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Washburn Leader JOHN SATTBRLUND L. L. SATTBRLUND -
Proprietor Manager
Published every Friday at Wash, bnrn, McLean Co., N. D.
Eotered at the PostnfHce «t Washburn, N. D as Second Class
Matter.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1913
Our Thirtieth Anniversary. For thirty years the Washburn
Times and The Leader has been a weekly visitor to nearly every
home in McLean cuonty, and its increasing patronage proves that it
h 's been a welcome one. During the early days there were m,;ny
times when the publication of a newspaper wes not a profitable
undertaking, but notwithstanding that the Leader had always given
th? best it had to give to its readers.
It was our intention to cele-with an appropriate special edition
this week, but our readers will redily see that from the space
necessarily given over to court that this is impossible. We shall
carry out this intention at a later date, when the demands npbn our
space are not so pressing, and frill also devote considerable apace
to writing up the various settlements of the county in such a way
that our readers will be pleased to have.
The Leader printing plant today is a thoroughly up-to-date
newspaper and job printing establishment. It has a complete and
splendidly equipped job printing plant, capable of producing high
class commercial work in any quantity. With its new Mergan-thaler
typesetting machinne, its newspaper is on a par with the large
dalies. Elestric lighted, steam heated and equipped with every
modem convenience, few newspaper plants in cities many times the
size have the splendid equipment of the Leader. This is due as well
to the confidennce and patronage of its readers as to the
confidence and enterprise of its management, and after thirty years
it is pleasing to be able to recount the success of a newspaper
enterprisec that began with thg first sattlement of this
county.
Thirty Years Ago. Thirty years ago this month
(June 15, 1883) the Washburn Times was launched on the sea of
journalism. John S. Veeder and John Satterlund were the publishers
and W. R. Maze, later register of deeds and county clerk of McLean
county, was the editor. The Leader is a continuation of the
Washburn Times and John Satterlund is the pu'blisher-BO the Leader
can lay reasonable claims to being thirty years old this June
month. John S. "Veeder who was associated with John Satterlund as
publisher of the Times is now a resident of Man-dan and is a
conductor on the Northern Pacific railroad. W. R Maze died at Grand
Rapids, Mich some fifteen years ago.
When the Times was founded thirty yeais ago there was just three
buildings in Washburn—ont residence, a store building, and a barn.
The Times was published in a small lean-to to the store building
which was also occupied as a postoffice.
Considerable of the land near Washburn was homesteaded in th
fall of lb82 and in the spring of 1883, but many of the settlers
did not actually establish their residences until daring the.
summer of 1883. Among those that we
' 4 remember as. living in the county v and on theii* homesteads
in June
•%' 1883, are: Major KaiAcfman
y'vsV.' 30^' Chas. Kaulfman • v ..,.W. B. •IS! J.
