The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-12
MALIGNING NORTH DAKOTA.

Progress is being made in maligning the state of North Dako-
ia in the East: The feature Of IF the situation which hu ;nmdiilhitaat es ts
are being diligently spread in the East have their origin in this
The press agency which is intent on lbelng this state has
succeeded in placing in a New York paper an article entitled 1.-The
consists of a series ernies Of extracts from the newspapers in North
Dakota controlled and directed by the Minneapolis chamber of
used the Liberty: loan campaign for their own political purposes.
No mention is made Of the denial by former Governor L. F:
Hanna, who directed the Liberty loan campaign in this state, of
the truth of the charges made by the MINNEAPOLIS bankers and no
the He' loan los "1 ws a u, n ned nor "V why it it was wm'i impossible npos lie and " would ID
have been unwise and dangerous for the farmers of this state to
from an unjust charge is entirely ignored, just as it has been
ignored by the chamber of commerce newspapers in this state.
what an dafna as" they can t TO o the aS'e state e Of : North %tfeE psFeta by Spreading pr sdine
s setsr Of ' this 1s stste s snd its Sp pso q1st0f Fi SeSi1sS t S'sfk the2 have ave i Sssn
unable to retain for their masters a solid grip on the policies of the
now intent on doing what they can to ruin the state: It makes no
difference to them that this attitude will tend to interfere with
war emergency, that of a huge contribution to the food supply
Their policy is rule or ruin, and patriotism must not stand in the
4 very striking instance Of this is the concerted propaganda
to stir up strife between the farmers and the organized agricu[
tural workers-Fargo Courer-News.
When the "Good Government League" decided to clay down
long time Of inactivity. The "Anti!sociafist Union" was CIV given birth
the same loud bluster and hubbub at the stork party. But after
the spectacular pyrotechncs there has been a death-like silence
Of "ca snS in > the !: truth P1 to ths people, opiSS t ST SPONSORS ms J appear r. even s"s1
to . be cas-: asha s9ne5d of them the motto = proposed p ably by Mid wife P }Sssa and sSda ADOPT hs
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at least a secretary to silently lock the door and hang crepe on
the knob. If it is not dead, it would seem about time to commence
Juggling around some of that truth to the benighted farmers of
the state.
1t has been sur1nised for some time that the state board of
regents desired to get President Ladd of the Agricultural COL
lege, just as they got Pres. Worst. When charged with this some
time ago the board denied the charge in toto. The statement by
Pres. Ladd, published on the first page of this issue, the authentic
city of which cannot be questioned, explains some underhanded
political ramifcations that should be revolving to those even who
express such soicitude for "our sacred school system" Prof.
Ladd, through some of his scientific Investigations at the A. c..
has brought to light certain gigantic robberies of the North Da-
kota farmer. These exposures have not been well received in all
quarters. Pres. Ladd is the best friend the North Dakota farmer
ever had. The board of regents will be starting something that
they will have difficulty in stopping if they carry out their in
tended ousting Of him from the presidency of the college.
When American troops first marched the streets of Paris the
correspondents tell us, Partisan girls ran out into the streets and
embarrassed the men by kissing them; soldiers home on furlough
fell in step with them and accompanied them; French men barred
their heads and cheered Old Glory as it went by. But when the
tDops came in front of a building the men were astonished to see
a number of children come running out and drop on their knees,
in the attitude of prayer, as the flag went by. The children? Or
phans Of France, whose fathers had died that France might live.
Their children knew what the coming of that flag and those men
meant. It meant that their fathers had not sacrificed their lives
in vain. To them the flag we carelessly salute was the benediction
a God-The Periscope. 4u-~ts@ 4o~ra~"
The Interstate Commerce Commission has fatty refused to
grant the Is per cent raise in freight rates asked by the railroads
Of the United States; claiming that there is no justification for
ously opposed the advance in freight rates before the commission,
and it is largely due to the strenuous efforts of such men as Mr..
LANCER that the producing classes are not to be further despoled
by the big transportation ornpanis-Bismarck Palladium. fa4
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