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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Highgrade Optimism.

His boss went dead, an his mule went lame,
He lost six COWS in a poker game;
A hurricane come on a summers day
An carried the house whar he lived away,
Then a earthquake come when that wuz gone
An swallered the land that the house stood
on!
An the tax collector, he come roun'
An charged him up for the hole in the
groun'!
An the city marshal he come in view
An said he wanted his street tax, too!
Did he moan an sigh? Did he set an cry
An cuss the harricane sweepin' by?
Did he grieve that his old friends failed to
call
When the earthquake came and swAllered
all?
Never a word O. blame he said,
With all them troubles on top his head!
Not him! He climbed on top O. the hill
Whar stan'in' room wuz left him still.
An BARN his head, here's what he said:
y reckon it's time to git up an git,
But, thank God, I hain't had the measles
yit!"
Julian Street.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Time to Get Busy.
tStanley Sun)

The government needs the support Of or
canned farmers to win the war; the country
will need the cooperation Of organized farm
ers for financial reconstruction after the war
is won. And>in their own interests it is well
Tor the farmers to ask just how they will fare
after the wal, if they are not organized. Bust
ness IS organized; banking is. organized;; labor
VIII besbetter organized than ever before. Every
motive Of self-interest and Of service. demands
that the farmers unite to defend their own in
terests. and to make their influence felt insstates
and national councils.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
North DakOta's Venture.

The Delineator: When North Dakota Sc
lected Lynn J. Frazier to be it's new governor,
it committed itself to a new experiment, po-
litical and business, that should be watched
with interest by all American citizens. For, if
the experiment is a success, a vital step will
be taken in the lowering Of high prices to the
consumer and in raising to the farmer the pric-
es of his farm produce.
It was a party only two years ago that elected
Mr.. Frazier, the Farmers Nonpartisan Politi-
cal League. It stands for state elevators, state
flour mills, state packing houses, state hail in
surance and a state rural credit system.
Ten months before his election Governor
Frazier was unknown. He had farmed ever
since he was graduated from the University Of
North Dakota.
The Farmers Nonpartisan Political League
captured every elective office in the State save
one. It came into being as a protest against
Juggling of grain prices and the speculation in
food prices by Chambers of Commerce. It pro-
poses to put the speculative markets of business
thru the cooperation of the state and the
farmer in distributing land products.
1t is a great program: one that every plain
American citizen will greet with enthusiasm
and will wish Godspeed on it's difficult under
taking.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15

THURSDAY, AUG Is, 1918.
Demand Issues, Not Innuendo.
(Courier-News

The political guns in North Dakota have not
started even the long range action prior TO the
November election, though a little lntermltenJ
fire is kept up.
The one thing that the people OF North la
kota should insist upon is that the campaign
: this fall be confined TO real, live issues.
Sanity rather THAI. SANDER would undoubted-
" be appreciated. Prior to the primary cam
paiqn the opposition to the present state ad-
ministration laid down a barrage OF abuse winch
accomplished no good purpose and was q ais
grace to the state.
There are indications that it is the intention
in some quarters to continue the same tacrlcs
during the fall campaign, both on the part OF
speakers and press, regardless OF the reDuke
they received at the polls in June.
Such tactics should not be tolerated during
the fall campaign in view Of the public utter
ances of President Wilson. Even National
Chairman Hays Of the Republican committee
has publicly denounced such miserable subter-
fuges.
While the outcome of the election is a fore
gone conclusion, and the opposition is irritated
because of this fact, this is no reason why the
state should be subjected to the pain Of UNI
bridled passion turned loose. All the choice
billingsgate and invectives were worn out by
constant use against present state officials dur
ing the primaries-all to no purpose except the
satisfaction that may come to the slanderer
!, from reading his own slush.
Why not have a clean campaign upon real
issues, if nothing more than for conservation,
j. e., saving some people the unnecessary ex-
pense Of washing their own mud from them
selves?
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
The Last Straw.
Park River Gazette-News)

The League swept the state so clean at the
primaries and left SO little for the gang. forces
that they have already buried their identity by
anlalgamation with the reactionary democrats.
Governor Frazier carried forty-fve counties
out OF fifty-three, and. five ofthe counties were
in the first congressional district. The gam
having failed to make a dent with esteem, l00
per cent Republican, Z Will now attempt to put
over Liberty Joe,,'' the Democrat. The i. n,
"a. is grasping at the last straw4to save ttlle N
badly wrecked machine from total destruction.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Lost Their ShibbOleth.
(Parshall Leader)

Atop Secretary Bakers severe rebuke of. po-
~liticians who attempt to make loyalty an issue,
and President Wilson's admonition against mob
violence, now comes Chairman HaysIof the ma
tional Republican committee in a statement to
the effect that decrying political opposition on
the loyalty grounds Creates false impressions
of conditions in this country; the man or par
ty that starts anything like that will be guilty
OF the the worst kind of disloyalty." Nowhere
in this country has such an attempt been made
to use loyalty for personal advantage as in
Minnesota and North Dakota, and the inference
is these high personages had Minnesota and
North Dakota in mind when they spoke. Bone
head Burnquist and Dimity Doyle are thus de-
prived> OF their foremost warcry, if they give
heed to national reproof. What are these wave
the-tiag patriots going to splurge about if they
can't urge their preferment on the loyalty is
sue?
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
Wisdom Born Of Experience.

Recently a retired politician of note was Civ
ing a young man about to break into the politi-
cal arena a bit of advice. 'I've been ali thro,loh
it, son" he said. Tive had everything it is
possible to get except the presidency. When
I started in politics things locked very bright
] got positions of trust, big appointments, and
everything / wanted. Now all | have after
years Of activity is a lot of warm enemies and
cold friends
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15

REAL AMERICANISM.

The following from the Sac City Qowa) Bull
letin is commended to the coterie of North Da
kota hidebound Republican editors who at heart
are opposed to the national administration-ane
would be openly if they but dared-and who
would at best at rare intervals, and for thu
sake of expediency, damn the president with
faint praise:
We're for Woodrow Wilson, president Of
our country and commander-in-chief of our
army and navy. No partisan appeal will
turn us from him. He's on the job, and
we must win or lose with him. He's an
American, and that beats being either a
democrat or a republican. If there is any
+ thing a w~eak-minded, weakened lover Of
the good old u. S.. A. can do to help out,
we're at his command. Up with the Star
Spangled Banner and to hell with Wilson's
critics, until after the war, at least"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15

Profits OF the United States Steel Corporation
for the three months ending June 30 were
600, 900 a year. The Corporation estimates war
taxes to be levied on the quarters earnings at
$9O,716,25O, leaving net profits of $62,557,391
for the three months. In other words, the
Steel Corporation expects to survive such
wealth CONSUMPTION as Congress is likely to
impose and come out at the end of the year
with something like a quarter of a billion in
net profits, or Is per cent on billion dollars
capitalization. -Four years ago the Corporation
had to put up will less than SIS, 900, 900 earn
ing tor an entire twelve months. The $685.
557,391 of profits for three months operations
is the net after deducting'a liberal estimate to
cover the exactions of the new revenue act,
which is vet to be drafted, and after deducting
all fixed charges and the cost of new extensions.
This is protiteering of the most shameless. It
is for the War Industries Board to explain it's
prlce-fixlng policy, to tell us why the country's
steel output is not pooled under an arrange
ment that would give to each producer a fair
margin over and above costs, and no more. Ar
thur Brisbane recently gave the masters Of
american industry a warning that is pertinent.
BE satisfied with enough, with ten times YOUR
share. Be cautious" he tells them. Get a
short history of the French Revolution. Learn
something. - Soon millions of men will
come back from France, impressed with the
value Of force, and knowing how to use it.
Soon other millions, of men will be suddenly dis
missed from ammunition factories and ship
yards. Do you know what people are
paying for the food they eat? Do you know
how they feel about it? Be careful.
There are rough days ahead. You will need a
pilot, not a New York Times manicure"
The Courapt, for once, finds itself in hearty
accord with Mr.. Teigen's' organ in it's hope that
every farmer will have an opportunity to read
MaxwelPs article" It is exactly this sort Of
rhodomontade which made the ponderous ma
Jorlty for the Nonpartisan candidates at the
June primaries possible. BY all means let it
be continued adlibitun1.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-15
NEVER AGAIN.

One of the most perspicacious observers Of
the signs of the time, and withal a Journalist
who stands at the head of the profession in the
United States, is William Marion Reedy, of the
Louis Mirror. The following is his con
clusion after a thorough survey of existing
conditions in this country at the present time;
A thing that makes me tired is the talk
of people about when things are to be re-
stored to the normal, that is when the old
conditions shall have been re-established.
Never again will things be as they were.
There's the man who thinks business is go
ing to be as it was. Impossible. Why for
years after the war we shall be rationing
supplies to the exhausted. nations of the
world. We shall have to distribute things
so that they'll be sure to 60 all around for
the reconstruction of, the world. Shall we
set up tariffs and such things to prevent
restoration and constitution Or let bust
bear? Never! The railroads, the packers,
the flour millers, steel makers, big business
of all kinds, will never come completely out
from under regulation. There has been a
vast taking of stock Of the world and the
supplies will be more fairly distributed, not
only among men, but among nations. The
government finger now will soon be a whole
and a powerful hand in every business pie.
We shall have illimitable social reconstruc-
zion, beginning WIN Cne reconstruction OF
wounded men from the war. We shall have
the government training, educating, look
ing after the health of every man in uni
versal service. Instead of insisting on bust
ness fissiparation, the government will pull
business together but infang it of power
to extort or Cypress. We shall have in
creasingly more collective bargaining.
Unionism will be stronger, not weaker.
There will be prohibition for awhile and
then about the time the excuses of a
restoration are due, we shall have a reg
ulation of liquor to defeat the fanatical pur-
itan on the one hand and the vested in
terest in drunkenness on the other. There
will be free trade-after a long time, but
I doubt if this trade will ever be as abso-
lutely between individuals as it was of yore.
Nations will mix in with the individuals
and to that extent will do what all along
protectionists mistakenly thought they,
were doing-trading with one another.
The old world is gone. Don't waste good
time listening to people who talk of the
world reverting to old conditions.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15

Of feeling among his subjects, that
carried England into conflict with her
children in America, and that gave
an irreconcilable bitterness to the
strife. He managed the doings OF
government in his own way"
8. Meanwhile, however, while George
III was trying to Cypress America
and carry out his kaiserlike idea OF
making everything bow to the kings
will land hired Hessian soldiers from
Germany to conquer America Pitt
Burke, Fox and others of the greatest
Englishmen Of the time were against
the king and fought on many occa-
sions in parliament in the interest
of the Americans" Chatham boldly
declaring in a famous speech in the
House of Commons: IF were an
American, as | am an Englishman,
while a foreign troop was landed in
my country, / never would lay down
my arms-never, never, ~neverJI"
4. The liberty-loving English peo-
pie have since compelled the king
to give up one power after another,
until he now has practically no au-
thority, but in Germany, as we have
seen, this idea of autocratic rule by
a monarch exists rampant and I'M
curbed.-Progressive Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15

Williams If he would announce to the
boys that they were going to give
them a dance that night and extended
an invitation to every man present to
be there. Needless to say, we were
there.
We certainly have to hand it to
those Opelousas girls; they are sure
the cream of the flock and un-
less you were a soldier in Opelou-
sas Tuesday night you might as well
not have been living. / can't see how
one town can be blessed with as
many good looking girls, and they
were certainly for the Hath Ammuni-
ton Train. A good jazz band was
there, and the ladies served refresh
ments all during the dance which
lasted until the small hours of
Wednesday morning.
Reveille sounded at 6:10 and mess
was had at $40. Tents were imme-
diately struck. the camp thoroughly
poieeo, trucks were sassea anu
q anu tue entife Tram win es-
cry man II position was Feaoy 70
cave a. o.i0. seop u twenty mn
utes was maae N Town 'ano pc
lese the enelFe popolaelOh was OUT
u iofee 70 oio US ana gou.
Speeu. heasihg opeiousas d o.oo
we stopped 1ust the otner q OF
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15
GEORGE III AN ANCESTOR
OF THE GERMAN KAISER

This war has illustrated in tragic
fashion the Importance Of the edu-
Gated citizenship in a democracy.
When the war with Germany came
en-, the average educated, well-in-
formed American at once threw him
self heart and soul into the Ameri-
can cause. He did so because he
knea what war meant.
Unfortunately, however, our aver
age voter had studied nothing about
the menace of kaiserism, had never
even familiarized himself with the
names of Nietzche, Bernardhi and
Treitschke and knew nothing of Ger
many's Caesar-like plans to make con-
quest of the world. In fact, the dis
tinction between the government of
Germany, ruled as that country is by
a divine right" kaiser and his mill
tary authority, and the p~resent-day
government of England in which the
king is only a ~figure-head and the peo-
pie rule as completely as the people
in the United States-even these dis
tinctions were hardly familiar to the
averaged citizen before war came on.
In the limited instruction given in
our public schools below the high
school, no mention is made at all of
the change in English government
ice 1776, nor are fundamental facts
about the Revolutionary War itself
emphasized as they should be. For
example, how many of our people
know today that the British tyrant-
king, George III, who fought us dur
ing the Revolutionary War, was of
German blood. having a German ia
Their and a German mother, and that
the present tyrant-kaiser is on his
mothers side a lineal descendant of
the same King George we fought in
1875? Yet these are the facts.
Let's put these facts somewhat
more in order.
/. George III was of German fam
lily, George / being imported from Ger
many and never learning to speak
English at all, while George II came
t England from Germany when he
was 81. and married a German.
George III was a first cousin Of Fred
erick Of Prussia and had been es-
pecially taught by his German moth
err says Larned. that he must rule
and not the people Of England.
2. Coming to the throne, this auto
cratic rule is what George III tried
to accomplish; and the war against
the American colonies was fought In
the days when the king controlled
parliament-not the parliament the
king has now. AS Larned wrote in
his History Of England" years ago:
1T was the blind obstinancy of King
George, more than any and all states
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15

to Withstanding the heaviest weather
founder In a SEVERE tropical storm
This theory sounds unreasonable M
many who believed the ship capable 81
riding safely out Of any storm She
might encounter, lyet in view Of iii
the known circumstances the exulan.
alton is accepted by most naval Off,
cials as the most probable account
for the disappearance.
The Cyclops, although Of deem
draft, and broad beam, carried q raz
markably high and heavy super
structure. Eight great steel DEF.
ricks lowered over hull and there
was other heavy framework placed
above decks to give her a maxifmnu Il
Of efficiency in loading or dischalg
ing coal.
In cas- of a heavy list to port b.
starboard perhaps to the extent 81
IS degrees, the Gyclops, burdens
with her heavy defricks, was perhaps
unable to swing back into equilibriun
crashed over to one side and quickly
settled. The heavy cargo of mangsns
csc might have shifted and hinderad
the vessel from righting after a Be
we're list.
Moreover, vessels which returned
to Atlantic ports about the time the
Cyclops was due, reported that I'm
usually stormy weather had been On
countered in southern waters. Caught
in the trough of a heavy sea, the CIV.
clops might have capsized and gone
down quickly, dragging down beneath
hull all deck equipment which other
wise might have floated on the sur.
face as an Indication of her fate,
The theory that the Cyclops sud
denly went down in a storm is about
the only theory that adequately would
explain her failure to wireless in case
of danger. The fact that no radio
calls came from the evssel is one
phase that ch~aracterizes the dissp-
pearance of the ship as mi Of the
most mysterious in modern sea an.
mails.
The Missing Cyclps-Gal 2.....
Leaving the West Indian harbor On
March 4 the Cyclops was expected to
touch at an Atlantic port on March
Is. When attention was called to the
fact that she was afew days overdue,
no anxiety was felt because It was
known she had n engine out OF 9 p
mission. However, when a Week
passed and there was even no news
that she had been sighted, a feeling
OF great apprehension swept over the
navy department. Every effort was
made to find her, but on April "a the
department gave permission to pub
ish the facts, which had long BEEN
withheld.
Secretary Daniels still clings to the
hope that the mystery will be clear
ed, but there are not many in the DE-
partment who share his views.
F&25N&&E
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15
German alien females.

German alien females.
The time for such registration il
fixed to commence at s a. m. on Mon
day, June II, 1918, and to continue
on each day successfully thereafter
except Sunday, June %, 1918, between
the hours of 6 a. m. and 5 p. M, up
to and including Wednesday, the
18th day Of June, 1918, at 5 o'clock
p. m.
The chief sof police in the cities
of Shreveport, Alexandria, Lake
Charles, Monroe, Crowley and La
fayette are the chief registrars for
said cities, and their assistant reg.
istrars shall be such captains: lieu.
tenants or sergeants as the chiefs
of police shall designate.
In all other places the postmaster
shall be the registrar. All who are
required to register shall furnish to
the registrar four unmounted photo
graphs of herself, not larger than
3 by 8 inches in size, on thin paper
with a light background. The photo
graph shall be of the shoulders and
full face, without hat or other head
covering.
Persons required to register should
understand that in doing so they are
giving proof of their peaceful dispo-
sition and their intention to conform
to the laws of the United States. :
Female natives, citizens, denizens,
or subjects of the Austro-Hungarian
empire are not required to register
under these regulations unless they
come within the provisions of the re-
quirements above stated.
All German alien females coming
within the provisions of this law, and
who are required to register thereun-
der are instructed to present them
selves to the registration officer of
their district within the time sep
Gifted for registration and for COM
pliance with all the provisions of the
said proclamation.
Any German alien female who fails
to comply with the provisions of the
law governing said registration. in
addition to all other penalties pres
cribed by law, is liable to restraint,
Imprisonment and detention for the
duration Of the war, or to such 9th
er penalties as are prescribed by
Law.
F. H. GosMAN, Chief Registrar,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15
state Of Ohio. city Of Toledo.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that lie
is senior partner of the firm Of 2. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
and that said frm will pay the Gum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be.
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J.. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A.. D. 1885,. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood sn
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
for testimonials, free
f. j.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15
NOTICE or REGISTRATION
GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES
Western District of Louisiana.

Shreveport, La, May %, 1918.
Under instructions from the at
torney general of the United States,
issued by the authority Of the Pres
dents proclamation Of April IS,
1918. q registration Of German alien
females throughout the Western Ju-
dicial District has been ordered to
take place.
Those required to register are des-
igrated as follows: All natives, cit
liens, denizens and subjects Of the
German empire or OF the Imperial
German government, being females
ct the age of u years and upwards,
now within the United States and
not actually naturalized as American
citizens are required to register as
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-15
SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH ON SUNDAY

Services will be held at the First
Presbyterian Church in this city to-
morrow Sunday, both morning and
night, Rev. Merlin occupying the pull
pit. The day services will be at III
o'clock and the night services at $3.50
o'clock.