The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-17


river, has been a visitor at the Adolph
Skagen home the past week.
Joseph Score has taken up his stud
les in School No. 5 again. We are
glad to have Joseph return to school.
Louise Lillestrand visited at the
Ed. Berg and Hans Olson homes on
Wednesday and Friday evening.
Edwin Olson had a cold drive on
Friday morning when he took his
brothers Marvin and Henry to Landa
to catch the train.
Ida Vedquam is spending a few
days at home on account of Prof. P.
G. Matthews being called away to the
front. Mr.. Matthews is a fine young
man and his many friends hope to
see him come through the var safely.
T. D. Acheson visited at the Skagen
home Wednesday evening.
Roy Hanson was a caller at School
| No. 5 on Friday afternoon. All the
teachers like to have visitors. Par
ents and friends Of pupils are no
more than doing what is right when
they visit the school.
Mr.. Teigen, who is seeking to be-
come the political magnate of Bot
tineau county, has had a very inter-
esting caree He has been very sue
cessful in all of his other persuits
as a pastor and grain buyer. But
we all think that he has butted into
the wrong kind of a game this time.
Mr.. Teigen and his twelve apostles
who are going to preach the political
"truth?" to the people Of Bottineau
county will find it pretty tough sled
ding to get anywhere. There will be
a good many sloughs of Despond to
get thru, and more than one Jordan
! river to cross, and mor than one
city of Jericho to take before he can
hope to be heard in the legislature Of
North Dakota or to adorn the COVER
nors chair with his meek and lowly
countenance. Better try something
else Mr.. Teigen before the people
really get a chance to overthrow you
and your bunch of political knights at
the polls.
What is wrong with Roth? Have
they dropped off the map? There
There used to be a correspondent
there whose utterances we always
like to see in print. Better wake up
fellow citizens and put your fair city
back into literary life.
President Wilson sure has all of
the people behind him in his war aims.
The sooner the good people of Ger
many learn that we r not fighting
them but that we are fighting Prus-
sian Imperialism which is bound up
in the autocratic parsonage of old
Kaiser Bill. Throw off the wheel
German brothers of Imperialism and
join the host Of nations who are
battling for truth and right.
Caroline johnson has been visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Nels johnson the
past few days.
Edward Berg came back pretty
strong on the Townley question and
the Nonpartisan League. We al
ways thought in free America that
the majority was supposed to rule.
But, in Bottineau county it seems to
the scribesthat a few people who can
not ever see things as their friends
and neighbors do; would like to take
up the cause of their down-trodden
brethren and hold all of the offices
for them.
All of the men who are affiliated
Dwith the new Farmers League are
men who are always in the minority
on all questions. They seem to think
that the majority of men have no
brains and do not know how to think.
They therefore got together last
summer and again this winter to
show the people that they were very
willing to take on their own shoulders
all of the responsibilities of the
county and state. The only thing
that they have against the Nonpar-
tisan League is that the. League has
been successful in politics, while the
majority Of the "New League Mast
ers" never have. They seen to think
the same as the Kaiser does that
they have the "Divine Right" to tell
other people what to do even if the
other people do not want them. An
other thing that seems to go against
the grain Of these valiant apostles of
political truth is that the farmers
really did stick and elect their ticket.
The N. P. L. slogan Of " we will
stick" also hurts their political corns
which they hope had started to
sprout again. The mine dollar suck
ers" as the league members are call
ed by their fair opponents all know
that their money went as a campaign
fund to elect their ticket to office.
Can my friends Of "The New Round
Table, tell me where their old parties
get their campaign fund to put their
tickets thru with? If they are not in
telligent enough to know where this
money comes from / will be only too
glad to inform them. "Big Business"