The Washburn leader. [volume], March 08, 1907, Image 1

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latch Mern North
Dakota Grow.
They ara a live lot of people those
residents of that empire In the north
western part of the state of which
Minot is the metropolis. They have
recently organized an association
known as the Northwestern North Da
kota Federation with J. W. Jacobson
president, and W. R. Vosburg secre
tary. The letter head tells the story.
On it we find these lines: "Represent
ing the agricultural, business and coal
mining interests of Bottineau, Mc
Henry, McKenzie, McLean Ward and
Williams counties, that cover an area
almost as" large as the combined area
of the five states of Connecticut,
Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey
and Rhode Island "The death rate
in North Dakota is the lowest of any
state in the union Northwestern
^®North Dakota contains the finest agri
cultural land in the United States
which land is underlaid with a suffi
cient supply of lignite coal to supply
tfae United States for one thousand
years." This federation was formed
st Minot on February 22d for the
purpose of setting forth the advan
tages of North Dakota and to combat
reports of the climatic conditions of
tbe past winter. Western North Dako
ta is all right. Her people have plenty
and there is room for thousands
more. The railroads cannot handle
the business. They need hundreds of
miles of branches. The development
of the country is ahead of the railroad
facilities. Two thousand miles of
branches are needed in North Dakota
and double tracks on main lines.
Watch western as well as Northwest
ern North Dakota grow.
OUR JUDICIARY.
A bill has passed the senate creating
a new judicial district—the tenth—by
dividing the sixth district on the Mis
souri river. It seems to be a fad at
every session of the legislature to
create a new judicial kingdom. Of all
the burdens on the taxpayers of the
staite "justice*' comes the highest. The
machinery of our courts is a debt-cre
ffcating burden that people little realize.
It is safe to say that a third of our
taxes—a third of the money we pay
the tax colleotor—is doled out in and
around the court rooms.
It may be argued that physical char
acteristics and the area of the district
are such that a district judge is kept
reasonably busy. Has any complaint
been made thus far? Has our district
judge complained and declared the
necessity for a division of the district?
When it comes to the period that
one judge cannot, with justice to him
self and the people,handle the work of
this district possibly we may desire to
break away from the old system of
little judicial districts and adopt the
more modern system of two, three or
four judge district, which is now in
vogue succesfully in the states ofMin
nesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Ill
inois, Ohio and other states.
The divorcing of politics from the
judiciary as much as possible is one
of the aims of enlightened public
opinion, and this constant curtailing
of territorial limits and numerical in
crease of judicial districts tends to
iqake mor^. serious the danger of the
"judicial boss," which is a far greater
menace than the "political boss."
The judge in a measure holds the
power over life, liberty and property.
The people must do business in court
only through regular practising attor
neys. A weak, vacilating judge is
much worst than a dishonest attorney.
Under our present system every law
yer practices not only entirely/by vir
tue of nis right or merit but often by
the sufferance of the court that rides
into power on a political wave. Judges
are human like the rest of us and the
best judges cannot possess too much
merit. It there were two judges in a
district—instead of two .districts—
would there got baa greater incentive
to do right, a greater appreciation of
a high ideal, Icbs danger of retrogres
sion? With a two-judge or a three
judge system would we-not place a
premium upon judicial discretion and
judicial fairness? Would we not
create a strife for a record of exact
justice, and goodwill, and discourage
all inclinations to belittle the bench
with political jobbery?
We are about to adopt the initiative
and referendum. We are adopting a
'radical primary election system. We
are out for reforms of every nature
and if the citizen will stop to consider
he must conclude that In our judiciary
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system there is offered the greatest
opportunity for reform of all.
ADVERTISE THE 8TATE.
With this as the caption the Grand
Forks Herald publishes the following
terfered to some degree with the
business of dealers in American
lands, and some efforts were under
taken to counteract it. One method
employed for a time was the collec
tion of the disastrous experiences of
people who had moved north and re
turned disgusted. The land was pic
tured as one of deadly blizzards in
winter and undrainable fields and
frosted grain in summer. Everyone
has seen column after column by the
ream and circulated all over the land.
If it had, any result that result was not
visible, for the movement kept on
and still continues. Why? Simply be
cause the statements published bore
on their face the stamp of falsehood.
Literaly many of them may have been
a correct recital of individual experi
ences in particuar localities and in in
dividual cases, but they were false in
that they purported to give a portrait
of the normal experiences of settlers
in that country. People did not believe
them for the simple reason that peo
ple—even those in search—are not en
tirely fools, and no matter how skill
fully a lie may be told the public has
always a dozen ways of finding out the
truth.
North Dakota has this winter
passed through some strenuous expe
riences with impassable roads, fuel
shortage, and a lot of other things.
Some of the facts have been pub
lished in the papers. Some of them
have not. But the facts which have
been published have, in their travels
eastward, become twisted and dis
torted, and eastern readers have been
regaled with stories of snowdrifts
editorial:
"The state legislature has been
asked for an appropriation to be ex
pended under the direction of the
commissioner of agriculture in ad
dition a liberal appropriation should
be made for this purpose. Commis
sioner Gilbreath has shown good
judgment in his expenditures of this
class in the past, and he has been in
defatigable in making known the
good qualities of the state. While his
work has been performed with enthus
iasm and energy it has also been done
with conservatism, the kind of con
servatism which convinces. The liter
ature that has been sent out has
been of chararcter which bore on its
face the stamp of credibility, and in
displays which have been made at
fairs and elsewhere the exhibits have
been such as could be duplicated in
definitely at home. The result has
been that the state has not been
placed in the ridiculous attitude of
making claims which could not be
sustained on investigation. There
has been no exaggeration, and there
fore nothing to explain or take back.
The department should be placed in
possession of funds sufficient to carry
on the work which has been so well\
started.
In this ^connection it might be well
to devote a paragraph or two on one
or two features connected with the
advertisement of a state or a district.
Some years ago people began to move
into northwestern Canada to find
homes. Naturally the movement in
forty feet high, with all the trimmings.
Possibly some of these wild yarns
have been credited. Possibly people
who believe them have been deterred
from moving to North Dakota. If so,
all the better. We do not want to
make of the state a refuge for the
feeble minded of the nation, and
people who would accept such mani
fest exaggeration without investiga
tion should stay among their friends,
where they can be properly cared for.
On the other hand, our own people
will be making a grievous mistake if
they undertake to counteract the in
fluence of theBe exaggerations by oth
ers equally absurd. Our soil is as
good as any in the world, our sum
mer climate is such that abundant
crops can be-produced, and these are
tbe rule. Our winters are, like win
ters anywhere else in northern lati
tudes, sometimes mild and open, and
sometimes bluBtery and severe. But
there has never been a winter yet in
which, with a reasonable supply of
fuel and other ordinary necessaries,
our people have not been able to en
joy life in more than comfort. The
experiences of the past winter have
been due to a variety .of causes.
There has been an absence of fore
thought on the part of the people
themselves. Without question a more
prudent course will be followed an
other year. The snowfall has been of
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This week J. Russel sold his
lease on the Kline hotel to John
Sperry from Goodrich who im
mediately took charge and is now
running the same. Mr. Sperry
has made arrangements with Karl
Klein of Washburn, owner of the
building, to enlarge it putting a 30
foot addition to the back, this will
give more sleeping rooms for tran
sients, an improvement very much
needed.
A deal was completed this week
in which Philip Keim, John Keim
and Christ Wenzel became owners
of the Schindler lots and building
north of the Turtle Lake Union
Store, to where Mr. Wenzel ex
pects to move with his implement
business. He also expects to put
in a hardware store. Mr. Schind
ler received as part payment in the
trade the two lots formerly owned
by Keim Bros, just east and south
of the telephone office.
Max Enterprise.
Dr. Ivey has commenced mak
ing .a collection of the animal life
found in the lake.
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The Douglas sale of town lots.
held last week was not attended
by many outsiders. All lines of
business have been pretty well re
presented there since last fall and
the business men simply put their
Ed. Schulenberg of Plaza ar
rived in town last evening on busi
ness connected with the deal be
tween his company and the Bovey
Shute Lumber Oo. It has been
understood for several weeks that
the Schulenberg Lumber Co. had
bought out the Bovey-Shute yard
at this place but the work of in
voicing and turning over the busi
ness by the latter company did not
tafce place until this week.
The Elbo Lake Ice Co., have
finished filling their large icehouse
at this place and are getting ready
to fill their house at Ryder. The
ise will be taKen from the lake at
this point and shipped to that
place at once. There waa' .some
fear a few days ago on the pairt of
the proprietors, Kirchhof & Speers
that the continued warm weather
then prevailing might interfere
with tbe ice harvest-, but the
change to cooler weather has put
an end to such fears and the work
will go fprward in good shape.
GARRISON TIMES
On Wednesday of last week S.
T. Wiprud, who has hitherto con
ducted one of the largest general
stores in Garrisoi, sold all his in-
VOX XVII, NO. &tfly WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA, MARCH 8,1907 $1.00 PER YEAR.
Gounty Correspondence
Turtle Lake Wave.
J. H. Fink and family and
goods will arrive here some time
next weeK from Cedar Rapids,
Neb., at their new home, the old
Peter Miller place three miles west
of. town.
R. L. Wood spent a day or so in
town last week. Wood is quite a
hustler, he is now owner of three
drug stores between here and
Jamestown, one at Pingree, one at
Denhoff and one in this city.
Mrs. Len Duivestein met with a
very painful accident Sunday
caused by dropping a dish of hot
water on her feet and scalding
them. She had intended starting
for Harvey, Monday, from where
she and her sister were to leave
for a few months visit with rela
tives in Oregon. The trip has
been delayed a few days.
Items of Interest from Special Cor
respondents and from the Various
Newspapers of McLean County.
heads together.and agreed to not those of Kerr' vs. Sundstrom,
overbid each other on the lots so Swanson, Anderson and Herred.
the sale was not very lively.
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stock, house and lots to Mr. Christ
Wacker of Freeman, S, D. Mr.
Wacker taking possession at once.
While we regret the loss of Mr.
Wiprud as a citizen and business
man, we on the other hand, wel
come Mr. Wacker and hope and
believe that he will be able to
maintain the excellent business
A meeting of the directors of
the Farmers' Bank of Garrison was
held last Saturday evening at
which the resignation of Chas. F.
Benedict, former cashier, was ac
cepted, J. J. Behles elected to suc
ceed him. M. R. Behles was elec
ted vice-president and John
Antony, assistant cashier. Among
other important husiness transact
was the decision to build a fine
pressed brick bank building 25x30
probably two stories high, just as
soon as the contract for the same
f^can be?awarded. This will be the
first brick blocK to be built in Gar
rison and is, decidedly a step in
the right direction.
McLean County Miner.
Underwood.
Mrs. Marty of Washburn, visited
her daughter Mrs. Fred Smith over
Sunday.
W. Jack Roney has moved to
that town.
Chas. Bularzi/c came down from
north of Darling, a distance of
eighteen miles, on skies Saturday.
He returned home Monday.
Four of the medicine note cases
carried to the supreme court by O.
W. Kerr, M. C. Spicer, attorney,
were decided by that body the fore
part of the week in favor of the
appellant,
Kerr, and against the
defendants. The decision of Judge
Winchester in the district court
was reversed, costs of each action
to be taxbd against the losing par
ties. The cases decided were
Denhoff Voice.
G. Mix informs the Voice that
he has sold over 800 acres of Cuba
land since he returned from that
island.
It is reported that Axel Tibeau
will erect a cement brick building
on his property adjoining the Com
mercial hotel.
Mrs. George Rafferty left last
week for Pipestone, Minn., where
she was called to the bedside of
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gross,
who was not expected to live. At
last report however, Mrs. Gross
was much better.
H. A. Chandler was in. town on
TueSday^and reports that he has
been compelled to resort to a flax
straw burner because of the scarci
ty of coal. Mr. Chandler says that
properly handled flax straw is equal
to coal as fuel.
Married at the home of the bride
in Denhoff last evening at 6:30,
Miss Helen E. Gray and Albert A.
Hendricks, Rev. A. M. Wiley of
Goodrich, officiated. The wedding
was strictly private, and with the
exception of Miss Alberta M. Hal
ver and Mr. A. C. lsaminger, who
qctefl as bridesmaid and grooms-
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reputation which has been estab-' trate the school publications.
lished by Mr. Wiprud.
J. J. Heutel of Mankato, Minn,
arrived here ast week and is look
ing,over this part of the country
with a view to investing in real
estate.
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man, and Miss Sigrid Pace, who
presided at the piano, no one but
the immediate members of the
family were present.
Valley City Normal Notes.
Pres. McFarland gave the stud
ents an instructive and much
needed talk on health at the begin
ning of the warm weather.
During the past week, Mr.
Tuttle, the photographer, took
pictures of the chapel and also of
several classes, showing them at
work. These will be used to illus-
Mrs. Budlong of Bismarck gave
a very interesting talk in the
chapel on the history of the Mis
souri slope, Friday evening, Feb.
15.
There are 120 members enrolled
in the special class in Indian club
work. The class meets at 8:30 on
Friday mornings. The provisions
for joining the class are: all must
furnish themselves with their own
clubs and practice at least ten
minutes every day.
Two members of the class of '06,
Josephine Hemp and Saunder J.
Sanders of Lidgerwood visited the
normal last week.
Pres. McFarland gave a very in
teresting talk on general proceed
ings in the legislature soon after
his return from Bismarck.
Ernest Brownson, '97, of Willis
ton and John Severn of James
town have been appointed as mem
bers of the board of management
to take the place of W. T. Smith
of Kenmare and A. S. Martin of
Sentinel Butte.
Instead of the usual junior rhe
toricals a debate was given Satur-
—J ""i day afternoon, Feb. 23, on the
Garrison to take charge of thei .,
Peterson Machine Co. branch in
t* i|- f* i_ Question! XvGSOived thclt StudGQt
government can be made a success
in a normal school. The speakers
on the affirmative were Ira Pickett
of Leal and William Banish of
Sheldon. On the negative Eleanor
Daugherty of Geneseo and Eliza
beth Kinder of Mapleton. The
judges decided in favor of the af
firmative.
The class in methods is now tak
ing history methods under Prof.
Gillette. By special permission
the practice teachers from Miss
Farlow's department are taking
primary drawing methods under
Miss Deem.
Tuesday evening, Feb. 19, the
normal boys played a game of
basket ball with company of
Valley City, at the armory. The
score was 29 to 17 in favor of the
normal.
Thursday evening, Feb. 21, a
double basket ball game was
played with the university. The
girls' game ended with a score of
45 to 11 in favor of the normal.
The boys were not so fortunate,
their score being 23 to 16 in favor
of the university.
The next shortage that will be
notioed will be that of hay, says
the Sheldon Progress. Oats straw
is excellent feed for horses in the
winter time and most farmers use
straw largely, but in such a winter
as this hay is much more easily
hauled and handled, with the re
salt that in many cases the hay
that was intended for use thru the
spring work has been consumed
during the* stormy weather of the
winter, Many farmers are so situ
ated that they can ordhtarly let
their stosK run at large during the
warm winter days and ^graze on
the nutritious dry prairie grasses,
but the deep snow of this year-bas
prevented that. Those who put
ap a little more than'seemed real
ly necessary will be congratulating
themselves in the spring.
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MEDIUM.
Teddy Praises Senator
Washington, Mar. 4— President
Roosevelt has presented Senator
Hansbrough ofjNorth Dakota with
the pen with which he signed the
denatured alcohol act. The pen
accompanied the following letter
from the president:
''My Dear Senator Hansbrough:
1 send you herewith the pen which
I used in signing the denatured
alcohol act. We could not have
got this act thru the senate save
for the persistent fight you made
for it. I congratulate you hearti
ly on what you have accomplished
and upon all that it means, especi
ally to the farmers of the north
west.
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt."
It is Senator Hansbrough's in
tention to present the letter and
pen to the State Historical society
of North Dakota.
To North Dakota.
Dakota, 'tis to thee,
Plain in the Western Free—
Land of the ranchers' glee,
State of bright sunshine,
To thee, cur strength we bring
To thee, our joys we sing,
From thee, our bread we wring—
Our gain is thine.
Land where the farmers live,
Asking not why or how,
Trusting unto the how,
All of their future.
Surely the falling rain
Soon will reward their pain
With fields of growing grain.
The blessings of Nature.
Land of the simple life,
Past is the Red man's strife,
Safe from his scalping knife,
Great, is thy future—
Like Egypt of history.
iJe the world's granary.
Rely for thy mastery
Upon agriculture.
Land where the doctors starve
Fore want of bones to carve,
Illness, here does not mar
The joy of living.
Is not the gift of health
Greater than any wealth,
Why should the fear of stealth,
Cloud its enjoying?
Land, where the lawyers cunning,
Is ever in focus with dunning,
State of politics humming,
Den of the grafters,
Wild, where the blind-hog roams,
Preying on blighted homes,
As his vile froth he foams
Up to the rafters.
Travel here is enjoyed
In a way not alloyed,
With steam, you're not annoyed,
So, you have time on hand.
But, if you are in haste.
Linger not, words to waste,
Rather, calm, uaamazed—
Walk to your promised land.
—M. S. R.
Notice oi Election.
To the citizens and legal voters
ot the village of Washburn, in the
comity of McLean, state of North.
You are hereby notified that the
annual election of -said village will
be held on Tuesday the 19th day
of March, L907, for the purpose'of
electing the following officers:.
One Trustee for district No. 1.
One Trustee for district No. 2.
One Trustee for district No. 3.
Also a Clerk, Assessor, Treasur
er, Marshall and Justice of the,
Peace.
Said electioa to be held at the
court house of said county and
village aforesaid, and polls' to be
open from 8 a. m. to 4 p.*'m.
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Village Clerk.
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