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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03
Eradicating the
Ground Squirrel
By A. p.

OeCt1On NO. 3, Excerpts from
Circular No. 4, N. y. Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.
Investigation was started in
January, 1914, by the United
States Biological survey and
the North Dakota agricultural
experiment station. S. E. Piper
assisted by James Silver Jr. was
placed in charge for the U. S.
Biological survey and w. b.
Bell, assisted by U. S. Elmer
was given charge for the ex-
perimental station. 1t was
agreed that the general course
to be pursued until Sept. first,
1914, should be purely investi-
gational and the practical ap-
plication of the best methods
should begin April first, 1915.
The experiments and field
tests were started early in
April and continued until
September. Since effective
methods of combating pocket
gophers and prairie dogs had
been determined previously by
the y. S. Biological survey
and because of the especially
serious losses in North Dakota
from the Richardson ground
squirrel, the investigation was
directed particularly to the find
ing of the best method of con-
trolling and exterminating this
latter form. AS soon as the
animals came out of hiberna-
ton, tests were made to learn
what food suitable for poison
bait was eaten most readily by
them. Barley, wheat, oats.
corn, rolled oats, rolled oats
biscuits, mixed dry meals,
raisins, currants, cracklings
and bacon were thoroughly
tested throughout the season.
Extended series of field tests
involving many hundred ex-
periments each placed at 100
holes, were made with these
bats poisoned with strychnine
in varied proportions and var
iously combined with starch,
soda, saccharine, glycerine aud
syrup to determine what pre-
paration was eaten most freely,
showed the largest killing eff
cheney and retained it's efflcien-
cy under all conditions. The
results of each experiment were
carefully noted each day and
recorded.
This was followed for several
days by inspection of areas
poisoned to ascertain whether
or not any living ground squir-
rels remained, Many different
ways Of distributing the poison
were tried to determine the
surest ways Of killing the
ground squirrels and al the
same time not endangerinR
domestic animals and fowl 81
useful birds. From conceal
ment and with the aid If aeld
glasses the investigators care.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03
Il BoTTINEAU coURANr s FI5BE 3,lsloF

llths day Of March. 1913, a. the hour of J
o'clock p. M TO satisfy the af1Onntadue On
the said mortgage on the day Of sale,
The premises described Ia such mort
gage and which will be sold 10 oatisfySthe
same are described as follows: The south.
cas- quarter Of the northwest quarter and
lots three a.. four ND. and five ~ 81 Sec
(i6o) north. Of range eiehty-two on west
and the south half 81 the northeast
quarter and lot one ~ of section, one l)
az range eighty.three (s8l west 81 the Filth
Principal Meridian. In Botttneau county,
North Dakota: The amount. due on said
mortgage on the day ct !! sale is Six Hun
Dated this 18th day Of January. "A. %. 1915,
w. II. Mcintosh. MortGaRee.
B~ottineau. North Dakota.
(Feb. 4-Me
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03

Nor 80 many weeks ago, O.
T. Rishoff was issuing The
Weekly Record in East Grand
Forks-and telling what a fine
city that is. Now Mr.. Risho IF
is publishing the Bottineau
Courant-and getting out a
mighty fine paper, too-and
proclaiming loudly the advan-
tages of Bottineau, the met
ropolis of the Turtle Mount
aims. About two months ag O
East Grand Forks went dry.
Mr.. Rishoff, it is said, is to be
asked to explain his change
of heart. Grand Forks He raid.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03
MotIoe Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Notice is hereby given that tina certain
mortgage executed and delivered by
George J.. Coulthard and Bessie Coryell
Coulthard, his wife mort9aRors, to w. H.
Mcintosh, MORTGAGE. bearing date the
20th day of March, 1915. and filed for re-
cord in the office of the register of deeds
in and for the county of Bottineau and
state of North Dakota, on the 18th day of
June, 1915, at 1905 O'Clock p. m. and record
ed in Book So of Mortgages on page 6l7
will he foreclosed by sale of the premises
in such mortgage and herein after des.
cribed at the front door of the court house,
in the city of B%ottineau county of Botti-
eau IN state Of North Dakota. on the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03
DO NOT sE MIsLEp.

The Republican State Cen
trail Committee met at Fargo
last week and, following out
it's published intentions, sell
ected a list of candidates as
delegates to the national con-
vention at Chicago. The pre-
sumption is that this committee
will harmonic the difference
between the stalwart and pro-
gressive factions in the state,
being committed to nothing
whatever.
Unfortunately, this action
of the committee has done
more to widen the breach be-
tween the two factions than
anything that has transpired
since the notorious jamestown
convention of 1906. The meet
ing was under the absolute con-
troll and dictation of G. B..
Little, Jim Shea, Major Hamil-
ton, Jerry Bacon, r. S. Lewis
and others of the most objec-
tional stalwarts in North Da-
kota politics. 1t was under
the direction of this gang of
political highbinders that the
delegation which shall bring
harmony into the party was
selected. And a stalwart dele
CATION, in full harmony with
their vicious political creed was
selected.
1t was given out that this
delegation had been selected
with great care" which is
hardly in line with the fact
that one of the delegates, Hen
ry Hiel, has been dead for six
months. And this is the dele
cation that the republicans OF
the state will be asked to sup
port in the presidential prima-
ries on March 81.
The average voter has nc
way of knowing anything
about the personnel of the
delegation, except that it was
selected by the identical gana
that controlled the jamestown
convention, that attempted tt
put across the capitol com
mission idea of unsavory mem.
DRY and kindred political piracy
which is responsible for the
unfortunate split in the republi
can party in the state. These
delegates stand committed tt
no candidate and no principle
If they 60 as delegates to tn,
Chicago convention it will be
as the representatives of this
clique and not as representa-
tives of the rank and file of the
party in the state.
Republican voters generally
whatever political faction they
may consider themselves align
ed with, must revolt at such
high-handed usurpation of thu
rights which are theirs.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03
CitaHsn
State or North Dakota
If HOff1nea,1

County.of BOttineau
In County Court
In the matter of the estate of John NJ.
Parker. deceased.
B. N. Kochel. S.
VS..
Ethel Bradley, SusieJ
Coleman, Lena Rich
ardson, Marion Park
er, and Eta Parker,l
minors, and SarahH
Parker. guardian for
the minors ...
.......... :. ,.. Respondents/
The State Of North Dakota to the Above
named Respondent: Greetings:
You. and eachsof you. lare.-,herebyCcited
and required to be and3appear ..before the
county court of the: county of lBottineau
and state of North Dakota at the office of
the county Judge in said county, al the
court house in the city of Bottineau in said
county on the 26thiday of February. 1916 at
ten o'clock a. m. then and there to show
cause.if any there be, why the petition of
B. n. Kochel herein filed, asking for license
to sell the real estate belonging to said
deceased aud described as the southwest
quarter of section 29,Itownship 15a. of range
g, should not b. granted and why license
to-sell said.real tate.should not be issued
to the said B. N. Kochel, administrator.
Dated February 3, 1915. :Aaa rSsrsa
-(seaD AIrving 4. parkway.
Judge of the.C County Court. u
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03
Furniture Polish.

Take equal parts Of olive oil and
turpentine, mix we'll together and ap
ply on furniture. I use this on the
best furniture and prefer Il to any
thing I have over used. It will give
any furniture a beautiful polish, writes
a contributor to Los Angeles Express.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03

rele to see 1t they showed any
signs Of suspicion while taking
the poisoned grain. Tests were
also made upon animals fresh
.ly captured to ascertain the
minimum amount Of poisoned
grain necessary to kill.
S. 3. Piper had previously
discovered in the California
ground squirrel that strychnine
is assimilated through the
cheek pouches more effectively
than through the stomach and
that only one-fifth as much
poison taken thus directly into
the circulation is required to
kill. The Richardson ground
squirrel is also killed more
readily by strychnine absorbed
through the cheek pouches
from properly prepared strych-
nine-coated grain. The records
of these experiments are too
extensive for publication here
but are on file and open to in
spection.
As a result of these investi-
cations a formula is here given
for the preparation of poison
coated grain. This formula
has given excellent results and
is the best that has been pro-
duced up to the present time.
1t is recommended for the ex-
termination of the Richardson
ground squirrel or flickertail.
This preparation is equally
effective in destroying the
Franklin or gray ground squir-
rel and the striped or thirteen
lined ground squirrel.
1. Mix thoroughly one ounce
of strychnine alkaloid powder
ed) and one ounce baking soda
Zone heaping tablespoonful.
2. Sift this into q pint of
thin, hot starch paste and stir
to a creamy mass The starch
paste is made by dissolving one
heaping tablespoonful of dry
gloss starch in a little cold
water. which is then added to
"a pint of boiling water. Boil
and stir constantly until a clear
thin paste is formed.
3. Add a pint(8 tablespoon
full heavy corn syrup and a
tablespoonful of glycerine and
stir thoroughly.
4. Add s ounce lone tea
spoonful) saccharine and stir
thoroughly.
8. Pour this poison solution
over 20 quarts of clean oats and
mix thoroly so that each grain
of oats is coated. Prepare it
"a to 48 hours before using.
For mixing small quantities
an ordinary galvanized wash
tub is convenient. For larger
quantities a tight, smoothe box
may be used, and mixing may
be done with a shovel.
A teaspoonfull of the poison
ed oats should be placed near
each ground squirrel hole on
clean hard ground, letting it
scatter slightly as it falls.
(Placed in this way it will not
endanger stock.) DO not put
the poisoned grain on the loose
dirt of the mould or into the
holes. Each quart of the
poisoned grain is sufficient tt
treat about 60 holes.
For further information ad.
dress-The North Dakota Elk
pertinent Station, Agric ultura
College, North Dakota.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03

JERRY BACON, who, in his let
ter to the com mitteemen, ia
vored the selection of a bunch
of live Ones" will undoubtedly
be anxious to have the nomin.
alton of Henry He'll, deceased,
made unanimous.-Omeme
Herald,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03

ADvHRrIsING RATEs-ThS arg for dis.
Sosed on 10 cents per inch. single column
Measurement, each issue: annual rate 10
sents: special position s cents. Legal ad-
Iort1s1ng legal rates: locals" 10 cents per
1n9: reading matter 10 cents per Inc.
JlAssjfed Advartisins 6 cents per line.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03

Some cooks brush over the top crust
Of pies with water and then sprinkle
with granulated sugar. The pie crust
then will be brown and crisp.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-02-03

Keep q small oil can Of glycerin ct
hand In the kitchen. Glycerin IL . bet
ter lubricant than oil for kitchen uten-
si1s like food-choppers or egg-beatefs.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
CHAMBER ENCOURAGES GROWTH
OF fine HERDS IN THIS COUNTY

Last fall and spring, the Chamber
OF Commerce was instrumental in Sc
curing for stockgrowers OF Fergus
county car load of extra fine bull
calves from Canada and now there
is coming to Lcwistown on Friday
next, a car load OF registered Durham
heifers from Ontario, one Of the great
est stock sections of Canada. This
stock is being brought here by ]. r.
Patrick who has already arrived and
is registered at the Bright. He will
be glad to talk to any stock men of
the county who are interested i'll fine
bred animals.
The Chamber Of Commerce has al
ways been interested in securing good
stock for this section, and has been
in correspondence with Mr.. Patrick all
winter with the thought in view of
having him bring here, Just the sort
of young stock that he is now going
to offer to people of the county It
is the opinion of the board that any
movement that will bring into the
county young registered stock to be
nucleus of future fine herds, should
be encouraged by stockmen.
In this connection it might be said
that the hamber of ommerce will be
| glad to interest the breeders of white
faced stock in other states or in Ca
NADIA, to bring choice young stock
here and offer them for sale if grow
ers so desire.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21

ministration Of Coy. Samuel v. Stew.
art and congratulate him and the dem
ocrats associated with him upon their
able, conscientious and efficient ad
ministration Of the affairs of this
great state.
We heartily indorse the administra
tion Of the democratic officials of
Fergus county and challenge the op
posing parties to point to any act in
dicating extravaganza, inefficiency or
failure to perform adequately the dll
ties Of their respective positions. We
further pledge all democratic candi
dates for county offices, in the event
of their election, to a conscientious
devotion to the public welfare and
honest endeavors to return a dollars
! worth of public service for every dol
lar Of salary received.
There will be another meeting Of
the executive committee Wednesday
evening OF this week at o'clock.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21

Wilson's administration. And yet he
said, you wouldn't exactly call tfrose
those two men towards, would you?
And they settled the difficulty by di
plomacy.' He said it was easy enough
to sit back comfortably and tell what
you would do, and yet Hughes didn't
even do that He defied anybody or
any newspaper that supported Hughes
to tell where he stood on anything.
He said Hughes stated that these were
troublous times and what we need is
fighting man in the chair. He
stepped to the tip edge of the plat
form and paused for as much as 10
seconds, then quietly said: Say, have
you seen Mr.. Hughes?' Ny dear. pam
demonium broke loose. People
laughed and yelled and howled. 1t
must be worth a fortune to be able
to say anything the way he said that.
He then went on to say that Hughes
always dealt in generalities, which
were of no account, and said that
about Is well-known, some of them
very famous, magazine writer, had
sent list of 10 questions (Which
am enclosing to you) to Mr.. Hughes
and begged him to answer them. So
far he had not done SO.
"Mr. Heney then spoke of the army
and navy and said it was very strange
that no one had thought of making a
fuss over our lack of either during
the 16 years previous to Wilson's .ad
mintstration, when the republicans
, We're in power, and now they were
getting irritated because Wilson could
not accomplish in three short years
what had not been accomplished in
l6, but as matter of fact the very
| first appropriation ever made for the
navy was made in Grover Cleveland's
administrat tion, and that Wilson had
made the largest appropriation ever
made by any country and had ordered
vessels built and equipped with it
Here he stopped and said he had
| talked longer than he should but that
| if he should 60 on talking for the
next two weeks without stopping. he
could not begin to tell of the really
great things that Wilson had accom-
| plished. He said he was a man o1
principles and the courage to carr,
them out. He didn't talk, he die
things. that Wilson was the greatest
president this or the preceding gen
GRAFTON had ever SEEN a great ant
good man. an exemplar to the youth o
our nation"
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
RESTORATION 70 ENTRY OF
2 LANDS IN NATIONAL FOREST.
S 1-313S, 1881 & Sup1
1-2742.


Notice is hereby given that the
lands described below. embracing
rs acres, within the Jefferson Ma
tional Forest, Montana, will be sub
ieet to settlement and entry under
the provisions of the homestead laws
of the United States and the act of
June II, 1906 GA Stat, 233), at the
United States land office at Lewis.
town, Montana. on November II,
1915. Any settler who was actually
and in good faith claiming any of said
lands for agricultural purposes prior
to January |. 1906, and has not aban-
doned same, has preference right to
make homestead entry for the lands
actually occupied. Said lands were
listed upon the applications of the per-
sons mentioned below, who have a
preference right subject to the pfior
right of any such settler, provided
ouch settler or applicant is qualified
to make homestead entry and the
preference right is exercised prior
to November II. 1916, on which date
the lands will be subject to settle
ment and entry by any qualified per-
son. Two tracts of land aggregat-
ing 1898 acres within Sec. 13, and
what will probably be when surveyed
Sec. IL, f. II n, R. IS E., M. NJ, de-
scribed as follows: n) Beginning at
corner No. | which is Identical with
corner No. of H. A. No 46t. whence
the south quartercorner of Sec 10,
bears S. 40 chs: extending thence E.
A.9S chs; thence N. 11.52 chs; thence
N. S4 degrees 90 minutes W., chs. !;
thence S. II chs. to the place of be.
ginning, containing 5.S5 acres, also
beginning at corner No. | identical
with corner No. of n. A. No. 461;
extending thence N. 7 degrees east,
II chs; thence N. S6 degrees 80 min
utes W.. Is chs; thence S. Z degrees
w, Z chs; thence S. S6 degrees 80
minutes F., 13 chs, to the place of
beginning, containing 9.0s acres, ap-
plication of John Fl. White, Bercail,
Montana; List 1-323S.
The S1a SEA. the Nh SEA SW14
the NJ S1a SEA SWM.a the NJ,
SWA SWA, the NA SEN SWA
SWA. Sec. 30, 7. 10 NJ, R.sf14 e., as
per unaccepted survey, except thai
portion heretofore restored under List
1881. the net area hereby listed be-
ing 1914 acres. application OF Sievert
Olson, Buffalo, Montana; List 1881.
Two strips of land within Sec. 30,
T. IL NJ, r. II E., (as per unaccepted
survey excepted from List 1-2743
heretofore restored, described as fol
lows: (D Beginning at point on
the north boundary whence corner No
l bears w. s chs; extending thence
% links on each side of a line run
ming s. II degrees E., 21.18 chs, to
the point on the south boundary of
the tract listed, whence corner No. 4
bears W. 1916 chs. (2) Beginning
again on the east boundary of the
original tract whence corner No. 2
bears N. chs; extending thence 2!
links on each side of line running
8. 66 degrees W.. 30.5S clls.,9to the
point where the strips closes on the
south boundary. whence corner No. 3
bears E, 1874 chs, the net area h. e.
by listed being 2.59 acres, applics nl
OF Charles A. Guild, Granada. M ne.
sofa; Supplemental List 1-2743.
September 2, 1916.
| C. NJ BRUC~
Assistant Commissioner CT y Zen.
eral Land Office.
First publication 9-...1t.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
FERGUS COUNTY DISPLAY TO Be
SENT TO SEATTLE FROM HELENA

The Chamber Of Commerce has OBJ
tained permission from the county
commissioners to send the entire Fer
gus county exhibit from the state fair
at Helena to the Northwest Land Prod
ucts exposition at Seattle October Ala
The exhibit will be sent directly from
Helena to Seattle and after the expo
sition there, it will be divided between
the immigration departments of the
Great Northern and Milwaukee rail
roads for exhibit purposes. The show
in Seattle will include displays from
Washington. Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
British Columbia and Alaska
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21

at the first meeting of the central
committee reported and their plat
form, with one or two minor adjust
ments, was, adopted. The platform
was as follows:
Democratic County Platform.
We, the democrats of Fergus county,
in convention assembled, extend greet.
ings to the democrats of the state and
nation and hereby join with them in
the anticipation of splendidly de.
Der.
Democracy has been triumphant
throughout the nation for three and
one-half years and the nation has
reaped abundantly of far-reaching do
mestic reforms and the blessings OF
peace as a direct result Of that politi.
cal dominion. The democracy of Fer
gus county, a unit in the support Of
the most capable chief executive this
country has had since the days of the
martyred Lincoln, deems it proper to
suggest to all who love peace more
than they love war, who believe in the
use ~ u1pIOAIdSy lutICl llldll llG uSc
of cold steel in the settlement of in
ternattonal disputes and who believe
that performance is to be preferred to
vague promises in domestic affairs
that they may serve their country
best at this critical period of its his
tory by joining with us in making
certain the reelection of Woodrow
Wilson to the presidency of the United
States.
We indorse the administration OF
President Wilson and the democratic
congress which has placed on the
statute books more of constructive
legislation than any previous congress
in the history of the nation We fully
subscribe to and indorse both the plat
form adopted by the democratic ma
tional convention, held in ST. Louis
this year. and the platform adopted
by the democratic state convention
held in Helena on the twelfth day o
September, 1916 We indorse the ad
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER AUTHOR
OF BRITAN's ARMORED TRACTOR

MITCHELL, S. D., Sept 19.-Great
3ritalns latest war coup, the use of
the armored caterpillar tractor, in
,treading down wire entanglements and
crossing trenches, sprung from the
suggestions offered David Lloyd
George, former minister of munitions
by Charles S. Weller, farmer ON an
extensive scale near Mitchell, it was
asserted here tonight.
This statement was advanced by Mr..
Weller, who submitted letters received
from the British war office acknowl-
edglng the receipt of his suggestions
that armored tractors on caterpillar
treads be used in trench warfare.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
BON TON REMopELEp,

Charles Williams, proprietor of the
Bon Ton confectionery, has just fin.
ished remodeling the Bon Ton rooms
and will hereafter conduct them un-
der his own personal management. Mr..
Williams has wrought a wonderful
change, the entire second floor having
been reconstructed, and In addition to
the rooms he will occupy with his own
family, will have ten rooms to rent
to transients The rooms have been
refurnished throughout and present an
inviting appearance.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
HERE FROM THE FALLS.

Mr.. and Mrs, Robert O. Deming
to Lewistown Monday from
their present home at Great Falls
Mr.. Deming was formerly associated
with the Morton-Hill- Deming company
of this city and is now connected with
the Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance
Of Great Falls.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
CONTESTS FILED

Peter Stewart of Kendall has filed
a contest at the local land office
against Elma Stanton for abandonment
Of land located in section and 5-1S-20.
w. A. Hedges is attorney for the con-
testant. "A contest has also been filed
by Cora Delaney of Clara, Mont,
against Newton l.. Cowan of Clara for
land in 35-11-21 and 3-10-21, alleging
abandonment. Charles Anderson is
attorney for the contestant.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
ENGLISH STRIKE SETTLED

LONDON Sept. 2O-{11:20 p. M -
The railway crisis arising out of de-
mands of the men for an increase OF
ten shillings week in their wages,
has been settled on the basis of
doubling the war bonus. This is
compromise. giving the men half of
the ten shillings demanded.
Fergus County Democrat., 1916-09-21
GONE TO CHICAGO.

Mrs. j. II. Charters and daughter,
Miss Naomi of Grass Range, left for
Chicago Thursday afternoon. After
spending about a week in Chicago
they will return to Milwaukee, where
Miss Naomi will enter Downer college.
Mrs. Charters will then return to her
home.