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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Twenty-Five Years Ago

Wheat was 80 cents a bushel
on December I.
+. w. CathrO was appointed
state deputy superintendent of
schools.
"A thirteen-pound son was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
HOlbrOOk.
Fred Warneke and Miss Gus
ia Dagner were united in mar
riage by Rev. Thos. Gibson at
the McBrayen hotel of Decem
Der 4.
Married-Victor Comartin
and Miss Rose Charbonneau,
Ubald Ruelle and Miss Geor-
gle Fontaine; Paul Picard and
Miss Mare:ne Dubois. AL of
the three young couples were
from the vicinity of Tarsus and
Rev. Father L'hiver performed
the ceremonies.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
1onYears AGO

Geo. Nero left for Fargo to
take a course in a business col
lege.
The date for dedication of the
NJ. E. church was set for Dec
ember 8.
w. H. Adams went to Sher-
wood to accept a position as
cashier in the State bank.
Charles Beevers opened a
butcher shop in the building
formerly occupied bye. Thomp-
son.
A farewell party compliment
tary to Mrs. NJ. w. Fawett was
given at the home of Mr. and
Mr.. A. G.. Burr.
Isham Bacon escaped from
the county Jail but gave him
self up after several days spent
in hiding in the Turtle Noun.
tains.
August Voelcker of Souris
was thrown from a load of hav
and seriously injured. This was
MI. Voelcker's third serious
accident within a year.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
affected animal land ssswellings


between the toes and over
the hoOfs. It makes its APP
pearance in from three to
six days after exposure and is
first evidence by chill. his
is followed by a very high few
err. Although not necessarily
fatal, the infected animals are
Worthless iur food or dairy
purposes. Although cattle are
most susceptible, hogs, goats,
horses, dogs, cats and even
poultry have been the victims
of the infection. The latter
three are particularly danger
Gus as carriers of Contagion.
Even man is not immune, and
the drinking of milk from at
feCted COWS has developed a
mild form of the disease in hu
man beings. This, however,
has never been fatal. SCien-
fists agree that the disease is
the result of bacteria. SO far,
however, they have not been
able to isolate the germ.
The present outbreak of the
disease is the worst one in the
history of the United States.
The outbreak in 1908 affected
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Mich
igan, and parts of New Eng
land. About 500, 600 worth of
cattle were killed to stamp it
out and the government spent
$500, 600 more in disinfection
and other work. The outbreak
had a peculiar origin. The de-
partment finally traced it to
calves which had been used by
a pharmaceutical company for
the propagation Of vaccine vir-
us. This firm, in turn, had Sc
cured cultures of the virus from
a Pennsylvania company whose
supply, from Japan, it was dis
covered, had been contaminated
with the bacteria of the dread
foot and mouth disease.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
A Test Of Nerve.

To crouch in a trench or covered
bombproof from dawn until dusk. to
hear the incessant whistle Of thou.
sands Of projectiles. to mark the little
clouds Of dust kicked up by bullets as
they strike the ground near a trench
or shelter, to start at the bursting Of
shrapnell shells. each containing 200
or 900 bullets which are scattered over
many yards, is a test Of human nerve
which Napoleon's Old Guard was new
or called upon to withstand Waldo
mar Kaempfert In American Review
Of Reviews.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Snake Farms.

Two snake infested countries. India
and Brazil. maintain snake FARMS At
which a scientific study of serpents is
being pursued. The venom from the
poisonous n Is extracted and made
into a serum for curing persons who
have been bitten. The Brazilian inst.
tuition. situated near Sac Paulo, IL
maintained at an expense of $4,000 a
year: Besides preparing serums. the
snake farm" tries to spread knowl-
edge about snakes and induce farmers
not to kill them Unfortunately.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Wonderful Musical Memory.

Sir John Stainer had a wonderful
musical memory. 1t was put to the
test once at the Crystal palace when
he had to play the organ in the Mes
slab" and a folio copy. on which alone
he could see the score. was not forth
coming. The conductor was in despair.
Sir John cut the knot by a wonderful
tour de force. playing the part fault
Iessly right through and entirely from
memory. probably. the only time the
Messiah" has been SO rendered. Lon.
don Standard.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Square Deal Needed For Humorista
Let Us be fair. II a man didn't hog
all his change for his personal COM.
forts and went f1fty-ffty with his wife
the joke about her frisking his pockets
at night would soon die for want Of
observation-disclosures Enquirer.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Saving Time.

Everything had gone wrong with
Grumps that morning. and as he strobe
gloomily down the suburban road on
his way to the station he was simply
aching for an outlet for his temper.
Good morning." ch%eerfully called out
the man from the Films. overtaking
him. Good morning. good afternoon.
good evening. Now we've made a day
of it, snarled Grumps v~iciously.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
II Silicon Were a Gas.

Whistler at West Point seems to
have had a sort Of subconscious knowl
edge of his destiny. and this gave him
an utter Indifference to everything not
cOnsonant with it. Here he was u fail
ure. A direct statement in a class rec
'tntion that SILICON . eas" discour
aged his chemical itntHEpr and was
II Of the final blake,fo his military
career As Whistler said himself. If
silicon had only beer, u gas he migl,l
have become a major general But til.
fates were against it
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Marquis.

The designation marquis is the sec
ond in the Eve orders Of English nobil
ity. The term originally indicated per
n who had the care of the marches
Of a country. The word marches is
the plural Of mark. which in it's polit.
ical sense signifies boundaries. Such
were the lands on the borders Of Eng.
land and Scotland and Of England and
Wales
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Her Birthstone.

did Julius give you a stone set ring
for your birthdayr'
Eyes. Isn't It a beauty? Blue
white"
But you were born in March. The
diamond Is the birthstone for April"
That's right. but as long us | know
julius my birth month is going to be
April."-Judge.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
MUSIC IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PUBLIC SCHOOLS
what percentage Of pupils
in the grammar grades of our
public schools ar sing an or
binary hymn at sight?' One
hundred and nineteen schools
out of 433 say that IS per cent
of their pupils can do this, &C
cording to the United States
bureau of education.
Convinced of the fundamental
importance of music as a
school subject, DR.. p. =. Clax-
ton, commissioner of eduCa-
ton, requested Mr.. Will Ear
hart, director OF music in the
schools of Pittsburgh, Pa, to
make a thorough investigation
of music teaching in the
schools of the several states.
Abulletin containing the results
of Mr.. Earhart's investigations
has Just been issued. Accord
ing to this bulletin about 20
per cent of the schools of the
country require music and
practically all of these have
the course graded. The weak
ness of the present system, in
Mr.. Earhart's view, is that
only a small per cent of the
grade teachers are required to
pass an examination in music.
The work in the schools is
done largely through supervi-
sors or directors of music.
Ten per cent of the schools
have pianos; half that number
have organs. The order of
popularity with the student in
regar! to music reverses exact
ly the order that the school
authorities desire. Students
regard music first from the
stondpoint of appreciat o n,
then history, and finally har-
mony. Mr.. Earhart finds that
the less formal and academic
the plan the greater the popu.
larity.'
In discussing Mr.. Earhart's
findings, Commissioner Clax-
ton declares: Good music is
necessary not only for enjoy
ment and recreation, but also
for inspiration and salvation
from death in the din and dust
of trade; and this music should
be democratic in the truest and
DCSI ScIlSc.
Although not recognized in
the course of study of our ear
Hest public schools, music has,
within the last % or 80 years,
been introduced to some ex-
tent into the schools of most
progressive cities and of many
towns, villages and country
communities, though by many
it is considered unessential and
a fad. Sooner or later we shall
not only recognize the culture
value of music, we shall also
begin to understand that, af-
ter the beginnings of reading,
writing, arithmetic, and geom-
etry, music has greater prac-
teal value than any other sub
ject taught in the Schools
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Loves Match.

Friend - Edith married for n
didn't she? Clara-No, indeed: He Is
rich. but she is dreadfully in love with
him. Why. when he comes in late she
just sits and scolds him by the hour
New York Weekly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
STAMPING OUT
A PLAGUE

HEROIC measures were TAX
en- by the department of agri-
culture in November to stamp
out an outbreak of the foot
and mouth disease-probably
the worst cattle scourge
known, says the Grand Forks
Herald.
The disease is known tech
nically as a highly infectious
fever marked by the formation
of blisters in the mouth of the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Franklin Jensen of near
Rerthhold came very near get
ting killed last week when pas
senger train No. 2 of the Great
Northern came tearing through
that town and struck the wag-
on he was driving, killing the
horses and injuring him.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Reminded.

Dick-1 thought you were not going
to give Miss Bankem anything for her
birthday. Toni wasn't. But how
could I refuse? She sent me q bunch
Of forget-me-nots the day before
Judge.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
His Objection.

The Observation-Disclosures is q game OF
chance. The Married Mainland you
have conscientious scruples against
gambling? The Bachelor-Not exactly,
but ! have against drawing a BOBBY
prize.-Philadelphia Record.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
She Knew From Experience.

She Knew from Experience.
what Is ~cOnSclenceY" asked the Sun
day school teacher
There WIS dead silence from the
class.
"Oh, you KNOW" she said encourag-
ingly. what Is it that TELLS US when
We do wrong?"
Il know" said the littlest girl In the
class: Its grandma" Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Gave the SNAP Ava,

0aVe 4 Snap Away.
The Dominie-How is It, nv younp
Friend. that your mother always does
the carving when you have compan,
to dinner? Freddie-'Cause dad always
says queer things while he's doing it
Puck.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
A Philosophette.

- e~ntJo80photto.
but why don't you marry Edwin.
Angelica 7" asked Mrs. Blinker.
why. mother replied Angelica, II
think it's much better to have a man
on a string than merely anchored."-
Judge.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Chief of Police Lowe OF
Grand Forks has issued a warn
ing to parents to see that their
children are not on the Red
river as the ice is not consider
ed safe.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
official Newspaper OF City Of B%ottineau.
official Newspaper Of Botineau County

tnVERTISING RATEs-Thec charge for dis
Jay I'd vertisinR space In the COurant Is
BASED on Is cents per inch. single column
measurement each issue: annual ate Is
cents: special position % cents. Legal adj
v4rtising legal rates: locals" 10 cents per
tine: reading matter 10 cents Der line.
classified advertising 5 cents per line.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Jumped at Conclusions,

Jumped at Conclusions.
Beetles-Heavens. man. that wasn't
a collector you threw out then; he was
q customer! Waller-It was the Sec
ond time l saw him here. A customer
never comes here more than once.-
Exchange.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

c.. w. Hartman, a farm lab
orer, was robbed of all his
money in a Minot hotel the
other day, when a thief era wled
through the transom of his
room and stole his pocketbook,
containing two checks and also
stole his OvershOes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Three or four cases of dipth-
eria-with one death are re.
ported in Elmwood township,
Cass county, and it is believed
many children have been ex.
posed to COntagiOn.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Chief Game Warden Nc.
Cutcheon of Minot reports hav-
ing arrested nineteen sooners
found with muskrats in their
possession before the season
opened.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

The Grand Forks Herald of
recent date says that a Swede
over in East Grand Forks load
ed up on whiskey and then
painted himself emerald green.
Shortly afterwards he was tax
en- into custody.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

lncrc are only one
more days until Christmas.
SO far this year the statistics
show S.25S births against 2, 743
deaths.
The electric light plant at
NcCluskv, this state haschang-
ed hands.
Philadelphia has sent $50, 600
worth of food to the suffering
Belgians.
Last Monday night the Neste
pool hall at Fordville was de.
stroyed by fire.
A movement is on foot for
the establishment of a cream
cry at HillsborO.
Park River and vicinity will
donate 500 sacks of flour to the
suffering Belgians.
The automobile shop of Fors-
burg and Mayer at Devils Lake
was Quilted by fire last week.
The new court house at Grand
Forks is completed and the
various Offices are filling up.
Nearly every newspaper in
the state is starting asking do
nations for the Belgian Relief
Fund.
The Great Northern Railway
has changed time on nearly all
it's lines including the main
line.
A special train will be run
from Minot to St. Paul on Dec.
7 on account of the farmers
convention,
The Hanson grocery store at
Grand Forks was entered last
week and a large amount of
| goods stolen.
Farmers in the vicinity of
Sherwood have marketed $50,
600 worth of hogs and cattle
during the year.
The next meeting of the
North Dakota Dairymen's as
sOCiarion will be held at Minot
some time in February.
Indians of the Standing Rock
reservation are again facing
serious conditions this winter
owing to the shortage of food
stuffs.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

The banks at Sherwood show
a deposit of$295, 625. 90 which is
considered one of the best
deposits in the state for a town
the size of Sherwood.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
Not Soft Answer.

my ancestors were all people Of
brains You must have been disin.
herited."- Detroit Free Press.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
FlIckERTAIL FACTS
AND fkNcIES

There are only twenty-one
more days until Christmas.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

The electric light plant at
NcCluskv, this state haschang.
ed hands.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

SO far this year the statistics
show S,25S births against 2,743
deaths.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Three children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Soderburg of near
Hillsboro were skating on the
Red River when the ice gave
way and the three youngsters
were drowned.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04
LOOKING BAG KWARD

Being a summary of the news OF
twenty-five years ago and ten years
ago as recorded in the columns of
this publication
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

The Duluth elevator at Key
holds burned to the ground
last Monday night, with APP.
proximately Is, 900 bushels of
wheat i'm it.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Philadelphia has sent $50, 600
worth of food to the sufferin g
Belgians.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Indians of the Standing Rock
reservation are again facing
serious conditions this winter
owing to the shortage of food
stuffs.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Last Monday night the Neste
pool hall at Fordville was de
strOyed by fire.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

The Hanson grocery store at
Grand Forks was entered last
week and a large amount of
goods stolen.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

The next meeting of the
North Dakota Dairymen's as
sociarion will be held at Mino'
some time in February.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

Farmers in the vicinity of
Sherwood have marketed $50,
600 worth of hogs and cattle
during the year.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-04

A movement is on foot for
establishment of a cream
cry at HillsbOrO.
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick
Glossy, Fluffy. BeautifuI-No
More itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli
cation of Danderine you cannot find .
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after q
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at frst-yes-bu
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair No d.f.
ference how dull, faded. brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw II
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. The effect is amaz.
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy. and have an appearance OF
abundance; an Incompatible luster.
softness and luxuriance
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair Is as pretty and soft
as any-that It has been neglected or
Injured by careless treatment-that's
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots Of it If you will just try LII
tie Danderine. Adv.
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
3 acklIandes,

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, en- roucs
for the suffrage congress 2t Buda est,
said on the Minneapolis;
Il see that a number of influential
women have appeared as anti-suffra
gists before the senate comm tttee
I'm sorry for this.
These women declare that they
wish their sex we'll but it is hard to
understand their attitude. To me they
seem TO be striking back handed
blow at progress. They are like the
spiteful woman who said to an old
friend:
You don't show your age at all,
darling
"'Oh. don't 10 cried the old friend.
delighted
mo said the other I was looking
for it in the sittingroom. When did
you scratch 1t out OF the family Bi,
ble?'"
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
Ad Astra Per Repartee

AN right" said Chollie. as he
gathered himself together after her
father had thrown him out Of the
house I'm have you indicted for
this"
Assault and battery. presumed"
grinned the old gentleman.
Not on your life" said Chollie.
Under the Sherman act your daugh-
ter and | were about to swap VOWS,
and that kick OF yours was distinctly
in restraint OF trade"
And the old man was 30 pleased
that he relented and the next day the
engagement was announced. -Har-
per's Weekly.
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
What He Wanted.

THE palaces of our millionaires are
undoubtedly the most beautiful in the
world" said noted New York archi-
tect the other day. The American
millionaire has. as rule, an aesthetic
sense. He isn't like Cashley OF Chill,
licothe
"Cashley, last winter, visited the
Riviera. Arriving at the Palace hotel
In Nice, he said to the clerk:
Gimme the dearest room in the
house, young Teller
Yes, sir, said the clerk. And
would you prefer. sir, sea view or a
mountain view-a view of the Medi-
terranean, or a view OF the Maritime
Alps
Oh, don't care nothin' about
that said Cashley. The dearest room
in the house. young feller-thats what
want"
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
Woman Band Leader

Miss Soller is a young Swedish
woman who is leading band in Phil
adelphia She is the daughter OF vlad
imir Soller, one of the leading band
masters Of Europe, but she insists on
not telling her own first name. She
has only two men in her band and is
said to be a splendid disciplinariap
and to insist upon the best work She
says that she never had toy, which
she would have loved as other little
girls, but has been playing before the
public since she was Ave years OF
age, appearing at that time before til.
king OF Sweden
The Forrest City times., 1914-01-09
WARS EFFECT ON STATURE
CcrGuests Achieved by Napoleon Low
cred the Average Height OF
Frenchmsn.

1t may be stated with confidence
that the average height Of the men OF
France began notably to decrease with
the coming Of age. In 1913 and after,
of the young men born in the years of
the revolutionary wars Q792-lS02),
and that it continued to decrease in
the following years with the coming
of age of the youths born during the
wars of tue empire, writes Vernon L.
Kellogg in the Atlantic Monthly.
Soon after the cessation of these ter.
rible man-draining wars. for the main
tenance of which a great part of the
able bodied male population of France
had been withdrawn from their fami-
lies and the duties OF reproduction.
aud much OF THIS part actually sacri-