The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-09-06

Couy AoMes'
But As was o beautifully stated by n Of the speakers here o Loyalty
Day, these boys ae not only making a sacrifice. They re also enjoying a
great and special pivnege-that of serving their country in attaining world
freedom and world democracy.
noble service.
Shed not a single tear: Seek your comfort from Him who gave his life
that W re might live.
May God bless you, boys.
The antleague press of the state might at least be decent enough to re-
frain from malicious lies about the chief executive of the state. When the
National Peace Council was turned out Of Minnesota, the national secretary
wired Governor Frazier for permission to hold the convention in North Da-
kota. The governor wired back, Is "a only his sworn duty, that the men,
bers of the Peace Council would be guaranteed their constitutional rights
al long al they conducted themselves in a legal manner: But the gang press
is not satisfied with this version of the affair and has heralded the length
ernor Burnquist had barred the Council from that state, he wired the nat
ional secretary inviting them to come to North Dakota" There is going to
wiggle and squirm and attempt to evade responsibility for some Of the NAL
icious falsehoods that they are spewing out. 1t was just such political
governors chair. But it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and the old
gang is working up to a jolt that will shock them even more that the election
of 1916.
jerry Bacon had himself interviewed in his W paper, the Grand Forks
Herald, the other day and explained how HE was the boy who stood the
Price Fixing Committee n its official head and made them "come across
with a price of s22 20 a bushel for the 1917 wheat crop. The other northwest
I'm people who journeyed down to Washington might just as we'll have saved
their car fare for all the good they did, according to Jerry-n the Herald.
Prof. Laid is not mentioned as having been of any material use in looking af-
ter the interests of the northwest, while Congressman Young and Baer, SEN
aor Gronna, Pres. Townley, Governor Frazier and all the other small fry
were simply standing around in Jerrys way while he as humping heads to-
gether at the national capital Had it not been for these parties Jerry could
have had anything he wanted-if he had been Bacon" enough to take it.
statesman. In Washington he has the whole administration grovehng at his
feet-whie in North Dakota he has to buy an expensive newspaper, in Dr.
der to get himself properly interviewed.
The New Rockford Transcript has figured out that the Devil is a man OF
famly-this being the only answer to the question: Why is a Kaiser?
The old gang seems to be playing out of luck. After having everything
eral for the depredations of the !. ". WIS the cussed wobbies fail to COM
NIT any depredahons. Another indication that Townley is in league with
actually disappointed because none of the prophesied crimes IRE committed,
Attorney General LANCER, according to a Bismarck dispatch, denies hay
ing given out instructions to the game wardens, asking them to strictly n
force the law against Sunday hunting: This is a portion of the Sunday Blue
Laws and its enforcement will rest largely with the local authorities. That
it's enforcement will work the greatest hardship on those who should not be
&scrimnated against is sefevdent
The Ohio LIQUOR interests are also imbued with a certain brand IT patriot
ism. The booze crowd recently made the "magnanimous" ofer tx donate their
entire campaign fund, planned to be used in the pending Ohio antisaloon
campaign, if the ant-saloon people would call off the proposed election and
also donate their campaign fund for the same cause. The offer vas of
course, rejected-and o the liquor interests are referring to the opposition
al sackers, traitors, pro-German, etc.
President Ladd finds that real beer companies use nea beer packages
and ship one layer of real near beer near to layer of near real beer and
that is ear to a laver of real beer The real near beer is not nearly so real
beer as the nea real beer but the real real beer is Tot really near beer, so
Bill Langr says-Nonpartsan Leader.
Judas Iscariot was bought off, and wants to know what the Courant thinks
about it. Well, we are free to confess that the Messenger ma could not be
Townley does.
A patriotic" Thief River Falls pastor has suggested that women bring
their knitting to church and "do their bit" for the Red Cross while listening
to the gospel discourse. But why this continual discrimination against the
old man? He might at least be permitted to bring his jack-knfe and whit
ting stick.
The Bottneau News says "Gov Frazier seems determined to protect the
socialists" And in or benighted mind we had supposed right along that
the poor socialists were entitled to protection, the same as republicans and
democrats. Surely this is not the new form of world democracy?
The omemee Herald devotes several editorial columns to roasting the
Bottineau News-and follows this up with the hope that the Courant will
follow in the footsteps. of it's contemporary. Don't you vel get tired of set
ting type, Matt?
eco light Of the sugar" cautions Food Commissioner Hoover. Don't
worry, old top. AT TIT present prices W e re all quite willing to take our
without sweetening.
necesstate a frightening of the present day skrt-unlas it is intended to
supplant the latter.