The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-01

H. c. Riley has disposed Of his
dray line at Overly to Fred Duby.
Attorney Cooper of Westhope is
~transacting business in county court
today.
Manager Larson of the Souris Mes
senger was a county seat visitor Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Wood of New
burg are the proud parents Of a son,
born Feb. 10Th.
Frank Kunkle of Westhope left
last week for Granville, ILL.,, being
called there by the death of his father.
We understand Kramer is to have
another newspaper in the near future,
Editor Pittman Of the Russell Sentinel
having made arrangements for NOV
ing his plant to that place.
The School of Forestry basket ball
team won it's thirteenth victory of the
eason Monday night, in defeating the
local highs by a score of 81 to Z. The
Forestry has lost but one game dur
ing the entire season.
The County Treasurer's office has
been by all odds the busiest place, if
not the most popular, in Bottineau the
past week. Taxpayers from all over
the county have been in to settle up
while Treasurer Glomseth's mail
comes in by the bushel.
John Elton, the Souris garage man,
was here yesterday and closed a deal
with Geo. E. Vosburg for a Delco-
Light plant to install in his shop. The
plant will also be utilized for light
ing his residence and charging auto
mobile storage batteries.
Jim Kidd had a narrow escape from
being asphyxiated last Saturday NOR
ming. He was wakened about $3.50 by
his dog and discovered the room filled
with smoke and gases which hadn't
the usual chimney route from
the stove but had forced the door OPP
en- and came out that way. Forum
ately Jim had a window open above
his bed or this might we'll be a post
norton write-up.--Omemee Herald.
Bottineau expects to have n of
the best base ball teams in it's his
tory this year. They have some new
material there Of the first class, &C.
cording to the Courant. We presume
that means John Martin, who is a
whole base ball team himself and
with Monty Woods ought to be able
to play IN team in the county alone
and spot them six pins in each frame.
|-Lansford Journal.
J. H. Kirk, vice president of the
game and fish commission, attended
a meeting Of the board at Fargo this
week. The game board contemplates
the establishment of a game farm this
spring on a tract of land between
Steele and Bismarck. This farm will
be devoted to the propagation OF
North Dakota game birds, and as the
birds are raised they will be plant
ed in different sections of the state.
Contractor Moline of B%ottineau and
his helpers we're down the first Of the
week to unload several cars OF big
steel girders that is to be used in the
erection of the large garage and re-,
pair shop to be erected by N. T. o.
son & Son this spring. We under
stand that all the material for this
large building has been shipped for
some time and a carload or two can
be expected to arrive on every freight
Willow City Eagle.
Attention is called to the big an
nouncement of Geo. E. Vosburg, the
Delco-Light man, in this issue of the
Courant. Mr.. Vosburg has n of his
plants on demonstration at the Home
Auto Co., and several hundred pros
pective purchasers and others have
inspected the plant during the week.
From the number Of inquiries and the
general interest shown, Mr.. Vosburg
looks forward to a very gratifying