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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
OAT SEPARATOR
TO Be MADE here
Company 0rganlzsd For Mannfaoture q
Of New lnvsatIen D. Duncan
Cameron.

The Cameron Wild Oat
Separator company is g new
concern just launched in Botti-
neau which will add manu-
featuring plant to the many in
dustries of the ity.
The new company will manu-
facture and market the Cam
eron Wild Oats Separator, an
invention by Duncan Cameron,
which is said to far surpass any
machine in that line 30 far
placed on the market.
The separation of the wild
oats from the grain is accom-
plished by means of an endless
canvass belt, covered with
canton flannel and running at
an angle of about 45 degrees.
While the clean grain run4 off
the belt the barbs in the Wild
oats cling to the nap in the
canton flannel belt and the
noxious weeds are carried to
the top. The under side of the
machine is equipped with a
series of wires that scrape the
wild oats off and deposit them
in a heap under the machine,
which has a capacity of about
30 bushels per hour.
Duncan Cameron, Attorney
Bowen and other local people
are interested in the new COM
pany. A. B. Carlson Of the
Sash & Door Factory has taken
the contract for manufacturing g
the machines, a number of
which will be completed by the
end of the week.
A vigorous selling campaign
will be inaugurated as soon as
the machines are ready for the
market. 'fsc&-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
High Sehssl netss.

Don't forget the game with
Rugby Friday.
Misses Irene Stewart and
Mildred Smith, both 1914 grad
uates, were visitors Tuesday.
Semester exams are now be-
ing held at the High. Those
having an average sof eighty,
Ave or above and being 90 not +
/ hed ~ their Instructors, are
excused from the tedious task
of first 'cramminR and then
writing for q couple cf laoufs.
9oi1day rnorninR alter strYs
i11n i tO reeite Len one ia Mn
sixsroy sle(l cl ass rooms tl1e ltrl.
dent rose Anu M liberl ~ ior
h 7|l l n 4 /! Y |L ilal
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
Eradicating the
Ground Squirrel
By A. p. HENDERSON
By A. p. HENDERSON

(SectiOn two of excerpts from
Circular No. 4, N. .. Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.
Efforts have been made by
individual farmers, by town
ships and by counties to COM
bat these pests over the settle
ment of the state. A favorite
method has been to offer boun-
ties for the killing of these ami
mails. This has proved made
quate and the cost has been ex-
cessive in preparation to the
results accomplished.
During the past year twelve
counties in North Dakota have
paid out SAG. 483. 80 in bounties
and have little permanent re-
suits for the money spent. BY
this method a breeding stock
of hardy animals is sure to be
left
The Richardson ground
squirrel increases at the rate of
seven young to the litter with
the number running as high as
eleven to the litter: therefore,
it is easy to see that they are
soon apt to reestablish them
selves.
Correspondingly large sums
have been paid out yearly by
various counties since 1886.
Vernon Bailey of the U. S.
department of agriculture COM
piled a list of ten North Dakota
counties which from 1885 to
1880 paid out over $37, 600 in
bounties. At the time of the
publication of this list in 1893,
Mr.. Bailey pointed out the fact
that the bounties accomplish
little except to empty county
treasures.
Much money is being spent
by the farmers for proprietary
poisons on the market under
various fantastical names.
Some of these poisons have
proved fairly effective, others
utterly worthless. All Of them
have cost the farmer greatly ia
|excess Of the cost Of manu-
facture. Two counties during
the past year have expended
~, 028. .98 in distributing these
patent poisone free to the farm
ers. while other counties have
done the same from time "a
| time. Even when the costly
poisons - distributed were
!, fairly satisfact tory the final
resulta were disappointing ovn'
hirR to 1e dslnal 4 4 aytantity y furn'
! iAhed each fdrra<r.s 81 8
hua ine sIaor ssni1
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
Liquor Is Seized.

Devils Lake, Jan. 22. Fol
lowing the campaign to force
liquor dealers to label properly
goods in interstate commerce,
N. A. Way, special Indian Of
1ficer, seized at the Great North
ern express office here a large
shipment from the ]. N. Davis
Mercantile company. Mime
apolis and another from firm
signing B. & r; St. Paul.
They are charged with the
same offense for which Barrett
Z Barrett of st. Paul were fined
81. 600 by Judge Amidon this
month.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
STATE SCHOOL Of FORESTRY

Coming events: Mae Shum-
way Enderaly, dramatic read
er, the fourth number of the
Forestry lecture course, Fri
day evening, Jan. %; 8; 80.
Miss Alice Greiner and Ada
Mckenzie rendered some very
pleasing selections during the
lecture period on Friday morn.
ing.
Prof. Chandler. who has
been confined to his home by
illness, is again meeting his
classes.
Our basketball team was
victorious over the Bottineau
city team on Monday evening.
The score was 25 to "A. Up to
the last few minutes Of the
game the city team had the
lead. A desperate rally on the
part Of the Forestry team
brought the winning score.
This means q victory each for
the teams 90 that a battle roy
al may be expected when the
third game j. played. Mr..
Healey acted 40 referee and
did 4 very good piece Of work,
w;1d naf sienarafnr hae
been presented To the school
nv the Holland Company, 81
/ EIar0o It Will ~ received "a
Enpout tyvo yveelEo
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
ONE KILLED AND
MANY INJURED
CoIIapse o Sidewalk at Valley City
'Prselpitatss Theatre Crowd
lnt6 Cavity.

Valley City, Jan. 20. While
an audience emerged from a
theater here tonight the side
walk in front of the building
collapsed precipitating several
persons into the cavity and
causing the death of Daniel
Jill. The eldest daughter of
Mayor Platou sustained a frac-
ture of the arm. Abraham Gill g
leg was broken and several
other persons are severely in
jured.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27

Regular services Sunday II
o'clock a. m. and Z: 80 pm.
G. E., at 6: 80 p. m.
Devotional meeting Wednes-
day at 7: As p. m.
Sunday school at IL noon.
Everybody's welcome.
Missionary society meets at
the home of Mrs. Dana Friday
afternoon.
II. Lewis Meyer,
Pastor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
sent since Christmas and we
hope 70 see him back soon.

sent since Christmas and we
hope 70 see him back soon.
Anna Clark has returned
after a two weeks absence.
Miss Craig, the eighth grade
teacher visited at Central
school Monday afternoon.
Owing to the cold weather,
the attendance of the country
pupils has been quite irregular
this month.
The members of the literary
society are practicing every
day in preparation for pro-
gram which they are to put on
in the near future.
Mid.term examinations are
being administered in good
sized doses" at Central school
this week.
Last Friday was Dolly's
Day" and number of pretty
little dolls visited in the pri-
mary room.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27

North Dakota progressive re-
publicans in session here last
night endorsed Fighting
Bob LaFollette for president,
and Attorney William Lemke,
prominent Equity leader, for
national com mitteeman. The
endorsements came at the close
of the third day meeting of the
progressive republicans. The
meeting adjourned at midnight
subject to the call of the presi.
dent.
Raplh Ward of Garrison, was
late last night elected president
of the North Dakota Progress
sive- Republican league; F. w.
Hyland of Deyils Lake, vice
president and William LANCER
Of Minot, secretary and treasu-
rer. The executive coin mittee:
r, n. Pollock of Fargo; J. E.
Paulson of Hillsboro, l.. ].
Wehe of Devils Lake; E. L.
Garden of Souris; H. N. Tuck
er of Courtenay: Torger Sin
ness of Minnewaukan; J. T.
Nelson of Glen Ullin; George
Schaffer of Shafer. and Angus,
Johnson of Washburn.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
Methodist Church

Morning worship IL a. m,
Bible school IL m.
Junior league 8: 90 p. m.
Epworth league at 6: 45 p. m.
Evening service 7:3O p. m.
Ladies aid meets Jan. ~,
Mrs. d. A Smith hostess.
r.. ]. L. McKelvey,
Minister.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
AUG. {. JOHNSON
IS ENDORSED
Washbura Man Choice Of prog1esslvel
as Candidate For United States
Senator.

Fargo, Jan. 2O.-At midnight
last night August E. Johnson,
banker and farmer of Wash
burn, was requested by the
Progressive Republican league
to become a candidate for the
United States senate. A COM
inittee of three was named to
wait upon him. Up to a late
hour, Mr.. johnson had made
no decision. This followed the
adoption Of a resolution by the
league stating that some candi-
date representing Progressive
Republican principles sho uld
be brought into the race. :.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
Central School Notes.

Mrs. Collins, of the board of
education visited us during the
past week We are always
glad to have Mrs. Collins with
us and hope that she will come
again soon.
You may know that our
building is not so very cold
when we tell you that our
plants are growing as nicely as
if in a hot house.
Among the Victor records
purchased during this term are
Last Hope-Gollschalk, VESSEL
as Italian band; Blue Danube
Waltz (Strass) Sousa's band;
Loeb Lomond, Evan Williams;
Old Folks at Home, Elsie
Baker; Old Kentucky Home,
Henry Mcdonald; To Spring,
(Grieg) Maud Powell.
Mrs. Rishoft visited school
Thursday.
A number of the pupils have
been taking their dinners to
school the past week on ac-
count of cold weather.
The Victrola is oiled so we
have music to march by now.
Due to the blizzard Monday
morning the week opened with
an attendance of only twenty
third graders.
Blanche Richardson who has
been absent for over week re-
turned to school Monday morn
ing.
Eight spelling games have
been played in the third grade
since the holidays. Each side
has won four of them. and the
whole grade is eagerly looking
forward to their next game.
This month the third grade
is having Stevenson's Winter
Time and the children are
finding objective material for
the study of the poem without
going to visit the Eskimos.
Ada and Nora Stewart have
been absent the past week.
The pupils Of the sixth grade
take great pride in keeping
their desks looking new as long
as possible as you will notice
for yourself if you happen tc
pass by the door on Wednesday
or Friday evenings and Gee
them especially the boys) with
q bottle Of liquid veneer and q
number Of dusting cloths. We
wonder if they are 40 willing te
help their mother with this
kind Of work. We hope %.
A number of boys are barred
from playing basketball this
winter on account Of not hay
ling the required average Of s.
fper cent ii their daily work
and s. per cent ia department
Ernest Turner ~ been ab
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-01-27
ga!ptlst castsh

Sunday school at II noon. A.
@ olnG People meeting at
Is: z6 =, ~.
Evening sergice Az 30s I'M
Eder the direc cti0n of the YounRf
Eeopl 5pcciaI rnusic
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
Rural HeaIth.-America'S First Duty.

Washington, D. c., July IA
The estimated economic loss
which our nation suffers each
year from typhoid fever and ma
laria alone aggregates 1923, 1884, :
$50, leaving out Of entire account
the sorrow, the unhappiness, the
misery, and the ineficiency which
follow in their train" Senator
Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana
today addressed the Senate on
the subject of Rural Health
Americas First Duty" "The
greatest asset which our country
can have" said Senator Ransdell,
is the healthy American citizen,
and valuable as it may be to in
crease the health of livestock and
vegetation, it is of far greater
Importance that we throw every
possible safeguard about the
health of the man who is respon-
sible for that livestock and vege-
tation. Over 900 million dollars
lost every year. A sum which is
sufficient to put our country into
a state of preparedness equal to
that of any nation in the world,
enough money to give US the
largest navy afoat and the most
efficient army which the world
has ever seen, is annually offered
up as a sacrifice to two diseases
which are entirely preventable.
Enough money to pay the annual
expenses of every college student
in the United States, is absolute
~ thrown away every year."
Senator Ransdell estimates the
grand total loss from typhoid
fever at $271, 992, $50 per annum,
and the loss from malaria at
$694, 904, 750 per year; the total
per capita loss from these two
diseases being $9.46. By com.
parative estimates it was shown
that the United States Govern
ment appropriated $5, 016, 175 for
the investigation and prevention
of the diseases of animal and
plant life and only 81, 9l7, 566 for
the investigation and prevention
of the diseases of man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
Rev. Drawbangh Leaves Altoona.

Rev. D. P. Drawbaugh, who
during the past sixteen years,
has been pastor of the Fourth
Lutheran church, Altoona, Pa,
rendered his resignation to his
congregation on last Sunday
morning to become effective Au-
gust 1st when he will accept a
call from Camden, Ind.
Rev. Drawbaugh came to Nc
Connellsburg soon after gradual
ing from Seminary, and served
as pastor of the McConnellsburg
Big Cove Tannery and Little
Cove churches for five years,
when he went to Altoona, and
has served in that pastorate ever
since. Rev. Drawbaugh is an
able minister and has been iden-
titled with the Lutheran synodi-
cal bodies in numerous RESPONSE
BILE offices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
John F. johnson.

John F. Johnson, a well known
citizen of Taylor township, died
last Sunday morning at the home
of a neighbor, Orlando Wagner,
after an illness of five or six
weeks resulting from a complica-
ton of diseases. The funeral
took place Tuesday afternoon at
Mr.. Wagner's home, the services
being conducted by Rev. Reidell,
of the M. E. church, and inter-
ment was made at Hustontown.
Mr.. johnson was a son of Da-
vld and Susanna johnson, and
ne was born on the old Johnson
homestead (now the Scott Fruit
FARM in Thompson township on
the 9th day of April, 1876; hence
he was aged 70'years, 8 months
and II days.
The deceased was married to
Miss Jennie Blair, who survives,
together with two sons, Lee B.,
and Dowling-both married and
residing in Pittsburgh.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
Five Dollars a Day.

MIR. M. M. Brakeall, of Dra-
vosburg, Pa, accompanied by
Allen Brakeall. Rush Whitten
and E. A. Gisel-a all of the same
place, stopped in McConnellsburg
a few hours last Friday as they
were enroute in an automobile to
the Gettysburg battlefield. They
were making the trip through in
one day and had plenty of time
to rest. Mart" as he was fa-
miliarly known in his boyhood
days is q native of Thompson
township, and went to school at
Center. He has been in the
western part of the State twenty
eight years, and is a prominent
contractor and builder. He says
he could use a few good carpen-
ters to advantage just now at
five dollars a day eight hours
work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
Good Shot

Mrs. W. M. Ham who resides
near Bethlehem church in Tod
township, is much interested in
poultry raising and was the pos
SCISSOR of a fine flock of nice chick
ems. A family of weasels resid-
ing in the same community be-
came interested in Mrs. Hams
chickens with the result that the
number of chickens was steadily
diminishing. Her husband, Mr..
W. M. Ham became interested,
and decided he would "clean up"
the weasel family with his trusty
rifle. He shot several times at
the maurauders. At first h e
scared the weasels, but in time
they became used to it. Last
Saturday during Mr.. Hams alb
sence from home, Mrs. Ham
saw a big weasel trying to kill
one of her best hens, and she
got down the gun, pointed it in
the direction of the weasel, shut
both eyes, pulled the trigger and
-bangl When she walked to the
place where the weasel and hen
were, the old hen was stretching
herself up and shaking out her
feathers, and the weasel was as
dead as a last years bird nest,
Mrs. Ham having shot the ami
NAL through the heart. A wea-
sel's pelt is worth good money.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
RODBlNG The CHILDREN.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Of Health.

The present habit of turning
night into day in our highly illu-
minated towns, with all sorts of
exciting entertainment, keeps
the nerves keyed up and upsets
the equilibrium.
Children, especially, are apt to
suffer from late hours and conse-
quent lack of sleep. For the
first two years of life, eating and
sleeping are two great essentials.
Babies should sleep from fiji
teen to twenty hours out of the
twenty-four; and older children
from ten to fourteen hours. 1t
is not an unusual thing to see ba-
bies, in arms of very young chill
dren, being carried about until
their parents bed time. This is
injurious TO the children and can
not be made up by additional rest
the next day.
Permitting children to remain
up late is a strain on their ner-
vous system which, while it may
not be Immediately apparent, is
bound to exert a detrimental in
fiuence in the long run. Often
times the i'll effects are perfectly
apparent to the intelligent OBJ
server.
Irritableness and any of the
train of evils which result from
an overtaxed nervous system may
result from continually robbing
the child of sleep. A regular
bed time should be set for chill
dren according to their age, rang
ing from six o'clock for babies,
to eight for children of eight or
nine, and this should be regular
ly adhered to. This is a matter
of the utmost Importance in es-
tablishing a sturdy constitution
in childhood.
With adults, irregularity and
short hours of sleep are often a
factor which predisposes to i'll
health. There are exceptions to
this as to all rules. Occasionally
one will find an individual who
has an unusual capacity for work
with less than the ordinary a.
mount of rest, but for the ordi-
nary man or woman this would
end disastrously.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
Goes TO Long Island.

After having served the Luth-
eran congregation in McConnells-
burg and at Big Cove Tannery
very acceptably for a period of
more than four years, Rev. Rob
ert E. Peterman, announced last
Sunday that he had received a
call from the English Lutheran
church of st. Stephens, Hicks
vile, Long Island. Believing
that a change in fields Of labor
would prove advantageous to
both himself and the congrega-
tions he had been serving, Mr..
Peterman asked that the pastoral
relations here be dissolved to take
effect September 1st, at which
time he expects to take charge of
his new work.
The announcement that Rev.
Peterman and his good wife were
about to leave McConnellsburg
was received with much regret
by their numerous friends. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterman have
been active in every movement
not only for the upbuilding of the
congregations in which they were
identifed-but that made for the
betterment of the town and COM
munity.
Hicksville is situated about 25
miles from New York City, 13
miles from Oyster Bay, 5 miles
from the international Polo
Grounds, and 10 miles from Gar
den City. Hicksville is one of
the main railroad functions of
Long Island. Hence, it will be
seen that the place is easy of ac-
cess, is located right in the CEN
ter of interesting territory, and
the Peterman parsonage at Hicks
vile will be splendid place for
Fulton County people to spend a
summer vacation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
Nelson Horse Wins.

Mondays Harrisburg Patriot
says that one of the largest
crowds in the history of racing
at Carlisle, turned out to witness
the midsummer event at the Car
Isle Gentlemen's Driving Asso-
citation, held at Carlisle last Sat-
urday. Several of the races were
well contested, and the result, in
at least one of the others, was a
big surprise, George Nelson, a
green horse owned by George X.
Nelson, of Newville, winning in
straight heats in the 2:90 pace
over horses that had raced for
years. The Nelson horse won
over three competitors; Kid Har-
vey, owned by John Wilmer, of
New Kingdom; Happy Jack own
ed by William Deitch, Carlisle,
and Lady Mckay, owned by E.
G. Eppley, Carlisle. Georges
horse made the first heat in 2:274
the second, 2:31, and the third,
in 2:2S4.
The Nelson horse will appear
on the tracks in Altoona on the
9th of August.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
lightning PLAYS HAVOC.
Last Thursdays Storm Killed Cattle,
Knocked Horses Down, Wreckeda
Barn, Damaged a Dwelling.

During a severe electrical storm
that passed over this portion of
theCounty Thursday afternoon of
last week, lightning struck an
apple tree on Clark McGovern's
farm in Tod township and three
head of cattle that were stand
ing near the tree were killed.
The cattle were the property of
John f. Mackey, tenant on the
McGovern farm. Mr.. Mackey
carried insurance on his live
stock. The cattle killed were
Holsteins, two cows and a steer.
Lightning followed the tele-
phone wires into Mrs. Margaret
Johnston's residence in Ayr town
ship, putting the phone out of
commission and tearing off sew
eral boards where the wires en-
tered the building. No one was
seriously injured in the house.
Down on one ofSamuel Mellotts
farms in Ayr township, a bolt
struck the comb of the roof on
the barn. The slate on one side
of the barn was ripped off along
one end of the building down to
the caves and on the opposite
side, the slate was torn off in
spots as the lightning followed
over and under the roof like a
needle. The upper story end
wall Of the barn was so badly
split and wrecked that the reno
val of the hay in the full NOW
was necessary before workmen
could repair it. The farm is ten
anted by Baltzer Cutchall whose
horses were in the stable at the
time. One of the animals was
knocked down and jammed un-
der the manger. He had to be
assisted to his feet. The horse
was badly cut about the head,
due to the objects with which it
came in contact when it fell head
first under the manger. Anoth-
er horse that had gotten out af-
ter the shock, was found in the
yard with some hide missing
from its back. The one render
ed helpless, was crazy the next
morning.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
The Eclipse.

Last Friday night, there was a
beautiful three-quarter eclipse OF
the moon. Shortly after ten o..
clock the earth's shadow began
to creep over the moon, and by
half past eleven all but the lower
portion was covered. The shad.
ow seemed to stand at that posi-
ton for half an hour, during
which time a well defined ring
indicated the moons outlines,
with the central portions shaded
to a peculiar tint. McConnells-
burg was fortunate in having an
ideal sky-only enough fieecy
clouds to add to the splendor OF
the scene.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
Accident at Quarry.

Last Saturday, John P. Con-
rad met with an accident at the
State Highway stone quarry east
Of town. They had put in a
blast and the men were leaving
the quarry when rock slipped
down from near the top and it
caught them about the legs.
Squire Conrad's left leg was
bruised below the knee so that
ne was unable to walk. Geo.
McEldowney was caught, but he
was not severely injured, and he
brought Conrad to town in a bug
gy.