The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-05-24

Let the commercial club and other civic organizations JOIN IN arranging
for a patriotic demonstration that will inspire more love n loyalty OF Our
Country and Our Flag.
to make the race for congress. Congressional timber is discovered n every
slowed the toga.
CoNsCR1Pr1NG WEALTH.
According to the law the governennt ar conscript the man-cal a human
being into the army and compel him to lay his life upon the altar: His own
ambitions, the hopes of his parents and te app" OIL VILE dit '""ne"
all these give way to the country's claims.
If life, why not property?
Heretofore the government has drafted the Ia but has hesitated to draft
property. We ire moving forward into a brighter light; W e see nor clear
y what is just Property is coming in for its share of the burdens in tn
war-or, at least, for more nearly its share. Il
If the soldiers march to the front without hinching the capitalists should
prepare to obey the command: PocketOooks- present"
In the past it has been * rich mans "a and a poor man fight" This
time, let the present generation furnish the money as well as the men
The glory of paying taxes is second only to tn glory OF personal sacfl-|
flee. There is glory enough for an-W. J. BRYAN.
A lot of snarLbore herocs re brought to light and paraded before the
public gaze in the a of patriotism. One instance is the suggestion at
The proposition is silly in the extreme. The country is not on the verge OF
starvation o that any such emergency exists. If the owners Of the back
ward gardens in Grand Forks are 20 terribly busy the rest of the week that
they cannot spare a few moments to weed a little back yard patch, they
should let the garden go and take the physical rest on the seventh Day. &c
which they arc certainly entitled and which nature demands. Another in
stance along the same line is the proposition of the Northern Pacific Railway
marck and plant it into vegetables. The Northern Pacific station grounds is
one If the Capitol Ciys beauty spots. To destroy this work OF years 1or
thousands of unproductve acres throughout the northwest, is little short of
criminal. The carrying out of such a idea would be vandalism n 10
patriotism.
Business as Usual has, almost wei night, become a national slogan
OF the AmerCdn people " ue pIeoeHI S1Co1 wal. S1ANN" ~
may we'll be kept in the forefront. This is n time to lose heart and adopt
a respondent mood. Maintaining the commercial equilibrium Of the nation
is important. Governmental steps should be taken to properly reprnand
the food spectators, who are trying to take advantage of the "a situation
II add to their loot Al the expense Of the consumer. That problem being sat
isfactorny settled all useless wasteb being eliminated and a maximum pro-
ducion of foodAufs and other necessities of life being assured, there is nc
reason why the United States cannot emerge from the fracas with banners
flying.
There is not a vacant business house of any name, nature O. description
in Bottneau at the present tme-perhaps for the first time in years. Res
licences are equally scarce, there being half a dozen bidders as Don as a
dwelling becomes vacant. Such a condition cannot but speak we'll for the
thrift, prosperity and growth Of Bottineau. Half a dozen new BUSINESS con
Germs have been opened up here during the last few weeks. The limit has
now been reached, unless new building arc erected. The splendid trade terri
tory surrounding Bottneau and the constantly increasing trade would seem
to warrant the construction of some substantial business blocks, to take the
place of some of the unsightly shacks that still occupy good frontage o.
the business streets.
Substantial investigation shows that n terminal elevator alone IN MIN
neapols last year sold $1,000 bushels of grain more than it bought. The
$500 grain elevators in North Dakota each sold on a average a thousand
dollars WORTH more grain nal they bought M gram trust % ue ~, I'LL.
ference. Of course it may be socialism to protest against a system Tn, nat
suggest some remedy in place of merely denouncing those who ar trying
to plug up the leak.
The deeper the authorities dig into the recent vice raid in Minot the more
filth, crime and debauchery is brought to light" It would seem that Minot
should welcome the housekeeping instituted by Attorney General LANCER,
even if it has for the time being given the Magic City a rather unsavory
reputation.
Bisnnarck's city water, which has been declared by the owners of the
WAFER t WORKS motaS p PAM aahs as IUSp nurern pW With - w aIm :" this sunerlahve quality
the Bone Dry law need hold n further terrors for the Capitol City.
York citizen:-rhe government contemplates the killing of all cats and
dogs in order to conserve foodstufs. Just what effect this will have N the
price of bologna we ar not prepared to say.
There is o m question about the proprety of using flag handkerehiefs
To the average individual it does not betoken any particular reverence for
the flag to blow ones nose in it.
A Nelson county man last week testified that he had four wives, a. living
And o. top of that a hardhearted judge gave him a year and a half in the
state pententary. 4f1tEa4flz u
As long As Teddy "a continue to command front page position in the
daily press, he should worry about going to France at the head Of a bat
talon.