The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-04-26
CITY GARDENS
ARE ASSURED
Plans Matured for Extensive Oper-
alton of Thrift Gardens in Bot
tineau During Summer.

At special meeting of the Com
mercial Club held on Friday evening
a committee to have entire charge of
the Thrift Gardens was appointed to
consist of Messrs. Layne, Shuler, Dar-
ling, F. w. Smith and Henderson.
Two classes were decided upon,
class one to consist of young people
from eight to thirteen years of age
class two to cover the ages of four
teen to eighteen, inclusive. The size
Of the plats for those who enter the
prize potato contests to be of one
tenth of an acre, Of which at least
5000 square feet is to be used as po-
tato patch, the balance to be planted
to general gardens.
A careful record of all work done,
cost of seed, source of seed, yield and
revenue will be required. A written
report will be required, each week,
with summary at the end of the sea-
son.
A class meeting will be held each
Friday evening at 1880 for the pur-
pose of discussing all matters relat-
ing to the gardening.
Potatoes are to be all Of one kind,
Early Ohio. Vegetable seed may be
Of any kind desired by the owner.
The vegetables raised are the pro-
perty of the person to whom the plot
is assigned, unless title to the same
is forfeited by failure to properly
care for the garden.
The supervision of all garden plats,
on vacant lots, the land east Of town
belonging to the First National Bank,
and on the Forestry Nursery Grounds
west of town will be in charge of the
School of Agriculture and Forestry.
They are to be consulted before any
planting is done. Definite plans for
each garden must be made before
work is started.
All vacant lots will be listed as
soon as possible and assigned to those
desiring to use them upon application.
This list can be seen at any time by
calling at the Forestry, or informa-
ton concerning them can be obtained
by telephoning 214.
A model 1-10 acre plat has been
made and can be examined at any
time. A copy is posted in the Com
mercial Club rooms.
Whenever in the judgment of the
supervisors, any lot is not being pro-
perly cared for, written notice will
be sent to the gardener and time
limit set within which the work must
be done. Failure to do the work will
result in the garden rights being de-
clared forfeited, whereupon the gar
den will revert to the owner of the
land. This rule will be strictly en-
forced as it is felt that uncared for
lots would be great detriment to the
beauty of the city.
1. Vacant lots are scattered thru
out the city. An examination of the
plat is necessary in order to proper
ly locate these.
2. First National Bank land. This
land is east of Oak Creek. 1t may
be reached by crossing the bridge on
the street running east from the Stone
Hotel, or on the street running east
from the Presbyterian church.
3. The Forestry plats are along the
west line of the Nursery Grounds, ly-
ing just west of town. They may be
reached by entering at the Hawker
house, at the southeast corner, or at
the entrance just south of E. c. Bow
ems residence.
On Friday evening at 7:3O, April
9th, at the Commercial Club rooms,
a meeting will be held of all these
interested in the Thrift Gardens.