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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

except 1911 the lowest stage Of the
Chagres has been reached some time
during the month Of April The Az
erage date Of the lowest flow has
been April IL.
The least momentary flow on rec
ord at Alhajuela is $50 cubic feet 9
second, which occurred on April 20
and 81, 1912. Compared with the
greatest momentary discharge Of
record, 10000 cubic feet 4 second,
on December 26, 1909, it will bel
seen that the maximum momentarY
discharge Of record at Alhajuela il
72O times as great as the absolute
minimum flow on record at this sta
ton.
The maximum river height at
Vigia was 1890 feet on December
28, 1909. The minimum river height
at Yigis Is approximately 1875 feet
IfF# - aE -~LNE 4N-AE &EE GE&| 4.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

8. The person who demands
money for War Savings Stamps
when he is financially able to
hold them, is worse Stacker
than the person who has bought
none. Hold your War Savings
Stamps.
A farewell party was given to
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Geise at the
Arveson home Sunday evening.
Light refreshments were served,
after which a sociable time was
had until a late hour. Mr.. and
Mrs. Geise were presented with
a thirteen-piece cut glass water
set.
N. B. Arveson met with a pain
full accident Friday while driving
home from the mountains. A
few miles out of town he MOTTO
ed that he had a flat tire and in
removing the tire from the rim
the jack slipped and the wheel
struck his foot over the instep.
AS luck would have it no bones
were broken and with the aid of
a pair of crutches N. B. is get
ting around about as fast as ev-
er.
Ole o. Berg overhauled his
threshing rig and moved up in
the mountains and started oper-
atoms on the John Schei farm
Tuesday.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

Miss fora Noun visited at the
Carl Wall home Sunday.
5. Sickness and financial re-
verses are the only excuses for
cashing War Savings stamps
before maturity.
Mrs. S. Langnes stopped off
here Monday on her way back
from ST. John, where she has
spent the last month on their
farm.
Emil Gulstad left last week
for Overly with three teams to
take in the threshing in that
vicinity.
Hans Schei arrived Sunday
from Montana where he has
been farming for the last two or
three years. In all probability
his stay will be permanent as he
will likely take over part Of his
fathers large farm in the Tur-
tie Mountains.
Anton Wall has rented the
house vacated by Geo. Geise and
will move in as soon as things
can be arranged.
6. Make every sacrifice to
hold your stock in your govern
ment. That is what your War
Savings Stamps are-Govern-
ment stock. Don't cash them.
Geo. Geise, who has been the
Great Northern agent here for
the last two years has been
transferred to Souris. MI. Car
ter of Pleasant Lake takes his
place here. Mr.. Geise left. on
Monday evening and then
was checked in at Souris. We
are very sorry that Mr.. Geise
and his estimable family decid-
ed to leave our town but we re-
alize that it was a step in the
right direction and we wish them
the best of luck. In a few years
with Carbury the best town on
the branch, George will be will
ing to make another step for
ward and we will welcome him
back to our town.
z. The worst of all slackers is
the person who buys War Saw
ings Stamps to make a good
showing and then runs to the
for his money. Keep
your War Savings Stamps.
Carl Erickson believes in the
work or fight order. This is his
second week out threshing and
he claims he has gained several
pounds.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

1. Don't cash in your War
Savings Stamps. Hold them and
get your full interest.
Mrs. Garden visited with
friends in Carbury Tuesday af-
ternoon.
C. Backeberg transacted bust
ness in town Tuesday.
DR.. Rystad of Landa was a
business caller in Carbury Tues
day.
2. It is not patriotic to cash
your War Savings Stamps when
you can afford to hold them.
Your Government needs every
penny it can get to carry on the
war. Don't add to the burden
by cashing your War Savings
Stamps.
We are informed that the Car
bury Farmers Nero. Co. will
have a car of fancy western ap-
pies this fall as usual. The
quality according to reports re-
ceived from the growers in the
west was never better. The price
will likely be higher than for
merly on account of the increase
in freight rates and the heavy
demand for good apples. This
car will be here about Oct. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.. Gorder and
E. E. Holt motored to Pleasant
Lake and back Sunday.
Miss Tyssen of Fertile, Mimi,
arrived here last Thursday and
will teach the Sjule school.
3. Back up our fighting boys
by holding your War Savings
Stamps until they mature. Keep
your Pledge, buy more stamps.
Miss Olga Setter returned home
from the hospital at Bottineau
Sunday where she underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Wall, Gil
bert and Mrs. J. C. Setter, were
Bottineau visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Hans Peterson came ov-
er from St. John Monday and
will spend some time with her
daughter, Mrs. R. w. Emerson.
4. Uncle Sam is spending the
money you have loaned him, to
buy clothes, food and guns for
the men that are fighting for
you. Back up these boys. Keep
your War Savings Stamps. Keep
your Pledge, buy War Savings
Stamps.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19
HARD TO CONTROL
Has Been Certified It 720 Times
the Minimum.

The lowest stage Of the Chagres
river at Alhajuela during the 1918
dry season was reached on April Z,
8, 8 and 10. The minimum mo-
mentary discharge was 466 cubic feet
a second, at q surface elevation Of
91.13 feet.
In every year Of the past ten years
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19
LAUDS n. D. COAL
Ignite Wins Recognition Denied
for Many Years.
Capt. !. p. Baker, Federal Fuel A.
mlnIstrator, Shows How Llgnlto
Saved Suffering and Hslps
Win the Wa.

Bismarck N. D.-"Never has Q mat
urel resource had . longer or more
di~scourdg1ng fight for recognition,
and never has such recognition I'M
ally come 90 spontaneously. and 90
enthusiastically and with such unan.
unity az in the cas- Of Ignite" said
Capt. ]. P. Baker, Federal Fuel Ad.
ministrator for North Dakota, in dis.
cussing the sudden leap into popu.
lartty Of the Mckertail fuel.
I'VE have had people right here In
central North Dakota, near the heart
Of the coal fields, who have used no
other fuel for years and years and
who would use no other, who yeti
when away from home, have found
enjoyment In pokins fun at Ignite
and, because It wa . strange fuel
to our friends IN the Red River val,
ley, those who have occasion to So
'journ there have made It q point to
make 1t nor strange by exaggerat,
ing hgnite's pet p~eculiarities.
IT 10 quite another story today
;Lignite has Just saved North Dakota
from . bitter winter beside which
the deprivations the east has sui
Ifered would have been az nothing
Il would have been almost impossfi3
Ible with conditions such AZ they
were to have supplied all Of North
Dakota vita eastern dock coal. West
,ern Wyoming and Montana Goals
were hard to set and the prices we're
.exorb1tant- That North Dakota did
not suffer and that It did not pay
double prices for every ton OF coal
Il used, was due entirely to Ignite.
"And all ct once We md . fast
awakening appreciation for this
coal. The North Dakota State Coun-
ell Of Defense meets and adopts 81
olutions sndorsing thu q Of lignits
IN North Dakota % . patriotic duty
ana msmor1alixing congress to fur.
ther the development Of the ignite
Industry. The North Dakota legisla-
ture, IN special session. adopts simf
lar resolutions, which are given wide
publicity IN the state press and ara
forwarded to- our representatives at
Washington Secretary Of the Inter.
Tor EAnaa obtains an appropriation Of
100000 for the exploitation Of this,
great natural resource. Congressman
Norton interests himself In procur44
ing further appropriations. Newspa1
pers Throughout North Dakota Begin
commenting upon Ignite and advfs1
ing IL use. The Twin Cities, In the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

A campaign for bushel bas-
kets of grain and vegetables was
recently conducted by Red Cross
workers of Sioux Falls, S. D., for
the purpose Of raising money
for the local organization. The
salvage department took charge
of the donations during "bushel
week" at the close of which the
grain was sold to grain dealers.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

This is what one American
soldier wrote to the Home Ser
vice section of the Red Cross in
his home town. II hope you
won't mind my taking the liber-
ty to write to thank you and your
organization for the great help
you have given my mother. My
mother is full of praise for the
visitor of the Home Service, for
she said that you did not help
her financially, but spiritually,
SO you see I have a great deal to
thank you for, and I want you
to feel that I appreciate what
you have done for my mother
and the children. I think, under
the circumstances, my mother is
fairly well fixed now that she re-
ceived the government allow
ance and my brother is working,
but l would be greatly obliged
If you stop in to see my mother
once in a while. I know she wor-
ries, and I know you could help
cheer her up. I would consider
it a great favor if you could
sometimes let me know how she
is"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19
RED CROSS
NEWS NOTES

One Of the large floral COM
panies of Fargo, N. D., recently
donated a large amount of glad
ioli and marigolds to be sold for
the benefit of the Red Cross.
Volunteers dressed in Red Cross
uniforms sold all the flowers in
five hours time, thereby netting
the local chapter $3.50.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

away with their regiment. After
all the years Of self-sacrifice the
old man was left alone-worn
out with work, half-childish
from old age, wretched by the
impossibility Of earning a living,
ragged, almost naked, barefoot,
shedding tears. But the other
day he received some clothes. He
wore a pair Of shoes. And this
is what he wrote to his nephews
at the front, poor, simple, brave
old Mastro Vanni: Fight, be
courageous, have no fear about
me. Here / have someone who
takes care Of me, who assists
me. The American Red Cross
knows how to have the door of
Providence opened to poor peo-
pie like me-"
A Home Service worker Of
the American Red Cross writes
to headquarters from a distant
part Of the country, "Our Home
S~ervice>committeesa are having a
wonderful opportunity to devel-
OPP patriotism. !. In one town
this is stimulated by meetings
of women who have men in the
service. AT first they are fearful
and unhappy, but the meetings
soon proved to be a means Of
bringing together women who
were formerly strangers and of
encouraging them all wonderful
ly. Everywhere there seems to
be a need for such gatherings"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

Marriage is q costly thing,
We've all Of us been told,
And yet they give the bride away,
And the groom is often sold.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

A large cleaning and dyeing
house of Minot, N. D., recently
turned over to the local chapter
of the Red Cross a check for
$32.5O-the profits og one days
business Of the concern.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

Bagni-It was hard on old
MAESTRO Vanni when his nephews
were enlisted and left for the
front. At the death Of an only
daughter, he had taken them
into his home and given them
the tender care Of both q moth
er and father. All the time Of
their growing up he had divided
his attention between his work
as q sconcia-layeggi" (Which is
a kind Of q tinker) and house
keeping-the work that usually
only q woman can do. But he
never tired Of it. He was hap
BY and accomplishing. Then the
war came and his nepheWs, big,
strong young men, marched
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

Palermo-A recent work of
the American Red Cross insti-
tuted at Pelermo is a school in
the garden Of the villa kindly
loaned by the Duke .d'Orleans
for this purpose. The school is
in charge of an able Italian, one
whose wounds received in the
service Of his country make him
unfit for further military SER
vice. He is a specialist in agri-
culture and the work of the new
school will be directed on these
lines. Potatoes, corn and other
vegetables, chickens and rabbits
will be raised in sufficient guam
titles to aid materially in feed
ing children Of the school and
othe beneficiaries of the Red
Cross in the neighborhood Of
Palermo. There are now 100
children at the villa.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09
ST, 100000 FIRE IN WAUKEGAN
Eight Hundred 6Iuejackets From
Great Lakes Station Help Fire
men Fight Big Blaze.

Waukegan, ILL.,, May Alive hun
dred employees were thrown out Of
work and property valued at approx
mately s1OO0,OOO destroyed when fire
swept the Waukegan Manufacturers
Terminal plant. The fire started in a
pile of lumber on the west side of the
plant, and before the arrival of the
fire department had spread to seven
other buildings.
Eight hundred jackies from the ma
val training station and the fire de-
partments of Waukegan and North
Chicago worked five hours before the
fire was under control. A building
containing thousands of dollars worth
of war supplies was saved by the jack
les. A federal investigation VI the fire
will be made.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09

enroute to Grand Rapids, Mimi, to
make their home with their sons John
and Francis.
A number of young people of this
city attended the dance at the new
Opera House at Darlington Friday
night.
Roy Gordon returned Friday from a
business trip to Madison.
Jack Stickler has returned from a
visit at Mansion.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Legue of South
Wayne were called here Thursday by
the illness of his sister Mrs Fred Bliss,
who is much improved at present writ
ing.
Mrs Jane Berg returned from Evans
ton Wednesday. where she spent the
winter with her daughter Mrs Ida
Hewitt.
Mrs Theodore Martin and three chill
dren and Miss Gladys Huxtable left on
Wednesday for a several weeks visit
at Harrison, Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs G. r. Kurth of Albion,
Neb., and Mrs John Weidenfeller and
daughter of Dodgeville were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs George Philips Thurs
day.
Misses Mary Stephenson and Jane
Potter were over Sunday visitors at
Argyle.
Miss Emma Walsh of Waldwick
spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs
L. d. Harker.
Mess. Sergeant William Grange re-
turned to Camp Grant Monday, after
spending several days furlough with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs John Grange.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Calderon and
family moved to Depue, ILL.,, last week,
where Mr. Calderon has employment at
the zinc works.
Miss Henrietta Kieffer was at Dodge
will Tuesday on business.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09
THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Georges Annet. French novelist, died
In Paris.
Foreign Secretary Balfour told the
house of commons in London that no
peace offers had been made recently
by the enemy.
Maj. A. Rasmussen of Portland, Ore,
was Killed by a German shell while
leading his men in reconnaissance on
the American front in France.
In an airplane accident at Camp
Borden, Ont, Second Lieut.. G. A. Ruff
ridge of Mont Clair, N. j., ANIL Cadet
h. b. O'Leary Of Toronto were killed.
Sergeant Bayliss, an American avi-
ator attached to the French air force,
mas brought down his sixth enemy
plane, according to a dispatch from
Paris.
Frank w. Polk, counselor of the
state department, is quite seriously i'll
as result of a breakdown from over
work. He is confined to his home in
Washington.
The American Salvation Army wom-
en- in France on Memorial day will
place fresh flowers and the Stars and
Stripes on the grave Of every Ameri-
can fighter buried there since the war
began, says dispatch from New York.
Germany is gathering men from all
: South and Central America-some of
them escaped informed sailors-and
massing them in Mexico for propagan-
Ola work and to try to organize a fight
ing force there, according to official
advices to Washington.
Unrest in the Slovenian districts Of
Austria is growing daily and mutiny
is spreading with great rapidity, Reu-
ter's Limited announced at London it
had learned from a Serbian source. A
recent conflict between Germans and
SlOvenians ended in bloOdshed.
N. S. Randall, lecturer for the Ma
tional Nonpartisan league, is guilty of
utterances tending to discourage en-
listments in the army and navy, a jury
viction was based upon a speech that
Randall delivered at Kenyon.
Charges that three men, companions
Of Mrs. Stella Johnson Of Champaign,
ILL.,, who was killed either by jumping
or being thrown from a speeding auto
mobile while on joy ride were stu
dent aviators, are being investigated
by the military and civil authorities.
ACCORDING tO Archibald Hurd in the
London Daily Telegraph, the area in
the North sea recently announced by
the British government as prohibited
as dangerous to shipping will be the
greatest mine field ever laid for the
special purpose of foiling submarines.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09
Home Town Weekly Paper.

Next to letter from home, a copy
of the home town weekly paper is the
best thing to send our boys over there, .
said Prof. Willard G. Bleyer, head Of
the Department of Journalism at the
University of Wisconsin, in addressing
patriotic rally of North Dakota Edi-
tors at Bismarck, under the auspices OF
the state council Of defense.
Urge your readers to send copies OF
your paper to the boys, or to cut out a
column or two of locals and enclose
them in their letters. The boys want to
know what is going on in the home
town that they have left behind and
nothing tells them thenews more salts
factorily than the local newspaper.
"Soldier boys in camps in this coun,
try are quite as eager to get the local
weekly papers as are those on the other
side"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF!
from the Extension Division of the
University Of Wisconsin.


tsWhy, Doctor. | should think you'd
be ashamed to have sickness in your
own family" This is a time honored
and supposedly clever remark to make
to a physician when one or more mem
bers of his family are i'll. 1t is not
funny to any doctor, if for no other
reason than because it had become a
stale joke before he left college.
mo, I'm not ashamed, but I'm sore,
sore all through" replied the doctor.
with some heat. Its no discredit to
my own or my wife's intelligence that
our children have become the victims
of some other parents ignorance, in
difference, and want of cleanliness in
regard to disease. Our children know
more about how to protect themselves
against contagious diseases than most
grown ups" but no child Or grown
up" either cap be- clever enough to
avoid being stabbed in the dark when
he is surrounded by enemies he had no
means of knowing as such.
"Disease germs are comparable to the
most ingenious gases invented by the
Germans to kill their. adversaries with
out warning. One cannot see or hear
them, or tell whether given cough Or
sneeze is especially dangerous or rela-
lively harmless. Children cannot wear
gas masks all the time and their safety
depends upon whether or not victims OF
contagious disease are permitted to be
about splitting, coughing, or sneezing
their germs into the faces Of other peo-
Pile.
II would DO ashamed to hear that
any child had been infected by my chill
dren. Our family would feel as dis
graced in such an instance as white
mans army would be to have been
guilty of bombing raids on non COM
batants, sinking of hospital ships, and
sniping Red Cross nurses and doctors.
We are playing the game in sports
manlike manner by keeping our chill
dren away from others. We are living
up to the rules of civilization. We are
doing unto others as we should like to
have been done by. We are victims, l
tell you, victims Of the barbarlans
among us, who neither know nor care
whether disease is controlled Or not.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09
MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
NOTES BY THE DE MOCRAT"S
NEWS CATERER

Mr. and Mrs Llewellyn Dunn and
daughter spent Sunday with relatives
at Dodgeville.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Fitzsimons Wis
tied relatives at Dodgeville last week.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Dunn visited at
Monroe last week.
Miss Emma Padon was a visitor at
Palmyra recently.
Mrs S. G.. Nauman and little daughter
are visiting relatives at Freeport.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Chapel, Sr.
and Edward Chapel, Jr. and son Ken
meth of Belmont spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Fred Julian.
Mrs O. K. Hugo left Thursday to
visit relatives at Chicago.
Mrs Ida Hewitt returned to Evanston
Saturday, after visit with her sister
Mrs }. j. Pehallegon 4
Mrs Nelson PEBBLES spent several days
last week with her sister Mrs Otto
Kliebenstein at Dodgeville.
Miss Pauline MuenSter has returned
from a several months stay in Chicago
Harold Gerlach of Belmont spent
Sunday with Leo and George Fielder.
Mrs Peter Meuer visited relatives at
Dodgeville, Ridgeway and Union Mills
several days last week
Mr. and Mrs John Barry and son re-
turned to their home at GAINESVILLE Sun
day, after visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Fred Opie.
Mrs Lawrence McDermott and Miss
Anna McClusky visited at the Frank
McManus home at Darlington Thursday
Mr. and Mrs Peter Stendebach expect
to leave this week to visit at Chicago,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09
AIRCRAFT QUIZ is ORDERED
President Wilson Advises the Depart
ment of Justice to Make
an investigation.

Washington, May IA department
of justice investigation Of the charges
of graft in aircraft production, made
by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, was
ordered on Monday by President Will
son. Borglum's charges of pro-Ger
man influence also will be investigated.
Demand for a criminal investigation
was made in the senate recently.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-09
THE MARKETS.

FLOUR-The United States adminstra-
ton flour standards are as follows: Per
bbl in jute, 50 lib. sack basis, barley -four,
$1,000; corn -four S11.50; white rye, S12.35;
dark rye, $12.1O; spring wheat, $10.60Q10.80;
special brands, 5000; hard winter, s10.609
1880; soft winter, $10.60010.80
HAY-Choice timothy, $26.O0927.0G; No.
timothy, $24.00925.00 standard, $23.0O1250O
No. timothy and clover mixed, s21.O00
$500; No. 8, $160O@20OO; clover. $100o@16.O0;
threshed timothy, $6.00G8.O0; heated and
damaged, s4.00@80O
BUTTER-Creamery, extras, 90 score,
43c; frsts, S8@92 scores, 39@42c; seconds,
84@87 scores, 35@37c: standards, 42A042kc;
ladies, 3319c; renovated, 36c; packing stock
3O031c
CATTLE-Good to choice steers, $4,000
100; plain to good steers, s120og1700;
yearlings, good to choice, 1.O00155O;
stockers and feedrs, $9.0O013.0O; good to
choice cows, $9.00@12.00; good to choice
heifers, s9O091225; fair to good cows, S.75
@S.75; Gamers, $7O007.75; cutters, $500
$780, bologna, bulls, $9.75@1O75; butcher
bulls, s110c914O; heavy calves, 5000
100; veal calves, $1100@1400.
HOGS-Prime light butchers, 1901 IS;
fair to fancy light, $17.3091785; medium
weight butchers, 200G240 lbs, $17.35617 IS;
1850; choice heavy packing, SIG. 7561T. 40;
rough heavy packing, $16.25Q168O: pigs
fair to good, s15.25@17.0o: stays, $170O01775
SHEEP-Shorn yearlings, s14OO0I15 90:
western lambs, good to choice, $1S.0O021 90;
Colorado lambs, $20O0021.2 %: native lambs
good to choice, s1S0JI20.00; shorn lambs,
sf5. 5003t7.O0; shorn wethers, $130O015 90:
s,:orn ewes, $11.OOG15.00; eve breeding
lambs. s2050@21 80,