The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-03-31
Additional Locals.

day.
| Mrs. VIM. Simon is visiting in tow,
from Westho2e. ..
| Sheriff Gardner made a trip tt
Jamestown this week.
Ex-State Game Warden Bower
was in the city this week.
Miss Jennie Stokes, of Sergius, was
a visitor in. the city on Thursday.
Mrs. James McCabe leaves this morn
ing for Minneapolis, after short visi
here.
Miss Hofus of the business college
spent Sunday at Minot, returning
Monday.
Richard Peyton and Miss Della Car
pentier made business trip to Minot
this week.
Marshal Zeigenbe in, of Willow
City was &C unity seat visitor the first
of the week. -
o. J. Lacy goes to Fargo this morn
ing. He will work on railway
survey from Chamberlain, s. D. west
| At the Westhope village election
142 votes were cast. an increase of &C
over last June when the village was
organized. ,
Geo. Kalbheisch and Misses Mary
Gray, Minnie Bunston and Margaret
Haskett returned home from the Uni
versity on Friday night.
Miss Annie V. Zirkle, of Mt. Jack
son, Va, arrived in the city on the
23rd, inst, and will spend the summer
visiting her sister, Mrs. L. B. Wolfe.
Westhope narrowly escaped a fire
last week. Wednesday morning Nc,
Gilvray's feed store was discovered tc
be on fire but quick work with q
bucket quenched the flames. .,55
The farmers around here are busy
with the spring work. Not much seed
ing has been done yet as most of the
farmers believe that it pays to work
the land thoroughly before seeding.
The funeral of Mary Ann, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and MIS-. James NJ.
Stephens, whose death was announced
in last weeks Courant, occurred on
Saturday from the Presbyterian
church. .~-
Mrs. Robert Auld died Wednesday
afternoon. She has been sufferer
from consumption for a long while.
The remains were shipped to Hitter
dal., MINI. She leaves a husband
and sister.
| Mrs. D. A. Ferguson, formerly Miss
Dora Thompson, of this city, is visit
ing Ter parents here Mr.. Ferguson
passed through this week bound for
Westhope with car loads of farm
horses He expects to locate at
Westhope. 45t.t -.'E"
Messrs. F. w. Cathro and W. K.
Mcintosh came back from Winnipeg
Monday. They report the "doin's'
attendant upon the institution of the
shrine at the Canadian city as lively
and of a vari- colored order. The
gentlemen deny that they helped
daub any red paint, however.
| Those farmers who have not yet
been convinced of the value of corn
as fodder crop should note the splendid
condition o. cattle which have been
fed on corn during this winter. The
editor saw several this week that are
almost fit for the butchers knife as a
result Of being fed in this manner.
Try some corn this season.
Anton Welzbacher, of Russell,
passed through Bottineau Wednesday
morning. He has just disposed of his
quarter section of, land near Russell
for "a, OOO OO-cash. This claim is
located near the end of the g. N. sur
vay. Mr.. Welzbacher and his wife
are on their way to Penn. N. D. for q
visit. #
After waiting for over twenty years
for railroad the people of Dun.
seith will have the satisfaction of see.
ing the graders start work on Monday
next. The contractor is on the
ground and will break sod on Mon.
day morning. Dunseith people feel
good all over and no one can blame
them. They have the resources 70,
q good town and have certainly been
patient.
The school entertainment on Mon.
day night was q success in every par
ticular. An unusually large crowd
turned out and it was evident from
the applause and the encores that the
different numbers received that the
people appreciated the really excellent
entertainment. There were about q
half dozen numbers on the program
besides the prime ipal feature The
Merchant Of Venice, Up-To- Date, =
which was enacted by students of the
high school. It is not likelv that the