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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

rebate is appreciated is testified to by
the hundreds who stand in line at the
court house each day to pay their
taxes After December 20 a per
cent penalty is attached to unpaid
taxes.
Baron De Orgler, who spoke at the
Orpheum theater in Topeka several
weeks ago. is under arrest at Tulsa,
Okla, charged with obstructing the
governments war policies, according
to word received here. He has been
held to the grand jury on $4,000
bond. The baron claimed to be an
Austrian nobleman, who became dis
gusted with the Germans and came to
this country after fsnting the allies
short time.
The suit of J. H Baker of Topeka
against the Interstate Hotel company
of Kansas City was thrown out of
court Monday by Judge T. B. Buckley
of the Kansas City district court
About year ago the Coates house in
Kansas City was sold to w. H Davis
Of Topeka by the Interstate Hotel
company. Recently Davis sold the
hotel to man named Omar. There
upon Baker brought suit against the
Interstate Hotel company charging
breach Of contract on the ground that
he had bought an option on the hotel
prior to the sale to Davis.
The Women's Missionary society of
! the First Presbyterian church will
hold a special Christmas program in
the church parlors tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. The program will
cover talks on the different customs
pertaining to the observance of
Christmas in various countries. Spe-
cial music for the meeting will be rem
dered by Mrs Parks Bennett The
ladies who will cover the Christmas
customs stories are: Mrs. H l. p.
Hillyer, on English customs; Mrs. Da-
Vid Page, on Scottish; Mrs. George
stone. on French; Mrs. James Cuth-
bert, on Japanese: and Mrs Oscar
Gohlke. on German.
After receiving a picture of Albert
Burch. showing that he was an ,es-
capped convict from the Oklahoma
state prison, Sheriff Hugh Larimer
Monday evening received a telegram
from the warden stating that Burch
| Is wanted on a murder charge. Lari-
mer presumes that Burch killed a
/ guard while escaping from the prison
/ IN August. Burch was arrested in To-
peka with stolen car in his posses
sion, belonging to a grain firm in
! wichita. He threatened officers wher
| arrested and when they were ready tc
take him to Wichita he ATTEMPTED to
/ fight and finally went into an epiIep.
TIC it, He is in Wichita now. Burcf
was serving four-year term for bur.
glary when he escaped from the OK.
lahoma prison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

A result of the activities of the
health boards. nursing associations
and the advances made in medical
service is found in the announcement
from Washington that no epidemic
disease, with the exception of influ-
enza, produced a death rate as high
as even Is per 10O,0 900 in 1916. The
fatal cases of diphtheria and Group
which are classed together in the sta
tistics. but practically all of which are
cases of diphtheria-numbe 49,
S67, or 14.5 per 100000 population.
The rate for diphtheria and Group in
1000 was 43.3, and the decline of near
~ CT per cent from that year to 1916
IS relatively greater than that shown
by any other important cause of death
The rate fluctuated somewhat, from
1900 to 1913, but has fallen continu-
ously since the latter year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
GET 1920 IN A DAY
More Than $4,000 Members by To-
night Is X. c. Red Cross Goal.

Kansas City. Dec. 1S.-With 36.720
memberships obtained yesterday the
5000 Red Cross workers who are can
vassing Kansas City today expected
that when all reports are in tonight
rolled in the society. The campaign
here is meeting with full success and
canvassers have met with little off
ficulty. Some workers reported in
stances of employees of industries be-
ing discharged when they refused to
join. In one case a man who admitted
he was a German was put out of a
hotel when he refused to become a
member
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

The man VINO subscribes for a gov
ernment bond, and is advertised as
patriot for doing so, is not patriot if
he Immediately sells that bond on the
market when he does not Imperative
aly need the money. It is not mere
subscription to a bond that helps the
government; it is by actually lending
money to the government and not by
merely promising it and shifting the
load to some one else that the citizen
really helps in this great time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

Jumping onto Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy. has been re-
garded as a popular pastime by a large
number of newspapers ever since that
gentleman has occupied a place in the
Presidents official family. 1t is re-
freshing. therefore. to find something
in his favor. The Atchison Globe
comes to the defense of the secretary
IN the following: aside from the
loss of a destroyer the navy seems 20
have done remarkably well. Trans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

New York Dec.s1s MONEY Mercantile
paper. 5I1M5A Sterling 60 day bills
4.71A; commercial, 90 day bills on banks
All; commercial 60 day bills, 4T0lS: de,
mand l.75A cables. 4.T5 ZIG Francs. de
mand 5.74; cables, 5.71M. Guilders. de-
nand, 43i9; cables A. Lires, demand, $50
cables, S.21. Rub.es. demand. 12JO: cables
1880. Bar silver S57sc: Mexican dollars
&c. Government bonds. heavy: railroad
bonds, weak. Time loans. strong; Go days
90 days and 6 months, 5h
Call money, easier: high. G: low, az ::
ruling rate. g; closing bid tx offered at ) !;
last loan, ,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
WAS RED CROSS RUSH
$4,000 Christmas Stamps Lasted Less
Than Two Days at Funston.

Camp Funston, Kan, Dec-1S.-
When 125, 900 red Cross stamps were
issued to the Y. NJ. C. A. here to be
sold to the men of the seth division.
the supply was expected to be suffi-
cinet for the entire cantonment, was
sold in less than two days
Many of the barracks did not even
get a sight of the stamps, so eager
were the men to help out the cause
of the Red Cross
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
IS WET STATES ENOUGH
To DEFEAT PROHIBITION

Wet states now target for final
prohibition:
California Connecticut, Della
ware. Florida. Illinois. Kentucky.
Louisiana. Maryland, Massachu-
sets. Minnesota. Missouri, Nevada,
New Jersey. New York, OHIO, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island. Texas, Yer
mont, WISCONSIN and Wyoming
Thirteen of these can prevent
the prohibition amendment from
making the United States a dry
nation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
HOLD BACK HOGSE
Food Administration Tells Farmers
Market Is Glutted.

Washington. Dec. 18.-The food ad-
ministration today counselled farmers
to hold back their hogs, because the
Chicago market is glutted with more
pork than the packers can handle
largely because of congested transpor-
tation facilities
DO not sacrifice your hogs now by
dumping them on an overcrowded
market" was the word sent out by
j. P. Cotton, head of the meat diyi-
sion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

Wall ST., New York. Dec. 1s.-STOCKS-
Additional low records for high grade
bonds accompanied the dun movement Of
today 8 stock market. Sales approxiInatcd
300 eco shares
Many losses were fully retrieved in the
final hour on continued strength az Stneis
Coppers. Marine preferred. and sprciaIties
The closing WIS Irregular. Liberty is
$3.50. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
GET QUOTA I'M A DAY
Phenomenal Campaign for Red Cross
Made in Independencc

Independence, Kan, Dec. 18.--Red
Cross campaigners for the Christmas
memberships announced today that
their work in Independence was com
pleted. The allotted quota of five
thousand members which it was ex
pected to take a weeks time to Sc
cure was passed in one day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
MANHATTAN GETS COAL
Agricultural College Is Experiencing
No Shortage, Officials Say,

Manhattan, Kan, Dec. 1S.-With
the arrival of seven cars of coal here
Monday, the fuel situation, which has
been serious for the last two weeks,
has been relieved temporarily, it was
announced by c. M. Breese, local fuel
administrator
Officials at the Kansas State AEri-
cultural college say they are not ex-
periencing a shortage of fuel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

In louisville, Ky, a call has gone
out for an ordinance compelling prop
erty owners to remove the snow from
the sidewalk in front of their lots.
Why stop at the sidewalk? Why not
extend the requirement to the middle
of the street? That plan would be
fully as fair and just as the other.
The city owns and controls the side
walks and the streets alike. If the
private citizen is to be compelled to
take care of the city's property, there
is no reason for a divided responsible
ity. But it is improbable that a court
could be found that would sustain
such an ordinance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
LOCAL MENTION

E. ]. Burke, arrested at the Ma
tional hotel a week ago By the Topeka
police, was taken to Fitchburg, Mass.
today by a deputy sheriff from that
place. Burke faces a forgery charge
there. Descriptions of Burke enabled
the Topeka police to recognize him
AT the time he was arrested Burke
had numerous blank checks of Kansas
City banks in his possession
Safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new. 25c-35c doz.. Brunt-
Martin Drug Co.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
Paris Has First Snow.

Paris, Dec. i8.-The first heavy
fall of snow of the season in this part
of France occurred today. Railroad
and telegraph services were disorgan-
lied. The Paris boulevards were
turned into quagmires n account of
the lack of labor for clearing the
streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

The London News complains that
Lloyd George did not state when ne
would consider a victory as having
been won. It was unnecessary Vic
tory will be won when the Huns shall
have been whipped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

Some years ago it was said that the
government must own the railroads or
the railroads would own the govern
rent. Now the alternative seems to
lie between the government and the
creditors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

In the report of the secretary of
war made public Saturday it may be
noted that he said nothing about guns
But he intimated that the boys have
about everything else they need.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
New York sugar Market.

New York. Dec. 1S.-SUGAR-Raw
steady: old stock exhausted; new crop cen
trifugal (governmen- price,. 800; molaeses
not quoted Refined sugar steady: fine
graduated, S.1JNS.:J.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

Even Villa has taken up the pas
time of promising to eat Christmas
dinner in an enemy capital He has
selected Chihuahua as the goal of his
Intentions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18

Dr. Antoinette Konikow Mt the Ro...
school OF Social Science. recently imnlied
tiiat first love is not apt to be lastfns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. KATE S. LAYMAN, 80 years old.
died Monday at her home, 12S Topeka ave
nue.. The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon mt O'Clock from PrnweIl's
chapel. Burial in Nj. Hope cemetery
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel SGT
d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-18
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Old Father Time can lag his scythe
on memories moldering shelves.
He will not need it any more,
We're killing off ourselves.
NaI5
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New York. Dec, 1s.-COTTON-spot
NET middling, 3o55-
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aMnATEvER YOU WANT TO wow"

y B.-Inquirers should be careful to OBJ
serve two points: Enclose 3-cent stamp
and address their letters to Washington.
lay and needless expense are incurred
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Cheapness is the one crime that can
not be forgiven by the New Yorker. A
dinner may be well planed and well
cooked, the service excellent the
music far above the average, and yet
if the New Yorker does not go away
with the pleasant feeling that he has
been robbed he is always suspicious
of that cafe. This fall an Italian res
taurant near the Greenwich village sec
ton was offering a dinner for seventy
cents. 1t was served in a huge, we'll
ventilated room furnished very simply
in sturdy oak, it is true, minus the
gilded grandeur of the cafes farther
uptown, and the music consisted of a
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08

J. Price Friday afternoon, it being
her birthday. An enjoyable time was
had by all present.
The Larkin club will meet with Mrs.
Carl Loshre Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. C. M. Chaffee and children ar
rived from Minneapolis Thursday to
visit with her mother, Mrs. Mullhol-
land.
Miss Tillie Boehnke left Saturday
for her home at Willow City after
spending the winter with her par
ents here.
Mrs. F. G. Bartz was surprised Fri
day evening by a few of her neigh
bors walking in on her, the occasion
being her birthday.
Miss Lorena Thiel and Minnie Red
man returned Saturday evening. They
had been stalled at Thief River for
nearly a week waiting for that Sum-
mel 500 to make up it's mind to start
out.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08
HOFFMAN TOWNSHIP.

Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Hatton visited
at the S. E. Hoffman home last Sun
day, going from there to the David
Jarrel home to visit for a few days.
Baby Jarrel has been quite sick for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Hoffman visited
at VIM. Lesman's Thursday evening.
Frank Britton and w. H. Van
Woert were in Lorraine on business
Tuesday.
Miss Rosyne Wheeler visited at the
Witteman home from Friday until
Monday.
The Ladies Home Union met with
Mrs. Whitlo on Friday evening. A
good program was given and a large
crowd was present.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Hoffman visited
at the VIM. Hatton home Friday at
ternoon. MI. Hatton came home with
them to spend a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thorlow were
at Mohall on Saturday.
Gus. Altman is helping VIM. Hahn.
quist haul hay.
Austin Leslie was a Mohall visitor
on Friday.
Winter still is with us and keeps
one busy keeping in feed and coal
ard Manning for the busy summer.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08
CORDELIA TOWNSHIP.

Clara and Flora Kofoid spent sun
day at the parental home from their
duties at the B. H. S.
Sven Stoolin, Torger Torgerson,
Anton Peterson, Nils Olson and Miss
Anna Olson spent a social evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson on
Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. Lunde visited over
Wednesday at the L. M. Larson home.
Rev. Lunde and Melvin Larson
called on P. Peterson, who is very i'll,
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Anna Carlson called on Mrs.
]. Amundson Friday afternoon.
On Thursday Mrs. L. M. Larson and
Mrs. A. Carlson attended Ladies Aid
at the home of Mrs. Ole Hagen.
T. Amundson and T. Carlson called
on Oscar Vikan Thursday evening.
Sunday a number of small girls
pleasantly surprised Viola Larson, the
occasion being her ninth birthday.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08
NORTHERN OAK VALLEY.

Mrs. Arthur Hall and sister, Jean
Cranston were visitors at the S. c..
L%onsbrough home last Tuesday.
Mrs. J. J. Malbraith, Jr., and o
returned to their home in Gardena
Thursday after two weeks visit at
Sam Lonsbrough's.
A number of the Oak Valley people
were present at the dance in Whit
by Hall and a good time is reported.
A social evening was spent at the
Frank Bahr home Saturday evening.
Miss Celia Backeberg was a guest
at the Frank Bahr home the latter
part of the week.
Bud Fox was a Sunday visitor at
the S. G. Lonsbrough home.
Phemia and Hazel Hall and Leulla
Nichol were absent from school a few
days last week on account Of sick
ness.
Miss Gertrude r. Orr was a guest
at the Frank Lonsbrough home the
latter part of last week.
Bud Fox and Victor L~onsbrough
were Sunday visitors at the Ben
Brown home.
Geo. R. White was a caller at the
Art Hall home Thursday.
Allen Miller was a Sunday visitor
at the James Miller home.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08
TOWNSHIP.

E. H. Holum visited friends in and
around Grand Forks last week.
Syver Holsbrekken is doing chores
for Emil Olson.
H. j. Haugen has rented his land to
L. Joraanstad and Ole Knipen. What
Hans's. future plans r W 40 not
know at present.
Mrs. L. Joraanstad has now re-
covered from her illness. Her sister,
Mrs. Klebe, left for her home in Di-
vide county last Monday.
On account Of the stormy weather
last Sunday we have no visits to re-
port.
Miss Clara Haugen visited with her
friend, Miss Olga Norstegaard, from
Friday until Monday.
Miss Helen Smedsrud Of B~ottineau
commenced a term Of school in the
Central school house last Monday.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08
EIDSvOLD

Miss Beta Christensen is visiting
at the home. of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Christianson.
Lloyd Lillestrand was a Sunday Wis
itor at the parental home.
T. D. Acheson visited over Sunday
with friends and relatives at West
hope.
Oscar Berg visited over Sunday
with his uncle's family, j. L. Gorder
of near Carbury.
H. J. Hanson and son Roy are busy
hauling hay from the valley of the
"Famous Mouse"
Mumps are now making inroads in
School No. 1. Hope that the epidem-
ic will soon cease.
Marvin Olson, T. D. Acheson and
the Misses Alma Olson and Annetta
Lillestrand called at the Ebert We'd
guam home on Wednesday afternoon.
A st. Patrick's program and social
will be held in School No. 1 of Dewey
district on Friday, March 16. Every
one is cordially invited to attend the
social.
The teacher and pupils were glad
to e so many present at the Wash
ington-Lincoln program. We wish to
thank all for their attendance and
hope they will call on No. 5 again.
John Sem was a Bottineau visitor
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. L%illestrand and
family were callers at the H. P. Han
son home on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brunsvold and Mr..
Gullick were callers at the H. L. Lii
lestrand home the past week.
Miss Barbara Vollan is visiting at
the Ole M. Ramstad home.
Miss Manda Hanson and brother
Philip were Roth visitors the past
week.
A good many of the Eidsvold town.
ship young people r talking about
going to Montana in the near future.
| We wish them all kinds of success.
School No. 3 is going to have a bas-
ket social on March 7. Better come
and enjoy yourself and no doubt Miss
Dickinson will render a good pro-
gram with her school.
A bunch of young people gathered
at the Olaf Olson home on Saturday
night, when they had a good social
time. Games were INDUCED in, after
which a midnight lunch was SER
we'd. The guests then all departed for
their homes thanking the host for the
pleasant time that had been theirs.
The Ladies Aid of the Mouse River
Lutheran church will meet at the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08
NORTH STAR NEWS.

Gust Myhr assisted Ernest Fors.
berg with some hard work Thursday
Carl Olson, Nels Haglund and Matt
Guttu visited at C. G.. Forsberg's
Tuesday evening.
John Guttu and Arne Dalen were
west bound passengers Friday night
for Roth. They returned to Carbury
the next morning.
Fred Guttu was a caller at Gust
Myhr's Monday.
Ernest, Alma and Edna Nelson
were Bottineau visitors Saturday.
Gust Dalen and Matt Guttu were
helping Fred Guttu with some inter
esting work Thursday.
Ingvold Johnson visited at Fred
Guttu's on Monday, returning to Car.
bury the same day.
Olaf Monsoon called on his friend
Matt Guttu on Friday. He also Wis
tied with Claus Anderson the same
day.
Sivert Vestre was a pleasant caller
at Silver Dalen's on Monday.
Gust Kornkven hauled wheat fol
Anton Kornkven on Thursday.
Miss Berdie Dickinson left for he,
home at Bottineau Friday, afte,
teaching school up near Ole 1ndvik's
for the past five months.
Olaf Guttu spent Monday evening
at home.
John Peterson vas a visitor at &
G.. Forsberg's on Monday.
Clifford Anderson came home last
Thursday evening from Breckenridge
Mimi, where he had position as
brakeman on the Great Northern. He
was taken ill so could not work anC
figured he was better off to get back
home. He may return again.
Olof Monsoon is working for Car
Krogen these days.
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was very low and left Thursday morn
ing for that place. News received
here, however, stated that she died
that afternoon. Mr.. Garden, who
was at Fargo, was notified at that
place and got there about the time
she passed away.
John Magnuson has been working
for Erickson and Holt at Carbury for
the last few days, on their new i'm
plement building.
The dance Friday evening was at
tended by a very small crowd owing
to the blizzard that evening. 1t has
stormed here every night for some
weeks that a dance has been adver-
tised and hope that they have better
weather next time or quit the dances.
The five month old baby girl of Mr..
and Mrs. Olaf Guttu died last Fri
day from pneumonia. The funeral
will be held today.
A report has gained circulation that
Miss Brenden, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesper Brenden, was married
this week. We were unable to verify
the report.
Mrs. T. B. Nichol was a passenger
down the line last Saturday morning
and returned home Saturday evening.
Geo. Vosburg of Bottineau was a
business caller in town this week. ,
Mrs. John Neville of Bottineau has
been visiting in town with friends
this week.
Miss Agnes Anderson Of Scandal
township and MI. Roy Talon Of Was
kada, Man., were married last week.
Both are we'll known here and have
the best wishes Of their many friends
for a long and happy married life.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08

church on Friday afternoon, March 9
After the session, service will be hello
by Rev. M. O. Silseth, after which he
will form a new confirmation class
All who have children far enough ad.
vanced in religious work should have
them there. The school board of the
Norwegian Parochial school will also
meet and discuss things pertaining tc
the school.
H. L. Lillestrand was a Souris Wis.
itor Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli were visitors at
the Edward Lien home on Sunday af-
ternoon.
Matt and Ole Ladone were Eids.
void callers the past week, from near
Westhope.
The new bridge between Eidsvold
and Sergius townships is nearing COM
pletion. The bridge crew has sure
ly done we'll in finishing the steel work
so quickly.
Anton Lund and Borgal Eli were
callers at the Hans Olson home on
Saturday evening.