The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-09-07

Ejriess trip to Chicago.
y. n. Smith is transacting
business in the twin cities this
week and incidentally taking
II the State Fair.
DR.. Farnand returned Satur.
day from Davenport. Iowa. Dr.
Farrland cut short his visit on
account of the probable strike.
Now is the time to have your
order for Hard Coal placed at
e. g. Wigeby's Feed Store be-
fore the raise in coal prices go
higher.
For Sale-One 9-year-old
horse, good for all kinds of
common work. Enquire at
the postofice. +. E. Lien.
Clarence Vikan is enjoying a
two weeks vacation from his
duties at the Gleason garage,
and left Monday via auto for a
visi' with friends in the Red
River valley.
Johnston Walker arrived on
"Wednesday from the family
home at Enderlin for a visit
with school mates before GO
ing to Grand Forks to enter on
his junior year at the state
university.
Elmer Larson, who was dan
gerously ill this spring with
appendicitis, submitted to an
operation for the ailment at St.
Andrews hospital on Saturday.
he is rallying nicely from the
operation, with every prospect
ct complete recovery.
The substantial brick addi-
tion to the rear of the Grand
Theatre is rapidly nearing
completion. The addition will
provide additional Stage space
and dressing rooms, which will
make this otherwise smodern
theatre equipped for staging
the best shows that visit this
section of the state.
Bandmaster Holler of Willow
City announces through the
Eagle that during the past ten
years the city has contributed
an aggregate sum of 5000 to-
wards the maintenance of the
band. In view of this rather
modest support, Mr.. Holler
thinks the citizens have little
call to criticise either the APP
pearance or the quality of
music served up by the band.
Owing to the busy season
Of the year, asufficient number
Of stockholders in the ottineau
Co operative Publishing Com
pany did not attend the or gani-
cation meeting last Wednesday.
Under the law, two-thirds of
the stockholders must be re-
presented at the meeting elect
ing directors, which in this
case would mean considerable
more than two hundred. An
other meeting has been called
tor tomorrow, at which time
it is expected to have enough
representation to take final
action.
As the threshing progresses
it becomes evident that the
crops in this vicinity are turn
ing out considerable better
than at frst anticipated. While
the yield is very variable.
County Agent Henderson esti-
mates that wheat on the prairie
will average in the neighbor-
hood Of nine bushels, while in
the mountains the yield will be
somewhat better. Rye is turn
ing out splendidly and oats and
barley are producing good
crops. With the splendid prices
prevailing, the year will be far
from a failure, although quite
disappointing to what was ex
pected earlier in the season.
Last weeks Courant men
toned a magnificent sample Of
Sudan grass raised BY i. A.
Thorburn on his farm near
Souris.' Mr.. Thorburn desires
us to explain that this was al
strictly Turtle Mountain pro-
duct, raised on his farm on the
shores of Lake Metigoshe. And,
by the way, S.. Fl. Wilson this
week secured a sample from
the Thorburn farm measuring
fully eight feet in length, dis
tancinR the former sample by
4 full foot. The Sudan grass
is said 70 be. great as a fodder
- rT~Ea 1890 "a - .rn B$fr~ 49, r.