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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-07-13
Brocket--Mrs. S. H. Tice.
Som ber-Lars HOH.

Brocket--Mrs. S. H. Tice.
Som ber-Lars Hoff.
Omemee-Eva Wilkinson, Ruby I.
Parson, Edna Evans, Maude Kirwin.
Renville - Nina Richards. Nevs
Rathbone.
Westhope-Rhoda Hanson, CLARA K.
Ling. S. H. Tice. Sadie M. O'Connal
Anna NJ. O'Conpor. Arthur Hagen.
Mrs. Ollie Lander.
Landa - Hannah Knudsen. Mrs.
Marguerite Hoggarty, Hannah Fors-
berg. Olive L. Brown.
Maxbass Gowan, Blanche
Mahoney. Florence Mcdonald.
Thereza North, Cora Stokes, Jennie
Stokes.
Forfar r-Nettie Parson.
Mohall-C. Minnie Barge. Christine
Thompson.
Deep-Sarah Mcdonald.
Pratt-Helen Mclaughlin.
Lansford--M Gray.
Overly-Etna Mattix, Laura Goffy
Lordsburg-Martha Mclaughlin.
Eckman-L. Madge Nichols.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-07-13
WILLOW CITY
BY Our Special Correspondent.

Among the Willow City visitors
to the Chautauqua during the past
week were: DR.. and Mrs. Ely and
daughter, Judge Marshall and daugh-
ter Miss Ethel. Attorney John d.
Scherer, Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Mahaney
and Mrs. U s.. Hager and daughter,
Miss Anna.
The family of J. E. Stewart were
poisoned on Wednesday night, pre-.
sumably from eating canned corn, and
for at time their condition seemed SER
ious DR.. Thyng was called as soon
as they realized what was wrong and
all are reported as recovering.
Editor T. c. Michael is attending
the republican convention at James
town this week. He will also visit
F argo before his return.
We regret to learn that Miss Amelia
Hendrickson will leave on Sunday and
will not return here. She has re-
sided here for the past two years and
has andeared herself to all who have
had the pleasure of her acquaintance.
She is an exceptionally talented music
and art instructress and will be missed
by large circle Of friends
The Eagle lodge, one Of the largest
fraternal orders here, are planning
three days encampment on the Mouse
1iver soon. Nothing definite has been
settled as yet except that everybody
is invited and that ell the good things
will be there.
Dave Armstrong returned Wednes-
day from Fargo whore he was attend.
ing the Farmers Institute.
A base ball game took place here
Sunday between Overly and Willow
City. Overly won.
Mrs. Frank Collins is spending the
week in Willow City, the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. =. Stewart.
Joe Qua. Willow Cityts black sheep
was escorted to Bottineau Thursday
might by Deputy Sheriff John Nc
Caughna, where we hope he will
remain for some time. joe Is q
heap bad Injun' and is before the
lime lights most all the time. He
has boarded with Sheriff Gardner be-
fore, and says Le likes it. and we
believe him. He also resided in the
Pierce and Ramsay county jails one
winter, charged with bootlegging.
The crime Joe is charged with this
time is non-support ,A couple q
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-07-13
Besanoon n...P eterson.

News reached the city yesterday of
the marriage of MI. Albert Besancon
to Miss Selma Peterson. the we'd
ding took place at the BRIDES home in
Painted Woods, N. D., on Wednes-
day.
The groom is popular young at
torney in this city. The Courant
extends congratulations and best
wishes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-07-13
/ am. 1 Candidate.

There is a report around the county
that do. not care whether or not
am elected to the Office Of States At
torney. I am genuine candidate
and. want q majority Of the votes;
i shall use all honorable means to be
elected, and IL successful will dis
charge the duties Of the Office to the
best Of my ability.
j. y. WEEKS.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-07-13
Fair Al killarney

The people Of Killarney, over the
line are arranging for county fair to
be held on the 7th, 8th and 9th of
August. Their program will include
all kinds of racing, boating. and
other sports. John Sidney O'Brien
will be the speaker from this side
Of the line, and he will be an enter
tainer worth listening to.
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Excursion 10 Devils Lake.

Saturday. July IA is Scandinavian
day at the Devils Lake Chautauqua.
A special train leaves Antler at s a.
m. Bottinaeu, 7:O5 arriving at Devils
Lake 7.55. Train leaves Devils
Lake after the evening entertain
ment. Fare from Antler,, 50. rs
from Bottineau, 5000.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-07-13
FOR SALE.

a first class fruit and confectionery
store doing a good business. Reason
for selling, on account Of i'll health.
Address, J. P. Connell Son, #
Box 331, Main st. Rubgy, N. D.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-07-13

Farmer and Threshermans: buy
your lubricating oils from us, and save
money. Western Implement q q.
j. Z. Farnum, Mgr. !, ST. 4
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20
CONTINUED from Page -

him.
During the heat Of the quarrel satiea
shot AIijando with "a Winchester rife
Satica was arrested.
After the death Of Alijando. b. Duque
OF Reno and his brother, J. J.. Duque OF
Amades. came TO the assistance of Sat
lea, financing his affairs and retaining
the services of Robins and Bonnifield
TO conduct the defense.
The preliminary examination has been
going on before Justice of the Peace
Minor for the past few days,
District Attorney Edward A. Duck
err conducting the prosecution. DR..
Giroux. who ATTENDED the victim, was a
witness, as was also Sheriff Lamb.
After the taking of testimony, it was
decided that there was not sufficient evil
dence to warrant the holding of Satica
for the superior court. and the charges
against him were dismissed
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PARADISE VALLEY NEWS.

PARADISE VALLEY. New, March ..
An entertainment will be hell AZ the
M. p church here. The prog an viii
consist of vocal and instdum .lsal l1a-
SIC, recitations, and farces viii be rem
dered by some of the best talent among
the young people of the Valley.
The proceeds will be used for the pas-
tors salary. This is the first social
given this year for the benefit Of the
pastor. A 25 cents admission will he
charged and refreshments viii b. servea
Kew. e. w, Van Deventer. d.. ID VIII
hold quarterly conference i ntha M &c.
church next Saturday at 2:30 D. m and
VIII preach ON the Sunday following
All are cordially invited to these ser.
vices.
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A HINT TO TRAVELLERS.

While in Suffolk. Va, Henry CroIl. Jr
proprietor of the Beaverton, Mich.
Hardware Co, was taken very sick VII
bowel trouble. A travelling salesman
from Saginaw. Mich. advised him to ge'
a bottle of charaberlain's Collie. CO
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, which Is
did. 1T soon cured me, and | take pleas
ure in recommending it," he says.
one should leave home on a joufas
without a bottle of this rer.edy.
almost sure to be needed ard is no, .
tainable while on steamship or cars.
Sold by the Eagle Drug and Jewelry CO
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NEWS OF THE WORLL
IN PETHY FORM.

New ~York.-The earnings of the steel
trust for 1905. according to tn anatal
report Of the concern. amounted to s oc-
900.
Kansas City.-While entertaining a
party at dinner. Mrs. Ira Donielson be-
came enraged at a remark made ~ e
C. Harris. one of her guests, and shot
and killed him.
Washington, u. C.-Miss Ethel Roose-
welt, second daughter of the presid mt.
and Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the
secretary Of war, nave joined st. John 5
Episcopal church of this city.
Pittsburg After serving a fourteen
year term for an attempt to murder ii.
c. Frick, the capitalist, Alexander Byrk-
man, the anarchist will step from the
prison a free man on May 10. Prick
has made a deal with a detective agony
for $1,000 0 a year to have Berkman
watched until ether he or Frick dies.
New York.-A special to the World
from Paris states hat Count Boni de
CasteIlane will put the money he has
received from his wife into the wine
business.
st. ~Louis.-James Eads Howe, the
philanthropist. plans to establish a hos
pital for inebriates and victims of the
drug and cigarette habit.
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TORTURE BY A

Speaking of the torture to which
some of the ava tribs in tho Phii r.
pines subject their captives, reminds me
of the intense suffering | Ii ed for
three months from Inflammation of the
Kidneys" says w. NJ. Sherman OF Cush-
ms, Me. Nothing helped me untfl
tried Electric Bitters, three bottles OF
which completely cured me-" Cures
Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia. Blood Dis
orders and Malaria, and restores The
weak and nervous to robust health.
Guaranteed by the Eagle Drug and Jew
elry Co. druggists. Price soc.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20
EczEMA, letter. SALTRHEIrM
ITCH. RING WORM. HERPES
BARRERS, Ircu

All Of these diseases are ATTENDED Nv
intense itching. which IS almost instart.
ly relieved by applying Chamber,an,s
Salve and by its continued use a oern,-
nent cure may be effected 1t has IN
fact, cured many cases that had ,e-
sisted al: other treatment. Price Is GEMS
per box. For sale by Eagle Drug Il.
Jewelry to.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20
rHE BEST COUGH SYRUP.

s. l.. Apple. ex-Probate Judge. Ottawa
county. Kansas. writes: This Is to say
that / nave used Rallard's H~orehound
syrup for years. and that ] do not hes
tate to recommend IL as the best cough
syrup have ever used" 25c. Soc and
s1.0o, at Eagle Drug and Jewelry Co
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20

nyAIITABLE FOR RHEUMATISM.
7 have peer suffering for the past rev
years with a severe attack of rheurna-
tfsm and found that Billiards. Snow
Eminent was the only thing that gave
ne satisfaction and tended to alleviate
my pains. March "a. '02. John G. Deg
nan. Kinsman, III. &c. soc arc. l.W. AZ
Eagle Drug and Jewelry Co.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20

colfax. Cal.-The Tonopah local was
here Monday morning. No cne
was hurt. The train was DELAYED Sc erai
hours.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20

UNEEDA necktie. Don't miss the sale
at e. Reinhart & cos.
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ORGANIZING EASTER CHOIR.

A choir. composed of boys. is being
organized for the Easter services at the
Catholic church on Easter Sunday
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20

UNEEDA necktie. Don't miss the salt
at E. Reinhart & Co.'S.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-03-20

A New York minister has protested
a against the prevalence of cocktail drink
ing among the society women of Gotham.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

Then came the great monsoon with
the downpouring of rain and the rum
bling OF earthquake. A portion of the
coast sank and the tidal wave which
resulted hoated the ark.
In that first night at-sea the NAM
moth ship would have been driven
southwark under storm sails The red
glare of volcanoes would have lit the
rain clouds and the force of the tenn
pest would have tried the timbers Of
the stanch hull
The picture is drawn by Mr.. Wat
lington from knowledge OF the mon
soons. coupled with the belief that the
tradition is based on actual fact Con-
sequently Watlingtonis is in a position to
argue that 1t must have been planned
and carried out by Noah along the lines
OF nautical knowledge which, it is ac
cepted, was possessed by the ancients.
An ark OF the Christmas tree type
would not have weathered this night
or storm in the Indian Ocean.
When Noah saw that If he continued
on his course to the south he would be
driven away from land, he would have
known that he must go over on the
port tack and shape his course more to
the north. Then came the moment OF
crucial test for the great ship. Would
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

the north, and that sailing toward the
Persian Gulf and sounding as he went.
he found that he was getting con-
stantly into shallower water. Thn the
narrator expressed by phrase, "ths
waters abatsd continually" Az the
later Hebrews among whom ehs sfcry
passed were not a nautical people, Ehf.
would have been a very probabls way
for them to have expressed 1t
Moreover, on these assumptions khs
account Of the appearance OF the
mountain tops out OF the water be-
came plausible. which 1t could not have
been under the older interpretation
remembering always that the Hood t.
self, that is. the original tidal wsws
which floated the vessel. was scarcely
thirty feet In depth.
Coming now to the port Of dsstfnn-
tion, Watlington makes the very plaus-
ible selection OF the city of Ur on the
Euphrates River. 1t will be romom-
bered that there was tradition that
Abraham came from this city. Why,
then. should not Noah have landed
there and settled himself and his house
in that country. from which they were
afterward to migrate to Canaan?
Gradually It comes to the reader that
this theory OF the nautical writer
about the voyage Of the ark II not
such a wild guess as IL seems at ths
first blush 1t is strictly along ths
lines of the higher criticism. which,
taking a tradition and assuming that
there must ever be some great fact
at the root Of every tradition. tries
to discover what that fact really was.
OF course there is much more argu-
ment IN Watlington's book than can
be shown in short article. He has
spent much time on the details OF his
theory
That 1t would have been possible 20
sail up the Euphrates at that time Is
argued both from the fact that the
water Is shall0wer now than formerly,
and that the ark would have been
lighter than at the beginning Of the
voyage. and consequently would have
drawn less AS they approached the
shore the dove, would have been able
to fly to the land and return with the
olive leaf. telling Noah that he was
near the coast Seven days afterward
when she left and did not return Noah
would have been reassured OF what
his soundings were showing him, that
he would soon be able to land
Thus every part OF the old story
finds it's plausible explanation IN this
carefully told story of the true voyage
Of the irst emigrant transport ship>
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she hang in the trough OF the waves
and FOUNDER in the attempt to bring her
prov round into the wind?
Brail up the mizzen, Let the main
sheet flow. Hard -a-weather the helm 20
Such must have been the commands to
which the ma jestic ship descending the
slope of the waters would have hung
rolling in the trough
Haul out the mizzen! Gather aft
the main! Shift over the head sailsv'
Again the order rang out and the ship
gathered headway on the port tack,
forcing her way through the stormy
waters.
The Mount Ararat Shoal
Now comes the point on which the
truth OF Watlington's assumption of
the voyage Of the ark must rest The
narrative states that on the seven
teenth day of the seventh month the
ark rested on the mountains OF Ararat.
This, he argues, could not have been
the mountain in Arabia by that name.
II for no other reason a Hood which
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was less than thirty feet deep could
not have covered a mountain which
was 1920 feet high What. was It,.
then? A shoal in the Indian Ocean
by the. same name on which the ark
grounded and remained until a higher
tide floated her on. This Is waiting
tons theory. He argues that as the
flood lasted but forty days it could not
have covered the mountains at the end
OF the one hundred and fiftieth day.
The distance to the shoaI of Ararat
from the starting point of the voyage
he assumes to have been 1880 miles
This shows rate of speed OF twelve
miles day. which Is about what
might be expected of q vessel con-
structed on the dimensions given
Now the text says that Noah re-
manned in the ark for 210 days longer.
during which time 1t Is said that the
waters continually abated-" The prop
er interpre tation OF this. as any nauti-
cal man, will see. is that Noah. after
getting on the shoal on which his ship
had grounded, shaped his course for
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Flood Only Thirty Feet Deep


At this point Watlington has some
thing TO add about the nature of the
flood" Inasmuch as the depth of the
tidal wave was but nfteen cubits. that
is, little less than thirty feet or
hardly greater than a Mississippi
freshet, it is not to be supposed that
the entire earth was submerged. The
words "all' and every" in the text
are not to be taken literally. With this
in mind. the purpose of transporting
the animals would be to have a COM
plete stock Of cattle to start life afresh
wherever the ship should make land
at the end of her voyage.
The probabilities are that Noah
would insert in some commercial pub
lication-the Punjab Messenger or the
Yuka Yunyal-an advertisement about
as follows:
"wanted-A large number OF all
kinds of animals in pairs, male and fe-
male. They must be young and heal
thy. in good order and condition, we'll
bred and peaceable; common stock not
wanted. The same to be received and
held under observation on land near
where the ark is building until date
OF shipment; payment to be made for
such as are finally accepted and deliv-
cred on board according to maritime
custom"
When the other people in Sumatra
read this announcement they would
probably have reasoned that the island
had experienced earthquakes before and
that they had not been accompanied
by a tidal wave, hence Noah's alarm
was groundless. and they would have
proceeded merrily to take his coin for
such animals as they could persuade
him to purchase.
Warrington is OF the opinion that If
the loading of the ship had been left
to the moment of the earthquake. and
then such animals as could crowd on
board taken, while the three sons
stood round shouting like steamboat
passenger runners. Step lively," the
ark would never have been properly
equipped. Tt is his belief that Noah
built a stockade near the shipyard in
which the animals were assembled. He
thinks that the dimensions and draught
of the ship preclude the excessive
number of animals as accepted by the
other learned men. Moreover. he Is
unable to bring himself to accept the
Introduction of beasts OF prey OF
poisonous reptiles, as their preserva-
tion would have been without purpose
Suppose a mouse got out of his
cage" he adds. what a time among
the women, Shem, Ham and Japhei
would have had to stand guard con-
stantly. ready to toss life preseryers
TO them when they jumped overheard
The dimensions and tonnage Of the
ark show that she could have carried
1900 beasts of the size and weight Of
an OK when drawing twenty-sever
feet of water. And as the waters pre-
vailed fifteen cubits upward" that is
less than thirty feet. It would have
been impossible for the ark to have
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been more deeply laden. The estimate
provides for the heavier provisions,
water and fodder stored in the hold,
and leaves sufficient allowance for the
baggage of the passengers.
Room for One Thousand Souls
In the matter of the number Of souls
on board during the voyage Watling-
ton differs from the commentators who
limit the number to eight. He points
out that the House of Noah included
the whole tribe, and that the passenger
list may have numbered 1000 people,
for whom there would have been ample
room in the deck staterooms. They
would have enjoyed the voyage Then.
too, it is to be remembered that the
actual work of navigating such large
vessel would have taken many men.
Watlington computed that it would
have taken a watch of five men to
have managed the tiller. with double
that number in heavy weather
The following computation of the
cargo manifest is submitted by Wat
lington. 1t is computed on the basis
that the ark drew fourteen feet when
10000 tons of dead weight to have SUBJ
merged her to her draught when
loaded, namely, twentyseven feet. The
computation is made In tons:
BELOW WATER LINE
Articles Tons
Grain Of all kinds for food and seed- 4 500
Foodstuf for passengers and crew.. 900
Small stOres-suCar. tea coffee. etc.. MO
0.000 gallons of water in tanks 5000. . Con
Weight Of animals on lower deck .s..'.... SEQ
Goods, chatteis and personal property. -. 900
Tools, oils and naval stores. ..... ]. 600
Weight below water line Is xOO
ABOVE WATER LINE
Weight of 1000 mon at 150 pounds cach... T5
OdDln stufts 40
Personal baggage 3Co
Weight of animals berth deck. ...... / $50
Hay millet grass for animals. -s..... 2p0O
Water on main deck, ships gear, etc.. 1GO
Weieht above water line 400
Total weight on board-.0, 900 tons.
When the time came to take the ami
mails on board a platform would have
been constructed leading to the great
cargo-port in the stern, and with due
solemnity the beasts would have been
led up and placed in the stalls which
had been prepared for them. The wa
ter-tanks would have been filed and
the hay and grain with the other stores
packed away in the capacious hold.
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THE LANDAvG

been more deeply laden. The estimate
provides for the heavier provisions,
water and fodder stored In the hold.
and leaves sufficient allowance for the
baggage of the passengers.
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the decks above IA similar coat of cs-
ment on the outside planking would
protect the bottom from the action OF
barnacles and answer the same purpose
ae the eheathing on q modern vessel
That such q vessel. built Of teak and
the monsoon ana cataclysm which was
expected without fnasts and sails
heavier ones for calm weather and
smaller canvas for the storm-goes
without saying. Warrington thinks she
was rugged with three masts with
yards and storm trysails.
AS to the locality where the ark was
built, that is, her home port, waiting
ton argues that It was the southwest
ern shore OF the island OF Sumatra. and
much learning is evinced in the argu-
ment TO support this conclusion. OF
chief interest is It tnat he has discov-
cred that the cataclysm which foated
the giant ship was a tidal wave ac-
compenied by volcanic disturbances
such as occurred recently at Martinique,
and that II came ct the time OF the
April monsoon. Premonitory rumblings
OF the earth's crust had warned Noah
OF the earthquake and disaster which
was to be expected, and for the coming
OF the tidal wave he prepared himself.
On the coast. with her bow toward
the water and the huge cargo-port IN
the stern open for the reception OF pas
senzers and freight, the giant ship
rested on the ways while the animals
were being assembled.