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bic home. The Eastern Star
have a splendid chapter, and
this organization contributes
much to the social life of the
CRY. The Odd Fellows have a
strong lodge here and are
steadily advancing. The NJ.
w. A. is we'll represented as
are also the Foresters, Yeomen,
Rebeccas, Ladies Of the Macca-
bees and Degree of Honor. The
A. O. U. w. is here with a lodge
of active workers. We must
not overlook the ladies who
have the enforcement of the
prohibition law as their motto;
they are we'll represented by a
strong branch of the w. G. T.
u.
The churches are well re-
presented. The L.utherans,
Roman Catholics, Presbyter-
ians, Baptists and Methodists
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equipped and carrying com
plete stocks furnish the people
with everything they need in
that line. q.
Three substantial banks are
established here, all heavily
capitalized and all managed by
conservative, wide-awake and
accommodating business men.
We have five automobile
firms and three garages and
repair shops; also me motor
cycle shop; these are all doing
a big business in their respec-
tive lines.
Two first class drug stores
ably supply the needs of the
community.
The new Grand Theatre is
the finest and one of the most
modern play houses in the state
and is deservedly popular.
The opera house is one of the
largest and best appointed in
this section of the northwest.
Bottineau's exclusive cloth
ing and shoe store would be a
credit to any town of several
times the size of Bottineau.
Two large lumber yards do a
good business here and carry
in stock everything that the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

found that they open the way
to a new source of wealth and
many of our farmers here real
ize that fact and are making
preparations to give more at
tention than ever before to the
keeping of cows.
Eight elevators of extra large
capacity handle the grain bust
ness of this vicinity. The
grain receipts here are very
large. having run-during the
years when we had a large
crop-a b ove two million
bushels.
Bottineau has four hotels
where every convenience
known to modern hotel bust
ness is furnished the guests
and their comfort we'll looked
after. There are also two
restaurants where the hungry
are fed in proper style.
We have three large general
stores, carrying very heavy
stocks, who are doing a large
business, which is growing in
volume every year.
Three hard ware stores, we'll
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-11-18

builder needs.
We have one of the finest
jewelry store in the state, car
rying a magnificent stock and
managed by active, clean-cut
business men,
We have also two drygoods
notion stores, two first class
millinery establishment, three
good barber shops, exclusive
fruit and confectionery store,
two good meat markets., two
tailoring establishments, one
exclusive grocery store, two
dressmaking parlors, two shoe
repair shops, two harness
shops, a cigar factory, an ex-
cellent photo gallery, two large
implement firms, three good
blacksmith shops, one exclu-
sive furniture store with un-
dertaking parlors, one exclu-
sive flour and feed store, a
bakery, a bowling alley, two
pool and billiard halls, one skat-
ing rink.
A splendidly equipped hospi-
tai, modern in every respect,
and in charge of we'll trained
and competent nurses, is the
most desirable addition to our
institutions in recent years.
Four doctors look after the
health of our citizens, and
we have one dentist, who ex-
tracts the aching molar with
the grace of an artist in his
line.
There are several contractors,
one architect, two wood dealers
and three dray lines.
Bottineau is blessed with
two good newspapers,
The business mems or Com
mercial club is an organization
which is doing its share to-
ward building up the town. 1t
has a membership of over one
hundred of the most promin.
ent business men of the town.
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ness district. 1t soon recover
ed and has ever since grown
and improved more rapidly
than before.
A conservative estimate of
the present population is 400.
The town is we'll laid out; the
streets are kept in good condi-
ton; we have electric lights, a
we'll equipped telephone
system and as enterprising a
lot of citizens as can be found
anywhere. Perhaps the best
way to set forth the advantages
of the city is to give a sum-
mary of the different lines of
business represented here. In
doing so we will not attempt to
distinguish between the differ
ent establishments in the same
line of business, nor give any
mention of the individuals in
charge of the business, al
though much that is pertinent
to the question might be said
in this manner.
Bottineau has an excellent
flour mill of large capacity.
producing as fine a grade of
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REGISTERED Farm Names

The following is a list of the farm names. names of owner
and township where located, of the farms that have been NAM
ed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds:
Farm name Owners name Township
|Nordby Farm L. h. Wall Dalen
lakewood Farm VIM. Dinwoodie Whitteron
Prairie Home Farm Ed. Chretien Amity
Meadow Lawn Farm Arthur White Whtbv
Spring Brook Farm Henry Russell Pickering
"Sunnyside Farm E, A. Juneau Cordelia
Cottage Grove Farm J. b. Mitchell Kane
Meadow Grove Farm VIM Waters Peabody
Mountain View Farm T. H. Morgan Peabody
Sweet Grass Hill Farm Frank Gagner Amity
Slotte Farm Louis Olson Cordelia
Mountain View Stock and Grain
Farm James Jackson Whitteron
Frisco Farm W.. O. Bergman Amity
Willow Grove Farm Duncan Beaton OakCreek
Riverside Grain & Stock Farm Peter E. Cook Eidsvold
Wonderland Farm Geo. J. Pepin Whitteron
t-~~--~ Jos. Quanme. Register of Deeds.
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Bottineau WeaIthiest
City in America

BOttineau lays claim to be-
ing the wealthiest city in the
United States, based on bank
deposits and total population.
This conclusion is arrived at
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all have substantial church
editices. Several of the church
societies are active and have
large memberships.
Bottineau is particularly
fortunate in the matter of
school advantages, having a
first class high school, besides
it's grades. The city has two
excellent school buildings that
stand As monuments to the en-
terprise and enlightment of the
wealth.
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from a comparison with the
claims recently made by De.
corah, Iowa, of having that
distinction. For a number of
years Prescott, Ariz., has laid
claim to being the richest city
in the world of it's size and
states in support of its CLAIM
that the actual bank deposits
amounted to So, 1923, 1856. Its
population is 5000.
A short time ago DEBORAH,
Iowa, a city of 1900, claimed
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Miss Mary Russell returned
to her school at Cunning on
Monday. Miss Russell wrote
at the teachers examination
Thursday and Friday and visit
ed with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Russell on the farm
northwest of the city over Sun
day.
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to have wrestled the distinction
from the Arizona city, showing
total deposits of So, 1873, 279.5 80,
or an average per capita tor
the city's population of$6S9.
BOttineau beats the DEBORAH
figures by a wide margin. The
total deposits in the three
banks of this city this morning
were 1886, 272.61. Based on a
population of 1900, which is
allowing for a reasonable in
crease over the last census re-
ports, the per capita wealth of
Bottineau is $735. 80.
This showing is more re-
markablc from the fact that
Bottineau is located in a purely
agricultural section, it's depos-
its not being inflated by the
funds of any large manufacture
ing, mining or like industry.
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With the unanimous vote of the
SIS senators present, Senator George
H. Sullivan's bill to prohibit the in
PRODUCTION of opium or other mar
cotics into any state penitentiary or
reformatory was passed by the SEN
ate yesterday. This bill provides
that "any person who brings, sends
or in any manner causes to be in
troduced into state prison or state
reformatory of this state, or with
in the grounds belonging to any such
institution, any opium, morphine, CO.
caine or other narcotic or any intoxi-
catink liquor of any kind whatever,
or any firearms, weapons or explo-
sives of any kind, without the con-
sent of the warden or the superin-
tendent, shall be guilty of a felony
and upon conviction shall be punished
by imprisonment in the state prison
for a term of not less than one year
nor more than three years." This
measure is one which has long been
needed
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/ BACKA(HY:.0R
KIDNEYS BOTHER.
Eat less meat and take a glass of
Salts to flush out Kidneys " !
TX Drink plenty water.

+: Uric acid in meat excites the kidneys,
they become overworked;= get sluggish,
ache, and feel like humps Of lead: The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irri-
tated,s and you may be Obliged to seek re-
lief two; or three times during the night.
When the kidneys clog you must help
them flush off the body's urinors waste
or you'll be real sick person shortly.
At first you feel a dull misery in the kid
ney region, you suffer from backache,
sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu-
matte twinges when the weather is. bad
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four ounces
of Jad Salts; take "a, tablespoonful
in a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your. kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity.
also to- neutralize the acids in. urine. so
it no longer is a source of irritation
thus ending bladder weakness. 1920.
- Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes. a. delightful .ctfervescenll
Whitewater drink which everyone should;
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and active. Druggists here say
they sell lots Of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney ii trouble
while it is only trouble. ;:
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SAGE TEA KEEPS. { +. !.
. :: YOUR HAIR :: :. DARK
It's, Grandmother's recipe to bring
back color, thickness and lustre- -
a Eve rybodyszis using it again.

Gray hair, however handsome, denotes
advancing age. We all know the advan-
.tages of a youthful appearance. Your
hair is your charm. It makes or mars
the face. When it fades, turns gray and
looks dry, wispy and 8 scraggly, just i
sfew}applications Of Sage Tea and Sulphur
enhances its appearance a, hundred-fold.
- Don't stay gray! Look young! Either
prepare the tonic at home or get. from
any drug store a so cent bottle of
asWyeth'ss Sage and SULPHUR Hair Rem
sdy." Thousands of folks recommend this
ready-to-use preparation, because it. dark.
IT'S the hair beautifully and removes
slandrnff, stops .scelp, itching and falling
ilair; besiIes, no one c;'n possibly tell,
IS il '1rkens so r'turally. and evenly.
.|zs,u fft,istnrs3, s,.,;,oe or soft brush with
t. drawing t''is9 through. the hair, taking
me, small strand alta time. By morning
Gke gr.'v hair disappears: after another
application or two, its natural color is
i istored and it becomes thick. glossy and
/ 'ro'''s, and YOU appear years younger.
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women and nOn-cOmDat-
ants, !" Mrs. Shelling told him, and
suggested that the prisoners might
knit. Osborne gave his consent
''The convicts took to it willingly
said Mrs. Smelling, Some Of them
are more adapt than many women i
know, and they like It, for it gives
them occupation during the hours
they are forced to stay alone in their
cells, and takes their minds off their
surroundings. .z4s
II went into the chapel and picked
out four or five men to teach first.
One Of them was. a big burly fellow,
perhaps q burglar, and I was sur
prised at the keen interest he took
in the yarn. = <S,zz
3 a"He worked few minutes, got the
swing of it, and said: sesz ss s.5 Z
Gee, this is fascinating
another of my first pupils was a
Russian. He had knitted before and
was glad to get his hands on the
needles and yarn again. -
"7'I've got a wife back in Russia,
he said, and she thinks I'm bad. Now
I'll write her that L am knitting for
the Polish. Then she will think
more! of me- : .s:~> -. 800 *
or five hundred of the con-
;victs volunteered to knit" Mrs. Shell
ling continued. "Warden @ Osborne
told them of our committees work
and the need of aid in Polandi where
the devastation has been worse than
in Belgium. = H..
.sWe are going to furnish the yarn
and needles, through donations to our
committee here. Only mufflers, big
and warm, will be knitted by the pris-
.oners at first. They are not yet suf-
.ficiently adept to try knitting socks
indeed few people are-but some
of them, believe, will surpass as
knitters many persons, even women,
who are not in prisons. And they
will devote more time to it. One can
knit in the dark, you know, and it is
an interesting way to pass solitary
hours.
"That is something big in the
thought that these prisoners are do
ing something freely for people they
never saw. It is their first opportu-
nifty to help, and, being unfortunates
themselves, they, more than any one
else, appreciate that misfortune needs
relief. -l<
"Our committee cannot work in
other states; we have too much to
do here, but hope that prisons else
where take up the practice n -!
Mrs. Shelling's visit to Sing Sing
has aroused her interest in the pris-
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( AMERICAN WOMEN KNIT X
( AS GRANDMOTHER DD X
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New York, Feb 3.-To mother, and
the wife, and sister Mary. Watch
your knitting.
To Aunt Jane, you who learned to
knit so long before the rest of us and
smile so condescendingly at us now:
Watch out for YOUR. laurels.
To Peter Sloveavish, of Poland:
Greetings-fromD Danny, the Rat, of
Sing Sing.
In his cherries, warswept cottage,
Peter will open a package one of
these days. In it he will find a
muffler, heavy, warm, of gray wooden
texture, and he will throw it about
his neck, or perhaps give it to little
Paul, or tiny Katherine, who may
need it more than Peter. And he
will go forth on the snowy paths and
hum a Polish folk song, for he will
be warmer and happier to know that
some one in far-off America has re-
membered him. But he will never
know who knitted his muffler.
Peters muffler is being knitted to-
day "up the river" A sharp faced
pickpocket, burly con-man, or may
be lifer, who has taken a life and
is paying for it, is knitting, knitting,
counting one-stitch- drop-stich, in
the long hours after the tier of doors
are locked and he is alone in his cell.
Peters muffler may be well-knit-
ted, though, for the pickpocket,. thug,
gun-man or fine-handed forger can
drop stitch and pick it UP as we'll
as well as you, or sister Mary or even
Aunt Jane, who is the best knitter
in the family.
There are five hundred convicts
knitting at Sing Sing. Mrs. Ernest
Smelling, of the American Polish Re-
lief committee, taught them how She
was at the prison the other day and
took her knitting along. Warden o.
borne said he was knitting, too,
1--WE need mufflers for the Polish
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Fighting for Their Lives.

Representative Spooner does not
know human nature and the first law
Of self preservation if he imagines
he can put a quietus upon the efforts
of those state employees who are seek
ink to keep their places by defeating
the efficiency BILL It may be pos
sible and certainly it is right to ex-
clude those employees from the legis-
lative halls, but to prevent their i'm
portuning and arguing with men,
bers is another proposition alto
gether
Lobbying" is a much misunder-
stood and abused term. The common
and correct Interpretation is improper
work for some unapproved measure.
There is natural stigma connected
with it. It is instinctively associa-
ted with graft. One would never, for
example, apply the term to effort and
argument to secure the passage of q
reapportionment bill or bill to
change the lines of judicial district.
1t is connected up, as matter of
course, with improper influence to
secure legislations, says the St. Paul
Dispatch.
We sympathize with the purpose of
Mr.. Spooner and with his zeal in be-
half of the efficiency bill. That such
a measure is necessary and desirable,
and that it is bound to come in the
fullness of time, we hold to be beyond
controversy. Obsolescence must give
way in public as it has in general
business administration. This bill
opens the way; it puts the foot in
the doorway and it never can be en-
tirely closed again. -
But nothing that may be said or
done will operate to prevent the small
army of employees to fight for their
official lives. The change that is COM
ing must come in spite of the efforts
of the jobholders to hang on. No law
nor regulation can hush their clamor
or take their fingers out of the button.
holes of those members who chance
to be friends or acquaintances.
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Frank Day doesn't care what hap

Frank Day doesn't care what hap
pens to him, if he can only get up a
good scrap with somebody. He refers
to Beltrami county as jungle, know
ing full we'll that both the Pioneer
and the Sentinel published at Bemidji
will jump him, remarks the St. Paul
Pioneer Press. What's the use,
Frank has been dizzy since the cam
paign of last fall and he cannot be
Judged as being entirely responsible
for some of his irrational utterances.
For the benefit of his own knowl-
edge we would suggest that Day visit
Bemidji, investigate agricultural con-
ditions here, return to Fairmont and
then tell the readers of his paper
just what Beltrami really is.
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dull D. / SPLIT TING
SCk|zH|EA|DAlCH
DIR. James, Headache Powders re-
lieve at once 10 cents q
package.

Tou take 10 Dr.. James Headache
Powder and in just q few moments
your head clears and all neuralgia and
distress vanlshes. It's the quickest
and surest relief for headache, whether
dull throbbing, splitting or nerve
racking Send someone to the drug
store and get dime package now.
Quit suffering it's so needless. Be
sure you get DR.. James' Headache
wders-then there will be no disap..
pointment. IS .
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|oners more than she would have be-
lieVed possible. ~.

II went there thinking I might
help the Polish unfortunates," she
said, abut now I think we are help
ing the prisoners, too. Conditions
are wonderfully better at the prison
now than a few years ago, but the
men have had too little to do during
their lone hours
Hundreds of knitted articles are
being received at the offices of the
committee, 4S7 Fifth avenue, every
week. Mrs. Smelling has looked over
most of them, and declares that Amer
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lean women are learning to knit cal
most as well as their sgreat@grand-
mothers did" T.

"A wooden device resembling "a roll:
ing pin equipped with, wire clips to
hold smooth neckties wrapped, around
it, has been patented by a.zBaltimor-
can. 80.
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FOR SALE.

~~~@~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~ >~-~~~~-~~~~-~c~~~~
FOR SALE--I have the following
farm machinery to; exchange for
live stock, one two horse corn cul-.
tivator, one, one horse corn cult
one @potatoe ssprayer. Two
farm wagons, lTwogone horse bug
L. giee.k onex garden drill, one, two
3 overwhelmingly single disk harrow
Il land; other farm machinery. w. g
Schroeder
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If the present generation fails in
appreciation of the value to thelstate.
Of Itasca park, the time will come
when posterity will make up for it.
But lack of appreciation at thisEtime.
may deprive posterity of it's full en-
joyment of this public beauty spot.:
The legislature should find it duty
to set aside enough money! will
take but little-to improve the park
and maintain it. The trouble is that
too few Minnesotans know of Itasca.
park, and without knownedge, ap-
probation is impossible. + Maintain
ed and improved as it should be-, this
gem rescued from the destruction Of
the northern woods will be wonder.
full and valuable asset of the future:
st. Paul Dispatch. {
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e., Russian Cossackr boots for women
are all the style now.
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X EDITORIAL EXPLOSIONS X

p = = = - = - = = = - = - y =
Every appointive body of any con-
sequence will take a poke at the
plan of the efficiency commission, re-
CARELESS of the welfare Of the state
at large. Nevertheless a set of laws
embodying these plans should be en-
acted to bring the affairs of the state
up to a business standard. The plea
of appointed ,officeholders that their
duties cannot be done better is weak
one.-Aurora News.
Legislative members are interest;
ing themselves in many matters these
days. The movies" are now to be
husked of their horrors, as they
should. Films as pure as the wing
of gull are asked for and no doubt
will be obtained in time. The mo
vies' are unconscious educators and
great care should be used in their
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FOR SALE Saloon in live town,
with only two saloons. Have only
pool table in town. Will sell at a
bargain If taken Immediately. Ill
: health, reason for selling. Call or
. write. VIM. Huffman, Dent, MINI.
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production. No sfilm should be made
which could not be shown in your
home to your wife, daughter or son..
Any legislation to sweep the impure.
or injurious from them should not be
hampered.-Tower News.
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FOR RENT-8-room furnished house.
523 Irvine Ave. Address T, 10 Pho
= neer. :. -. - = r - :.
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X \ 4 X x x X <<<f& k<-k4 ~
X RAILROAD TIME CARDS ,
X \ 4 X X X X X x 4 Xxx X X \ ,
dPLs., RED LAKE & NAN.
2 North Bound Arrives. 9:45 am
l North Bound Leaves. 1880 pm
80 500 RAILROAD
1852 East Bound Leaves. ..... 9:35 am
1853 West Bound Leaves. ...... 4:55 pm
1856 East Bound Leaves. 2:45 pm
1877 West Bound Leaves. .... 1854 am
GREAT NORTHERN
SO West Bound Leaves ... 3:15 pm
"a East Bound Leaves. 1903 pm
IS West Bound Leaves. .. 1928 am
sc East Bound Leaves. .. 1:48 am
105 North Bound Arrives. go. TAO pm
LOG South Bound Leaves. $50 am
-@-s Freight West Leaves at... 900 am
Freight East Leaves at. >. 500 pm
-1d1NNEs0TA b INTERNAT1oNAL
80 South-Mpls. ETC. Lv.. 8:15 am
*34 sSouth-Mpls. Etc. Lv... 1920 pm
81 North-Kelliher Lv........ 6:15 pm
1873 North-Int. Falls. Lv...... 4:15 am
a. South Freight, leaves
North Bemidji. ....... 1880 am
4 North Freight, leaves
North Bem1dji. ......... 600 am
46 Freight from Int. Falls,
due North Bemidji. -... 4:4o pm
IS Freight from Brainerd, due
North, Bemidji. ......... 700 pm
*Daily. All others daily except Sunday