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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
BUSINESS
And GOOD ROADS
Modern Methods Of Building
Are Now Essential. !.
FARMER KING OF COUNTRY.

Vet Without Good Roads the Asrieul-
turht Cannot Take Advantage Of the
Best Markets For His Produce At Al
Seasons Of the Year. y
The primary source of wealth in our
agricultural states is the farm prod
ucts. The margin Of profit on farm
products is largely affected by the rela-
tive distance to market and the cond1-
lions Of the wagon roads. Without
railroads the value of most farm land
would not exceed o~ne-quarter Of what
1t is today. Wagon roads are the con-
Meeting links between the farms and
the railroads, and with good roads the
farmer can take advantage of the best
market at all times. Every n that
uses roads should be interested in hav-
ing good roads. How can they be
made? Shall we continue to make
them by the primitive methods used
by our forefathers, or shall W. adopt
modern methods?
Obsolete, impractical. inefficient and
most expensive methods are in most
places in use. Roadmaking in general
has not kept pace with most other in
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20

Sealed bids will be received up to 10
the commissioners Of Bottineau county.
North Dakota: for rip rapping the East
to the new Scotia Steel bridge over Mouse
river. two and one half miles east of West
hope.
Approximate quantities as follows:
b 5000 square yards of rip-rap. spaces
between all tones to be filled with small.
or broken stones. P1an and specifications
may be seen at the county auditors Office.
or may be obtained from Ed. White, coun
ty engineer, of Bottineau, Nd.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check in a sum equal to five per
cent of the bid, payable to F. E. Nelson,
chairman of the board. Successful bidder
will be required to furnish a satisfactory
bond in a sum equal to the full amount of
the bid conditioned upon the faithful per
rmance of the work.
BY order of the county commissioners of
BOttineau county North Dakota. ~
p. f. Nelson. chairman.
Attest:
G. II. Hebert.
County Auditor.
June N-N JulyD
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
The GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.

Gratifying Progress Shown IN Road
Construction Everywhere.
That there are upward Of $4O0. 900, 1000
Of good roads bonds issued and out
standing ID indicated by the Good
Roads Year Book of the United States,
the 1913 edition of which has just been
issued. containing a resume of the
whole road situation. 1t is evident that,
whatever may be the faults in methods
Of construction and maintenance, mon
ey is being spent in sufficient amount
to bring about a vast improvement in
the public roads. The year book
shows $137. O0O!O 100 of state and road
bonds authorized and $156, 0O0, 900 Of
county bonds outstanding on Jan. 1.
1918, making a total Of $293, 100000.
As this is based on reports from about
70 per cent of the counties in the Unit
ed States and as a large number of the
individual townships have not reported.
It is estimated that the amounts not re-
ported would run the aggregate up to
probably $780, 100000, to which should
be added ten or afteen million dollars
Of the bonds voted in 1912, which have
not yet been issued.
Gratifying progress In road construc-
ton during the past few years is indi-
Gated by the statement in the year
book that, while the percentage Of all
road improvement in the United States
at the close of 1909 was 500 per cent.
the revised statistics to Dec. 81. 1911.
show an improved mileage of 10.1 per
cent. or a net gain of la per cent.
This does not sound SO impressive in
terms Of percentage. but it means that
in the two year period more than a.
900 miles of improved roads were con-
~structed, or 10000 miles more than the
entire mileage Of national roads in
France.-Scientiic American.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
GOOD ROADS AND CHURCHES.
II the Walking or Driving 10 Bad Pso-
pie Stay Home.

II the Walking or Driving 10 Bad Pse-
pie Stay Home.
Churches and schools, the two great
agencies for the upbuilding of any citi-
zenship, are sufferers from the Ills
which come from thoroughfares Of an
inferior type, says James r. Marker,
state highway commissioner of Ohio,
In a recent report. Decreased atten-
ton during periods of Indictment wealth
er. when either to drive or walk i'm.
poses at the best q hardship and Is of.
ten an impossibility I'VE poor roads.
cannot help but be the natural result.
It cannot be expected that children
will be compelled to walk to school If
a sea Of mud furnishes the only foot.
ing, and this is too frequently true in
places outside the urban centers and
often so in the latter. Nor is It to be
hoped that the horse will be employed
to find his path along the treacherous
road in order that the children may not
miss their lessons. Those who deal in
statistics claim that good roads every
where would Increase school attend
ance not less than . per cent
Preachers bear striking testimony as
to the effect miserable roads have
upon the attendance at the churches.
They a gauge It with accuracy. and
the percentage Of decrease there IL no
less than in the schools. Good roads
point not only toward larger audiences.
but larger contributions and less dona-
Hon parties. Thus they become Z pow.
erful agency for spiritual and eduea-
tional growth.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
Oisesntsnt.

Discomfort % the want Of self roit
anca. Il = the inhrmity Of will-nDa<
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20

y 0EA&NOxO O4 6A0A0 0OADs
dustries in the use of practical and ef-
6cient labor saving devices. The old
way Of working roads IN a day too
wet to pillow corn or harvest, putting q
few slusherfuls Of earth in the middle
Of the road in heaps like a diminutive
mountain range and leaving them to
be leveled by the elements Of nature
and use, should be abandoned. Road
work should be placed in the hands Of
competent workmen that work contin-
uously during the suitable season with
a practical power ~roadmaking equip
ment. With this ten times as much
first class road a be made and finish
ed as where old methods are used with
the same amount of money. This plan
works no hardship on the farmer. he
Is the king of the country and has
enough to do on his farm without
working roads.
A modern 'roadmaking outfit can be
operated with three men at a cost Of
from SIS to $40 per day, says a writer
In the Iowa Homestead, and will make
q mile Of finished road as smooth as q
paved street. This includes the max
ing Of open bitches on the sides from
one foot to four feet deep. at the pleas
ure Of the operator.
Earth roads should have a slope each
way from the center of about three
quarters Of an inch to the foot on
level or nearly level places: on hills it
may be less. II ~depressions are left
they hold water, and everything that
touches these places makes them
larger.
The supreme thing ls to keep the
roadbed dry. thus le~ssening the bad
effects Of frost and the cost Of upkeep.
Scientific roadmaking preserves az
much az possible the primitive condi-
tion Of the ground-that is. in grading
the road one should not pillow It up like
4 field, but. displace only what earth
Il necessary to bring the road to the
proper grade and side slope. In OBJ
serving these matters years are saved
In making a perfect roadbed.
Earth roads are the most delightful
Of al roads when well graded and free
from dust All we'll graded roads can
be wonderfully improved and the up
keep lessened one-half by covering the
ton with Q coating Of about two inches
FSf 5k1fp sand ana clay u which may
be mixed half crushed stone that win
50 through a one inch mesh. II sand
and clay are used. mix in the proper
ton Of 50 per cent Of sand and 20 per
cent Of clay. II crushed stone b used,
MIX It half and half with the sand and
clay mixture. This coating should be.
spread on and harrowedsand relied IN,
til It 10 thoroughly mixed and packed
90 % to Ill all the voids. and then It
viii shed the water like q roof ard
keep your r0adbed dry. In hall IN
hour after Z hard rain you wHl have
q good road. This can be improved By
sprinkling with q mixture made OF
crude petroleum IN the proportion Of
one barrel Of oil to three barrels of
water emulsiisd with the soluble part
or cream Of clay.
a little sand improves a earth road
somewhat. but whom used alone It n
too porous and soon WASHES into tho
bitches. s1.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20

Notice ID hereby given that whereas the
hoard OF county commissioner and count
superintendent Of schools have ben petl.
toned TO form q new school district to BE-
Fifty t0) out Of parts OF vinje school dist
riot Number Forty-five N5.J B~ottineau
county. State Of North Dakota. thst .
the board OF county commissioners and
county superintendent Of schools At q
regular meeting Of said board Of county
commissioner and county superintendent
Of school to be held on the First Monday
In July. being July 7th, 1919, at 2 O'Clock p.
IN. on said day.
Signed.
II. K. LAyne.
County superintendent Of schools.
Dated at Bottineau. N. d. this 18th day
of May, 1913.
MAY SO June 6-13-2O. 27-July y
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20

I The directors of Toupin school district
No. Al, will receive sealed bids up to July 8,
1913. at p. M, for the deposit of the funds
of the district. The directors reserve the
right to reject any or all bids. Bids can be
mailed TO the undersigned at his address
Juno. No nth Dakota.
Dated June 5. 19l3.
H. II. Nelson.
Secretary,
June 1890
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
June 1920


eTOV"o IN ~VV nS~Ns
One of the superstitions of
America is that all reforms will
proceed from education: there
fore there is q prospect Of early
development Of the educational
system. giving equal educational
opportunities to all. This is the
alleged ideal Of America today.
1t is defeated by the exactions
Of the industrial system, dis
examinations against race and
sex and the early materialisdc
ideal of culture. These give
promise of being transformed be-
fore many more fundamental So
cial changes take place. Orr hu-
manitarian tendencies will lead
us to provide for detectives and
dependents more scientifically
than we do today. Leniency to
first offenders, q generous parole
system. the employment Of pris-
oners and the payment of their
wages to their families. will
transform the penal system. De-
fectives are treated scientifically
in many parts Of the country.
and the study Of eugenics has
not only begun, but has led to
significant applications in many
Of our states. The great depend.
ent classes for which no pro-
vision has as yet been made are
the two kinds of unemployed.
the jobiess worker and the subsi-
Aised parasite Employment
agencies and q just system Of
taxation will tend to eliminate
these.-Professor Charles Zueb-
lin.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
Golf In Scotland.

Az q national Scottish pastime golf
may take for its date approximately
the middle Of the seventeenth century.
It vas at this time that the game 70
ceived the patronage which has led TO-
it, popular sobriquet 1.-The sport Of
kings" James vi. had q special
''clubmaker to bis hienes." II was
willie playing the game on the links
1t Ledth that Charles I. received the
news Of the Irish rebellion In 1912, and
the Duke Of York. afterward James
IL, together with Z shoemaker Of nd
inburgh. participated In the 6rst ~
corded international match when they
successfully upheld the honor Of Scot
land against the best golfers Of Eng
land.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
WONDERS CAN BE
DONE With ALFALFA
Plain Talk Reader In Oklahoma
Sende Home Some Inter-
esting Facts.

A reader of THE PLAIN TALK
| in Oklahoma has asked that we
reproduce the following in refer
ence to alfalfa with the hope that
Cooke county farmers will realize
what can be gained by putting it
out.
Nc Loud, Okla, Sept. 22.-Flat-
tered at the remarkable showing
made from his yield of alfalfa,
which shows a profit of nearly
$50 an acre, bringing anet
revenue that is believed to be
a record-breaker.. Ewers White
plans to gradually increase his al
falfa acreage until he has 700
acres planted to that magic forage
crop.
Mr.. White is a leading farmer of
Oklahoma, has been prominent in
affairs of the state board of agri-
cultural, of which he served as a
member for many wears, and is
believed to be the only alfalfa
grower in the world who has har-
vested sixty-two crops of alfalfa
from the same land during a peri
Cd of twelve years.
The first hay crop from the
White place this year brought $40
a ton. The other cuttings of the
present season, are expected to
sell at II. to SIG per ton. Nine
hundred bushels of seed will be
threshed, the cost of threshing
being estimated at $1.2S7.5O: The
cutting and baling for the season
will amount to $689, the total har-
vesting expense being $1.976.5O.
From the sale Of hay and seed,
revenue of $12.355 will be de-
rived from 1870 acrer. or at the
rate of $79. IS, net, per acre.
The remarkable feature of this
yield is that no fertilization has
been practiced in the dozen years
that this alfalfa field has been
bringing riches to its owner. The
stand is yet in perfect condition.
Mr.. White formerly rented the
alfalfa field at 500 an acre, but
this year decided to care for the
field on his own account. When
his plans are completed, and he
succeeds in planting the farm of
700 acres to this marvellous Okla
homa forage crop, he probably
will be the leading alfalfa grower
of the state. if not of the nation,
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25

Mrs. James A. Reagan, of Sweet
water, than whom there is no more
enthusiastic worker in all that con-
Germs the welfare of the farmers wife,
and Prof. H. A. Morgan, of Knoxville.
are looking after the details in con-
nection with Homemakers' and Farm
ers' Day that will be celebrated at the
National Conservation Exposition in
Knoxville on October 8.
The day will see at the exposition
one of the largest crowds of any of
the big gatherings of the exposition
period. Every farmer and every farm
er's wife in East Tennessee and hum
dreds and thousands from other sec
tons of the state and from neighbor-
ing states will be in Knoxville for this
day The farmers will hold an insti-
tute that will be, If present indica-
tons count for anything, fully as
largely attended as any sessions of
the East Tennessee Farmers Con-
gress. Noted speakers will be at the
institute,
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
HOMEMAkERS AND FARMERS
TO HAVE A day, OCTOBER 9

assisted by a committee of enthu-
siastic Knoxville women, of which
Mrs T. Asbury Wright is the chair
man, the women are making big prep
arations for their day. The speakers
of the day will include Mrs. Frank W.
Purdy, of New York, a noted writer
and lecturer of New York, who is COM
ing South especially for this day, and
Mrs. c. 0. Browder, of Sweetwater,
and Mrs. Myra P. Tandy, of Nashville.
Mrs. Purdy will lecture on THE
Conservation of Energy in the Home"
and will also demonstrate the use and
efficacy of a large number of la
Dor saving devices that she will have
on exhibition just for the women. A
getting acquainted social" will be
rendered the visiting women by the
women of the exposition. The idea is
that better acquaintance and the in
terechange of ideas may prove to be
just as beneficial, and perhaps more
so, to the women of the city than to
the women of the rural districts.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
DR.. A. ]. MEAS
WEEDS MISS OF FINGER
Popular Parrottsville Young
People Unitedby Mr.. O'Hara
at the Baptist Parsonage

AT the parsonage of the Baptist
church, Tuesday afternoon at two
thirty o'clock, a marriage of inter-
est to many was quietly performed,
Limiting DR.. A. j. Meas and Miss
Iva Ottinger in matrimony.
Rev. j. w. O'Hara performed
the ceremony in the presence of a
few intimate friends. The parlor
where the ceremony took place
was artistically decorated with
ferns and golden rod. The bride
was lovely in a toilette of white
satin with an overdress of lace
and she wore a handsome white
picture hat trimmed with white
plumes.
After the ceremony the happy
young couple left on No. II for a
honeymoon tour. They will make
their future home near PARROTS
vile.
Those who witnessed the cere-
mony were Misses Anna Holland,
Sallie Critselous, Miss Meas, cousin
of the groom, Mrs. j. w. O'Har a
and Mr.. Garfield Meas.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
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Abolition Of War.

On one occasion Mr.. Mason came in,
to Mr.. Summers Office and found him
engaged in writing an address to be
delivered before a peace society. After
little good-natured banter on the
part of Mr.. Mason and an equally
good-natured defense of his views by
Mr.. Summer, the former, rising to take
his leave, said: We'll, Summer, you
may be right. but | should just as soon
think of joining society for the sup
preston of thunder and lightning as
society for the suppression of war;
From Memoir of Jeremiah Mason, by
C. S. Hillard.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Good A year old Mare Mule for
sale.-D. G.. Allen.
Practical Joke caused Death.

A wealthy resident of Newburgh, N.
Y, died as the result OF pleasantly
perpetrated by a frolicsome friend.
This friend, holding a lighted cigar
near the victims face, suddenly asked
him to turn around, and as this was
done the cigar lightly touched the VIC
TINS cheek Both gentlemen enjoyed
hugely the merry jest. In. few
months, however, a cancerous growth
appeared on the spot where the flesh
had been 5arned and, growing rapidly,
caused the mans death.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Emerson's Advice.

There should be on every tower
watchers set to observe and report Of
every new ray of light, in what quar-
ter soever of heaven it should appear.
and their report should be eagerly
and reverently received.-Emerson.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Explanation of Potlatch.

The word potlatch is a corruption
of an Indian word common among the
Pacific coast tribes, meaning fes-
tival of gifts. At patshatl (pot-
latch) celebration the more personal
property an Indian gives away, blan-
kets. ornaments, ETC., the higher he
stands in the estimation of his neigh
bors, and the more he expects to re-
ceive in return at the next potlatch.
The festival is also accompanied by
music, dancing and feasting.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Fear Always a Handicap.

Fear never did any good to any
body. Even when cause for fear is
real, man must not give up to it. II
You can just bolster yourself up to the
point OF nerve that will enable you to
master your fears, you will add SO
per cent. to your results and a like
percentage to the influence for good
Eou can bring to your house.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Pleasant News for Hubby.

Young Wife Ito older and seasick
husband Now, dear, just be as COM
Portable as you can, and don't worry
about me. I'm not lonesome. There's
half dozen men up Gu deck who's
been awfully nice to me. And such
joke! They think I'm widow!"-
Puck.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25

"My child was burned terribly about
the face, neck and chest. / applied
DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil. The pain
ceased, and the child sank into rest
full sleep. Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson,
Hamburg, N. Y. Adv.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Tuesday, September 3Oth, to
October 3rd
FOUR DAYS
Season Tickets 81, if Purchased Before Sept 18th.
For Catalogue, Tickets or Information address
J.. D. BOONE, Secretary, WaynesVIle, N. G..
Much Money Spent for Samples.

Some of the larger dry goods houses
of this country are said to expend an
nually as much as 100000 in the
preparation of samples, which are sent
to their patrons throughout the coun-
try from which to make selections of
stock.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25

5 second hand Heating Stoves
for sale cheap. Newport Pro-
duce Co.
Mrs. Charles. Brown and the
Misses Kate and Desire Brown
went to Knoxville, Tuesday.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Removing Grease.

Eucalyptus oil will remove grease
or, oil from any fabric, no matter how
delicate, and best results are obtained
by gently sponging the soiled parts.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
NUISANCE BILL
PASSES SENATE
CONTINUED from Page /

vices and of houses of i'll repute
should also become nuisances,
but these provisions were elimin-
ated from the amended measure,
which applies only to the sale of
intoxicating liquors.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
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Putnam patriot., 1913-08-08
BURGLAR POSED AS DOCTOR
Surgeons Case Contained a Set of Thieves' Tools, of Which He Had
 Made Use

Two detectives in East New York. searching 8 neighborhood from which had come a report of burglars. en- countered distinguished looking man with a Van Dyke beard. B profes- sional air and black surgeons bag with gold letters on it. Good morn ing, gentlemen" said he. offering an engraved card. T am Dr. Leo Brew ster. and am unable to find house on this street from which l received telephone call to attend an urgent case. Could 1 ask you to direct mer
 The detectives replied that they were sorry not to oblige. but were too busy hunting burglars to look for sick people. The doctor walked briskly on his way. Before he got far the detectives saw . man look out Of his front door. as if he might have been expecting & doctor. They shouted ar ter Doctor Brewster. In stead of stop ping he began to run away. Alter vigorous chase the detectives cap tured him and found that his sur geon's case held . nns outfit of burg lars tools.
Putnam patriot., 1913-08-08
GOOD AND BAD IN MIXTURE
Chronicle of Recent Events May Se-m a Little Depressing.

In your survey of your paper you will probably find the story of mur- der. suicide. a divorce. a dedication, bit of political trtckery, business failure and many other major and minor evidences of the seamy side of life.
 The recital of these things may seem such a twice-told tale of misery that you may be tempted to throw down the paper in disgust as a chronicle of depressing disaster. You may jump to the conclusion that. if the world Is not growing worse, at least 1t Is not growing much better.
 This will be a very natural conclu- sion, but it will also be very one sided one. The same issue will prob ably tell you of deed of personal heroism, of great public benefaction. of piece of remedial legislation. of a brave effort at self.improyement. of & notable dedication of life to some high purpose. of the fulhllment of some unselfish ideal, of conspicuous example of conquest over grievous handicap. of some release from some bad habit
 All these items are news. the legit- mate record of humanity's doing. Cultivate a sense of proportion in reading about them. Examine their relative importance and effects before you jump to any conclusion.