The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-04-05

A. P. Henderson left for Fargo the
first of the week to attend a meeting
of county agents.
The county commissioners are hold
ing their regular monthly meeting
this week.
Mrs. David Lunde returned to Bot
tineau last evening, after a two
months stay with relatives at Mey-
ers Falls, Wash.
The name Of the Russell Sentinel has
been changed to the Kramer Journal,
the first issue of the publication from
it's new home reaching US last week.
We still have four good head of
work horses for sale. All are in first
class condition and ready to start
right into the feld.-Home Auto Co.
The Willow City Eagle contains
some vague stories about Unreasonable
words" being uttered by citizens in
that part of the county, who have be-
come excited over the var situation.
Geo. E. Vosburg this week disposed
of a complete Delco-Light lighting
and power plant to N. P. Hanson
& Son of Willow City, to be installed
in their new garage when completed.
julius Krogen and wife arrived in
Bottineau this week to make their
future home here. Mr.. Krogen will
have charge Of the automobile repair
ing department in the C. G. Gorder
garage.
c.. H. Dale, for the past year and
a half manager of the Renville store
at Maxbass, has resigned his posit-
ion and will open a store of his own
in the building recently vacated by
Frank Morrow.
E. A. Moline was a passenger to
Willow City Monday morning. Mr..
Moline already has his crew at work
on the large Hanson garage in that
city and expects to rush the work
| along as rapidly as possible.
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, B%ottineau, N. D. 28tf.
Some work in the fields was COM
menced this week, but on account of
the heavy frosts during the nights,
little progress has been made with
| spring work so far. The fields are
in excellent condition and as soon as
warmer weather sets in spring work
will open up with a rush.
A dozen or more of the local Odd
Fellows went to Westhope Monday
night to help administer the full de-
gree to several members of the West
hope order. We are told that some of
the Westhope members succeeded in
coralling the local lodges goat and
our boys returned Tuesday morning
minus their pet.
Duncan Beaton is accused ofAt-
tempting to get Westhope's goat
while attending the Odd Fellows meet
ing in that town Monday night. Only
for the Intervention of Conductor Else
who refused to carry the b~ewiskered
and be-horned passenger, Mr. Beaton
was determined to bring the Angora
back to Bottineau with him, whatever
the consequences.
Monday night members Of the loo
al I. O. O. F. lodge, accompanied by
brothers from Souris and Antler,
went to Westhope in response to an
invitation from the lodge of that town.
All of the degrees Of the Subordinate
Lodge work were put on in a manner
that will long be remembered by those
who attended. The Westhope lodge,
although inactive for some time, is
showing a spirit of hustle that will
make some of the older lodges in the
district do some fast work to hold
the lead in membership. The visit
ing brothers were given a splendid
supper and smoker at the conclusion