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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
ORDER
President Roosevelt takes Steps
to Prevent Land Fraud.
NO PATENT is ISSUED
Under the Public Land Laws unless
Actual Examination Has Been
Made by all Authorized Agent

Washington Jan. 25-To pre-
vent the fraud now practiced in
the acquisition of public lands
of the United States, | have to
direct that hereafter no final
certificate, patent or other evil
dence of title shall be issued
under the public land laws un-
til an actual examination has
been made on the ground by an
authorized officer of the gov
ernment; but tn e following
shall be excepted from the
force of this order:
All claims which have here
tofore been examined on the
ground by an authorized officer
of the Government whose re-
port is found satisfactory.
All claims where heretofore
an officer of the Government
other than officers authorized
to take final proof, shall have
been present at the taking of
final proof to cross-examine
claimant and witnesses, if such
proof is found satisfactory.
All claims where claimant
compliance with law has been
established by contest or other
regular adverse proceedings.
Entries which may have been
confirmed by virtue of any act
of Congress.
Selections and entries in
which no residence or improve
ment is required by law, when
the lands embraced therein are
strictly speaking. in agricult-
ural districts, or when their
character has been fixed by
investigation and classification
made in accordance with law.
Cases of reissuance of pat
ents because of some clerical
error occurring the patent
heretofore issued.
All Indian allotments which
have been regularly approved
in accordance with instructions
of the Secretary of the Interior.
You will issue all necessary
instructions to carry this order
into effect.
This order is in lieu of my
order of December 13, 1906.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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Land Transfers.

Arthur N. Grant ct ux to
Cloris G.. Offenbacker sw 4 a.
16O-82 $500
John O. Helgerson ct ux to
Charles w lber Dunning.
sw 4 49, -161-8O $24OO
Joseph NJ. Fowler ct ux to
Sam Sage, sw 4 14-16178 $4,000
w. L. Fowler ct ux to
Charles F. Becker, ne 4 -19-16O-
u $4,000
A. A. Kleinert and A. N.
Baumann, to A. A. Kleinert,
Lot 2 Blk IL Antler $500
James Anderson ct ux to
James Acheson, NV 4 H. 1880
$4,000
Helene Wekseth eff conjux to
Lars Gravbrot Lot 4 Blk 22
South Bottineau $4,000
W.. H. Mcintosh. & Co., to
Charles r. Gleason, W. sw f.
15, e2 sc 4 19-161-74 $4,000
Bottineau County Bank to
Mary Vaughn, Sc 4 NV 4 ne 4
sw 4 7-19O-78 $1.OO
Lars Gravbrot ct ux to Nels
p. Wekseth, Part of Lot B
South Bottineau 5000
Peter Scott ct ux to Charles
r. Wilber, Lot 2 Blk % South
BOttineau $325O ..
August Frykman to Chariot
ia Varga, Lot 1 Blk 6 Souris
500 ...'.,
Charlottn Varga to August
Fryk1nan, Lot 1 Blk 10 Souris
$1,000 ..+..-
Robert A. Ross ct ux to
Hugh Mill, sc 4 2O-163-81 $4,000
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a cold climate like North Da-
kota, for the reason that when
the thermometer registers very
low, it is hard to heat a build
ing. 1t is, therefore, custom
airy to put on storm windows
and make the buildings as tight
as possible. Many put on
storm windows without ven
tilators. Many more have
ventilators which altogether
to small to let in sufficient
even if left open all the time.
1t is calculated that three thou
sand cubic feet of air is rcquir-
ed by each adult person per
hour in order to be in perfect
health. The great majority of
people do not get anywhere
near that amount during the
winter m ON hs. Therefore
colds, pneumonia, lagrippe,
bronchitis, and consumption
are very prevalent. Many
more emerge in the spring
very much run down.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
School of Forestry.

Mr.. p. S. Swenson enrolled
last Monday.
The school has just issued a
circular containing valuable
information for any one think
ing of entering school. A
number of. these circulars have
been placed in the various
stores in town; others may be
procured at the office.
Mr.. Harry VanVoorhis, of
Blades Confectionery, and Mr..
Jesse Weaver, of Livingston &
Stewart Drug Co., enrolled
Tuesday last. Both are doing
some advanced work in
Chemistry.
II Welcome visitors at t h e
school last Saturday: Misses
Edna Brown, Mereb Warner,
Lott.ie Macarthur, Marjorie
Meighen, Eva and Christine
Finlayson.
When writing to friends out
of town, inclose a school OF
Forestry circular.
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PETITION CIRCULATED.
BOttineau County Residents oppose
Division of Judicial District.

DVOU1uCUu OOuACy 4OCoAuOhOo VpvOoO
Division of Judicial District.
A petition is being circulat-
ed and signed by a large num-
ber of the tax payers and resi-
dents of Bottineau county,
which will be sent to the
honorable representatives, Will
Freeman and E. L. Garden,
asking that they use their best
efforts in opposing the division
of this judicial district.
The people are well satisfied
with our judge, the Honorable
E. B. Goss, and with the in
creased jurisdiction which we
have, at an expense of several
thousand dollars to the county
each year, it stands to reason
that our courts can be ably
taken care of for number of
years to come. ....-. ="
At the present time all are in
favor of economy in every line,
and as division will have a
tendancy to greatly increase
the taxes, the proposition will
not meet with favor, and this
petition will be signed by
hundreds.
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County.

O~ys
The school in the Oak Valley
district, Anton Gordon, teacher,
was closed last week on account
of a shortage of coal.
Miss Margaret Haskell re-
Gently began term of school in
the Anity district. -.
No coal at Antler and the
public schools have been closed,
Miss Ella Thompson began a
term of school last week in the
Hilton district, near Lake Met
igoshe.
The meeting of the directors
which was to have been held
in the city sometime this week,
has been postponed by county
superintendent Christensen un-
til the weather conditions are
more favorable.
Harvey Miller, a brother of
]. C. Miller, opened up school
in the Eldsvold district a couple
Of weeks ago.
Hugh F. Flynn is teaching
school No. 4 in the Hilton dis
trict. M ~. 81.
There has been some talk of
dividing the Mouse river and
Peabody school districts as each
of them comprise more than
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01

a car pool it would be in the
power of Mr.. Hale to supply
deficiencies from the cars of
any railroad which is member
of the pool.
The effect of this plan in re-
lieving local car shortage is
apparent. One ad, for
example, might be short 100
cars at given point by reason
of having 100 cars in the North
west. At the 8 a m e time
another road might have 100
cars which were not in use and
in this event, Mr.. Hale would
order the cars to the first road
Immediately.
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Form Car Pool.

A meeting of the railway
presidents for purpose of form
a car pool, with a view to re-
1ieving the car shortage and
preventing a recurrence of the
present trouble, has been call
ed. The railroads which have
thus far signified their wiling
ness of joining the pool own
500, 600 freight cars.
Arthur Hale, general super
intendent of transportation for
the Baltimore & Ohio, has
been elected to organize and
manage the pool. z
The general scheme was
adopted by the railroads in
difference to the report of
Commerce. Commissioner Lane
which stated that much might
be accomplished by pooling
freight cars.
In a general way the freight
cars Of all the roads which are
members of the pool will be
regarded an being at home"
when they are on the lines of
any road belonging to the pool.
It is even likely that if there
are roads which will refuse to
join the pool, the roads which
members will refuse to permit
their cars to go on to the lines
of such non members, where
they would be unable to con-
troll their movements. Under
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
MERGER CASE.
Attorney General Young Brings an
Action in st Paul Courts,


St. Paul, Jan. 28.-Attorney
General Young began quo
warranto proceedings in the
supreme court today against
st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba railroad to forfeit it's
charter.
The writer directed against
the officers of the road was
signed by Chief Justice Start
and is returnable April 2, when
they must show cause why the
charter should not be forfeited.
The Attorney general says
that since the Manitoba trans
ferred it's road and equipments
to the Great Northern road it
ceased to perform the functions
for which it was created and
forfeited it's right to exist under
the Minnesota laws.
The Great Northern has been
joined in this action because it
is the owner of all the stock of
the Manitoba company and for
the further reason that in the
purchase of the Manitoba prop
erty by the Great Northern a
very large amount of watered
stock was issued by the Great
Northern company. Incident
ally a general squeezing of the
watered stock out of the Great
Northern road is contemplated
by an examination of just how
much stock, and for what pur-
pose it was issued, also to make
the Great Northern pay the 4
per cent gross earnings tax
which it now escapes by hid
ing behind the charter of the
Manitoba road which permits
an assessment OF only 8 per
cent.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
Doings in the City and County
Educational Institutions.
PLAY is SELECTED
Goldsmith's "She StOOps to Conquer
to be Given by the Pupils of the
High School.
City.

On Friday evening the COM
nittee who were chosen to
select a play decided to put on
She stoops to Conquer as
the High School play this
year. The parts are all assign
ed and it looks as if the play
would be put on to the best of
the pupils ability. The play it
self is clean and refined play
and every part is about equal.
1t was written by Oliver Gold
smith, a we'll known English
author.
Three of the High Scnool
boys got in a very interesting
debate while in the recitation
room this week, on the subject
of Prohibition. There are
chances for a good debating
team in the school if the pupils
get down and try. &
Gordon Acheson has joined
the Zoology class.
The Physics class are feeling
good over the arrival of the
instruments that was sent for
to use in connection with the
study of Physics.
Albert Wicks is absent from
school on account of illness.
Mr.. I. D. McBain and Supt.
Christensen were visitors in
the seventh grade Wednesday
Steve Dickinson has with
drawn from school this week,
The Geology class has a, very
promising and helpful collect
ion of rocks and fossils to be
used in connection with the
Physical Geography and Geo.
logy class.
We would suggest that this
Professor sound a fire alarm in
school some day when the
weather warns up and give
the pupils practise in fire drills
as we have not had fire drill
this year.
The state examinations that
were held last week in which a
good many of the pupils wrote
were we'll written on. Most
all the pupils got through all
right.
The following program was
rendered at the Literary last
Friday evening.
Instrumental, Antonette Yelle.
Reading, Harry Britton.
Essay, Nora Woodward. f
Solo, Nellie Forest.
Reading Christine Finlayson-
Impromtu Speech, Gordon
Acheson.
. Paper. Editor,
Instrumental, Hector Tan
quay. .r.'
( Report of Critic, Miss Kath-
crime NJ. Burr.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
A NEW LAW.
Board of University and School Lands
Can Purchase County Bonds.

Under the recently adopted
constitutional amendment and
the law just passed, the board
of university and school lands
is empowered to purchase coun-
ty, township and municipal
bonds, in addition to. the secur-
tiles heretofore authorized, as
investments of the permanent
educational funds.
There is now a large amount
of money in the funds and the
board will make a especial effort
to find avenues Of investment
for the same, and desires to
generally advertiselthe fact that
wants to buy all the bonds of
the above descriptions that can
be. obtained at asrate of interest
not less than four per cent.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage
licenses have been issued with
in the past two weeks by
county judge John H. Kirk:
David w. Nichol. Souris
Miss Mary E. Ratcliffe. .Souris
Aaron Page. .Souris
MissBernetta Ham blin Kramer
N. Bernier. Dunseith
MissRosa Lamourent. Dunseith
w. G.. Reibe .Gardena
Miss Augusta Melbrath .Gardena
Frank J. Yellon. Bottineau
Miss Amy Paryzek. Bottineau
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LanSfOrd.

From the Times.
The anxiety of our people
was somewhat relieved by the
arrival of a passenger train
Wednesday night or rather
Thursday morning at2 o'clock
a. m. bringing mail. 1t was
the first train or mail we had
for almost week, and to say
that most of our people were
pleased would be putting it
mildly.
The party of land seekers
who left here some two weeks
ago to look for land in the
southern Alberta country, an
account of which was printed
in these columns at the time
returned home on the belated
train Thursday morning. The
boys had a rather strenuous
time of it, especially on their
return home. They were held
up by snow blockades at differ
ent points and were a much
pleased bunch of fellows when
they at last succeeded in reach
ing home. We are informed
that they all filed on land and
will return to that country
again in the spring.
The fuel question is still the
burning question in Lansford
and here abouts s--but h e
thought that it will cease to be
a burning question is what is
causing our bravest men to
shudder.
II. w. Willis had a car of
coal which was billed to him
at this place confiscated. BY
some mistake the car was
shipped to Omemee, and the
farmers over there concluded
they needed coal just as bad
as the people here, and they
proceeded to help themselves.
1t is rumored that James
Davis was married last Thurs
day to Miss Benin. We have
received none of the particulars
and consequently are not in
position to give an account of
the affair. We learn that the
bride is a sister of Nick Benin,
near Forfar who came up from
Missouri a short time ago.
Pete Johnson, about three
and one-half miles southwest
of Lansford lost four valuable
horses Saturday night bv be-
ing smothered in his barn.
There was no ventilation to the
barn except through the door.
which he was accustomed to
leave a little a jar, and the snow
with the driving wind drifted
this full with the result that
all four horses were smothered.
He valued one team at $500,
and the other at $3.50.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
SUSPENSION
of the Grocery Department of the
Great Sears and ROebuck Mail
Order House.

VI chO oAOCCAJ OOpeUA OuAOAU VI U1lC
Great Sears and ROebuck Mail
Order House.
The following is taken from
the Lacrosse Tribune n d
speaks for itself:
In it's issue of last Saturday,
T h Tribune published an
exclusive news dispatch from
Chicago that is of the utmost
Importance to the mercantile
interests of the country.
The dispatch in question an
nounced the suspension of the
grocery department of the
great Sears Roebuck m
orders concern because it's
maintenance has been made
impractical by the national
pure food law just passed."
What a confession it is? If
you had to interpret the news
items would you conclude it is
true that, compelled by law to
sell pure food; the mail order
house is driven out of business?
Can it be, that in the past and
in the absence of a law for
bidding under heavy penalties
the sale Of impure or adulterat-
ed food, the mail order houses
have made a practice of selling
impure or adulterated food,
the mail order houses have
made a practice of selling i'm
pure food? Is that the reason
they have been able to under
sell local competition?
ood people, that is the case
with every article sold by the
average mail order house,
grocery adulteration is for
bidden, and so the grocery
business of the mail order
house is abandoned. Were
laws to be enacted making the
sale of "phony" jewelry un-
lawful their jewelry depart
ment would go out of business.
Were it made a crime to sell
furniture cheaply constructed
out of poor material their
furniture department would go
out of business.
You see in order to undersell,
such concerns must underbuV.
What does it mean to under
by? It means to purchase
undermade- goods. ,,,,,> .-.r,--,. .-
The unintentional good that
is being accomplished by the
pure food law in limiting the
possibilities of m a il order
improprieties points a way for
the final elimination of the
mail or d er nuisance. Mail
order traffic is peddling b y
mail. Cannot we h ave a
national pedd1er ordinance in
which It shall be required that
a license in form of a tax be
enacted from mail order houses
the volume of business done
fixing the amount of tax?
This would operate as a pro
tective tariff for. the fostering
of the home merchant. Some
thing of this sort must some
lox, ~ Io-~
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THEY MAY GO
Homestead Settlers Given Nine
ty Days Leave.
WILL AFFORD RELIEF
HOmesteaders Need Not. Return to
Claims Until the Middle of
Next April.

T. Allowing settlers in North
Dakota ninety days leave of
absence on account of the un-
usually cold weather ehis Win
ter. .--.
The following is the resolu-
ton as introduced in Congress:
That homestead settlers up
on the public domain, in those
sections where climatic and
other causes of an unusual ma
ture result in personal hard
ship, are hereby granted a
leave of absence from their
land for a period of three
months from the date of the
approval of this resolution. All
homesteaders seriously affect
ed by such conditions or causes
shall make application, by af-
fdavit, setting forth the facts
justifying the leave of absence
applied for to the register and
receiver of the land office of
the district in which their land
is situated and settlers granted
such shall forfeit no rights by
reason of the absence, allowed
hereunder; provided, that the
period of such actual absence
shall not be deducted from the
full time of residence required
by law" ~
From the reports that have
since came to registers and re-
ceivers, the resolution passed
without the clause requiring
application, and the law ap-
plies to all without asking for
the privilege. -.,..,.e..- :. ~ gsse
It will be noticed the last
clause says, the period of act
ual absence shall not be de-
Quoted from the full time of
residence required by law"
This means that where the law
requires six or eight months,
continuous" residence, this
absence shall not break that
continuous period. If man
has already lived upon his land
four months continuously, he
can now be away for three
months, go back and live an
other four months, and, under
this new law, it will count as
eight months continuous resi-
dence." .....
/ This same thing has been
done before for climatic, grass
hoppers and other reasons, but
it has always heretofore been
necessary to apply to the land
office for permission.
The resolution was introduc-
ed in it's original form by Sen
ator Hansbrough and amended
by Con gressman Marshall, who
cut out the necessity of apply
to the land office for permis-
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one township and is too large a
territory for the convenience of
either teacher or pupils, espec-
tally during the winter months.
County Superintendent
Christensen and Clerk l. d.
NcBain visited the city schools
on Wednesday of this week
and report a good attendance.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
FRESH AIR.
State Board of Health is Issuing q
Series of Articles.

The state board of health has
made arrangements to have
short articles pertaining to the
public health matters appear
at least monthly. It is hoped
that these articles will be of
interest to the public, and that
they will be of some benefit.
The first on fresh air, follows
in part:
At this season of the year,
the question Of fresh air and
good ventilation is an extreme
" important one, especially in
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-02-01
Rooms for Rent.

Ten rooms over the store for
rent. Call at the store in the
T. f. Woods.
03tf.
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WANTED-Man and wife to
work on farm. Address Box
33, Maxbass n. D. 2tf-
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tas ndecbs Po todos temo angusas sus presen
tmento dooroas nquetudes po porvenir Soportaba
vao Sufrfa e quien amaba toda alma
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d las ideas los Sueos enthusiasts de poeta ods
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florida perdente.
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