The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-27

Miss Christine Finlayson is spend
ing her Christmas vacation 1t the
home Of relatives In this city.
Don't forget the "Crisis" at the
Grand Friday and Saturday.
Retail coal dealers in more than
thirty Minnesota towns will be COM
PEELED to make refunds to consumers,
IN some cases amounting to nearly
81 a ton, by an order issued from the
office Of the state fuel administration.
Profits exceeding the amount allowed
by the federal order Of November /
must be refunded.
l have a number of both wild and
improved Turtle Mountains farms for
sale. If in the market, call and see
me.-Wm. Collins, Bottineau, N. Diff
The Bottineau Creamery is paying
the highest market price for your
cream. soft.
Mrs. j. A. johnson was able to re-
turn home Saturday from st. An
drew's hospital, where she was a pa
tient following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
/ have a registered Duroc Jersey
boar for service. He weighs 200
pounds. His sire was champion Of
the Minnesota and Wisconsin state
fairs in 1916. Terms $2.O0.-J. G.
Kane, Russell, N. D. 12-13-20-27.
Miss Frances Cathro arrived Fri
day from her school at Rugby to
spend Christmas with the home folks.
Miss Antoirette Yelle and her sis
tiers, Misses Cecilia and Theresa, left
Saturday to spend Christmas with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. P.
Yelle, at East Grand Forks.
MI. and Mrs. Mrs. O. M. Knopper,
and little daughter went to Minneapo-
lis on Saturday to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Knopper's parents.
No holiday passes were issued to
the soldiers at Camp Dodge as was
planned at one time. An order from
Newton D. Baker explains the rea-
son why. Only those who can reach
home without the use of railroad
trains will be permitted to spend the
holidays with the home folks.
Letters sent to home folks by SOL
diers at the different army camps
must not be published, says the war
authorities. Local papers all over the
country have been publishing from
time to time many of these letters,
with no Intention of doing the coun-
try an injustice, but merely from a
news standpoint knowing that these
letters are interesting reading to their
subscribers, but the war officials claim
that much information is given the
enemy by this practice and asks that
these letters be not published.
DR.. and Mrs. C. A. Leonard are at
Menominee, Wis.,, this week, where
they were called by the illness of DR..
3 Leonard's mother.
Mrs. w. A.. Nero visited at Willow
XCity on Wednesday.
/ have a choice bunch of Large
Yorkshire boars for sale, also q few
extra good eve lambs, bred to lamb
after the first Of May.-L. A. Knoke,
Willow City, N. d. If.
w. A. Nero has resigned his po-
sition as deputy sheriff and expects
to leave Jan. 2, for Willow City to &C.
cept q position as assistant cashier
with the Merchants National Bank.
The Bottienau high school alumni
will hold their annual meeting Friday
evening. All plans for an elaborate
banquet have been abandoned and at
ter the business meeting the young
folks will enjoy social dance at the
Wigeby hall. There will be no re-
f~reshments, no dance programs, and
very little decorations, but the mon
ey usually spent for. this part Of the
annual meeting will be donated to the
High school building fund.
Miss Marguerite Craig, who is q
second-year student at Manchester
College, St Paul, arrived Saturday
for, q two weeks visit,
Lost-Red COW, weight about 1000
lbs. Strayed from my farm about
Nov. 18th Finder please notify A.
Bibeau, Dunseith, N. D., r. No. l,
Box 6. 3tp.