The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-12-07

IneQ1Cdl treatment. II ne
meantime Mrs. McBain, Mrs.
Michaels' mother, is keeping
house for T. c.. and inciden-
tally keeping him in the right
line.
James Davidson, formerly of
this place but now of Portal, is
visiting with his sister, Mrs.
Thos. Armstrong. He is one
of the boys who grew up in
Willow City and all Of his
friends are pleased to know
that he is doing well up near
the Canadian border.
We are being threatened
with fuel famine, all of the
dealers having run out of both
hard and soft coal and wood.
The deficiency is due to defec-
tive freight service, and the
people who helped make Bot
tineau county are laying the
blame at the proper doors.
Hon. A. G. Burr, who made
such a splendid run for Con
gress on the democratic ticket
last fall, passed through here
on Wednesday on his way to
Minot on business. -. ..
Thanks giving was celebrated
here by the citizens generally
in the opera house in the after
noon, pursuant to the procla-
nation of Mayor Critics. Ad-
dresses were. made by Rev.
Price of the Methodist church
and others, and the singing of
patriotic songs.
The display of Christmas
goods, in all Of our stores is of
a better grade than in the years
past, which goes to show that
Willow is still in the game and
her business men up to date.
There seems to be no dirnin-
ution off the current ailments
in this end Of the county, to
which humanity.sis heir,.~ ac-
.cording to the various sigma
lures to The applications signed
in our dr,agstores from day to
day. How long will Wesssstand
for the farce. LII. ,>.@;s .Sss
Not the Law, But Its Enforcement
The thing that has had more
to do with the disruption of the
republican partyssin North Da-
kota than any other is the: per-
nicious prohibition law that
has been on OH statute books
for the past fifteen years. Dur
ing all these ySars the law has
been a farce, and will continue
to be one as long as it remains
in force. Nine tenths of the
younger and more progressive
element of thesIepublican party
is in favorS Of resubnlission,
and the republican party should
long ago have. declared in favor
of resu bnitting the prohibition
question to the people of this
state. Resubnission will un-
doubtedly come up at the next
session of the legislture, and if
Gov. elect Burke wants to make
himself the most popular man
in North Dakota he will labor
for the enactment of such a law
as the people demand. Bis
marck Palladium.
The present law is one of the
best the legislature could have
enacted, and IF Gov. elect
Burke wants to make himself
the most popular man in North
Dakota" he will work for the
enforcement of that law. The
trouble with North Dakota s
laws is we have not had men
in office who have had the
courage of their own convic-
tions and come out in the open
and do their duty. 1t is very
true the prohibition law.i is be-
ing violated as no other law
ever has. If it. cannot be en-
forced, then give us high Ii
cense. The cry is that high Ii
cense would help build up the
towns, give us good streets,
electric lights, etc, but if the
present law was enforced, that
money would go to build up
homes where it should go to
help improve the farms and in
directly coming back to the
town, thereby helping it more
than all the saloons possible.
However, saloons are prefer
able to blind pigs" at any
time. Bowbe1ls Bulletin.
Sunday Trains.
An effort is being made by
some Of our citizens for a Sum
day train service on the Bottin-