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

M. J. Teevans was a business visit
or at the county seat last Thursday.
Mrs. Wm. Fairweather, ST., and
Mrs. Macarthur were at Bottineau last
Friday between trains.
Miss Eta Nichol and hiss Viola
Hembroff, who are both teaching near
Kramer, we're over-Sunday visitors
at home.
A baby girl was born last Friday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfred Backman.
Banker Arveson of Carbury trans
acted business in Souris on Monday.
A. c.. Miller and VIM. Monkman
were at Bottineau Monday and Tues
day.
Miss Maud %Iverson, a former teach
err of the Souris schools, but at pres
ent teaching in Bottineau, was an ov-
er-Sunday visitor with relatives and
friends in Souris.
Miss Scotland OF the Souris teach
ing force visited over Sunday at her
home near Willow City.
Miss Donna Monkman visited at
Bottineau Monday with friends.
August Frykman returned Monday
evening from Minneapolis, where he
was in attendance at the automobile
show.
Our progressive grocer, E. H. Pet
erson & Co., created a little rivalry
in a guessing contest at their store
last Satu1 day. They had a small pig
dressed and standing in the show. win
dow and gave every purchaser dur
ing the DAY a guess on the weight Of
the animal as it stood. There ere a
great variety of guesses, but George
Merinos, one of the section foremen,
came the nearest to the weight. He
registered his guess at IS pounds and
the correct weight was 66 pounds.
Mrs. S. M. Nichol made the nearest
guess in the ladies class, her guess
being 81 pounds. The prize was a
box of cigars for the men and a
pound of chocolates for the ladies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Open have
been here for the last few days pack
ing their goods preparatory to NOV
ing. We have not heard yet where
they intend to locate.
R. w. Judy was at Antler last Fri
day evening, where he assisted in the
musical profession for a dance.
The section men from here went to
Antler last Monday evening, where
they assisted in clearing up some Of
the drifts around that town.
Ed. Holum left Monday for a bust
ness trip to Edmore.
Conrad lobe had an exciting drive
up main street Tuesday. AS he
drove over one of the high banks as
he was coming into town, the Whit
hetrees hit the horses heels and they
started to leave Conrad and the fam
lily behind, but Conrad would not be
left and after exceeding the speed
limit up main street he managed to
persuade the team to slow up and
come back to town. No damage was
done.
H. w. Bervig left Monday morn
ing and E. L. Garden on Tuesday
morning for Fargo, where they will
attend the hardware dealers conven-
ton.
P. B. Stanton was a visitor at
Rugby Tuesday.
The Ladies Whist club met with
Mrs. Victor Frykman Tuesday eve
ming.
Little Marion Fairweather has
been on the sick list the past few
days. 1t was feared, that she had
pneumonia but at present she is bet
ter and it is hoped that she will soon
be out again.
Mrs. E. L. Garden and son John
left Monday morning for a short visit
in Minneapolis.
F. A. Brainard spent Tuesday at
Bottineau on a business mission.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Scott from
near Kramer were visitors in town
Tuesday. "
A picture show was advertised to
be here Wednesday evening but did
not appear.
A dance was held at the Peabody
hall Wednesday evening.
Ed. Hams and family are out again
after a couple of weeks siege of the
"grip."
The school board held their regu-
lar monthly meeting Tuesday eve