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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-05-31
NORTH HOFFMAN TOWNSHIP.


A light shower of rain fell here on
Sunday night.
MI. Buer and Mr. Smith were out
with a petition Tuesday to get sign
ers for an election on Consolidation
of the schools.
Miss Edna Goheen closed a success
full term of school May %. A joint
program was given by all the schools
in the township, which was enjoyed
by a large number of patrons of the
schools.
Pearl Nelson spent the weekend
with Buelah S~wearingen.
Mrs. Sweet spent the week with
friends at Sherwood.
MI. and Mrs. BONN Of Lorraine were
callers at the Smith home Sunday eve.
Goldie Carney visited with Beulah
Swearingen Thursday.
Walter Smith with Dorothy and
Milo Smith and Jim Longphie mot
ored to Mohal1 Saturday evening to
see the movies.
Norman Swearingen, with a party
of school boys, from Kuroki and Glen
Burwell autoed to Minot Saturday.
Milo Smith visited the Kuroki
school Monday.
A number from here attended the
ball game at Mohall Sunday.
Henry Saffron is busy taking down
the number Of chickens, hogs, hors-
es and cattle in Hoffman township.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-05-31
FARM O SALE.

NV 24O-acre farm, 6 miles north
west Of Bottineau, 3 miles east of Car
bury. For sale cheap with small pay
ment down, or will take automobile,
horses or cattle on deal. Sixty acres
in crop. Will make good stock farm.
Apply to o. N. HENDERSON, Bottineau,
~ Isl It.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-05-31
The Garden Go.
Carbury, N. D..

A large crowd attended services at
the Haase church Sunday. District
Superintendent Asher, will conduct
services two weeks from last Sun
day.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-05-31

Bring your cream to the Bottineau
Creamery and get the highest market
nyice. 8Oh.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
State Masonic Week.

One of the features of Masonic
week in Burlington last week was the
general address of Grand Master Hen
ry H. Ross of Rutland. He stated
that there were upwards of $4,000
Masons in the state and over 100 sub
ordinate lodges. During the last
year there have been over 267 deaths
among the members including two
past masters, Charles A. Calderwood
of st. Johnsbury and Kittridge Has
kins of Brattleboro.
The grand leader referred to the
fact that the oldest living member in
the state was George w. Wing of
Montpelier, who has been member
of the order since 1868 and was grand
master in 1889 and 1890. Masonry in
Vermont is in a healthy and satisfac-
tory condition. During the last year
sos have been initiated into the order
which is 43 more than in any preced-
ing year. Thirteen per cent of the
applicants have been rejected.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
Some Things that Make Children
NerYnuS

There is an article on the care of
children in the July Woman's Home
Companion in which the writer says:
Nervousness sometimes is the result
of some physical defect. Malnutri-
ton, anamia, defective eyesight, bad
teeth or adenoids may be the predis-
posing cause. Nature offers the best
cure. Plenty of nourishing food and
wholesome outdoor life are essential,
and these children should be encour-
aged to play and to take regular ex-
ercise, such as walking, rowing and
swimming. Real country life is al
ways the best, and camping is cure
in itself, first for the outdoor life and
healthful exercise, and second because
the nervous child needs the compan-
ionship of other children"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
Imagine an Insurance Agent Who
Shutters.

Ability to present goods convinc-
ingly is the prime factor of salesman
ship. Think then of the handicap of
suffering. Yet a writer in the July
American Magazine says:
"'Obstacles have no terrors to the
man destined to "get on" | know of
an extraordinarily successful life in
surance mantle branch Office of
which he has charge does an annual
business of $1,000, 000-who shutters.
Yet in spite of this handicap he hits
the line hard and breaks through for
big gains Why? Because he has
determination, punch, and few of
these other qualities I have men
toned. He is not genius" but he
works intelligently and continually to
the limit of his ability And that is
the thing that will land any man high
up in the SCALE"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20

Orleans county has done splendid
work so far in carrying out the pro-
portionate share of war plans laid up
on it by the government. In regis
tration numbers, in the amount of
bonds sold and in the Red Cross mem
bership increase. One immediate
task remains unfinished and that is
sufficient funds for the work of the
Red Cross and this is the week in
which we are asked to raise Red
Cross funds If you have not already
done so, join the organization and as
sist with your dollar membership fee.
Let us do our full duty here in Or
leans county in regard to supplying
the funds needed for efficient service
of the wonderful Red Cross organiza-
ton which is to give comfort to our
young men who will soon be called
for service. Some of our own county
boys will be benefited by the Red
Cross.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
Cheap Floor Covering.

Three sheets Of strong, brown paper,
pasted together, with top covering
Of ordinary wallpaper, make an excel
lent. inexpensive. sanitary substitute
for linoleum. After cleaning the floor, Q
sheet Of good, strong brown paper is
pasted down and allowed to dry. Then
q second sheet Is laid and allowed TO
dry thoroughly before laying a third
sheet
II a pattern floor covering Is desired,
ordinary wall paper serves the pur-
pose admirably. It is pasted TO the top
sheet Of brown paper already laid.
The whole being thoroughly dry, coat
OF sizing is applied and left 70 set.
after which coat Of good varnish
completes the process This floor Gov
ering has all the advantages Of real
linoleum and may be washed and pol
Ished 10 the usual way.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
Vermont to Raise 5000. 600.

Vermont is having another Red
Cross campaign this week
The Old Green Mountain state is
asked to raise 100000 of S1,0O0,-
900 fund
The purpose of the present cam
paign is to raise a sufficient sum for
the Red Cross that it may be placedin
position to aid the needy families of
soldiers who are in service in this
country, as well as to soldiers them
selves, who are in the trenches and to
rehabilitate the devastated sections
of France and Belgium, furnishing
French and Belgians who were driven
from their homes, provide them with
stock, farm implements, seed, ETC.,
that they may be given a new start
IN life.
Governor Graham makes a strong
and urgent appeal to all Vermonters
to give of their means to this worthy
cause.
Local branches of the Red Cross
are to organize by the appointment
of captains of teams that are to con-
slst of not less than six workers, who
are to solicit funds on the partial
payment plan. At least four INSTALL
ments may be made, the last payment
to be made October 1st
This extract is taken from Gov
Graham's endorsement: "Some of
you have an automobile, and next
Sunday afternoon you will think that
you will go and take trip and have
an enjoyable time. IF you will leave
your automobile in a garage and sit
ON the piazza, and take the money
you would spend for gasolene and oil
and give it to the Red Cross, and do
1t for two or three weeks, we will
have every dollar of money that we
have been asked to contribute"
Everybody is expected to do his
bit IN this great cause. Vermont
must not fail. She should and will
live up to her patriotic traditions.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
Campaign for Improvement
OF Health Among People of
Rural Districts Is Started.

One of the most important conser-
walton campaigns undertaken In the
United States is that started by the
committee on health problems of the
National Council of Education, under
the guidance of DR.. Thomas D. Wood.
professor of physical education in
Teachers college, Columbia univer-
sity. The campaign has for its pur-
pose the Improvement of health in the
rural districts of the country.
After careful investigation, Doctor
Wood has found country school chill
dren less healthy, on the average. than
city children. The reasons he believes
TO be largely found in careless disposal
of waste matter in the country, in con-
taminated water. in insufficient venti-
lation, in unbalanced ratiOns, and IN
failure to have children examined by
physicians and dentists.
Doctor Wood and his committee
purpose to remedy these conditions
through a campaign of education in
the rural schools. The improvement
of conditions viii be accomplished
through pointing out just what is
wrong with present modes Of living.
In the cities health regulations have
been enforced largely through police
power, and are still eyaded by some,
who do not realize the Importance Of
sanitary conditions. In the country,
thinIy settled as il is, the careful en-
forcement OF minute regulations would
be impossible. Improvement there win
come through education and innrova-
ment based on education is a much
more settled, more beneficial matter
than Improvement based on law.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
VERMONT NOTES

Montpelier seminary commence
ment exercises were held last week.
The largest class ever graduated, IS,
went out from the school The at
tendance at the commencement ban
quet was 300, the largest ever held
Col. Ira l.. Reeves, president of
Norwich university has been appoint
ed to a position in the Office of the
chief of the military bureau in Wash
ington. His place as chairman of the
Vermont Public Safety committee is
taken by James Hartness of Spring
field.
The new general catalogue of the
Middlebury college, the first one TO be
issued by the institution since 1900,
is now ready for distribution. The
catalogue contains the records of all
the undergraduates from 1900 to 1915
inclusive. This work has taken a
great deal of time in its completion.
The first case of poliomyelitis to be
discovered in this state this summer
was reported by DR.. G. F. Dalton, Sec
rotary of the Vermont board of
health, on Thursday. 1t is that of a
young man in Barre town. The case
when discovered was advanced be-
yOnu IIlE WAC1G Del Jill IL
have been used, both legs and one
arm being affected.
Maj. K R. B. Flint, professor of
political economy at Norwich uni
versity, who is a graduate of that in
stitution, and is we'll known through
out Vermont as lecturer on econom-
ic subjects, has been appointed COM
mandant of the military training
camp at Norwich university which
camp is to open June 20, and will ex-
tend until August p. This camp will
follow closely the course of instruc-
ton given at the United States Off
GERS training camps.
A limited number of boys and girls,
especially girls, will be permitted to
attend Camp Billings, the Windsor
county Y. W. G. A, summer camp
this year from out of the county.
The directors have been increasing
the camp equipment during the past
year and have been helped in doing
so by many friends scattered over the
state, feel in view of this fact and
the special preparedness plans for
| the camp this year, a few boys and
girls outside the limits of the county
ought to be accommodated. The main
purpose is to provide a splendid sum-
mer vacation with helpful instruction
for boys and girls of moderate means
on one of the best sites in all New
England.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

~ local applications. az they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear There Is
only one way TO cure catarrhal deafness,
and that IN By q constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness IL caused BY an In
tanned condition Of the mucous lining OF
the E1Btachian Tube When this tube ID
Unnamed you have q FuEnbllng sound or inn
closed. Deafness Is the result Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored 10 fts normal condition hearing
viii De destroyed forever Many cases Of
deafness are caused by cztarTh. which IL
an tnnamed condition OF the mucous aor-
faces Halls CaIaFrh Medicine acts thru
the blood On the mucous surfaces Of the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured BY Halls CaraTrh Medicine. Cir
eniaEm Free All Druggists. 75e.
r. J. CHENEY Z CO. Toledo o.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
THE WONDERFUL
FRUIT MEDICINE
Thousands Owe Health And
Strength To 'FTuIt-a-tlVeS

"FRUIT-A-TTvES", the marvellous
medicine made from fruit juices - has
relieved more cases Of Stomach, Lf0ey.
LlOod, kidney and .Skis TROUBLES than
any other medicine. In severe cases
of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbagos
Pain in the Back, Impure Blood, Neu-
ralgia, Chronic Headaches Chronic
Constipation and Indigestion, ''Fruit-
a-tives'' has given unusually effective
results. BY its cleansing, healing
powers on the eliminating organs,
ssFruit-a-tives'' tones up and Invigor-
ates the whole system.
SOC. box, 6 for 50 so, trial size, 25c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit
a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, Ny.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
Witchgrass FrightfuIness.

The raw recruit enlisted for
The agricultural field
Finds there entrenched a force tina
not
A single inch will yield.
In tug Of war the enemy
Stands rooted to the spot,
Resisting with great stubbornness
Election from the plot
In hand-to-hand encounters fierce
Tremendously the foe
To one position clings while cut
In pieces by the hoe.
And with as deadly purpose as
The submarine there turks
The subterranean mischief which
The witchgrass always works.
Though seemingly defeated by
The soldier Of the soil,
It's coming up again TO choke
The fruits of all his toll
Springfield Reporter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20

1t is unfortunate indeed thatweath-
er conditions have hampered the we'll
laid plans of farmers to increase their
acreage of crops materially. The
local acreage will be increased over
former years no doubt but the full
extent of the increased harvest will
not be realized because of wet and
backward spring and the actual spoil
age of seeds after put into the ground
in some places. To be sure crops ma
ture surprisingly quick in this state
with the right kind of weather but
the outlook just now is somewhat dis
eouraging.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20

The modern embalmers have not re-
covered the secret OF the art as prac-
ticed by the old Egyptians and prob
ably never will Some OF the bodies
known to US as "mummies" buried
5000 or 1000 years ago are still in a
state of perfect preservation. Back OF
the ancient art lay a religious creed.
The ancient Egyptian believed that
after many thousands Of years the soul
came back to find its body and that If
forever in misery and Wretchedness;
hence 1t was absolutely necessary TO
preserve the body, and hence. finally,
the embalmer's Rrt--NeW York Amer
lean.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
PROBATE COURTS

Special sessions OF the Probate Court viii
be held at the Office of r. w. BALDWIN. in
BARTON. on the second and fourth Fridays
OF each month in the afternoon: and at the
office OF COLBY SToDDARD. in ORLEANS In
the afternoon of the third Friday OF each
month. Parties desiring to transact Probate
business at Barton or Orleans should notify
the Judge in advance, that he may take the
necessary papers.
The Probate office at NEWPORT Will be
open every day, except Sundays and holt-
days: bat those coming from distance, "a
far as possible. should make special appoint
ments with the Court in advance.
RUFUS w. SPEAR. JUDGE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
The Nations SIeepers.

1t is easy to sympathize, and, there
fore, to excuse, the editor of the Ran
dolph Herald and News who opens an
editorial entitled, Wake Up with
the exclamation, st would be a damn
good thing for the u. S. A. at this
juncture if the Germans had a gun
capable of dropping 42-centimetre
shel-just one-in every town and
city from Maine to southern Califor-
MIA to give notice that we are at
war"
The trouble is, brother johnson,
that the individuals whom you would
want this shell to hit are so blooming
small that they would escape injury.
But if something could only be
done to stimulate sleeping Americans
into wakefulness! And if something
could be done to bring about change
OF spirit in the minority who so far
have shown no intention of support
ing their soldiers in this war.
1t is hard to believe, but neverthe-
less it is the truth (which probably
has been duplicated in every town in
the country that right here IN ST.
! Adams there are people who shut the
door IN the face of Boy Scouts solicit
4 ing Liberty Loan subscriptions, girls
seeking Red Cross members, and
women taking the census for the Ma
tlonaI League of Woman Service.
Red Cross solicitors have had their
request for a subscription met with
the answer, 90! There's no reason
why should give, haven't any rela-
tlves who can be drawn into the war
Doesn't seem possible, but it is the
shameful truth. If those 42-centime-
ter shells could drop on such as these
1t would, IN the words of the contem-
porary be damn good thing, but, I'M
fortunately, they are so small that
they would escape; they have souls so
small that, In the words of Mark
Twain, they have to shelIac their skin
to keep their soul from escaping
through the pores.
There is this much to it, however,
the country is sleeping sounder now
than 1t viii for some time, unless its
present slumber is so weakening that
Germany viii be able to land a knock
out blow and put US to sleep for all
time But that isn't thinkable
Tn awakening process is going on,
too slowly, it is true, but nevertheless
surely Some viii not awake until
casualty lists and records of disasters
/ contributed TO IN : measure by their
present indifference) shock them into
a realization of the realities.-St. Al
bans Messenger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
RECIPES.
(Spinach and Parsley.)

Spinach that is in prime condition
for greens should be prepared by
carefully washing and removing the
leaves from the roots. Spread the
leaves on trays to dry thoroughly.
They will dry much more thoroughly
if sliced or chopped.
Garden Beets, Onions, Carrots, Tur-
nips, Parsnips, Cabbage.
Beets. Select young, quickly
grown, tender beets, which should be
washed, peeled, sliced about an
eighth of an inch thick and dried.
Turnips should be treated in the
same way as beets.
Carrots should be well grown, but
varieties having a large woody core
should be avoided. Wash, peel and
slice crosswise into pieces about an
eighth of an inch thick.
Parsnips should be treated In the
same way as carrots.
Onions. Remove the outside pa
perry covering. Cut off tops and roots.
Slice into one-eighth-inch pieces and
Cabbage. Select well-developed
heads of cabbages and remove all
loose outside leaves. Split the cab
bage. remove the hard, woody core,
and slice the remainder of the head
with a kraut cutter, or other hand
slicing machine.
All the products under this head
ing should be conditioned" as de-
scribed above.
Beet Tops, Swiss Chard, Celery and
Rhubarb.
Beet tops. Tops of young beets in
suitable condition for greens should
be selected and washed carefully.
Both the leaf stalk and blade should
be cut into sections about one-fourth
inch long and spread on screens and
dried.
Swiss chard and celery should be
prepared in the same way as beet
tops.
Rhubarb. Choose young and sue
culent growth. Prepare as for stew
ing by skinning the stalks and cut
ting into pieces about one-fourth to
one-half inch in length and dry on
trays.
All the products under this heading
should be conditioned as described.
DTEVC
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
COnscription Age Not Limit.

There seems to be an impression
that onlymenof the ages of the selee-
tive CONSUMPTION bill, 81 to 30, can
enlist in the armies of the United
States. A great mistake. Begin
ming with the age of Is and going. up
beyond the age of 81 men may JOIN
the colors If they want TO. Young
men between Is and Il should not
feel that they are deprived of the OPP
nortunitv of fighting for their flag,
for such is not the case.-St. Adams
Messenger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20
The Meaning of $1,000, 900, 900.

Americas war loan of seven thou
sand million dollars surpasses the
powers of the mind to grasp. Spent
at the rate of a dollar a minute it
would take 1898 years to dispose of
the appropriation. Loaned out at
six per cent $13 could be spent every
second for an indefinite period with
out touching the principal. Convert
ed into silver dollars, the coined piec
es laid end to end would reach more
than four times around the earth at
the equator. Piled on top of one an
other these silver dollars would ex-
tend nearly six miles in the air. Made
into dollar bills they would cover &c.
$50 acres. The interest on the loan
is greater than the entire running ex-
penses less than half century ago,
while the amount itself would con-
duct the affairs of the government
for fully seven years, on the basis of
the annual expenditure for the last
decade. Another and more cheerful
way of looking at the expenditure is
that, great as the loan is, the wealth
of the United States is such that it
amounts to the lending of one dollar
out of every forty of our existing
tangible resources. A penny a day
saved by every inhabitant would can
eel the principal within twenty years.
Thomas F. Logan, in Leslie's.