The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-10-20
Told by the Courant's Big
Staff of
CORRESPONDENTS
News from Willow City, Westhope, Lans-
ford, Russell, Antler land Amity
--all Over the County Hap
penings.
WILLOW CITY

Mrs. Geo. Sunberg, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in Hast
ings. MINI. for several weeks. returned
on Saturday last.
Harry Shannon was operated. on by
DIR. Thyng and DR.. Montgomery. of
Overly, for appendicitis on Sunday.
We are glad to report that he is rapid
ly regaining his health.
Our old friend Frank Collins, spent
several hours here on Thursday.
"Whalebone" lis looking we'll and ap-
pears to be prosperous.
Rev. w. F. Bradley, who has been
attending the NJ. E. conference at
Fargo. returned on Tuesday. We are
gald to note that the Bishop has as
signed him to Willow City for tho en-
suing conference year.
The Misses Won Kaenel. cousins of
Walter Master, who have been visiting
him this summer, returned to their
home in Detroit, Michigan on Monday.
Jules Perrin. formerly of this place
but now located at Lodi, California, is
here to close up some business deals.
Mr.. Perrin is looking we'll and says
the climate of his new home agrees
with him. He informs us that be has
had an addition to his family just
lately, by the arrival of anothr son at
his home. Mr.. Perrin will be with
us for several weeks before returning
to his home in the far west.
DR.. c. O. Anderson and druggist
Schaeble spent Wednesday evening at
Round Lake hunting ducks. They
had good success. bagging twenty fine
mallards.
j. H. Cook is now able to get
around town with the help of crutches.
When you want to josh him you want
to keep out of the radius of said
crutches as he is becoming quite handy
in welding them.
The elevators here have, so far,
taken in as much grain as at any pre-
vious year since the founding of the
city. We learn from the owners and
agents of the elevators that they are
being crowded to their fullest capacity
and that the quality of the grain mar.
keted is Of uniformly higher grade
than has ever been received here be-
fore. All this is proof that Willow
City is not being hurt materially by
the new towns along the line of the
500 and that her prosperity for the fu-
ture years is assured.
Mrs. Andrew Cook, formerly of
this place, but now of Bantry, visited
with her mother, Mrs. Gilmer, this
week.
Cashier Mccain paid his family a
visit on the homestead last week. Mr..
Mccain expects to make final proof
within the next six weeks and will
then bring his family here and resume
domestic relations.
Mrs. Phil Halls and son Allen are
visiting with Mrs. Halls parents east
of town and meantime Phil is doing
the bachelor stunt. 1t is noticeable
that he gets around to the barber shop
at fairly early hour these days.
Probably fearing that the people of
North Dakota would not fully appre-
ciate the fact that the triple strength,
brass collar of blind partisanship lad
been riveted to its editorial neck ssThe
Minot Daily Optic" in recent issue
declared that it was Republican, col
umn rules and all the other appurten-
ances thereunto belonging or in any
wise appertaining, which of course
takes in the Office cuspidor and toilet
paper. But what can we expect from
paper that SO fulsomely and nauseat-
ingly sounded the praises of Alex Nc
Kenzie, in it's editorial columns under
the title of "Alex s Dream some few
weeks ago2 Decency, intelligence,
manliness, honesty and good citizen
ship are insulted by such editorials as
appear from time to time in "The
Minot Optic But Federal jobs are
not doled out by any boss without hope
of reward and paper that gets into
financial hole must do the bidding of
its masters however bitter the dose
may be. We may hope to see some
good day. an announcement that the
receivership has been determined and
we will then know that the price has
been fully paid. But between now
and that time may saints and minis
ters Of grace defend US from the
fulsome laudations. bigoted partisan