The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-05-03
Oats for sale at o. C. Wieeky's. If

A. A. Golden of this city is branch
ing out considerable and is opening
up large billiard p~arlors at Rugby and
Valley City. He will continue to
make Bottineau his home.
Rex Shinn, who was employed as
mechanic in the Home Auto Co., last
year, has accepted a similar position
with the Condit garage at Westhope,
and moved his family to that place
last week.
Bromus Seed for Sale. Eight cents
a pound in 1000 pound lots. Smaller
quantities 1Oc per pound. Also a
grade Holstein bull calf, third cross of
registered sire, for sale.-Wm. Hew,
lit, Roth, N. D. 36-2tp.
According to the Westhope Stand
ard, j. H. Trimble has severed his
connection with the Imperial Lumber
company and has accepted a similar
job with the Bovey Shute Lumber
company of Devils Lake.
Having secured the services Of a
first class repair man our repair
shop is now open for your automobile
repair work, and we guarantee all
work to be entirely satisfactory.-C.
r. Gleason, Bottineau, N. D. 28tf.
Erlandson & Wigeby shipped an
other carload of potatoes to Nebraska
on Monday. They report potatoes
quite scarce in this locality now and
this is likely the last carload that will
be shipped out of Bottineau this sea-
son.
The county commissioners were at
Westhope last Thursday and inspect
ed the new bridge across the Mouse
river at that point. The bridge was
accepted and as soon as the approach
es are filled in it will be opened for
traffic.
T. D. Acheson wa down from Ian.
= da last Friday. Mr.. Acheson expires.
If sed the hope that Senator Sandstron
is would decide to accept his offer to de.
t. bate him on the merits Of H. B. al al
g the big Nonpartisan League picnic tt
be held in Bottineau next month.
ID A promoter was in Willow City las
II week with a proposition to put in ar
le electric light plant, a W and water
system. According to the Eagle, thu
,r light plant would be very acceptable
e. but they would rather have a f1oul
k, mill than the other proposed public
utilities.
le Owing to the rather small attend
K ance at the monthly meeting of the
Commercial Club last night, it was de
cided to postpone the meeting unit
next Tuesday night. Several matter!
-. of Importance will come before thi:
~, meeting and all members are urget
r. to attend.
,c O. B. .Bergeson Of Rugby is calling
~ on his Bottineau trade today. Mr.
49, Bergeson is the travelling man wht
has attained considerable prominence
=, of late as a result Of his proposition
to raise 81, 900, 900 among the travel
ne ing statesmen of the country to aid il
+ the national defense.
Monte Woods and John Mclean
Jr., were at Fargo the first OF tn
week taking examinations for com
ne missions as officers in National Res
. erve at Fort Smelling. Their appli
in cations have not yet been passed upo:
j. and they returned home, awaiting
IT. word from'"the 'front.'"
ILL., VIM. Burghart returned the first Q
Nv the week from southern Minnesota, az
k companied by four prospective custe
nd mers of Bottineau county land for tn
Wilson & Burghart real estate firm
~ Mr.. Burghart expects to leave agai
r. in the morning, having a number
additional prospects in the vicinity Q
New Ulm.
=, Vincent Walden, who has been en-
ployed as bookkeeper at the Bottlnea
County Bank for some time, left Sal
urday for Fort Smelling, having bee
offered a c~aptaincy with the Nations
of Reserve Guard. Mr.. Walden wa
st captain of a militia company in Sout
trt Dakota before coming to Bottinea'
%. which accounts for the commission o.
hit fered him.
According to Agent 11eIOst vi
is threatened long "dry" spell after Jul
IS. 1st has not resulted in any lncreas
in liquor shipments into Bottinea,
IS but has rather had the opposite e1
tn feet. Apparently there is a DISPOSE
,e. ton to get used to the "bone dryness
before the fatal time is here whe
- there will no longer be an option
= the matter.
Information comes from Mlnneap'
# lis that e. C. Bowen, who has spe1
the last month in that city pertectln
n his new motor engine, is meeting wit
IN splendid success, with every prospee
Of o having an invention on tn
ST market that will mean u TO II
motor world. Bottineau people ar
er naturally quite interested in Mr.. BOW