The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-08-28
aman. From Mr. Garnet 8 I pro-
ceeded to- Mr. Halls brickvard. I

ceeded to. MI. Halls brickyard. I
found MI. Hall in the yard superinten-
ding the completion of kiln, the
| third one this year, making in all
about :, 800, 90 brick. In the eating de-
partment found an acquaintance in
the person Of Will Minor, who was for
some time chef de cuisine at the Turtle
Cafe, which is guarantee that Nh.
Halls men are we'll fed From there
I visited D. D. Kippen's place west
| of the railroad track and arrived in
Omemee just before the rain Mrs.
Kippen proved to be a country woman
Of mine, hailing from Glengarry,
Ont, and spent an enjoyable time
listening to some Of her tales of early
life on the prairies. Brought up in a
diversified country where mountains,
lakes and streams abound, naturally
she did not like the idea of living
where there were neither trees nor hills.
Things have changed, however, and
now her home, that once looked out on
treeless expanse, is almost surrounded
by vigorous young trees and she can
find shelter and shade beneath their
spreading branches There is no place
like home-her North Dakota home
to Mrs. Kippen now. So much for
mans industry and perseverance. So
may the prairies, by tree planting, in
few years be made more habitab BILE
for man and beast.
Omemee would seem to be holding
it's own with other places in the
county, if not outstripping some in the
forward movement. 1 was surprised
to see the changes that have taken
place since was here few weeks ago
Two large substantial brick buildings
have been erected, one for stores and
the other the residence of William
Cole, owner of the townsite. There
are few finer residences in the state and
Omemee is naturally proud of the new
structure. An addition is also being
built to the livery barn on the east side
of the track A brick school house is
also in course of erection to cost some
thing like $50, The new bank is
being veneered and a number of other
buildings are in course of construction
1t is also understood that another store
building will be erected this fall
Paint has been used literally, which
has greatly improved the appearance
of the place Considerable grading has
been done on the streets, but lack of
funds prevented the grading of the main
business street running east and west,
which is to be -rssgetted, as$ft ais IN
Esae,sst i ST t lareveneab especially at the
western end JUST now business Isl
slow in banking circles, but it will
only be few weeks until money will
be flowing in and out of the two vii
lage banks. A harvest dance was
given here on Friday evening of last
week. The music was rendered by
the Wilson Stafford orchestra of Botti-
neau Dancing was kept up until 3
clock on Saturday morning and all
present enjoyed themselves to the limit
and are loud in their praises of the
county seat orchestra.
After few days sojourn in Omemee,
during which l made brief visit to
Willow City between trains, and in
which place I was pleased to notice
that the wheels of progress were revolv
ing at lively speed, | made trip
to Superior at the crossing of the
Mouse river due west of Omemee,
about twenty one miles, returning by
way of Ely. AS in other parts of the
county I have visited, saw no evil
/ dences of starvation, in fact, so appar
ent were the evidences of plenty for
man and beast, that one could not be-
grudge even the voracious little gopher
share of the good things to be seen
on every hand. Leaving Omemee,
the first place at which your CORES
pondent called was at Willow Grove
farm, about five miles west on the
north side of the township line. This
is one of the finest farms in that section
of the county. Oak creek passes
through it from north to south, the
shores of which stream are dotted by
groves and hay meadows, giving the
farm park like appearance. The
work of harvesting was in progress
and Mr. Beaton was busy in the fields.
Scarlet fever had visited that section
in the spring and seven OF Nh. Bea-
toms childen had been down at once,
but all have recovered with the ex-
: iception Of one of the younger children,
who is still suffering from the effects
jof the disease. From Mr.. Beaton's /
/ proceeded northwest past the school
house to the home of John A. Cameron,
! Ia Scotch Canadian, well and favorably
known in these parts. found him
land his sons, all Of whom own farms