The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-14


dom from slavery to profit by de-
handing that the government now
take possession Of railroads, factories,
mines and markets. {
J. B. Dixon was a passenger to Will
low City Tuesday Of last week, where
he attended the Masonic meeting.
The Misses Marry and Marian Mil
Ter and Messrs. j. M. DAILY and Val.
Cowles motored to Westhope Sunday.
Miss Bessie, Iverson was a Souris
visitor Saturday.
The rain that was received here
Sunday evening was appreciated very
much indeed. We're all hoping for
another soon.
We are patiently awaiting the ar
rival of that donation from "Comet"
Falky toward the purchase of that
red flag.
Miss Rasmussen, who visited a short
time with Miss Isabelle I~verson, left
Wednesday Of last week for Churches
Ferry. .H
John Lee is working for Bob Fos-
ter at present.
J. M. DAILY, VIM. Pyne, S. T. Robe
son and John Isaacs motored to the
Eidsvold town hall Tuesday and at
tended the Stock Shippers Associa-
ton meeting.
VIM. Steen is building a magnif-
cent home, w understand.
A number of cars from Renville
stopped in Roth a few minutes Tues
day afternoon while touring through
this territory advertising their Coun-
ty S. S. Convention, which will be held
at that place June 25-6.
Harry Ball was a visitor in Antler
Wednesday v of last week.
The war tax upon the necessaries of
life is now wholly inexcusable and
wicked. Until every dollar of in
comes above $4,000 per year is tax
en- it is an outrageous crime and cruel
ty to rob the poor by taxation to pay
the war expenses. The poor are CIV
ing their lives; let the rich give their
money. If the war is to make profits
for the rich or to preserve their sur
rlus wealth let the rich fight the war
themselves. But as the poor must
fight it or suffer a crucial defeat for
freedom, let the poor insist that the
rich be made poor by income taxes
before the poor are crushed by furth-
err food and fuel taxes. Place the
taxes only upon those who have pro
nerty and money, not upon food and
fuel.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Miller were Lam
da visitors Tuesday of last week.
There is a public library in the
bank, conducted by the Willing Work
er's Society and anyone may procure
the books there by seeing H. H. Grav-
seth, who is librarian.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Charnholm and
Mrs. Stager were guests Sunday at
the Rosendahl home near Landa.
Lyle Miller autoed to the lake Sat
urday afternoon, taking in the dance
that evening and enjoying boat rides
Sunday.
John Guttu motorcycled to the lake
Sunday.
Val. Cowles was a Bottineau visitor
Monday.
The wind storm that struck this
country Saturday v was some storm.
Hay racks and YER buildings in some
instances were blown
We don't know whether the tin cup
pen pusher of Souris honored US by
having us in mind when he wrote in
his ape last week that tive may not
be as brainy as some of the high
brows that fill out the space OF the
Courant and other League papers but
the question seems to us, are we
German or American" but anyway we
will inform this behind-the-times edi-
tor that we are a French-Amercian
and altho we sympathize with France
we do not like to be an ally OF Eng
land, that monarched bunch Of arts
tocracy which has always in the past
fought against true democracy.
Mrs. J. B. Dixon visited at Antler
Monday W
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Hanson, Mr..
and Mrs. N. Christianson left Monday
on a trip to Grand Forks.
We sincerely hope that Falky sees
fit to accept that challenge to debate
on SOCIALISM" soon. If he don't &C
cent soon we're ready to present him
with a yellow flag without any help
whatever and there is no doubt but
that it will be very becoming to him.
Appropriate it would be indeed.