The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-08-04
COUNTY NEWS
Two Towns Heard from
this week.
NEWS GATHERERS
On The Courant Staff send in q biz Grist
from Bottineau County Towns and
Rural Districts--Willow City,
and Meadow ST.
WILLOW CITY

WILLOW CITY
Crop prospects in the vicinity of
Willow City were never better.
City marshal Thorson is fixing up
the side walks and crossings and doing
very good job. .>---
Rev. J. G.. Moore. presiding elder
of the Minot district. held quarterly
services in the NJ. E. church here on
Monday.
Mrs. Phil Halls and son Allen have
been visiting among friends and rela-
tives in the vicinity of Overly for the
past week.
W. j. Armstrong spent several days
among friends in Minot this week.
Billy ays that there is no doubt but
that Minot will be the best city Of
western North Dakota.
DR.. and Mrs. D. K. Thyng and
George Sunberg went to Grand Forks
on Monday. The DR., and Mr.. Sun
berg will attend the tennis tournament
and play in the game. As they are
both good players they will make the
other participants 80 some if they win.
Miss j. L. Romanson has been Wis
iting friends in Willow this week.
Miss Romanson says the crops west of
Barton are splendid.
Phil Halls went to Barton on busi-
ness on Monday. ..>.
Mrs. James Miller visited with
friends in Omemee the first of the
week.
DIR. Campeau, formerly of this
place, is now at Anaconda, Montana.
Our old friend Thomas R. Henry,
formerly of this place, and now with
the International Harvester Co., of
Regina, N. w. T. was quietly mar
ried to Miss Anna Thingvold at Mi
not on Saturday last. Miss Jessie
Hunt and Mr.. F. A. Stovener of this
place acted as their assistants. Mr..
Henry has been one of the boys here
for several years past and Miss Thing
void has been our popular milliner.
After the wedding the young couple
took the 500 train for Regina where
they will make their future home.
Tom, as the boys call him, used to be
good base ball twirler in the long
ago, when Willow City had good
team, and all of his friends as we'll as
those of his wife will wish the young
couple all joy and happiness for the
future years.
Mrs. N. s. Hager and daughter
Anna returned from Eds claim out in
Williams county on Wednesday.
They say that that country is good
lne and that the prospects for the fu
IRE are splendid but that the mos
litos seem to have entered into an
agagement to make life miserable for
all those who, invade that territory.
There seems to be some kick on the
way the county printing is being dis
tributed, Michaels of the Eagle seems
to think that he is not getting his
share, and he is good republican too,
but then it takes something to support
in proper dignity the Chairman of the
county central committee and disposer
Of deputyships, and the county is le-
gitimate prey. What is the use Of be-
ing dictator of your party in town
ship, county, state or nation unless it
inures to your proats Has not Bro.
ther Michaels long ago learned that the
motto of those who control the politi-
cal destinies of North Dakota is sGive
us the profits and the public be
damned. But all the same the,
attitude of the Eagle, in its stand for
decency and opposition to the gang
has won for it many friends and it.is
fast becoming power for good among
the common people throughout Botti
neau County.
Mrs. J. M. Messner Of Omemee, is
visiting friends in town this week
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