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shall be placed on the amount of stock
held by an individual.
Most of the so-called failures in CO.

Sudll Dc pidSSu OH thC VI StoSh
held by an individual.
Most of the so-called failures in CO.
operation have been failures to apply
one or more of these four principles.
ital the paid servant of labor; to
leave the wealth of the country in
the hands of those who produce it.
Joint stock corporations are very eff
ficient form of organization, or associ-
alton as many are styled is more eff
ficient In a joint stock corporation
are incorporated few men and some
money but in a cooperative corpora
tion is incorporated some money,
whole lot of people and their busi-
ness. To supply the wants of our
own stockholder, insures the doing of
an enormous business on a very
small capital.
The most general objection to the
formation of a cooperative association
is that farmers do not know enough
to run a corporation" This is true,
they do not But neither do the stock
holders of any corporation. They
meet only once year, listen to some
reports and elect a board of directors,
supposed to be the ablest men avail
able This board of directors elects
the officers and the officers hire ex-
perts to run the business. This is the
uoy oil our corporotionc ara rim rail-
road, oil, coal, banks, manufacturing.
1t is modern instance of the survival
of the fittest. 1t works all over the
world. Thinking and working along
these liens our union at Beloit, Kansas,
sold our first share of capital stock on
April Z, 1911. Our capitalization was
only $1,000 with 81 900 paid in. Though
we made all kinds of mistakes, yet we
prospered and November 2, 1912, We
increased our capital stock to $15,-
900. 1t was about that time we dis
covered that we had been weighed in
the balance and found wanting.
The leading banker of the county
met me one day whit the question,
What is the reason, Mr.. Ramsay, that
you people cannot open an account
with us?" / laughed and told him
that the amount of money we had
was not worth quarreling over. ooh,
yes, know, but if you people keep on
growing as you have begun, If you
continue to keep your heads on your
shoulders, you are going to have a
whole lot of money some day and ]
want chance in" We did KEEP on
and on October Is, 1913. we voted to
increase our stock to $4,000. When
we closed our books on December 81,
1913, for the purpose of making our
annual report, our cash capital was
trifle less than $4,000. On February
IA, six weeks later, it exceeded s24 900.
Our stockholders saw the machine
built, had watched it run and that ST.
600 increase of capital in six weeks
was their verdict. Next week ] will
tell more about our plans and accom-
jishmentc-W. F. Ramsay.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
sharply, Your ship is the prize of the
Confederate ship Alabama

sharply. Your ship Is the prize OF the
Confederate ship Alabama
Il was dumfounded.
Confederate ship / exclaimed.
What does that mean?'
In few words he told me of the
secession of the southern states, Of
the formation of the Confederate
States of America. and of the activity
of the Alabama as a commerce de-
stroyer.
"'Get your chronometer.' he order
ed, and all OF your personal effects.
/ shall send you to the Alabama.
'Tn an hour from the time first
saw the strange ship was cramped
into hencoop on deck OF the cruiser
watching my ship and her cargo Of
oil go up in angry flames and black
smoke. Everything ! owned in the
world was being destroyed before my
eyes as I crouched in that hencoop II
irons. It seemed to me the end OF all
things; but after many years / was
recompensed by the Alabama Claims
Commission. and today live In that
house yonder very comfortably on the
interest of the sum that was awarded
to me.
you can never tell that a misfor.
tune will not be a blessing, my boy"
And the cheerful old gentleman be-
gan to play trout that he had struck
much skill as he displayed in the
capture of a whale in the sixties
The Youths Companion.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
w. r. NELSON is DEAD
EDITOR OF THE X. C. STAR

Kansas City, Mo-, April 13.-Wil-
liam Rockhill Nelson, editor Of the
Star, died early today.
William Rockhill Nelson was the
founder, owner and editor of the Kan
sas City Star. Although he did not
enter the newspaper business until he
was about 40 years old, he brought to
it such originality, ability and energy
that he built up one of the greatest
newspapers of the country.
Mr. Nelson was born in Fort
Wayne, Ind, March 7, 1841. He came
of two centuries of American ances-
tors. His maternal grandfather, Will
liam Rockhill, settled in Indiana when
the state was a wilderness in 1873,
and was the first farmer in America
to plant thousand acres of corn. His
father Isaac DeGroff Nelson was iden-
titled with the upbuilding of the
state in its political life.
William Rockhill Nelson was edu-
Gated at Notre Dame University. After
IL SHoTl eApeI 40 T" yo""bo''' :"
cotton growing in Georgia. just after
the war, he returned to Indiana, and
became general contractor. He en-
gagged in the building of roads, pave
ments and bridges. and was associated
in contract for the construction Of
the Southern Illinois state penitent-
iary.
Intense admiration for the reform
work of Samuel ]. Tiiden brought him
into contact with that great democrat
and when only "a years old, he be-
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
A Yarn of Fifty Years Ago.

The old captain and / were fishing
for "salters" at Sampson Narrows,
Cape Cod, writes a friend to The
Companion. The "salters" are trout
swimming in from the sea. to spawn
in the fresh waters inland.
Years ago, when Daniel Webster
fished in these pleasant waters, the
trout we're more numerous then than
they are to day.
Even twenty years ago we caught
very few fish at the Narrows, but 1t
was a very pleasant way of passing a
morning, to sit in boat with good
companion, in the tingling April air,
on the blue arm of the sea that twists
through the brown marshes.
We'll" said the captain, as he made
cast, "in the spring of go j com
manded whaler that left New Bed
ford on long cruise. We heard moth
ing from home for more than two
years. We had moderate good luck.
and in '62 we sailed to the Azores to
outfit and get fresh food. We were
not many miles from Fayal when
vessel was reported sailing toward u.s.
She W long, rakish craft with
funnel; but under sail only, she over
hauled us with ease. She was flying
a flag with which / was not familiar;
1t looked somewhat like the Stars and
Stripes but 1t had jack Of only few
stars and broad white and red bars
instead of narrow stripes.
"The strange craft fired shot
across our bow and we hove to. A
boat was lowered from the stranger,
but as 1t came alongside, ! saw that
the oarsmen were English and that
young American officer was in the
stern sheets.
"He came on deck and said to me
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
What Cooperation Can Do.

Corporations have been utilized for
centuries, but during the last seventy
years there has been an enormous de-
velopment of that idea. Up to about
that time the business of the world
was in the hands of individuals. To-
day it is in the hands of corporations.
Farmers still conduct their business
as individuals, but everything they sell
passes into the control of joint stock
corporation and everything they buy,
from the cradle up to the grave, is
controlled by joint stock corporations,
There is very good and sufficient reas
on for all this. Corporations are the
most powerful, the most efficient in
strumentality ever devised by the wit
of man. Excepting the Astor fortune
every great fortune in America has
bbeen acquired by and through joint
stock corporations. Corporations are
here to stay.
Realizing these facts and that the
Lord helps him who helps himself, and
IudI we light Win lhoA z
brains; fight corporations with cor
porations, organized on more sagaci-
GUS lines, the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative unions have begun
to organize small local cooperative
corporations, on the Rochdale system
to do our own business.
The Rochdale system of co-opera-
ton was first devised and put into
operation at the, little village of Roch-
dale in England, in 1876, by twenty
eight poor weavers. 1t is very wise
and simple. 1t provides: That each
stockholder shall have but one vote.
That capital shall receive a fixed rate.
This should be the current rate in that
locality. That all profits shall be re-
bated to the consumer, who is also a
stockholder in proportion to the
amount of his business. That limit
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

1t is reported by forestry officials
that all field officers of the forest SER
vice in Colorado will continue to serve
as deputy state game wardens without
pay for another year, The list of
eligibles for re-appointment, submitted
to the state game commissioner by the
district forester at Denver, consists
of ia forest officers, including super
visors, deputy supervisors, forest as
sistants, and rangers, all of whom
hold permanent federal appointments
in the state.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

John F. Shaffroth.-Thousand of
easterners will be induced to build
summer homes in the mountains as
result of the new fiveacre homestead
law. They could not take up this
land under homestead acts and other
statutes prevent out and out owner
ship, although that is what l favor
because it means revenue to the state
without taxes. Thirty years is as
long as any one would ordinarily de-
mand to hold such land, believe. If
1t is found otherwise later, then it will
be possible to amend this restriction.
The pet bill of the interior depart
ment, known as the leasing measure
which provides for the renting of wat
er power sites. coal lands and scores
of other resources of the state by fed
eral government, is destined to de-
feat. 1t is fundamentally objection
able because it attacks the sovereignty
within the boundaries of the state and
the state must look after them wheth-
er they are owned privately or by the
government. The state should. there
fore, have a right to tax them.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

A. II. Sutherland-The American
people do not intend to be drawn into
the strife that is destroying the fabric
of European civilization. Moreover, the
government has the foot and mouth
situation well under control. OF all
classes of our population, the farms
are the least likely to be affected by
adverse conditions during the present
year. The demands for their pro
ducts will be greater than it has ever
been before and high prices are abso-
lutey certain to prevail. American
wheat, corn, beef and pork must be
produced in record breaking quantities
during the coming months to feed not
only America, but Europe as well. No
matter how long the war lasts, or
which of the contending factions may
prove victorious in the end, the Am
erican farmer is bound to have a
worldwide market for fruits of his in
dustry.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

When Biddy's sitting on her nest,
like some queen on her throne, unless
you have a cast iron hand she's better
let alone.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16

Silas Barton.-The last congress
created two rural-credit investigating
bodies. One took a junketing trip to
Europe and reported poor land mort
gage bill and said that personal cred
it's could best be enacted by the var
ious state legislatures The other
was composed of members of the two
banking and currency committees,
known as the Rural Credit committee.
1t, too, reported land-mortgage bill,
which was an attempt to bind the far
mers to the federal reserve board, a
body which will for all time to come
be dominated by bankers. But it fail
ed to report a bill on personal rural
credit, a system which has been tried
for years in most European coun-
tries and proven most beneficial to
the agricultural interests of those
contries.
The Delta independent., 1915-04-16
WITH THE THINKERS
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A. ID. Smith.-If the publisher of a
newspaper can afford to give another
publication with his paper for the one
subscription price, it shows either that
the premium is worthless or that he
could afford to get out a better publ
cation for the subscription price than
he is doing. When one goes to the
butcher shop for a dimes worth of
bologna he does not want. six cents
worth of that delicacy and four cents
worth of castor oil as premium. He
would prefer to get full value for his
money under the delusion that he is
getting something for nothing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Notice Of mortgage Sale

Whereas. default has occurred in the
payment of interest thereon. and under
the terms ,n of the the here h%eEein nsftlsd df essraSH
the mortgage has declared the entire a.
mount of said mortgage Immediately due
Now therefore. Notice is hereby given
delivered by John II. Ziegler and Eva
Ziegler. his wife. as %mortgagors; to Sidney
Clarke, mortgage, dated the oath day of
January, 1872. and filed for record in the
office of the register of deeds in and for
Bottineau county, North Dakota, on the
m. and duly recorded in book rs of mort
cages on page 504, will be foreclosed by a
sale OF the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter described, at the front door of
the court house in the county of Bottineau
state of North Dakota, on the Goth day of
February, 1915. to satisfy the amount due
The premises described in such mortgage
and which will be sold to satisfy the same
are desCrihed as follows ,to-wit:
Seventy C0l acres of the southeast quart
er of section three 90 in township one hun
dred sixty-thrce l63) north. range Gig hty-
two 49, west of the 9Th p. NJ, being that
the Great Northern Railway C~onlpany's
right of way; the east half of the north
west quarter. and the south half of he
mort ha1f If H th "a far OF ,S Sestion ten oM Di the the
west half of the northeast quarter of sec
ton nine 49,, in township one hundred
| S1Xty-t1lfte Nlhol nOrth. range c1Snty-tWO
(SO west; lot four "a in section twenty
nine C?9, and government lots one ~ and
two c) in section thirty 800 in township
one hundred sixty:four O64) north, range
eighty-twO (89 west of the 5th p. NJ: lot
fifteen 80 in block fifteen u5) of the orr
ginal tOwnSite of the city of Ant1er, North
Dakota; and sectional lot twenty. five (25)
in lot two C9 of block two (2) of the original
tOwnsite of the village of kuroki: all
situate in the county of B%ottineau. state of
North Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage on
the date of sale the sum of four thousand
sixty-fOur dollars and twenty-eight cents
S4O64 2Sl. together with the further sum of
lars and seventy-nine cents (S2I6l, 79) prin.
cipal and interest paid by the MORTGAGE
upon a prior mortgage covering parts of
said premises; the further sum of seventy
nine dollars and eighty-eiRht cents C$79.S8)
interest paid by. m~ortgagee upon a prior
mortgage covering a part of said premises
and the further sun of foul hundred
~seyenty-four dollars and ~hfty-nine cents
C&74.59) taxes paid by mortgage L pom the
property described herein; all of said pay
mentsh having been made by the mort
Gagee to protect his security; making a
total amount due on the date of said sale
dollars and f1fty-four cents ($678O.54), to.
Rether with the costs of this sale as allow
ed by law.
Dated December 18th. 1914.
Sidney Clarke.
|. Mort2agee.
Frank B. Feetham. attorney.
First National Bank building,
Grand Forks. North Dakota.
Jan S-5-22-29 Feb 5-12-19)
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08


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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08

AN important and far-reach-
ing judicial decision was hand
ed down by Judge Amidon, of
the United States district court,
this week which is of great in
terest to the farmers of North
Dakota. The decision declares
unconstitutional the state law
requiring commission men re-
siding outside of North Dakota
and who do business in this
state, to furnish a $40, 600 bond.
This law was enacted to pro-
tect shippers of grain against
loss. The only protection the
North Dakota shippers now
have will be the bonds given
under the Minnesota law, and
suits will have to be started in
the Minnesota courts. 1t is
unfortunate that North Dakota
has no terminal grain center
within it's limits which would
admit of a purely local trans
action between residents of the
state in the matter of shipping
grain. This decision should
put farmers on their guard
and cause them to investigate
carefully the standing and
business methods of commits
sion men before making grair
shipments. Saint Il h o m a S
Times.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
MRS. JOSEPH DARLING DIRECTING THE PACKING OF IDEAL
FOOD BOXES.

\H1S IL going to be q pretty hard winter in America. The war II Europe
has disturbed business in every direction. We have a few hungry
people ourselves. And yet Belgium, a brave little, thrifty little nation
Of 100000 people, is going to starve tt dealt. this winter unless Amer
lea feeds the Belgans. How ire " going to take care both of four own and
II the stricken little sister of the wordT"
A woman solved the problem Mrs Joseph Darling o Washington had
beenk knitting stockings and scarfs for European "a sufferers until it occurred
to her that she might be using her brains as well Al her fingers She sat down
forthwith and thought out the idea of flood boxes for Belgium" Mrs. Darling
saw d.. Harvey Wiley who laid ut the ideal food boxes for Belgian relief
and their plan has now been taken up by the womans section of the commits
for relief in Belgium, Of which Mr.. Lndon Bates is chairman.
Dr. Whey's box for Belgian adults. a slightly revised to get its weight
inside the parcel post regulations. Is 10 follows: Three No 3 tins Of beans
No tins of pink Alaska salmon, ont dvepound sack of rolled oats, one
dvepound sack Of yellow cornmeal M hvepound sack Of yellow split peas,
twOpound sack Of granulated sugar, a threepound sack Of California
prunes. n sevenpound sack of wheat -four. NJ onepound sack If salt, one
can opener. one box.
That however. is only a guide to the kind Of food which the Belgians need
1t is Intended mainly for such Americans a an afford to e and order boxes
from the grocer. Belgium wants any kind Of food which will stand ocean
transportation, which excludes fresh fruit and vegetables.
The commission for relief in Belgium has arranged with the postoMce de-
partment to transmit all Belgian relief foodsmns free Of cost to the donor. II
you put your name and address n the package and add the letter "R" the
money expanded for stamps WIN b refunded BY the commission. The package
should weigh not less than twenty pounds and nt more than City. 41 a.
PsckaGee mailed from NORTH DAKOTA should b addressed 10 UNION
TRANsTDR COMPANY, TAn0O; J.B. REED ZOE AND TRANsTER
C0APAlN. 1ue01: w1e ~ colAettn1 Aoes Il. ~ dstAG
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
WELCOME TO THE
LEGISLATURES

BISMARCK is proud of being
host to the members of the
Fourteenth Legislative Assem-
bly,. This city has no axes to
grind. All the Slope countr.
asks is a square deal. Section
alism, of course, is the bane of
modern politics. 1t becomes
necessary at times for the Slope
and the northwestern part of
the~state to unite against influ.
ences which would override
II share of the honors and ex-
penditures.
1t is to be hoped, however,
that this Legislature will be
free from faCtiOnalism: free
from the alignment of one sec
ton of the state against the
other. We are all North Dako-
tans first and want to see the
state grow and prosper, not at
the expense of any section, but
for the benefit of anv locality.
The speakership fight is be-
ing waged now and the mem
bers in the heat of the fight
should not lose sight of the
fact that harmony in the house
is essential for the best interests
of the state. May the sore
spots over the speakership and
the distribution of spoils heal
quickly and when the gavel
falls next Tuesday. may it be
upon a united and harmonious
House, ready to give the state
the best possible service.
Bismarck welcomes the legis-
lators to the city. 1t wants to
make their stay a pleasant one.
Bismarck Tribune.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Notice Of Bids Wanted

Blank and Record books. Leg
al blanks etc.
Sealed bids will be received
up to 200 o'clock p. m. on
Tuesday, January 10Th. 1915,
by the Board of County Com.
missioners, Bottineau County,
North Dakota, for blank and
record books. legal blanks. etc,
as per schedule on file at the
county auditors office, copy OF
schedule will be furnished up
on request.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, or any
part of any bid.
BY order the Board of Coun.
ty Commissioners.
Dated at Bottineau this Goth,
day of December 1914.
G.. H. Hebert.
County Auditor.
January 1,8 Is.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Notice Of Annual Meeting Of Fair As,
ISOLATION

Notice is hereby given that
the Bottineau County Agri-
cultural association will hold
their annual meeting on We'd
nesday, January 20. 1915, at the
Court House in Bottineau,
N. Oak.
Several important matters
will be settled at this meet
ing including the election. of
four directors. Every tax-pay-
er in the county is A member and
should attend this meeting and
vote for the interest of the as
ISOLATION.
S. H. Wilson, Secretary.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Statement OF the Owners hip, Management
Circulation, etc. Required by the Act Of
August "a, 1914

of The Northumberland published week
ly at BOttineau North Dakota. for Octo
Der l. 1914.
Editor, Eleanor A. Haskell. Bottineau
N. D.
Business manager. Richard Costello
Bottineau, N. ID.
Publisher. Eleanor A. Haskell. Botti
neau, N. D.
N. d.
known bOndhOlders, mortgagors, and
other security holders. holding one pei
cent or more of total amount of bonds
mortgages or other securities: Bottineau
county Bank B%ottineau. N. d.
Richard Costello, business manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
70 day of December. 1914.
Jno. T. Neville,
Notary Public. Bottineau county. N. d.
My commission expires June q. 1917.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Twenty-Five Years Ago

Rev. w. Il. Gibson had left
for his old home in Iowa for a
visit.
There were cases of unlaw-
full timber cutting near Dun
seth.
Lengthy commissioner pro-
ceedings were published in the
issue.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Official Newspaper Of City Of B%ottlneau.
OtfIcIai Newspaper Of Bottineau County

ADVERTISING RATEs-The charge for dis
play advertising space In the Courant Is
based on 10 cents per inch, single column
measurement each issue: annual rate Is
cents: special position Is cents. Legal ad-
vertising legal rates: locals" 10 cents per
line: reading matter 10 cents DER line.
classified advertising E cents per line.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08
Tenvears AGO

H. O. Sheldon left for a visit
at his old home at Alexandria,
Mimi.
The leap year ball given by
the ladies during the week was
a most delightful one.
Mrs. J. J.. Weeks and sister,
Miss Holden left for a visit
with relatives at Cavalier.
The Stafford orchestra went
to Westhope to furnish music
for the production of Hazel
Kirk by the Bottineau Dram.
attic Club.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08

Three prisoners held in the
county Jail at Manning nearly
lost their life in a fire which
destroyed the Jail. Constable
Fritz Miller ran nearly a mile
to get the keys with which to
unlock the cells.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-08

A. J.. Elshaug. of near Graf
ton. killed himself by firing a
bullet into his head on a farm
near Grand Forks while in a
fit of dementia, during which
time he fancied he was being
pursued by enemies.