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Interesting Farm
Items By Norling
Making farm visits is part of the
many duties of the County Agricul
tural Agent, A. L. Norling. He reports
that something of interest can be
found on most every farm in the coun
ty. A few farm visit reports are here
with given and will be continued next
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Ole Holtan, Falkirk, has purchased
a pure bred registered Holstein sire
from New Salem.
L. G- Stewart, Underwood, has ten
acnes of Early Ohio potatoes
George Monson, Max, is letting his
sweet clover field lay over for the
third year.
Chris Brodell, Max, has a large field
of potatoes this year.
R. L. Williams, Dogden, is trying
some sweet clover-and has harvested
good field of winter wheat.
"J. H. Christensen, Mercer, has pur
chased a new Shropshire ram from
near Coal Harbor
Albert Peterson, Washburn, has.
planted a ntew field of alfalfa in rows.
Henry Sheldon, Washburn, and sex
eral neighbor^, have purchased a po
tato planter co-operatively.
E. M. Llllehaugen, Benedict, has a
large field.of potatoes again this year
mostly Green Mountains-
Antpn KJersten, Wilton, is trying
some sweet clover this year.
Math BinsfielcL- Wilton, is. trying
out sortie sweet clover' pasture this
summer.
A. E. Paulson,. Uriderwoody is the
new president bf the Wool growers'
association.'
C. G. Englund,,'Underwood, has' ft
nice clean patch of potatoes, a nice
grove and a gbod start with alfalfa.
L. E. Lee, Washburn, has planted
some potatoes close, medium and far
apart and will watch results-
John Oberg's farmstead is all white
with a nice flock of Wyandpttes.
Ben Waibel, Douglas, is trying some
Pioneer White Corn this year.
Wm. McElwain, Garrisory has plant
ed some pedigreed oats.
Fred O- Hanson, Garrison, has" been
experimenting with sweet clover lor
some time. This year he. has planted
SO acres more.
C. J. Nelson, Coal Harbor, 'repre-'
sented the county wool growers''assb-.
ciation at the State Wool Growers'
meeting.
Emil Oberg, Wilton, has a "cracker
jack" of a potato field. Early Ohio,
Triumphs, and sweet potatoes.
Carl- FdjgJie, Coal Harbor, has a.,
large patch of Early "Ohio, potatoes
G.v ,W. Cartsbri,' Coal Harbor,
leaving Jiis first crop of sweet clover
go to-Seted.*1 "V-
Nels 01s6n,.Uhderwood, raises West
ern Wheat' Qfass (Rye Qr^8s) seed
most every.-1 yeAr. ,•
George ^ai.'Benedlct^e charge of
distributlfig'1the gophettv^Isdn ^r th.at.
tOWnBfeS»i
George Karr, Turtle' take,- !0 0pera
ated ty giving. his' time.aha Iplace for
the veterinary. demonstration. held^in
May. ,a,
Carl Eichnorst, Falkirk, raised some
alfalfa seed sold a big lot to Bjlr.
Dawson in {Morton county.:
Geo. M:-Robinson, Coal Harbor, has
a nice patch of Early Ohio potatoes.
Mrs. Robinson is trying out three dif
ferent varieties of tomatoes.
J. H- Hamilton,-. Garrison, put1 the
grasshoppers out of business by feed
ing them poison.0 They started mak:
inga clean sweep during the hpt days
the last of May.
J. U- Caldwell and O. L- Nordquist,
Underwood, held a purebred' livestock
sale and disposed 'of their surplus
Shorthorns and Durocs.
Henry Martin, county commissioner,
Emmet, has iO acres of yellow sweet
clover. Mrs. Martin is raisiriga lfyge
flock of turkeys.
Gustav Reinisch, Ryder, has a gocO
grove started.' He will get some more
tree from Mandan next spring.
H- C. Albert, Ryder, has purchased
a registered Holstein sire from Peter
Kolden, Roseglen.
E E. Slagg, of Washburn, has grown
some Sudan grass which is two months
old, yet measures about 6 feet In
height.
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Tuesday-. All, three pf the gentlemen
are«prominent farmers in this com
munity- ',
Mr. Lemdeh was telling 'county
agent Norling, about his. pastures of
yellow 'fewteet. clover, whfch ought to
he interesting to every 'farmer In the
county.' Mr, Lehiden raises 50 acres
of yellow sw^et .iclover this, year, on
'Which J^e herdp.d 50 head of cattle.
He, Joun^' pifti'^lipweVer,, that thjs num
ber codld have bepn increased con
siderably. or the number of acres de
cre&Eed, as .there was^top pnuch feed
tor the t)um{er of .head. Besides herd
ing that number he Was able to cut
some hay off the plot- This proves
without dopbt, that a fiqld of cfyver is
much better, than prairie' grass. as lf
usually takes abouf s ^res ot prairie
l^Tid to herd. on^ head. Mr. 'Lemden
]B,CQnvprt«d: to growing of hay tor
teed.
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TWO SEPARATORS ARRIVE^
The Eversoa Bros, and flam Neip
hardt, both had a Jiew Aultman-Taylor
separator unloaded iErbin the train here
Wednesday. The ^et(h»rdt. machine
was 32 i&ch and the Everson Bros, a
98 inch. i
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VOLUME XXXHI, NUMBER 6. WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGU8T 11, 1#22.
"HONEST HUTCH"
"Old Hutch" hasn't done a lick pf
work in twenty years. The shack he
lives in is a disgrace. His wife works
like a. slave. Their' clothes are no
mere than rags. Hutch is the joke of
the town. Suddenly he finds $50,000
buried in a box along the river bank
But
.: it's, the loot of a bank robbery
Then what.happens? See Will Rogers
iri" "Honest Hutch," here Friday and
Saturday evening this week. The best
characterization since "Rip Van Win
kle."
LONE' GIRL AMID "GODLESS MEN"
Helene Chad wick, the only woman
in the cast of "Godless Men," a Regi
nald Barker production released by
Goldwyn, is allowed but one change
in the entire picture. The story, is a
thrilling sea tale of strong men and
wild adventure.
The most photographed girl in Amer
ica thought it a good joke on herself
to be restricted to "a heavy skirt and
blouse, and a light skirt and blouse
Miss. Chad wick has appeared in nu
merous Goldwyn pictures since leav
ing New York for the California stu
dios, but is more familiar to the pub
lic in the part of the lady of wealth
and/ fishion wearing -exquisite gowns
4nd all feminine adornment.
As Rj'th Lytton in "Godless Men,"
however, she leads a .very different
life- She stent several weeks in and
about the Cataliqa Islands with one
simple .change of costume.
"That was literally the fextent.of, my
wafdrobe, for over a month," sai| Miss
Ghadwick. "We worked all day, and
nearly every day, and of course I
stayed in the costume nearly all the
time."
'"Godless M^n" will be. shown at
theLiberty Theatre Friday and Sat
urday, August 18 and 19.
Doing Nice Business
v
August Wahl and his son, Perry, re
pqyt that they are doing a nice busi
ness ,this Slimmer at their ice ,cream
factory-
V
They have been busy all
aummer, every since the season open
ed making ice cream. They run six
six days a week and manufacture an
av.erage of 40 gallons pf delicious re
freshment every day-
The firm has practically all the bus
iness in the suirt-ounding towns as far
DtPrth as Dogden, ias far south as jBald
\vin^ and ever on the 1'urtle Lake
branch. They also furnish a large
amount to the various picnics and lake
resorts, which are always good cus
tomers .for ice cream.
And there is always a reason for
sujbh popularity, it is simply this, the
ic§ cn?am they make is so good that
eVbrybody calls for. a second helping.
If -you: haven't tried some lat'ely you
at e missing something good. Just
step Into any of the 'following places,
Wlilliahia', WJiitlock's, or. the Billiard
Parlors/ khd ask for dish of ice
cream. They will give you Wahl's ioe
cream and if you don't think it's good,
'U Ve the
you first person.
Han's Lemdeh', James Ai Sheft, 'knd
John I e e s o n o e o s e e n n e i
borhood, vere., callers' iijr Wtashburri. willbe clean and fresh, with new paint
'Jfe:
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COMMISSIONERS yiSIT
NEW BRIDGE
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The county commissioners, who
Vere.in session the first of the week,
made k visit to the new overhead
bridge east of town, before they left
for'their homes. The commissioners
were taken to the bridge by Hon. John
,Satterlund' in his car.' They were very
much pleased with the bridge, as it
was a- great improvement On the new
state roadc It so. happened that at
that particular point of the seption line
the railrPad run through a cut, which
made the erectioa pf. the overhead
bridge, very desirable., 'The Sob bridge
finished up the work a. short .Mine ago,
at whith time the: bridge was open to
ti'afiSc. It is the only bridge of. its
kind in McLean county-
REMODELING PARL0R8
Emerson Whan, proprietor of th©
Washburn Billiard Parlors, is having
-the place re-papered and painted in
side and out.' M. F. Wilson is doing
the work for him. When it is com
pleted Mr. Whan will have a very at
tractive billiard parlor. ... The inside
and pap-ar^and the ofttside of'the build
ing will be given a fresh coat of paint.
Last year Ijitr, Whan had a, neW hard
wood floor laid and several other im
-Troveinents made,- and with ,4he im
provements this jyear he will have one
of,the nicest aqa most up-to-date bil
liard parlors .that can be found any
where in small towns.
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REMODELING SCHOOL-
HOUSE AT HENSLER
George Carmer and his workmen are
remodeling the He'hsWr schodl.# The
basement of the school is being re
arranged into a classroom and an au
ditorium. The alterations make a
great improvement in the building and
one thtit trill be appreciated by both
the students' and teachers. Mr. Cra
mer is hauling the lumber for the
building acniss..the. river from the lo
cal Manddn) Merc. Co. lumber yard,
JUD^E WUESSLE UNDER KNIFE
Judge W." L. Nuessle .of distsict
court Mn4?rwent an operation Monday,
in a ^BismarcK'hospital for a stomach
allmMt. -It waA'.reported a few hours
after the operation that he was get
ting along very well.
MM Hi
Samuel F. Crabbe, who had charge
of the livestock department at the
state fair, had some valuable informa
tion to give all visitors to the booth
where there were some* pheasants on
exhibition. He has the following to
say about the game birds, and at the
same time urged all who were inter
ested to endeavor to secure a set
ting of eggs.
"The game and fish board is making
a determined campaign to keep the
pheasants a permanent inhabitant of
North Dakota. It is estimated that
there are approximately 120,000 pheas
ants in the state at this time, and
there have been about 1,000 eggs
distributed throughout the state this
season.
"About 1,500 pheasants will be hat
ched at the different game farms
throughout the state this season, and
will be distributed over the state this
fall.
"Some people seem to have an idea
that the pheasants and prairie chick
ens do not get along and that the
pheasants will drive the chickens out
of the country. However, this is not
the case, for from careful observation
at the game' refuse south of Wawson
300 to 500 pheasants and chickens
have been seen feeding together. The
pheasant, especially the Chinese ring
neck and English varieties are the
most valuable insect eating birds, as
well, as the most attractive and eager
ly sought game birds, of all the spec
ies that can be raised in captivity or
in a semidomeStic way and can be
kept in the district in which they are
propagated.
"Prominent among the pests raven
ously destroyed by the pheasants are
the wire worm or potato grub, the po
tato bug, the potato beetle, the squash
bug, the cucumber and bean leaf beet
le, the tomato and,cut worms, the
millers which, deposit the eggs of .t.lie
wire wcrm as well as many other bad
smelling bugs- This alone makes
.these birds more valuable* to the farm
er than any other, as most birds avoid
the potato and other bad smelling
bugs on account of their obnoxious
oiors.
"They' are. also fond of grasshop
per?' eggs and are special destroyers
of the locust, which deposits its gKS
on the earth ir\ dry places, as well as
the larva of any insect that may be
found there- The pheasant chooses
tl.e dandelion and the bulbs, of the
buttercups as two of its greatest vege
table delicacies.
Of the grasses he has a liking for
v hite and red clover, alfalfa and re v
and yellow sorrel but when there aie
plenty of dandelions and buttercups
he will makrlhose his principal vege
tables diet.
"These birds are very fond of mai.y
of the wild S^eds such as legumes and
thistles especially the burr thistle,
wild carrots, sunflower, wild lettuce,
mayweed, marsh elder, mustard seeds
and many others too numerous to
mention.
"Many of the Insects that are in
jurious to the corn and wheat crops
are destroyed by the. pheasants. These
birds will not attack the grain or ear
of the corn until late in the. season
after insect food is scarce* The dif
ference between-the pheasant and the
ordinary fowl in eating Insects is
largely that the pheasant is continu
ally hunting for eggs and lavae of in
sects, thus destroying the pests before
they do any damage to the farmers
crops the turky and the common
poultry afterwards.
"In. the grain fields and meadows
the insects' eggs are usually laid on
the underside of the leaves of the
plant- The pheasant, as it passes
through the growing grain, keeps its
head near the ground and turns one
eye up and, the other down so it sees
A sotbrette-
A maid.t
I.—A BrokerVOffice.
OLDEST ^APER IN MeLEAN COUNTY. E^AiBMtHEO AS THE TIMES WAY 10, 1883.
PHEASANTS-VALUABLE GANE BIRDS
-SHOULD BE STOCKED ALONG RIVER
"NOTHING BUT THE TRTUH
A Farcical Comedy" in Three Acts
Cculd you tell the absolute truth for
twenty,-four hours, no -matter what
questions were aske4 you? If you
doubt that it can be done, come and
see "Nothing But The Truth," at'the
Liberty Theatre, Wednesday, August
16, at 8:30 P- M.' Tickets will be on
sale at the different places of business
and the management will greatly ap
preciate it, if all those 'who intend
coming will buy their'tickets as soon
ad possible. There are certain- ex?
penses such as royalty, play books,
the,larva and eggs on the underside of
the leaf. Among the people of an ag
ricultural district the pheasant readily
finds friends who will give it protec
tion as well as enemies who seek its
destruction-. To the, farmer it is an
eminently faithful and useful bird and
in him should find a true friend and a
careful protector. As surely as he
cornea to understand their usefulness
to him every farmer or land owner
will desire as many of the birds about
his farm as possible to protect his
crops."
To bring the pheasant question
nearer home we will state that J. T.
McCulloch obtained through the State
Game Commission, two ring-necked
pheasant hens which, were liberated
along the river near the Painted
Wood Lake district. An occassional
cock had previously been seen in that
locality and it is hoped that with the
addition of the two female birds lib
erated quite a flock may bfe built up.
Mr. McCulloch also obtained a sett
ing of 15 eggs this spring which he
set under a hen. Twelve of the 15
eggs hatched out but four of the young
birds met with accidental deaths,
leaving a flock of eight- These birds
have not been handled or kept up in
any way, but come and go as they
please. However they are as tame as
the average young chicken, coming to
the house for several meals a day and
at other times ranging the nearby
country.
Farmers having groves, where the
birds are fond of nesting, would do
well to write the Game Commission in
regard to obtaining a setting of the
eggs. A flock of the pheasants would
be a mighty nice thing to have around
any farm and in view of the fact that
the birds are such voracious eaters of
insects it woud be a profitable, invest
ment for the farmers to get settings
of the eggs even though they had to
pay for them. However the game
commission furnishes the eggs free,of
charge in such numbers as they can
obtain.
Mr, E- T. Juil of Cando has promis
ed more birds for release along the
river, and anyoiie wanting information
on the subject would do well to write
him-
CHAS- W. JOHNSON,'OLD SET
TLER, IN WASHBURN ON VISIT
Chas. W. Johnson of Stillwater, Min
nesota, arrived, here Satudray for a
visit with ol& friends and to look after
business interests. Mr. Johnson for
merly farmed between here and Wil
tc-n, but two years ago he sold out and
moved to Stillwater. He was glad to
get back and see his old friends and
talk over old times. Mr, Johnson first
came up,to this country back in 1880,
which makes hfm one of the old timers
of this vicinity. He expects to remain
for a few w:eeks. When he arrived in
Bismarck he visited with his cousin,
John A. Johnson.'
FORMER RESIDENTS HERE
FROM CALIFORNIA
Ole Gradin, of Santa Anna, Cal-,
arrived here Friday to spend several
months at his old' home near" Under
wood. It was about three years ago
that Mr. Gardin and his family moved
to the. sunny state, but each year, he
comes back to visit old friends and
look after his farming interests- His
son-'ih-l§w', Freilo Peterson, is farm
ing th.e Gradin place- 'After harvest
arid threshing is over Mr. Gradin will
return again to California. On his
way here he stopped oft at Missoula,
Mont., .where he visited for a short
time at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Satterlun'd.
Cast of Characters
ROBERT BENNETT .......................,v.......... .DENNY, MANN
A young stockbroker who says he will tell the truth for twenty-four hours
E. M- RALSTON..... .... s...
:v.!.. ALBERT PETERSON
The head of the firm, who bets it cannot be dpne. i
RICHARD DONNELLY .,........... .'. -.:...... HUGH McCULLOCH
Another young stockbroker, who is in on the bet,.
CLARENCE VAN DUSEN ................. '.VV..,.
A sarcastic young stockbroker.
BISHOP DORAN ..........,... 1. HOWARD ANDERSON
A bishop of. sixty. -v-:.-- ./
GWENDOLINE RALSTON ..... ......,... ............ RUTH OLSON
.In loveVith.Boh. .^ r"
MRS. E. M. RALSTON HELEN W£HL
The bewildered wife of E. M.
ETHEL CLARK .... .v.... ... ....... ... .LOUISE JOHNSON
A friend'of Owen's.
MA BUTT. JACKSON ALICE MACOMBER
84BBL JACKSON SADIE FERGUSON
Another. i
MARTHA \. J'/., ..: .MARY AGNES GORDON
Country Home.
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ACT
ACT II.—Parlor of E. M. Ralston's TIME—The Present.
1M1B1I1B1
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ental of hall, costumes, printing, etc.,
.vhich will have to be met.
The proceeds from the play will be
used to start a fund for the Parent
Teachers Association. Incidentally, the
Parent-Teftchera' Association is an or
ganization which has the welfare of
the school.as its aim. Every person
in Washburn should be an active mem
ber. Therefore, please turn out. the
night of the play and give your sup
port to the actors who are helping this
worthy cause.
.ARCHIE NELSON
ACT III.—Same'as Act II/
Loader
RUSO
m.
The weddings this week afforded
I opportunities for two big charivaris.
I There was a lot of noise, but it was
short-lived, for both grooms "came
i across" with the treats.
Mr. and Mrs. L- Moe and son Edgar,
returned Friday evening after cover
i ing 1500 miles in their Chandler with
out a mishap of any sort. They say
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Northern Minnesota with its liundred
foot pines and myriad lakes was beau
tiful, but the North Dakota country
looked good to them.
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BENEDICT
The dance given at Bechtel's barn
northwest of town, was well attend
ed. All reported a good time.
Melvin Erickson and wife, and fam
ily and Alfred Erickson are here from
Minnesota visiting with Mr- and Mrs.
Ed. Erickson and also Mrs. Ness and
family.
Joe Harchanko went to Minot on
business last week-'
Charley Vannetter is helping out at
S. N. Miller's farm.
The Soo bridge crew is working on
this end of the line.
Ralph Gerard is working for Louis
Jacobson
The Young People's Society met at
the home of Mr- and Mrs. Alvin Lille
haugen last Sunday.
Rev. Harriss of Bismarck brought us
a essage last Sunday evening, when
he spoke at the M- E. church.
Benedict now has a good hotel run
ning. Keep it going by patronizing it.
Harvest Nearly Over
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The grain fields north of Washburn
and in the county as a whole will be
practically all cut by the fiist of next
week, if the continued clear weather
keeps up. Many parts of the state
are only half through harvesting and
the grain is getting overly ripe. North
of town, with -very little outside help,
the. farmers have nearly completed! the
biggest harvest since,
1915. When help
could not be gotten, the whole family,
husband, wife and children, would get
into the field and harvest the grain.
And in many cases the farmer, prefer
red to get along with the help he had
than to import outside help, who might
be carrying a re,d card and who would
cause ten times more trouble than he
was worth-
8TEWART ELECTED N.
D. P. A. PRESIDENT
W. G. Stewar,t, editor of the Wilton
News* was elected president Of the
North Dakota Press Association, at
Devils Lake last week when the press,
boys niet there for their annual sum
mer meeting. Bro. Stewart Is a live
wire at the press meetings, and there
is no question hut what he will lead
the "gang" through a successful year.
BREAK8 ARM IN FA^-L
Mrs. Griffith, who Jives in the east
end of town had the misfortune to trip
and foil at her home Thursday of last
week, breaking her right arm at the
wrist Dr. Gordon was called to dress
the'Injury and reports that she is get
ting along nicely.
Try* a Leader Wont Ad when you
hare anything to sell.
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SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
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ti. Moe and son Edgar, were Minot
visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. Darwin Whipple left Saturday
for Bismarck where she will re-enter
the Bismarck Business College.
Mr. and Mrs. P' A. Whipple return
ed from a visit with relatives in Chi
:go. They drove back. Mr. Whipple
having purchased new Oakland six
while away-
Darwin Whipple went to Carring
ton Monday to bring back his car
which he was compelled to leave there
a week ago, due to bad roads.
Ed Zabel spent Sunday visiting the
home folks at Goodrich.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hatch of Minot
visited at the home of Mrs. Hatch's
parents, Mr. and Mrs- O. M- Davis.
Sunday.
Miss Ida Erickson and J. Hanson
were united in marriage last Friday
and are making their home on the
Mellom farm north of town. Congrat
ulations are extended-
At Blackwater Sunday, August 6,
occurred the marriage of Miss Flor
ence Carvell and Urban Leinhart. The
young couple have taken up residence
in the T*andgard home and will reside
there for the present. Mrs. Leinhart
will again teach the primary grades
of the Ruso school this year. Mr
Leinhart has made Ruso his home for
a number of years. Friends extend
congratulations-
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Sophie Olson returned home Sat
urday form Bismarck where she has
I been working.
Miss Christie Ackerman is helping
Mrs. .Tenson for a couple of weeks.
vralter R. Stewart. who is employed
at Drake, visited at home over Sun
I day.
1 Myrtle Coder has been on the sick
list the last few days.
1 The show given in Benedict opera
house was well attended, considering
the busy times.
Miss Aladina Olson, who has been
employed near Falkirk, returned to her
home in Benedict for a short visit-
Peterson Writes
From Alaska Camp
One cannot help but feel impressed
at the size of Alaska after taking such
a trip as I have taken—seven days out
of Seattle, by steanvor, 300 miles into
the interior by train and still I have
seen but a small part of this vast
country.
I have finally settled down for the
summer up here in the mountains, 313
mile from Seward, and within sight of
Mt- McKinley which rears its lofty
summit ovfr 20,000 feet, the highest
peak on thei continent. I am with the
General Land Office in a survey party.
Mr.il will reach me if addressed to
Anchorage, Alaska, care of Guerin's
camp.
To^be complete in my remarks I
should make some mention of the
Canadian Rockies. They were won
derful. I stoppied off at Banff and
Lake Louise. At Banff I climbed a
mountain and swani in the hot sulphur
spring bath. The whale place is tre
mendously interesting and one would
like to s )end a week there.
Lake Louise is a spot of exquisite
beauty. The jewel of the Canadian
Rockies, I feel, although other lakes
are mentioned as being equally beau
tiful.
The days spent on the steamer were
ideal. We had keen, clear, cool wea
ther until we reached Juneau and then
we ran into a fog and rain belt. When
we left the islands beyond Juneau
we oncountered a moderate ground
swell which sent many people to bed,
but to me the sensation was nothing
but delightful.
The Alaska Railroad is a marvel of
engineering skill- The part from Sew
ard to Asichorage was especially pic
turesque. In one place we ran through
a tunnel which was covered by a gla
cier. In descending the mountains to
Anchorage we made several loops on
spider-like trestle work. After leav
ing Anchorage we crossed the Hurri
cane Gulch, which is described in the
August "Popular Mechanics" as being
one of the greatest engineering feats
in the world.
I saw the site of the great bridge
across the Tanana at Nenana while on
the way to Fairbanks, where our party
picked up its equipment. It will be
built this winter when the ice will fur
nish temporary support.
The industrial conditions in Alaska
at present are very dull. I shall not
attempt-to comment on them in a de
tailed way. Sherman Rogers, a writer
for the Outlook Magazine, came, up on
the boat with us to spend some time
in Alaska. He will also make a study
of industrial conditions here and give
out his views in the Outlook in Sep
tember. He is a man of incisive per
sonality who has come very rapidly
into fame as a writer and lecturer in
the last few years. Whatever opinions
he garners concerning Alaska will be
said in a forceful if not attractive way.
Topographically, Alaska seems to
be a land of mountains and forests.
One is particularly impressed with the
amount of water everywhere. It falls
in copious showers it 'stands every
where in stilly pools it brawls down
the-mountains in trickling runlets it
pours down the mcfuntain valleys in
tumultuous torrents it rolls majes
tically on to the sea in the valleys of
the Tanana and Yukon. Everywhere
there is water in abundance and one
need not. want for a drink aywhere—
if you care for water-
Even though you have greater aspir
ations in the way of drinkables, Alas
ka still has possibilities for you.- It
nas one advantage that it shares with
North Dakota—it is located next to
Canada. Home brew is manufactured
in iiuantities. If I were to make my
fortune in Alaska, instead of trying
to dig it from the earth, I would build
a little still at the foot of the hill and
1 feel sure that. I could then let the
rest of the wealth go by.
The foreman of the section just came
to our quarters and called for volun
teers to .act on a coroner's Jury. A
miner was killed last fall back in the
hills about fpur miles from'h«re. They
just found his body yesterday. He
was thought to have about $4,000 with
him and it is surmised that his part
ner murdered him for it.
"There are strange things done
'Neath the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold-"
We are close to McKinley plirk
here and one of. the best game regions
in Alaska. There are black, brown
and grizzly bear, caribou, mountain
sheep and moose. There is no closed
season on bear, but caribou, sheep and
moose are protected about ten monthB
in the year. I hope to get into some
good hunting before leaving Alaska.
Alaska hafc most of the-necessities,
but few of the comforts, of home.: We
haye two trains a week. .No-store
within ten miles. Daily papers from
the States are two weeks old. Np pub
lic library nearer than Fairbanks. We
do not ex'pect to see civilization again
before November 1.' I am sura how*
ever, that the summer will be an inter
esting one ahd perhaps an ewentlUl-^
if I meet a bear. Very truly Tears,
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Summit, Mile 313, Alaska,
July 10,1922.
Washburn Leader, Washburn, N. D.
My deaf Friends:
I have promised to write a good
many letters to Washburn which I find
will be impossible for lack of time.
I am taking this method, then, of toll
ing those who might be interested, of
some of the conditions that exist here
at present. If I fail to mention some
of the things which might be of es
pecial interest, to some I will be glad
to supply the deficiency later on, in
dividually, if you will indicate the
omission.
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CARL V. PBTljiRSON.