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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-10
The Empty Eight Gallon Keg

Down on the depot platform,
Bathed in the wintry breeze,
Shy long ago, of its contents
With nothing inside it to freeze
Shorn of it's last amber dreg,
Bun gess, beerless and friendless,
There it has stood for fortnight
Out in the cold and the snow,
With never proffer of shelter
No friends their glad greetings to show.
Frendless, alone and bedra ggled
Feeling if empty kegs can,
Like the homeless and world d-weary wand rer,
The thief or the moneyless man.
Once it had friends-they were many,
Gathered around it night
Safe from the prohibs keen vision
Patting it's sides with delight,
Drank they it's contents with gusto
Deep of its treasure they quafed.
Listened to song, speech and story
Guzzled and listened and laughed.
. Tarred they long at the spiggot,
Till from it the last drop wrung,
Then twas removed with mallet
And the rest poured of the bung.
Into the alley they pitched it,
Out through somebody g back door.
Hurled they anathenas after it,
Because it's fat sides held more.
Maybe twas somebody's birthday
His friends would fain celebrate
And maybe to win voters friendship
1t was furnished by some candidate.
Maybe some fellow got married
And to add to the wedding day cheer,
Had invited the boys" on the quiet
And set up eight gallons of beer
Down the depot platform,
Bathed in the wintry breeze,
Shy long ago of it's contents
With nothing inside it to freeze,
Shorn of its former glory,
Tapped of it's last ami Der dreq,
Bungless, beerless and friendless
Stands an empty eight gallon keg
-. F. Dalton.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-10
EXTRA
B0TTINEAU HAS 1881

Washin gton D. c., February
10, 1911. Especial to the Cou-
rant: The population of the
city of Bottlneau, thirteenth
census, is 1881. E. Dana Du-
rand, supervisor of the census.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

realize that little precaut.on is good
thing. Tie tirepro0f storage house OF the
Omaha Van and Storage company is one
Of the best in the west and VIII accommO-
date great amount OF goods.
The monthly payment plan OF the Omaha
Loan and Building association is extremely
popular, and many are -allng advantages
OF iu Just now
". II. Thomas reports that many loans
for building purposes are being made this
spring,
II Is about planting time and Omaha
seed dealers are -adiuE large orders for
the spring. The Nebraska seed company
has received a large number of orders for
Immediate shipment
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

W. W Sherwood has just remodeled th'
wiring at the Omaha club. He also ha.
installed new fixtures there.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

VERY architect will testify that
~ m nine cases out II ten the
man who builds a home the
second time will build IL Of
masonry construction, usually
~ Of brick
The reasons for this are general First
he finds that the house soon loses its
fresh. new appearance. as the luster OF
newly painted woodwork wears off and
becomes streaked and sometimes faded In
places. making il necessary to paint the
house every two or three years in order
to have it look well. II is not necessary
to paint IL this often as a preservative. but
IL is necessary. especially in large cities
for appearance sake, second. X he has
lived in the first home ten or more years
he knows that il requires frequent repair
ing; third he has not that feeling OF Sc
curity from fire which one experiences in
a masonry-walled home fourth. he knows
by comparison with the experiences OF
those who live in masonry homes that his
frame house has cost him more for insur-
ance. more for repairs and more for heat
as we'll as more time and attention, than
would be required IL built with masonry
walls and but few wood mouIdings fifth.
his first home-building experience has
proven that il pays to investigate, and
his Investigation will invariably show that
the actual difference between the cost OF
frame construction and masonry cunstruc-
ton today is not much.
Fifty years ago stone. brick and wood
we're the only materials used to any ex-
tent in the construction OF homes and
buildings. Our forests were plentiful. in
fact had to be cut down in places to make
room for the progress OF civilization alung
the western frontier, which made the sup
ply OF lumber greater than the demand,
and consequently OF low cost
Owing to the expense OF duarrying and
putting stone into marketable shape stone
has always been high-priced. The in
creased cost OF labor makes the cost as
much today as IL cost years ago. in spite
OF the fact that machinery is used In stone
cutting and carving to a large extent.
With brick the conditions are somewhat
different Fifty years ago few clay beds
had been discovered, the methods OF man
ufacturs and handling bricks were crude.
expensive and the distance from the few
clay beds to many cities was so great
that the cost OF the freight added to the
cost OF the material at the kilns. almost
prohibited the use OF high-grade brick in
many localities.
Today there are brick manufacturers in
nearly every state OF the union. manufac-
turing everything from the commonest
clay brick to the finest pressed and hard
burned veneer
The competition created by this fact. the
saving in freight and the reduction OF cost
through improved methods OF handling
have kept the cost OF various grades OF
brick down to a reasonable price. while
wood products. because OF the growing
scarcity and various combinations among
the lumbermen, have constantly increased
in price.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

approval which nature gives to all decep-
tons.
Cement over brick or hollow tile is en-
tirelv practical when properly applied. and
often very beautiful Il is a little cheaper
in most localities than solid brick con-
strucrion, with a high priced brick veneer,
and this fact is responsible for its growing
popularity.
The prospective home builder should not
lose sight OF the fact that for a slight
increase in cost and a little more care in
construction. the life Of house can be
greatly prolonged. and that the saving in
repairs alone in the course OF ten or fiji
teen years VIII more than offset the addi-
tionaI expense.
Masonry houses greatly increase tho
G-llue Of the property on which they
stand and the property around them. To
build such a home is to build one which
your children and their children can enjoy
practically firaproof from without a thing
OF beauty to them as it will be to you. to
say nothing OF the additional security, the
appearance OF substantially and ready
saleableness. The additional cost is nomi-
nal.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

The result is that while &c costs more to
build any kind Of a home nowadays than
fifty years ago. the actual difference be-
tween the cost OF a frame walled and a
brick walled house seldom exceeds 10 per
cent The exact difference will OK course
vary in different communities - proper
ton to the grade and kind Of brick Sc
lected. In only one instance has the writer
known OF there being a difference OF less
than per cent. and very rarely the diff
ference exceeds Z per cent a difference OF
10 per cent Is therefore good average
figure to use when making estimates.
It was not until The beginning OF the
present century that the value OF cement
and concrete was fully appreciated as a
building material for general purposes.
Since then such progress has been made in
the use az this material in various ways
that 1t has become one OF the most widely
used materials on the market The rapid
advance N the use Of this material in this
country bids fair to be one OF the marvels
OF building progress. One OF our largest
Portland cement manufacturers sold less
than 100000 barrels in 1891 as compared
with the sale OF 7.0O1.0O) barrels in 1910
The tendency to try to make a masonry
home in appearance at the cost OF a frame
one. as shown by the extensive use OF ce-
ment veneer on various kinds OF lath over
frame construction. is to be regretted, for
il is not by any means a permanent form
OF construction. There is always more or
less vibration to a frame house, especially
in windy localities. or where seismetic
Disturbances are frequent, which the thin
masonry veneer over a frame wall is not
piiable enough to Withstand WE'LL causing
cracks to appear in time in spite OF all
precautions that can be taken. In some
cases. where the metal lath is not what
il should be, and rusts out, the veneer
actually falls off II is a sham form OF
construction, and like all shams in this
world. receives in time the stamp OF dis
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

One OF the systems OF heating used in
thousands OF houses Is warm air and hot
water combined. The hot water produces
a steady heat while the warm air gives
pure air and humidity. A complete system
OF this kind is on exhibition In the sales
rooms OF the Omaha Stove Repair Works,
I20s-Os Douglas street. A Howard Their
mastats is attached and every visitor may
see at a glance Just what effective work
this system will do.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

a phenomenal active record. shows de-
crease OF "a per cent. Against these de-
creases some very satisfactory increases
are to be noted including Minneapolis with
227 per cent St Paul 104. Baltimore fa3
Pittsburg s. Milwaukee "a. Indianapolis .,
Des Moines 53i. Fort Worth p. san Diego
"a. Wilkes-Barre L, Terre Haute g. and
Chattanooga 81
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

There were gains in thirty-eight cities
and losses in thirty-three. The losses
we're confined ch'eflv 70 the larger cities
where building has been active for a con-
siderable period including Chicago. with
loss OF q per cent New York 81 Philadel-
phia G. Boston 2. BROOKLYN 81. St Louis :.
Kansas City l3. Denver 80 and, singular as
It may seem, Los Angeles, which has had
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

70 20 buildings. involving a total estimated
cost OF tas.s|Z.56- as against E.,5 buildings.
involving a total cost u sH.2tLtlo Tor the
same month a year ago an increase uf 80
building and a decrease Of Sos ass. or Is
per cent The figure in detail are as f1i-
lows.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Building Record for February

Permits were taken out for a larger
number Of buildings In February. hut the
amount involved was not so great as in
the corresponding month a wear ago. In
seventy-tvo cities permits wer. taken out
according to official reports 90 Conatruc-
ton News in the month lust closed Tor
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

Al order for sixteen flower vases 20 com
plets decorations for the top OF an English
wall around the house OF s. B. Doyle $40
North Thirty-eighth street, was placed
with the Omaha stove Repair Works Tor
April delivery.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

Dealers declare that Omaha has been Ear
behind many other western cities in the
use Of vases and urns for the display OF
flowers IN public places. But now many
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Building Notes of the Week

people Interested in beautifytng their
homes are buying these articles and
Omaha dealers report many purchases dur
ing the last week.
Among the most beautifully finished res
licences in the city are those OF G. #.
Epeneter, W. F. Gerkes Joseph Cudahy,
z. L. McShane and .. G. Bradford. The
sherwin- Williams products were used in
finishing these residences. Barker Bros.
Paint company sold the material
W W. Sherwood. electrical contractor.
reports that many Omaha people are hav-
ing the electrical wiring in their homes
changed this spring
Plating that endures Is the kind that the
Omaha silver company does. This firm is
daily receiving praise Tor ITS effective
work.
When people leave the city for the sum
mer they almost invariably have their
household goods placed in storage. IL is
said that Omaha people are coming u
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Mr.. CLAUSEN'S BOOK
aThe Art, Sciences and Sentiment Of
Eomehuildtlg."

covers a wide range OF subjects in
Guiding the planning OF bungalows.
suburban and city homes. costing
from 5000 to $4,000. letting con-
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Address, Arthur G. Clauaan. Arnhi-
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Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

Already orders are beng placed with
local firms for porch screens window and
door screens. The Omaha Window Screen
delivery
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25
WEST DENIsoN ITEMS.

Mrs. John McNertney, of Manila,
visited with Mrs. D. p. O'Brien Sun
day.
Misses Boyer and brother spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Louie Johannsen.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoist and son,
Heinie, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Kahl and family Sunday.
Mrs. c. c. Houlihan visited with
Mrs. G. Powell Thursday.
|. A merry crowd of relatives and
friends gathered at the A. Schweson
home Tuesday evening to help Mrs.
Schwesow celebrate her birthday. All
had merry time.
Mr.. Smith, of Ainsworth, Neb., was
ia Sunday visitor at the John Fritz
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Glau, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Hasse and Mr.. and Mrs. H. Son.
nicksen spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug Miller.
Loretta Murphy visited with Jane
and Margaret Brown Sunday.
Misses Lena, Alma and Emma
Boyer and brothers and Carl Pruise
and Herman LadWig spent Thursday
evening at the Fred Boyer home.
Mrs. Ed Granger visited with Mrs,
Fienhold Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoist and Mr..
and Mrs. John Rimer were Saturday
evening visitors at the VIM. LEM
home.
Misses Boyer, Prosch and Kahl and
Messrs. Boyer, Prosch, Harm Rue
berg and Pruise spent Saturday even
ing at the Herman Boyer home.
Mr.. Hartigan, of Soldier, Messrs.
Conroy, Owens, Burns, Allemann and
Miss Conroy were guests at the NJ. L.
Houilhan home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kahl and family
left Tuesday for their new home in
Denison. The many friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Kahl wish them many more
happy years of married life.
Mr.. Hans Sonnicksen sent carload
of machinery to his new home in
Bridgewater, S. D., Tuesday. Mr..
Sonnicksen and family intend to move
in few weeks.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

Geo. Lucey, of Sioux City, is visit
ing friends in this vicinity.
Vincent Lawler and sisters and
Josie Murphy visited over Sunday at
the James Duffy home.
James Dunn, of Chariot, Iowa, is
visiting his uncle, Tom Dunn, near
Breda.
At st. Joseph's church of Wall Lake
on Wednesday morning, Miss Mary
Blessington became the bride Of d. E.
Murphy. Rev. Father, Daily perform
ed the ceremony with nuptial mass.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Lillian, while Jerry Murphy, brother
of the groom, acted as best man. There
was a wedding dinner for the imme-
date relatives at the home of the
bride Miss Blessington has been
reared in this vicinity and has won
for herself many friends, while the
groom is a prosperous young man
with many energetic ways. Their
many friends join in wishing them
success in life.
Joe Lawler and sister, Lillian, called
on Agnes Maher last week.
Harold and Lizzie Herman called on
the John Lawler family Wednesday.
John Murphy transacted business in
West Side recently.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25
Arion Letter.

The Rev. VIM. Fletcher, of Atlantic,
who is assisting Rev. Calkins of this
place in series of special meetings,
gave his popular lecture, across the
Atlantic in an Ocean Liner" last Sat
urday evening.
We only wish everyone in town
could have heard it. On every hand
we hear, "That was the best thing OF
it's kind ever given here" "Why didn't
he talk longer" 1T didn't seem like
an hour and half" The lecture was
packed full of information which
showed keen observation. 1t was
pressed down and running over with
wit and humor. At times you could
have heard pin fall and the next mo-
ment the place was filled with roars
of laughter.
In one part of his lecture, Rev.
Fletcher took car load of fat cattle
from the Iowa farm through the Chi
cago stock yards and Swift & Co.'S
packing house; from thence to New
York and into the refrigerator of a
White Star liner and finally delivered
it to the salesman in the Smithf1eld
market, London, England, and thence
to the Englishman's dinner table.
Rev. Fletcher's lecture showed his
ability as a platform speaker, his
mastery of his subject. His unique
and original manner of delivery com
pels and holds the attention of his
audience from first to last.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25
HAYES NEWS.

Hans Voss spent Sunday with his
neighbor, Fred Lahndorf.
Arthur Allemann spent Sunday with
F. LahndOrf.
Last week Tuesday Arthur Ale
mann, of Vail, went up to Denison to
visit with relatives.
Henry Lahndorf, of West Side,
went up to Manning for a three days
visit with friends.
VIM. Koberg gave sale January
18th, and very large crowd attended.
Mr.. Fred Lahndorf, ST., of West
Side, was on the sick list for couple
of days.
Mr.. Ewoldt spent Monday evening
with his neighbor, F. Lahndorf.
Mr.. R. C. Bradshaw, who has been
staying with his daughter, Amanda, at
the home of her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. Lahndorf, of West Side,
has gone to Osawattomie, Kan, to
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Brad
shaw, and sister, Mrs. Ida Wingfield.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25
PAGE TWELVE.
NIshNABoTNY NEWS.

Born, on Sunday the 18th, to MI
and Mrs. Harry Mundt, a baby boy.
Miss Mae Comstalk left Tuesday
morning for an extended visit with
relatives at Sioux City.
Mike Laughran and sister, Miss Mel.
lie, were visiting with friends in Dun
lap few days last week. They at
tended the dance given there Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Annie Steinkeuhler and son,
Fred, were visiting at the Aug Loe"e
home Wednesday.
Thomas McGinn and wife were Wis
iting here Wednesday with John Nc
CHM and wife.
Born, on Tuesday the 18th, to Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Snow, twin boys.
Willie and Martin Lockmiller spent
Sunday with their sister, Mrs. Henry
Meyer.
John Flahive is helping John Com
stalk haul ice from Denison this week.
Miss Minnie Petersen returned home
from Kansas City Saturday, where she
has been in the hospital for the past
several weeks.
Miss Ida Hollander spent Sunday
at the parental home.
Peter Mangan, of Dewitt, and Simon
McGinn, of Dunlap, were over-SuEday
visitors with relatives here.
Fritz Null was county seat Wis
itor Saturday.
Mrs. Will Heiden and children We're
visiting the first of the week at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Leuth.
Willie Mundt called at the home of
his parents, Dedrick Mundt and wife,
in Denison last Friday.
Miss Minnie Loewe was the Sunday
guest of her friend, Miss Minnie Peter
sen.
Miss Ida Hollander is assisting Mrs.
Robt. Simon with her household work
this week.
John Scheuerman was Buck Grove
caller Saturday evening.
Mrs. August Loewe spent Thursday
afternoon at the Robert Snow home.
Mrs. Henry Petersen is spending the
week with her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Snow.
Mrs. Charley Shut spent several
days the fore part of the week at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Mundt.
James Tate, VIM. Mullenger, John
Flaive and Henry Meyer were among
those on the sick list this week.
Mr.. Fred Loewe, of near Buck
Grove, called on his brother, August,
last Sunday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25
RELIC Of ANTIQUITY.
The Seal That Is So Often Used on
LEGAL Documents.

Legal Documents.
A most absurd thing connected with
legal business is the little piece Of red.
green or blue paper or daub of sealing
wax which we often place at the end
of signature to deed, will or other
important document.
1t is a very small thing in size, but
one to which great deal of impor-
lance is frequently given. 1t is a relic
Of antiquity, and no plausible excuse
can be invented for continuing its use.
Some Of the more progressive states
have practically abolished its use by
legislation, which depr!ves 1t of any
technical legal significance. In others,
however, 1t is still used with all Sc
robustness and solemnity, and an a.
most magical value is given to it by
dignified judges that is little less than
ridiculous.
A man died years ago leaving part
Of his estate to another to enjoy while
he lived, with the privilege of devising
it at his death to others whom he
might select by writing under his
"hand and SEAL" A writing was exc
cuted so devising the property, but it
was contested by others claiming the
property upon the technical ground
that the paper contained no seal after
the signature and the devise was
therefore void.
| A wise Philadelphia Judge closely
scrutinized the signature and after
carefully listening to the arguments
Of lawyers decided that at the end Of
the signature there was an extra
scroll or flourish made with the pen
with which the signature was made
and that this was sufficient in law to
constitute seal.-Case and Comment.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25
Be Yourself,

Insist on yourself; never initiate.
Your own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force Of
a whole life's cultivation, but Of the
adopted talent Of another you have
only an extremporaneous, half pos
session. That which each can do best
none but his Maker can teach him.
Where Is the master who could have
taught Shakespeare? Where is the mas
ter who could have instructed Frank
lin or Washington or Bacon or New
ton? Every great man is unique Do
that which is assigned to you and you
cannot hope too much or dare too
much.-Emerson.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25

A girl not only has great trouble
in getting money to buy hat, but
she has great trouble in finding hat
that suits her after she gets the mon.
ey.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-25

Sis Hungerford, who has been ho-
ping for years that something would
happen to prevent it, gave up last
week, and went to work in one Of TIE
drygoods stores. She is nice girl.
and had high ideals, but was finally
compelled to give them up.