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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
MRS. G. B. McMIlLEN DEAD
Community was Shocked by Death Of
Popular Young Woman.

The community was greatly
shocked Wednesday morning
when the news spread that
Mrs. George B. McMillen had
died at ten minutes of five
O'Clock.
Two weeks ago she became
i'll with a cold and was also
suffering with an liberated
tooth. Monday afternoon, Ap-
ril 5, she was suffering excrut-
iating pain and seeking a stim-
ulant for relief, she. accident
ally took a swallow of wood al
cohol. She was barely able to
reach the telephone and sum-
mon her husband, who was at
the court house, hence some
time elapsed before medical as
sistance was secured. She
seemed to be recovering from
the poisoning, however. The
attending physician gave out
encouraging reports, her
friends were not alarmed about
her condition and her death
was entirely unexpected.
Mrs. McMillen, whose maid
en- name was Ada Morris. was
born at Ruthven, Iowa, Aug
ust IL, 1886. She came to Bot
tineau about three years ago to
take-a position as stenographer
for the Bottineau County Alb
stract company. On August
IL, 1908, she was married to
George B. McMillen, secretary
of the company.
She was lovely young wom-
an of an amiable disposition
and endeared herself to a large
circle of friends, Her mar
ried life had been ideally
happy and her death, coming
within but few short months
of her wedding day, is espec-
tally sad and the sorrowing
husband has the sincere sym
pathy of the entire community.
.@ Short funeral services were
conducted at the home at 9: 80
O'Clock Thursday morning by
Rev. D. Stratford Scadeng of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The body was taken to Ruth
ven, Iowa, for interment be-
side the father, who passed
away seven years ago. The
husba nd and his sister, Mrs. l..
B. Dochterman of Williston,
accompanied the remains upon
the sad journey. The mother
of the decedent and a sister re-
side at Ruthven. Another sis
ter resides. at FELTON,, Minne-
0OfQ
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16

foreign country. He insisted
that that state had no such
power and it was n question
which it would require the
national governments of the
United States and Canada to
decide. He insisted that the
board had power only to con-
struct the ditch as far as the
boundary line and declared
that there was II" precedent in
the law books for action taken
by the board in extending the
ditch into foreign country.
He insisted that the board had
no power to extend the ditch
into another state, much less
into Canada.
Attorney George A. Bangs.
attorney for the county drain
age board, quoted numerous
authorities to show that the
drainage board had acted with
in it's rights. A contract had
been entered into with the
municipality of Arthur, in the
province Of Manitoba. to con-
struct the ditch into that tract.
He insisted that the only ques-
tion involved was whether the
benefits would not be greater
than the cost of the ditch. He
contended that the benefits
would be much larger.
Among other things he cited
the example of Grand Forks
extending the intake pipe over
into Minnesota in order that a
supply of water might be Sc
cured. The legality of the act
was never questioned.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
WHAT'S Doing ODer Bottineau County

A gymnasium has been fitted
up in the basement under the
First State bank at Lansford.
Thos. O'Hern of Antler has
gone to Seattle, where he ex-
poets to remain indefinitely.
H. 7. Schoonmaker has been
elected president of the board
of trustees of Omemee village.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Wooley,
of Edinburg, Minnesota, have
been visiting relatives at Ant
Ter.
Mrs. l.. F. Raske and son
Merrill of Westhope have gone
to Wisconsin to spend the sum-
mer.
Frank Albright, O. B. Bryn-
jolfson and F. NJ. Rich were
elected aldermen at Willow
City.
Mrs. Ruby NJ. Burke has
succeeded Miss NJ. E. Maddi-
gan as principal of the Antler
school.
Geo. L. Lille of Maxbass has
returned from Canada where
he disposed of a carload of
horses.
G. J. Lybeck, a prominent
farmer of the Souris district,
will spend the summer in
Sweden.
T. E. NJ. Richardson has been
commissioned as postmaster at
Omemee and Ben Clausen at
Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Coul-
thard came down from their
new home in Alberta to visit at
Omemee.
Mrs. Sivert Esterby of Rus
sell has returned from West
hope, where she underwent an
operation.
The Standard claims West
hope has the best streets in the
county. They were gravelled
last summer.
P. F. Saueressig has arrived
at Lansford from Lebo, Kan
sas, and will farm in that
neighborhood.
John McGhee and Herman
Payne of Spring Valley, Min
nesota, may open a barber
shop at Antler.
F. B. Ellsworth, a former
employe of the Lansford Times,
was married at Glasgow, Mon
tana, to Miss Ellen NJ. South
we'll of Stady. Mr.. Ellsworth
is publishing a newspaper at
Rudser.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
howee, gives this little scrap
of his history. came to Chill.

'howee, gives this little scrap
of his history. Il came to Chill.
howee seven years ago, young
man. unknown and with only
few hundred dollars in my
pocket. This sum didn't buy
much of a stock of merchandise
but | invested it all and then
began to hustle for business.
| had been a student of adver-
tising and had observed parti-
cular)y the growth and methods
of the mail order houses. l de-
termined to fight fire with
fire. and began to use printers
ink all the time. l used good
sized space in the paper. pre-
pared it carefully, and changed
it every week. At least once
month l supplemented this
with circulars, thus getting my
appeal for trade constantly be-
fore the eyes of every available
trader in my territory. Did it
pay? Well. last year the stock
invoiced more than twice as
many thousand dollars as had
hundreds in the original in
vestment. The trade territory
of the store is constantly grow
ing larger. And l say unre-
servedly that advertising did it.
The mail order houses don t
bother me. largely because l
do not give them a chance.
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q. A. Sebelius of Overly has
been on the sick list.
Ed Thies of Souris has re.
turned from Minnesota.
The new Geand hotel at Rus
sell was opened Sunday.
The present corps of teachers
has been reelected at West
hope.
Vim. Becker of Russell was
kicked on the proboscis by a
horse.
L. L. Stair has returned to
Russell from Wenatchee, Wash
ingtOn.
Knute Holm of Landa has
returned from visit in Min
nesota.
]. r. Cooper of Omemee has
returned from Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
The Great Northern agent at
Willow City sells automobiles
as a side line.
+ Nels Stivland of Souris has
returned from Texas, where he
spent the winter.
Miss McCune put on 1.-The
Temple of Fame" at Westhope
Wednesday night.
VIM. Hoffstead of the Russell
Sentinel went to Grand Forks
to visit his family.
Will Taylor and his mother
of Omemee have returned from
a trip to the coast.
A large number of farmers
in the vicinity of Westhope will
SOW clover this year.
A. H. Crawford of Westhope
has gone to Butte, Montana, to
WOA n LII q VI uS oCOAC.
The Souris school board will
cut the teaching force to three
instructors next year. -.
The new residence of F. NJ.
Rich in Willow City will be
built of cement blocks.
O. T. Lees of Newburg has
gone to Shelby, Montana, to
work in a lumber yard.
Haldor Moen of Souris has
returned from an extended visit
at Glenwood, Minnesota.
The two livery stables at
Antler have consolidated with
A. E. Howery in charge.
B. x. Grubbs of Westhope
has returned from Hot Springs,
Arkansas, where he was get
ting his rheumatism boiled
out.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16

Mr.. and Mrs. N. b. Webber
of Wheaton township have
moved to Washington and will
live near Seattle.
Rev. and Mrs. J. Craig Watt
of Maxbass have moved to
Duncan, Arizona to join the
Bottineau colony.
Theodore Arneson of One
NEE has returned from a trip
to his old home in Norway,
bringing a bride with him.
Garfield Critics of Willow
City accidentally shot himself
in the hand while repairing a
revolver. No bones we're
broken.
The Great Northern Gas and
Oil company will soon resume
operations at Westhope, Mr..
johnson writes a citizen of
that town.
The new building for the
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
academy at Willow City will
be 4Ox7O, three stories and
basement.
w. A. Thatcher of Souris
was elected a member of the
executive committee at the
state meeting of the Yeomen at
Grand Forks.
Olga Guttu, the ten-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred O. Guttu of Souris, died
on Tuesday of last week after a
short illness.
Michael Fox, who has been
visiting his uncle, J. H. Zieg-
Ter, at Antler, returned last
week to his home at South
Bend, Indiana.
Elvin Gunderson of Inde-
pendence, Wisconsin, has ar
rived at Lansford with a
car of stock and machinery and
will farm in that district.
August Voelker of near
Souris, who was injured
in a railroad wreck in
Mississippi last winter, was in
town for the first time last
week.
VIM. Keene has arrived at
Lansford from Waukon, Iowa,
with a. car of immigrant goods
and will assist Herman Helm
ing with his farm work this
season.
III. w. Willis of Lansford has
(conditionally) sold his tele-
phone exchange at Glenburn
and will probably build a new
one in a new town on the
Milwaukee's coast extension.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
TO PROSECUTE ST0ckWELL
Attorney General Miller AIss 10 Bring
Action Against Cooper

Fargo Forum: within a
month my department will in
stitute proceedings against
Superintendent of Public In
struction Stock we'll and Insur-
ance Commissioner Cooper,
was the statement made today
to The Forum by Attorney
General Miller.
There is nothing personal
or POLITICAL" he continued,
in these suits. Ny department
is not acting on the report of
the legislative report but on a
later report from the office of
the public examiner. The ex-
animation of the department of
public instruction has been
completed and the findings are
in the main similar to those of
the legislative committee.
Should the same results be
found in the office of the in
surance commissioner a suit
will be started against that
official, too.
The suit against Mr.. Stock
we'll will be for an accounting e
and to determine if that office
is entitled to all the fees. The
action against Mr.. Cooper will
be to recover on what is held
to be excessive exchange paid
banks on checks and drafts.
There is nothing political
in the matter as Mr.. Stockwell
represents one of the branches
of the republican party and Mr..
Cooper the other"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16

Newburg Sun: Ole Kjer
proved up on his fine claim
north of town before, Mark
Hawker at Bottineau on Satur-
day. NJ. E. Hegg and Severt
Kvalheiln were his witness.
Geo. H. Schlosser of May
Vile, son of one of the mem
bers of the firm of Stephens
Schlosser Implement company,
will spend the summer at Rus
sell learning the implement
business.
H. u. Warner was elected
mayor at Westhope, G. S.
Tritnble treasurer, NJ. c. Craw-
ford police magistrate, Hugh
Malone justice, J. F. Jensen, J.
NJ. Baker and Vim. Barber,
aldermen.
Omemee Herald: A copy of
the Oban, Scotland, Times.
received here this week. con-
tains the news that Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald McKinnon are the
parents of another boy. This
latest heir made his appearance
on March 6.
Overly Tribune: It now tran
spires that Peter Ducette en-
tered his place of business a
week ago Monday night and
removed the furniture and
whatever incrininating evil
dence that was lying around.
This was taken over into Ro-
lette county, and Ducette drove
to Gardena where he boarded
the train Tuesday afternoon for
Canada.
The residence at Lansford
occupied by L. B. Cavanaugh
was burned to the ground last
Wednesday morning. The
building was owned by H. +.
Opfer who valued it at 81, SOC
and carried $500 insurance. Mr..
Cavanaugh carried 81, $50 in
surance on the contents of the
building. A bucking gasoline
engine delayed the firemen in
throwing water on the blaze.
Westhope Standard: Tuesday
nj ght, Paul Berens, his cousin
fro m Souris, Mr.. Yost, and +.
D. Zeran, had an experience
they do not care to have repeat.
ed. They were sleeping in Mr..
Berens' room and a big coal
stove was burning in the front
room. During the night gas
escaped from the stove and the
boys came near being as.
phyxiated. One of them was
able to get the door open and
let in fresh air, but they were
pretty sick all day.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
Dora 1horne

On Monday night. April 49,.
the : Ruth Craven company,
we'll known here, will present
Dora Thorne," assisted by
the celebrated Ainsworth
orchestra. This great play is
a dramatization of Bertha NJ.
Clay's widely read novel full of
comedy and pathos. A dance
will be given after the show by
the Ainsworth orchestra. Don t
miss it. Prices 25, so, rs cents.
Seats now on sale.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
May Extend Maxhass Branch

Maxbass, N. d., April 49,
Rumor has it that the Great
Northern will extend it's Town
er-Maxbass branch to Deep
river and start a town there
this summer. This move is
said to be necessary in order to
secure an adequate water sup
ply for locomotives.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16

week
Anna F. johnson to Robert Lew
Is, lot 10 block Eckman .............$ 800 o.
A. H. Lytle ct ux to B. J. Wolfe,
lot block Eckman. 400 90
First National bank. Lansford to
Willis w. Smith, s%swH section
"-lo9 S3... ...................... "
Guttav A. Huss ct ux to A., w.
| Crary. lot Is block 10. Stoltze
second addition to LansfOrd...... 70 90
William Il. Banks ct ux to Geo.
L. Sidener. ct ux neH 12-l6O83.... 1000 90
| l. O. Swe nson ct ux to Northern
Land Colonization Co. nwH T.
4UV w
Tri State Land 90. to William A.
Naumann. south half lot block
D, Gafdena... lVO w
Tri-State Land 90. to Ludwig
Dorr. north half lot block S.
Gardena...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100 %
Andy RI. Strobel to william 9.
Flick, nwH 3016l-75 5.................... 48OO 90
Karl A. Gustafson to Lars Fred
rick GustafsOn, swH 30-160-81.".., 1000 90
w. H. Mcintosh e. 90 to Reidar
Larson. s12seH, e1aswH 2-163-T. 5000 90
Dakota development 90. to r N.
EdmOnds, lot block Maxbass. so 90
Catherine Edmonds and r. N. to
James Nichol, lot 7, 3, block
MaADass... W
O,W: FreemaH ct nx to Charles
Merritt, neZ l5-l6l-82 ................ 90
Oluf NyRard ct ux to Lars Ander-
son, neI 35- 5-159-81 300 90
Jehial Welch ct ux to Charles
Buchanan, sIswH 5. nHnwH g.
loL-|o IDU w
George B. Everson ct ux to city of
Bottin eau. north 40 feet lot 90"
Eastside addi ton to South Bot
ClHedu ~ w
Duncan Cameron ct ux to kathe-
rine Murray, neH 8l-161-79...... 1900 90
Sheriff OF Bottineau county to W.
H. Mcintosh, sheriff deed. M
swM, w14seN 2-162-75 -75............. 1T 80
Anna Rasmussen and Gilbert to
Carl A. Christensen part of neH
swZ 3-l59- SO ..... ........... 1000 90
Arthur D. Ketcham ct ux tOJ. W.
Meagher, seq 29-l62- 80 .................
Christina FulWiler and George l..
to Margaret Tuper. lots II, Is.
block 8, Russell. ..................... 100 %
Margaret Tuper and M. B. to w.
G. Rafter, north 2-5 lot II block
B, Russell. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100 90
David Keller ct ux to Riley Gar
rison. swAsw4 3d. l61-77 ............ 900 90
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16

i. Wanted, 200 or 800 bushels
Of potatoes -Ertresvaag CON-
pany. 13-tf.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
Advertised Letters.

The following letters remain
ed uncalled for in the Bottineau
postoffice, April 10, 1909.
Mrs. euro StOland.
If not called for in IS days
will be sent to the dead letter
Office. Persons calling for same
will please say advertised. Ole
Roland, Postmaster.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
Real Estate Transfers.

The following is list of war
ranty deeds filed for record in
the office of the register of
deeds of Bottineau county last
week.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16
Advertising Brought Success

Holden, No., Progress: J. E..
Cahill, postmaster and one of
the leading merchants of Chill
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16

Carload of farm and garden
seeds at H. NJ. Trent's. 13-tf.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-04-16

Wanted, 200 or 800 bushels
of potatoes. -Ertresvaag COM
pany. 13-tf.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-31
LIQUID HE'LL IN
CHEAP SALOONS

CONTINUED from Page One.)
tain saloon keepers are selling their
chemically prepared "whisky" as the
unadulterated article, but so far the
authorities have been unable to place
their fingers upon any specific case.
But to the average patron of the Pa
lama saloon the word whisky" has
but one meaning, and whether "bot-
tied in bond" or compound" the
booze' is all one to him.
Under the present laws, a rectifier Is
license entities a saloon keeper to dis
pense brand of poison which kills
ultimately just as surely as does car
bolie acid, strychnine or corrosive sub
Innate. Much of the "whisky" sold
by virtue of these rectifier IS licenses
is composed chiefly of raw alcohol,
brown sugar, tobacco juice and fusel-
Olympus Whisky "a compound" or some
oil. And the fusel-oil predominates.
Only one.third of the mixture is requir-
ed by law to be pure whisky.
Whisky is being dispensed in the low
dives at price at which first class
kerosene can not be secured, and is
being drunk by the lower class Ha.
waiians and whites in quantities which
make its consumption nothing less than
suicidal.
Fusel-ol is the ingredient of whisky
which gives the overindulger a fuzzy
tongue and an enlarged head Incl
dentally it is the essentially harmful
element in whisky. The compounds -
being dispensed at about one. quarter the
price at which reasonably pure stuff
can be purchased in wholesale lots, CON
sist ch efy of head and fuzz.
Nearly all of the deaths ascribed to
acute alcoholism, according to a physi.
elan of this city, are directly traceable
TO the rank poison which is sold to the
Ignorant patrons of the cheap dives.
The chief stock in trade of
the rectifier is a little pure wills
ky, supply of fusel-oil, some
Drowned sugar of doubtful variety
cheap alcohol, some TASKS, and some
highly ornate labels, inscribed "Mount
holympus Whisky "a compound" or some
such lettering. Twenty-Five cents will
buy enough Of this brand OF booze t.
provide the average man with thre,
days jag, and about the third bottle Il
likely to qualify the consumer. for .
choice corner lot in Potter's Field.
Death after death during the last few
months has been directly traceable L
the vile stun prepared and sold by
virtue OF the reetihers license, ye
tho authorities are poweress TO tax,
any preventive steps Not only Is thi
stuff being dispensed In retail by tbI
dive'snloon keepers, but, according /,
the authorities, II Is sold In large guam
titles by some Wholesale liquor dealers
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-31
SILENT SEVEN
TOTE MUCH GOLD

Continued from Page One.)
may not speak thereof. Truly, tits
none of the public's business, any
way
And the inquisitive reporter was
gracefully waved aside and vanished,
In other words, he, perforce, faded
away.
Why are all those golden simoleons
being sent aways Who knowsi But
this is true, that when the first day
of the new year arrives, as II will
arrive about tomorrow, all the money
in the banks becomes liable 10 taxa
tion, II II be In banks within this Ter
ritory. That II Is cheaper to move than
to pay rent Is proveTb which flnds
frequent exempliheation In Honolulu ~
elsewhere Aud likewise, Il Is cheaper
TO move many golden simoleons than
IL II 10 pay taxes npon the same, II
coats e1poihlng 10 send those same
golden simole1ns 90 san Francisco, 80
that they may escape the eagle eye Of
the tar gatheref, but u would cost
more 90 keep them ln Honolulu
Maybe that dnesn account for the
s0lomn march 0f The silent Seven laden
with their bags " good And agalp
mAybr a dors ifui u : q Aafr bet thai
ibpfp 4 mafe real money la ll0nplulu
iadsY than Tiers Nil ~ alieI Tue hlp
poo AsW H0gt eai, Apa n 4 annihfl
good hel thai alief , shpfl sel9ufa n
lAf faulla W ihs lipf cog hanhlnf
l.eafft, laaeh u ~ Waney elll FrluIf
! - ~ helae fssllf N lisAplnln,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-31

In width, extending from the easterly
boundary OF said Grant TO the westerly
boundary. containing approximately 20
Of an acre, the center line Of which 10
described as follows;
Beginning at point on the southerly
boundary of l.. G. A. 6l5S to Pao, from
which a cement-filled 3-iuch galvanized
iron pipe bears South 500 l9' East. true,
distant 52S feet; thence North S2s l9'
West, true, l76 feet TO the northerly
boundary of l.. G. A. ISIS to Kukiiahu.
THIRD: Part of Grant III to Kua-
ana, Kauapolei, Eva District, Island of
Oahu, being a strip of land fifty feet in
width, extending from the easterly
boundary of said Grant to the north
westerly boundary, containing approx
mately So of an acre the center line of
which is described as follows:
Beginning at point on the easterly
boundary. of said Grant III to Kuaana,
Kanapolei, from which cement-filled
3-inch galvanized iron pipe bears South
$40 49, East, true, distant $50 feet;
thence North S2s l9' West, true, 476
feet to the northwesterly boundary of
said Grant III to Kuaana, Kauapolei,
Oahu Railway and Land Company es-
Inmates the value of each parcel of said
property as follows and hereby offers to
purchase said parcels for the values
named, to-wit:
FIRST: Leasehold interest of Homo
lulu Plantation Company, $500; per
petual easement upon reversionary in
terest, $1,000.
SECOND: Leasehold interest of Ho
nolulu Plantation Company, 5000; per
petual easement upon reversionary in
terest, $4,000.
THIRD: Leasehold interest of Homo
lulu Plantation Company, $1,000; per
petual easement upon reversionary in
terest, $3.50.
Honolulu, December 20, 1907
OAHU RAILWAY AND LAND
COMPANY,
By its President,
(Sgd) B. +. DILLINGHAM;.
BY its Treasurer,
(Sgd) w. F. DILLINGHAM;.
3l25-Dec. "a, 81, Jan. z, IA
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-31
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIFTH CIRCUIT, TERRITORY OF
HAWAII.
AT cHAMBERs-IN PROBATE.

AL nSofa
In the Matter of the Estate of Ernest
Mladinich, of Kealia, Kauai, De-
ceased.
Order of Notice of Hearing Petition
for Administration.
On reading and fling the petition of
Maria Mladinich, widow of deceased,
alleging that Ernest Mladinich of Kea-
liza, Kauai, died intestate at said Kealia,
on the 18th day of September, A. d.
1909, leaving property in the Hawaiian
Islands necessary to be administered
upon, and praying that letters of ad'
ministration issue to her, the said Maria
Mladinieh;
1t is Ordered that Wednesday, the
10th day of January, A. ID. 1910, at IL
o. clock a. m, be and hereby is appoint
ed for hearing said petition in the Court
Room of this Court at Lihue, Kauai, al
which time and place all persons con
eerned may appear and show cause, il
any they have, why said petition should
not be granted.
Dated at Lihue, Kauai, 9TH December
1909.
(Signed) JACOB HARDY,
Judge of the Circuit Court of the
Fifth Circuit.
Attest:
Il. w. II. PURYIS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of
the Fifth Circuit.
N2S-Dec, II, "a, 81, Jan.