoins Barleigh ooanty
on the north. It covers an area of 928 square miles, and contains 614,120 acres of the
finest quality of farming land. The soil is a rich black loam, from eighteen inches to
three feet in depth, with clay subsoil, and is capable of producing enormous crops of
cereals and vegetables it also has fine grazing and meadow lands, oielding nutritious
grasses in abundance.. /,'
WASHBURN, the county seat, is admirably located, being on a beautiful plateau at
the "Big Bend" of the Missouri river, and commanding an excellent view of the river
for several miles in each direction. Several mail and transportation lines diverge
from here, and it is the most important point on the Bismarck, Washburn Sc. Coal
Harbor Steam-Packet Line. It is also the terminal point of the projected Aberbeen,
Bismarck fc Northern railroad, now merged into the great "Soo" line, which has sur
veyed the line and secured the right of way to Washburn.
All kinds of building material, excellent blue sandstone, good timber, and fine clay
for brick-making, can be found in the immediate vicinity of Washburn, and have been
used extensively by the citizens of the county. An excellent quality of brick, as well
as the best of lime, are manufactured on the outskirts of the town.
fine courthouse and jail, two large hotels, a substantially built
50-barrel flour mill, three general stores, a blacksmith and wagon shop, and a number
of substantial residences.
OUR COAL FIELDS.
McLean county is noted for its extensive coal fields, which underlies nearly its en
tire area. In fact, there is. coal enough in McLean county alone to Bupply the state
of North Dakota with fuel for half a century. It is found in all parts in stratas vary
ing in thickness from three to fifteen feet, and it is a matter of but a short time \yhen
this coal will yield an immense revenue to the enterprising owners of the land.
The extensive stock ranges, the superior agricultural lands, and the cheap fuel in
wood and coal, of McLean county offer the greatest inducements to settlers.
RAMSETT BROTHERS,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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We will sell our goods' at the lowest living prices for
Cash or its equivalent.
CEO. L. ROBINSON,
DEALER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
COAL HARBOR, North Dakota.
I am overstocked with Dress Shirts, Shoes,
and Hats, and will give you some big
Bargains for the next
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MERCHANTS
WASHBURN, N0KTH DAKOTA.
Headquarters for the Washburn Si Bismarck, Washburn & Berthold, Washburn A
Coal Harbor, and Washburn & Turtle Lake STAGE LINES.
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