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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

higher capital value.
The automobile also has be-
gun to be an important factor
in increasing rural values
where good roads are introduce
ed.
Immigration is particularly
marked where road conditions
are favorable; in fact. the fig
ures of the department seem to
indicate that good roads indi-
rectly increase the demand for
rural property; and the price
of farm land, like that of any
commodity. is ruled by the rel
ations between demand and
supply.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15
Rouad0F-o1 Soea0fs

3. B. McC utcieou, chief war
den Of district MOI, states that
q number Of arrests For
game law violations will BE
made within q few days
He declared sooners' are
getting busy, but he has spread
out q force AZ - 400sand
500 deputies and expetts ~
make q roundup.
M, McC utcheon reports part.
ridges, prairie chicken, grouse,
ducks and reese plentiful thie
Year. 81. Il ;.
I He has issped D new notice
which he Swill have posted
aboui the country. Tt states
particularly that dogs are not
10 be trained Ia the field AZ all
now and that they ~
trained after The ggitt30uff
~ gun, The S6sonf tor
plain. TbedoGA would 1Tb
many btfds ncotin& anf1ppad
Kin many Of1tha 1Ctu E1jS
penalty tn ellcuim0 does y
vYNn loo6e ns fr0f3
Aprils1 III Anens inclatgS
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15
EFFECT OF GOOD ROADS

- ASbhA SOhtS VOL lhC
EFFECT OF GOOD ROADS
THE direct effect that chang
ing bad roads into good roads
has upon land value and the
general economic welfare of a
community is shown in several
concrete illustrations gathered
by the United States depart
ment of agriculture. The de-
partment has just issued a
statement on the subject, based
upon a mass of information
gathered by the Office of public
roads, which is making a spe-
cial study of the economic ef-
feet of road improvement in
the country. According to
data gathered. where good
roads replace bad ones, the
values of farm lands bordering
on the roads increase to such
an extent that the cost of road
improvement is equalized, if
not exceeded. The general
land values, as we'll as farm
values, showed marked ad-
vances, following the improve
ment of roads.
Among the illustrations cited
by the department are the fol-
lowing: s,,<
In Lee county, Virginia. a
farmer owned 100 acres be-
tween Ben Hur and Jonesville,
which he offered to sell for
$500. In 1908 this road was
improved and although the
farmer fought the improve
ment. he has since refused
5000 for his farm. Along this
same road a tract of 1S8 acres
was supposed to have been sold
for $4,000. The purchaser how
ever, refused the contract, and
the owner threatened to sue
him. After the road improve
ment, and without any i'm
provement upon the land, the
same farm was sold to the
original purchaser for SO, 600.
In Jackson county, Alabama.
the people voted a. bond issue
of $3.50, 600 for road improve
ment and improved "a per cent
of the roads. The census of
1900 gives the value of all farm
lands in Jackson county at 81. 80
per acre The selling value at
that time was~$ S. to SIS per
acre. The census of 1910 places
the value of all farm lands in
Jackson county at So. 70 per
acre, and the selling price is
now from SIS to $25 per acre.
Actual figures of increased va
lue following road improve
ments are shown.
AS the roads in no way affect
soil fertility or quality of the
farm, advances are due essen
TALLY to the decrease in the
cost Of hauling produce to
market IS shipping point,
Farms are now regarded as
plants for the business of farm
ing and any reduction in their
profits through unnecessaril lily
heavy costs for hauling on bad
roads naturally reduces their
capitalization in values. With
reduced costs for hauling, pro-
fits are increased; with the
result that the farm plant
shows satisfactory earnings on
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

Judge G. w. Buttz dismissed
Lignite's appeal in the Burke
county-seat election contest.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

II. A. Holmes is the new
postmaster at Towner, succeed
ing Miss GilbertsOn.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

The Republican at Langdon
credits Senator Henry Mclean
with having recently erected
the largest and finest barn ia;
Cavalier county. The size of
the structure is 80 by 50.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

F. S. Mercer, of Larimore. a
veteran newspaperman of the
state, was awarded the first
prize for flowers and plants at
the state fair at Grand Forks.
For years MI. Mercer maintain
ed a very attractive garden.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

Fattening hogs for market
has been found a very profitable
business by a number of farm
ers in Towner county. One
farmef bought young pigs, a
short time ago, at SIPS each
and after feeding them turned
them off at $18 each.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

Mohall may have electric
lights, George HI. Todd of
Minot is seeking a franchise
from the city council for the in
stallation of a plant to cost
So, 600.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

Youngsters broke into the re-
sidence of S. Il. Porn of Rugby
during HE absence and dabbed
paint and varnish over the walls
and furniture; beside ransacF.
ing trunks, etc. -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

Dennis Clifford has been APP
pointed postmaster at Mohall
and will succeed Chas. Lano as
soon as he gets his commission.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

A. E. Lindstrom, who made
enough money out of the Lang
don Republican in a few years
to retire from the newspaper
game, is building a home al
Orland, California.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

The Great Northern fast mail
is to use the Fargo-Surrey cut
off after September i.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15
Her Powsrs

Her PovssrsI
Blank was accosted by q fellow c3lk
rem the other, night. who said:
heard your wife lecture. Her poWee
Of diction u wonderful"
Eyes, fair. But It's nothing r. ~
power OF contradiction
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15
u Thouohtful Mis-

..why did you tell your husband that
there would he three parts to the on
cert? There are only two 4
Eyes. l know. but be will ~ 70 pleas
ed when II leaves on sooner than a.
expects."-Fliegende Rlatter.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

The gold strike at Minot
was a false alarm. The
yellow stuff proved to be iron
pyrites. or fools gold"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

c. E. Harding has purchased
the Churches Ferry Sun. He
has been principal Of the school
in that town and was recently
appointed postmaster.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15
LOOKING BACKWARD
Being q summary of the news Of
twenty-five years ago and ten years
ago as recorded in the columns of
this publication
Twsnty-Fi i've Years Ago
Wheat, IS cents.

~AS w >SAASSe g#1H#s.f- Fl t.Et.
Willow City was booming,
three new buildings one of
them a bank-were in course
of construction.
1t was announced that court
would be held August 28-for
the first time in the history of
the county.
The round trip rate to the
Grand Forks fair was $3.68, a
cent a mile.
The establishing Of a ferry
over Mouse river was under
discussion. asa
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

Some of the state papers are
telling their readers that the
law abolishing the public
drinking cups went into effect
July 1. It does not become
effective until September /.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15
F~LlckER1lIL FACTS
AND FanoIEs

Dickinson Elks have dedicat
ed their new home.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

Thomas Bennett, living three
miles northwest Of Mohall,
drank formaldehyde, installing
it for water. He will recover.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15
The citizens Of Hilisbots Viii
vote on the commission fOf1S III
government September

The first occupant ia tue ne&
city Jail at Rugby was 4 tran,
silent pigger.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

"A newspaper will soon be es-
tablished at Robinson BIZ A u.
Hull.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

aEE 1hssntHN HHE+FFW Ri ##fE
Wandering about the prairie
with a twelve foot binder can
vass over his head, and a COL
lege pennant which he stated
was a badge to some convention
pinned to his coat, and travel
ing from cemetery to cemetery.
taking data on the conditions
of the graveyards in the United.
States, liver Skari was arrested
at Mekinock. He was placed
in the Grand Forks county jail.
The appeal in the case Of
Sam Clark aud @. Fl. Crockard
from the decision Of the trial
court will come before the
|.united StateA circait court Of
appeals in ST. Louis at the Dec
ember term. Clark and Craw-
ford are the publishers Of linn
jam Jems" and were found
guilty of sending obscene matt
ter thru the malta. They are
out on 5000 bonds.
@-
For q time ii was thought
that nearly the whole town of
Wheelock would be destroyed
BY fire. but the flames were
brought under control after
three buildings had been wiped
out. A call was sent to Willie
ton for help and several M the
|Williston departments 1ent
down ~ auto. The are ~
pretty we'll under control when
they got there, ~ some help
had arrived from Ray. Three
buildinGs were burned. iuctudr
Ing the hank buildin9 hc
fire Was started froxn 6eaeoline,
stoye ia ! slnaH buildipG WIefp
some men 1sFS ccnk
|dlaaeF !Is
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

The Manchester biscuit 70,
OF Fargo mas purcnasea tqe1
Golden Grain biscuit ~ 81
Grand Forks ana VIII ruI,slis AZ
connection with tne rarRo
plant.
The annual ne!o tr.ais ~
during the week pegifininG
September =. II IS estiinatea
that hve or SIX ditto
dogs, from all over the country,
will be entered.
John STAN, VINO snotlnls WIRE
IN a barrel May u az tneir
home near Ninot' wa Iound
hrst degree ana sentenced 20
serve ten years IN the peniten-
tiaTy. he was tree Derore
Ji1dge a. ". Burr al 1oWner.
Mary Weed the year oid
daugnterof Ernest weed, living
on e 1arfn zen niles nortneast OF
Miaot ana near surrey, was &C
cidentaliy snot and seriously
lnJured.Dy g farm nand employ
60 on the weed farm. Inc
Echild has achance Tor recovery.
iheiz ear OLD son OF Ihomas
Hdwards, residing ZEN fniies
north OF was Steele, acc1dentally
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-15

months In advance. 50 cents; one COPY. six
months In advance, rs cents: one copy. one
year In advance. $50. II not paid In nd.
vance. 900. II sent to Canada. one year In
advance, goo,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30
Senatorshin N important.

A degree of sense is seen in the
following by the Morgantown Chron-
icle, so far as there beng no time to
be wasted by the legislature, If 1t
would pass needed legislation, but
it is foolish to entertain the thought
that too much attention can be given
to the United States senatorsnip, the
selection OF which certainly does in
volye vital politics as we'll us the
best welfare 81 the people of the
state. @
Carefully drawn bills are ready
for consideration covering such sub
jects as the primary election law,
corrupt practices act, public utilities
commission, workmen's compensa-
ton, conservation of the states ma
tural resources, and the laws needed
to put the prohibition amendment
into effect. Much time must, of
course, he given to the states fiscal
affairs end to consideration of the BIZ
ennial appropriation bills. If any
thing is to be accomplished in the
way of progressive legislation at the
regular session, there WIN De ~
time to waste playing politics over
the selection Of United States sem
ator.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30
m RRT
And Fish Warden of the State
Makes His Biennial
Report.

The second biennial report of the
forest, game and fish warden, for the
years 1911-1912, has been completed
and is now ready for general distri-
button. ME book contains 104 pages
of printed matter, and some thirty
half tone pictures. Among many
other items contained therein the fol-
lowing are of general interest.
Number of fish planted in streams
in West Virginia was, during the
years 1911-1912, 4256,S04. IS
Number of forest fires occurring
within the state for the last two
years was 113; number of acres
burned over 65,156; amount of timber
and forest products destroyed $64,-
547.49; amount of money spent in ex-
tinguishing fires $2,246.62. The re-
port also shows that for the year
1908, before any system of fighting
fires had been attempted in West Vr-
ginia, ITO fires occurred in the state
in that single year, with an area
burned over of 1,7OS,S5O acres. The
standing timber burned amounted to
94S4515, 900 feet. The lumber, tan
bark, an Improvements burned were
valued at $49O,l75.OO; the injury to
underground and soil was placed at
$1,7OS,S5O. The total loss aggregat-
ing $5,O97 ,S25.OO.
Thus during the four years under
the forestry law more than $5,OOO,-
100000 has been saved each year.
Rural and star route carriers are now
instructed to report forest fires to
some deputy warden, thus establish
ing complete system OF reporting
fires from all sections of the state.
The pollution of streams is extern
sively dealt with, almost one-fourth
Of the report being devoted to this
important matter. 1t is pointed out
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30
states Conysct Labor.

Convict labor is sold too cheaply
in this state as disclosed by the last
message or Governor Glas5cock to
The legislature. although there has
been an advance in the price since
the state board of control assumed
charge OF the management of the
as follows, by the Fairmont West
Nrginian has the heartiest approval
Of the Telegram:
The governors message discloses
the fact that the penitentiary convict
labor Is sold to contractors at from
sixty-flye to seventy-Hve cents per
day, and while this shows an i'm
proyement OF about ten cents per
day since the board of control took
the matter in hfand, it is still good
argument for the plank in DIR. Hat
fields platform favoring working
these prisoners on the public roads.
The labor of any man ought to be
worth many times sixty+iive cents
per day to the state on the roads,
to say nothing of the moral and re.
formatory advantages of outdoor la
bor for these unfortunate people.
The system is no less than crime,
it is slavery in another form and
places cheap labor in competition
with honest labor outside. This is
q reform that needs immediate at
tention at Charleston. The legis-
lature should set aside one Gay at
least and pass bill providing for
this much needed change. M
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30
White as a Progressive.

1t may be true, as the Parkers-
burg Dispatch-News says, that A.. Il.
White, former governor, is "true
progressive" but in the meaning OF
the term as applied by the followers
of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. n the
recent campaign he was not true.
I; Before the Chicago convention
held by the Republicans, Governor
White was among those who ex-
pressed fealty to Roosevelt and his
cause Not very long after he had
thus expressed himself, he back
tracked, took it all back. and cam
paigned the state without mention
ing the Roosevelt cause, except when
forced by circumstances, and then
he did not urge it upon the people.
It is hardly to be expected that
that element of the Republican party
now calling itself the Progressive
party will fall readily to the sup
port of White on the ground rnat he
IS true progressive"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30

tenant governor let us give him
something 70 do in his four years
term Of Office The task Of presiding
over the state senate for ninety days
out Of four years may cause the Of
fetal 70 become prematurely grey,
but It viii not keep MIN from sufrer-
ing from ennui during the remaining
six hundred ald forty days Of his
tenure Of office.
Let's have a lieutenant governor,
bns make him earn his pay
The Telegram is not aware that
any attempt is being made to pro
vide for a lieutenant governor who
shall not earn his pay. For all prac-
ticai purposes. the proposed consti-
tutional change is to be merely a
change Of name for the presiding Of,
ficer of the senate end not a change
of his duties. The president OF the
senate more than earns the pay he
now gets and no one is protesting
that he is being paid too much. II
1t should be determined that there
are duties not now performed that
Will fall upon Lieutenant governor,
1t would be policy, of course, to pay
that official reasonably for such
services. The Telegram begs to re-
mind the Advertiser, however, that
1T is not the policy Of the Republican
party to create or fill offices without
regard to the public welfare, as APP
pears to be the Democratic course
over in Washington.
1t has been suggested that a pres
ent elective state official, the secre-
tary of state or attorney general, for
example, should be made lieutenant
governor, hut this. is nonsense as
there is no reason why any such Off
|cial should be taken away from his
duties end the responsibilities there
OF every time the legislature meets.
Certainly that would not promote
efficiency in the public service. 1t
would call for the temporary en-
ployment of others to look after the
work thus officially abandoned and
neglected.
There is really Nothing alarming
in the creation of a lieutenant gov
ernorship, save in the campaign
thunder Democrats are sure to
make Of it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30
The Lieutenant Governor.

Revision of the constitution so as
to make the president of the state
senate an officer elective by the peo-
pie instead OF by the senate, and
authorizing him to assume the
duties of governor in the event OF
that officials death or removal, does
not necessarily mean that fiat
Office with a snug salary end few
duties should be created, as some
Democratic newspapers are trying to
make out. The chief objects OF
having a lieutenant governor are to
prevent deadlocks in the senate and
TO provide for a gubernatorlal sue
cession.
On this subject, the Huntington
Advertiser says:
at may be taken as practically
assured that the legislature will
submit to the people a scnst tutional
amendment providing fer the Office
of lieutenant governor, and making
him the pres ding Officer Of the sen.
ate. The deadlccks in the last two
regular sess ons Of the Legislature
assure that
'iBut that should not be all. The
lieutenant governor should be given
something to do save preside over
the senate, and await with becoming
dignity death or disability of the
governor. II we are to have lieu.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30
GREEPS
INTO THE STATE
And Chestnut Timber Of East
ern Belt is in Grave
Danger.

A disease lD1owns as Chestnut
Blight first appeared on long Island
tn 1904. During the eight years
since then it has spread into a dozen
states and has destroyed forty mil
lion dollars worth of chestnut tim
her. 49,
The blight has made such head
way in Pennsylvania that the legis-
lature of that state, two years ago,
was forced to appropriate $275,OOO
to combat it. 4
The forests of West Virginia are
comparatively free from the disease
at present but. 1t has entered on the
east and is killing chestnut trees at
a rapid rate on the west face of the
Blue Ridge mountains in Jefferson
county. 1t was hoped that the val
ley Of the Shenandoah, which is
about twenty miles wide and is with
out any chestnut timber, would act
as an effectual barrier to the spread
OF the disease, but within the last
two or three weeks it is found to
have entered the eastern border Of
our great chestnut belt in Berkeley
and Morgan counties.
Unless prompt and vigorous
measures are taken to check the dis
tribution of the blight before it he
comes widespread, there is little
hope that the vast quantity OF chest
nut timber in the state can be
saved,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30

that It is possible. in time. to correct
most Of the pollution OF streams. ex-
cept possibly the pollution from coal
mines, which in the Judgment Of the
warden, can only be eliminated by a
combination OF filtration. neutralizat-
ion, precipitation and decomposition,
which would make IT impossible to
economically mine coal In West vIr-
ginia at a profit. A plan has been
worked out, however whereby sew
enty-five per cent of the pollution
from tanneries and other industrial
plants will be eliminated within the
next few years.
Considerable emphasis is placed on
the increase of lnsectiyerous birds,
and their great value to the argricul-
turai and horticultural interests OF
the state. II is maintained that the
birds are saving millions OF dollars
each year by destroying insects and
obnoxious seeds.
The raising of deer and other large
gram is shown to be possibility
from commercial, as well as a
sportsman's, standpoint,
A general discussion is given Of the
proposed national forest reserves in
the state, with the benefits to be de-
rived therefrom.
Pictures of many of the fishing
streams, picturesque forests, game.
bird dogs, and many things of interest
makes the booklet especially attract
i've.
The report concludes with history
and description of all of the birds,
animals and fishes found within the
state, which makes it especially in
teresting to all those who are inter
ested in the many subjects which this
report covers.
Copies of this report will be mailed
to all deputies, both ex-officio and ap-
pointed, justices Of the peace, and
other forest, game and fish warden
officers, within the next few weeks.
Others desiring copies may secure
them by addressing j. A. viquesney,
Belington, w. Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30
Curtains In The
White Sale

Have you considered the
advantage of buying your
new curtains during this
January Sale-Savings Of
fered are one-fourth to onet
third off regular low prices.
What kind? All kinds are
included in this sale. Cur
tains suitable for any room
in the home. You will find
here from which to select a
stock of curtains second to
none in the state. The lar
gest by far of any in this
section. Why not take adj
vantage of this money saw
ing sale.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-30

Ina1t Of January "a, giving the may
or's salary as $4,000 per year, three
councilmen at $1,000 each, and the
salaries paid the different officers,
for the present year, would read
as follows:
Mayor $4,000. 90;
Three councilmea, $1,000. 100000
Clerk ......... 10000
Collector ............ 10000
Engineer 49,. 49,. 800. 90
Attorney 10000
Janitor $4,000