The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-18

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Langdon is using threshing en-
gine for motive power in operating
the city lighting plant. The, fire pot
in the boiler at the power plant was
burned out and is temporarily out of
commission. . ..m
The citizens Of Antler were begin
ming to think that water could not be
found on the townsite, but after sever
al attempts vein was struck that
will supply the town with an abun-
dance of the aqua pura.
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D. Altman of the Great Northern
railway wants to recover $40, 100 from
the city of Grand Forks, and has
brought suit in two courts. all because
he fell over an iron pipe that had been
on top Of the sidewalk.
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Some men we're shipped to Stark.
weather for railroad work. Upon their
arrival they had to leave their bag
gage with the company to insure that
they. would 60 to work. Some of the
men are said to have been exceedingly
wrathy. r. .&
The G.. N. Railway Co. has adopted
a new color for it's passenger coaches.
Olive green will be the new color, re-
placing the dark green. Hereafter
all passenger cars will be sent out in
the new tint, as soon as the old ones
need repainting.
That's a very dirty mouthed old
blackguard that the fellows used as
the scapegoat for their ill advised
libel legislation last winter. The Pro-
gress man has always admired Streeter's
outspoken advocacy of resubmission,
but the last issue of his paper the
first the writer has seen almost per-
suades him to be a prohibitionist. -
Sheldon Progress.
A South Dakota clergyman, having
performed the marriage ceremony for
a couple, undertook to write out the
certificate, but, being in doubt as to
the day of the month, he asked: "This
is the 9th, is it not p "Why. par
son" said the blushing bride. "you
do all my marrying, AMI you ought
to remember that this is only the
fourth. '-Exchange.
The prairie chicken season opens
Sept. and closes Oct. Is. The Sec
tion of the law says: ''Every person
who either shoots or kills any prairie
chicken, pinated grouse. sharp tailed
grouse, ru9led grouse or woodcock be-
tween the fifteenth day of October and
the first day of September following,
or any song-bird or any insect-eating
bird, except snipe or plover at any
time is guilty OF misdemeanor. -
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There has been a Divine Healer
working in the vicinity of Grafton for
about two weeks, and the Grafton
News and Times speaks very favorably
the cures effected. But in
conclusion says-:'The questions cur
rent are; is it divine healing, or mag
netic healing, Faith cure. or what 2"
There is no attempt at answering these
questions, and indeed any endeavor
so to do, would not be final. But do
not all cures. through medical skill
inclusively. contain in themselves
more or less these elements and agen-
cies-Magnetism, Faith, Divinity?
The following suggestion is given
by the Live Stock Record for the keep
ing flies off cattle: "Take coal tar two
parts and coal oil and grease one part
and mix with small amount of car
bolic acid. Apply with a cloth by
the hair and horns of the
animal with the liquid. In the ap-
plications include feet and legs and it
will drive every fly away. One ap-
plication will last ten days or more in
dry weather, and your cows will be
secure from flies of all kinds.
Any kind of old lard, or grease can
be used. Coal tar is the base of this
remedy and when too thick to spread
we'll use more coal OIL Carbolic acid
will cost about fifty or sixty cents in
crystal by the pound and every far
mer should always keep it on hand az
in many cases it is indispensable.
A complaint has been made to the
government that the 500 railroad com
pany has constructed bridge across
the Red river at Oslo, which obstructs
navigation. The structure is tenn
porary one, owing to the inability of
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