The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23
ROTH NEWS T

Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Charnholm auto
ed to Bottineau and to the lake Sun
day. f."
ALT. Ness and Edwin. Rodseth were
passengers to Bottineau Thursday.
The Landa correspondent in last
weeks Souris Messenger reported that
Landa defeated Roth by the score of
"a to A which leads us to believe that
he has been reading the editorials in
that same paper and has been effected
by them, as the real score was IL to
Government ownership of the Canal
is profitable. In a period of nearly a
year, revenues exceeded operating ex-
penses by $350,000. When the gov
eminent wants to and is left alone by
private capital it proves itself a very
efficient business concern.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Robson and o.
w. Smith motored to the lake Sunday
in the latters car.
A party of young folks consisting of
the Misses Mae Bacon, Marion and
MARVEL Miller and the Messrs. Lyle
Miller Val. Cowles, and ALT. Ness
spent Sunday at the lake. E
John Guttu left for Minot last week.
Mrs. O. O. Lee autoed to Westhope
Monday.
Haaken Guttu was a business visit
or in Fargo last week.
The local Literary society will meet
in the school building Friday evening
Aug. "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bogstie autoed
Sveen motored to the lake Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorwald Sveen MI.
and Mrs. Peter Haugen, and Jennie
Sveen motored to the lake Suday.
In a recent municipal primary cleo
ton in Dayton, Ohio, the socialist
party placed candidates in the race on
a platform demanding a statement OF
war terms and repeal of the draft
law. The result vas that socialists
received more votes than the other
parties combined, 11,017 votes going
to the socialists with the other two
parties receiving 10,328. Queer that
our democracy yelling" press didn't
inform their readers of this important
bit of news. Also, the result express
es the sentiment of the people con-
corning the war.
Peter Soland was a passenger to
Bottineau Tuesday.
The Armour Packing Co., made
$40, 10000 profits last year, as
against $4,746,632 for the average
wear before the war. After paying
Sc, s48, TSP in taxes they will stretch
their arm around $13,250,00O OF pro-
fits for the year 1916, or nearly three
times the profits for the year before
the a In the Red Cross head
quarters in Washington sits that pious
"patriot," John D. Ryan, OF the An
aconda Copper Co., whose personal
policy Of labor crushing Congress
woman Jeanette Ranken blames for
the strike in the coppermines at
Butte, which began when 100 men
were burned to death in a single
mine. Ryan and Anaconda can afford
to run the Red Cross and bid de-
fance to every instinct of industrial
decency for a long time to come
They a buy newspapers, endow col
leges and establish churches. They can
organize "patriotic" societies and hire
lawyers to make eulogistic speeches
about them from the lecture plat
form and in public bodies everywhere.
For Anaconda made $58,892,98O net
profits last year. It's normal profits
were only $11, 741,185. Why not con-
script these enormous profits as well
as the lives Of the young men OF this
country? Surely that would be de-
mocracy.
Andy Anderson of Minot transacted
business in Roth Tuesday.
ROLAND TOWNSHIP.