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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

The average length of a life of a
tradesman is two-thirds that Of far
mer.
Saddles were first used by men
eQuestrians in France In the year 500
A. D.
4 new invention provides for the de-
livery of milk through a hole in the
door
Goldfish originally came from Chi
ma. and the first were sent to Eng
land in 1851.
More than 1000 applications for
space have already been received in
Prague for the complete Industrial
exposition to be held there in 1908.
Sir Albert Spicer, NJ. P, who is Wis
ting South Africa, declares that the
golf links at East London, Cape Col
ony, are the most picturesque and
best fitted he has ever played upon.
A UG~y coryss 5arahlp product or
hongkong is granite. It is taken out
" large quantities and apart from its
nOeral use in building up the city on
he mountain sides is shipped long dis
ianeeS.
one of the most curious phenomena
+ VI geography is found on the southern
coast of the Island of Cephalonia, In
sFeece. 1t is stream of salt water
which for an unknown period has left
Tie almost tideless sea and flowed In
1nd with a volume sufficient to fur
HlSn water power to two mills.
II IS now only fourteen years since
On appropriation of $4,000 was made
.or experiments with the project OF
,ural Tree delivery. AS recently as ten
FEARS ago the appropriation for this
LEV service amounted TO only $4OI-
S Cy' last year it was more than $25.-
ygv"oOO, while this year rural free de-
livery will cost $S7 100000.
= AZ home stations the private sol
LET washing is usually done by the
nIrled soldiers wives, who are ex-
octea TO sew on missing buttons and
Attle repairs, for which small
In Is deducted from the priyate's
iS.s' says TitBits. Private McGinnis
80 great deal of trouble with his
suress. Saturday after Saturday
~ MS shirt come back with the
WI button of or else hanging by a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12
A CARD

am getting out souvenir booklet OF
Pensacola and West Florida and Southern
Alabama, which has been delayed IN pub
licaticn becausel @ photograph OF Pensa-
made. The book win be published ~ soon
as Mr.. Cottreu can get a favorable view
of the building. There is some advertising
space I'm the book for few more business
cards Anyone desiring this space can
address me for the same, or order extra
copies of the booklet. It Is necessary that
applications for space and extra copies Be
sent to me at an early date.
MARIE EVANS,
General Delivery. Pensacola. Fla
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

There have been number of alarm
ing rumors current of late about the
sitting up of the harbor at Santos, the
only harbor in Brazil with improved
port works. Several ships of large tom
mage have touched in crossing the bar
of late. and most of such ships now
wait for high tide before leaving. The
matter is being investigated by t
Brazilian authorities with a view of
preventing further trouble.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

In 1894 many oaks and other forest
trees In England were split by the
frost. In 1892 the cold was so intense
that starved wolves entered Vienna
and killed men and cattle. In 1910 the
Zuyder Zee was entirely frozen over.
This at least can never happen again.
as the Dutch are now pumping out
the Zee 10 reclaim the land for agri-
cultural purposes. In 1776 the Danube
bore ice five feet thick below Vienna.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

DIR. Kane, bhe American arctic ex-
plorer, in his narrative OF the Grinnel.
expedition in search OF Franklin, rec
ords that as winter amusement the
men of the ship performed farce on
Feb. IA, 1851, called The Mysteries
and Miseries of New York" The out
side temperature was SO degrees be-
low zero; in the theater on shipboard
it was % degrees below zero behind
the scenes and 20 below zero in the
audience department One of the sail
ors had to enact the part of a damsel
with bare arms, and when cold fiat
irons, part of the properties" re-
quired in the play, touched his skin
the sensation was like that of burn
ing with hot iron.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

:. A pn~y corFSt1arablp product of
!hongkong is granite. It is taken out
u large quantities and apart from its
liberal use in building up the city on
Tie mountain sides is shipped long dis
;anees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

Sir Albert Spicer, NJ. P, who is Wis.,
ting South Africa, declares that the
golf links at East London, Cape Col
ony, are the most picturesque and
best fitted he has ever played upon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

More than 1000 applications for
space have already been received in
Prague for the complete Industrial
exposition to be held there in 1908.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

General Deiivery. PensaoOla. IA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-12

Goldfish originally came from Chi
ma, and the first were sent to Eng
land in 1851.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18

work. The afternoon was ex.
ceedin gly warm for this season
of the year, but his work was
not of a nature to produce any
bad results. He was on the
wagon that was being filled
with the grain as it came from
the machine, and a few minutes
after getting off the wagon he
was noticed to stagger and fall.
The men working at the
machine Immediately went to
his assistance and did all they
could to revive him. They also
phoned to Lansford for medical
assistance.' He recovered some
what and was in state of
semi-consciousness for several
hours, but expired at about 10
p. m. that evening. His father
at Massey station was com
with and instructed d
that the body be brought back,
and on Tuesday morning Mr..
Harmon left with the body for
the home of his father in
Lansford Times.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18

candidates present only being
allowed to vote. Mr.. Holbein is
hustler, practical politician
and good mixer, and has the
necessary qualifications to do
the work required by the com
mittee. Doubt was expressed
by some as to Mr.. Holbein's 8
republiCanism, as he had on
occasion refused to commit
himself to the support OF the
entire ticket. G. N. Norwood
vouched for Mr.. Holbein on
this point. We understand
that Mr.. Holbein will come to
BOttineau about October / and
open headquarters and remain
here continuously until after
election.
A resolution was adopted
asking precinct committeeman
to report at least once each
week as to conditions in the
several precincts.
The county executive COM
mittee held a meeting at the
close of the conference.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
New Football Rules.

Under the new rules the
player on the passers 8 side who
first touches the ball must
recoveri it. If the ball is passed
to an end and he touches but
fumbles it and another player
on the passer's side gets the
ball, the side passing the ball
loses possession and it goes to
the opponents at the point
where the first touch of the ball
was made. Does that sound
like Greek?
While the ball is in the air
on a forward pass this year
players of the defending side
may not use their hands or
arms on opponents except to
push them out of the way to
get the ball themselves. Players
of the side making the pass
may use the arms and hands
as in case of going down the
field on a kick. Neither side
may hold or tackle an opponent
who has not the ball.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
William Howard Taft
statesman,
A MAN WHO HAS DONE THINGS

other American statesman,
living or dead.
The dignity of private citizen
ship, which he enjoys to-day,
is in perfect accord with his
temperament and inclination.
There never has been, nor will
there ever be, anything in
official honor sufficiently allur-
ing to draw Mr.. Taft away
from his lifelong identity with
the plain people.
AS a boy in Cincinnati he
was ready to give and take in
all the stirring controversies,
mental and physical, which
give effect to the law of the
survival of the fittest. AS a
student at Yale he displayed
all the qualities of wholesome
young manhood which have
made that university famous,
and the endearing traits of his
character were honored at the
reunion of his class during the
recent summer by a celebration
more delightful to him, per-
haps, than any other demon
stration of public favor possibly
could be.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
Peculiar Death Near Lansford.

On last Friday afternoon, a
young man by the name of
Simon Sweeney, whose parents
live at Massey station, Ontario,
Canada, and who has been in
this locality for some time,
applied at the farm of Jerry
Keeler, about five miles east of
Lansford, for work. The thresh-
ing machine of Louis Tarve-
stad was threshing grain for
Mr.. Keeler ar the time and Mr..
Keeler told the young man to
remain till the next morning
and he would give him work.
The young man was apparently
in good health and of a strong,
robust physical type. He was
Willing away the time by as
sisting around the machine,
but did nothing but very light
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
Serious Accident at Eckman.

Frank Hebard who has farm
southeast of Eckman met with
a serious accident Thursday
afternoon of last week. while
at the Mcleod black NTH shop
that cost him his left eye, and
maybe the other.
He was doing some black
smith work at the shop and in
some manner a piece of steel
got in his eye, causing great
pain.
Mr.. Hebard left Immediately
for Minot to consult the best
doctors there, and after exami-
nation, it was found that he
would have to have the left eye
removed in order to save the
right, as it was also somewhat
injured.
The latest report fro m Mr..
Hebard say he is doing we'll
and will probably save his other
eye.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES,
Items ChronIcIIIng Events In County
Superintendent's Jurisdiction.

The school census shows
1876 children of school age in
Bottineau county. an increase
of GA over last year.
County Superintendent =. E.
Christensen is visiting schools
in the northeast part of the
county this week.
The following teachers have
opened schools: Martha NJ.
Steffen, Stone Creek No. 3;
Grace Cade, Brander No. 1;
J. w. Plunkett, Toupin No. 2.
NJ. f. Watkins closed a sue
cessful term of school Septem-
ber 8 in Scandia district and
has gone to Greencastle In
diana, to take a high school
principalship.
Teachers in town and village
schools not already reported
in these columns are as follows:
Antler- Margaret +. Maddigan.
principal; Mrs. Ruby Burke,
Ida NJ. Hogan. Overly Sam
uel &. Smith, Jr., principal;
Lucretia Lennon and Nora
Began. kramer-H. S. Tup-
per, principal; Jean b. Cowan.
Willow City William H. Scott,
principal; Sarah B. Trainor,
Josephine Byllesby, Caroline
w. Dietz, Grace F. Peck and
Ada VOllmer.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
ALASKA wheat.
Latest Reports From Headquarters Not
Particularly FIattering.

A good deal of interest is
being manifested in the So
called Alaska wheat PROPOSE
ton, concerning which various
expressions and opinions have
appeared in the press. The
Saturday Evening Post recently
sent an expert to Idaho to see
what the excitement was all
about and the correspondent
sent in an abbreviated telegram
showing his findings, which
makes interesting reading in
view of the fact that Adams
asked S. pound or $500 a
bushel for his wheat. The
telegram followed.
Assertions of huge reports
of good flour-making qualities
not justified. Adams only
claim of proportion of two
hundred bushels an acre is
with an eighth of an acre patch
two years ago. For last year
admits farm average only thirty
bushels. So far this year only
twenty-five to thirty-tive an
acre. Offers excuses such as
weeds and undersowing. Not
true that wheat has been sue
Cessfully grown elsewhere.
Misleading to say frOst-prOOf,
for admits some injury by
snow. Flour-making qualities
unknown. Adams was given
experiment station analysis
last year and told with it that
milling test was necessary to
show the quality with certainty.
Has not had the test. The
wheat in appearance is much
like certain large, coarse wheats
not valuable for flour"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
0ronna Thus Character
lies Marshall PIugger's Tale.
NOT OPPOSING N. n. JOHNSON
Says He Is Taking No Part What
ever in Fight for the United
States Senatorship.

Shortly after the meeting of
the republican state central
committee at Bismarck a story
was sent to newspapers over
the state to the effect that Gron-
ma had hooked up with Tom
Marshall to encompass the de-
feat of Hon. NJ. N. Johnson and
that he (Gronna) would be a
candidate for Senator McCum-
ber's seat in 1910.
The story bore the ear marks
of a Marshall proselyte, whose
previous calling made it easy
for him to misrepresent the
facts without fear of contradict
ton.
The story was a bare-faced
lie and when Gronna' attention
was called to it he gave out the
following statement:
That is the first | have heard
of my candidacy for the United
States senate, for have had no
aspirations along that line. Just
where the writer of the story
got the idea that | was out to
defeat McCumber for the United
States senate, or to work
against johnson this year, is
something that | do not know,
for | have said nothing in re-
gard to either proposition.
I am leaving the senatorship
entirely alone. 1t is my duty as
a nominee of the party to stand
by the entire ticket nominated,
but as in the case of the United
States senatorship, neither can
didate now in the field having
received the nomination, l be-
lieve it is only right for me to
stay entirely out of the fight.
The statement that | declared
that / would oppose NJ. N. john
son is without foundation. |
am candidate for congress
and that is all.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
Responding to the call of the c

Responding to the call of the
nation for a man equal to the
emergencies confronting the
republic, the people themselves
have found him and presented
him to the electorate.
Naturally, the people sought
among themselves for one truly
representative to the highest
ideals of American citizenship.
Their misunderstanding and
correct valuation of men led
them to the individual who
more thoroughly than any
other fulfilled their require
ments, and that was William
Howard Taft.
William Howard Taft, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, probably is
the way he would designate
himself. That designation,
however, is grossly inadequate.
For while Mr.. Taft is an Amer
lean of Americans, he is also a
citizen of the world, who, as
invited guest, counsellor, and
advisor of foreign governments,
has exerted an influence fo1
peace, and international good
will unsurpassed by that of any
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
Office Holder Should be Law Observer.

Glenburn Advance: The Bot
tineau Courant says that G. l..
Bickford should withdraw from
the republican ticket as the
party should not be obliged to
support a violator of the state
law. Quite right, Bro. Carlson.
If man doesn't observe the
law before he is elected to office
what in blazes can we expect
of him when he becomes full
fledged office holder.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
Advertising Brought the Buyers.

Maxbass Monitor: Good and
judicious advertising is again
vindicated. We published a
half-page ad and printed 200
large posters of the Bronson
farm machinery and live stock
sale, which was held last Sat-
urday and we are authentically
informed there were present
one of the largest purchasing
crowds ever seen at a sale of
this kind. Now, therefore, it
stands to reason and common
sense that if this sale had not
been so extensively and gener-
ously advertised that large pur-
chasing crowd would not have
been there.
All the successful merchants
all over christendom have been
large and constant advertisers
and if you look around you you
cannot but observe that the
large advertiser has it all over
his competitor who is only a
dabbler.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
Presbyterian Church.

Next Sunday morning and
evening the Rev. John r.. Nc
Lean of Towner will preach al
the Presbyterian church 70,
Pastor Davis. Hours as usual,
II a. m. and 8. p. m. Every.
body invited.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18

The Courant for job printing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18

Are you going to build
house, barn or granary? Better
get Macs figures at the Inn
qerial Lumber Yard. 32-tf.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18
Republican County Central Committee
and Candidates Met Tuesday.
TO OPEN headquarters IN CITY
Will e. HoIbein of Westhope Was
Elected to FIJI Position of
Assistant Secretary.

tral committee, the republican
candidates for judicial, legisla-
tive and county offices and
some of the editors of republi-
can newspapers in Bottineau
county met in conference at
the court house Tuesday after
noon.
The following committeeman
were present.
IA. August Soucie (proxy
to G.. N. MorwoodD.
7B. J.H. Trimble.
8. E. A. Borsheim.
8. A.. A. Kleinert(proxy to F.
A, RinkeD.
15 Fred Carlson.
16A. James Burris (proxy to
+. Sims).
16B. Walter Masters.
II. Pearl Sandy.
rs. George Hastings.
%. George Getschell.
"a. John Smithson.
45. A. S. Nero.
46. w. II. Mcintosh.
81. Jay q. Smith.
The candidates present were
e. S. Trimble, Westhope, sena-
tor forty-seventh district; E.
l.. Garden, Souris, and Matt
Johnson, Omemee, representa-
tives twenty-eighth district;
John p. Simon, auditor; John
H. Kirk, county judge: p. E.
Christensen, county superin-
tendent; G. X. WILDER, clerk of
the district court; A. F. Peter
son. register of deeds; Edmund
White, county surveyor; w. b.
Rea, public administrator.
The newspapers were repre-
sented as follows: w. A. Myers,
Maxbass Monitor and Newburg
Sun; G.. A. Stebbins, Souris
Messenger; T. J, Hooking,
Antler American; +. G.. Falk-
instein, Bottineau News, and
u. X. Carlson, The Bottineau
Courant.
Nm. Christianson of Towner,
republican candidate for district
Judge of the ninth district
composed of the counties of
McHenry, Pierce and Bot
tineau, was present and gave
a short address urging thorough
organization and pledging his
personal support to the entire
ticket. i would rather be
defeated myself than see the
republican candidate for presi-
dent and the republican candi-
date for governor defeated"
said Mr.. Christianson, at the
close of his remarks.
Short talks were also made
by Fred Carlson of Eidsvold
precinct, E. l.. Garden and
John H. Kirk.
Chairman John H. Trimble
told of the work done by the
committee thus far. A poll
was being made by precinct
committeeman and reports had
been received from about 60
per cent of the precincts. These
reports will be kept on file in
the county headquarters to be
established in Bottineau.
The committee selected at a
previous meeting, consisting
of E. l.. Garden, John H. Kirk
and John z. Simon, to secure a
place for use as headquarters
and recommend a person to act
as assistant secretary reported
through Judge Kirk, it's chair
man.
The committee reported that
the Mennie building on Thomp-
son street and the rooms on
Fifth street used by Police
Magistrate John Snithson and
w. B. Rea were available.
The latter were chosen. The
two rooms are large enough to
meet the demands of the cam
paign, are centrally located,
and an excellent location for
headquarters.
Two applications for assistant
secretary had been received
one from John T. Neville and
an other from w. E. Holbein,
both of Westhope. BY vote
of 8 to 7, Mr.. Holbein was
chOsen the cOrnnitteenen and
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-09-18

Why did the governor have his
nephew at the expense of the
state attending these meetings?
Clearly this was done for polit-
ical purposes. The nephew
could prepare a better political
document for his uncle than
the official stenographer. 1 pre-
dict that the people will hear
the governor reading this docu-
ment in the campaign this fall.
The governor has the happy
faculty of preparing everything
for political use.
From what the governor
says about removing public Of
ticers' and his craving for a law
to authorize him, when he con-
cludes that an officer is neglect
ing his duty to summarily re-
move such officer from office,
one would think that he wants
to be czar and depose the
officers the people elect. Such
law would be perfectly sane
while John Burke is governor,
because my personal experience
with him convinces me that he
would not assume the respon-
siblity to move anything. His
strong forte consists in shifting
a responsibility on his brother
officers. To illustrate: He ap-
pointed Mr.. Burr, judge of the
new ninth district. The su-
preme court held the governors S
act in making this appointment
illegal. During the time Mr..
Burr acted as judge, his salary
was held up on account of his
right to the office being in liti-
cation. The supreme court de-
cided that he was a defacto
judge, which made his judicial
acts legal. The claim for salary
amounting to about $500. The
governor asked me for an Of
ficial opinion. l held that de-
facto officer could not enforce
payment of salary, but that he
earned it and in good conscience
the state ought to pay him for
his services. The governor as
chairman of the auditing board
has not assumed -the~responsi-
bility to allow or disal1ow this
claim, it has been continued
from one meeting to another.
The governor is a good talk
er and he has talked a great
deal about what ought to be
done for the state. But aside
from talking [ do not call to
mind any official act of his
which is of any importance, He
tries to shirk the responsibility
by saying he could not prose-
cute personally any officer for
malfeasance in office, but the
fact is he never charged an in
dividual officer with malfea-
sance. If he knew that any off,
Ger was violating his duty as
an officer, he could have filed
charge with the attorney gen
eral who would have prosecuted
the individual. 1t was his duty
as a citizen and as the execu-
tive of the state to make a
charge against any officer
whom he knew to be violating
his official duty.
II have four months yet of my
term and stand ready to prose-
cute any officer whom the
governor will charge with vio-
lation of official duty. II. F.
McCue."
IT,
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