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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Loretta M. Cort-The
Birthplace of Her
Parents.

Dear Juniors: / am little rustic
maid and live In the country. I am
IA years old and am In the eighth
grade at school.
am going to write about the birth
place of my parents. My father Was
born three miles west Of Batavia and
my mother was born twenty miles
from Berlin, Germany.
l think this war Is sad thing and
hope It viii soon end. am I'VE feet
and four inches tall and weigh 40
pounds.
/ have brown hair and brown eyes.
Loretta McCArt
r. F. d. /. Batavia, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Mildred HOff Lives On a
Farm; Her Papa is
a Preacher.

Dear Juniors:
This is the first time I have ever
written My papa has taken the Cour-
Ter for long time love to read The
Courier Junior so ! thought | would
write. I have four brothers and one
sister ] have a little brother three
months old and one two years old.
| go to the Ash Grove school, | like
the town schools the best. We have a
contest in our Sunday school at Pleas
ant Valley and F1oris. We arc living
on the farm this year. Papa is a
preacher.
We had Children's day program ut
Pleasant Valley. II was held ont in
the church yard There was great
crowd. MY little sister spoke a piece.
She is four years old. My oldest
brother is nine.
Mildred Huff, age o,
Drakesville, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
The Home Instinct
in Bras

The home instinct in birds and their
seeming attachment to localities give
a human touch to the study of the
feathered tribe.
In bird house set up by family
of my acquaintance pair Of blue
birds built nest. After the little ones
had flown, the birds disappeared.
Nothing more was seen of them until
time for the autumn flight to the
south. One October day a little COM
pany Of bluebirds was seen to alight
on the bird-house, and one by one
they went in to inspect it, as if wish
ing to nestle again under the old roof
tree before taking their hong journey.
One summer pair OF robbins built
their nest in an apple-tree in my door
yard using for the foundation the
ruins of an old nest.
| At my boyhood home, In very old
barn,-the massive beams were hewed
by hand. before the days Of sawmills
from my earliest recollection there
has been swallows nest upon raft
er. Every spring when the swallows
returned that old nest was repaired
refined with feathers, and occupied.
The last time visited my old home
| I heard the twitter of young chimney
swallows in a nest in the same old
chimney where this sound had first
come to my bird consciousness years
ago. 1t is fair inference that the
chimney-swifts will make that chin
ney their home as long as 1t stands.
That same summer, while was wan
dering about familiar scenes by
stream and woodland, wondered II
the phoebe-bird still built along the
stream where years ago its nest could
be found as surely as April was fol-
lowed by May. jumped across the
brook and, looking up, under the
caves Of roots and moss that over
hung the bank of shale found the
nest from which the young had lately
flown.
Whether the bluebirds that inspect
ed that birdhouse were the ones to
which it had been home earlier in the
season cannot be proved, but doubt
less they were: and the robbins tina.
built upon the ruins of the last years
nest were the ones that had built it
the year before, or perhaps one of the
young ones reared there had brought
its mate back to the site u the old
nest.
! could easily believe that the lineal
descendants of the swallows which
years before had plastered that first
nest upon the rafter in the peak Of the
old barn We're the ones I saw flying IN
and out of the open door. Then, too,
l think that not only because they
were chimney-swallows did the chirp-
ing in the chimney sound familiar. but
because they had inherited that par
ticular twitter from the birds that
years before had first caused my boy
hood mind to wonder. 1t was not only
a good place for phoebe's nest: the
phoebe-birds built at that particular
spot along the bank Of shale because
by an inherited instinct and an acquir-
ed attachment 1t was home
This homing instinct will explain
the case of many sociable birds. as
when purple martins occupy colony
house year after year, and year after
year, and the redwings return to the
same cat-tail marsh, and the marsh
wrens build their summer villages in
the reeds on the border Of a pond. II
my Interpretation is correct, the
spring migration means more than a
long journey 1t is home coming.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Helen Ruchman-The Bath.
ing Beach.
Dear Juniors :

Dear Juniors:
AS | have not written to the page
for long time ! will write about my
brother.
NV brother. John Foster enlisted in
the army in June. He had gone 10
Minnesota to work. About month ago
we got letter from him and he said
he had enlisted. He said ii was his last
chance and he didn't want to be draft
ed
He enlisted in Madelia, Mimi, and
from there went to Winona. Mimi. TO
training camp. He was still there
when we heard from him last. He said
he was going to Fort Smelling. Mimi.
next and from there to New Mexico.
He is % years old.
Helen Mae Foster, age IL.
...... Belknap, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Ethel Short-A Pet Horse
and a Pretty Little
Mule Colt.

Dear Juniors:
As ! have never written to the
Junior before thought | would write
about our pet horse. Her name is Pet
and she is three years old. She will eat
pie or bread and begs for more.
We drive her double and single. She
is a great pet and we all love her.
We have little mule colt. 1t is so
pretty.
I have one sister. Her name Is
Louise She is 4 years old.
Well as my letter is getting long
will close, hoping TO see II in print.
Ethel Short, age 5,
Blakesburg, La. R. 8.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Maurine Fuhs Writes Let
ter to Her Mother.

Dear Mother:
l arrived safe and on time. The jour
ney did not seem long as was much
interested In watching the things along
the road as ! went by.
/ arrived at the station and my Aunt
Grace was not there. But in few min
utes she came and we were soon
chatting over the road to her house.
Her home Is in town. ! like to 90
there and visit my Aunt Grace.
Maurine Fuhus. age II.
OttumWa, Ia. r. No. 5.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Vivian Sadie Young
Birthplace of Her
Parents.

Dear Juniors:
1 have never written before so
thought l would write about the birth
place OF my parents
My mamma was born in Illinois.
Her parents came to Fremont, Iowa
when she was four years old. There
was only store and few houses
then. Is,
My papa was born in Illinois. His
parents came TO Iowa and moved on q
farm north OF Ottumwa when he WAS
two years old.
Vivian Sadie Young,
Vivian Sadie Dung, age II,
Ottumwa. Ia. r. 5.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Helen Mae FOster-My Sol
der Brother, John
Foster.
Dear Juniors A.

Dear Juniors
I am going To write about the bath
ing beach.
One day nv father came home and
said that the bathing beach was open.
So that Sunday we went over TO
the bathing beach We went at /
o'clock and did not come home until 4
O'Clock in the afternoon.
The next day my mother took me
and my brother down town and bought
us each a bathing suit. Every Sunday
that summer we went to the bathing
beach.
Helen Ruckman, age 3,
ia West Main St. Ottumwa. Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Zenetta Storm-My Three
Best Friends.

Dear Juniors:
This is my second letter to the Junior
page.
read the interesting stories Y""
print.
My three best friends are mamma,
papa and brother Is years old. They
are all kind and good to me.
/ have eighteen little guineas.
Well I guess l will quit for this
time and write again.
Zenetta Storm, age 10.
Batavia, Iowa, r. 3.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Beatrice Pardun Is Spend.
ing Her Vacation In
The Country.

Dear Juniors:
I am little girl 10 years old.
am spending my vacation In the coun-
try. gather eggs. feed chickens. wipe
dishes and Tee dthe hogs.
have brown hair, blue eyes and
weight about Is lbs.
I am having a fine time In the coun-
try.
l am in tho fourth grade at school.
Beatrice Partfrm.
Batavia, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Hazel E. Flood-A New
Junior Who Lives at
Webster.

Dear Juniors:
This is the first time that I have
ever written to the Courier Junior.
live In the country. !.
think that Iowa is a very beautiful
country.
live near Webster, Iowa.
read the Courier Junior stories.
go to the Webster consolidated
schools.
was in the fifth grade last year
and passed into the sixth grade for
next year.
Hazel e. Flood,
Webster, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
The Hotel OttumWa.
Nv enldier brother
AiL ABOUT PRIZES.

We do wish the Juniors would ao.
knowledge their prizes.
II any Junior has ever failed to re-
ceive a prize after It is announced
IN this column, 1t is because tbs
wrong address has been given US.
When we say wrong address we es.
pecially refer to incomplete addresses.
All city Juniors should put their
street number and all Juniors living
in the country should put their BOX
number or failing to have box send
In their parents names.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
THE COURIER JUNIOR
DEPARTMENT
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Ottunnwa, Iowa
EDITOR
MATILDA DEVEREAOx
"a HOMECOMING" CONTEST.

Dear Juniors: This seems to De
Homecoming Time" and we want all
the Juniors to write Homecoming
compositions The big Courier, TINS
week, has announced Homecoming
at Agency and one at COMPETING. we
want all the Juniors who attend these
"Homecomings' or any other Home
comings," to send in splendid stories
about them. The contest opens today
and closes Sept. l. The award will be
q surprise
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

1. Use one side of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
3. Always sign your name in full
and state your age.
4. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
5. Number your pages.
6. Always state choice Of prize on
4 separate piece of paper, with name
and address in full.
7. Address envelope to The Courier
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Rosco Beghtol-My Soldier
Brother.

As have never written before I will
write about my soldier brother Fred.
He worked at Philadelphia. Pa. He
went from there to Grafton. West Va
There he enlisted In Co. A First In
fantry w. Va. He Is Is years old, s
feet inches tall, has dark hair and
blue eyes
Rosco Beghtol, age IL,
Eldon. L., r. l.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
COURIER JUNIOR REMNANTS.

The Courier Junior has decided to
have some beautiful remnants made
and the colors will be gold and blue
OF course the pennants are for the
Juniors, but the Juniors must work
hard to win one We have decided to
award four pennants to the four Jun
Tors writing the four best stories on
one of the following subjects:
1.-THE MOST INTERESTING STORY
lever HEARD" or
"THE HAPPiEST DAY OF MY
LIFE" or
"MY BEST FRIEND"
This contest closes Sept l. The
pennant will be of gold color and the
lettering, 1.-The Ottumwa Courier Jr.
Club" in blue.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
MANY SUBJECTS.

We want the Juniors to write short
stories on the following subjects:
Midsummer day in Sweden.
The birthplace Of my parents.
Summer pleasures.
The qood roads near my home.
Why ! like my home Getty or coun
try.)
What makes a city grow.
A successful boy or girl farmer.
The improvements in my city.
The bathing beach.
! The girls and boys corn club.
Z The Laddsdale boys and girls club.
The country beautiful.
School compositions.
Ancestor stories.
interesting letters.
Unusual stories.
Current events.
Soldier stories related by veterans
and retoId by juniors.
The garden Of kindness.
Kind hearts.
The cheerful giver.
Her best gift.
A motorcycle trip.
Fifty miles In an auto and what
cav.
The Hotel Ottumwa.
Ny soldier brother.
This contest will run all through the
month of August but prize winner
will be chosen each week. The writer's
can select their prizes from among the
following articles: A character doll.
letter paper. knife. ball bat, roller
skates, full picnic basket flag, book,
box OF candy: or knitting needles.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17

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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Marie and Florence Hening
of FlOris Write
Letters.

Dear Juniors:
I thought would write few lines.
NV grandma was born In Ohio In
1s4s. She Is 20 years old now. When
she was four years old they came to
Iowa. They drove all the way. They
camped on their way. They would
camp by a stream so they could get
water They. had to drive. as there were
no railroads then.
Marie Hining, age II,
Floris, Ia, r. No. 3.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-17
Dear Juniors.

Dear Juniors:
AS have never written to the Jun
ior before / thought l would write a
few lines am little girl. soon
will be 6 years old. / go to F1oris to
school. ! threw my arm out OF place
and sprained II and that formed an
abscess. 1t is all right now. And there
is another one coming on my ear.
I have two sisters, Vera and Marie,
and one brother. Gienalon.
I have a pet kitten. rts name Is Bes-
sic.
Flossie Hining.
Flnris, la, r. No. 3.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25

Oscar -Backman and Edwin
Gustufson from Haram town.
ship, called on their best friends
in this vicinity Wednesday ev-
ening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hoffis
and family from Canada, spent
a couple of days visiting at Carl
Krogen's.
May you live as long as you
like and have all you like as long
as you live.
A couple of the North Star
musical corps went to Roth Fri
day evening to furnish music
for the hard time dance given
there that evening.
George and Matt Guttu re-
turned from Roth Saturday
morning.
Anton and Hilda Berge and
Clarence, Melvin and Lloyd
Kortgaard spent Sunday after
noon at G. Guttu's.
Ben Gustafson spent Friday
afternoon at C.. G.. Forsberg's.
Tom Counts visited with his
brother Bill Counts Wednesday
evening.
Olaf Guttu was a Bottineau
visitor Saturday.
Minnie Guttu went to Roth
Friday evening to visit with her
brother for a few days.
Silver Haugen was a Bottineau
visitor Monday.
Bella Kornkven spent Sunday
at home.
Mrs. Silver Dalen went to Lam
da Saturday evening to visit
friends and relatives, returning
home Monday morning.
The Metigoshe correspondent
to the Bottineau News is getting
to be some poet. Perhaps if you
take one writing tablet every
evening before going to bed,
and a bottle of ink before you
get up and dress, you will, no
doubt, have another poem about
the North Star correspondent
in next weeks issue. P. S. If
you want to rise early We'll fur
nish you with some self-rising
powder.
Sheridan Counts called on his
friend Matt. Guttu Monday af-
ternoOn.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
TOWNSHIP.

Mrs. Frank Yellen, Jr. anc
Mrs. Joe Yellen accompanied
their mother, Mrs. Frank Parry.
EEK and sister Lille to Willow
City Wednesday, visiting friends
and returned in the evening.
John Dolezal and John Hlav.
inckas and families Sundayed al
the Frankie spisel home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sid Darling
were visitors at the O. T. Elan.
cry home Wednesday and Thurs.
day.
The Arends boys are busy
hauling wood from the hills this
week.
Who needs a guardian?
Mrs. John Suchan and baby
Eddie made a call at John Hlav.
inckas' home on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Flanery
were callers at the O. T. Elan
cry home on Thursday.
The Jack Stacey children
have been sick with the humps.
Janet Leenhouts Sundayed
at the James Haskell home in
Amity township.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
ARNEDO NEWS.

Arnedo will try to WELD the
pen once again after the vaca-
ton she has had.
Warren Moore and Seward
Kohnle went butchering at a
neighbours tother day.
School commenced at the Am
1ty school house last Monday.
The long vacation was due to the
spread of measles that gripped
the whole neighborhood.
The infant daughter, Margar-
ct, of Mr.. and Mrs. John Sols-
berger is improving a little after
being very low with the measles
accompanied by a touch of pneu-
monia, resulting from measles,
No, Arthur Boyer did not have
the measles, nor humps but his
brothers and sisters had the
measles, sure enough.
George Brander visited our
neighborhood the fore part of
the week. Same old George too.
Uh! Some janitor at District
No. 2 school house. Everybody
says so but they all don't mean
it the same way.
Farmers better be sure to
stick now. If things fall to
pieces the least little they will
pick bones in a kennel when
Hanna's Royals get a hold.
Hurrah for Woman Suffrage.
I want my mama Ito vote.)
They used to sing, when The
Sunset Turned The Ocean Blue
To Gold" Now they sing,
"When The Hayseed Turned
Big Bizness Wrong Side Out"
That's how they found out what
he was made of, | suppose.
So long, will see you next week
when we feel better.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25

Misses Naomi Mollet and Effie
Kelly visited at the formers
home in Bottineau Saturday.
Val. Cowles was a Bottineau
visitor Monday.
Ed. Christensen was a pas
senger to Bottineau Tuesday.
When it comes to yellow jour-
nalism we believe that the Grand
Forks Herald is entitled to first
money in that department.
More than two billion dollars
were made by spectators on the
cotton crop of the south after it
had left the hands of the rails
ers. But then the cotton farm
ers of the south should worry,
it is just what they voted for.
We have been informed that
a petition calling for the ad-
dition of a two-year high school
course to the local school will
soon be presented to the people
of this district for their sigma
ture. There is no doubt but that
this course is very much needed
in the local school. There are
many children in this vicinity
who will soon be ready to enter
high school, as we'll as those
who are already attending high
school in other towns. Also,
there are a number that are not
at present attending school but
who could, and undoubtedly
would attend if there was a local
high school. The addition of
this course would cause a con-
siderable added expenditure of
money but the benefit of the ed
ucation of the children who are
not at present receiving it
would be we'll worth the cost.
The people of this vicinity made
a mistake in not having the local
school built larger. Although
it is perhaps not realized so
much at present we believe it
will be and not in the far dis
tant future.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25

tineau, Rev. Bake performing
the ceremony. They returned
the following day to make their
home with the groom's parents
until spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Larson
spent Monday afternoon at the
J. C. Waddle home, visiting
with Grandma, who is still keep
ing the bed.
A pleasant surprise party was
held at the home of Ole johnson
on Friday evening, the 10Th,
in honor of the newlyweds, Mr..
and Mrs. Andor Johnson, who
were married in Bottineau on
Tuesday. Dancing was INDUCED
in and a sumptuous lunch was
served at midnight, after which
the couple were presented with
a sum of money as a token of
remembrance from their many
friends. They all departed for
their homes at a late hour, re-
porting an enjoyable time.
There are certain politicians
throughout this state who like
to speak disrespectfully of the
N. P. movement. In two years
these same politicians will be
posing as charter members in
order to get a job, but we won't
forget who they are.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
SOURIS NEWS.

Some of the ladies of Souris
have formed a whist club. The
first meeting was held some
time ago at the Idler home and
the meeting last week at the
home of Mrs. C. A. Kirkeby.
Some time ago we announced
that Oscar Open had been hired
to manage the Farmers Nero.
store in place of H. L. Pratt, who
resigned on account of his ill
health. Mr.. Open did not ac-
cept the position and Mr.. Alfred
Hanson, a former clerk of the
store, has taken charge.
The Scotch of Souris and vi
cinity are not dead. A real
Bobby" Burns program will
be held tomorrow friday ev-
ening.
Emil Erickson left Tuesday
morning for Fargo, where he
will attend the Implement Deal
ers state convention and from
there he expects to spend a
week or so at the state capitol.
Mrs. Dvorshak and son Viii
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25

Norris Nelson was at Botti-
neau the first of last week hav-
ing some dental work done.
H. P. Hanson, Hans Olson and
Oluf A. Olson returned from the
Grain Growers Convention at
Fargo on Saturday evening and
they all report a good time.
Henry Olson had the misfor-
tune last week to sprain his an
kle very badly. At the present
he is improving.
T. D. Acheson spent last
weeks end with relatives at
Westhope.
All you can hear nowadays
is the "howl" that the Non Par
tisan League is making. The
howl reminds the writer of coy
otes that used to be heard in
the early days of Bottineau
county. The political coyotes
are like their canine brethren.
All that they can do is to sit on
their hind legs and "howl."
Misses Manda and Hattie
Hanson were Roth and Botti-
neau visitors the past week.
Miss Julia Sandstel was a pas
senger to the county seat on Sat-
urday mornings train.
School No. 5 has added four
new pupils to it's roll call. The
new pupils are taking up high
school work.
The Jno. Sem school had a
new floor laid recently to keep
the mischevious Jack Frost out.
If plans materialize School
No. 5 will have a new barn built
in the near future.
We all sympathize with WAL
ter Thompson and family in the
loss of their little son, Gordon,
at Taylor, N. D..
Ed. Berg attended a bank
directors meeting in Landa on
Saturday night.
Gust Larson, the genial as
sistant cashier of Landa has left
and will make his future home
at Penroy, Montana, where Mr..
Larson has accepted a cashier
ship.
The weather has not changed
very much but we are all hope
full that the weather man will be
more lenient.
Carl Lillestrand left for Min
neapolis on Monday mornings
train, after visiting a few days
with his uncle, H. L. Lillestrand.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
PEABODY POINTERS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Garwood,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tabor and
Misses Gran and Tabor attended
the dance at Whitby last Friday
night and report a good time.
Miss Mabel Heebink and
brothers were delightfully."- en-
tertained by Misses Ivy and
Myrtle Patterson last Tuesday
evening.
Eddie Patterson has been
keeping Melville Hall company
this week and incidentally does
the cooking.
John Brander attended the
Grain Growers Convention at
Fargo last week, returning Sat-
urday evening.
Miss Lucille Rogers spent
Saturday and Sunday with her
parents.
Miss Edith Tabor spent the
week end with her brother and
his wife.
Mrs. Ulys Rogers is suffering
from an attack of la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Garwood
and daughter Gladys we're enter
tanned by Mrs. Gran and Kim
Thursday evening.