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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RE.
CElVE

Had it been possible for everyone
who gave stocking or its equivalent
to The Courier Junior Christmas
Stocking club to have followed it to
the little boy or girl who finally re-
ceived it, many people in OttumWa
today would appreciate better than
ever the truth of the quotation that
says it is better to give than to re-
ceive.
Over thousand little children
have been made happy on what to
every child heart is and should be
the big day of all big days, because
Of the generosity Of the people of this
city. Santa Claus might have peeked
in at the door for some of these chill
dren but had it not been for the Stock
ing club the great bulk of them
would have awakened this morning
with childhood's fondest dream shat
tered and with deepest gloom where
all should be joy.
The Courier extends heartfelt
thanks to those who co-operated
through the Stocking club in thus
bringing Christmas cheer to a thou
sand Of the little ones of the less for
tunate and the unfortunate and thanks
also those boys who voluntarily gave
up the greater portion of two days to
wrapping, sorting and delivering the
Christmas packages Without the aid
of these boys the task would have
been we'll nigh impossible, but with
them it went off smoothly and with
out the least hitch.
The 1914 Christmas Stocking club
has done we'll
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

found the names of some Of the men
and women who will write for The
Courier. Read the list of names and
among them you will find some whom
you know will write articles that you
will want to read. This is the biggest
editorial feature ever undertaken by
any newspaper. Tell your friends
about it, so they can have the oppor-
tunity of securing these articles at
only the cost of a years subscrip-
ton to The Courier
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
WEDDINGS At CHARLTON.

Charlton, Dec. 26.-Jacob Foreman,
of Truro, and Mrs. Maude Braucht Of
New Virginia, were united in marriage
at the clerks Office in the court house
on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock,
Rev. E. E. IlgenFritz performing the
ceremony. Yesterday forenoon at ~
o'clock at the same place the same
minister OBLIGATED at the marriage of
James Johnson and Mrs. Mary Dallner
both Of Mt. Pleasant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

A species of bird found in British
Guinea is provided with claws at the
ends of the wings to aid in climbing
trees while young but which drop off
when a bird becomes old enough to
fly.
For use in certain types of restau.
rants as well as for taking notes a
new chair with one wide arm on it's
right has half of the back cut away
to permit free use of the right arm Of
an occupant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

With thousands of people suffering
from cold and hunger despite the gen.
crosby of christmas Goodfellows" ev-
erywhere, number of Philadelphia
women spent considerable sum OF
money on a fantastic Christmas tree
for horses. The horses would GER
tainly have appreciated square meal
more and the balance of the money
could well have been used for giving
square meals to some of the needy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
whelming public sentiment for temper.

anCC.
Congressman will not vote for some
thing that they feel is not popular in
their home constituencies. The mem
bers of congress knew before the vote
was taken, about what the result was
going to be. Now is the time to try
to make temperance popular in all
communities. When that is done, there
will be no difficulty in getting nation
al law enacted, prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale of liquor in this coun-
try and 1t will then be enforced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

an objection to his confirmation on the
part of the offended senator and the
senate very promptly decided to stand
by Reed. The president will be oblig-
ed to back up. Congress is a co-or-
dinate branch Of the government Will
son must convne himself to his own
sphere. He has had emphatic notice
to this effect.
Mason City Times: Instead Of de-
nouncing Champ Clark for falling
from the water wagon the newspapers
which are recording his misfortune
with glee should turn their batteries on
the evils Of intemperance and the rot
ten booze business which causes such
sorrow.
Kansas City Journal: The citizen
who has put in an hours hard labor
cleaning the snow from his sidewalks
feels trile irritated when he comes
down town and is halted on the
street by husky young man with
request for a little money to get
something to eat as he is out of work
and cant find any"
CEDAR RAPIDS GaHeLte. MyIOH !
Herrick reports that he spent 100000
more as American ambassador to
France that he received. Mr.. Her
rick's former boss, William J. Bryan
should put the French Office on its
feet by assuming the position him
self, learning to speak the language
and making lectures on universal
peace.
Davenport Times: To cheer ones
country as ones disabled fighting is
sinking beneath ones feet, as did the
German sailors of Falkland islands. re
ouires an enthusiasm for cause that
will give a good account Of Itself
whenever the odds are anywhere neal
even.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: 1t Is re
ported that Ambassador Sharp finds
the house occupied by former Ambas
sador Herrick in Paris too small
Sharp must have some roll. 1t cos,
Herrick four hundred thousand dol
lars to live in that house four years
Des Moines Capital: In Denmark
Norway and Sweden, where ice anc
snow are common, the people learn
Or. Miles, the Great Specialist, Sends
MANY Have Been Cured After Doctors
| New $3.75 Treatment FREQ as Trial.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

1t is too late now for a christmas
Cleanup" but there Is still very great
need for the outgrown, out Of style,
half worn and discarded clothing that
filters up the closets in many homes
The poor people Of Ottumwa can use
them and you do not want them. Why
not turn them over to one Of the
charities bodies? They know where
they will do the most good
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

People are prone to forget religion
when they are engaged in enjoying
life, but when trouble comes they
quickly turn to their churches. Paris
reports that never in the history of
that gay place have the church con.
gregations been as large as they are
now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

This section of Iowa can provide
some pretty fine sleighing and some
good places for the use of skates and
skees. If these winter sports were
possible in California that state would
be busy advertising the fact to the
world,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

Fighting forest fires in the national
forests is becoming science. Only
seven and half per cent Of the 400
forest fires in Utah, Idaho. Wyoming
and Nevada last season caused losses
in excess of 500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
VETERAN ENGINEER DEAD.

Clinton. Dec 26.--Petef Golden, -,
a resident of Clinton since 1866, is dead
at his home. Mr.. Golden was a veteran
Northwestern engineer and ten years
ago was retired on a pension. Mr.. Col
den was born in Ireland, March 3,
1910. He came to America when a
boy. In 1862 he enlisted in Co K. S8th
Illinois infantry At the close OF the
Mar he came to Clinton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
BATTLEsHIP IN U. 8. PORT.

Valparaiso, Chile, Dec 26.--The Aus.
tralian battle cruiser Australia came
into this port today. She had been on
the Pacific coast Of South America for
several weeks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

A single match, carelessly handled,
can start conflagration that would
destroy huge city. A blaze that
started from an overhead electric mo-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

For the French railroad in the Sa
hara there have been built locomotives
and cars specially designed for passage
through sand storms to offer a mini.
mum of resistance to the metal cut.
ting sand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

tor in an eastern factory, did damage
amounting to 100000. One cannot
be too careful in the handling of fire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

A log raft containing one million
feet of cedar, said to be the largest
ever foated on the Pacific, recently
made the trip from British Columbia
to Puget Sound. 1t was 100 feet long
and 70 feet wide; it stood Is feet out
of the water and 20 feet under.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

A young woman of western town
desired to show some kindness 10 a
young officer of the militia to whom
she had taken a fancy. She thele
fore dispatched this note:
MRS. Smythe requests the pleas
ure of Captain Whites company at a
reception on Friday evening"
A prompt reply came. which read:
with the exception of three men
who are sick, Captain Whites COM
pany accept your kind invitation and
will come with pleasure to your re-
ception Friday evening"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

Time to begin thinking up for the
annual New Years resolution.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
Useful Publications Free

THE PACIFIC coAsTJust off the
useful
planning Pacific Coast tour Important points
clearly outlined Contains large eolored map
colored Of California
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70 THE NoRTHWEsT-Ths folder tells
through
without change
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United altitude and index Of all
Route and other usefui general
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reading
the trip today Ask local write
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: There are
indications on the surface in Washing
ton that President Wilson has sent
his pitcher over to the senate at least
once too often. His appointment of a
postmaster at Kansas City over the
protest of Senator Reed brought about
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

Boone News-Republican: Every
thing of Jules Vernes prophetical
novels has pretty nearly come true
with the exception Of the trip to the
moon. If the world keeps on getting
hotter at the present rate this final
act will probably be accomplished.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
ID n n 0r
s tori y

The Frenchman did not like the
look Of the barking dog barring his
way.
Its all right" said his host, don't
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29
Press Comment

Burlington Gazette: A mans good
taste in matters Senatorial should not
be judged by the neckties that will
be worn by him in the next few
weeks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

Some years ago troopship was
making it's way across the Pacific,
bound for the Philippines, carrying a
squadron of the Ninth cavalry Cool
ored). The ship arrived at the 180th
meridian on Saturday evening, and
there was no Sunday that week, the
calendar skipping from Saturday to
Monday. The colored soldiers were
much puzzled by this remarkable oc-
currence, and many discussions arose
among them as to the explanation.
A wise old sergeant, sitting on deck
smoking his pipe was listening to
group Of disputants discussing the
question from every angle. Finally,
he could stand 1t no longer, and spoke
up: IF yuh niggahs II shut up TO- a
minute, and quit 'splayin' yo ignan'ce,
I'll 'splain de mattah to yuh, SOS even
yuh can und'stan' It," "How Is It,,
sergeant?' asked one of the disput-
ants. WELL" said the sergeant hits
dis way. De yearth has north pole;
vest day we passed de was pole, an
we got out of Christian an into heath
en- lands, an we amt goin' to have no
mo- Sundays"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

"Wot's a germicide, anyhow"
He's q man wot kills German
Your blamed ign'rance makes ms
tired"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-29

A customer had come to purchase q
beef roast. Now, it seems that BIZ useo
to have most annoying habit Qo the
patrons) of bearing down with heaVy
hand upon the scales. But one OF Bill 3
customers finally broke him or this
trick.
AS was stated, the customer was
buying beef roast and Bill slyly was
helping out the work OF the scales WIN WIN
one pudgy fist when, before shop1ul
Of people, the buyer said:
"Take your hand off that scale, Bill.
I'm buying beef, not pork
Since then no one has had 10 cnloe
Bill for a similar act.
Henry, the baby shouldn't have
been given that hard rubber BAH. h :
has just thrown it at his sister and
made her cry
Il saw it happen. Wonderful, wasn't
it?"
What was wonderful?"
"Why, the little cub threw it with a
curve"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
Twenty-Five Years Ago

A we'll eight-feet square was
being dug for fire protection.
G.. Gowerly arrived in Town
from Manitoba and was likely
to stay.
The long-looked-for rains had
come and everybody was very
happy.
Mrs. Noble, mother of Y. Is.
Noble arrived from the east
and was to keep house for her
son.
The Presbyterian church was
making preparations for an ice
cream social at the NCBrayen
hotel.
Roberto urran residing in the
mountains was arrested for tax
ing property amounting to $2OO
from +. NJ. Woodward's old
mill,
w. H. Mcintosh left tor a
few days visit at Devils Lake
and the editor seemed to think
that he might bring back a
wife.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05

ORDINANCE AMEND
ING SECTIONS Is AND %
OF ORDINANCE NO. Is,
DEFINING THE FIRE
LIMITS WITHIN THEC CITY
OF BOTTINEAU, AND
THE Q F
BUILDINGS OR
TO BE ERECTED, WITH
IN THE FIRE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF BOTTINEAU
AMI THE CITY OF BOT
TINEAU, N. D., REPEAL
ING THAT PORTION OF
THE SAID SECTIONS 10
AND %. OF SAID ORDI-
NANCE NO. Is. IN CON
FLICT
Be it ordained by the city coun-
Gil of the city of Bottineau,
North Dakota:
No, 1. Amendment. I b t
the portion Of section 10, Of
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
Ten Years Ago

The old Ertresvaag store was
moved onto the vacant lot in
the rear of the brick block.
Chris Saunders, the Dun
seth barber, died from the
effects of drinking bay rum.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Scully
left for Ontario where they ex-
pected to visit several weeks.
Fulton Brothers became the
owners of the w. H. Mcintosh
& Co.'s general merchandise
stock.
The local members of the A.
O. l.. w. and l.. O. I. NJ. were
to hold a Union picnic at the
Turf club grounds.
A. J. Drake of the Westhope
Standard purchased the Review
of the same place. The papers
were to be consolidated.
Mrs. A. L. Sims and daught-
err of Brownsville, Minnesota,
leased the A. w. hotel at lake
Metigoshe and would run it
during the season.
The Dunseith editors were
q~uarreling over which was the
worst speller. The Courant
editor remarked that it would
be a hard question to decide.
Mrs. Chauncey Gillette and
son Elmer of Lansford. charged
with numbering the husband
and father were discharged as
there was no evidence connect
ing them with the crime. The
case lasted five days.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
Munchausen II. Unlucky.

Who was the original Munchausen
that told the delightful '~'stretchers?"
Raspe is commonly supposed to have
founded his hero upon Hier0nymus
Karl Friedrich Won Munchausen. who
had fought with the Russians against
the Turks and died in 1877. But the
Rev. S. Baring-G Gould has told the sto-
~ of a swindler who appeared at Hal
berstadt in 1902 giving out his name as
Baron Karl Friedrich Munchausen. He
married a wealthy lady there and told
the most astonishing yarns Of his trav-
.ls and adventures. The rest Of his ca
reer was short. In June, 1893, he MUIR
dered his wife. and in August he was
executed.-London Chronicle.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
Funeral on Skates.

Among the Wends. il remnant of the
ancient Slavonic race inhabiting the
Spreewald, Il region inclosed by an arm
Of the Spree river. about fifty miles
south Of Berlin, are seen the most GU
rious funeral professions Of the civil
Iized world. As in Holland. the thor
oughfares are waterways. In the win
ter time, when these are frozen over,
funeral professions pass along the Ice
on skates. The coffin is carried on q
sledge drawn by six mourners or
skates. The immediate relatives OF
the dead. men and women alike. skate
along behind the coffin surrounded bJ
their friends. The women carry q 81
bic in one hand and wear the ancten'
national costume.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
SPEED IN A FOG

LIKE the loss of the Titanic,
the sinking of the Empress of
Ireland was one of those SEEM
nglv avoidable disasters that
nave taken their toll ever since
men first went down to sea in
ships. Human ingenuity has
not yet solved the problem OF
safe navigation in dense fog.
That it will be solved cannot
be doubted. Probably some
adaptation of the submarine
telephone will eventually warn
ships of their nearness to each
other,
The St. Lawrence opposite
Rinouski is about thirty miles
wide, with ample channel room
for passing ships. But a three
thousand-ton collier with a
seven-thousand-ton load ofcoal.
the whole under full head way,
is quite as dangerous to the
ship that meets it as an i'm
mobile iceberg of unknown
weight and extent.
This projectile laid the En-
press open from the point of
collision forward to the screws
of her stern. It was a mortal
wound which no system of safe
ty bulkheads could prevent.
Moreover. it came so suddenly
and was so disabling that only
a part of the lifeboats could be
launched, though there appears
to have been enough of them
aboard to accommodate the
whole ships company. But
the collision occurred in the
dead of night, when the pas
sengers were all in their berths,
so that many were killed out
right or MORALLY hurt, while
others had no chance to gain
the decks before the ship went
down.
Details of the behavior of
both ships and their officers
will come out in subsequent in
vestigation, as was the case
with the Titanic. But the big
and salient fact remains that
under present conditions no
ship can safely proceed at any
thing like full speed in a fog,
especially where the seaway is
likely to- be obstructed by ice
bergs or other ships. No care
of construction, no provision of
lifeboats, no training of officers
and crew can avert a disaster
thus courted. The only sure
cure is radical reduction of
speed in a fog wherever OBJ
struction is likely.
According to the reports, the
Empress came to a dead stop
when the lights of the Storstad
showed. But why was the col
lier hurting through the dark
ness on it's fatal errand?-
Minneapolis Journal.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
The Dear Old Days.

Touched by his sad story, a woman
recently furnished a meal to Z melan-
choly looking hobo who had applied
therefor at the back door.
why do you stick out the middle
finger of your left hand so straight
while you are eating?" asked the COM
passionate woman. WAS 1t eve bro
ken?" 49,.
mo, num-" answered the hobo, with
a snufle. But during my halcyon
days l wore q diamond ring on that
finger, and old habits are hard to break,
mum."-Exchange.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
Napoieon's Bible.


IAN Italian journalist has the copy of
the Bible which Napoleon used during
his compulsory sojourn in the isle Of
Elba. II IL a copy Of a cheap popular
edition. illustrated with rough wood
cuts, with the initial IN" and the i'm
.perial crown stamped upon its back.
A number Of texts are underlined. and
the inference il that the exiled en-
peror searched the Scriptures for pas
sages appropriate to his misfortune
and his hopes. II will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scat
tered" IL perhaps the most signif-
cant OF them. The Bible was discov-
cred In the sanctuary Of the Madonna
del Monte. In Elba.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05

The home of Edgar Richter,
editor of the Larimore Pioneer,
was struck bv lightning recent
ly, and badly demolished.
Judging from the number of
holes in the building there
must have been several bolts.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
official Newspaper Of City Of B%ottineau.
official Newspaper Of Bottineau County

ADVERTISING RATEs-The cnarge Tor dis
play advertising space in the Courant Is
based on Is cents per inch. single column
measurement, each issue; annual rate ID
cents: special position rs cents. Legal ad-
vertjsing legal rates: locals" 10 cents per
line: reading matter 10 cents per line.
Classified advertising S scents per line.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-06-05
FOR SHERIFF

To the voters of Bottineau county: l
wish to myself as a candidate
for the nomination for sheriff on the re-
June "a, 1914, and respectfully solicit your
support.
NEIL II. NckINNON.