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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Home From Chicago.

F. B. Wood, manager of the
live stock department of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange
and vice president of the Ma
tional Nonpartisan League has
returned this week from Chica-
go, ILL.,, where he has spent the
last two weeks opening a selling
agency on that market for the
organized farmers of the North
west.
Mr.. Wood was fortunate in Sc
curing an office at Room 373,
Exchange Bldg, Union Stock
Yards, Chicago, ILL.,, it being the
office vacated by the Erie Rail-
road Company, when the recent
consolidation Of Railroad offices
took place at that point.
All farmers interested in pa
tronizing the farmers own SELL
ing agency on the Chicago mar
ket and thus securing all what
their stock is worth, and elm
mating the spectators profit,
should consign their stock to the
Equity Cooperative Exchange,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Ill.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Latest Draft List.

List Of men to be sent to the
Agricultural College, Fargo, N.
on August 18th, 1918, for vo-
training.
Leo. J. Weber, Westhope.
John Murray, Omemee.
liver Melting, Echo, MINI.
Haldor Thompson, Landa.
Dana Thorson, Bottineau.
Sverre M. Scheflo, Landa.
Anton Sanderson, Willow City.
List of men to be sent to Camp
Lewis, Wash, on Aug. 26, 1918,
for general military service:
Harold A. Iverson, Maxbass.
Harry A. Culbertson, Hurd.
Clifford T. Hidden, Deep.
Christ A. johnson, Souris.
Leonard Breiland, Maxbass.
Edward B. Plant, Barton.
William w. Hembroff, Gluch-
en-, Alta.
John Skim, Newburg.
Robert III. Block, Willow City.
William Kariger, Willow City,
Olaf R. Mastvelton, Bottineau
Joseph Lawrence, Omemee.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Pool Hall Owners Must Engage
in Useful Work Before Aug. 16

Bismarck, Aug. 13.-The Bur-
leigh county local board today
advertises the following notice
to all owners and employees of
pool halls who are registered un-
der the selective service act in
this county:
: "Under orders from the pro-
vost marshal general, you have
five days from this date, or un-
til August Is, at z p. m. in which
to engage in a useful occupation,
as defined by the regulations.
Failure to comply with the terms
of this order will subject you to
immediate induction into the ar
my"
It is estimated that this order
will apply to not more than a
dozen registrants in Burleigh
county, but it's statewide appli-
cation will affect several hum
dred. A majority of the pool
room proprietors in this state
are over the present draft age.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
SPREADING OF The LIGHT.
fT~-x-~I &c.,

igan, too, has invited the farm
ers' league to extend it's organ
ization there. But so far the
backbone has only three ribs to
the eastward, Minnesota, Iowa
and Wisconsin. In the recent
Minnesota primaries the league
nominated more than half Of
the candidates for the state leg
islature, casting $4,000 votes.
At a farmers convention to be
held this month in St. Paul, the
organized producers, including
both the farmers and union la
Dor, will take up the matter of
entering a state ticket for the
fall election. In Wisconsin the
farmers of the Equity society
have nominated a candidate for
governor and are being aided in
their campaign by the farmers
of the political league. The pre-
diction is made that the farm
ers' league will have 900
members in Iowa by next year.
What do this signs presage?
Just as Massachusetts has been
defined as a state of mind, so
may the agricultural West be
defined as a separate civilization
entirely distinct from anything
in the East. Nowhere else is the
dignity of toll, and the import
ance of the producing classes so
recognized. Publicly owned
packing plants, stockyards, flour
mills, grain elevators and cold
storage plants are among the de-
mands of the National Nonparti-
san league. State ownership is
seen by the farmers simply as
their old and tried policy of CO.
operation, put on a wider basis.
If the "Solid West" achieves
it's ambition, it will bring the
center Of the manufacturing in.
dustry to the westward through
state ownership Of important
plants. They will make thei1
portion of Americas self-sup.
porting, independent of eastern
loans and free of absentee ex;
ploitation. ;.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
LATE OPENING OF SCHOOLS.
(Continued from page IL

Already the Farm Labor Re-
serves have responded literally
to the appeals of the farmers for
help. Large numbers Of men of
the cities have given up their
permanent occupations to spend
from ten days to two months in
the harvest and threshing, while
a great many others, whose bust
ness absolutely demands their
attention during the day, have
gone out into the harvest fields
in the evenings and spent from
two to three hours shocking the
grain.
In many of the towns in the
state, automobile parties Of from
five to thirty men are made up
nightly to go out into the fields
to shock grain. Great results
have been accomplished by these
parties, which have shocked
every night from ten to fifty
acres of grain. "Such parties
should be encouraged" said Mr..
Brown, "for without this class
of assistance the farmers might
lose much of their grain. The
farmers are also accepting the
voluntary labor with joyous ap-
prevail"
Mr.. Brown has sent out letters
to more than 600 Farm Labor
Reserve chairmen in the state
to encourage twilight parties for
shocking grain. y
Enforce Idleness Order.
Peace officers of the state are
cooperating with members of
the North Dakota Council of De-
Tense in the enforcement of the
vagrancy order passed by the
Council on July 6, 1918. The or
der prohibits idleness' and va
grancy in the state during har-
vest and threshing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Meeting of Threshing Men.

All who operate threshing
machines in Bottineau county
are requested to attend a meet
ing at Bottineau Tuesday, Aug.
goth, 1918 at the Court house
at 2 o'clock p. m, for instruc-
lions as to rules for operating
from the Food Administration
and to discuss methods and
charges. Farmers who have
threshing to do are also invited
to attend and take part in this
meeting.-Fred w. Smith, Food
Administrator; J. M. Humph-
reys, County Agent; A. P. Hem
derson, County Agent.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Distinguished Visitors.

The members of the state
game and fish commission, ac-
companied by their wives, made
Bottineau an appreciated visit
on Friday and Saturday of last
week while on a tour Of inspec-
ton of the state game park and
fish hatchery in this locality. The
party arrived here by autos Fri
day evening, and were the
guests of First District game
warden Peter Scott at a five
course banquet which was serN-
ed promptly at 700 p. m. at the
Hotel Shirley. It is but simple
justice to mine hosts Steinmeier
& Kelley, of that popular hos
telry, and their excellent chef
de cuisine, to say that it was un-
doubtedly the most elaborate and
tastefully prepared banquet ev-
er served in this city, and was
so voted unanimously by all who
were so fortunate as to be pres
ent. The guests were: DR.. Chas.
McLachlin, wife and three
charming daughters, Misses
Katherine, Marjorie and Jean,
and Mrs. Ida M. Patterson, of
New Rockford; Col. J. H. Bloom
and wife, Of Devils Lake; Mrs.
Geo. H. Hogue and wife, Of
Steele; Judge j. H. Kirk, First
District game warden Peter
Scott, DR.. and Mrs. C. A. Leon
ard, editor Matt. Johnson and a
Courant representative, all of
this city. Saturday morning
the party, which was Joined by
Second District game warden
w. F. Reko, of Mandan, went to
Lake Metigoshe where the day
was pleasantly spent. They also
visited the fish hatchtry at st.
John and other game haunts in
which they were officially inter-
ested.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15

--.&
tufe Z 56ccIarine and sugar called
sState Sugar." which 10 largely used
German Sugar Ration Adequate.
Germany, before the war. produced
. great surplus Of sugar and exported
large quantities. Today the Germans
have virtually gone out Of the export
business, but have plenty OF cheap
sugar for home use.
: Wholesale prices prevalent In the
Allied nations, according. to inforIna-
tion received BY the United States
Food Administration are as follows:
England, 10 cents q pound; France.
II cents ; italy, 20 cents.
while these high prices are being
paid abroad the American wholesale
price II being held at IL cents.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
SHARE OUR SUGAR
WITH The ALLIES
British Get Two Pounds a Month
French Pound and Hail,
Italians One Pound.
SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
Al Nations Permit Uss ct o~oetsnina
for Home Prs6srvlno Purposes.

Americas new sugar ration Of two
pounds . month per person u eQuita-
BILE when compared with the sugar NJ
ton enforced By rigid governmental
order In England Francs and Italy, M
lions with which We ars sharing sugar.
Each Allied nation-ln the matter Of
sugar consumption-is sharing on near.
est possible equal terms the hardships
imposed BY greatly altersd conditions
in the world sugar situation.
Formerly classed a . luxury, sugar
il now q war time essential. The fair
and just division OF this essential II
In the hands Of the various Allied
food controllers.
The United States Food Administra-
ton has asked this nation to observe
q voluntary sugar ration Of two
pounds per person . month.
In the other countries at war with
Germany sugar IL one Of the scarce
articles on every menu-whether in
the households Of both rich and poor,
or in the hotels.
England today has q sugar ration
Of two pounds per month per person.
In France the ration Ii Q pound and Q
half and In Italy II 10 one pound Q
month. And the prices In allied coun-
tries are from two TO three times a.
high as in America.
II you 60 to q hotel In England or
France these days and order tea OF
coffee they serve absolutely no sugar
with It. II you want sugar you must
bring 1t with you.
In England It II allowable to use
one-seventh- Of an ounce Of sugar in
the preparation Of each luncheon. In
France many persons carry little sac
charine tablets about with them for
use in hotels and In England rich and
poor must take their sugar with them
II they wish to have sweetened tea
while visiting friends.
Before the war started France had
625 5000 acres devoted to sugar produc-
ton. BY 1917 the French sugar acre
age had decreased to 10000 acres.
Today the French man or woman with q
sugar card has no assurance whatever
that he or she will be able to actually
buy sugar. To buy 1t, one must first
ind 1t.
italy Has estate Sugar"
Especially drastic regulations govern
the use Of sugar in Italy. tn manu-
facture, distribution and sole are close
~ controlled, and in part actually
taken yer by the state.
Saccharine Is permitted to be sold
and used as a substitute for sugar and
the government manufactures a mig
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Nineteen Cent Hogs.

The price Of top hogs on the
South st. Paul market last Tues
day went to 19c, the highest
price ever paid for hogs on that
market in the history Of the
yards. The farmers patronizing
that market on that day were
glad TO receive this price for
their hogs and in addition to
this were proud Of the fact that
some of the first hogs sold foI
10c On that market were sold ID
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
From "LaBelle France"

The following letter was re-
Gently received by Miss Emma
Kovarik, of Souris, from her
brother Frank who is with the
American forces in France:
Pariqueux, France
July Is, 1918.
Dear Sister: I received your
most welcome letters and GER
tainly was glad to hear from
you. I am we'll and hope you are
all the same.
I am in France now. This
sure is some country. I would
not trade one quarter of land
in North Dakota for a thousand
acres here. There are rocks all
over and the soil is clayey and
gravel.
It seems funny to see trains
here as the freight and passen-
ger cars have only four wheels.
They have a few American cars
and it sure looks good to see
some of them once in a while.
The cars are only about 20 feet
long and haul only about as
much as a u. S. truck would.
There are trees planted all
over. They only farm small
patches of land. They raise
wheat and oats. The crops are
very poor. I saw only a couple
of good fields and they could not
come anyway near the North
Dakota wheat fields.
I had a fine trip across. The
weather was fine. Some days
there were no waves at all. We
were we'll protected. There
were quite a few ships that came
with us. I was on the largest
one. Got seasick a little, just a
headache and that only lasted
two days. It took us eleven days
to cross. The water in the ocean
is just like brine, and very hard
to wash in. When we neared
land a number of United States
submarine chasers' met us. II
looked great the way they can
go. They made all kinds OF
figures around us.
We landed in France @. K. II
took three days to get to GU,
camp. We stopped in one place
where they said Napoleon lived
We stayed there about three
days. There was a stone wal
around it. The wall was abou1
Is feet high. The buildings ar,
old looking.
There is a Catholic cathedra
in Pariqueux which is the sec
ond largest church in France. I
is $50 feet high. An old fellow
took me thru it. It surely is fin,
inside. The streets are yer,
narrow. Some you could not g,
thru with a wagon. Pariqueu,
is about $50 miles from Paris
We are doing construction worl
now. We have to build our own
shops.
The train engines look lik
the first ones did in the Unite,
States. There are only q few
autos here and they are Of tn
old makes.
I can only write three letter
2 week 50 / will write to onl
one at home &C = time.
III I have about ten letters t
write So win have to chapnozof
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
sonns o. the Heart.

The finest music Of the greatest or
chestra on earth cannot help q heart
along to happiness as the songs do that
the heart sings to itself-1ngs Of
cheer, Of patience, Of trust, Of m.
selfish love. These make the melody
of life, and grow stronger and sweater
BY practice year by year.-Exchanga.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
GOOD HOG FEED FROM WASTE
Utilization Of Garbage Possible In
Production of Pork and Fats ~
During War Period. 81

| prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Feeding garbage to hogs Is in keep
ing with the national movement for
the utilization of waste products and
for increasing the production of pork
and fats, at least during the war.
There Is reason to believe, how
ever, that many of these emer.
geA ICY enterprises will prove to be
sufFic, emily remunerative to remain
perman, mt after the war, especially if
hogs are fell on garbage from cities Of
10000 or more, from which, doubtless,
the garbage wifi be disposed of and
utilized in this manner. Already this
method of feeding has produced good
results, and many who have entered
the field probably would not have en-
gagged in the production Of pork under
any other conditions, owing Ito the
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
RUSSIA AWAKES To
GERMAN AUTOCRACY
COMMENT OF PARIS NEWSPA.
PERS ON KILLING COUNT
Won MIRBAcH.
assas,SINs NOT IDENTIFIED
ruu,.r.- o.. ,1,ier Kerensky Says While
He could not Feel "Elated ove'
ne.th A. ~ imam Being, 1t is
GO rh;n. For Russia"

Paris.-In their CONN n' on u,
assassination of Count son D'lo
| the Paris newspapers are UNA A.,
| in expressing the opinion thai ~,
event will be likely to cause COM ~
cations the Importance of which can,
| not be gagged.
THE first awakening Of the ven-
geance of Russia against German TYR
rany,' is the light in which LIE jour
nal views it, while the Petit Journal
wonders if it will not open a new
phase of Germanys difficulties in tho
east"
"In the, state of tension existing
between Russia and Germany" says
the Figaro, this assassination may
lead to the most interesting complica-
tons"
Humanity considers the act not
a vulgar assassination, but an act of
open rebellion by exasperated pa
triotism."
The assassination, as the Matin
views it, shows that there are still
in Russia men concerned with the
dignity of their country and imbued
with patriotism"
Alexander F. Kerensky, former pre-
mier of Russia, when informed by the
Associated Press of the assassination
of General Count Won Mirbach. Ge:-
man ambassador at Moscow, declared
that while he could not feel elated
at the death Of a human being" he
could not help saying sit is a good
thing for Russia
VI. Kerensky seemed reluctant to
believe the news, asking repeatedly,
"are you sure?"
When informed that the news
seemed perfectly reliable. as it origi-
mated in Berlin, he said:
"This may be the beginning OF the
Renaissance of Russia"
"But now the Germans will surely
20 to Moscow" he added sadly. 1t
was only a few days ago that Keren-
sky, In a talk with the correspondent,
expressed his opinion that the only
reason German troops had not yet ap-
peared in Moscow was because Won
Mirbach had not required their pres
ence there.
AS soon as news of the assassins-
ton came to M. Tchitcherin, Russian
foreign minister, M. Tenitcherin, and
his associate, M. Karakaan, called ut
the German embassy and expressed
the regret and Indignation of the gov
eminent at the occurrence, says a
Berlin dispatch forwarded by the Hav-
as correspondent at Basel.
The identity OF the assassins has
not been established. nor have they
been arrested, the message states.
It appears, according to these ad-
vices, that with Count Won Mirbacn
when he was attacked were Herr
Ritzler, counsellor Of the embassy.
and a German officer. Neither was
injured.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
ADAPTED TO solL BUILDING
Sheep Peculiarly Beneficial to Land
Losing It's Productiveness
Droppings Are Rich.

A great many farms that have been
cropped year after year are rapidly
losing their productiveness, and there
is no class of live stock so wen
adapted to building up of the soil as
sheep. Their droppings are extremely
rich and are scattered over the fields
In manner which neither man nor
machine can duplicate.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12

Wants.
amount of capital necessary and the
small probability of getting satisfac-
tory returns on the money invested.
So far as can be ascertained In cases
in which failure has been met with
the trouble has been mostly due to the
fact that hog cholera was allowed to
claim large portion of the animals;
in other words, the owners failed to
immunize their stock In proper man
ner. The belief that hogs fed on garh-
age are exposed daily to the danger Of
cholera Infection Is well founded.
There is always the possibility that
garbage contains scraps Of pork, such
as rinds and trimmings from hams
and bacon, or products of cholera car
casses that have been prepared for
markets at small local slaughtering
houses where no inspection Is MAIN
tanned. These pieces of choleraic pork.
without doubt, win reproduce the dis
ease IL consumed in the raw state by
susceptible animals, besides creating a
source of Infection which may be re-
tanned on the premises under garbage
feeding conditions.
The hog raiser who feeds garbage
In limited way only to supplement
In part other classes of feed can read
lily arrange to cook the garbage thor
oughly before feeding and In this way
eliminate, to a large degree, the dam
ger Of cholera infection. II, however,
large herds are fed on garbage en-
tirely, cooking Is not practicable and
from the feeders point of view It Is
not advisable. Therefore. In all such
cases 1t Is Of the utmost Importance
that @the animals be immunized and
thus protected from hog cholera; In
fact, owners of such enterprises should
be sure that hogs are permanently Inn
mune before they are placed on such
feed.
Pigs narrowed from immune sows
have natural resistance to hog chol-
era during their sucking period. When
they are about to lose this degree OF
immunity, about weaving time, they
should be given the simultaneous inoc-
ulation (serum and virus). Even with
this method Of treatment q few In
dividuals may become again suscep-
tible; therefore the herd should be
observed closely at all times and
treated again If any of the animals
show signs. Of infection.
Considering the income derived from
hogs and the reasonable rites at which
garbage has been obtained, the extra
expense Of treating the animals must
be viewed as part of business prop
osition. such as insuring against de-
struction by fire or against accidents
of any kind; and feeders OF garbage
cannot consider their business as safe
unless they protect 1t against all pos
sible reverses. of which the most seri-
Gus is hog cholera.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
Food For the Germans.

Washington. A high RECORD for
daily production Of rife and pistol
ammunition was set on June q when
approximately 27.0OO,Ooo cartridges Of
every denomination were turned out
in plants working for the United
States, exclusive of CONNER cial pro-
duction or work for other govern
nentS.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12

HE war and NJ y departments
commission on training camp
activitics were created at the
beginning of the war to supply
our young men everywhere in
training with the normalities
of life. Raymond B. Fosdick.
chairman of these twin COM
missions, wished to accom-
plish this by creating as little
new machinery as possible.
Therefore, the Young Mems
Christian association, the
Knights of Columbus, the jew
ish Welfare board, the Amer
lean Library association and
all Such alraadv QyiStfnp or
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
War plant For 81. Leuls.

st. Louisa munitions plant, cost
ing s15,00O,000 and employing 10000
persons will soon be constructed in
this city. according to an announce
rnent. The plant, the largest one Of
its kind in the United States, will be
the only one equipped to turn out q
complete shell.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
Eaxors Tobaeco industry.

Washington. - A tentative promise
was given by Food Administrator
Hoover to senators from tobacco pro-
ducing states that the supply Of SUI
gar for the tobacco industry. which
Mr.. Hover had planned to cut in half.
will not be reduced during the pres
emit calendar year.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
Away with Hyphen.

Neutrality-suspicious. a word OF
discussion or record vote the Senate
adopted the resolution OF Senator
King of Utah, annulling the federal
charter of the National GermsE-
American Alliance. The resolution
now goes to the House.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
Advantages Of Sheep.

Sheep win live and thrive where a
cow would starve to death. They win
clean out the weeds In the fences and
corners, but II you expect to make
money with them they must be given a
certain amount Of care.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
Yankees Camp in italy.

Rome. - The first contingent OF
American troops to arrive in Italy
has within 4S hours established itself
In camp. The men are sleeping I'M
der their own tents and feeding from
their own Kitchen which was provid-
ed by the American Red Cross be-
fore the men started.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12
Price May Visit U. s.

London.--A visit to the Unfted
States by the Prince OF Wales has
been suggested recently in. the British
press.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-07-12

of checkers or chess,
enjoy a chat with his
chum or q heart-tO-
heart talk with the
secretary could do
so.
The type "E'
building-with its
modification, t q e
type "F" building in
use In att on a |
Guard camps-is the
solution of the prob
lem. Only a visit to
one of these great
camp centers, how
ever, can give an adj
equate idea of how
admirably 1t fulf1lls
It's purpose. The six
story Y. NJ. C. A.