The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-10

Louise Lillestrand visited ct the II.
J. Hanson home on day last week.
Clara Berg spent two days the past
week as the guest of her friend and
schoolmate, Louise Lillestrand.
Herbert Thompson and Annetta
Lillestrand took in the surprise party
given in honor of our returned SOL
der boy, Haakon. Noun, who spent
his Christmas vacation with his par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Hanson and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Thomp-.
0 and family and the Messrs. Mar
vim and Calvin Olson and sister Alma,
were callers at the III. L. Lillestrand
home on Christmas evening.
Not long ago, we heard a person
speak of u governor, Il. j.. Frazier,
saying that he vas the laughing stock
of the whole nation and that he was
to lazy to do anything but lay around,
in idleness. We wish to show the
gentleman who made these remarks
that he is poorly informed or does not
care for the truth in it's pure form.
Governor Frazier was called the
whole way to New York City where
he spoke in the Cooper Institute the
very cradle and birth place of some
of the greatest speeches that has eyer
been uttered in the English tongue.
Now, my worthy friend, how does
that hit you in your prejudiced state
of mind. Abraham Lincoln, the first
martyr president of the United
States stood in this self-same build
ing and plead for the aus of the
down-trodden negro. He, too, my
dear friend, had his enemies such as
you who we're not rightly informed
on the Negro question. Another
thing which goes to prove that you
are wrong in Laughing stock stunt"
is that all of the eastern newspapers
reported in favor of Gov. Frazier and
the stand which he took.
About being lazy, that is too fool
ish and vain a slam. The facts go to
show and prove conclusively that
Frazier has seen more to the real
wants of the people during his short
tcn:..e Of office than L. B. Hanna did
during lis four years in office. We
do not find Frazier over in Europe
telling the Kaiser and the rest of the
crown head of Europe what they
should do, like our illustrious and
fine ex-governor, L. B. Hanna. In
stead of all this foreign monkey bust
ness we find Frazier at home in his
own state inspecting dangerous coal
mines, making speeches for Liberty
Loans and ousting a board of regents
who tried to GUST President E. F.
Ladd of the Agricultural College.
Truly we ought to be thankful to
the Great Jehovah for Governor l..
J.. Frazier and that we have a man
for governor that any state may we'll
be proud Of.
Edwin and Christ Christensen and
Miss Helen Thorpe spent Sunday eve
ningat the H. L. Lillestrand home.
Just a word Of greetto. my friend
and colleague who is author of the
Thoughts of a Rube." / know this
young mar personally and know him
to be a clean, upright, young man of
good clean moral calibre, who is on
out and out socialist who is always
footing his horn about the great
things that the Socialists will do
when they get into power. But he
has failed to mention the one great
thing that the leading socialist news
paper in the United States was fight
ing for the rights Of all humanity in
all countries and that we believed in
making the world safe for democracy.
Here's hoping to e my friend toat
his horn about this great stand that
his socialist editor cook. :
II The man who never made any mis-
takes never made anything else =
Growing cookie is easy, but there
are other lines of farming that pay
better.
Run your farm; do not let it run
you. ~% srn.. Il r.
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When God does his best work he
needs the best men to help him.
George Eliot. -