The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-07-24
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Last Friday your correspondent at
tended the Antler Sporting Club picnic
at SchelPs grove on the South Anrler
creek few miles northwest Of Antlerll
postoffice. The day was an ideal one
and the number of people present was
surprising They were there from all
quarters Of the Mouse river country
and from across the internationally line
in fact it was an international gather
ing and the best of good feeling pres
vailed. When Ipassed through Rich
burg on my way to the picnic at 1880
the place was deserted a stranger
dropping in to that town and not
knowing the cause of the deserted
streets would have formed a very un-
favorable opinion of the capital city of
the Mouse river country. There were
on the picnic grounds when arrived.
about two thousand people and the
sports of the day were in full swing
They consisted Of all kinds of athletic
exercises, horse racing, baseball and
football, and of course, dancing. Re-
freshment booths were not numerous
nor was the quality of beverage at one
stand quite up to our expectations. AS
for ice cream, lemonade and soft drinks
they were provided in abundance. The
baseball game was tame affair, only
few members of the Lyleton and
Richburg teams being present and the
teams were filled out with raw recruits
AS might be expected the playing was.
poor and the score stood Is to . id
favor of Richburg. Jack Neville did
the twirling for the Richburg nine and
Armstrong for the Lyletor boys The
football game between Antler and q
team composed of Canucks was a fair
exhibition of that manly game. Ant'er
lost on account drumming up against
a team made up Of players selected
from Copley. Lyleton, Melita, Pierson
aud other places and the aggregation
was too strong. The score was 2 to o..
Among the races was what was called
q smoking race, each rider smoking q
pipe as he.rode. This caused a good
deal Of merriment.
In the evening at the dancing plat
form by the river We wece treated to
some lively airs on the bagpipes by
our old friend, Mr.. Frazer, who was in
good wind. To some, strange tosay,
the bagpipes, were something new,
which would seem TO indicate Allat
Scotty and his pipes have not yet visi-
ted all parts of the earth. Dancing
continued until morning and the young
people seemed to enjoy themselves TO
the limit. All in all the day passed off
pleasantly and the sporting club have
reason to be proud Of the success of
their picnic. Miss Mary M. Carey,
Mrs. S. M. Britton and her daughter,
Miss Jessie,sH IT McPhillips and A. j.
Drake We're among those present who
are well known to Bottineau readers.
We are sorry to notice in our rambles
through the country that noxious
weeds are so much in evidence. 1t will
be simply impossible to destroy
them all before they ripen and
the result will be disastrous. Another
fact is also prominent. The farmers,
with few exceptions, are not graphing
with the weed nuisance as they should.
They ought to do their utmost to de.
stroy them now. Help, of course, can
not be had, but they are bound out of
respectlfor their neighbor'ss rights and
in their own interests to make an effort.
The road supervisors complain that
their orders are not respected and as
they cannot pull the weeds themselves
nor get men to do it, the weeds are
likely to ripen and scatter their seed
across the country for miles. It is no
use to fine the supervisor. The farmer
who neglects to do mis- best to clean up
his farm is the one who should be pun
ished and severely too.
d Tom White and family have taken
up their residence on their farm just
north Of here. s
Louis Hill, assistant to President
James ]. Hill Of the Great Northern,
who promised to visit Richburg has
failed to put lin an appearance, al
though he has always been considered
a man Of his word. But by the time
this is in print the question Of the 10
cation of the town will probably be
settled. Gradingi is going on this side
of the river as rapidly as possible