The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-02-20
DISTRICT COURT
now N SESSION
eebsUosy Tern ceavensd Mondsy
NI1e--- Macy Cases Heard, Natur- 2
a)jzatlon Papogs 01auiod

The February term of dis.
trict court convened Monday
evening at 8 p. M, Judge A.
G. Burr presiding. He and
his stenographer, Harold e.
Nelson came mp from Rugby
that evening.
The calendar was called Mon
day evening and cases set for
trial,
On Tuesday naturalization
papers were granted to the fol-
lowing aliens:
Olof O. Wareberg of Car
bury, Rernt Martin Sehm and
Ole G. Stansby. both of Lans-
ford, Ingebrict Arneson Mokle-
bust of Bottineau, all natives
of Norway. and Hans Berg of
Bottineau, a native of Mime
sofa who had become a subject
of King George v, while living
in Canada.
The petitions of Louis Blet-
tel, a native of Russia, present
address unknown; and Gustaf
Edwin Anderson of Souris, a
native of Sweden, were dis
missed at the request of the
department of labor.
The petition of John Speare
of Antler was denied as his
testimony showed that he had
not been in the United States
continuously during the past
Ave years. St
g. Sandlie and I. Groskins.
charged with obtaining the
signature of John Vedquam by
false pretenses, were arraigned
Tuesday. They asked for a
change of venue and Judge
Burr transferred the case to
Pierce county where it will be
tried by another Judge. He
also raised the bail of each of
the defendants to IS. COO. I
The, bastardy charge against
Fred Narcotic Of Overly was
-disuaiased. LII eBAercd a-piea
Of Rnilty to thseellasGe of main-
taining y common nuisance.
On application of the COM
planning witness the peace
bond of Chas. Fl. Palmer was
discharged.
The case of Ebenezer Din
woodie vs.: Jos. Rob;llard and
the Northern Trust Co. was
stricken from the calendar.
The bastardy charge against
Roy Smith of Antler was dis
missed. -
In the case of state VS.. Chas.
Mikkelson charged with treat
ing a minor, the defendant en-
tered a plea of not guilty. The
case will probably be called
for trial today.
The defendant asked for a
change of venue in the case of
the state We. Ray Burris of
Eckman, charged with boot
logging, and another Judge
will be called in t, try the case.
The roll call of the jury show
ed Martin Skarphol not served,
s. Reaume. served but not pre-
sent; August Thorn and l.. B
Stanton excused on account of
illness and G. T. Kretschmar
and Minnick Fossun excused
for the present.
A. N. Condie, c. p. Yelle.
]. d. Kerns and Thos. Driscoll
are serving as bailiffs.
In the case of N. B. sWebber
vs. John H. Zeigler ct AL, the
defendants defaulted and the
court directed a verdict for
plaintiff.
The first case to be triefwas
that of the Bottineau National
bank vs. l.. X. Martin; ]. An
drieux. earnishee (issue as to
garnishment.) The jury rem
deTed verdict for the plaintiff
for the amount asked.
I. The case Of st. Anthony &
NDakota Elevator w. George
Meade ct al. was dismissed by
stipulation.
The case. Of A. i. Miller and
Clyde Webber, threshermeu,
70. the National Elevatorscom- !
pany was on trial when this
was written (Thursday after
u0On.) The case involves q
threshers' lien, the plaintiffs
claiming that the elevator. com
pany purchased grain upon
which they had 9 threshsfs'
lien.
r. G. Falkenstein sEas ,at
Antler "Wednesday night 10 yi6-t
III the Masonic lodge. l1T.
f8Ikenatein il the district dep
uty 3or pierce and BOtti6oats