The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-28

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Wanted at once-Waiter and
dishwasher at Shirley Hotel. If
@. O. Wareberq. the carbury
merchant, was q business visi-
tor in Bottincau Saturday.
A. r. Thompson Of Overly
was a business visitor here
Tuesday.
w. j. King and A. III. Luce
of Antler returned recently
from a ten days auto tour
through Saskatchewan. They
report the crops in that section
yielding from % to 80 bushels
to the acre.
Although we have continual
ly given notice that we will
not publish unsigned communi-
cations, we continue to receive
such missives almost every
week. This rule will be ad.
hered to rigidly and those hav-
ing anything for publication
will have to comply with the
usual custom of revealing their
identity-or have their effus-
ions consigned to the waste
basket.
H. O. Sheldon returned on
Sunday via Minot from Valley
City where he was in attend
ance at the bedside Of Mrs.
Sheldon, who was operated on
in that city for appendicitis.
Her many Bottineau friends
will be pleased to know that
she survived the operation
nicely and is gradually improv-
ing, although it will be several
weeks before she will be able
to leave the hospital.
K. q. Hammar arrived this
week from Mandan and has ac-
cepted a position as salesman
in the Greengard Clothing and
Shoe Store, to succeed Harry
Bjerkness. Mr.. Hammar has
had years of experience in the
clothing line, both at Mandan
and Superior, Wis, and is a
valuable adjunct to the Green
gard sales force. He speaks the
Norwegian language, which is
also quite an asset in this Sec
ton.
Work was started this morn
ing on excavation for a base
rnent under the Courant build
ing, to provide needed addi-
tional room for the increasing
business of this institution.
The basement will be eight feet
deep, well lighted and utilized
as a pressroom. A heating
plant will also be installed. 1t
is expected to have the work
completed before actual win
ter weather sets in. A. T..
Carlson has the contract.
The crop Of wild ducks in
this section of the state appears
to be the best in many years.
Big bags of birds are brought
in by practically every hunting
party that goes out, and there
does not : to be any fayorite
place to hunt them. Every lit
tie pot-hole in the mountains
is said to be literally alive with
4ducks, while at the larger
! lakes, such as Metigoshe, Will
low, Loon and Long lakes,
good pass hunting is afforded.
Clarence A. Lestrude, who
was out on parole under a Jail
sentence for jumping board
bills at Bottineau and One
NEE, was brought back from
Kramer this week and placed
in the county Jail to serve out
his sentence. 1t seems that
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to the idea Of working out his
board bills in this way and was
making so much fuss over it
that Sheriff Mclean brought
Ihim in again to be the guest OF
the county for thirty days.
Jake Fellman. Paul Baum
CART. Elmer Swearingen and
Henry Matzke returned last
Sunday from a 1900 mile trip
to Montana, which took up two
weeks time. With the except
ion of Mr.. Fellman the party
all filed bn land and erected
their residahces. They are 10.
Gated between Glasgow and
Miles City, at present about 1W
. miles from a railroad, but they
expect there will be a line Of
the Great Northern through