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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

of 4.5 miles of earth road i'm
provement involving approx
mately 14,482 cubic yards of
turnpiking, 1884 cubic yards
of excavation, 1851 cubic yards
of overhaul, $40 linear feet Of
guard rail, $50 cubic yards Of
riprap and also the construction
of certain culverts and bridges
involving approximately 1908
cubic yards Of excavation, 81
cubic yards of Class B Concrete,
PAP cubic yards of Class A Con-
crete, 24,924 lbs. of reinforcing
steel and other items.
6. Copies of the specifications
and proposal blanks may be OBJ
tanned from the County Auditor.
Plans are also on file in the Of
flee of the State Highway Com
mission at Bismarck, North Oak.
where they may be seen for ex-
animation.
z. All bidders are invited to
be present at the opening of the
proposals.
s. The right is reserved to
reject any and all proposals or
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26
MORE MISREPRESENTATION.

In his Darlington speech candidate Doyle
tried to make it appear hat Governor Frazier
discouraged the sale of Liberty bonds in a pub
lie address made at Minot late in June, 1917.
The best way to refute a charge of this sort
is to pull the record.
On May 26, several weeks before his alleged
remarks at Minot, Governor Frazier issued a
public proclamation calling upon all citizens to
loyalty respond to the appeal for Liberty bonds
and setting aside a Sunday upon which all
clergymen were urged to tell of the significance
of this great undertaking from their pulpits.
We would rather judge Mr.. Frazier upon his
official acts and proclamations than upon bl-
ased and unfair reports of his speeches clrcu-
lated by an opposing candidate.
Suppose that every governor OF every state
in the Union had followed Frazier's lead" Mr.,
DOYLE demanded, "what would have happened
to our war program" s
Mr.. Doyle is unduly concerned. North Da-
kota far over-subscribed it's quota on each OF
the three Liberty loans and it will do so again
on the fourth. In the second Liberty loan North
Dakota had a larger per capita subscription
than any other state in the Union and in the
third Liberty loan it was the first common
wealth "over the top" If other states had done
as well as North Dakota in proportion to their
population the Liberty loan oversubscrlptlons
would have been even larger than they were.
Mr..Doyle need not be discouraged it his chlei
concern is patriotic. North Dakota's war record
will stand the test and is a source OF pride to
every really patriotic citizen in the state. But
if Mr.. Doyle's concern is principally political, as
we have some cause to fear, then he may we'll
be discouraged by this states war record, Tor
It constitutes one of the best reasons why Gov
ernor Frazier should be and will be reelected.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26
G A sEDITION.

People not trained in the law find it pretty
difficult to understand our laws against the var
ious kinds of sedition. The difficulty comes
from the fact that so many remarks and &C
tivities of a certain kind that appear clearly
seditious are left undisturbed by the ~watchdogs
of the law, But this is not the first time when
law and common sense seemed very far apart.
Prominent among the things the average man
would think of as violating the spirit of our Sc
dition laws is the propaganda in violation Of our
expressed war aims. These aims are sacred
and because of them all but the smallest minor
ity of our people have been able to rally behind
the president in support of the war. Any at
tempts to set them aside threatens this neces-
sary harmony and the fighting spirit of our sol
diers. Yet our journalistic Jezebels are scream
ing hate for peoples as we'll as vicious govern
ments. They are yelling for trade concessions
and trade blockades. Our oil trust is trying to
involve the United States in Mexico again to
prevent Mexico from Matchmaking it's oil fields
step which a majority Of Americans regard
as very necessary at home To this bill OF par
ticulars we can add an open propaganda to de-
fend the most outrageous protiteer1ng, propa-
ganda which has become so bold as to violently
attack the federal trade commission for telling
the mild truth about the packing trust. 5...
!. Is it less reprehensible to oppose, with the in
aims than to oppose the war? Is it less repre-
hensible to give the people who already misrn-
derstand us, reasons for further distrust than
to lend more obvious aid to the enemy? De-
mocracy, national and international, may be a
new toy and a catch phrase for our plutocrats,
but it is the real thing to our people who must
furnish the fighting men and the war sacrifice.
To them opposition is opposition whether it ap-
pears in big metropolitan dailies or in fy-by-
night pro-German propaganda. The lay mind
is not equipped to distinguish between classes
of bag eggs. q: ..aa* .3.,>f.f -. .:... e-s*a
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26
SUBSCRIBERS TAKE NOTICE.

The Courant must again, and for the last
time, call attention to the fact that all subscrip-
tions that are not paid up to, or in advance of
July 1, 1918, will be dropped from our mail
ing list and the accounts put in the hands of
a collection agency. This may seen hard but
there is no other move for us to make. The
Government says, "All subscriptions that are
more than four month in arrears must be stop
ped" Look at the label on your paper and send
us a remittance covering what you owe and ex-
tending the subscription one year. This must
be attended to before October LIST, or the next
issue of The Courant will be missed in many
homes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26
THE SPOIL OF THE POOR.

When the prophet Isaiah wanted to sum up
the evil conditions of his time, he declared:
1.-THE spoil of the poor is in their houses. lie
did not 90 on to explain why this threatened
ruin for the Hebrew state, because to the patron
Isaiah such a condition was obviously Dad. YET
in our day when we are straining every, means
to be strong in an international struggle, the
nrofteers have not only their houses crammed
With the spoil of the poor, but their clubs, banks
and Offices. And many persons who would pass
themselves off for patriots are going up ana
down the land denying this condition or as
sorting that gross profiteering is necessary Tor
efficiency, but the plain truth is as old as Isaiah.
When the steel interests make from ~ 10
100 per cent a year, 100, oo0, ooV w1 users 81 So o. a s.eg,
combine pulls out huge profits, 4O,OOO,OOO poor
citizens must eat less and so be less able 10 40
good work. When the copper barons make
their huge profits they might just as we'll put
brakes on all the wheels Of national industry.
So we can go through the whole list OF pfo1t
hogs. If these few hogs need big prof1ts Tor Ell
fciency, how about the multitude VINO must pay
have no bearing on their efficiency! The an
swer is too obvious to state. 81.
The special interests have anew sport known
as Greeting. The game is to make the rocks
thrown at George Creel bounce off in such a
way as to hit the president.
.tJt is impossible . says Motley in his preface
to the Dutch Republic, "for a nation while
struggling for itself not to acquire something
for all mankind"
The absolute loyalty Of the Frazier admins
.tration has never been questioned by anyone
except the profteers and the defenders, Of the
1prodteerss go 81 $3.50 s t aaz@ 49,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

A special meeting Of the
stockholders of the Farmers Mu-
tual Telephone Company of Bot
tineau County will be held at the
Town Hall of Souris, North Da-
kota, on the 25th day Of Octo-
Der, 1918, for the purpose of
voting on the question Of in
creasing the capital stock Of said
corporation to Fifty Thousand
1850, 0OO.0O) Dollars. The meet
ing will begin at 2 o'clock p. m.
on said day.
Dated Souris,, N. D., August
10th, 1913.
A.22-O-24. Nels Magnuson,
5 Secretary.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

This figure has taken on q
significance since tho United 8
went into the struggle for world
dom and you can only know wins
Goddess Of Liberty means to
wounded soldier returning to Am
by talking to that soldier.
This picture was posed by Fra
FalrehlId, a New York GIRL, In b
Of tho Fourth Liberty Loan.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

to accept such as may be deter
mined to be for the best interest
of the county and state and to
waive technicalities.
st. G.. H. Hebert,
County Auditor.
GET READY FOR 4th LIBERTY LOAN
Notice of Special Meeting.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

Did you .ever talk 20 q returned
American soEdler7
= II you have, and Il % happened that
he returned from tho battief1elds Of
Franco by way Of the port Of New
York, II 10 certain that he has told
you about tho emotions which stirred
him whom he caught sight Of the
Statue Of Liberty In the entrance Of
the port.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

Since the North Dakota capitol was moved
from the Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce
I'd Bismarck thespeople have noticed the differ
g. in the character &c the legislation passed.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

State Highway Construction.
1. Proposals for the construc-
ton Of a State Aid Highway
near Mouse River will be receiv-
ed by the State Highway Com
mission and Board Of County
Commissioners at the Court
House at Bottineau, North Da-
kota, not later than 4 o'clock p.
m, October A, 1918, at which
place and time they will be pub
licly opened and read.
2. The proposals must be
mailed to or otherwise deposit
er with the County Auditor and
shall be sealed and endorsed
Proposal for Constructing A
State Aid Highway near Mouse
River, project No. O582) in Bot
tineaus County"
s. "A certified check for 5 per
cent Of the gross sum must ac-
company each proposal.
4, work consists
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

Jerry Bacon's and Joe Doyle's tt
couldn't make a dent in the imprel
plated record of the Frazier ad
That is why Jerry and Joe have de
q gas attack.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Xashfi Shrine Meets

At the meeting of Vashti Shrine,
No. %, W S. of j., last night at the
Masonic temple, the proposed
amendment to the bylaws relative
TO raising the initiation fee, was
lost by two votes. At the next reg
ular meeting, Oct %. the shrine
viii receive and ballot upon petit
lions for membership. A special
meeting will be held the latter part
Of October At that time the su-
preme worthy high priestess, Mrs.
Margaret z. Cavens Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, viii be present A dinner will
be served at ESQ followed by the
initiatOry work. Last night the
shrine voted to discontinue the
dances for the soldiers this win
ter. Last winter when dances were
given there was not as much
amusement provided for the sol
diers as at present and the shrine
feels that its services in this Iins
are not necessary this winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Girl Proves Able
Butcher; Is First
to Start in CITY

Rock Island has the dis1nctI5,
Of having a woman butcher. not .
beginner. but one who can rear7
cut and dress meats.
Miss Alice Lo brace. who is en-
ployed at the Baker market. 10os
Third avenue, during the last s,q
months, which time she has served
in her new capacity has proved t.
be an efficient butcher.
After serving at the Baker mar
ket for more than year al boo.-
keeper. Miss lie brace expressed
desire to learn the butcher trade
The proprietor on being handfcan-
ped By the shortage OF male WORK.
ers. Immediately began giving her
lessons.
Now Miss T>c Draoe even runs fta
shop when Mr. Baker is called
away and the latter has never To-
GREETED giving q woman trial az
a butcher Miss La brace claims
the distinction Of being the c.t.Fs
first woman meat expert
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

or prohibiting building" said l.. Jay
Gamble, superintendent Of the gov
eminent housing project. And /
have received no official infOrma-
ton on the subject"
There is only one restriction on
erection of new buildings. And
that is shortage Of material and Ia
Dor
All buildings now under way VIII
probably be completed. Mr.. Gam
BILE stated that he is encouraging
the completion of houses now IN
der construction.
81 am even lending them some Of
my men and aiding contractors in
obtaining material" he said. 81 Ger
tainIy wouldn't place any restrIc-
tions on the building Of new
houses"
The government. it is understood
is discouraging construction Of all
new buildings, except houses, not
absolutely essential 10 the war pro-
gram. All materials now on hand
are needed for completion OF war
work structures There has been
little construction done in Rock Is
land this year. Practically no build
ings, except houses, have been
erected.
All the News All the Time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26


Next tuesday evening the al
ctfc LEAGUE dancing class viii hold
-.-.,- Il. 81. 1rssarfo temple ball
'''' - -. 80, .-.., s--r, os
room 4--S VIZ nc 49,
. costume party and is open 10 an
Patriotic league members IN ordeI
10 detray the expenses OF the hal!
an aduittance Zee OF 10 cents Will
be charged. A program Oh InuS1"
and fancy dancing VIII De gwen
first followed by d Virginia reel ana
social dancing.
The class has grown from -
members to l2o- The classes nave
been held at the Rock Island cluD,
which was generously offered TO the
league Tor use every Tuesday even
5rr because of the Liberty loan
work which is being carried on at
+ne club and because of q larger
IAN being needed 70 accommodate
alf tile patriotic league members in
vitei TO the party the Masonic tenn
uFa has been secured in which to
hold the party. This is the climax
Of the etant lessons IN dancing just
completed.
The over the Top" unit of Nc
Care.s store has spent SO for yarn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Social Announcements.

There will be a mass meeting of
the ladies of the Elks tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at the Odd
Fellows hall.
Red Cross unit one of the Hor-
ace Mann Parent-Teachers' associ-
alton will meet at the home of Mrs.
z. J. Wood. 1431 Thirty-second
street. tomorrow afternoon Unit
two and unit four are asked to call
at the homes of their chairmen
for work, Mrs Edward Nance, 1921
Thirty-sixth street, and Mrs. j. w.
Carruther, 1441 Forty-first street,
respectively.
An aIl-day meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society of the First Baptist
church will be held in the church
parIors tomorrow. Members are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

The formal opening Of the Y. w
C. A residence viii be held tomOr-
row afternoon and evening. In the
evening an informal program viii
be given. Mrs. H Z. Van Duzer
and daughter Anna Marie will play
q cornet and violin duet, and other
musical numbers will be given.
The Hi-Y girls viii have their
ukuIeIes and viii give a program
Of songs. as well as the club girls
and Patriotic league girls. who will
also be present to furnish some
part Of the program Thirteen girls
moved into the home last night and
others VIII take up their residence
there as soon as possible, Tonight
those who have moved in will hold
a meeting 10 discuss the self-gOv-
eminent plan and the rules of the
house committee There are 80
rooms in the building. Is Of which
VIII be occupied by the girls. All
the rooms have now been furnished
and a general invitation is extend
ed the public 10 cali and inspect
them at the opening tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
PERMITS STILL
BEING ALLOWED
Rock Island City and Federal Au-
thOrities Believe Anti-Building
Rule Not To Hit Here.

No direct orders prohibiting fur
Their building operations in Rock
Island have yet been issued by fed
eral authorities.
Permits for buildings costing
more than $500 are not being is
sued in Davenport. The order pro-
hibiting construction of buildings
costing more than that amount was
issued, it is understood, by the
Iowa state council of defense.
Rumors that similar orders were
to be issued in Illinois, especially
in Rock Island, Moline and East
Moline, have been current in build
ing circles during the last few days.
Il have received no such orders,
or requests" said c. V. Johnson,
Rock Island building inspector, to-
day
L have issued no orders limiting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

Seveuty-fve girls from several
units OF the Patriotic league and as
many soldiers enjoyed an evening
Of dancing yesterday at the arsenal
~ hut. Two special cars con
viewed the girls to and from the
arsenal. Mrs. G. +. Sharpe and her
committee were chaperoues OF the
party. Whites orchestra furnished
the music and gave its usual good
ur1--arl of dances. At 1890 the
dancing came TO close and spe-
c.aI cars brought the girls back 10
the city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Second Christian Ladies' Aid.

The members of the Ladies' Aid
society Of the Second Christian
church spent an afternoon at quilt
ing and sewing carpet rags at their
meeting al the church yesterday
afternoon There were a large mum
her present and a considerable
amount Of work was accomplished
AT the close Of the meeting refresh
uents were served by Nesdames
Fred Rad6-g. IT, r Hawley. Dudley
and Howard The society viii meet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

asked to be in attendance, as the
time of the annual fall sale is
drawing near.
The Tri-City Women's Trade
Union league will meet for an i'm
portant session tomorrow after
noon at 2:30 in Industrial Home
hall. Plans will be completed at
this time for the card party to be
held at the Industrial hall Monday
evening and it is asked that mem
bers attend.
court of Honor No. 81, service
league. will meet tomorrow after
noon at the Odd Fellows hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Misses Ffnkelstein Entertain.

The Misses Esther and Gertrude
Finkelstein entertained last even
ing at their home, 1923 Twelfth
street, in honor of Mesdames NJ.
Dubinsky of Kansas City, Mo. NJ
Taxman, Jr. Of Eldorado, Kan,
Walters and Shapiro Of Chicago.
The time was spent socially and
during the course of the evening
the Misses Estelle Horblit and
Esther Finkelstein favored the
guests with a number of vocal
solos. At a late hour a dainty
lunch was served Those in the
company besides the honor guests
were the Misses Estelle and Hen
rietta Horblitt, Title and Sue Sill
yeTman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

The Woman's Relief Corps, No.
sc. met yesterday afternoon for a
business session at Memorial hall.
Two applications for membership
were received. Plans were made for
the annual tri-city social meeting,
which viii be held oct. 16. at Me
mortal hall in this city. Wednes-
day afternoon the regular Red
Cross sewing viii be held with
Nesdames Bertha Bruhn. Blanche
NageI, Nellie Milton. Louise Bertel-
son. Arcenith Sample and Frances
SiemOn as hOstesses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Edeewood Quarterly Conference.

The regular quarterly dinner and
conference Of the Edgewood Bap-
list church, was held last night at
the church. Dinner was served at
Z O'Clock to the As members pres
cnt. and the tables were beautiful
with large bowls of garden flowers
as centerpieces. After the dinner
q business meeting was held. Re
ports from all officers of the church
and officers of the societies were
read. Preparations for the annual
bible school rally day, which is to
be held next Sunday. were also
completed. Following the business
session the regular mid-week devO-
tional service was held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
OF Fifth avenue. Moline

VI EIIIU dFtuutf NIU4IEIV.
as were 20 members and several
visitors present. The time was
spent knitting and sewing on Red
Cross work and during the course
of the afternoon number of pi-
ano selections were given. The
rooms were frightened with bowls
of fall garden flowers and at the
close of the meeting the hostess
served a delicious lunch. The next
meeting of the circle will be with
Mrs. 2. Nelson of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

ity Episcopal church yesterday aft
ernoon in her home, 110S Fourth
avenue. The women occupied
themselves with their knitting and
sewing. Continuing the practice
of last season no refreshments are
to be served this year. The guild
will meet next Wednesday with
Mrs. II. T. Sangren, 1886 Thir-
teenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

Mrs. Thomas Hughes, 2436
Twelfth street, was hostess yester-
day afternoon to the Ladies Aid
society of the Cleland Presbyterian
church. Plans were made for a
bazar 10 be held Nov. Il. After ths
business meeting a missionary pro-
gram was given consisting of read
ings by Mrs. W. Wilson and Mrs.
William Bauman, and a number Of
songs. followed by refreshments
and a social hour. The next meet
ing will be announced later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26

The Ladies' Aid and Missionary
societies Of the Oak Grove Presby-
terrain church met yesterday after
noon at the church. They spent the
time cutting quilt patches and sew
ing carpet rags Plans were made
for a bakery sale to be given by
the two societies Oct. 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Celebrate wedding Anniversary.


The Dinez club surprised Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis J. Stafford, 1913 Four
teenth-and- a-half street, last night
at their home, the occasion being
their 18th wedding anniversary.
The decorations were in the we'd
ding colors of green and white.
The table had as a centerpiece a
cut glass bowl of marguerites and
ferns. The place cards and favOrs
also carried out the colors, as did
the wedding cake OF white with the
Il green candles burning on H. The
prizes of the evening were award
ed to Mr. and Mrs. Allan Miller and
the guest prizes went to Mrs Stat
ford's sister, Mrs Jessie Smith,
who, with her daughter Virginia Of
st. Louis. are visiting here At the
close of the pleasant evening MI
and Mrs. Stafford were presented
with a beautiful cut glass flower
basket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
Il Evk Il >

next week at the church and con
tinue their work at that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
American Luther League,

The Tri-City American Lutheran
league met last evening at Trinity
Lutheran church, Davenport. The
regular routine business was trans
acted and a program consisting of
J. number of patriotic songs and ad-
dresses given by Rev. Oscar Horn,
and Rev. o. c. Geisler of Daven-
port, and Rev Phi. Wilhelm of this
city. They told of the drives they
would make next Saturday and
Sunday to raise money for the
Lutheran army and navy boards
All three of the addresses were in
teresting and enjoyed by everyone
The next tri-city meeting has not
yet been decided upon.
Twin City Lutheran Hospital Circle.
The TWin-City- Lutheran HOSpi-
--N II L. Sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-26
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Soaps, Beardsley's.
Phone RI 2S5. Trefz Express { o.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
r. 1. Clean Towel Service. Phone
R l. 4476.
Auto whirling flags, Beardsley's.
Sweeping Compound, Beardsley's