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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
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smoker. He smokes under all condi:
lions, except when unconscious Of
when he Is accommodating in No Mans
Land at night. Then. for obvious 80
sons, he does not care to have light.
ed cigarette in his mouth. f..
Stretcher bearers carry fags for
wounded Tommies. When a stretcher
bearer arrives alongside of a Tommy
who has been hit the following CONVEX
satlon usually takes place: Stretcher
bearerz"Want q tag? Where are you
hit?" Tommy looks up and answers,
Eyes. In the leg" : y; =.
After dismissal from parade, we re-
turned to our billets and I had to get
busy Immediately with the dinner is
sue. Dinner consisted Of stew made
from fresh beef, a couple Of spuds,
bully beef, Maconochie rations and wa:
ter-plenty Of water. There is great
competition among the men to spear
with their forks the two lonely pota-
toes. 49,. ~e~~-~ -.
After dinner I tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and a rag,
and learned another maxim of the
trenches-"It can't be DONE" slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was Mortified to
see him throw into his dixie four or
five double handfuls Of mud. Then he
poured in some water, and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
I thought he was taking an awful risk.
Supposlng the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour of unsuc-'
cessful efforts returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put on
the cover, and returned to the billet.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate ofJohn F. Dempewolf, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the sub
scriber has Been duly appointed Administra-
tor to the Estate Of John F. Dem pewolf,
late Of Cresco in the County OF Howard:
State of Iowa, Deceased, intestate, and
has taken upon himself that trust by giving
bonds as the law directs.
All persons having demands upon the
Estate OF said Deceased are required to
exhibit the same; and persons indebted to
the said Estate are called upon to make
payment to f. r. THOMPSON,
March 26, 1918 ADMINISTRATOR.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Place Your Orders at Once.

Place Your Orders at Once.
1t is the time of year every one IS
thinking about buying monument for
their departed ones. I have large
stock on hand and at reasonable prices.
If you contemplate buying monu.
ment to be put up before Decoration
Day, come in and look my stock over
and leave an order rs it will be diff
cult to get shipments in time for Deco
ration Day if you wait and the stock
4 is gone. ~ .-
@ Claude Weatherford.
Opposite Court House,
Cresco, Iowa.
The only Monument Shop in Howard
County. soft
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
For Sale!

Cresco city property, Howard County.
Iowa, and Ottertail County, Mime sofa
farms. fire and tornado insurance at
Iowa schedule rates in office under post
Office. Cresco, Iowa. Phone 1904.
2St6 L. E. EATON.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Notice.

I am again prepared to do stump and
bowlder blasting; also blasting mater
ial for sale at all times. Let your
conveniently. 2-tf
William Eye, RI. 8.
Phone So. Vernon TO- Cresco, Ia.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Nursery Stock For Sale.

New, up-to-date line Of apple trees,
plum trees, red and purple, all kinds Of
small fruit, ornamental and Towering
shrubs and trees and evergreens at
Vernon Nursery, II miles southwest of
Cresco. ..&
Soft Kakac & Sons.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Lumber SaWinx.

We will do lumber saving at the
Will Baker place in New Oregon in
the spring. Now is the time for you
to haul your logs. A-tf
ANDERA & CHAR.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
For Sale.

Home grown Iowa 1897 seed oats.
John Heinze, Cresco. P.one West Ia
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Cash Notice.

After April LIST, 1918, all shop work
will be cash. L. v. Strayer.
sl-t2 Watts Bros.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Eggs for Hatching.

Eggs for Matching.
From winter laying, Barred Plymouth
Rock pullets that made record as fol-
lows: 100 pullets laying 80 dozen eggs
in January and 100 dozen eggs in Feb
ruary. Eggs S. per 100, or in small
er lots. 29-4t
MRS. P. V. VANCE, Cresco, Ia.
For Sale
Scotch Collie.pups of best breeding
and color from good working parents.
Get your order in early and you will
have one ready to work next spring.
15-tf M. P. Lydon.
For first-class dental work, call on
DR.. ]. J. Clemmer over P. A. Gem
mer's Drug Store. 34tf
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

Severt Johnson is home tor q visit.
A large crowd attended the Xmas
tree in Vinje church. An excellent
program was rendered.
News has arrived Of the wedding OF
Gina Tjon Of Homan township to
Andrew Cassidy Of Overly. The
young people have left on a wedding
trip.
Misses Clara and Ruth Vfkan vis-
tied relatives in the mountains hui
ing Xmas.
Miss Anna Torgerson left tor
Omemee New Years day.
Friends and relatives of Julia Vik-
an were shocked to hear Of her sud
den death last Friday. She was q
sufferer from diabetes, and was TAX
en- suddenly i'll in the morning, and
passed away before. nightfan. Fun
eral services were conducted in the
Lutheran church at Bottineau by Rev.
Bake, and in Vinje chuIch by Rev.
| Lunde, where the interment took
place. The coffin was decorated by
five beautiful wreaths. n of which
was presented by her high school
class. She will be sadly missed as
her lovable nature endeared her to
| all.
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asked 70 guarantees pre-war earnings
and the maintenance in good repair Of
all the properties. Government back
ing will be accorded to new issues Of
railway bonds if such action is deem
ed advisable, and the interstate COM
merce commission and other govern
r1ent agencies will continue to per-
form their functions as before, except
that they also will be under tho g.
ders Of the director general.
1t is a great-it is a far-reaching
act on the part of this government.
It's ends cannot be calculated, but
that they will finally be found to be
only beneficial is an assured fact
when a basis Of equitable operation
has been determined. Mistakes will
of course be made, obstacles will be
placed in the path Of the officials
trusted with the solving of the prob
lens which will be many and vast,
but in the end an awakened electorate
will insist that this temporary ar
rangement be made permanent-and
it will be if the people demand it.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

Devils Lake Journal: Without the
Minnesota home guard to play with,
Governor Burnquist would be hard
pressed for something with which to
amuse himself. He called out 5000
recently. This marching up the hill,
and then down again, must be getting
pretty tiresome to neighbors A.
cross the Red. By comparison OF
which the SO per cent of North Da-
kotans who are kept busy attending
to their own business have another
good a for being thankful that
we have q common plug farmer pos
sessed Of horse sense, for governor OF
this grand and glorious state.
Word comes through 4 the daily
press that the big milling interests
are preparing the public mind, thru
their "dirty Gold Trust Twins" the
kept press, for q contemplated raise
Of 81 q barrel in the price Of flour.
The price Of -four can and should be
reduced rather than raised and the
millers still receive more than PA
triotic" profits. This contemplated
raise should not be allowed for . sim
gle instant. Last year the big mill
ing interests robbed the wheat pro-
ducers Of North Dakota alone Of APP
proximately $10O,000,OO0 and Il would
be no more than justice + the mills
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
The First Interest Installment.

On December Is the first install
ment Of interest on the two billion
dollars of the first issue of Liberty
Loan Bonds became due. The amount
appropriated $35, O00, 900, being SITS
interest on every one hundred dollars
of bonds.
Holders of coupon bonds obtain
their interest money from any bank
or post office in the country by sim
ply presenting their coupons. Hold
ers of registered bonds arr sent
checks for their interest by the Treas
ury.
Hereafter every six months ten to
fifteen million American citizens are
to receive interest money on their
Liberty Loan Bonds from the United
States Government. This is going
to create a closer and more direct
association Of these citizens with
their Government, and the effect OF
this association is going to be a great
value to these citizens and Of grsoe
value to the Nation in making them
personally interested in their Gov
eminent and more active and alert
in the exercise of their duties and
rights as citizens. Every Liberty
Bond holder is going to be an active
champion of wise and economic leg
islation and administration.
The Liberty Loan is not only a
great financial transaction; it is a
great national force, a great national
bond between the bondholders and
their country, a great influence for
better government and better citizen
ship.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
Railway Heads y Retain PositiDul
Under Control Of McAdoo rs
Director General.

Rugby News.-Woodrow Wilson,
(Socialist,) president Of the United
States, has proclaimed that at noon on
Friday, December %, 1917, the Unit
ed States government (Socialist)
will assume control of the operation
and maintenance Of all the railroads
in the United States Socialists idea.)
Our Socialist president has appoint
ed VIM. G. McAdoo (Socialist,) Sec
rotary of the Treasury, as the Soc
ialitic administrator of the govern
mental controlled railways under the
title of Director, General. Somehow
that title doesn't sound socialistic
enough, but you know what we mean.
Chamber Of commerce papers will
not describe the taking over of the
railways by the government in this
nomenclature, but it will be because
they fear the results that might fol-
low. They will console themselves
that this action is merely for the du-
ration of the war, knowing full well
that government ownership of rail
roads, telegraph and telephone COM
panies, express companies and private
car enterprises will never revert to
the hands Of their profiteering own
ers. Government ownerships senti-
ment has been growing rapidly as the
people have come to realize the
stranglehold upon the public welfare
that private ownership of the means
of communication has allowed to be-
come fastened upon this country. It
was only a matter of a few short
years until public ownership was des-
tined to come, regardless Of the So
cialistis origin Of the idea. But now
it will not be called socialistic. The
exigencies of war will allow of an
other and less horrifying appellation
to be applied, and all will be well.
It is only another manifestation of the
economic revolution that has been
fast approaching in spite of the OPP
position of organized capital, organ
lied politicians and an Indifferent
public.
The control Of the railways Of the
United States will be modelled upon
the British plan, with the exception
that government freight will be paid.
Every railroad engaged in general
transportation, with its appurtenances
including steamship lines, is included
in the order. The management Of the
railroads is to remain in the hands
of the present railway heads and the
railway war board, under Director
General McAdoo's supervision, and
all systems will be merged and oper-
ated as one line. Congress will be
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
Community Meeting a Regular Event

There was much interest shown in
the community meeting at the Cen
trail School on Saturday evening, Dec.
18th. A fine program was rendered
and the remarks and discussions in
dicated that there are many impor-
tant things to be considered at a
meeting of this kind.
The next meeting is to be held on
Thursday evening, Jan. 10th, at the
same place and the same time, s p.
m. This meeting is to be in the ma
ture Of a celebration of the third an
~niversary of the organization of the
library association. Gifts of books,
money, pictures and suitable library
furnishings will gladly be received at
this time.
A good program will be given, but
as complete arrangements have not
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
THE LUTHERAN CHURCHES.

Bottineau-Sunday School at 1915.
Mark change of time again. Services
in English at 1880. The annual bust
ness meeting of the congregation will
be held at Eide's gallery on Friday
evening, Jan. II at 7:3O. Please plan
to attend, YOU who are voting men,
bers.
Mangers-Confirmants meet at the
w. Ostlund home on Tuesday, Jan.
8 at 1 o'clock. Ladies Aid will be en-
tertained by Cora Larson on Tuesday,
Jan. g..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in church next
Sunday at II. Mrs. l. Thompson
will be hostess to the Ladies Aid on
Wednesday, Jan. g..
Salems-Ladies Aid annual meet
ing at the Aug. Wenstal home, Jan.
g.. Annual business meeting Of the
congregation in church, Jan. 10, COM
mencing at IL.
We wish you all a Blessed New
Year.
H. N. Bake, Pastor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
RENyILLE

We wish a happy New Year to all.
Christmas has come and gone. The
tree and program at the M. E. church
was appreciated by the audience of
a hundred people. The little people
and young folks did their parts cred
itably. It was a miscellaneous pro-
gram of song, dialogue, exercise and
recitation appropriate to the occasion,
but old Santa was. not even men,
toned. The story of the Star and
the Wise Men took first place. Al
series of tableux by Class 8 was en-
~tertaiping. The number presented by
Miss Elsie Wilcoxsen in pantomime,
while the Star Spangled Banner was
sung received a hearty encore and
was repeated. 1t would be easy to
name many numbers as especially
worthy of note. The tree vas one of
the prettiest we have eve e
Edith Vannice and Robert Horn are
among the school ma'am's" at home
for vacation. .
Mrs. and Miss WIKI stayed with US
through their vacation.
Herbert Woodbridge is spending his
vacation at Vannice's.
Rev. Jones was unable to fill the
pulpit here Sunday on account of i'll
ness.
Mrs, Geo. Putnam, having resigned
as president of the Red Cross auxil-
larry, because Of physical inability, the
ladies last Thursday elected Mrs.
Ludwig Larson as president. Furth-
er business will likely be transacted
at the Ladies meeting on the tenth.
Mrs. johnson, who has been house.
keeping for Mr.. Elton the past two
years in company with her son Cliff
ford, left on Christmas Day to real
ize the dream Of years. home with
her two sons.
Carol Johnson has rented the Jim
Brown farm between here and Max
bass and here's hoping the young
man will succeed in his venture to the
JOY of all concerned.
Mr.. Woodbridge was instrumental
in getting a car of Ignite shipped in
to Lansford, for people in this vicin-
ity. Several neighbors started after
it Saturday morning but were turned
back by the severe cold and blizzard
They will try it again today.
We extend sympathy to Bottineau
in the loss OF. her fine high school.
Mr.. Chas. Stretch has gone with
his teams to work in the Minnesota
woods the rest Of the winter.
The blaze which many of US saw
i'm the southwest some ten days ago
proved to be the home of Ole Soberg
in the next township. The oldest son
was alone when the accident occurred.
Other particular .-er not learned.
Mrs. Wheeler had the young people
lat her home Friday evening in honor
pf Miss Edna, who recently passed
her fourteenth birthday.
There was q skating party on Cut
Hank creek Christmas afternoon in
a3Nhich many Of U young people par.
ttcipated.
Warren Kent spent Christmas .
hosne. he returned q his bridge wora
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

were compelled 10 run from now u
the close Of the war on the unholy
profits they have exacted from the
people in the past few years. There
has been no raise in the price Of
wheat, 0 is this extra profit going
to be given to labor. It means moth
ing less than that the millers are
preparing to aid the Germans by sad
ding millions Of dollars of unneces-
sary living expense upon the backs
of the patriotic Americans who are
doing now all in their power to win
this war. It would seem that the
millers instead of patrioticly "doing
their bit" n preparing to "do" all
of us.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

near Antler the next day, Mrs. Kent
accompanying him.
The Hustlers had a Watch meeting
at Mr.. Putnam's to meet the new
year.
The Aid society had an attendance
of about thirty five at the home OF
MI. and Mrs. FELTON, last Thursday
DESPITE the severe cold. Their next
meeting will be at Vannice's Thurs
day. the tenth. All invited.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

Weather-Frlday, fOggy; Satur-
day, clear; Sunday, P. c.; Monday,
cloudy; Tuesday, clear; Wednesday,
cloudy; Thursday, P. c.
Reading taken at z a. m. Maxi
mum and minimum temperatures and
precipitation are for the twentw-four
hours preceding 7 a. m. of day given.
H. F. STEINMEIER,
Observer.
Miss Fay Alexander of Sherwood,
arrived in Rottineau yesterday for a
visit with her sister Maud, who is
employed at the Shirley Cafe.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
Sends Message to State Fuel Heads

Sends Message to State Fuel Heads
Washington, Jan. Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield today sent this New
Years message to the field organiza-
ton Of the fuel administration:
"Please accept my hearty good
wishes for the New Year and my ap-
probation of your continued support.
l am confident that with patience,
courage and united effort, we will be
able to achieve results which will be
Of great service to u country in its
present Crisis
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
BAPTIST CHURCH.

Sunday School at 1910. Young
Peoples Society at $50 p. m. Evening
service at 1880 p. m. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday at s p. m. You are
welcome to all services.
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one THOUSAND new
SUBSCRIBERSBY FEB.

That is the plan of the Bottineau Courant for the month of
January. The offer made in this issue is extraordinary
everything going up-DOWN goes the subscription price
of the Coulant from $3.50 to $1.O0 the year. Don't wait q
minute longer-do it now while you think of it-send us
the dolar-mail it, wire it, phone it or haul it to the Cour-
ant office before February, LIST, 1913. Others are raising
their subscription price-this is a publicly owned paper,
nearly five hundred farmer stockholders, and they are not
out to grab everything they see, but are willing to share
with their neighbors-hence the offer to you of the Botti-
neau Courant for one year for one dollar. The time is
short in which you can take advantage of this stupendous.
ofer-only up to February LIST, 1918? Act quick! Hurry!
If you are in arrears, pay up and add another dollar
for another year-you want this paper-you can't afford to
be without it-you want a paper that tells the truth-no
coloring of news-large staff of correspondents-every
thing that goes to make a first class newspaper. Think of
it! N DOLLAR! Eight to sixteen and sometimes
twenty-four pages.
This offer is open to all. If you are paid in advance
advance it another notch. BUT DON'T PASS UP THE
DOLLAR DEAL!
Election is coming on and you will want to know who
the candidates are, what they stand for and all about them.
This information you can get correctly only from the Cour-
ant. Become q member of our already large family OF read
ers. The Courant should be in every home in Bottineau
county and it is our aim to get it there.
If you are now a subscriber find out If your neighbor
is. If he isn't, get him to subscribe and have him in turn
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boosters-help them because they are and will continue to
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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
WEATHER

Observations taken at Bottineau,
N. Oak, under the direction of the
Weather Bureau of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, for week ending
Jan. 4, 1918.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

S~unday-Morning service at II q.
M, evening service at 1880 p. M, Sum
day school at 1915 p. M, Junior
C. E. at 800 p. m. Y. P. S. c. e. at
$50 p. m !. If.
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yet been made. further announce
mnets will Be made later. Please
watch for these and plan to come.
Admission free.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Eastern Botti-
neau County National Farm Loan AS
ISOLATION will be held at Bottineau, N.
Oak, at 200 o'clock p. M, January
9th, 1918, in the Commercial Club
rooms.
A. H. White, President.
Jno. T. Neville, Secv-Treas.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-02-08
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Myron E. Hoyt, Pastor.

Sunday, Feb. 10, 1918.
Union service at this Church, Sun
day Feb. 10th. In the absence OF Rev.
Sidebotham, Rev. Hoyt will preach al
both services. At the morning service
the double quartet will again furnish
special music and in the evening a
male quartet will sing. We will also
be favored with solo by Miss Bernice
Horton, with violin ebligato by MIR.
Berger. Splendid congregation In the
morning last Sunday, not SO good In
the evening. The churches unite in
exhorting you stay-at-homes to break
that bad habit SO easy to form and not
easy to get away from and give your
soul chance to expand.
800 p. m. Junior League.
$50 p. m. Junior Endeavor.
600 p. m. Union Young Peoples
Service. Leaders-Helen Ward and
Hazel Sheldon.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-02-08
GIRL BABY FAMINE
Is WORRYING KANsAs
Wlteheraft Blamed for scarcity Of the
aentlsr Sex During Last
Nine Year,.

wlteheraft Blamed for Scarcity Of the
aentlsr Sex During Last
Nine Years.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.-The grave and
learned authorities Of lynn County.
School District No. q, four miles
north OF Emporia. have appealed for
more girl babies. That II to say. the
school authorities crave advice-seisn-
tihc or any other kind-hsving to do
with such a situation a. that which
now confronts the district where. for
nine years. there have been NO girl b.
bies born.
The families within the boundaries
Of District 43 have supplied the birth
records OF the county with twenty
two entries within the nine years.
But there are no feminine names On
the list.
Some persons. who admit they read
certain literature upon New England
witchcraft when they were very
young, are of the opinion tLat. q Ger.
tain spinster has cast q spell upon the
community to revenge Cupid's slight
Of her. and that until she II wed NO
other girls will be added to the neigh.
borhood. -
These directors favor the appoint.
msnt of an elderly bachelor to sacri.
hce himself for the benent of the
district. which proposition was voted
down.
Some one has submitted an argu.
ment to the effect that the scarcity Of
girl babies was merely In line with the
trend of the times toward scarcity of
all valuable crops-for instance, pota.
toes.
However. the district "a a whole ~
Quires Instructions from authoritative
sources as to what proceedings are ne
cessary to more evenly divide the
birth rate.