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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The freshmen have organic
ed with the following officers:
President, Rueben Stewart;
vice president, Adele Condie;
secretary. Ella Woods; treas
urer Fernand Williams.
The Crescent Literary society
has organized with the follow
ing officers: President, Melvin
(iorder; vice president, Pearl
Hunter; secretary, NJ a r i O n
Cathro; treasurer, Alice Ber.
thiaume. The exuctive com.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
ANTlER BANK HAS
MONEY STOLEN
Package Of Currency Containing So, 600
Stolen Between Grand Forks
and End Town

Somewhere between Grand
Forks and Antler a package of
currency containing So, 600 con-
signed to the State Bank of
Antler was stolen the first of
the week, the money being re-
placed by a package of news,
papers. Secret service men
are investigating the case and
it is likely that the thief will
be apprchen led in the course
of a few days.
Tie package Of currency was
consigned by the First National
Bank of Grand Forks to the
Antlcr institution, While en-
route to the end town it pass
ed through several hands, be
ing first delivered at the Grand
Forks poStotliCr and then to
the railway mail clerk. At
Rugby the package passed in
to the care OF the mail clerk
on this line, who delivered it
to the express clerk at Antler.
From there the package was
turned over to the Antlcr bank.
When opened the money had
been taken out and replaced
by some newspapers. lnVeStl-
CATION showed that the pack
age had been tumpcrcd with,
the paper being slightly scOrch-
cl and the wax apparently
melted.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
Twenty Years
Ago
> Ae-a1a @ADe q % & =z1@(

-. II. NcArtlrlr was post
master of Hutti,lrnu at the
time
Master Roy Mcintosh is not
ed in the COurHut as Cclcbrat-
ing his third birthday.
DR.. Loranger opened a drug
store near the depot.
John Hofacker, w. &. Com
lay, John Vedquam. Peder
Taralset and Elland Albertson
were among those making
final proofs on their home
steads.
Hon. J. NJ. Devine, then of
LaMoure, delivered an address
in the Odd Fellows hall.
Rev. w. II. Wood of the Pres
byterian church expressed pub
lie appreciation to the unknown
party who had dropped S.
gold piece in the contribution
box.
The VIM. Candle home near
Lake Metigoshe was destroyed
by fire.
Among the Bottineau busi-
ness firms carrying ads in the
Courant were w. II. Mcintosh
& Co., dealers in furniture,
clothing, shoes and lime; Judd
& Woods, hardware; Thomas
White, butcher; Geo. Haacke,
livery; and J. G. Stover, barber.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
HANSON
4 CANDIDATE
Former Speaker Of House Said to
Aspire TO Job OF Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of North Dakota

Bismarck, Oct. 14.-Speaker
Hanson of the house of repre-
sentatives is in the city, and is
said to be looking after his
political fences. 1t is reported
that he is a candidate for lieu
tenant governor.
1t is also reported about the
capital city that Ex-represent-
ative Ployhar of Barnes county
is ambitious to succeed Senator
Midget and intends to become
a candidate.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
Methodist Church

Preaching services at II: O(
a. m.
S. S. at ~: 90 m.
Accept an invitation to at.
tend these services.
Junior league at 8: 80.
The ladies aid society is be-
ing entertained by Mrs. Layne
this afternoon.
The ladies of the Woman &
ForeignMissionarv society held
their annual election of officers
this week with the following
result; President, Mrs. V. NJ.
Smith; secretary, Mrs. Carl
Kirkeby; treasurer, Mrs. VIM.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
DRlEST COUNTY
IN The State
States Attorney LANCER Of Morton
County Cleans Out Every Pigger
In Jurisdiction

Mandan, Oct. 15.-It is rare
that statewide fame is achieved
in three weeks, yet this is what
happened to William LANCER,
states attorney, when he plac'
ed North Dakota's imperial
county of Morton in the dry
column. Because he is of Ger.
man parentage and the popu-
lation of Morton county is
largely German, the issuing of
more than 200 warrants for the
arrest of violatOrs of the prOhi-
bition law two days after the
oath of office was administered,
came as distinct shock.
LANCER won his nomination
in the face of the bitter Opposi-
ton of the Morton county re-
publican organization, and his
election in the face of even
bitterer opposition on the part
of both the republican and
democratic organizations.
During the ter:n of court
which was in session when he
succeeded to Office, Langer
went to trial with AZ violators
of the prohibition law and sent
45 to the county jail and one to
the penitentiary. He selected
for his first case a hardened
offender against the law and
secured against him several
distinct proveable charges.
The jury acquitting at the close
of the first trial, he promptly
rearrested the defendant on a
fresh charge. Then when the
jury disagreed on the second
trial, LANCER promptly rearrest-
ed the defendant on third
charge and the jury concluded
that it was just as we'll to con-
vict. Thereafter, where he had
a good case he had no trouble
in securing a conviction.
LANCER experienced great
difficulty in securing witnesses
who knew beer or whisky or
other Intoxicating liquor when
they saw or tasted them, bat
after he had sent prominent
citizen to the pen for per
jury, a surprising number of
persons in Morton county dis
covered they knew the differ
ence between beer and Mis-
souri, river water.
The cost to Morton county of
Langer's program of law en-
forcement at the first term of
court, as compiled by the coun-
ty auditor of Morton county,
was 81, ,294.81; the total amount
of fines and costs levied on
conviction was SO, ,2O2. %, leav-
ing a netprotit of 81. 9O8. 90. The
costs include all court expenses
and the expenses of the state 8
attorneys office as we'll.
Danger has followed up his
enforcement program even to
the extent of arresting the crew
of a federal contractor at work
on the postoffice building at
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21

Mandan fo orking on Sun.
dav. The store permit
law, the poolh>. iaw and the
anticigaret law all look alike
to LANCER and all are enforced.
AS result, Morton county has
passed from the wettest to
about the driest county in the
state.
LANCER is a native of North
Dakota, having been born on
farm near Casselton. He has
an academic degree from Col
umbia university and the law
degrees from the universities
of NorthDakota and Columbia.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
No Papers Served on Governor

Bismarck, Oct. 19.--Up te
noon today. papers had not
been served on Governor l.. B.
Hanna in the suit brought by
Grant Youmans of Minot, for
$255, 600 damages, growing out
of the dissolution of the Saw
ings Deposit bank at Minot.
The governor has so far refus-
ed to comment on the suit
brought by Youmans.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21

Emde. After the business and
social meeting the ladies gave
a farewell reception to their
retiring president, Mrs. L. J.
Russell, who expects to leave
soon for Indiana. The ladies
presented the honored guest
with a beautiful piece of
Chinese embroidery.
Rev. J. r. Russell,
Pastor
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
Baptist Church

Sunday School at ~ noon.
Is, Y. =. L. meets at 6: 45
leader Rev. J. Lloyd Hunter.
Evening service at !: 80 con.
Quoted by Rev. Hunter. Ameri
can S. S. Union Missionary.
Prayer meeting Wednesday y
at 8 p. m.
A hearty welcome is extend
ed to you.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
Grafton Woman Killed

Grafton, Oct. 16.-Mrs. F. A.
Olson, aged n, resident of
Grafton for about 81 years, was
run over and instantly killed
here this afternoon at 4 O'Clock
by switch engine in the Great
Northern yards.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
Lutheran Church

Services in \OrdIands church
at HOO a. m,
Sunday cveuin" at C3O our
silver medal contest will tax e
place The workers and CON
testants would appreciate a
good sized audience. SO plan
to come. Special singing.
Everybody welcome.
H. \. Bake, pastor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21
Doesn't II Beat y?

The Bottineau COurant has a
new head, somewhat improv-
ing the appearance of the pa
per. Also, the Courant has
added several pinChes of pepper
in its columns. Brother Ris-
hoH is i (which means iong)On
pepper. York Citizen.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21

AN exchange heads an obitu-
ary notice: Gone to His Eter-
nal Death. That is rather
a blunt way of putting it.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-10-21

Large double rooms for rent.
Apply at Woods store. 3tf
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
Preferred Her Pie in Piece.

There was a rush from the train to
nearby restaurant. for refreshments.
and. as usual. the men arrived first.
When the one woman entered, she saw
and heard the transactions where pie
was bought for ten cents a quarter.
She desired a whole pie TO take back
to party of friends. so she asked:
How much fo- pie."
sixty cents" was the glib reply.
III take the four pieces of this one. .
she said calmly. laying down four
dimes.
The restaurant man hesitated. bu,
three things caused him to come tc
the hasty conclusion that he had bet
ter cut the pie. The three things were
the set of the woman's chin. the SOUND
OF her voice. and the suppressed laugh
ter Of his customers.
She took up her pie-in pieces, say
Ing in the same businesslike tone;
Thank you--my knife was dull"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
PUT HIS PRECIOUS ICE FIRST
lecturer, Commenting on the peadli-
mesa Of War. Recalls a Hu-
mcrous story.

Apropos Of the death Of the two
Garibaldi brothers, fighting with the
Italian volunteers ia the Argonne.
Judge Parker Tiliman. In lecture on
the war. said:
This war IL deadly pas, all prece-
dent. These two lads sre the first OF
all the brood Of lighting Garibaldis
ever to be killed on the battlefield.
Deadly past all precedent A leader
in this war must. willy nilly. sacrifice
his men for his country's sake. He
must treat his men a. the man who
ran the skating pond treated the chap
who broke through the ice.
AS this poor chap foundered in the
water. the expioiter Of the pond reared
at him:
Come out OF that. or the water
won't freeze. But don't you break any
more of my ice. do you heart swim
underneath 10 the edge. here where J
am, and I'll knock hole for you to
get out by"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
War Makes Dogs Homeless.

The annual British dog tax of sI.S5.
which fell due on New Years day. has
set an unusual number of dogs adrift.
The reason is the war. with so many
men at the front and so many Deepen.
dents behind. English people are ex.
tremely sentimental in regard to ami
mails. and the protecting act passed
three years ago imposes a maximum
fine Of 500 or six months impriscn-
meat on any one convicted of aban
doning a dog. This year. the senti
mental feeling for the homeless dogs
has taken the form OF appeals to the
press for individuals to ransom the
dogs and give them TO the troops as
mascots. and also Of printed leaflets.
which have been scattered among
househoiders. pleading with owners
not to turn their pets into the street
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
SYRUP OF FIGS FOR
A CH|LDs BOWELS
II is cruel TO force nauseatIng.
harsh physic into a
sick child. \

Look back at your childhood days
Remember the dose mother tnsisteo
on - castor GIL calomel. ezthartieI
How you hated them. toS you fosx1
against taking them a
With our children IT'S di1ersnI
Mothers Who cling 20 TIE cd furz %
physsc simply dont realize What fh~J
do The children's revolt b reilfosnF
ed. Their tender little -insidss -
injured By them !
II your child's stomach liver 49,
bowels need cleansing. give oniy desf
efous ~califcrnia Syrup o. Ftxs -
action IL positive. bal ssasis- sisis---
OF mothers keep this harmless frak
iaxative- handy: they know thiidrea
love to take II: that Il never falls %
clean the liver and bowels and sweee-
en- the stomach. and that . teaspoonfM
given today saves a sick child TOM
row. 81
Ask at the store for so-cent bottle
OF california Syrup Of Figs" whieo
has full directions for babies. children
OF all ages and for grovn-ups PLAINLY
on each bottle Adv.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
ASSERTS LOVE COMES OFTEN
Woman Says She Has No Patience
With That "one-Man-in-the-
World" Business.

Take all the things you were abso-
iutely sure of in connection with love.
all that one-manin-the-worid business.
for instance. It's sheer rubbish. There
are dozens tina. each individual wom-
an could have. Just dozensl Why.
I've been in love with several myself.
only each time there was new one
persuaded myself that the others
weren'. real. says a writer in the wom-
ans Home Companion But they
were. They were real enough, And
yet in the face Of my own experience
and my fathers too. for I had seen
how he had adored both my own moth
er and my stepmother-in the face OF
IL all. kept on believing that one-man-
business. Oh, for ages, I
believed II. And another thing: Ev-
every young fool In love is absolutely
that the rapture is permanent.
that they are always going to thrill
ones eyes or voice or peumanship,
and SILVER at the sight Of the loved.
Isn't II silly? Because II can't last.
L may turn to calm affection or indif-
ference or even hate. but that raptur-
'us glamour simply cannot endure.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hairl Get rs Cent Bottle
OF oanderine Right No~-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin. brittle. colorless and scraggy
hair Is mute evidence Of a neglected
scalp; Of dandrun-that awful scurf
There is nothing SO destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
OF its luster. its strength and its very
life: eventually producing a feverish.
ness and itching of the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast A little Darderine
tonight-now-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get rs cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life. luster and luxuriance
which is SO beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance Of abundance: an incompatible
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after Just q
few weeks use. when you will actual
ly see lot Of fine. downy hair-neu
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
WeIlIngton's Wounded.

1t is difficult TO realize the callous-
ness towards the sick and wounded
against which Wellington struggled
in the Peninsula. One evening at
dinner he heard that at a post several
miles away a large number of sick
soldiers were lying In the open, ex-
posed to the weather. He rode prompt
ly to the place. found the sick In the
plight described. while the healthy Of
ficers were in comfortable houses, and
was told by the commanding officer
that there was no accommodation for
the sick. He instantly arranged in
detail for the silleting OF the sick in
those houses; but suspecting what
might follow, paid surprise visit next
night, and found that the invalids
had again been turned out into the
open. Wellington Immediately rein.
stated them, arrested the officers, and
had them tried and dismissed for dis.
obedience.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
NATURES WORK WELL DONE
Trouble With Mankind 10 That the
Brain Capacity 10 Not Sum-
eientiy Cultivated.

A scientific gentleman has reminded
the country once more that Judging
from the size Of skulls dug up out o;
the misty past. man has no more brain
capacity now than he had 5000 years
ago. There has long been a lively sus-
picion that nobody in the twentieth
century has anything on Socrates or
Plato or Aristotle. and we are quite
ready TO believe that there we're cave
men with stone axes more than one
hundred thousand years ago. who had
the possibilities OF being Aristotles or
Edisons
Discouraging, Not at all. The race
seems to have enough brain capacity
In general to get on nicely. The only
trouble is in getting II cultivated.
Twenty-Five hundred years ago q lit
tie people on a favored spot in south
ern Europe had succeeded in building
up wonderful civilization. But there
was a whole world of barbarians who
weren't educated up to IT. They had
the brains but not the civilized back.
ground They had a good physical in
heritance. but not social inheritance.
1t has taken most OF the time since
the age Of Aristotle to develop the
right surroundings and the general in
hertted stock Of ideas on a large
enough scale to bring a considerable
share of the millions OF people of Eu-
rope to the gateway of civilization. A
good many millions are still far re-
moved from the door.
Nature generally does pretty well.
1t is not nature that is lacking. Happily
that is commodity that can be manu-
featured in Wholesale lots IL communi-
ties set themselves with energy 10 the
iob.-Kansas City Star.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
Money Made Out Of Peanuts.

In Farm and Preside Harry b. Pot
ter writes a suggestive article entitled.
Why Not Grow Nuts?" In the course
OF which he describes the various nut
crops grown in the United States and
the profits TO be made out of them. In
regard to the peanut he writes in part
as follows:
The second most important nut in
the United States Is the peanut. Sci
entiically the peanut is a pea, and
not a nut. But popular opinion has
ciassed IL as a nut because of its
nayor. Like the English walnut, the
peanut didn't become important until
about 1870. though 1t had been known
for long time before.
The peanut is now grown all
through the southern half OF the Unit
ed States. and the 10000. 900 bushels
raised in 1909 0ast census) were worth
about sls.oo0.000. The popularity Of
peanuts is due to the ease of shuck-
ing and the low retail price. The
early age at which the American pub
lie learns to love this nut also helms
to explain perhaps its remarkable
popularity"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25

Some people would rather die a nat.
urai death than send for doctor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
GETTING UNDER COVER
HOW SOLDIERS ON FIRING LINE
dig THEMSELVES iN.v
When the Least Exposure Means
Death Men 6urrow Into the Earth
In Record Time-use All
Sorts Of Tools.

In the reports Of the war In Europe
II is frequently stated that the ad-
vance lines Of the armies threw up in
trenchments. and IL is difficult for the
ordinary reader to understand how
this Is done, for to him anything like a
fertilization appears to be a matter Of
considerable time and labor. which
could not be accomplished with the
enemy raining shot and she'll What
these projections are and how they
are formed is clearly explained In the
special war issue of the Scientific
American.
The advancing line may have SUI
fered great losses. or the ammunition
may be running low. At all events. II
finds itself unable to gain ground to
the front. To retreat would be fatal.
II must remain where II is--some OF
the men find natural cover, but many
must provide artificial protection from
the enemy's rife FIRE. The men are
lying down as fatty as they can. To
rise, even to a kneeling position.
means death or a disabling wound.
The necessity for cover under these
circumstances caused men to devise
the lytng-down trench, sometimes
called the skirmishers' trench. II gives
cover from rifle fire to a man lying
down. but is absolutely no protection
from shrapnel bullets. The height of
the parapet should not exceed one
foot. The trench itself is about two
and a half feet wide and about six feet
long. 1t can be constructed by one
man In soft ground. using the portable
intrenching tools. In about thirty min
utes. Under fire. as outlined In the
the man being compelled to
in the prone position, he can
mask himself FROM view in from ten
10 fifteen minutes and complete the
french in 40 to As minutes. In this
position. and In view OF the small num- |
Der OF portable intrenching tools car
led by the company. the man would |
'e obliged to use his knife bayonet to
oosen the earth and the cover OF his
neat can to shovel 1t in front OF him.
)ne Of the methods OF working sug-
ested by the text books is to dig a
rench is inches wide as far back as
he knees: roll into it and dig IL
inches wide alongside of II and down
o the feet; then roll into the second
ut and extend the first one back to
he feet This trench was seldom used
n the Manchurian war. The best that
an be said for it is that men can OBJ
ain slight cover under a hot fire with
! minimum Of casualties because 1t In
Iolves less digging. and they are par
Tally protected from the very begin
ling Of the work 4
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
Scheme Works Well.

"Garrick is certainly a gay deceiv-
err" remarked Hackett to a friend one
morning.
"Garrick?" replied the friend. How
cor
Why, the way he deceives his wife
Is awful" said Hackett.
I'm astonished." said the other
Hes the last man I'd suspect OF any.
thing of the kind. What has he beer
doingg"
Well. his wife's in Italy" said Hack
eft and he has to stay down at the
ONCE nearly every evening to copy
with his own hand the nice, gossipy
letter his stenographer has written
for him during the day."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-02-25
WHEN KINGS WERE FIGHTERS
In the Old Days Rulers Wers Not
Kept Out Of Battle, But Led
Their Soldiers.

The tendency of czars, kaisers, kings
and other potentates to get into the
European war personally is marked
Several times IL has been necessary to
pull the kaiser OF the firing line. King
George. beyond all doubt, is just as
brave. and the czar is known to have a
similar hankering for the trenches. As
for the king of Italy, IL his country
were to enter the war 1t would be en-
tirely impossible to keep the gallant
Victor Emmanuel ii out Of the first
nght that happened. with his inherit
ance from long line Of lighting kings,
and particularly from his father, King
Humbert. whose personal intrepidity,
shown at Novara and elsewhere, over
came all dynastic objections to his ex
posture to bullets and bombshelIs.
It must indeed be CALLING to the EN-
perors and kings to have to keep GU,
OF these scraps. In the old days it was
always the business Of kings to lead
their troops in the very forefront Of
battle Consider Richard Occur do
Lion. for instance. He fought day aft
er day in the Crusades. performing
prodigies Of valor. Even Richard iii
the alleged hunchback, stood or rode
for hours In the front rank, slashlns
and spearing and beating down all on
position In those days a king had Il
be fighter. In other words. every incl
a king