The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-19
PUBLICITY GRAFT AND PATRIOTISM.

statem asM e uays aGo a a sort eprt1 Of s stickin eg' cloth OF in nAt the manufact os
of which it is engaged, and asked that the story be given space
cloth could be Used and was 50 recommended, for the wrapping
of packages prepared by the Red Cross for it's field service: It
b. bat 0ns oeT ~%o hs sVeF the IS u a% dra sqg gil to % seek * to eo use the new
papers to further their business interests without cost by attach
ing themselves to the ship of patriotism, that mention is made
of the incident, though it is merely one of scores which reach the
There are two classes of pests which have developed from the
war: One is the kind already mentioned, which is trying to prey
business interests. The other is the numberless freaks under the
name Of patriotism W; which :. can .s serve no o. purpose aF rs?; in the ov war and
and who only hope for passing 1ot91iet S. because ca OF til. the t aeaka n
asss s S5 tn1 sffotfs Of r @ {h ne hsnd aHd bI Rsst st an: sd f5 di1isi enstl had =
been accepted and had there been anything behind such offers
Of a draft: Men who could not muster a co1porals guard were
offering the government whole regiments: Most OF the he+ press mans Sat
which believed these things made news, there was no mention
One man down in Utah offered the government a regiment of
Indians but it took a whole army of deputy marshas to round up
bring the serious work of the nation in times of war into dis
repute. If a man or a woman wants to serve the o country rot fhede
by which war and the relief in war is carried on. The Red Cross
affords abundant opportunity for every woman to serve fully Land and
for good. Every energy put forth means advantage. There are
thoGsaHds of of me men a, who s are t FSed nrdnsrs yGom@n Of s the esti1 ON f fs t Gre
war. They too are serving molly and nd;n ettl G1e1n ,al nnese are
= Whether we approve of it or not, there is a law on the he statute s{at;ne
b bssd1;t tSst f fer aut ensS5iEs ivy While 1ae P most drivers s. are @s complying co
with the new law, there are still a goodly number VINO ignore ~
and these r. going to be set back u Cne eXIeHI VI q SIln He oohc
day. The Courant is no; calling attention to this as a threat but
as a warning. Auto inspectors are travelling ABOUT me staIe Ill
tinuany to see that this law, as well as the one governing, incense
tags, is complied with. One OF these hne DAYS m inspector W.
nerhaps some Courant readers will discover where they could nave
saved the price of several years subscription by needing this
warning. Better get Squared W"
At the recent league meeting at Minot a resolution was Almost
unanimously adopted endorsing the plan OF a LABOR agreement
with the Agricultural Workers Association. Iownley WhlPPed
the farmers into accepting the scheme, we are TOLD. AZ Inc vai
lev CITY meeting the proposition was turned down cold-another
demonstration Of Townleys autocracy. Inc Bismarck meetng
endorsed the plan unanimously-and Townley was not present at
all at this meeting. This man ToWnley will soon De accused OF O.
regulating the rising and setting OF the sum- determining VII ~
stice, and inventing the saw fly.
One of the stand pat newspapers in the First district says
that j. M. Baer will go to congress greatly handlcappea because aus
in order to serve his country Congressman Baer should De fopea
and branded on the right hip as republican" or democrat. II
does seem to take some people a long time to 1ofget n stone
AGE of politics. But the first district is far more progressive
than the aforesaid newspaper would lndlcate-as "tness IL e
suits of it's recent election.
Now, what the Sam Hill are things coming to when John M.
Raer seditionist. anarchist, socialist, businessWrecker, loW-broW,
and a few other things, besides being the Nonpartlsan-IoWnley
candidate goes into Grand Forks county, the home OF George "A.
Bangs, and grabs off 1882 votes to Bangs 735-about two to
"true American patriotism" in the district sewed up tight IN
his inside pocket, too-Devls Lake Journal.
"Are you a natural born citizen? ?" was asked every person In
the United States between the age of Fl and 81 at registration.
Just look up Webster or any other standard, and see II you don
want to take it back. A natural born child is one born out OF
wedlock, Legitimate. But that is helped out by the further DE-
fnition that the word may be applied to one born without the
nsua1 nowers Of reason. an idiot" It is well worth your time to
look it up-New Rockford Transcript.
The standpat press of the state took scant interest in the re-
cent congressional election in the first district, Judged by ante
oloction nrominence piven to the results. Would the same Death