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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

S'"N s~s
while ago, Just atfew months. Fair.
mont was infested with all kinds oil
beggers. legless men. blind men and
women, a mar with an alleged broken
neck and the "%fifty.seyen varieties" OF
cripples. They either sold shoe strings
or pencils or turned out weird music
on a hand organ. French harp or beat
cut a kind OF tune on some ~stringed
instrument. These unfortunates have
passed away from Fairmont like a
midnight's summers dream, or better
still. like the nightmare. Where have
they gone? They are not here and
have not been for quite n while so they
mist have gone hence. Wherever that
is. Several OF these beggars when ask.
cd how business wax in Fairmont ev.
cry n said that 1t was the best city
In the State and that West Virginia
people were the most liberal OF any
commonwealth they had visited. and
some of them had during the past'dec.
ade have frequented every city Of any
size in the Union.
or course, there are less such peo.
pie TO visit tho northern and middle
States during the winter. but there are
always a few every week to drop in
and cover the cities the size Of Fair
mont. but since tho leaves have fal.
len in this section and the birds have
flown into Dixie and, there has not
been a disabled beggar ii Fairmont,
while It Is said that such as to be
found in every city in West Virginia
during the past several months. 1t
may be possible thst they are headed
for this city and will come in droves
as they did last fall, when there were
not less than eight here at one time.
With rare exceptions, the poor unfor-
,tunates cause ;the authorities mae
trouble and 1t is seldom they arc ar.
rested for violation Of the law unless
he is OF the degenerate class.
1t Is indeed a hard life to so through
this old world with stumps fol. legs
and still more pttable to live without
seeing the bright sunshine. the flowers
and all the glories Sot God which He
made that man might feast his eyes
upon the graiidure or nature; then.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the A.. o.
Hdentertained a number OF friends at
a Valentine party last evening a, the
Kltghts of Columbus Hall. on Fair.
mont avenue, Dancing and cards were
the diversion Of the evening and n
course Of refreshments was served.
Howell Fleming furnished music for
the dancing.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

Martha Washington Tea, beginning
at 5 o'clock. in lecture room OF Luth.
Gran church. Wednesday evening, Feb.
,ruary %. Price Is cents. Ice cream
and cake extra. There will be a Cot.
tolcne cake contest'ln connection with
the tea. Everyone is asked to enter
a cake. Splendid premiums viii BIO
given.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
Game Tonight.

The basket ball teams OF the High
School and the Union Business Col.
lese VIII meet In a game OF basket
ball tonight at the Y. NJ. C. A. gymnas.
ium. This is expected 10 be n fine
game as both teams are in excellent
shape and EXPECT TO put up a fine ex-
hibition Of basket ball,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

saIssrIbs Ia the West yp alniah.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
impressive SERVICES
OVER THE REMAINS OF MRS. r. C.
HUNTINGTON WERE HELD THIS
AFTERNOON AT HER LATE RES.
iDENCE.

.H-.H "H..# H...E
This afternoon ut 3 o'clock at her
late residence on Fairmont avenue
funeral services were held over the re.
mains Of Mrs, r.. c. Huntington, whose
death occurred on Wednesday. Dr.. ].
c. Broomfield, OF the NJ. P. Temple,
pastor OF the deceased, conducted the
services and was assisted by Rev. II.
G. Stoetzer, Of the First Presbyterian
church.
A selected choir rendered several
selections, among them being God Is
Love and Crossing the Bar" The
casket in which the remains rested
was completely surrounded with beau
tlful, floral tributes, At the conclusion
Of the services at the house the re.
mains were conveyed to Woodlawn
cemetery where they We're laid to
rest. The pail bearers were Messrs.
George Miller, Glenn F. Barnes, Fred
Helmlck, Joe, p. Fleming and J., r,
Linn.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
Civic Club Entertained.

AiissesG nellie Peppers and Mary
Shroyer were hoslesses to the mem
bers of the Civic Club of the High
School Inst evening al, the home Of
the formers grandfather. Mr.r w. E.
Arnett, on Pike street; ~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
DUFAULT ARRESTED
Brother Of Westhope Jeweler Caught
In Grand Forks With JeWelry
IS NOW AWAITING HIS HEARING
Says His Brother Owed Him Money
and Gave Him the Goods in
Settlement.

There was q new develop
ment in the Dufault case this
week when Ed Dufault appear
ed in Grand Forks with a cou-
pie of large grips filled with
jewelry, fountain pens, ETC.,
and it is alleged offered some
of the goods for sale at a susp-
ciously low price. The Grand
Forks police arrested him on
suspicion of his being connect
ed with recent robberies in
South Dakota but learned
enough from his somewhat
rambling and disconnected
stories to connect him with
the Westhope case.
Sheriff Sandstrom brou ght
Dufault here on Tuesday even
ing and lodged him in Jail to
await a hearing next week.
His possession of part of the
jewelry stock and his failure to
CApIdlIl lis WllCI CtOOulS OII llfC
night of the fire on which the
arson charge against Peter Du-
fault is based suggest that he
may know a good deal more of
the crime than appeared at the
first hearing when the charge
against him was dismissed.
Ed Dufault claims that Peter
owed him $500 and it was in
part payment of this amount
that the jewelry he had in his
possession was turned over.
He denies being in Westhope
on the night of the fire and
further than this refuses to
talk.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
MATTERS IN COUNTY COURT
Resume of Important Business Trans
acted During the Week.

On Monday, the 17th, there
was hearing III the matter of
the guardianship of William
Thomas Shaw ct al.
The adjourned hearing on
the accounting of J. J. SCully,
administrator of the estate of
William Stewart, deceased, took
place on Monday.
Hearing on the matter of the
conveyance of real estate in
the estate of Mark Hawker,
deceased, was had yesterday
and an adjournment was taken
until June 1.
Frank Sims was appointed
executor in the estate of Peter
Cudhie in a reopening of the
estate to distribute previously
undiscovered property.
Notice of appeal was filed III
the matter of the administrator
of the estate of F. w. Schroed
er, deceased. The matter will
be heard in district court.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
Cemetery Improvement
Secretary Weaver Has Begun Work on
Beautifying the Cemetery.

J. H. H.Weaver, secretary of the
cemetery association, is busy
mulching the trees already in
the grounds and making pre-
parations for putting in a num-
Der of new ones this spring.
The lawn mowers have been
started in order to get all the
dead grass out of the way.
The cemetery association is
now almost out of debt and the
suggestion has been made that
the lifting of the balance of the
debt would be a worthy object
for public dinner or supper or
some such method of raising g
funds.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
D0lNGs over The COUNTY.
Items of Interest to Courant Readers
CuIled From Our EXCHANGES.

Arthur Nash of Lansford had
his elbow dislocated by the
kick of a horse.
Eugene Dunham shipped a
car of horses and machinery
from Lansford to Concord,
Mont.
r. Wray is city marshal of
Lansford, succeeding Chris.
Nelson, resigned.
Several Lansford music lovers
went to Minot to hear the St.
Paul Symphony orchestra.
A. Madsen of Rugby has &C.
cepted a position in drug
store at Omemee.
The Messenger compares a
gopher-shooting expedition by
three of the Souris nimrods to
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
u. c. T. Booster Book.

c.. H. Dixon and A. w Dewey
of Fargo, representing the Z.
c. T., addressed the commercial
club on Thursday evening rel
ative to a handsome souvenir
book of North Dakota which is
to be distri buted at the Fargo
convention in June and will be
circulated widely in other ways
1t is intended to have practical
ly every county in the state
represented by good pictures
and descriptive matter. The
work will be a very fine one, in
fact just what would be expect
ed from the best boosters in the
state-the travelling men. Bot
tineau will have four pages in
the volume.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL
Appointive Offices for Two Year Term
Filled and Committees Chosen

The city council met Tuesday
evening and in addition to the
transaction of routine business
the appointments made b y
Mayor Bate were received.
The officers for the two year
term other than those holding
by election are: City attorney,
E. c. Bowen; city auditor, D..
K. Carlson; chief of fire depart
ment, G.. A. Martin; assistant
chief, Dan White; chief Of
police and superintendent of
waterworks, II. A. McKeen;
city engineer, Edmund White;
health officer, DR.. J. A. John
sou; member Of special assess
ment commission for term of
six years, G.. l.. Newhouse.
Che rnavor also announced
his committees as follows:
Finance-Mackay, Adams.
Fire and water-Wekseth,
Chretien, Berthiaume an d
White.
Streets and public grounds
White and Adams.
Sewers MacKay, Chretien
and White.
Lights ts-White and Adams.
Police Berthiaume, w e k
seth and Chretien.
Ordinances-Chretien a n d
MacKay.
Public Improvements-Mac-
Kay, Adams, Berthiau1ne and
Wekseth.
Auditing-Wekseth, Adams
and Berthiaume.
The new board of health con-
sists of Aldermen Chretien,
Wekseth, White and MacKay
and City Engineer White and
Health Officer johnson.
In the organization of the
new council \. Berthiaume
was chosen as president anC
a. II. MacKay as vice-pres-
ident.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
Eidsv0Id School District.

School No. t closed Friday of
last week with a fine literary
program consisting of songs,
reCitations, speeches and con-
tests. The following were the
winners in the contests:
Reading, first grade, Olav
Sjule.
Reading, second grade, Lud-
Wig Skjei.
Reading, third grade, Nels
Skjei.
Spelling, third grade, Harold
Skjei.
Numbers, second gra d e,
Abraham Erickson.
Arithmetic, third gra d Z,
Harold Skjei.
The teacher gave the pupils
and parents $l3 in checks as
presents for excellent work in
connection with the school and
several dollars besides for head
marks.
Anton Gordon has taught
this school three terms and will
soon leave for his home in
Montana.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
Narrowing vs.. Praying For Rain.

If | were to come onto your
farm and set $50 teams to work
for a week hauling water onto
a quarter section at the rate of
four tons day | would then
only put on as much water as
evaporates in a week when
there is good moisture con-
tent in the soil.' This is the
strik i'll g illustration that Presid-
ent Worst of the North Dakota
agricultural college gives of
the tremendous amount of
water that escapes by evapora-
ton. He then concludes: a
thoroughly narrowing will stop
this evaporation and save that
amount of water. -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
Three New Automobiles

Mcintosh & Gleason received
three new model Maxwell run
abouts on Wednesday of this
week and delivered them on
the same day to the purchasers,
J. A. Painter, II. E. Layne of
this city and Phil Halls of Will
low City. The cars are little
dandies as we were able to dis
cover through the kindness of
Mr.. Painter, who came around
and took us for a spin as soon
as his machine was unloaded.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21

Shernan's march to the sea-
in point Of dead and wounded
we suppose.
l.. G.. Buttz and Sam john
son shipped carload of goods
/, t. Canada from Omemee last
week.
Several Gardena CANNES broke
into a package of poison left in
barn and committed suicide.
The Souris Messenger has re-
duced to four pages until adver-
tising patronage picks up.
The voters of Haram town.
ship secured a town hall by an
arrangement with the school
board permitting them to build
a cement basement under the
school building.
A man named Clark started
in to shoot up Willow City and
his first target was a $40 plate
glass in the front of a hard
ware store. He was arrested
before he could fully satisfy his
craving for gun practice.
Thad Michaels says he has
O,OOO of the big merchants of
Willow City on his list of
regular advertisers.
Newburg will have big
celebration on the 18th of May.
Steve Reap has bought the
Antler dray line.
Editor Myers boasts that
Maxbass is the busiest town in
the county.
Edward Rowe OF Hurd is do
ing large poultry business
with Silver Laced Wyandottes
as his principal breed.
"A. w. Ellsworth, farmer
near Naxbass, will seed a
thousand acres and in order to
do it will put on day and night
crews. Auto lights will be
used at night.
Business buildings at Antler
are being painted.
Editor Drake is indebted to
Attorney Currie Of Westhope
for few Filipino cuss words
that are effective in subduing a
gasoline engine. They must
be good ones.
Henry Warner, formerly of
Westhope, has reached the
finals in the Montana declama-
ton contest.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
GUN CLUBS FIRST SHOOT.
Trap-shooters Began Seasons Practice
Wednesday Evening.

The Bottineau Gun Club held
held the first shoot of the sea
son Wednesday evening with
ten guns out. The scores were
low but there were number
of good reasons for that. Some
of the boys complained of their
trigger fin gers being a little
slow, some we're using last
years ammunition and some
were beginners at the blue rock
game. They will all improve
and within a few weeks will be
ready to meet all Comers. Fol
lnmirn iS the Scnre.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21

tural college has furnished free
seed corn and printed direc-
tions for corn growing contests
i'm the rural schools. The con
tests are now exerting a large
influence upon the agriculture
of the state, while the educa-
tional and cultural effect pro-
duCed is of no small amount.
The general interest among
farmers in corn. raising this
year will be much greater than
ever before. The acreage of
this great crop will be more
than double that of preceding g
years. We should have a large
number of boys and girls en-
listed in the corn growing con-
tests in Bottineau county this
season. Will you kindly get
the enrolment of all boys and
girls in your school who will
take part in the contests in
your school and forward their
names to this office at the earl
lest date possible. This is es-
sential in order that the neces-
sary amount of seed may be
sent out in time for plantin g
and the instructions for it's care
and cultivation be mailed you.
Let me urge you to interest
your pupils in this important
movement. Secure the names
of as many as will pledge them
selves to follow directions care
fully and to put forth every
effort possible to bring a credit
able exhibit to the fall contest.
| would suggest that you head
your list with the above pledge
or promise and follow with list
of names and addresses of all
desiring to take part in the
contest.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
StoItz Yards Were Sold.

The Stoltz Lumber company
has disposed of it's yards in
North Dakota to the Piper
Howe Lumber company, and
the change in management will
take place within a few days.
The Stolz yards are located at
Minot, Westhope, Souris, Glen
burn, Lansford Nohall and
Sherwood. E. l.. johnson will
have charge of the North Oak o.
ia settlements for the Stoltz
company.
The Stoltz Lumber company
has been very successful. Mr..
Stoltz will probably put in a
string of yards in Montana.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
County School Notes.

The Arbor day programs
have been received from the
state department of public in
struction. They are attractive
ly gotten up and contain valua-
BILE information in regard to
the selection of trees and shrubs
for school grounds. Sugges-
tions are given with reference
to, planting and a statement of
the cost is also given.
A striking feature of this
years program is that all the
selections, with one exception,
are written by North Dakota
people. It is hoped that every
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21

school will give attention to
this important day. School
boards are especially requested
to assist teachers and pupils in
beautifying the school grounds.
Several of our rural schools
arestnaking inquiries in egard
tofhe new law which provides
state aid for rural schools. We
have not received a complete
copy of the new school law yet
but as soon as we do special
announcement will be made
with reference to this special
line of work.
Srrgius school district was
the hrst to enter the corn con-
test, Miss Orr and Miss Byrnes
entering their names the same
day. Brander, Mountain View,
Willow Vale and Bottineau
districts have taken up the
work.
Several of our teachers are
work ing out the plan of hav-
ing the school the social center
of the community. The latest
has been begun by Mr.. G. P.
Larson, teacher of the Cordelia
school.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
Theology For All

At the Methodist church, be
ginning on Sunday next at s
p. M, and continuing tor
several Sunday evenings, the
pastor will deliver a series of
sermon on COD =
Plan in Creating the Universe
and Man, The discourses
will be both practical and spirit
ual. Written questions duly
signed are invited and will be
ans wered-if possible, at these
services. All are cordially in
vited.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
Big Deal In Real Estate.

Deeds were filed yesterday in
the transfer of a section of land
near Souris to Oscar J. Israel
of Charlton, Iowa, for con-
sideration of. $1S, 72O. The land
lies in Peabody township and
was formerly held by t h e
Northern Land Colonization
company.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
Checked the Books.

Commissioners Glomseth,
Nelson, Capes and States At
torney Weeks met on Tuesday
and went over the books of the
late sheriff, Richard Bond, and
checked them up as per resolu-
ton of the county board at the
last meeting. Everything was
found to be in good shape.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
SEED IS FURNISHED TO PUPILS
Superintendent layne Calls Attention
Of Teachers TO Corn Raising.

County Superintendent HE.
Layne is sending out this week
to the teachers of Bottineau a
circular calling attention to the
corn raising contests and urg-
ing them to promote interest in
it again this year. The letter
is as follows:
For several years. the agricul-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-04-21
LANDMARK GONE
Old meBrayen Hotel Building Destroy
ed by Fire Last Saturday.
WAS MOVED FROM Old TOWN
Fire Started in the Hamilton Tailor
Shop From Gasoline Stove
Explosion.

At about four o'clock last
Saturday afternoon the explo-
sion of a gasoline stove in the
tailor shop of Hamilton & Son
started a fire which destroyed
the old MyBrayen hotel build
ing on Fifth street with most
of it's contents and also burned
Thomas Hamilton quite severe
ly about the face, neck and
arms. The cause of the explo-
sion is unknown but the force
of it was sufficient to break the
glass in the front of the shop
and this gave the fire such a
draft that in spite of the prompt
work of the department it was
apparent from the first that the
building was doomed.
The building destroyed was
one that had been used as a
hotel in the old town and was
moved here in 1888 and used
for the same purpose until the
Stone hotel Twas built. Recent
ly it has been occupied by the
tailor shop and George Whites S
barber shop and bathrooms on
the ground floor and the upper
story by John Sidney O'Brien S
offices.
The fire spread so rapidly
that nothing was saved from
the tailor shop. George White
succeeded in getting out his
barber chairs and mirrors and
a few smaller furnishings.
O'Brien saved nothing.
The tiremen put up a splen-
did fight to keep the fire from
spreading to adjacent buildings
but it looked at one time as
though there was no hope.
The pressure ran low and it
became necessary to bring out
the gasoline fire engine. This
caused some delay and the
flames mounted rapidly. With
the engine playing strong g
stream, however, the boys re-
gained the lost ground and ex-
tinguished the fire with only a
few charred and tottering walls
to mark the place of one of the
oldest buildings in the city.
Several hundred persons
gathered to watch the fire and
there was considerable agita-
ton when the upper floor gave
away and carried down with it
three of the firemen, Clarence
Ferguson, Ferdinand Beyers
and Duncan Macarthur. 1t was
feared they were killed or bad
ly injured but they crawled
out of the debris with hardly a
scratch and at once returned to
their work. +.
Hamilton & Son carried $500
insurance and their loss has
been adjusted at the full
amount of the policy. They
are still heavy losers and be-
sides their stock of goods a
good deal of custom work was
destroyed. George White had
$500 insurance and his losshas
not yet been adjusted. John
Sidney O'Brien places his loss
in books and papers at ST, 600.
The building was insured for
$500.
The Hamiltons will-reopen
for business as soon as Thomas
is able to get around again.
They are not discouraged al
though they seem to have been
marked for fire losses. 1t will
be remembered that Thomas
Hamilton lost his residence
and all his furniture about
three weeks ago.
George White is looking up
a new location and will open
up again as soon as the adjust.
ers get through.