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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
State May Bond For $4,000, GOO.

The different features of the
proposed bond issue for North
Dakota educational institutions
were considered by sub joint
committee. A report will be
made to the joint appropria-
tons committee AS to the
amounts that shall be allowed
the several institutions in the
event the bond issue program
is launched. At the present
time it appears that the recon-
mendations to the joint com
mittee will be about as follows:
University. $500, 600 to$1, ,O0O,-
600.
Minot normal, $6OO,OOO
Agricultural college, $500, 600.
Valley City normal, $500, 600.
Mayville normal, $3.50, 900.
Deaf and dumb school, $780,
600. - = .#
School of Forestry, Bottineau,
$3.50. 900.
This would leave between
$500, 600 and $80O,OOO for an
other institution still to be
established. The bond issue
proposed is four millions.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
County Court News.

On Tuesday Judge John H.
Kirk appointed Will Freeman
of Maxbass as guardian of
Marguerite and Clifford John
son, minors. Lewis T. Hamil-
ton appeared for the petitioner.
A license to mortgage real
estate was granted to James A.
Dayis of Landsford, adminis-
traitor of the James Davis es-
tate. Morton & Mohr were
the attorneys for petitioner.
Last Saturday Judge John
H. Kirk confirmed the report
of sale of real estate in the
guardianship af Mary Robert,
incompetent.
The report of the real estate
mortgage OF the Benjamin H.
Floyd estate was confirmed by
the court today.
License to mortgage real
estate was granted Wednesday
to John McPhee of Westhope,
administrator of the Peter Nc
Thee estate. Soule & Currie
appeared for the petitioner.
r. S. Stair was on Wednes-
day appointed administrator of
the Simon 6. Stair estate.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
motion of the

dismissed on motion of the
states attorney.
Alvin Mansfield of Lansford,
who is charged with assault
and battery, was arraigned yes
terday afternoon and he enter
ed plea of not guilty.
In the two cases for libel
against A. J. Evans, former
editor of the Lansford Times,
the court sustained the demur-
rer in one case and overruled
the demurrer in the other.
Evans entered a plea of not
guilty and the case will proba-
bly, come up for trial next
week. l.. N. Torson of Rugby
appeared for the defendant.
w. L. Crawford of Omenee,
had two charges against him
for selling liquor and the first
case was stricken from the
calendar. The other is now
being tried.
The criminal cases are being
disposed of rapidly, but as
there are a number of civil
cases ready for trial it is pre-.
sumed that the present term of
court will be quite lengthy.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
For School Of Forestry Appropriation.

Senator E. l.. Garden has in
troduced aabill in the state SEN
ate to provide for maintenance
and Improvements at the
School of Forestry. It is as
follows,
Section 1. Appropriation. To
assist in maintenance and to
carry on experimental work
and to equip greenhouse. the
following sums of money are
hereby appropriated from any
funds in the state treasury not
otherwise appropriated, viz:
To assist in maintenance and
the carrying on of experimental
work, $18, 10000.
For installing heating plant
in and equipping- greenhouse
ST, ,6OO.OO
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17

band of wolves. There were
about twenty in the pack and
when he began shooting at
them his horses ran away,
leaving him with } only the
ammunition which was in his
rifle. With the few cartridges
left he killed seven wolves but
would then have been at the
mercy of the rest of the pack
but for the fact that there was
a hay stacking machine near
by. He climbed to the top and
was kept there three hours.
The how1s of the wolves and
the cries of the trapper at
tracted the attention of a man
who was hauling hay and. he
came to the rescue of Mantsell.
1t is reported that wolves
are. very plentiful along the
river this winter, so much so
that although the trapping of
muskrats is very profitable on
account of the high prices paid
for pelts, number of trappers
have taken to hunting wolves
instead.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
Send The Courant to your
friends back home.

Mrs. James Bride, mother of
Frank Bride, formerly of New
burg, died recently at her home
in Glasston in her sixty-fourth
year. She was one of the
pioneer settlers of Pembina
county.
Souris will have. a masquer-
ade ball this evening.
Rev. Jos. Eckel, a Baptist
preacher from Memphis, Mis-
souri,, has purchased the shoe
repairing business from Ole
Cleve at Souris.
Newburg hopes to have a
farmers institute in March.
The editor of the Newburg
Sun complains that a bunch Of
booze-fighters broke into his
office one night recently and
raised the devil generally.
Edgebret E. Tvete, who has
been working on the 500 Sec
tion at Grano, died recently
from typhoid fever in the Lans-
ford hospital. He was about
twenty-seven years old and
came to America in 1905. For
several years he worked on
farms around Willow City and
Overly.
Mrs. O. K. Stensland died at
her home in Sherman town
ship February 6, aged thirty.
eight years. Death was caused
by post partum hemorrhage.
She was the mother Of ten
children, eight Of whom are
living. y
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17

jewelry shop, one bakery, one
bank, two lumber yards, one
hotel, three restaurants, one
elevator, one butcher shop, one
harness shop, one hall, one big
livery barn, one blacksmith
shop, four saloons, a preacher,
a teacher and a doctor.
The old timers here say that
a heavy snow is generally fol-
lowed with a rainy season. SO
we expect a good crop and
heavy emigration next sum-
mer.
The land here is excellent,
nearly level and we'll drained.
A few good ACCOMPLISHMENTS
are still for sale near town.
Here is where person can get
800 acres free homestead and
his wife 800 acres desert land
one section to one family. We
are handling things on large
scale out here. ..
This is an excellent country
for cattle, sheep and horse
raising, small grain, small
fruit and vegetables. My adj
wise to all who desire a home
free is to come out here in
May, June or July and see the
country. l shall be glad to
answer all inquiries asken-
Faithfully yours, Anton Cor
don.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
Farmer COMMITS SUICIDE
Louis Tarvestad, From Near Hurd, Took
Life In Minot Hotel.

Louis Tarvestad, a farmer
who lived near Hurd, com
mitted suicide on Thursday of
last week in room at the
Waverly hotel in Minot.
The Minot Reporter says:
Louis Tarvestad, aged about 35
years, committed suicide at the
Waverly hotel sometime dur
ing Thursday night. Harvested
occupied room 28 at the Waver-
ly; the door was securely
locked all day yesterday, and it
was not until last night about
8 o'clock that the suspicious of
the hotel employees was aroused
and an entrance forced to the
room. Tarvestad was dead and
there was a. strong odor of
chloroform in the room: Core
ner Taylor and County Physi-
clan Stone were summoned at
once; the man had been dead
probably, twenty-four hours.
The body was removed to the
undertaking parlors of Charles
Weagant and this morning a
post mortem examination was
made which disclosed conclu-
sively the fact that death had
been caused from large dose
of chloroform.
THAT the suicide was de-
liberate is evidenced from the
fact that Tarvestad had darken.
ed the windows, locked the
door and had fastened the
transom over the door by driv.
ing his knife into the casing
at the base of the transom.
1.-The maid at the hotel had
talked with Tarvestad in the
evening, and he seemed cheer.
full; Allen O'Dell and others
who knew him had seen him
Thursday night, and the mar
seemed to be in the best O
spirits.
"Tarvestad has been in Mi
not some little time; he has
been buying hay in the western
part of the state and shipping
it to market; he owns a fin
farm near Hurd, in this state
where his wife and three child
rem reside. He was in goot
financial circumstances, il
addition to a little ready none.
he owned the property at Hurd
he carried a life insuranc
policy for $5, OOO.
The family has been notifie'
and the. remains. are held at tn
morgue until funeral arrange
ments are made by the rels
! tives. aa
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
Anton Gordon Write. Of Monta ma.

Dunkirk, Montana, February
|, ID 1911. fN ff(4f' I&
Editor Bottineau Courant:
AS number of Bottineau
county people have moved into
this part of Montana and
established homes it might be
interesting for the m a n y
friends they left in North Da-
ko.a to hear something about
this part of the country.
I left Bottineau Saturday
morning, February II. There
was plenty of snow until we
reached Galata, little town
fifteen miles east of Dunkirk.
In and around Dunkirk there
is not so much snow and about
one third of the land is bare or
nearly bare. The weather is
mild and pleasant. The sun
shines w ar m and chinook
winds from the southwest are
slowly but surely reducing the
hard snow. There was nice
weather here until Christmas
hut January was cold and
I'stormy and many sheep were
Host or froze to death in the
storms. It was hard month
for the ranchers.
The hustling town of Dun
kirk which is now about a year
Iold has two large general
lstores, one hardware store, one
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
DISTRICT COURT DoINGs
A Number Of the Criminal Cases Are
Being Tried.

District court convened in
this city on Tuesday morning
with Judge A. G.. Burr presid-
ing. The day was taken up
with the calling Of the criminal
and civil calendar and the
granting of final citizenship
papers. The jury reported on
Wednesday morning and every
thing being in readiness a
number of cases were disposed
of.
The case of u. S. Griffin, who
was charged with rape in the
first degree, came up Wednes-
day and he entered a plea of
not guilty. Several witnesses
were examined by the state.
the first being Idella Iverson,
the victim, who made a good
witness for the state--her testi-
mony not varying to any ex-
tent on cross examination. Her
father, Ed. [verson and Andrew
Knutson also gave testimony.
When the state had rested their
side of the case, Griffin, through
his attorney, asked to plead
guilty of rape in the second
degree which was denied by
the court and he then entered a
plea Of guilty of rape in the
first degree and asked the
mercy of the court in passing
sentence. He will probably be
sentenced at the close of the
trial of the criminal cases.
In the case of the state VS..
Joe Peltier,, who on appeal to
the supreme court was granted
a new trial, a change of venue
will be taken as an affidavit OF
prejudice was filed against the
judge and the judicial district
and the cases will probably be
transferred to Rolette county.
Peltier is now in the Bottineau
county Jail, having been
brought here from the peniten-
tiary last week by Sheriff Bond
Ben Walker of Lansford, who
had a couple of charges against
him for keeping and maintain
ing a common nuisance, plead
guilty to one charge and was
sentenced to four months in the
county Jail and fined $500 and
costs and in default of payment
of fine and costs he shall serve
an additional two months.
The second case was dismissed.
Clifford Casey who w s
charged with selling intoxicat-
ing liquors at Willow City, was
found guilty after the jury had
been out but a short time.
Sentence has not as yet been
passed.
The case of the state VS.
William Krueger, who was
charged with bastardy, wa:
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
CoWan Witnesses Few In Number.

Fargo Forum The Cowan
investigation is to be on legal
basis. The would-be impeach-
ers had about forty witnesses
subpoenaed. To offset this
Cowan had seventyfive. The
two sides and the committee
got together this morning and
arranged that each cut the
number of witnesses down to
ten, that no witness be kept
on the stand more than five
minutes. If this is adhered to
it will make the investigation
brief and probably more thor
ough than if a hundred or two
were examined, as each side
will pick it's star witnesses.
The com mittee investigating
the office of the state treasurer
asked until the fifty-fifth day
to make it's report. .s
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
Over BOttineau County

The American reports that
Thos. Chapman has sold his
farm south of Antler to ]. F.
Artz for So, 900. . "1-5'
Editor Halldorson of the
Souris Messenger, who has a
clerkship at Bismarck, is writ
ing some interesting letters to
his paper.
Only eight people showed
up at the evening service at
the Lansford Methodist church
on a recent Sunday.
D. S. Christensen has sold
his interest in c. K. Christen-
son & Co. store at Lansford to
| J. C. Azure and Carl A. Chris
tenson. c. X. Christensen re-
tains his interest in the store
but will continue to live at
Carpio where he has other
interests.
Mrs. Edw. Feeley of st.
Cloud, Minnesota, will open a
millinery store at Lansford
about March 1, having rented
the old First State bank build
ing
Rev. A. j. Taylor of Effing-
ham, Illinois, is the new pas
tor of the Presbyterian church
at Lansford.
N. F. Maakestad has been
elected secretary and treasurer
of the Farmers Elevator com.
pany at Omemee.
The Coursnt for first class
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17

The population of some of
the town in this section of the
state follows: Rugby, 1880;
Rolla, 587; Rollette, 4O8; Dun
seth, 478; Barton, 2O2; Cando,
1882; Deering, $50; Leeds, 682;
Towner, 691.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
The Basketball Games

Two of the fastest and clos
est games of the season was
pulled off in the high school
gymnasium lastThursday even
ing between the grades and
high school boys; and the
senior-sophmore and Junior
freshmen girls. The games
were we'll attended and greatly
enjoyed. The score of the boys
game was 21-23 in favor of the
high school; and the girls game
resulted 8 to 8 in favor of the
juniOr-freshmen division.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
POPULATION OF TOWNS
Overly, Bottineau and Lansford Show
s-,l Gain Over 1906.

The population figures for
the cities and villages in Bot
tineau county have been given
out by the director of the census
at Washing gton.
The figures for several cities
and villages, with comparisons
with state census Of 1905, fol-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
Schroeder Found Murdered Across
the County Line.
A CONFESSION BY THE GUILTY PARTY
William Abelson Confessed to Shooting Shroe-
der i'm Barn and Dragging Body over
= to Haystack.

The body of F. w. Schroeder,
a well-to-do farmer near Kra-
mer, was found Wednesday in
ahay stack near the Mouse river
in McHenry county. The Off
cials of McHenry county were
ataonce notified and the body
was taken in charge and an |
inquest held. 1t developed
during the inquest that Shroe-
der had received two bullet
wounds, one through the head
and the other. through the
heart, either one of which
would have proved fatal His
body was badly bruised.
VIM. Abelson, a man known
as Crazy Bill" has confessed
that he is the guilty party.
He had formerly worked for
Shredder. He claims that he
committed the deed in self
defense. Details are very mea-
ger, and The Courant is un-
able this week to give much
news in regard to the terrible
affair as the investi tigation has
principally been called on by
the officials of McHenry coun-
ty, although Sheriff r. Fl.
Bond and Assistant States At
torney J. J. Murphy have gone
over to the scene of the crime
and are now actively engaged
on the case. 1t is still a ques-
tion as to where Abelson will
be tried, as it is not known
how close to the county line
the murder was committed.
If the deed was committed
within five hundred yards of
the boundary line the case may
be prosecuted in either county.
Our officersswill have definite.
knowledge in regard to this
feature of the case when they
return.
Mr. Shredder was a bachelor
about fifty years old. He
owned about eight hundred
acres of land in Bottineau
county and was also the owner
of some Canadian land. He
has brother in Canada, who
formerly worked near bly,.
Mr.. Shredder owned consider
able meadow along Mouse river
and had an equity in about
So, 600 worth of hay put up on
shares by several parties. He
had had some trouble with
them in regard to this hay and
considerable feeling had been
worked up, but the Courant
has been unable to learn
whether Abelson was interested
in the hay controversy or not.
Mr.. Shredder had three civil
cases pending in the present
term of district court. a
Had Fight with Wolves.
nj 3ssa-s II
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17
Had Fight viii Wolves.

Souris Messenger: b. T..
Mantsell, a t1apper had a very
narrow escape on the river
near Kramer, Saturday from a
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17

The Courant for fine lob,
printing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-02-17

The Courant for first class
Job printing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-11
HANDSOME MASONIC EMBLEM HERE UPON
 WORLDWIDE TRIP

A very handsome Masonic emblem, of solid gold, on its way on trip around the world, arrived in Bridge port last night and is temporarily in the custody of Jerusalem council, R. & S. M., of this city.
 The emblem is in the form of a broken triangle, with mason's trowel and Templar's sword across it. It is about five pounds in weight and of solid gold, so that it's value and beauty are commensurate.
 The emblem is the property of Columbian council No. of New York, and was made in honor of the coun- cips tooth anniversary which was re- gently celebrated. The emblem is be- ing passed on from council to council, and will continue until it has toured the world and returned to Columbian council.
 It was brought here last night by a delegation of 22 members of Wash ington council of Stamford. Harry G. Waterbury, thrice illustrious master of Washington council presented it to Albert E.. Taylor, thrice illustrious master of Jerusalem council, who ac- cepted the custody of the emblem in behalf of his council.
 Afterward a. class of 2f candidates was initiated and luncheon was serv- ed. After a stay in this city, the em- blem will be passed on by tho mem- bers of Jerusalem council.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-11
DR. BILL READS
 PAPER ON GAS BACILLI TO M. DIS

About 60 physicians attended the 18th annual meeting of the Fairfield County Medical association which was held today at The Stratfeld. Dr. Will liam l.. Griswold of Greenwich was elected president. The other officers chosen were: Vice-president, Dr. J. D Gold of this city; secretary, Frank w Stevens, of this city; counsellor, Dr. s. M. Garlick of this city; censors, Dr. David c. Brown, Dr. Samuel Pierson and Dr. Herbert E. Smyth: delegates to the state society, Drs. W. B. Cogs- we'll of Stratford. J. M. Couburn of South Norwalk. W. H. Donaldson of Fairfield, G. H. Warner and c. W. Gardner of this city.
 After the election and other routine business had been transacted, pr. Harris F. Brownlee of Danbury read a paper on Personal Observations at Nauheim." The meeting adjourned at 1:30 for lunch after which pr. Philip w. Bill of this city gave a re- port of a case of infection by gas bacilli. Dr. ohm E. Mackenty of New York read a paper on Surgery of the Thyroid Gland"
 Dr. Charles J. Leverty of this city gave the obituary on the late pr. Daniel M. Driscoll of this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-11
ARRAY
 OF TALENT AT POLL PLAYHOUSE

The fact that it was Baseball Night at Polls drew a large audi ence to that playhouse last night and the fine bill pleased the gathering The headliner is Seldoms' Venus. Mr. Paul Seldoms who is the originator of living statuary has arranged some Group" and "The Fountain" are par ticularly good. Mile. Erna Claron. said to be the most beautiful model in the world, came up to expectations.
 The song Steamboat BiIP' which follows closely in the footsteps of the immortal Casey Jones'" brought out the greatest applause of the evening" As sung by Kenny & Platt it was catchy tune. One of the team also made a hit with That Beautiful Rag"
 Nellie Brewster and the Amsterdam quartette pleased the folks with a musical fantasy called Tn Love v Miss Brewster has a fine voice which was heard to good advantage.
 Wiilette Whitaker, the Southern dialect singer, brought down the house with a darky hymn, to which her musical director played a banjo accompaniment. Homer Miles & Co. had a laughablc sketch called "On a Side Street.. Homer Miles was eX- cellent as tough janitor. Ted Grif- fin. a former Poii Stock company favorite, did we'll as detective. Duff of steps which hard shoe dancers show and the Balzars pleased with their feats of magic. The electro graph showed some pictures of the worlds championship baseball series which were interesting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-11
THE HOWuAND DRY GOODS co.

John H. Robinson and Christ church; and west by land of Adelaide N. Sip perley.
 Ophelia T. Perry, to Edgar H. Per ry, land bounded north by land of Imogene W. Kemper; east by Wash ington avenue; south by land of Eliz- abeth A. Coley and west by land of Harold c. Ogden
 A. G. Southey, to Oliver L.. Johnson lot 26 as seen on map of Maple, avenue. being 50 by 12O feet, bound: ed north, west and south by land of Maple avenue.
 Alice s. Irwin and Florence N. IT, win, of Brooklyn, to Imogene W. Kemper, lot and part of lot as seen on a map of Halls and Finche,s Island, on Long Island Sound, at Owenoke near Compo Beach. No building allowed within 30 feet of mean high water; no hotel saloon, boarding house. bath house, store, pavilion or manufactory, and moo, house to cost less than s1,2oO
 Julie Mae Sniffen, for $1 800 to the Westport Savings Bank, 1-4th acre of land bounded north by land of Mary E. Pillows; east by Clinton avenue; and south and west by land of os-. eph H. and Julie Mae Sniffen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-11
WESTPORT

Frank N Taylor to Ophelia Taylor Perry, a tract SO by 175 feet bounded north by land of Imogene W. Kemper east by Washington avenue; south by land of Elizabeth A. Coley and west by land of Abbie J. Ogden
 Samuel B. Wheeler, to Thomas Croker. 6 acres of land, bounded north by land of James A. Wood; east by the same and land of James A. Perry; south by land of Joseph G. Hyatt, Jennie M. Hendrickson and Jane A. Wood and west by the same.
 Estel1e c. Jones, for $200 to Edward .. Smith. land bounded north by Lin- coin street; east by Riverside avenue; south by land of Arthur Soley and west by land of Frank N Taylor.
 A. G. Southey fer S3,000 to William E. Daniels and Jacob Raymond, of tNorwalk. two certain tracts of land as described in warranty deed from William E. Daniels and Jacob B. Raymond.
 Samuel A. Purdy to Henrietta A. Stuart, land 95 by 1S3 feet, bounded north and east by land of the gran tor: south by Lincoln street, and west by land of Fannie Nash.
 Isabella R., and Edward A. will Hams, of New Haven, to Frank N. Taylor land bounded north by Lin coin street: east by land of Estelle c. Jones; and Arthur Soley; south by land of the Church of the Assumption