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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-08-18
Wn1oNCityN News

Cashier Mccain is on his farm in
Mclean county this week.
Emery Olmstead of Minot visited
relatives east of town on last Sunday.
Now that the damage done by the
hail storm has been fully estimated it
is found not to be as extensive as first
feared.
Col. II. M. Creel passed through
here Tuesday on his. way. to Lake
Metigoshe., The Col. has been inspect
ing the crops throughout the state and
says that he has never seen the pros
poets better.
20. w. Silcher a cousin of F. NJ.
Rich visited here for several days
last week.
DR.. F. T. Norton of Portage Wis.
spent couple of days in Willow this
week. The DR.. has farm east of
this place though he had never seen it
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Siftinos

Mail Carrier Kongslie now has two
miles further to travel, as post Office
has been placed in Bantry. @0''''T
Upham has started her elevators its
about time she was after them by the
looks of the fields they will soon be
needed.
Upham and Bantry are each to have
six elevators. Four OF Bantry's are
under construction, and two in Upham
are under good headway. Upham is
going to have three banks. The third
one is going to be brick building, go
we understand.
,An.ice cream social was held in the
school house southeast of Upham. All
report gooo Time. ~ ga 10.
Meadow escaped the hailstorm that
our Omemee. Bottineau and Ely neigh
bors got the full benefit of. The suffer
ers have our sympathy.
Mrs. Minnie Hinkley is visiting at
her brothers w. H. Wilke this week
Hugh Malone of Westhope was a
Meadow visitor Sunday. ~
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Death Of Mrs. Howard.

News came this week. reporting the
death Of one Of our respected citizens,
in the person of Mrs. Howard, wife
of DR.. Howard, formerly of this place.
Sometime ago the doctor moved
up into the Saskatchewan valley
thinking that perhaps they would find
better health and for time both he
and his wife seemed to be doing we'll.
Communications received by their
daughter Mrs. H. s. Blood, seemed to
indicate that they were in the best of
health. So that the news came as
very sudden surprise to this commun-
ity. Mrs. Howard was somewhere
about 70 years old, aud was apparently
a robust person for that age in life
1t has been supposed that an attack of
heart failure might have been tho
cause of her sudden demise. Their
daughter and son in law, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. s. Blood of this city left for Sou
ris, Man, where the funeral took
place last Wednesday, they having
previously buried a daughter at that
place. The mourners have our SYM
pathy in their loss, and bereavement.
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EidsD01d Item ms

Mr.. and Mr. Thompson drove to
Westhope Wednesday.
There is going to be school picnic
for the children next Sunday the Goth.
at John Flies place by the river.
Hail did some damage to Andrew
Taralseth g crop the 4th. of Aug. and
others did not seem to be damaged
much
The Vedqua Bros. have invested in
new threshing rig this year. The
rig is the Minneapolis make The old
rig was traded in for $500.
Ed. Bokke had windmill erected
lately also Ernest Condit.
Crops are promising good yield
this year and harvest is approaching.
Farmers are very busy putting up
hay which also is a good crop this
year.
Peter Boreson has put up big barn
on his farm near Landa.
Fl. j. Hanson took out a new gang
plow last week.
There is some talk of putting in a
Farmers Elevator at the siding be-
tween Souris and Ianda. Would it
not be grand thing for the farmer
The Norden Threshing Co. are to
have business meeting next Satur-
day evening. ..- ~.
Meeting by Rev. K. o. Raftshol here
next Sunday at II o'clock.
Miss. Teevans is teaching private
school at Mr. 81. L. Lillistrand g.
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Commoner: If any democrat is dis
posed to take gloomy view of the
future let him find encouragement in
review of the last few years. The
demand for the popular election of
senators has grown. The proposition
never received endorsement in congress
until thirteen years ago. Since that
time the proposed amendment has
carried in the house of representatives
four times. It has been endorsed by
two thirds of the states and by two
democratic national platforms. It will
come. The protective tariff is be-
coming more apparent that the manu-
facturers are extracting from the peo-
pie at home while they sell abroad in
competition with the world. Tariff
reform will come. And the deficit
during the last fiscal year suggests the
advisability of an income tax. The
trusts are exciting mole and more op-
position as their methods become
known. s'Private monopolies ale in.
defensible and iutolerab ble'' and all
of them must sooner or later be eA-
terminated. The growth of munich
pal ownership has been phenomenal
and men of all parties are supporting
that plan in all the cities. The rail
roads have had their. own way They
have watered their stock and discrim-
mated between persons and places {;
but they will be brought under COVER
nment control. The Philippine situa-
tion is proving the correctness of the
democratic position. The islands are
burden IN peace and weakness in
war. A colonial policy provides at
all times reputation Of our theory
of government, and ultimate indepen
dence is the only solution. The labor
question demands settlement along
democratic lines and each year delay
emphasizes the necessity for relief.
The quantities theory of money has
been tablished and the benefit of a
large volume of currency has been
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-08-18

politics of this state. but it will be
done by the people not by few dis
gruntled ones who are anxious for q
pull at the public teat, and whose sole
aim in life is to ride into any old
Office, regardless of the wishes of the
people or their welfare. @e @
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Oberon Reporter: The movement
for 'cleaner politics" is, we believe,
gaining in public favor, despite the
att smpt of the scamp followers to
discredit and denounce it. 1t is GER
tainly time that the people of North
Dakota should manage their own
affairs unaided by the self-constituted
bosses, who from time to time assem-
BILE at the Merchants hotel at st. Paul
to map out the course and dictate the
policy for the state government to pur-
sue. What the masses want is leader.
ship that is committed to the princi.
Piles of self government in the interests
Of the people as a whole. Let the
battle cry be "the people vs.. the Poll
ticians'' and not the installation of
"a new gang to oust the "old gang,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-08-18
me 6eScundinaDiQn Mutual
Fire Insurance Go.

This company has been doing bust
ness in Bottineau county for some
time, and has been limited by it's ar.
tjcles of incorporation to this county
alone for it's business.
According to the state law, every
insurance company must make re-
port Of it's financial standing to the
commissioner of insurance of the state,
who in turn attends to the publication
of such a statement in one of the
county papers, all this is for the pur-
pose Of ensuring the policy holders
against any fraudulent enterprises
that may have its growth within our
own borders OF any other state in the
union. This statement is wholly for
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Sad Happening.

J. A. Mcdonald, who came to Ser
gius from another portion Of the state
five years ago with his family, and
who worked in this Immediate vicin-
tity for some time both on the Jack
Scott farm east Of this town and upon
the McBrayne place for a time, was
very badly kicked in the abdomen by
horse on his own place south of Ser
gius. He rallied. along for some time,
but death resulted last week. The
funeral took place at Westhope last
Friday. He leaves wife and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Duncan McGillvray, to
mourn his loss. The friends are as
sured Of the sympathy Of the many
friends Of this neighborhood. \,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-08-18
County Court Doings

This has been a very busy week il
the county court, quite number oil
cases have been up for hearing, and
received final disposition, besides the
insanity cases which have occupied
the attention of the officials, a mum
Der of civil actions have received at.
tention.
A case was brought up before County
Judge Kirk on Monday last, in which
Mrs. Mccartney was charged with
keeping a house of ill-fame within
the city Of Bottineau. The case was
prosecuted by States Attorney E. c.
Bowen and the defendant was repre-
sented by the firm of Noble. Blood &
Adamson. The jury returned verdict
of guilty. A stay of ten days was
granted, and a motion moved for q
new trial.
On Wednesday morning the case of
David Golliger versus John Myer, a
contractor on the Towner branch of
the Great Northern was heard, in
which case the plaintiff had filed a
Judgment for wages to the extent OF
$685. Is for work done on the Towne1
extension. in railroad grading.
Attorney Goldsmith of Westhope
appeared for the defendant and E. c.
Bowen of this city for the plaintiff
This case occupied the attention OF
the court Wednesday and Thursday uI
till noon, when the jury returned 8
verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
On Thursday noon another case
similar in kind to the former one,
wherein action was brought by Mrs.
Della Golligher, versus John Myer,
contractor for the Great Northern.
The defendant is the same in this case
as in the preceding one, and the plain
tiff the wife of the said David Coli
CHER. In this case Judgment was en-
tered for the sum of $44. which the
paintiff claimed was due her for SER
vices rendered as cook. The jury also
in this case rendered verdict for the
plaintiff. In both cases the evidence
showed the tendency on the part OF
the contractor to short pay his em.
ployees. -....
These cases had been entered for ac.
ton .ia the stice. court at ,.Westhops
and judgment awarded the plaintiffs
in both cases, and was appealed to the
county court of Bottineau, and in both
cases the verdict sustained the lower
court
On Thursday morning another case
was brought on for hearing The state
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and the movement will succeed.

oAAA VAA0 AAOSOAAOuV VIA ouSSOOu.
Kenmare Journal: The stationery
printed at this Office last month is Civ
ing the best of satisfaction. Last week
we printed thousand statements for
a man and by their aid he collected a
small fortune Two months ago man
bought of us some fine paper and en-.
velopes to use when writing to his
sweetheart and now he is married
Another young man forged a name on
a check printed at this Office and is
now in the penitentiary. Another
young man stole some of our paper to
make cigarettes with he is dead. A
young lady bought some of our paper
to curl her hair on, now she has a beau.
We have only few packages of this
kind in stock. BY using our stationery
a person can collect old accounts, tell
fortunes, make rain, change the color of
hair, have teeth extracted without pain
find out the name of future wife or
husband, be successful in business, tri :
umph over enemies and get elected to
Office. Give us a call. Office hours
A. M. to P. M.
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Our Correspondents

till this visit. He had never been in
North Dakota before and expressed
himself surprised at the evidences of
prosperity and progress to be seen on
every hand. -. @
The depot is fast being put in shape
by the crew of workers who have the
job in hand
Miss Amelia Heny of Mohall, visit
ed with Miss Nellie Cudhie Monday
and Tuesday.
Harvesting will be general here by
the middle of next week.
Louis Diecher of East Grand Forks
was shaking hands with his many
friends in this place Monday.
Mrs. Joseph Deschanes of Grafton
and sister-in-law of Mrs. DR.. La
berge is visiting here.
The Old Arkansas Company played
to a full house here on Monday night
The company gave the audience a very
good show. This is the first time the
hall has been used since the enlarge
ment and the new fixtures and cur
tains are very attractive. Willow now
has a hall large enough to accommo-
date an audience for the best of shows.
Mrs. G.. w. Gaushier has been very
ill for the past three weeks.
DR.. LaBerge is kept busy attending
to his professional duties these days.
Mesdames Laberge and Tanguay
were visitors at Bottineau Tuesday.
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The Crop Report

The past week was quite warm.
with light to heavy showers in most
parts of the state, accompanied by
damaging hailstorms in the northern
portion.
Rust does not seem to have made
any progress, and the grain is matur-
ing so fast that it is almost all out of
danger of damage from that source
now. Wilt is affecting fax in the nor
thern part Of the state, but the crop is
generally very good. Considerable
smut is found in wheat in the south
ern and central portions.
Wheat harvest has just commenced
in the southern and central portions,
but will not be general until the lat
ter part of this week. Most of the
barley and rye as we'll as the early
oats have been cut and are now in the
shock. Some barley has been thrashed
in the southern part of the state, with
very good yield. .. g.. -..
Corn has maze great progress dur
ing the hot weather of the past week,
but is still considerably behind the sea-
son, and needs great deal of hot
weather to mature it.
Haying is yet in progress in some
places. and in others by the ground
being too wet to get on with mach
ines to put it up. In the western part
the yield has been Disappointing, but
in other sections it has been above the
averape
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The en10cratic Situation
The Commoner

demonstrated. President Roosevelt {
popularity has been won by the advo.
cacy of democratic policies and will be
lost if he fails to make good. Why
should democrats not find encourage
nent in the situation? The outlook
surely grows brighter day by day.
Commoner: Thomas Jefferson, John
Marshall. James Madison, John Quincy
Adams, Henry Clay and Daniel Webs.
ter were among the men who served
the American people in the high and
honorable Office of secretary of state.
Yet now that Mr.. Elihu Root has ac-
cepted that position the American peo-
pie have been surfeited with extrava
CANT tributes to the wealthy man who
has abandoned a remunerative prac-
tice as corporation lawyer to accept
the highest honor in the gift of the
president and to have his name enroll.
ed among those of the eminent men
who proceeded him. the Baltimore
Sun strikes a popular chord when il
says: "Unless money counts for every;
thing; unless money making is the
only honorable occupation, then the
talk of the great sacrifice which Mr..
Elihu Root makes to accept the office
of secretary of state is wrong. It is
untrue. unpatriotic and harmful. The
salary of the Office is $4,000 a year.
and that should be sufficient for a
family to live on. If it is not suffi
cient it ought to be-. Next to the
presidency the Office of secretary of
state is perhaps the highest place in
the service of the American people.
The secretary is next after the vice
president in the line of succession to
the Office of chief magistrate The
doctrine that money is worth more
than such an Office as that of secretary
of state and the opportunity it affords
to serve ones country and gain fame
and honor is a false and a harmful
doctrine to teach young men,
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Old RenDi11e County

upon the map. No money or effort
will be spared to bring this about.
L. D. Cooler has been absent in
the western part of the state the great
or part Of the week looking ur testi
mony in the case, and writ of man
damus will soon be applied for to com
pei the officers of Ward and Bottineau
counties to cease exercising any judi
cial functions in Renville county. This
will bring the matter at once to a
head, and an early decision is antici-
pated. Devils Lake News.
Minot independents: We often won
dered why the people of the east had
such a terrible opinion of the west es-
pecially Minnesota and North Dakota
The following is clipped from letter
written by Sterling, III. man to the
Standard of that city will explain
that quite fully. It seems that the
average easterne1 does not want to be-
lieve the truth regarding this country
and when occasion arises whereby he
could gain good idea of conditions
he closes his eyes. Usually stran-
ger will judge country by the land
along the railroad, which usually is
the poorest there is. "We left st.
Paul at II. 80 and travelled till night
across prairies that did not come up to
my expectations as farming country
and the farther north the poorer the
country got. Northern Minnesota did
not look as though it would keep a
sheep from starving. No inducement
whatever for me to 60 there and try
to make a living. To tell the truth
there is but very little good country
along the line Of road we travelled
over and millions Of acres that would
not tempt horned toad to settle on. :
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A number of the most prominent
and influential residents of what was
formerly old Renville county have
decided to take up the matter of separ
ating old Renville county from Ward
and Bottineau counties, of which it
now forms part. The new county
for old) comprises townships 159, 1850,
161, 162, 1853 and 1874 (fractional) in
ranges 81 to 81, inclusive. This is
one of the garden spots of the world.
and contains over 36 congressional
townships. Three tier of townships
are now a part of Bottineau county
and the western four tiers of Renville
county are now the northeastern part
I.of Ward. .+
The denizens of this magnificent do
main wish to be reinstated as separ-
ate county, and Messrs. Cooler & Goer
Of this city lave been employed to
take this matter up in the courts.
The land comprising old Renville
county was set apart as separate
county at the time of the organization
Of the state.
The legal points which will be
raised in this case are many and
interesting. The claim is that the
entire action making the division Of
Renville county and making the two
portions parts Of Ward and Bottineau
counties was not done according to
law and the constitutional provisions
regulating such changes, and is there
fore void and Of no effect.
The supreme court has already de-
cided similar case (Stark County
vs. North Dakota) in favor Of almost
Identical contentious, and all parties
interested are Of the opinion that
Renyille county will soon reappear
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sumer will pay the tax. Companies
andpeople owning scales will figure that
into their expense account and then
do business so as to make profit. 1t
makes another good Office for the
''needy' Beyond that the Call can t
see what the law is good for. It ought
to be framed with Streeter's g libel law
and hung up as one of the monstrosi- :
ties Of the last legislative session.
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Kuhn Messenger: A farmer living
near Lidgerwood, quarreled with his
wife the other day because supper was
not ready when he came in from his
work, which so exasperated her that
she banged him over the head with a
milk pail, when her daughter took
the pail away from her she seized a
stick of wood and cracked him over
the head, cutting a big cash in his
scalp. The farmer went to town, had
his wound dressed and began divorce
proceedings at once. We have resolved
to keep mum when meals are not, on
time. @
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Towner Tribune: The history Of
one town is practically the history Of
another. II it is so fortunate as to
have majority Of hustling wide
awake business men it grows and goes
ahead until it excites the admiration
of its neighbors. If it is 80 unfortunate
as to have majority Of dead heads
and petit larceny grafters, it is long
discouraging up hill fight to grow any
faster than just fast enough to keep the
children living there inside the town
limits. It is not matter Of soil or
climate lit is simply a matter Of brains
and ambition whether we grow better
or worse.
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Devils Lake News: The trouble
with the reorganizers seems to be that
they won't have enough votes in the
state convention to be counted. The
reason for this is the popular distrust
of the people at the head Of the move
ment. A coterie Of disappointed Office
seekers is hard proposition to rally q
reform movement around. There is
probs bly, ample room for reform il the
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Among me Exchanges.

Grand Forks Herald: Up to date
no one has come forward with an ex-
planation of who it is that the holding
of the position of assistant attorney
general by R. N. Stevnes is not un-
constitutional, being violation of the
provision against the holding of any
Office by member of the legislature
during the term for which he was
elected, if the emoluments of the office
have been increased during the session.
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Langdon Courier Democrat: The
International harvester trust lately dis.
charged an employe named Swift.
Mrs. Swift retorted with suit under
the anti thrust act. Now Swift comes
back with suit for violation of the
rebate act and makes lot of railroads
party defendant. But what will in
terest farmers most is his allegation
that the trust makes harvesters at a
cost of $57 gets $95 for them from
agents. This may lead them to ask
why the Dingley act should s.protect'
harvesters with a tax of twenty per
cent ad valorem on imports Of compel
ing machines.
Casselton Eye: The Fargo Call
truthfully remarks that in addition to
the fact that the state of North Dakota
is rapidly filling up with farmers is
the further fact that the class of tillers
of the soil who are taking up homes
with us now are the men who have
"been through the MILL in Iowa and
the northwestern states men who are
practical and content to farm we'll on
small farm rather than half farm a
tract Of land. These are the mainstay
of an agricultural state such as the
North Dakota of today. The old Ger
man style Of farming raise little Of
everything and always have something
to bring to town to sell pros
perity.
Crystal Call: The state inspector Of
scales was in town Tuesday and per-
formed his official duties, : which
will amount to collecting stated fees
from each person using scales. Il il
another species of graft and the con-
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....Misce11ane0us News Notes..
-Death
Crop Report--Death Notice, Etc

the benefit of the policy holders, but
can be of no service to the persons in
terested if published in a paper that
is practically foreign to the communi-
ty The Minot Optic which has the
publication of this statement in ques-
tion is taken by but few of those
people who may be greatly concerned.