The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-28
FickertQn Facts G. FQncieS


J. H. Mitchell of Minot while Hog cholera is said to be
in Minneapolis last week was epidemic in the vicinity OF
inveigled by one Myron Clark Dickinson.
to accompany him to his home, -<-
where he was feeced out of Organization of the state inn
$3.50. Clark is spending 90 migration board, created by an
days in the workhouse as a re- act of the last Legislature, will
suit of his enterprise. probably be perfected at BIS
--- marck this week.
Wanpeton is DESTROYS of get --
ting the proposed Duluth, HUI Judge Lynch of Ninot has
ron & Southern railway and been compelled to hold night
has started a campaign for sessions in order to 'acconmo-
raising $3.50 with that pur- date all the inmates of the
pose in view. city Jail.
Fire in the Columbia hotel Don and sayde Densmore,
estimated at 800 coo. The loss by D. A. Dinnie of Ninot, have
was fully covered by Insurance.. been shipped back to North
After a conference with Rev; worlds records on the Great
Watkins and Attorney General Northern racing circuit.
Iinde. Governor Hanna has -
ton G ff for " a dismissal Of action Berthold indian lands is fall
a i Emmo nra' ee~n'y s"'": Three -" of cation on that att it will fail way be-
the five complaints were found low first expections.
repudiated the affidavit, which A law passed at the last SEES
asked for I.ynn's dismissal. sion of the legislature provides
-4-- that the different townships in
Barnes county will have a the state shall appoint a noxi.
corn show at Valley City on ons weed commissioner, Many
Dec. 8. 8 and 10. of the township boards about
- the state r already taking
Editor John S. Patterson of action and appointing commits
Ross shot Leonard IRitterah, a sioners for the coming year.
drunken drayman, who insist -
ed upon licking the editor. Half a dozen colored folks
Patterson Immediately gave were taken IN CUSTODY o me me
himself up t" the authorities a Tn orr hes a aar NuIuy a a ;n the
and is out on $1,000 bonds. w u n se"rleHe III oe
The body of a murdered man charge Of black shaving"
was found buried in a car of -
oats shipped from Mott to The city or Carrlngton ano
Minneapolis. Papers on the Foster county are of1er1ng a re-
body identify the man as being ward of 5000 for the apprehen.
named Crofton. No solution sion of Frank Ward and Peter
to the mystery has been dis Lynch, the two men Who es'
covered capped the night of the shooting
-+- of the Darlington chief o
Thos, Phillips of Kenmarel police.
was on his way to the state -- ,
nen;+ent;arv almost before he North Dakota prairie chick.
realized that he was in the ems will be sent to Virginia for
clutches of the law. He was PROPAGATION IN Inc game pre-
arrested Saturday night on a serves OF that state. Henry
boot. leooino charge, pleaded Williams of Grafton has re
guilty in justice court Monday ceived an oroer iof twenty
and the sam morning taken to pairs OF n game D1ro Whc
M;not where he WAS Sentenced he will snare and ship to the
to seven months in the pen. eastern state.
The same evening he was on -~-
his way to Bismarck. George Lee, who was releas
- ed this week from the Oregon
Langdon expects 1000, 600 penitentiary, where he has
bushels of grain to be market served a year on a bigany
ed in that town during the charge, will be brou ght back
present season-whiChi IS really to Trail county on a charge o
gong some. arson. hree years ago seVera
- business places at Clifford were
State Insurance Commission destroyed by fire and the au
er Taylor announces that he thOrities now claim to haV'
expects to be a candidate for positive proof that the tire wa
re- election. set by Lee, who was in bust
- ness at Clifford at that time.
Moses Powell of Minot stole -
a hide from the Great Northern 43.-hltchlng up TO More Than 70
Express company and is serv- Can PuI.
ing twenty days in the county Somewhere in New Englan,
Jail for his absentni ndedness. there lives a farmer who train
oxen to draw heavy loads. H
James Scofeld will thresh is an artist at training oxen t
10000 bushels off his 5000 draw heavy loads, and the oe
acre farm near fl1not. he trains usually take first priz
- in the pulling contests at tn
The prisoners in the Berth county fairs. He claims
old Jail attempted to liberate have a secret process, but it
themselves by burning the simply a logical plan for deve
latch off their eel. door. They Looping pulling strength.
They we're discovered before While young he bitches tn
having accomplished their animals to a light sled whic
purpose and were brought to they can draw with ease. TIL
Ninot for safe keeping. load is increased as they &c
-s- accustomed to dragging tn
Williston is making plans sled, but until they are tw
for a Great White Way and a years old he doesn't work, bu
commercial club with a paid just exercises them. Whe
secretary. they are two years old he work