The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-22

/ Charley Chaplin in "The Rink" Sat-
urday, Grand Theatre.
H. A. Bate was an Omemee visitor
on Tuesday.
j. H. Weaver was an Omemee Wis
itor on Tuesday.
Rev. I. D. McBain transacted bust
ness at Willow City Monday.
Donald Mcintosh went to Minot on
Wednesday to visit with friends.
Jacob Onmart and Mr.. and Mrs.
o. N. Hendrikson are attending the
auto show at Minot this week.
Boyd Nero of the Omemee Herald,
spent Tuesday night in Bottineau, re-
turning to Omemee Wednesday morn
ing.
President Smith of the School Of
Forestry was a passenger for Ink
.ster Tuesday, where he will address a
farmers meeting.
County Superintendent of Schools,
H. E. Layne, took Tuesday mornings
train for Kansas City, Mo-, where he
will attend the meeting of County
Superintendent now in session.
Today is observed as a legal holi-
day by the banks and the county Of
fees. The city schools will observe
tomorrow instead, so as to allow a
continuous ~three-day vacation for
teachers and pupils.
P. J. Scully, Geo. Clark and Rich.
Williams left this morning for Leth-
bridge, Alta. They are the owners of
a large wheat ranch in the province
and make annual trips up there to re-
view the seasons business.
Mohall is testing out it's water sup
ply preparatory to installing a water
works system in the spring. Water
is secuered from a we'll northeast Of
town, which is claimed to have a cap
acity Of $50 gallons a minute.
MI. and Mrs. R. M. Lobb took Mon
day mornings train for Minneapolis,
where they will spend about two
weeks. From there they will go to
Winnebago, MIMI, where they will
make their home for the present.
The Home Auto Co. last week pur-
chased the auto repair business Of R.
M. Lobb, who has operated the repair
department in connection with this
concern since last summer. Arrange
ments have been made, it is under
stood, with Elm & Thorson to have
this pioneer firm of repairmen move
into the quarters made vacant by the
removal of Mr.. Lobb.
DR.. G. H. Hits of Westhope spent
a few hours in the city Tuesday, re-
turning home on the evening train.
The doctor went down the line in the
morning with the expectation of go
ing to Brandon, Man., via the 500
line. Upon reaching Omemee he
found that the Summer 500 was run.
ming east only as far as Overly and
consequently came back as far as Bot
tineau on the freight. =
Wilson & Burghart is a new real
estate firm in Bottineau, the men,
bers of the firm being S. H. Wilson
and VIM. F. Burghart. Mr.. Burg
hart, who recently purchased the So
: called Newhouse farm near Bottineau,
! will devote his attention to bringing
buyers here from his home commun-
ity in the east, while MI. Wilson will
furnish the selling arguments, once
the prospects are here. The combina-
ton is a good one and the new firm
looks forward to a very successful
season. 81
The School of Forestry basket ball
team returned last Friday evening
from a Transforming" tour Of the
western part of the state. The trip
was a successful one, the locals de-
feating Mohall by a score Of "a to
II, Granville 46 to 26 and Berwick
"a to %. At Kenmare the team met
it's first defeat of the season, the
score being 26 to g. This was due in
a great measure to the large playing
floor, which placed the locals at a
great disadvantage. The Kenmare
team was defeated here earlier in the
season, leaving the supremacy OF
these two teams still IN doubt.
The Shirley Cafe now has it's cafe
terra in full running order and it's
popularity is attested by the splendid
patronage. The cafeteria was install
led at a great expense and the fix
lures, as we'll as the service, would
do. credit to any city in the state.
By this system a large number of pa
irons can be served in an incredibly
short time. Each customer provides
himself with a tray at the head OF
the long marble serving counter and
as he moves down in line viands of
his own selection are placed on the
tray. Upon reaching the other end
of the counter, a check is placed on
the tray, showing the amount Of his
order and this is paid at the cashiers