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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-15

VIM. Lesman was a business visit
or at Mohall on Tuesday.
David Jarrel went to Antler on
Tuesday.
VIM. Holmquist was in Lorraine on
Tuesday attending to business mat
tiers.
Mrs. Knute Olson is better at this
writing.
David Jarrel called at Knute o.
sons Monday afternoon.
Measles are still the topic of talk.
Andrew, Alfred and Clara Berg and
Marie Holmquist being the last ones
to take them.
So far this week we have had our
daily mail and it seems good to not
have the weather interfere with it.
At the latest reports Mrs. John
Power is still very low and suffering
very much.
Carl Henderson was in Lorraine af-
ter coal On Tuesday.
MI. and Mrs. Andrew Harris have
u sympathy in the death of their
baby Tuesday night.
The Ladies' Home Union was to
have met with Mrs. Carlson but was
postponed on account of the serious
illness of Mrs. Power, one of the men,
bers.
The weather was a little warmer
the first of the week and it seems
good to see it thaw even if it is in
sheltered places.
Quite a few found their cellars
freezing in the cold weather last
week.
From the expressions you hear
among the N~onpartisan League farm
ers the hold-over senators will be
seeing visions of how and what they
might have done when the next cleo
ton is here and the results noted.
From the under-current Of feeling
the senator from this district will sure
get his shortcomings well known.
The Harris baby's funeral was
held Thursday and the baby buried in
the Mohall cemetery.
Little Bernice Britton is recovering
nicely from her attack of the meas
les and will soon be her own merry
self.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-15

If the Souris Messenger would look
over it's letter files it would find the
name of the writer of the Eidsvold
news. Mr.. T. T. eleven is not guilty
of writing those items. Better be
sure of your man next time.
G.. A. Evenson and John Elton of
Souris were callers at the H. G. Han
son home the past week.
DR.. J. C. Jirikowic was a profess
sional caller in our midst the past
week.
The storm of last Saturday and
Sunday was a bad one. The writer
has resided in Bottineau county for
the past twenty-three years and new
er saw anything to beat it in the
storm line.
H. j. Hanson, H. L. Lillestrand,
Hans Olson and MI. and Mrs. Ed
ward Berg and the Misses Hattie o.
son and Sarah Lillestrand attended
the funeral of P. O. Jesme at Landa
on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Thompson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elirt Vedquam attended
the funeral of their former neighbor,
P. O. Jesme.
Rev. B. Oakland, pastor of the M.
E. church at Landa,wa a called from
Fargo, where he was visiting to
preach the funeral sermon of P. 0,
Jesme.
T. D. Acheson, a school teacher in
Eidsvold township, has challenged E.
L. Garden to uphold the negative side
of the question, Resolved that H. B
A would be a better constitution fol
North Dakota than our present con-
stitution." Up to the present time
the challenger has not heard from Mr.
Garden. We all hope that he viii
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-15
ROTH NEWS.

Thos. Hagen, Ole Kjelsus, Carl
Skeigen and o. Teigen were business
visitors in Bottineau Wednesday OF
last week. g.
Mrs. Ole Sveen was a passenger to
Rugby Thursday. ,
H. Teigan left Thursday for Crook
ston, after a visit in this vicinity.
E. H. Charnholm and J. M. DAILY
were visitors in Bottineau Thursday.
Harry Lackard, who left for Cana
da last week, became snowbound out
west and had to return.
Frank Miller of Glasgow, Mont, ar
rived Friday and is at present stay
ing at the Mrs. David Kelly home.
Miss Sauna Wekseth of Bottineau
attended the dance Friday.
John Guttu and Val. Cowles were
Bottineau visitors Saturday.
The dance Friday evening was we'll
attended and all report a good time.
Mrs. H. O. WIKI, the local teacher
and Miss Naomi Mollet, the Wildrose
teacher, visited over Sunday at their
homes in Bottineau.
The children attending the local
school enjoyed a delightful party Fri
day afternoon, through the kindness
Of their teacher.
Henry Bogstie was a business Wis
itor in Antler Friday evening. +
Friend Falky Of the News made the
statement in his paper last week that
"a good many sensible and cool head
ed people favor the idea of referring
the question of whether the U. S,
wants to declare war, to a vote of
the people," Be careful Falky, don't
you know that that referendum idea
concerning warfare is purely social.
istic? Better wait next time until
you see what Jerry Bacon's Grand
Fake" Herald has to say concerning
such matters before expressing your
self or you might lead the dear "pee-
pull" astray.
Miss Eva Hewitt, who is attending
high school IN Bottineau, was quite
ill last week with the mumps, we un.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-15
PEABODY

Tom Mckinley returned from ILL
nois last week.
Mrs. Dan Nichol has been quite
sick with la grippe the past week;
but is much improved at this writ
ing.
Miss Lucille Rogers spent the week
end with her parents.
Little Lyle Mckinley was taken to
Bottineau Sunday, where he will sub
nit to an operation for appendicitis
the fore part of the week. Mrs. Nc
Kinley remained with him.
Frank Morgan's little daughter has
been suffering with an liberated
tooth.
Robert and Melvin2 Mack spent
Monday evening with Misses Gran
and Kirn.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-15
KRAMER NEWS.

Mrs. Quasi returned this week from
Bottineau, where she underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
One Of John Turnoe's boys met
with what could have resulted in a
very serious accident one day last
week, while coming home from town
in an enclosed sled. He did not see
the freight coming and just as he was
on the track the freight hit the sled
and horses, demolishing the sled and
killing the horses. Luckily, the driver
vas not hurt at all.
Mrs. Henry Boehnke and little
daughter arrived home Thursday
morning after spending about three
months with a sister at Willmar,
MINI.
Mrs. A. J. Price and Mrs. C. E.
RAIDER visited at the C. E. Wilson
home Tuesday.
Alfred Garbe, son of Herman
Garbe, is recovering nicely after a
successful operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. S. M. Ronning will entertain
the Larkin club Thursday afternoon.
DR.. RAIDER is very busy these days,
being the only man in Kramer that
looks like a doctor. Calls are an
every day occurrence now.
Ladies Aid meets with Mrs. l..
Volbrecht Wednesday afternoon.
DR.. Farquharson, our veterinarian,
left Saturday for Tolley, where he
will practice hereafter.
One of the worst billiards. of the
season ragged all Saturday night and
Sunday. Makes one stick close to
the house.
A fine baby boy arrived to stay at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F..
Sletto Wednesday, Jan. 81.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-15
OAK VALLEY TOWNSHIP.

Leonard Kuhnle came over from
Amity to help his father with the
work for a few days.
- 19 please central, is the 60
among some Of the. Oak Valley peo-
pie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Zorn r. the
proud parents Of a fine baby girl.
One of our North Dakota billiards.
visited our vicinity last week.
Joe Schuchard is visiting with his
sister, Mrs. Victor Beckman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Zorn and son
and Miss Lenora returned home from
st. Paul, where Miss Lenora had been
under the care of a doctor for some
time.
A baby girl arrived at the Victor
Beckman home Friday morning. All
are doing we'll.
A crowd of young people from Gar
dena and country, spent an enjoya-
BILE evening at dancing and playing
cards at the home of MI. and Mrs.
J.. M. Miller. A very delicious supper
was served. After supper we had
the pleasure of hearing Miss Mural
Tussing sing two selections. Sorry to
say we did not have our young lad,
Warren Moore, in our crowd.
Mrs. J. J. Milbrath and baby visited
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. M. Miller over Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Zorn, Jr.,
have been visiting at the home of
MI. Zorn's parents during the week
on account of the 500 train being
blockaded.
Say Amity, are you expecting to
see anything that looks like gophers
in the sp1ing, after all this snow and
cold weather? Some of them will al
most have to be as tough as the peo-
pie.
Mrs. ]. w .Leenhouts and Mr.. Willie
Wood of Pickering township visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Hamilton.
Frank Biernes visited at the Will
son nome sunday.
It was too bad that the Northern
Oak Valley and the Oak Valley par
ty occurred on the same evening. Be-
cause several people from Oak Val
ley would have lived to have attended
the party in N. O. V. On account of
the stormy weather and bad roads
the shortest place was taken.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-02-15

c.. Backeburg and family attended
a dancing party Friday eve.
Frank Pospicel has already his two
hired men for the coming season.
Emery Bliss returned home last
week from a visit with his sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Pirsely.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Yellen entertain
ed a number of relatives at a party
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Leanhouse, the school teach
err, spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
NOW POSSIBLE TWO BILLION BE AMOUNT
 IF WAR TAX BILL
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WASHINGTON, July 2S-The sen- ate finance committee reported a ten tative agreement late today to revise
 the present $1,670 100000 war tax bill so as to raise at least 1,943, ,000 900 the larger part of the increase to come from higher income taxes.
 Members of the committee said to- night it is possible the total of the bill before it gets to the senate will be S2,000,000,0 900. According to the pres ent plan about $23O, 100000 of the in
 crease will be obtained through higher income tax rates-$70,0 ,000,00 from indi-
 viduals and the rest from corporations.
 The committee fixed on an increase | in the normal rate on individuals from ? to , per cent and on corporations to
 6 per cent. The rest of the increase
 may be obtained by increasing the ex-
 cess profits tax and by consumption
 taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa. Under the program $1,O62, 700, 900
 would be the total levy this year upon incomes. The present law yields s3OO,- 100000, the pending bill originally was
 designed to increase this by $532, TOO, 900
 and the s250,000,090 additional it is
 now proposed to levy wou.d raise il 1 over the billion mark.
 The senate committee will confine its
 work for the present to the present
 war tax bill and will leave to the house the task of raising the rest of the ST. 0OO,000,000 the administration believes it must have to prosecute the war this
 year. Majority Leader Kitchin of the mouse was in conference with the sen- ate committee today and this decision was reached as a result of his conten- ] tion that the house might resent any , senatorial infringement on it's consti-
 tutional prerogative of institutins revenue legislation. Whether the house , will prefer to authorize s5,000 100000 in l bonds or treasury certificates to sup p-ement the $2 900, 100000 the senate is providing, will not be determined until
 next week.
 The decision today to leave the house i the task of providing $5,000 GOO, 900 ad . ditional, promised greatly to expedite i senate action on the pending revenue bill Senator Simmons said the com mittee plans to complete its revision | Tuesday and report the bill to the sen | ate for beginning of debate the latter part of next week
 Senator Simmons said tonight there
 is no immediate necessity for the sen
 ate to consider revenue questions be-
 yond the bill, there being ample funds 1 to meet all calls until December.
 The committees attempt to increase income taxes by $250000, 900 in increas- ing the pending tax bill from s1,670, 1 GOO, 900 to at least $1, ,943 ,000,00 was said to be based upon belief that the bulk of the increase should come from in comes rather than war profit already heavily taxes in the bill.
 The committee gave much time tC discussing reconsideration of the
 amendment already written into the bill, levying a tax of fifteen per cent
 upon corporations undivided or un-
 distributed surplus. This is known as the amendment of Senator Jones ot New Mexico, and has been vigorously opposed by corporati tions. There was much opposition to changing this sec tion.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
SAYS MEX|CANS NOT
 MEMBERSOF |.W.W.
 THOUGH UNION MEN
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FL PASO, Tex, July 2S.-Consul General Andres Garcia returned today from Columbus, N. NJ, where he in vestigated the cases of the many Mex jeans deported from Bisbee with the l. w W. Many of these men, said MT. Garcia, are not members of the l. w. W. Some belong to other labor unions. he said, but a great many are non-union men. a considerable pro- portion of whom were not employed in the mines. The Mexicans are re- ported pleased with their treatment at the hands of the military authorities They are given food and shelter and are free to depart from the camp if they so wish. The families of many of the men are still in Bisbee and some of them are destitute.
 Consul General Garcia also visited Clifton, Ariz., where there are some 4,000 Mexican citizens among the 5000 to 1000 striking miners. The consul reports perfect order prevailing in the Clifton Morenci district, where the strikers are awaiting the outcome of peace negotiations now being conduct cd by Joseph s. Myers, mediator for the United States department of labor.
 According to a telephone message from Columbus late today the I. w. w. men have been leaving the internment camp in groups of twos and three for the past several days. Since the de- parture early in the week of an in- fantry regiment there has been no ap- parent effort by the military to detaln the men.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
PURCHASING BOARD
 IF DEFENSE COUNCIL
 Is PROGRAMMED
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WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Reorgan- ization of the governments war pur- chasing system through creation of a war industries board to supervise buy ing and to decide priority of manufac- ture and shipment was announced to- night by the council of national de- fense.
 The new board will be charged with responsibility for quantity production, the question of creating or extending industries demanded by the war, and will pass on prices to be paid by the government.
 Its membership is as follows: Frank Scott of Cleveland, Ohio, chairman.
 Barnard Baruch of New York, of the councils advisory commission: Hugh Frayne of New York, representing labor: Robert $. Brookings, a St. Louis merchant; Robert S. Lovett of the Union Pacific system; Lieutenant Colonel Palmer E. Pierce, representing the army, and Rear Admiral Frank t' | Fletcher. representing the navy. Three members of the board ano Herbert Hoover are designated to con stitute government purchasing com mission serving under the boards al rection. The work of the commission CTS will be divided as follows. ! Mir. Baruch in charge of raw ma
 terial purchases; MT. Brookings, fin 1 ished products; MT. Lovett to decld
 priority. and MT. Hoover, food buyer There will be no change in the or
 ganization of the council itself, who's membership is drawn from the cabinet
 nor in the organization of its advisor,
 commission, made up of industrial ant
 scientific representatives.
 The change in organization is eX
 pected to still criticism of the old pur chasing system on the grounds tha
 manufacturers and producers as mem bers of commissions, have passed ol purchases from their own plants.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
I FAIL I l
 AGREE IN F()(Q) BILL
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WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Conferees on the administration food control bill failed tonight to reach final agree ment on the measure and adjourned to meet again tomorrow.
 Two provisions prevented an agree ment-the senate amendment propos- ing a food control board of three men- bers instead of an individual adminis- trator, and that creating a congress sional committee to supervise war eX- penditures. The conference hoped for an agreement tomorrow, but if they fail it is planned to report the partial disagreement to the two houses and ask for further instructions. A dead lock is not considered improbable. Earlier in the day the conferees smoothed out their differences on a prohibition provision and agreed to the section fixing a s2 minimum per bushel for wheat.
 The prohibition provision approved provides that 30 days after the bill be- comes law. no person shall use any foods, fruits, food materials or feeds in the production of any distilled spirits for beverage purposes. with a separate stipulation that the prohibition shall 1 not apply to the fertilization of sweet
 wines Importation of distilled spirits | is prohibited in a new section. The house conferees receded from their opposition to the liquor com mandeering amendment, which was adopted substantially as written by the senate. except to include whiskey in stock as well as in bond This author l izes and directs the president to con-
 mandeer any and all such distilled
 spirits for re-distillation where it may
 be necessary for munitions and other military or hospital supplies. The ] spirits communicated would be paid for by the government. It was under
 stood at the capital that the president
 has no present purpose of resorting tC | the communicating authority. The
 president is given discretion to stoI either the manufacture or importation of beer and wines.
 There was little opposition to the
 senate's $2 wheat guaranty amend l ment, but it was changed so as to make
 it apply to next years crop instead o1 this years. The section authorizes the president. when he finds that ar emergency exists requiring securing o wheat production and that it is essen l tial for wheat producers to have the l benefits of a guarantee, and to require
 the food administration to determine
 and fix a reasonable guaranty price 1 to assure the producers a reasonabl,
 profit, not less than s2 per bushel a
 the principal interior primary market i 1t also provides for additional customs 1 duties on wheat, when necessary, to bring the price of the imported articl, up to the guaranty.
 The s10,000000 appropriation fo
 nitrate stocks in a senate amendment
 as agreed to- authorizes the presiden
 to produce necessary stocks of nitrat
 of soda for increasing agricultural pro ducing during 1918 and to dispose O them at cost.
 The conference already had agree, | to senate amendments to authorize tn president if it should become necessar,
 for national defense to fix coal an,
 coke prices.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
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CHICAGO. July Achievement or freight to, through and from Chlcaso was handicapped today by the strike on nineteen railroads of sWltchmen al filated with the Brotherhood or Rall- road Trainmen. For a time after the men walked out at 6 a. m. the possi- bilty of mediation hung in the balance, but before noon the present likelihood of federal relief vanished, with the re fusal of the strike leaders to accept the offices of G. W. w. Hanger of the fed eral board of mediation and concilla- tion.
 Contending that they sought only the establishment of reasonable rules re- garding employment, promotion ana dismissal of switchmen, the strike leaders asserted that close to 6,00O men quit work. The railroad managers conference committee placed the mum . Der of men who refused to work at less than 2,500, and declared the cause of the strike to be insistence by the strikers to rules which in effect amounted to the establishment ot a
 closed shop against swltchmen nol
 members of the B. R. T. The situation was further comph- acted by the Switchmen's Union of America, also ldTSely elupioyou oii '> nineteen roads in the Chicago sWltcn- l ing district. The members of this
 union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and not with the B. R. T., remained at work with lew exceptions.
 | In the eyes of some of those who | watched the progress of the strike, Il
 was regarded as a fight between the two switchmens organizations as vel
 as a contest with the railroads. Railroad officials declared late 1T | the day that their switch yards were
 working with half of the normal force and asserted that such record first
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
AMERICA WILL WIN
 WAR |S PROPHESY
 OF HERBERT HOOVER
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WASHINGTON, July 2S.-America will win the war, Herbert Hoover de- clared in a statement tonight, because of it's superior resources and through the ability of the American people to organize The success already evident, of the national voluntary food conser- vation efforts, MT. Hoover said, points to final victory
 Germany accomplished less in this direction in twelve months, said MT. Hoover, than our people have in four. The only need of legislation and au- thority is to curb these who would profit by this voluntary movement
 More than two million women. Mir. Hoover announced, have enrolled as members of the food administration and pledged themselves to follow its directions as to saving food within the household Within sixty days he said, many more millions will have become members.
 No one can rightly be gloomy over the outcome of the American people in this war" said MT Hoover Sue cess in this war is question of re- sources and the will and ability of the people to organize themselves to use them rightly and to endure. Many thinking Americans and the whole world have been watching anXiouSly the last four months in the fear that democratic America could ct organ democratic America could not organ many was confident that it could not be done.
 Contrary proof is immediately al our door and our people have already demonstrated their ability to mobilize organize, endure and prepare voluntar fly and efficiently in many directions and upon mere word of inspiration aside from the remarkable assemblagt of our army and finances.
 Our present prospects indicate ar increase of production of cereals by $50 .000, 900 bushels. We have the larg- est supply of vegetables ever in oul history.
 The wolf is at, the door of Europe and with all these surpluses, our stool fCOntinued on Page Twoi