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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
Sources OF Profit From Sheen

Sheep raising on the average
North Dakota farm offers sever
al advantages and will increase
the income from the farm in
many ways. One of the princi-
pal sources of profit from them
is in the fact that the flock acts
as a saving agent by making
use of pasture grasses, low
grade hay, straw, low grade
grain and screenings that
otherwise would be wasted.
BY pasturing summer fallows
and stubble fields the flock
operates quite efficiently as a
weed destroyer, as sheep will
eat off close to the ground most
of the bad weeds that grow in
the state. Wild oats make
first class pasture for a flock.
The sheep adapts itself to
North Dakota conditions espe-
cially for three reasons: First,
a comparatively small amount
of capital is required to be in
vested to start a flock; second,
a small amount of capital is
required to be invested in
buildings; third: a small
amount of labor is required to
care for a flock.
Sheep have an advantage
over other meat producing
animals in the fact that a flock
of ewes in addition to produc-
ing a crop of lambs also pro-
duces a crop of wool and with
the we'll managed flock the
crop of wool will just about
pay for the keeping of the
ewes, leaving the lambs as
clear profit.
A source of profit from sheep
that should not be overlooked
is their value in maintaining
the fertility of the farm, for in
marketing mutton and wool as
in marketing all other kinds of
livestock less fertility is sold
by far than where the crops
are marketed direct from the
field. IN. d. Experiment Sta
ton.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

Notice is hereby given that that certain
mortgage made, executed and delivered
by John A. Maynard. a widower, MortRa-
gor. to Margaret Mcguire, .Mortgagee, dat
ed October 9th, 1904, filed for record Febru-
airy 18th, 1905. at II :02 A. NJ, in the Office of
the Register of Deeds for Bottineau Coun.
Of Mortgages. page rs. viii be foreciosed
by 2 sale Of the premises in such mortgage
door of the Court House in the City and
Counts Of B~ottineau. State Of North De-
kota, at =. NJ. on the n day of March. 1915,
to satisfy the amount due pom such mort
gag on the day of sale.
Thepremises described in such mortgage
and which will be sold to satisfy the same
are deecribed az follows. towit: Lots 9
B~ottineau. according to the recorded plat
There will be due upon such mortgage
ON the day of sale. the sum- OF 10.&, to-
Gether with the costs and disbursements
of such sale.
Dated February 18th, 01S.
Margaret Mcguire. Mortgage.
Bottineau, N. d.
Feb. 1919 Mar. k-12-ls.9a
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
AVERAGES

THERE is an old story of a
school boy who defined ave
rage as a thing for hens to
lay eggs on, and defended his
definition to the mystified
teacher by quoting from a book
to the effect that "a hen will
lay. on an average, $50 eggs a
year,
An average is a curious
thing. 1t is that to which we
reduce all other things, and
which, of itself, does not exit.
We hear, and we speak, of the
average man. There is no such
men. There is the average
height of men, and their aver
age weight, length of arm size
of biceps, weight of brain, and
so forth, but no being ever
created conformed in all parti-
culars to all of even these ply
steal averages, to say nothing
of the mental characteristics
which help to differentiate one
man from another.
There is the average income,
but scarcely anyone has just
that sum, There is the aver.
age achievement in a given
line of endeavor, but nobody
does just that much and no
more. And 80 on through the
long list. We take the sum Of
all the characteristics Ola given
kind, divide that by the mum.
Der of their posscssors, and call
that the average, but that aver
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

In the matter of the estate of Ole Hall,
deceaaed.
Notice is hereby given by the undersign-
60 !: u r. o Me HniI. i iete 81 ire v,,i OF the cs
Kramer in the county of Bottineau and
State of North Dakota, deceased, to the
creditors Of: and all persons having claims
with the necessary vouchers. within foul
months after the first publication of this
notice, to said administrator at his Office
Dsssdi March A. d. lsis.
]. u. Weaver,
Adminiotrator.
First .~publicetion on the Sth day Of
lmar Alx.1e90
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
Two Products Of Cyprus.

Cyprus gave its name to the metal
copper. For it was from this island
that the Romans got their supplies Of
the metal, which they knew as "cyp-
rtumaes." or, for short. ''cyprium," in
late Latin ''cuprum." Another famous
product Of the island vas a tree not
the cypress. which has nothing to do
With Cyprus. but the ''cyprus." from
which a valuable oil was made. But
Il = better worth remembering a.
gopher" the Hebrew name Of the
wood Of which Noah's ark was hunt.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
LOOKING BACKWARD
Being a summary OF the z VS. OF
twenty-five years ago and ten years
z as recorded In the columns OF
this publication
Twenty-Five Years Ago

Homer G.. Welton visited
during the week with his par
ents at Dunseith.
Invitations were out for a
mask ball to be held in ArmOry
Hall: March Fl, 1890.
Rev. Gibson returned from
Iowa. He reported that ten
more loads of corn were on the
way.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
Official Newspaper Of City Of B%ottlneau.
Official Newspaper Of B~ottlneau County

ADVERTISING RATEs-The charge for dis.
play advertising space in the COurant Is
BASED on Is cents per inch. single column
Measurement, each issue: annua rate Is
.onts: special position rs cents. Legal adj
,ertising legal rates: locals" 10 cents per
Inc: reading matter 10 cents per line.
'lassified I'd vertising + cents per line.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

The Cavalier County Repub-
lican has installed a new news
paper press, a folder and a job
Der. The Republican is now
in a position to turn out any
kind a of Job.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

A needle was removed from
the arm of little Jay South at
Wales. 1t is not known how
long the needle had been there
nor how or where it entered.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Rev. George w. Cooper of
Glendale, has received a pat
ent on a chess board which pro-
misses to become popular among
players of the royal game.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
CLOUDS WILL PASS

So long as a clouded life Is
touched now and again BY some
clear sleam Of sunshine. that may
suffice. for It proves that tho sun i
I'll shining 70 The heavens. Once
out of he cloud comes he dad
ness of he psrfsct day.-R;chard
Robe
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Clara Morris, who sued the
city of Minot for SIC, 600 dam
ages for injuries received in a
fall on an icy walk a year ago,
has been awarded 1925.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

E. r. Bray, a tailor at Minot
had his hands and face badly
burned while cleaning a silk
dress in gasoline when it ignit-
ed in his hands from the frict-
ion caused by rubbing the
silk.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Secretary of state Thomas
Hall announce that he has dis
tributed, during the year 1914.
the sum of $50, 345. u to the
good roads funds of the fifty
two counties of the state.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Approximately 100, 600 acres
of government land still awaits
homesteaders in the United
States land district tributary to
WillistOn.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
Entered at the Postofftce at Bottineau. n
D.. a. second class mail matter.

INSCRIPTION PRICE -One copy three
months in advance, 50 cents; one copy. six
months In ad vance. rs cents: one copy. one
year in dvance 4l.5O. II not paid in nd.
vance. 500. II sent to Canada. one year In
ADVANCE, 500.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

The North Dakota building
at the exposition grounds San
Francisco will be dedicated
March Is.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Fire caused by the explosion
of a gasoline lamp at the w.
Welcome home hear Hampden
while the family were enter
tanning visitors resulted in a
$1,000 fire. Mrs. Welcome and
two sons were seriously burned
and Geo. Graham will lose the
sight of one eye in making his
way out of the flames. Mrs..
Welcome later died at a Devils
Lake hospital.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Chicken thieves visited the
coop of John Martie at Portal
and carried away seven of his
best birds.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Between four and five o'clock
of the same day Mrs. Nell
Small and her mother died at
their respective homes near
Wolford. The elder lady was
only i'll a few hours and visited
her daughter shortly before she
was stricken.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

The business section of Al
mont was Quilted by a bad fire
The loss is estimated at $50,
600.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Z. J. Narloch will open a new
yard at Mimic.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Watford, Mckenzie county
has already raised $500 for a
Fourth of July celebration.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Kindred's mail carrier has
seen fourteen years experience
andthe distance travelled would
take him around the globe six
times.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
Who Is Wrong?

Is It the Goodyear user. whose
choice is confirmed by some
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Jens NJ. Jensen has just com.
pleted what is supposed to be
the first round barn in McHen.
ry county.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Before the year has past
Berthold will have a modern
opera house which will be
built by the I.O.O F. lodge.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Charles Stevens has purchas-
ed the Radison hotel at Ken
mare and will take possession
July |.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

Mrs. D.. H. Hamilton. wife of
Senator Hamilton died at the
family home near Upham after
a long illness.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

The little daughter of Prof.
Bixler of the Grand Forks
schools had a narrow escape
from drowning when she ven
tured on thin ice and broke
through. Fred Bates, a lad
rescued the little one from sure
death.
1t is supposed that the fire
which destroyed the Rolette
school last week was started by
some of the band boys who
meet in the building for pract-
ice that evening and possibly
threw a lighted cigarette or
cigar into the waste paper bas-
ket.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05

4OO,UUU 9th.
ers? Or is
it the m an
who still as.
s til at
another tire is
,etter?
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-03-05
FlICkER1AlL FACTS
AND FANclES

B.. J. Narloch will open a new
lumber yard at Mimic.
Watfor I'd, Mckenzie county
has already raised $500 for a
Fourth of July celebration.
The business section of Al
mont was Quilted by a bad fire.
The loss is estimated at $780,
600.
Charles Stevens has purchas-
ed the Radison hotel at Ken
mare and will take possession
July |.
The North Dakota building
at the exposition grounds San
Francisco will be dedicated
March Is.
Chicken thieves visited the
coop of John Martie at Portal
and carried away seven of his
best birds.
Jens NJ. Jensen has just com,
pleted what is supposed to be
the first round barn in McHen.
ry county.
Mrs. D.. H. Hamilton. wife O
Senator Hamilton died at thu
family home near Upham afte,
a long illness.
Before the year has pas
Berthold will have a moderr
opera house which will b.
built by the LOO F. lodge.
Kindred's mail carrier ha!
seen fourteen years experience
andthe distance travelled woult
take him around the globe 81:
tirnas
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11
NORBECK BREAKS TIE

The first vote of Lieutenant-gover-
nor Norbeck was cast 10 the the Sen.
ate when an attempt was made to re-
consider the vote by which the senate
had refused on yesterday to indeiin-
ltely postpone action on the Senate
bill abolishing capital punishment, A
proposal to lay the motion to recon
slider on the table resulted in a tie
vote Fl to 81 and the governor Nor
beck voted aye, tab ing the motion.
This was the only attempt of the OPP
ponents of the capital punishment
bill to renew the fight and its friends
were not forced to resume the tilli-
buster which took up the entire time
OF the session Saturday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11
SALARY RAISING PROPOSAL

The legislature will have the power
to raise the salaries of state officials by
a two thirds vote if the joint resolution
which has passed the senate also passes
the house and is approved by the peo-
pie. An attempt was made by Senator
Urdahl and Others to have the resoluo
ton name the increases in salaries to be
made, but this was rejected and the
former action by which the necessary
majority was changed from two thirds
to three. fourths was rescinded. The
resolution was then passed, % to ID.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

Before the English house of com
mons is a demand filed by the pre-
mier. 1t will, if adopted, require
the trial by court martial, and their
exc sntion if found guilty OF f all
raiders on undefended places, if they
are caught. This contemplates sum
mary treatment of airmen and SUBJ
marine men. These comprise a new
element in warfare that has not been
discussed internationally and it looks
as though the premier was rather
abrupt in classifying such offenders
as pirates.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

The attorney generals department,
on inquiry from the states attorney OF
Trip county, holds that a county COM
missioner can draw compensation for
travel outside the county and the state
when it is deemed necessary for him to
make such trips in his official duties,
And also that the law allows an ex-
pense account Of five cents a bashel Tor
county purchase Of seed grain for dis
tribution under the county seed grain
law.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11
ALASKA, THE GOLDEN

News dispatches state that Alaska's
product in 1914 totaled $40, $50, 900.
And, contrary to general belief, sea
yielded more thar its mines. Its fish
cries produced I'VE 1923, 900, 900 and her
mines over s19, 600, 900.
Pretty good investment for Uncle
Sam. In 1867 we bought Alaska for
$1,000, 900. In a single year this sum
IS returned nearly skiold. In less than
fifty years we have had Alaska it's cost
has been returned many hundredfold.
And its storehouse of natural resources
has scarcely been tapped as yet.
For scenic wonders it is also one of
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

Secretary McAdoo will issue orders
shortly to Collector of Internal Rev
enne Smietanka at Chicago, to take
steps TO insure the collection of in
come tax on the $50, geo, 900 melon
cut by Sears, Roebuck & Co.. last
Saturday. It is estimated that the
collection OF tax on this "melon'' will
net the government about $500, 900
over and above the taxes collected
from the stockholders Of the com
pany last year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

That nepotism bill nearly died
=ggAhprnin.AThA house killed it by q
most decisive vote. One Of the prin-
cfpal Arguments advanced against It
Waa that Il was liable to stirsup do
mestic dificulties and create trouble
Among the relatives Of those who
might 30 90 fortunate or unfortunate
~ ~ be elected TO d state office
Dakota Republican.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

The Huron Herald has passed into
the hands of r j. Fetzer, who took
possession Monday. Mr.. Fetzer is q
practical printer and has resided at
Huron for a number years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

Another section 81 American terri
1oryAasbsen opened to settlement. A
SnavisAble channel has been found
betWeonsthe BerinR . and the Kus-
skoko0lin fiyer, IN Alaska. The river
Ss3niDiSo mflessWide 81 Ito mouth and
MEASUREMENTS . picnic some
xhpnu1rSd miles. What 4 delight
5rzeeort IL will makel
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

The new American neutrality
league recently organized at Wash
lngton by Congressman Bartholdi
and others hasjust held its first a
meeting. + was at Chicago. The
hall was decorated with $50 German
days and Just nine American hags. II
has not been explained why the
American dag was there.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

The nearer it.gets to the close of
the present congress, the more GER
tain it is that congress has not yet
overcome the habit of doing the great
part of its business in its last few
days. The congressional motto is:
always put off until tomorrow that
which can be done today"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

Our Uncle Samuel has been a very
generous parsonage during the past
several years. Settlers have made
entries on nearly 10000, 900 acres of
public lands. But the old mans
generosity cannot continue at this
rate very much longer. In a few
short years homesteading will be a
thing of the past.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

Bishop Carrigan of Baltimore, says
b%ridegrooms are paying much smaller
fees to clergymen than ever before.
Why should not the high cost of living
affect wedding fees, too? Besides this,
most people, when they begin to re-
trench begin with the clergyman's fees
or salary and church dues.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

1.-THE energy and capital now being
used in making waste places in the.
earth, were devoted instead to de-
veioping waste places. what 8 glor-
ious era it would become.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

The senate passed the resolution
for q constitutional amendment Civ
ing the legislature the power to raise
the salaries Of state officials by a
two thirds vote.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

II the captain of the Lusitania
hacn't rsed the American flag. and
the German submarines had sunk the
ship with its passengers and crew"
as ordered by the German admiralty.
ne would have been perfectly Legal,
but all the world would have damned
him.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

South Dakota's military Depart
ment is facing a tangle in it's inan-
cial accounts that will have to be
Strengthened out by a legislative in
vestigating committee. Carelessness
is alleged.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

G. N. Leedom of Cottonwood, has
came into possession of the Kadoka
Press, by purchase, and is already
pushing the editorial quill. MI. Iced
ON is a bright fellow, and soon from
Kadoka meteoric rays will be shooting
across the journalistic horizon.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

The bill that came down to Pierre
bearing the label made in Aberdeen,
requiring men and women to pass
physical examinations before being
permitted to marry, was short lived
and its death was almost a violent
one. 1t went down to defeat in the
house by a vote of IS to 20.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

In Uncle Joe Cannon district they
solgethe problem Of what to do with
the unemployed BY hiring them 10
vote ~ rrespI,eaters.-Groton Herald.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

The Hot Springs saloon bill which
would prohibit the running of saloons
within five miles of the old soldiers
home was rejected by the house.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

Late dispatches place Russia on
the offensive in Poland and in a
attitude of defence in the Car
p%athians. Thus far in the war, Rus
STA has not long remained on the Of
fensive when it has attained that
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11
The Pierre Free Press
By A. G. sATTEKLEE.
PUBLISHED AT THE STATE CAPITAL
$50 PER YEAR IN
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

Entered at the POST Office atPierre. South Da.
kota, a. mail matter.o Of the second class.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

the worlds treasure houses. Glaciers,
mountains, waterfalls, rivers, valleys
no wonder tourists travel to Alaska
is steadily increasing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11

Uncontirnaed dispatches state the
Germans have executed Colonel MART,
A51orpner Bcer lsAder. 1orttreachery.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-11-21
QUALIFICATIONS OF
HENS FOR BREEDING
Foundation of Success in Poultry
Keeping Is Ability to Rear
Vigorous Chicks.

A most pernicious idea appears to
be gaining ground in regard to the
qualifications OF a hen for breeding.
The number OF eggs she will lay is
apparently the only passport to the
breeding pen. regardless OF develop
ment or constitution. By all means let
US have the prolific hens for this pur-
pose, but let US see to II that they are
otherwise qualified.
The foundation OF success in poul-
try keeping is ability to hatch and
rear strong. virile chickens, and
these can only result from strong.
well-developed and well-cared-for par
ents. This also applies to the subse-
quent egg production. Therefore 1t
follows that If hen is weedy and run
down she is not a fit subject for
breeding, no matter how many eggs
she has laid. But it does not follow
that a good layer should be discard
ed as a breeder. That would be 60
ing to the other extreme, but what
should be insisted upon is bodily de-
velopment of sufficient proportions
and strength to Indicate breeder Of
robust stock
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-11-21
Salmon Thrive In Maine.

Success has been met by the bu-
reau of fisheries in establishing hump
back salmon on the Maine coast, ac-
cording to reports from that terri
tory. The fish were planted in Febru-
airy, 1914. Many fish weighing FIVE
TO seven and half pounds have been
taken or seen in Penobscot river. Me-,
and twenty were captured alive by
agents of the bureau near Bangor and
held in an effort to obtain ripe eggs.
From two of these fish 5000 eggs were
taken September 6, and, after fertili-
cation, sent to the Craig Brook hatch
cry for incubation. Local fishermen
caught and ate large numbers, and an
employee of the Green Lake hatchery
took fifteen fish last week These had
passed through the fishways in dams
in Dennys river and were dropping
down stream in a spent condition; at
the same time both live and dead fish
were observed below the dams.