The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-04
"FOREIGN MONEY" TAKING FLIGHT.

The Courant takes pleasure in republishing the following from
the Fargo Post, ar: an organ devoted exclusively to opposing the
"A good name is a great asset to a state as it is to an individ-
kota by and by. One of the assets of the state at the present
time, in the opinion OF many, is the present state ADMINISTRATION,
but there is every indication that is is a liability, or will be before
"Already a great deal Of foreign money has been withdrawn
ces of a continuation of the present policy Of hostility to business
or monied interests: AS an Illustration Of this, one day last week
return until more evidence of sanity than now exists becomes ap--
psre cent. P bnt It % %H1 be has rsia Sssn lS. estsi fs'% on tSe at st sfsen na ans f tfa%
take chances Of confiscation under a bunch who proposed such
between the reputation of the state management for disloy-
atty, for ]. W. W'ism, and for ,wild-eyed fnanciering' things will
be enough foreign money in the state to buy a nickel cigar with"
number his enemies by tremendous odds, it will be generally ad-
mitted that his remarks on the war at the producers and consum-
6 faa the reason ca son the ha h %sdd IL in the galleries insisted ed that he
should talk on these subjects. Senator LaFollette merely re-
of the United States Senate. But this attitude on the war has
not lot represented rep Essen sa the se1 ma5otity view vie Tin in t the 5 2;s snd t3 Vat body n%T
the gang press of the northwest is attempting to make the Non
e es%i For For political reasons only, the gang press is conducting a
great drive" against L. haFelette. believing that in 50 ee doing g, they
failed in every former attempt. p
A Great Northern operator at Moorhead was recently held
up by a bandit and shot. The Minot Messenger, with deductions
outrivaing Sherlock Holmes, concludes that the outlaw must
carrying a gun because the governor Of North Dakota had given
him permission to do so. Therefore the governor of North Da-
kota is accessory to the crime of shooting a man in Minnesota.
The governor of North Dakota is Nonpartisan. Therefore Non
partisans are murderers, ~cut-throats and outlaws. 1t is some
fnespun line of theory. It is almost on a par with that other
editorial in the same paper, wherein Editor McGahan refers to
one of his Minot colleagues as a skunk.
One thing that the farmers of the northwest can DO to con-
serve our resources is to properly house farm machinery during
the winter months. And none will suffer by such a saving plan,
except the machinery trust. More machinery is worn out by ex-
posture to the elements in North Dakota every year than in actual
service. With the present high prices on all kinds of farm nipple
ments i. is a saving we'll worth considering.
Those newspapers of the state that editorialize SO beautiful
ly on loyalty to the administration and at the same time resort
to the most vilainous lies in an attempt to discredit the state adj
ministration, must place a very low estimate on the intelligence
of their readers. ..s 4
It is doubtful if the Kaiser can claim a full partnership with
God in his air raids on London, wherein innocent babes and moth