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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27
SECRET SOCIETIES
Their Benefit to the Home and to the
Individual.

What is the moral effect of
Free Masonry, Odd Fellowship
Knights of Pythias and the
numerous secret societies upon
the home? Solomon the wise
man, said: Discover not a Sc
cret to another" and he had
good reason for laying such an
Injunction, for in his time, as
at the present, there were peo-
pie too much disposed. to tell
all they knew. One half the
trouble in every community,
comes from the fact that so
many people have not the ca
pacity to keep their mouths
shut. We have two ears but
only one tongue which is sug-
gestive of the fact that we
should hear more than we tell.
BY the power of a secret di-
vulged, families, churches,
neighborhoods and even ma
tions fly apart. BY the power
of secret kept great charities,
reformatory movements and
Christian enterprises may be
advanced. 1t is an often dis
cussed question whether asso-
Citations that do not have their
work with closed doors, and
admit their members with pass
words. and greet each other
with a secret grip are right or
wrong. Our answer is that it
depends entirely upon the OBJ
ject for which they meet. If
it is to pass the hours in revel-
ry and obscene talk, or to plot
trouble to the state, then we
say with emphasis that it is
wrong. But where the object
is the improvement of the mind
the enlargement of the heart,
the defense of the government,
then we say with just as much
emphasis that they are a bless
ing. There is no need that
those who plan for right or
wrong should pnblish to the
world their intentions. Secre-
cy of plot and execution are
wrong only when the objects
and end are nefarious. Every
family is a secret society, every
business firm and every bank
institution. Then men who
have no capacity to keep a Sc
cret are unfit for positions of
trust anywhere. Secret, soci-
eties have done incalculable
good. Some of the secret soci-
eties have poured a very heav-
en- of sunshine and benediction
into the home of suffering.
Some Of them are founded in
fidelity to good citizenship and
the Bible. Christ has given us
a rule by which we may Judge,
not only all individuals, but all
secret societies. by their
fruits ye- shall know them. -
Bad societies make bad men.
Good societies make good men.
A bad man will not stay in a
good society and a good man
will not stay in a bad society.
Test these societies by two or
three rules. Their influence
on home. That wife soon loses
her influence over her husband
who looks upon all evening alb
sence as an assault on domes-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27

Z Issued for the pastsweek by
Judge Kirk: Joseph p Gagnon
Of Nampa, Idaho, to Miss Anna
n. Guertin Of Omemee; Victor
A. Moody Of Antler TO Anna
n. Olson of Souris; George w.
Counts of Deloraine, Man., to
Josie Killgalon of Bottineau;
RosiniuA Absolonson TO Anna
NJ. Kamrud. both of Bottineau.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27
The Old Year and the LoDer.

See, have set my portal wide,
Chill winters icy breath unheeding;
Since man must bow to time and tide
The parting guest must be speeding.
Old year, old friend, and must you go?
Why, then, truce to foolish sighing,
At least though others have it so,
l will not speak of you dying
OF all the years that have known
You the kindest and most fateful;
You gave the dearest JOY own,
And am most profoundly grateful.
Twas in your spring gtne Love and l,
BY your good grace, were first acquainted
How fast your golden days slipped by.
In what gay hues our life painted
So, though my calendar may change,
':Tis not for your decease | sorrow,
Not even though cipher strange
May meet my eye upon the morrow.
Since have loved you passing we'll,
No need that friendship s bond should sever;
But you in two fond hearts shall dwell,
With all your memories forever
-McCalls Magazine.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27

REVIEW
BY Our Local Attorney, N. G.
Wegner, as Regarding the
I\SURGE\T MEETING
Thinks There are as Many Grafters
Among Them as the So
Called Gang.
To The Courant:

TO The Courant:
In the Souris Messenger for
Dec. 18th, appeared a commune
ication from Mr.. +. l.. Garden
in which he attempts to do
Marshall some good and Ex-
Congressman NJ. n. johnson
some harm. He cannot, how
ever, say very much for it is Il
matter about which the less
said the better and he cannot
come out directly and speak
for Mr.. MARSHALL; the method
of the man, as shown by his
letter to a prospective support
er, is too coarse for that; but
Mr.. Garden feels that he must
do something to defend the
work done at Grand Forks, so
he come out and says:
1t was a large representa-
tive gathering of insurgents"
and wants you to infer from it
that the nomination of Mr..
Marshall must be all right and
proper.
Now, gentlemen, | submit
to you that there are many
kinds of insurgents just as
there are stalwarts, There are
a great many, good, honest,
and high-principled insurgents
and there are many grafters
and nugwumps-men who are
in the movement for the sake
of the personal gain that they
may be able to get out of it;
and | further submit to you that
we have both kinds in Botti-
neau county. Which of these
two classes did the insurgent
convention at Grand Forks re-
PRESENT. They sneaked away.
so to speak. in the dark, and
nobody knew anything about
it until the papers were full of
their doings. Who elected these
delegates? The letter by Mr..
Marshall published by Judge
Lauder will undoubtedly throw
as much light on this question
as anything could, wherefore |
shall ask your paper to publish
it in full. 1t reads as follows:
Oakes, N. d., Nov. 1S, 1907
Hon. -------
Dear
/ was in Fargo yesterday
and saw the secretary, Mr.. A.
w. Fowler, who is putting out
the invitations for the coming
meeting at Grand Forks of the
friends of good government.
AS | understand the call it pro-
vides that all those can be dele
gates who were candidates for
the legislature on the insurg-
ent ticket, whether elected or
not, and also those who were
candidates for the state conven-
ton on the insurgent ticket.
1T also provides that ten
people may be named under
certain conditions.
The secretary, Mr.. Fowler,
of Fargo, asked me to have you
supply him with ten people
whom he could invite. He
would have to have these
names at once as the time is
very short between now and
Nov. 26th. =
Now, Mr.. --, l am very
anxious to have a few of my
frienks from---county at this
meeting as 1 want to secure the
endorsement of that gathering
for the senate.
IF it is among the possibili-
ties, l would like to have you
and a few of your friends to go
over there. IFS far as expense
is concerned, provision wiW be.
made for that. 7 presume that
some Of them Vould not 90 for
such a djst0nce unless special
7roneeneents we're made for
them. 'h
If you find time go yourself
and have one or more of your
friends 60 with you.
I shall be glad to have, q
letter from you and the, same
can reach me here at Cakes. i
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27
A Is ch Of Newsy Items Sent in
a Our Correspondents.
17HlT : OF INTEREST
Willow Gardena and Souris
Contribute Generous Bunch
or News.
Willow CITY.

<Clarence Sanderson and wife
of Overly spent Christmas with
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
stin. SandersOn of Willow City.
Miss Eva Watson who is en-
ployed in Grand Fork came
home to- spend the holidays
with her parents.
[ Billy Collins of Bottineau
was a business visitor in Will
low City, Friday.
Robert Armstrong, Sr., left
on Friday, after an extensive
visit here, for his home in Sea-
forth, Ontario.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Arm
strong were Rugby visitors on
Saturday.
Bobby" Hunt, who is fire.
man on the Montana division
of the G. N. r. r., is spending
the holidays at his home here.
Mrs. O. J. Stirk returned on
Friday from business trip to
Towner.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. D. Brooks
>of Towner were in Willow City
last week the guests of Mrs.
Brooks sister, Mrs. Gilmer.
Lloyd Welter, of Overly,
spent Christmas with his mo-
ther, Mrs. D. A. Critics and
family.
Clifford Cook. who is attend
ing the A. c.. at Fargo, came
home to spend his vacation.
Lizotte Bros, one of Willow
'City's oldest mercantile firms
closed out their business here
on Tuesday. Their closing is
not due to failure or lack of
patronage but because they are
desirous of engaging in busi-
ness of a different nature and
in a new locality,
A. L. Brady former Willow
boy is spending the holidays
here among friends.
~ Mrs. Lahie, the aged mother
of Peter Liable, who recently
left here for California, and of
Miss Laura Lahie of Willow
City, died at her home here on
Sunday night. Mrs. Lahie's
death was due to old age, she
: having completed her eighty
first year on the day she died.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. FIR, Campeau, and
interrment took place at Little
Fargo on Tuesday,.
Christmas trees were pro-
vided for all of our. little ones
at all of our churches, and also
at the Sacred Heart Academy,
and a true Christmas spirit pre-
vailed throughout. At the Me-
thodist church a cantata was
rendered in which the whole
Sunday School took part, and
the members report it the most
successful affair of this. kind
that they have ever had. Pro-
grams were rendered at the
other churches also, and each
edifice was nicely decorated,
The marriage of Miss Maud
Sylvester, of this city, to Mr..
William Dahl, of Upham, took
place on Christmas day at the
home of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dahl have the
best wishes of a large circle of
friends.
DR.. and Mrs. ID. X. Thyng
expect to leave about the 15tif1
of January for European trip
and will be away a year. Dr..
Thyng has resided here for the
past ten years and has a large
practice and an excellent re-
putation as a surgeon. His
interest in this particular work
leads him to take this trip in
order that he may delve farther
into the art of carving. Willow
City will miss the doctor and
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27

Try an ad in the Courant and
get results.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27

Continued on last psse.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-12-27

}Clarence Sanderson and wife
of Overly spent Christmas with
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
stin, SandersOn of Willow City.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-12-12

Point Comfort, Dee. 1.-THE entire
battleship fleet has assembled at this
place, excepting the Minnesota and
Kentucky. which are expected today.
The fleet will sail soon for the Pacific
coast.
Washington. d. c., Dec. 1.-THE
war department has asked congress
for the sum Of 500. 900 to expend on
the construction of wagon roads IL
Alaska. Ii is the desire of the de-
partment t. do more extensive work
in this line next season than was ac-
complished last summer. The benefits
already accruing as the result Of the
opening up of the northern coui, try
are extremely gratifying 10 these
having the matter in hand, and the
hearty endorsement Of the efforts Of
Mai. Richardson. coming IS they Go
from all pats Ct Alaska, will &c
much towards securing tic additional
amount required.
Seattle, Dee. 11-Mrs. Emma East
man has begun suit III divorce from
her husband, Ira Eastman, whom she
The Alaska prospector., 1907-12-12

Alfred Hulse Brooks, i charge of
the government geological work In
Alaska, submits the following report:
1.-The preliminary estimates indi-
cate that the value Of AlaslIa's entire
gold production for 1907 will be be-
tween $1,000, eco and S1S,00o,o COO, as
against more than SCI ,0G0,C00 last
wear. This loss must be charged for
the most part to the decrease in the
production Of the placer mines.
at is rot to be supposed. however,
that kiasl1a's placcrs have passed the
zerish Of their production. All the
evidence points to Tic conclusion that
2 crnator annual prediction than that
OF 1907 viii yet be attained.
"The curtailmeut of placer opera
tio-s cai, be assigned + certain de-
firita causes, Cf which tho difficulty
6 chtaii i.g adequatc labor is the
most important. The Fairbanks dis
trict Is he Gre thqt kas suffered most
from labor troubles. \ strike was
started hare, g April -, just when
the Gravel accumulated by the winter
Mining operations WIS ready to be
e'riocd by 1he use of tAc water of the
srri,g frcshets. As !; result many of
tae winter dumps were not finally
washed Cus u~til fall. This not only
prevented tao mine operators from
ccrtinui.g work, but also put many
The Alaska prospector., 1907-12-12
Three Miners Entombed

were CduSuU underground Wv tIS cav
in of shaft on the Alpha mine. They
are being fed through tube reaching
+, the tunnel in which they sought
refuge until such time as they shall be
rescued.
Vancouver, B. C. Dec. THE Meme
and Dawson basket ball teams viii
play championship game here to-
night. There is much rivalry between
the two teams, and good contest is
anticipated.
Washington, Dec. At & conven-
ton Of these interested III tie i'm
provemsnt of rivers and harbors,
James i. Hill. the railroad man. said
the traffic of the county was beyond
the capacity OF the railroads t. Ian
die, and urges the Improvement O!
waterways 10 assisJ IL moving the
comm cree of the country.
Washington, Dee. = Repres enta
tive Cushman of Washington agatn
viii probably b. named as q member
e The wa, and means, appropria-
tins and public lands ca1?, mirtaes.
III are important committees CT the
house.
Monongili, Va, De-. 9-ResolcTa
have taken seventy bellies from the
tilneis and shafts Ct the cavei-in
Fairmont zeal mines, and report
TIT hu.drcds Of dead miners remain
t b ta..an GU. ign AID day will
IN h .nds ar telling - reo@ver the
c1rp5es and possibly sum2 who may
SILL survive. Saturday afternoon
another shaft c4ved il and caught
thirty men engaged IN re jcuo WcTil.
Some e III IS were a,iya when taxi.
Gu. Escaping gases MAKE thc work
Of rescue danger DPS. The explosion
US caused by Spontaneous ccnbas-
in.
Washington, y. T., De-. 9-Thc
t..,u0.e IL GoluIi 3id wi! rs Az IL tac
ovoram5nt establishing d pulAa-4-
o. garrison at that piace.
Gollfeld, Dee. c--Two regiments
Of 31laiArs from San Franciso arrived
S. az, ANA a..o camped O. Tie On.
st,.r,9 q thc town. The fir - my i
at N outbreak viii result in ms ~
TIE VII under martial law. IL Il
Ba.ior3, sea Of she iaadirg attorney
f,c he consolidated mines, was
nearly bo2te2 to death By mines, CT
their mpatilizeca, Sunday cvcni G.
Ills e IN were knocked cut and sew
erli ribs were broken, and hen
found VAS i p.cctrious condition.
Belf RI aroused the cnni..5 Of the
hines b. rs b::yer1e35 U,Wa.t S
them
Officials of TIC state and leading
The Alaska prospector., 1907-12-12

John Mcklnnon has charge of the
miners campaign. He is brother
in-law of Hayward, the secretary.
treasurer of the Western Federation
of Labor, with which organization
the miners union cf Goldficid is
allied. Thus far the miners have
made no outbreak, but their attitude
is regarded as threatening by the
officers Of the law and the mine
owners.
Chicago. Dee. 9-W. J. Bryan was
Jhe guest OF honor az a banquet given
b. the Ircquois club in this city
Saturday nigIls. n his address
Bryan said that The fight between
Roger Sullivan, the democratic boss
IF Illinois. and himself was ended, al
differences being amieably adjusted
and both were nov. t.ua - the demo
cratic party.
Washington, D. u, Dec. 9-Tht
republican nationa! committee ha:
reduced the representation of Alask;
in the national republican committee
rem six to two delegates. Forte
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05
pLUNDERBUND PROFIT SHEETS.

We want to tell you facts about the Chicago Tele
phone Co.
Perhaps you not patron of the Chicago Telephone
Go. What of that? The tentacles of cuttesh very
long, and there is such thing telephone trust
In Boston there is corporation known the Ameri-
can Telephone Telegraph Co. Among the companies
which it owns is the American Bell Telephone Co., and
the American Telephone Co. majority Of the stock
of the Chicago Telephone Co.
There is pretty fair specimen of tentacle.
Chicago has been having a fight with this tentacle
happens that within year the local company will need
another ordinance permitting it to continue. You
Der Chicago lately voting her charter. Among
the provisions of this charter the niave and refer
endum 1t is easy to why the cuttefsh wanted its
ordinance before any such that went into
effect.
But the city thought it would first take look into the
financial end.
This is what they found:
1892 the local company had paid up capital of 3d.
100000 Since then the stockholders have put in $11
100000 more and have taken out 900 in dv
dends, and the company is still worth $15,00O,O0O.
But it did even better than that.
On the original 100000 capital, the company has
paid 263 per cent dividends, or S. 100000.
And it did still better than that.
On certain 81 100000 of water (money or value
which had existence you UNDERESTIMATE it paid "a per
cent, or $740O00
Yet that company maintained, like all other telephone
companies, that its rates low could afford
public service concern is which the whole
people 1t furnishes kind of municipal national neces
sty. You have to have what it SELLS
On public service concern than any other, rests
the moral obligation to play fair
Yet what constitutes the American plunderbund?
The telephone trust, the express trust the gas trust
the coal trust the street monopoes the private water
works the ice trust the oil trust the food trust
and others like them.
Chicago's charter defeated. This matter cannot
now come before the people. 1t is taken to vic
tory for the cuttleish.
TO how many plunderbund profit sheets you
tributing?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05
FOUGHT WITH SEA LION

MONTEREY, Cal, Nov. g.
Captain William Nichols, of the
Booth cannery fleet, fought for his
life in the confines of net with
a great shaggy-maned sea lion,
which tore all the clothes from his
body and roared and barked over
him, knocking him about and near
ly killing him. j. Hoyden, manager
of the Booth canneries, who was
with Captain Nichols at the time,
finally landed blow on the NAM
mails head which stopped the I'M
equal contest.
Nichols and Hoyden had run a
launch near Moss Landing, where
nets were lowered. No sooner had
the nets been set than 1t was dis
covered that big sea lion had
been captured. At first the party
thought of trying to take the mann
NAL alive, but unfortunately there
was no rope or hooks on board, so
they decided to kill it. In order to
accomplish this it was necessary
to draw the net alongside the
launch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION

A marvellous story Of spontane-
GUS combustion is reported by the
Bangalee (Calcutta). In the little
village of Manner, near Dinapore,
there lived a sanity widow Of the
Keori caste, and if the tale is to
be believed, it happened that one
day, as she was lying on her
charpoy, fire began to issue from
her toes, and, spreading, soon en-
veloped her. At length, when the
mystic fire went out, police Of
ficer conveyed the smouldering
body to the district magistrate,
who reproved hi mfor the thougn,-
less act that he had done in inter
fering with what appeared to the
villagers divine manifestation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05
MORE INSPECTORS

The health department will re-
quire two more inspectors to do
the added work made necessary by
the annexation to the city limits of
a mile and a half of territory on
the north and mile on the east and
south, according to Health officer
Grieve. One inspector will be
needed for guarantees and fumi-
cation to assist Inspector Heath,
who now has his hands full and
works overtime.
Additional inspectors, it is said,
will be needed in all city depart
mentS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05

also to remain behind, but the rest
Of the adventures rowed them
selves toward the reef.
The fragment Of the steamer
was lying almost upon her beam
ends, SO that it was possible to
grasp her rail by standing up in
the boat.
"No use in going aboard" said
Bennett, but Hawke scrambled on
hands and knees to the compan-
ionway hole and the rest followed
him. The stairs were gone, but
they slid easily to the deck below,
where. in the low light that en-
tered freely through a score Of
yawning gaps in her side, they
viewed scene Of ruin even more
depressing than that upon the
deck.
There was nothing to tell
whether the ship had been visited
before. I'VE might as well go
back" said Elliott, after they had
stared at the desolation for few
minutes.
mo, I'm going to have a look
into the hold before Sleep"
Hawke insisted, and he began to
Chamber down the cavernous gulf
that led to the interior of the ship.
He was gone a long time, and at
last a sudden outburst of wild
shrieks arose from the bowels of
the ship.
"He must have got caught some
where and can't get back" ex-
claimed Elliott, and they returned
below hurriedly. They had scarce
ly reached the lower deck, how
ever, when Hawke reappeared
dripping wet, with his face distort-
ed with some emotion.
cts there! It's there-tons of
it," he cried, and his voice broke
on the words. Come along! III
show you"
They tumbled after him at the
risk of breaking their necks and
peered down the hatch. They could
dimly make out heap of miscel-
laneous freight, cases and hogs
heads and Grated machinery that
had tumbled against the ships
side when she heeled, and now lay
in several feet Of water The upper
articles Of the mass showed above
water. Hawke sprang recklessly
down upon the pile and splashed in
to his knees
Ito be continued.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05

Then let us take the naturaliza-
ton question. Opinion varies as to
the possibility of naturalization of
japanese under the new laws. In
general, however, the Japanese are
not allowed to declare their inten-
ton of becoming citizens of the
United States.
There is case which occurred in
the United States district court of
Seattle after the new naturalization
laws took effect. Mr.. A. Hattorj,
who is a well educated japanese and
general manager of the Luruya com
pany, big Japanese firm in Seattle,
appeared in court and demanded to
be given the first naturalization pa
pers. But the clerk of the court re-
fused it, under the instruction Of
the secretary of commerce and la,
Dor, which follows:
Clerks of courts shall not receive
declarations of intention (form
2203) to become citizens from other
aliens than white persons and per-
sons of African nativity or of Afri-
can descent"
Is it not deemed a discrimination
against japanese, who are neither
white nor African"
We, the Japanese, can endure to a
degree the bad treatment and hui
initiation given by the local people,
but cannot endure discrimination by
the federal government, because we
have been given all the rights of the
most favored nation by the Greatly
existing between Japan and the
United States.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05
ENGINEER DIES AT THROTTLE

TOLEDO, O.. Nov. with his
hand on the throttle, and while the
locomotive was speeding across
the Pennsylvania bridge about 4
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon, En-.
gineer Charles l.. Betters was
stricken with heart disease. He
died in the arms of his fireman,
George Miller.
Miller saw the engineers head
fall forward and heard him gasp
He supported Better's body with
one arm while he brought the en-.
CINE to a stop at the Pennsylvania
freight house. The dead engineer
is survived by widow and one
daughter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-05

relating to immigration, and nat
nralization of the japanese. Equal
treatment is all that the Japanese
ask.
According to the reports there
were In five years 1902-1907) 10i,-
$50 European immigrants and
ab.983 Japanese Immigrants who
came to California. Oregon and
washington. Japanese immigrants
have been considered by President
Roosevelt as the detrimental ele-
ments to labor conditions on the
coast. But the great influx of Euro
Uean immigrants should be much
more detrimental to the labor con.
ditions all over the country. New.
orthsless special instruction has
been given In regard to the Japan
80 alone.