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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-16
CHURCH SERVICES

Dec. 10-Services at Leslie
church II: 90 a. NJ: services at
Souris Z: 80 p. m.
Dec. 90 Services at Turtle
Mountain church IL: 90 a. M;
services at Bethesda 8: 90 p. m.;
services at Souris Z: 80 p. m.
Dec. 26-Services at Leslie
church at IL a. m. Christmas
tree in the afternoon.
Christmas tree at the Turtle
Mountain church. Dec. 9th. at
1I:OO q. M.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-16
Christmas Tree Festival.

The Christmas tree at the
Turtle Mountain church is be-
ing arranged for and the fol-
lowing are the members of the
arrangement committee: Clara
Krogen. Nina Berge, Gina
Peterson, Agnes Wall, Selma
Krogen, Rolf Larson, Ben Wall,
Oscar Bakkom, Peter Peder-
son and Edwin Moen. It is
hoped that this com mittee will
receiue the hearty support of
the congregation, 50 that it
may be made a real success.
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Young Peoples Meeting.

The Young Peoples society
meeting at the church was we'll
attended Sunday afternoon. A
business session proceeded the
program. which was as follows:
Vocal Trio
Nina, Alice, Oscar Bakkom
Reading.......... Olaf Redahl
Song-Happy Days-Girls Glee
Club-Lora Noun, Alma
Wall. Olga Henning, Emma
Henning, Cora Moem, Madge
Rothe, Clara Henning and
Georginia Henning.
Reading-"How did you die?'
...... Miss Jacobs
Mowers Sons .Glee Club
Reading............L b. Wall
Solo-Where is my Wandering
Boy Tonight. Rev. Redahl
The next meeting of the So
ciety will be held in three
weeks at some farm home Ito
be announced Christmas day.
Miss Jacobs and Rolf Larson
were appointed as members of
the next program com mittee.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-12-16
LOCAL NEWS

AL Wall was a Bottineau cali
er Monday.
l.. J. Mork Of Souris was here
last Thursday. =,
Peter Moem returned from
Bottineau Monday.
Carl Sem was a business call
er in town Monday. .
Oscar and Nina Bakkon were
callers here Monday. "
L. B.. Wall went to Bottineau
on business Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wall were
Bottineau callers Friday.
How many carloads of grain
were shipped out last week?
Arthur Gorder of ::Landa was
home between train Saturday.
We are pleased to report that
J. Crowder is improving rapid
ly.
Mrs. Martinus Utrik visited
wi tn Mrs. John Henning on
Sunday.
Nels B. Arveson made a
business trip to Bottineau last
Thursday.
Eman B.. Gulstad was a bust.
ness caller in Bottineau last
Thursday.
Ole Guttu has been busy the
past week cutting posts in the
mountains.
A good Christmas program
will be given at the Turtle
Mountain church.
Governor L. b. Hanna has
gone to Norway with Henry
Ford as interpreter.
Harold Haroldson went tt
Bottineau Thursday to visit
the tonsorial parlors.
! S. Dyrstad has installed {
fine Wizard three-light gaso'
line lighting system.
Little John Glomseth wen
to Bottineau Saturday to spene
the day with his cousins.
Rev. Redall was not seer
here last week. Therefore hi
must be kept busy at home.
Martin Rothe spent a few
days at Landa this week look
ing over the telephone lines.
T.. Sperra of Towner came
last Wednesday evening ane
spent several days with hi:
daughter, Mrs. Sigvold Quit,
and family.
E. E. Holt has purchased
new Singer machine for sew
ing leather goods and is nov
fully equipped to take care o
all job work.
Olof Gjolstad returned from
Minneapolis last Friday wher'
he had been taking treatmen
for appendicitis. He says HI
is feeling fine now.
c.. Noun and family movet
into town Monday into thei:
residence vacated by the War
bergs. We are more thar
pleased to welcome this esti
mable family to our town cir
Gle. Mr.. and Mrs. Noun, lik'
many others in this communi
ty, after making a success OF
the farm have decided to NOV
into town and give their boys
chance to make good. Mr.
Nouns jovial presence has al
ways been appreciated by tn
towns people and they ar
glad to count. him as one O
their number.
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Ole Dyrstad installed O. O
Wareberg's lights Monday.

Ole Dyrstad installed O. O.
Wareberg's lights Monday.
Miss Oleana Ronning return
ed to Westhope Monday eve
ming. .... p .,-.~
Miss Minnie Krogen visited
in Souris the fore part of the
week. ,. ..-... ~..- ,.. .s....'. ...
Misses Gusta and Clara
Glomseth spent Sunday at the
farm home.
Misses Laura and Anna
Kornkven spent Sunday eve
ming home. ~
Rev. Redall was here Monday
afternoon instructing the choir
for Christmas.
Misses Johanna and Selma
Batten went to Bottineau on
Monday morning.
Get your little boy or girl a
Christmas tree at the Farmers
Cooperative store. ..
Agnes Wall was in town on
Saturday assisting with the
Christmas program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Crowd.
err visited at the S. G. BERG
home Sunday evening.
Mrs. H. r. Russell of Botti.
neau is spending a few days al
the J.. Clayton Russell home.
Miss Gina Peterson visited
at the CLAUS Running home in
the mountains Saturday anC
Sunday.
G.. G.. Forsberg has had a 2
light Wizard lighting system
installed, Ole Dyrstad doine
the work.
Ebert Berg left Tuesday TO,
Nashua, Montana, where he
will spend the holidays with
his brother.
Andrew Hendrickson o:
Plentywood, Montana, arrived
last week for a visit with rela.
tives and friends.
Pete Bockman was called t.
Souris Tuesday night by the
serious illness of his brother.ir
law, Oscar Ecklund.
J. l.. Gorder and August B.
Wall spent most of their ii MI
in Bottineau the past weel
serving on the jury.
liver Listoe of Crosby is her.
looking after his farming in
terests and visiting at tn
Eman Gulstad home.
Gunar Roseland, with tn
Skandinaven, made his perio
dical visit in town last week il
the interest of his paper,
A number of our young PEG
pie were entertained at tn
pleasant farm home of Mr.. an
Mrs. Carl Wall, Sunday eve
ming.
O. H. Samuelson visited Car
bury Monday afternoon. H
is preparing for his Christina
trip to his old home at Star
buck, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Russell
and little daughter Elizabeth
and Mrs. Henry Russell o
Bottineau were guests of Mis-
Haydee Jacobs, Tuesday after
noon and evening.
The choir practiced in tn
school house Monday after
nom. There were about 2
present and good results were
obtained. They will practice
again Saturday afternoon.
Santa Claus has left a fin
supply of Christmas gifts a
the Farmers Cooperative store
Come and look them over 70
you will find something t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
5O-50---THAT'S BORAH! HE'S HALF THIS.
HALF THAT, AND ONLY so PCT. A CANDIDATE

lent labor record. He was made
head of the labor committee in
the senate and instead of killing
legislation, as expected, reported
out an eight-hour bill for gov
eminent contracts, a child labor
bill and bill to create the de-
partment of labor with an official
Of the cabinet at it's head.
He also led the fight in the
senate to secure an Investigation
into the mining troubles in West
Virginia, when civil rights we're
set aside by martial law.
Borah was born June 20, 1865,
In Wayne county. Illinois. He
was one Of family of 10. His
parental ancestors were German.
The name was originally DeBor-
ah. His mother was Irish.
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Here's anotheQ article by
The Times political expert on
presidential possibility

The Times political expert on
presidential possibility
When. compromise possibilities
are considered for the republican
presidential nomination, William
Edgar Borah of Idaho comes first
to mind. Borah is the $3.50"
candidate.
He is SO for the Penrose- Gal
linger-Smoot-Taft machine, and
80 for the Roosevelt-Johnson-
Pinchot Murdoch progressive
crowd.
Like old Mr.. Janus, he has a
smile In both directions.
He il and he isn't. That's
Borah.
He can sit on the platform at
Boise over In our sister state and
nod his head affirmatively to ev-
erything the colonel has to say
about the Chicago convention, and
he can still remain regularly re-
publican"
He can be for woman suffrage
but be convinced that the demo-
cratic doctrine OF state rights"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06

/ had not told Dick about my
decision to invest the six thousand
dollars of Aunt Mary's money In
municipal bonds. In fact, we had
not mentioned the matter.
know that we had both
steered clear of the subject be-
cause We each had an instructive
fear that we would not agree on
its investment and disposal.
After my talk with Mr.. Selwin ]
realized that Dick thought he was
going to be the one to invest that
money, but, little book, I may as
well confess to you that to let him
do this was the very last thing !
intended to do.
What l wanted to see Dick for
was to see il the money had as yet
been placed in my name. The will
had been probated and l wanted
10 know IL the provisions had been
carried out.
According to Aunt Mary's will,
Dick, Jim and l are executors.
Nothing had been said to me
about the settling, but / thought
IL could get hold of Dick we
might fix up things that morning.
Mr.. Selwin told me that Dick
was out of town. He looked sur
prised when | asked about him,
ibid you think he would be back
this morning?" he asked. 81 a n
sure he will not come before to-
night.
said something about misun-
derstanding Dick, for l did not
want to tell Mr.. Selwin that he
had not told me he was going out
of town or that he had stayed out
all night so frequently of late,
that / was not sure he was out or
In town. However, l hunted up
Jim to ask him II there was any
way could get that six thousand
dollars.
J, You see, Jim, the man must
have the money today. He
doesn't want to borrow the money
at the bank because he owes them
so much money now that he Is
afraid IL they know he has this
collateral they will make him sign
1t over to them as security for
notes"
"Margie, Margic, are you help.
ing a man defraud his creditors.
Who Is he and how did you come
to know hiln?"
Il can't tell you, Jim, but I
think IL he can get this money he
will work out and pay every
body" 1 could not tell him that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
For Acid StOmachS
Use Magnesia

Quickly Stops Sour Burning Feel
Ing and Makes Digestion Painless.
The almost universal use of
magnesia by physicians and spe-
cialists in the treatment of stom-
ach troubles, is due to the fact
that 1t stops food fermentation
and neutraiizes the acid-the d.
rect cause of nearly all stomach
troubles. OF the many forms of
magnesia such as oxides, citrates,
carbonatee. sulphates, etc., the
most suitable and efficient, and
the one prescribed by leading spe-
oial1sfs II bisunratod magnesia, a
toaspoonful of which In a little
warm water Immediately after
eating win Instantly neutralize
tho acid, stop fermentation, and
thus ensure painless. normal d.
gsstion. Care should be taken to
gof hfsurntcd ruagnesia, as its ac-
Hon q infinitely more effective.
q y also. By the way, usually
ofooked By druggists I'm conven-
1ont compreesed tablets as well az
= ~ ordinary powder form.
Stomach sufferers and dyBpeptics
Who follow this plan and avoid
~ use Of pepsin. charcoal, soda
mints. drugs and medicines are
Invariably astonished to find that
he stomach. relieved of the frri-
|ating acid and gas. soon regains
IT. normal tone. and can do its
gork alone without the doubtful
lid Of artificial digsstants
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
CONFESSIONS
, OF A WIFE

1T was the owner of the apart
ment house who had come to NE
knowing | had this money left
me.
The mortgage was due on the
apartment and he did not have
the money to pay 1t. He thought
he would rather sell his bonds
than put another mortgage on his
building which was paying very
we'll and would in time allow him
to pay back his Indebtedness at
the bank.
"I'll tell you what I'll do, Mar
gle, I'll let you have that money
until you get it from the estate. -
presume, little book, that 1t
was not the thing for me to do,
but why should my sex preclude
me from accepting this loan from
Jim. Dick would not have hest
tated. I took the money and
gave Jim my note for thirty days
with six per cent interest. | am
satisfied that good old Jim did not
think any more of 1t than | did.
After he had gone to the bank
and gotten the money for met
was he, not I, who suggested that
l had better have the cash.
spoke to him about Mollie.
YES" he said. 81 was and am
in love with Mollie-so much so
that | want her to be happy al
any expense to myself. Hatton
is splendid fellow. He had a
much better chance than either
Sullivan or l. His story was SO
romantic and the tragedy Of 1t
would appeal to young girls
pity and usually the distance be
tween a sad look and a look of
sympathy leads to love.
II guess, Margie, I'll just stav
an old bachelor and beau all my
friends wives around when their
husbands neglect Them" he said
with a quisical smile behind
which l felt he gave me a rather
keen look.
How much do you suppose he
knows about Dick, little book
Probably much more than | do.
A mans men friends always know
more about. his peccadillows than
does his wife.
But can see that Jim is more
cut up about Mollie than he
would have me think. I believe
1t hurts mans pride more than
anything else to be refused by a
woman. Most men seem to think
they are irresistible, whether
they offer love legitimately or IL
legitimately.
Continued tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
WRECKS AND WRECKERS

With the NJ, X. T. in receivership, there are 80
railways operating 9S8 miles, capitalization So 100000
under direction of the courts in this country.
Looks like terrible condition of railroads. but the
dition about bad 1884, when 1872 roads operating
4O,S18 miles in the same fix.
If the condition calamtous 81 years ago. what
done and What advantage taken of the hOrrbe
ples"9
We'll, during this 1-year period largely Promoter Har
riman did his ruling running, the magnificent New Haven
wreck accomplished the Frisco dragged under and
drowned the splendid Rock Island steered straight upon
the rocks amongst other things This period stands the
and conditions 1894 simply showed INSCRIPTIONS high
nanciers how to ravsh great properties to their ad
vantage.
In other country wherein the general welfare depend
ed largely upon the railroads would repetition of the
ditiOns Of 1894 have been permitted.
Somebody would have been jailed and the government
would have taken hold of institutions upon which the
mercal life of the country depended
Will we have better condition 81 years hence? Not If
weaken the proposition that crooked business shall
do just as it peases
WHY, OF coURsEI
Some comments of the London editors that loan
real amusing.
The London Times says it doesn't feel like criticizng
anything that little per cent commission for the u
derwrtng and that if New York wishes rival London as
lender must learn to do things cheapy than that
The London Post opines that the Yankees have been
Enthusiastically ase and taken advantage Of the borrow
ers' necessities.
We guess so. Any time you see little old Yankee Wall
street syndcate oanng money in sympathetic brothery
hecream spirit to parties who must have
money please wake up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
THE MEANING OF LIBERTY IN UNIVERSITY
Washington
Daiy)
BY PROF WALTER g. BEACH
Social Science Department. University Of Washington

Students come to the university for many purposes
Some looking for training in special field OF work with
reference to future occupations others thinking OF
more general education while others simply counting
upon good time.
Whether the purposes be these other more less
definite ones each ought to expect progress
in two directions his stay is to be worth while On the one
hand himself year by year he should discover
that he has gained in power Of thought that he thinks with
greater cearness vgor and independence This he to
himself individual To accomplish it he must have
freedomfreedom Of range many fends Of thought
freedom investigate freedom to discuss freedom to reach
the truth regardless of custom preudice for the mind
which is not free to think reaches the truth For this
the most fundamental condition in university life
freedom Without it, thinking is weak serve traditional
and prejudced
But in addition to this individual advance the student
should find Also that his judgment of the vaues Of life has
expanded from little to big things from crude to fine things
from noble to gnobe things To value the really valuable
things the really valuable purposes the really valuable
and wome1f is the mark of the educated mind
And this power to value life rightly is largely the result
of growing consciousness of one relation to his fellow
he learns to recognize himself member of organized
society 1t of the great ends of the university make
thoroughly conscious of the state of it's fe its benefits
its needs
This does not mean merely to it in time of conflict
"a primitive conception means to catch the vision of So
cal service and social obligation which makes ashamed
to society for his private ends but determined that
his welfare shall be attained only through the advance
ment of the state
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
Garry Stomach Joy
In Your Vest Pocket
Here's a Dyspepsia Remedy That
Is Really Guaranteed BY Your
Own DRUGGIST.

Here's Dyspepsia Remedy That
Is Really Guaranteed By Your
Own Druggist.
One of the greatest successes In
the sale of medicine has been
achieved by Mi-o-na, the stand
ard dyspepsia remedy, and its
sale is increasing SO rapidly that
many druggists have hard work
to keep a stock on hand. 1t is
very popular with bankers, min
listers, lawyers and others whose
business or profession keeps them
closely confined, while those who
have brought on indigestion
through irregular eating, worry.
or other causes, have found re
lief in this reliable remedy.
Mi-o-na comes In tablet form
and is sold in a metal box eape-
cially designed for convenience ~
carrying the medicine in the
pocket or purse. II Is pleaaenf
to take. gives quick relief and
should help any case. no matter
OF how long a standing. This
remedy has been so uniformly
successful that all druggists are
authorized to sell Mona under
a positive guarantee to refund
the money IL II should not prove
entirely satisfactory. We doubt
IL any other dyspepsia medicine
ever had a large enough percent
age OF cures so that Il could be
sold in this manner. A guaran-
tee like this speaks volumes for
the merit Of the remedy.
There is no time like the pres
ent to do a thing that ought to
be done. II any one has dyspep-
STA. today is the best time TO be-
gin curing 1t by going to Crown
Drug Co., Tacoma. Wash. or any
leading druggist in this vicinity
aud buying box of Mona ON
this money back guarantee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06

prevents his support of the pro.
posed constitutional amendment.
He can prosecute Meyer and
Haywood and retain the conf.
dence of organized labor; he can
vote for his Idaho schedules in
the Aldrich tariff bill and lend
moral support to the La Toilette
insurgency; he can pull for the
popular election of senator's and
yet work with his state machine !;
he can make a speech against
seating Lorimer, and vote fire.
quently with Uncle Ike Stevenson;
he believes the people are COM
petent to choose their senator's,
but are not competent to recall a
Judge; he is opposed to chartered
monopolies, but regards public
ownership Of railroads as too rad
zeal a proposal; ha is against
trusts, but does not believe In
trying to regulate them by COM
missions. ~
He's so honest he doesn't
believe entirely In his own
case. He's so judicial he al
most gets the opposing coun-
sci to argue his side of the
controversy.
He's so square his face has
begun to take on the appear
ance Of a rectangle. His
opinions and his hair are
parted I'm the middle.
Nobody Is better material for a
compromise candidate.
But Borah is not a candidate.
He Is only 50 per cent a candi-
date. He was a candidate--in
the sense that Barkis was a can
then he ceased to be
! candidate. and gave out q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06

primaries, non-partisan tickets and non-parti-
san pretty much everything else, and his views
60 to referendum on the date mentioned.
Enraged beyond measure by this threatened
loss Of power to set up the pins, the old party
wheel-horses have combined. You may now see
republicans, democrats and socialists sleeping
in the same bed, without their spurs. It is the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
statement that his candidacy ws

statement that his candidacy was
''all off,"
Even with his half-and-half
policy, Borah, is not covert. He
has the courage of his percentage.
You can put your finger on him
at any time, and know that he has
not jumped into the next pasture.
He will fight for his rotten or
his fine opinions with equal
punch. And he has the brains to
make even anti-conservation mo-
mentarily plausible.
Personally he is democratic and
a good mixer. He has an excel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06

Socialist harmony as to Hirams being some
thing to be put down is truly beautiful.
Meanwhile, Hiram is Logging it over the state,
marshaling his progressive hosts for another
Armageddon swearing that he can lick any Of
them all the time and all of them some of the
time. And it, mighty good exercise for fell
low who wants, to go to the U. s. senate and
may go upon presidential ticket
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
EDITORIAL PAGE THE TACOMA TIMES
ehng Big Going Happen Gov Hiram Johnson On October

lovingest time politics ever knew for California
politicians who have hitherto conscientiousy
cut each others threats.
Why, with Taft, Wilson and Debs running for
something at this time, there d be compromise!
Some say that Hiram is an anarchist, some
that he is trying to be vicious boss, and some
that he is the very devil himself The Rep-Dem-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-06
To all whom it may concern:


Make note of Oct rs, 1915!
On that date your uncle Hiram Johnson, OF
California is going to get an awful licking, OF
make a cleanup that will interest everybody
concerned in American politics.
Uncle Hiram has put through the California
legislature measures proposing non-partisan
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-01

will not be infringed II it Is possible
to prevent it. Neither side is going
to be permitted to take advantage of
its protection by simply standing by
and watching results. The Alabama
is stationed at that point to protect
the neutrality of the United States and
it can be relied upon to do it, whether
that means the insistence upon an
early decision from the German COM
mander as to his intentions, the fore.
irg of any combat to a point beyond
the three mile limit, or the prevention
of vessels carrying supplies or fuel to
the watchdogs cruising about off the
capes waiting for the rover to appear.
Just how Captain Thierichens ex-
poets to elude the enemy's ships does
not appear. 1T the best it will be
taking a desperate chance to get out
of a cornered position in which he
has not only the destruction of his ves-
sci, but the neutrality of this country
to consider.