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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
PEOPLE PAY BIG
TOLL ON TURKEYS
Middleman Makes More Than
100 Per Cent Profit by Selling
Thanksgiving GobbIers.

Turkeys sold for 8 cents Q Douna
y the Twin Cities around Thanksgiv.
ing day and city folks probably
thought the farmer was the prof1teer.
But he wasn't. It was the middleman
who played both ends against the mid.
die and ~extorted more than 100 per
cent profit.
The National Nonpartisan leagues
market bureau gets weekly reports
from scores of farmers within a IA.
dius Of 100 miles Of the Twin Cities.
Thanksgiving week these reports show
the average price which the farmer
got and the price which the city con.
sumner paid for the Same article as
follows: @
Hens, farmer got 13 cents q pound,
city consumer paid %; ducks, farmer
got 12h cents, city folks paid Is;
geese, farmer got IL cents, city price
Is cents; turkeys, farmer got Is cents
l pound and average price to consumer
In cities was IS cents a pound.
City folks who think the farmer is
getting rich because they pay large
prices for farm products should re.
member the middleman. He gets you
coming and going and prices cannot
be materially lowered until the mid.
dleman is eliminated from our market.
Ing system.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
LOCAL NEWS

Miss Mable Gorder spent Monday
1t Bottineau.
Mrs. Ole O. Berg has been on the
lex list the past week.
Miss leila Slower spent Saturday
1. her home in Bottineau.
Henry and Oscar Berge were at
he county seat Monday.
Miss Selma Larson is visiting at
he Nils Sivertson home.
Carl S. Haugen transacted bust
ess in Bottineau Monday.
A certain young lady in Carbury
], still knitting for the Sammies.
Mrs. C. Noun visited with her
aughter-in-law, Mrs. Adolph Noun,
londay.
John Skjei and family spent Sun
az at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
ugust B. Wall.
Prof. Leon Neulen of Souris and
ISIS leila Slower were guests at the
/. B. Arveson home Sunday.
Miss Selma Haugen went to Lam
! Saturday evening where she has
,ened a term Of parochial school.
Anton Wall, manager of the Farm
8 Elevator Co., returned from Far
D Friday evening, having attended
e annual meeting Of the Equity Co.
perative Exchange. Manager Wall
ports q very good meeting and an
usual large attendance.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
CARBURY SCHOOL NOTES.

In pursuance Of the school regula-
tions a portion of the afternoon Of
the third Friday Of January was given
up to a discussion Of the subject Of
temperance. The entire . school as
sembled in the basement where it was
addressed by Mr.. Bervig. Several
patriotic songs were sung by the
school children.
The new black boards have arrived
and will be installed shortly.
The seventh grade have finished
reading an abridged copy of Poe's
"Gold Bug" while the English / class
has completed 'The Vision Of Sir
Launfal."
The lighting system in the school
is again in working order.
The inclement weather Of the past
week has caused numerous absences
in the grades.
The first and second grade CON
struction class made little Eskimos
on sleds Friday afternoon.
The primary room is learning the
new song entitled, "The Little Fid-
de-"
The first grade language class are
memorizing Robert Louis Stevenson's
poem, "The Friendly Cow"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
" The - -
Scrap Book
ATanks" Have Them Guessing.

thanks" Have Them Guessing.
Nothing in the war since the German
guns of 1914 that smashed the Belgian
forts and were to drop shells in Dover
has so captured the general magma.
ton Of the amateur rs the death
crawlers known as 'tanks." The air.
planes are more vivid, but they lack
the mystery Of the tanks. Nobody
knows how many England has, but 40
body guesses under a thousand now In
service. Doubtless the Germans viii
provide some device for putting them
out Of service-something correspond.
ing to the depth bombs which have
scandalized the submarines they have
met. Probably the tank viii pass be-
fore the war is over from the lime
light. But they hold the center Of the
stage at present, masked, grim and
mysterious, like the old actors Of
Greece.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
GOOD PROFITS IN POTATOES
Commission Men Get Twice az Much
as Farmer Who Grows and
Markets Crop.

There is still good money In potatoes
that Is II you sell instead of grow
them. Last week farmers within q
radius Of 100 miles Of the Twin Cities
received IN average price Of 70 cents
q bushel for the best grade of pota-
toes loaded on the cars.
These same potatoes sold in the
Twin Cities from SLIGO to $40 a
bushel.
The freight from Cambridge, Isanti
county, to st. Paul Is 6 cents on q
bushel Of potatoes. The freight added
to the 78 cents the farmer gets makes
the cost of a bushel Of potatoes "a
cents laid down in st. Paul. II the
consumer pays $1.60 a bushel, the
very lowest figure, the commission
man and grocer divide 76 cents profit.
But If the consumer pays $40 q
bushel for fancy potatoes" the mid
dlemen split $1.56 profits on the deal.
This beats farming, yet the city pro-
Queer who pays the big prices wonders
why the producer complains. The city
producer does not realize that the
farmer does the work and the middle
man gets the profits. And In tho case
OF potatoes profits continue good de-
spite the food controller and the fact
that the crop this year was double
that Of 1916.
But what does the commission man
care about the farmer, the consumer,
Hoover, or the law Of supply and de-
mand? He Is interested in profits, and
20 long az he controls the market he
Will get them.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
0verhasty.

OVorhaeey.
John Murphy had secured q license
to marry Mary Manning, but the In.
tended bride "rued," and six weeks
later John made his second appearance
In the clerks Office.
"Misther Johnson" said he, FIN
February I got a license from You to
marry Mary Manning; an I didn't
marry her; an now, Place yer honor,
wud yer be so good al to alther It %
It wud at Honora Morfarrityf"
mo" replied the clerk. lyon must
got a new license to at Honora."
"And pay for lit"
Certainly It Will cost you q dollar.
the same as the first one"
"Och, indadel Thin I'm ruined In.
tirely, intirely, fur / jist coorted Hon,
ora to save the dollar"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
claudlns Hurls the kstohup.

sclaudlne Nurls the ketohuR.
sWhat's the trouble up there IN
erontr' asked the cook Of q 'rapid-fre'
restaurant, addressing one Of the wait.
reeses.
Jaw, Heloise said that Olaudine
wasn't any better than she ought to
be" was the reply. "And Claudins
says she 10, too, and II anybody thinks
different she'll make 'em prove It.
That's how the customer got hit with
the ketchup bottle"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
With ! chuckie.

As MI. Jones unlaced his boots he
remarked casually to his wife sHaye
you heard about the catastrophe which
happened at the Smiths house to-
night1''
mo. What was 1T" asked Mra
Jones.
Jones paused for an aggravating mo
ment to pull on his slippers before he
repliedi why, Mrs. Smith gave the
baby 4 bottle 70 play with, and while
she was out Of the room It fell from
the cradle and broke its neck"
~Whatl The poor little babyts
shrieked his. wife.
No; the bottle1' replied Mr.. Jones
with 4 nendish chuckle.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
Rare Experience

Rare Experience.
s.Do you find your new car m to
salesman said 1t vast
sAIl and more" replied the happy
owner.
'sYou are one purchaser IN . thou
sand
Maybe 20. but the chap who sold 4
% me was one salesman In a thousand.
He kept his eloquence within reason
able bounds and told me the truth
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24

Hard and Soft Coal-International
Elevator Co., Carbury, N. D. MI pd.
Mrs. John Listoe arrived from her
home lee Vandelia, Mont, for a Wis
it with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ole
Crogen.
Mrs. Albert Norell and family of
Roth are spending the week with Mrs.
Norrell's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lars
Olson.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Lavegness of Lam
da returned home Tuesday evening
after a weeks visit with friends and
relatives.
Viola Setter entertained a number
of her young friends Thursday after
noon, the occasion being her 5th
birthday.
c. G. Forsberg returned Thursday
from Minneapolis, where he has spent
the last two months receiving med
ical treatment.
Messrs. J. L. Gorder and J. j.
Dalen have been assisting with the
annual inventory at the Farmers Co.
op. Nero. Co. this week.
Mrs. N. B. Arveson entertained a
number Of the young girls on Monday
afternoon in honor of Jane Margaret
Arveson On her second birthday.
The Farmers Elevator Co. is ex-
pecting a carload of feed in a few
days. Anyone in need of feed should
leave orders with Manager Wall.
Miss Olga Ryan returned to her
home near Antler Saturday evening
after having spent a few days with
her sister, Mrs. Ole o. Berg and fam
lily.
Sivert Qualheim of Newburg was
here Tuesday calling on friends and
at the same time secured a load of
wood and posts to be shipped to Lam
da.
Ole Hoibrenden was at Rugby be-
tween trains Tuesday visiting with
his mother and sister, who is still
quite i'll at the Good Samaritan hos
pital.
For Sale at the Local Postoffice-
United States War Savings Stamps.
If you have not already bought your
first stamp do so now. It is your
patriotic duty and by so doing you
are helping u boys win the war.
The following are new Red Cross
members since the last list was pub
lished: Emelia Rothe, William Cor
der, Benjamin Gorder, Walter Gorder,
Emma Henning, Oliver Berg and B.
Schei.
The Young Peoples society met in
the assembly hall last Friday eve
ming. A very good program was rem
dered. The next meeting will be on
Friday, February LIST. It is hoped
that the program committee will get
real busy and present a good pro-
gram.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
pass a stationary ~bTade-across WHICH,
torn strips Of the proper width afo
fed by means Of two rollers.
Loving 4 Child.

-aEH ~SVss - ~ssssSo
!. Loving q child IL key
To Heavens mystery. /.
Loving q child, and giving
It knowledge, this is living.
Loving q child brings pain.
And 10 LIES greatest gain.
Loving q child IL knowing
The fierce joy OF q sowing
That shall cause mighty reApenA
Loving q child is weeping,
: And fearing, too, and prayfnes
This, there ID no gainsay1ng.
Loving q child II being
A part Of God, and seeing
The world beneath ones hand
Enlarge, expand, "a
Be different, and TOW
To ones thought. Even %.
Loving q child II key /"
To every mystery.
Loving q child IL laughter
And heartache after.
-Heartache and grief and PAIN
But always Joy again.
Mary Carolyn Davies. IN Good HpoDos
keeping.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
Nnfhlna poina.

No3hIn0 Doing.
u know who has the lost money!
stated the visitor.
then why come to mef' demanded
Sherlock Holmes.
II want you to get It back for ma
who has itfs
my wife has Il"
'Watson, kindly show the gentlemaI
out" responded the astute shsr1pG1
with Z yawn.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
Boon . Red Gross Worlers.

Women n Red Cross groups who
have blistered their hands making clip
pings from cloths with which to All
fracture pillows for 0ur army hos
pitals WIN welcome ! new machins
described n Popular Mechanics Nag.
asine. that Gltps about sishtS ttndpssas
fa1t - p1g1on - with I pa1r II
11k hfees36ed With 6ours k1fvoo
n1o1o - ~ 1pesn q aNAoGG.
moStun ~ mGoo
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
Best Ever For John. ..

standard Oil companies pay record
dividends. In addition to cash
dividends Standard OIL companies paid
$33.5O0.O00 In stock dividends during
the year..-Wall Street Journal. Nov.
16th.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24
4 Suspicion.

George-Jones says he IL an idealisl
Hvslyn-Yes, but ! am afraid tha
he 10 one Of those who believe tha
~ hrst test Of a. idealist = . =
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24

Coal Profits Show increase.
Financial reports from one Of nj
leading coal companies show TIT thsy
are L-aking . great deal 00o msnoy
uAar var cooditions - eAAy ~
M - ~. .ss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24

His Speciality.

Hle Specially.
II you are worried shout yogr, ~
somnia, pick Z quarrel with that am1r
t9nr prizeaghtes'
- can put you = 800
~ nr1t st6ads sa.ts
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24

The Young Peoples society met in
the assembly hall last Friday eve
ming. A very good program was en-
dered. The next meeting will be on
Friday, February LIST. It is hoped
that the program committee will get
real busy and present a good pro-
gram.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-24

~, "he don't need me any more"
Sudden unacc0untable sympathy
famed in the lawyers breast.
"Phil," he said, III you viii come
with me-tomorrow, I'll give You .
start in the world. Help IL scarce at
this time, l need you In my Office"
Crimson spots glowed In the lads
round cheeks. quickly he rose to his
feet. "You mean" he said, shat you'd
take me there to the city, that you'd
help me to--lfye."
The lawyer nodded silently. Then
with sudden passionate motion the lad
buried his face In his arms, his shout
ders shaking with sudden sobs.
"Ohl / can't 50" He cried and
snatched the felt hat from hiA head.
About the round childish facesBfell Z
mass Of golden hail, ansriH PIN
caught the hair and drew i like 3
cloak about her, ''You see" she said.
IL am his granddaughter. Philippa.
The overalls and boots were but my
farming costume. allowed you g
think what you believed"
Tragic disappointment fingered II
her eyes. The lawyer stood staring
as though ne too s2w : vision.
1Philippa.. he said slowly, I've
mother back there n ne ctyssMho
needs Z companion lke Syc0. goeaeoee
10 teach-eol Cv1 toearG ~
~ comes ~ -, MlII ypoeey0r
ANn Ax6
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
MERCER NEVER LOST FAITH
Confident That God Would Save
the Unhappy Country.

Cardinal MERCER, archbishop of Ma
lines, Belgium, was not actually i'm
prisoned by the Germans, but his free
dom was restricted. His offense was
the issuing of pastoral letter to his
people in January, 1915, in which he
said: II have gone through most of
the places in my diocese which have
been wasted. What I have
seen of the ruins and the ashes passes
anything that, in spite of my most
acute fears, I could ever have mag
ined. Churches, schools, char
table institutions, hospitals, converts,
to a considerable number, are unfit for
use or are in ruins. Whole villages
have almost disappeared. God
will save Belgium, my brothers, we
cannot doubt it, Let us say, rather,
he is saving her. Is there a single
patriot who does not feel that glory
has come to Belgium? Which of us
would have the courage to tear out
the last page of our history? Which
of us can look without pride on the
splendor of the glory that our muir
dered- country has won?"
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
HARLEM OIL CAPSULES
If YOUR BACK ACHES

Do you feel tired and "worn-outT"
Are you nervous and irritable? Don't
sleep well at night? Have dragged
out" unrested feeling when you get
up in the morning? Dizzy spells? Bill
ious? Bad taste in the mouth, back
ache, pain or soreness in the loins,
and abdomen? Severe distress when
urinating, bloody, cloudy urine or sed-
iment? All these indicate gravel or
stone in the bladder, or that the poi
sonous microbes, which are always in
your system, have attacked your kid
neys.
You should use GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules Immediately.
The oil soaks gently into the walls
and lining Of the kidneys, and the lit
tie poisonous animal germs, which are
causing the Inflammation, are imme-
diately attacked and chased out Of
your system without inconvenience or
pain.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21

Don't ignore the "little pains and
aches" especially backaches. They
may be little now but there is no tell
ing how soon a dangerous or fatal dis
ease of which they are the forerun-
ners may show itself. Go after the
cause of that backache at once, or you
may find yourself in the grip of an in
durable disease.
Do not delay minute. Go to your
druggist and insist on his supplying
you with a box of GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. In "a hours
you will feel renewed health and vigor.
After you have cured yourself, con-
tinue to take one or two Capsules
each day so as to keep in first-class
condition, and ward off the danger Of
future attacks. Money refunded If
they do not help you. Ask for the
original imported GOLD MEDAL
brand, and thus be sure of getting the
genuine.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
St. Winnitred
and the Tree

One story of the origin of the green
tree as the Christmas tree among the
people of northern Europe is given in
a legend Of st. Winnifred. 1t is one
of the many thousands of those sim
pie and beautiful beliefs that have at.
tached themselves to the midwinter
festival and which generally pass now
under the name of christmas myths"
1t is related that st. Winnifred, great
Christian missionary, began cutting
down sacred" oak which had been
the object of worship by the northern
pagans whom he was seeking to lead
Alright. While he was hewing down the
huge tree it was blasted by sudden
whirlwind. Close beside it was q
young fir tree, which was not harmed
either by the whirlwind or by the fall
of the giant oak. Then st. Winnifred
is reported to have spoken as follows
to the pagans:
''This little tree, young child of
the forest, shall be your holy tree to-
night. 1t is the wood of peace, for
your homes are built of it. It is the
sign of an endless life, for it's leaves
are always green. See how it points
toward heaven! Let this be called the
tree of the Christ Child. Gather about
it; not in the wild woods, but in your,
homes; there it will shelter no deeds
of blood, but loving gifts and acts OF
Kindness"
The fir tree, the common evergreen
of the northern regions, became the
holy tree of the converted pagans, and
in it's honor or in memory of the
thoughts it stood for they decorated it
with lights and gifts at Christmas.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21

Women all over the world realize more
and more that their work at home helped
the men at the Front. 1t involved
great sacrifices, hard work and unusual
physical strength Women at home
should study nursing for the home. A good
way to learn is to ask your druggist for a
copy or send SOC to publisher of the
Medical Adviser" 663 Main St., Buffalo,
N. Y, and get copy of their 1000 page
book bound in cloth, with chapters on
First Aid, Taking Care of the Sick or
Wounded, Physiology, Hygiene, Anato-
my, Sex Problems, Mother and Babe.
Nobody, man or woman, can do good
work when health is impaired. If a
woman is nervous or has dizzy spells,
suffers from awful pains at regular or IT.
regular intervals she should turn to a tonic
made up of herbs, and without alcohol,
which makes weak women strong and sick
women well. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Send DR., Pierce, Buffalo,
N. Y, 10 cents for trial package.
San Antonio Texas. says: 81 write to say
when I first began using Dr. Pierces Favorite
Prescription l in expectancy. During this
time l always nervous that l couldn't
stand the door to be slammed nor the noise OF
the children. 1t would almost make me crazy.
But can truly say 'Favorte Prescription help
ed me wonderfully at this time. My babe is
nearly month old and haven't had a nervous
spell. l certainly thank God that my husband
picked up one of Dr. Pierces pamphlets three
months ago and got me the Prescription: IN
tablet form. on the second bottle of the
Prescription now and have found by personal
experience that it is a woman's friend. "-MrS.
Ida Lott. 002 Henry st.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION
FOR THE KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do
Swamp Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on it's merit and
it should help you. No other kidney medi-
cine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
1t might be we'll to remember that
fast men are usually slow pay.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
Christmas Is
ChIdren's Day

The message of Christmas is love.
It's emblem is radiant, thankful, con-
tented childhood. Without love and
without children there could be no
real Christmas. The form might sur
vive but the substance would be lack
. ing.
Unhappy must be the adult who can
not make himself a child again in
spirit at the Yuletide. For Christmas
is the universal children's day. Men
and women are superfluous except as
they make themselves partners with
those whom the day glorifies.
Let us, then, lay aside the affecta-
ton and arrogance of manhood and
womanhood and be children again.
Let us adopt their point of view ana
put ourselves in their places-in the
places of these sons and daughters of
ours and of the sons and daughters of
our neighbors. 1t was only year or
two ago, as it seems, when we hung
our well-worn stockings in row along
the mantel shelf, while our fathers
and mothers looked on with unfeigned
pleasure DIT Tile lUuOCSllt COuuuCDCC we
showed in what the morrow would
bring forth.
Even as you and I. 1t all comes
back in a flood Of memories. Life
was simpler then. Our desires were
less pretentious than those our chill
dren voice now. Modest remembrances
they were that bulged toe and heel of
the stockings mother knit.
Life and it's circumstances change,
but the essence of Christmas never.
The same happy childhood, the same
reStlessness, the same snail-like creep
ing of time as the holiday approaches.
The same parenthood, too-the same
planning across the reading table after
the boys and girls are abed, the same
loving consideration of what this or
that child most desires and how far
the family purse can properly be
stretched to permit some further pur-
chase.
Every home is assured Christmas
If it has great, warm heart pulSating
in tune with the hopes and joys of
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
cutleura compIexions.

Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment as needed to make
the complexion clear, scalp clean and
hands soft and white. For free SAM
pies address "Cuticura, Dept. x, Bos-
ton" Sold by druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment 25 and 5O.--Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
Man to Be Honored.

"De real patriot" said Uncle Eben,
'is de man dat followed de music of
de band c'ar over to whur de sho'
huff fightin' was"
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
Enthusiastic.

"He's very enthusiastic about any
project he thinks of going into"
counts his chickens before they are
Matched, eh?"
Eyes, and figures two to SHELF
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21

1t doesn't take woman nearly as
long to decide to buy hat as 1t does
to decide which one to buy.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21
Do They Stand for It?

"Does your wife do any of the cook
ing" "She frequently roasts the
kitchen help"
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21

United States in the first six months
of 1913 produced $4,000 tons Of
chromite ore.
The Benson signal., 1918-12-21

Experience may be wise teacher,
but she has to hit some pupils several
times before they'll learn.