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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

Knowing ones predict that the exodus from Alaska during the past year will not be marker to the in- nux of people to this Territory after the holidays, now that the world has been ended to the sat isfaction of the Allies.-(Cordova Times.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Police!

Please lace my corset, John" said
 she,
 So he laced up his wife; And then he said: "It seems to me, You lead waisted life"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

1t does not seem to have occurred to anybody that returned soldiers may have their own ideas about what they wish to do.-- -CIndianapols News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

Among the first fruits of the armistice is cut of more than $10 900 000,000 in the estimated expenses of the army and $1000 O00 000 in those of the navy Retrenchment is proceeding with the same vi gor that characterized prosecution.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
BITS OF BY- By Luke kcLuke
 -:- X Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Gosh ]

GoshI Do you know, men That next July, This whole great land Will be Bone Dry? With sympathy My poor heart bursts, Think of a hun Dred million thirsts!
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

The Dispatch plays up report that Hadey gave Wickersham six votes and Sulzer four under scare" head. The report printed in The Empire more than two weeks ago.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

It's hard to halt Kings when they get the abdi- eating habit. They don't risk stop-over to tell the people good (Atlanta Constitutional
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Knight SchurtZ.

Thomas B. Knight and Estella E Schurtz were married at Jackson Ohio last week
 1914-Deutschland ueber Alles.
 1318-Alle5 uebor Deutschland.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Bang!

Having made his payments for Liberty Bonds, War Chest, rent, coal, gas and groceries, the poor man was broke. But he needed winter clothes. so he compromised by digging in closet and unearthing a heavy vest that belonged to a winter suit he had worn some years ago. He brushed the vest off and felt in the pockets.
 Eureka. A discovery!
 In the inside pocket of the vest
 And not one of them was receipt ed!
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
APPLE SALE!

Special lot of apples just ar- rived, at $500 per box.
 GOLDSTEIN'S EMPORIUM.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Goo-Bii
tHouston Post)

IOs,tJ The State of Ohio has gone SC dry O, Luke will die-O. My, Oh My, Oh!
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
TRAINED sTENoGRAPHERS
 WANTED

Uncle Sam is calling for insistently every day for trained stenographers to handle the vast details of tho war work.
 Will you help Uncle Samr
 If so. provide your daughter or son with a business course in stenogra- phy at the Alaska Buslnsss College. Bellingham. witr its Normal School environment Ia the cleanest and safest city on the Pacific Coast for your daughter to live in while pre- pairing herself to do her bit.
 ALASKA BUSINESS coLIEoE 9th Fl. Exchange Nido. 1sllineham.
 Wash., Wrlts us for information
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

The Government might at least send the ball play CTS home in time to open the season.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Luke McIuke Says

We regret to report that Congress adjourned without enacting a law compelling a man to wear a veil when he needs a shave.
 An old saying that needs revision is the one about ignorance being bliss. If this is true, about ninety nine men out of each hundred would be happy.
 After spending an evening with the gang in kaif we are willing to admit that if it wasn't for the men, women would be the biggest gossips on earth
 Isn't it funny how three-year-old auto can look three hundred years older than a three-year-old horse.
 After a girl has been engaged to the same fellow for about four years, and he doesn't seem to be in a hur-
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Then 1t Happened

Then 1t Happened
 "I wonder if you could?" unused the Rummy, as he gazed at himself in the mirror
 You wonder if you could what?" demanded the Barkeep, as he grab bed an empty bottle.
 Why, when man is settling his plumbing bill, l wonder if you could say that he is paying the piper?" replied the Rummy as he headed for the door
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Giddap!

The Frog said: .'i don't care how
 quick
 The sale Of l!quer stops; You'll find that ! am pretty slick, I'll always have my hops"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

He Had Heard Parrots Talk Before
 Do you know that I have a par rot at home than can speak 800 words?" bragged the Old Fogy
 You're a liar." replied the Old Crouch. There ain't that many cuss words in existence"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Located

man who used to sit in the kitchen with bowl on his head while his wife trimmed his hair?-Nuke Me Luke!
 He now has son who climbs in to an upholstered chair, lights big black sigar, and has his hair trim med, singed and shampooed, and has l shave, massage and shoe shine while his hands are being held by a peroxide blonde manicurist. Then he cheerfully pays his bill, which comes to $100 and tips the barber TWO bits.-V. L. Nash.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

The Misses Pearl and Margaret Coffee and Mir William Waffle have returned to their homes in Fort odge-(Dubuque Tel egraph.)
 Now if Fort Dodge only had A. Hambach from Sc attle, it would be time to ring the breakfast bell
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Described

Cc3crihed What l-ind of 2 fellow is Smith?" asked Brown. "Oh, he's one of these lads who spend yesterday what they are go- ing to mako tomorrow replied MT. Jones.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Lucky Eve

LUCKY Eve Old Eve was lucky, there's no doubt No matter what she's try tt make, Old Adam couldn't brag about The bread that Mother used tt make.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Same Old Story

Same Old Story The maddest man in all this land, Is poor Oswald Hack; Last month he ran for office, and Now he is walking back.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

Authorized Local Agents Douglas and Treadwell Guy Smith; Thane, l.. o Peabody; Perseverance, R. 0. Egeland.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

Subscribers will confer favor if they will prompt notify the Business Office of any failure or irregu- q rty in the delivery of their papers
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

Entered as second class matter November ', 1912 II the posoffce Juneau Alaska, under the Act of March g. 1579
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30
SMOKED OUT.

Perseverance wins the need" now as ever,
as witness the fact that owing to the repeated
demands of The Courant the assistant editor
OF ex-preacher Teigen's organ across the street
has finally been Smoked out" as to his dispo-
sition of the money which he solicited last Feb
ruary ostensibly for a tobacco fund for our
soldier boys in France. At this belated day he
produces what purports to be an acknowledge
ment of the receipt of the money by the Amer
lean Tobacco Co. Query: If the acknowledge
ment is genuine, which is open to grave doubt,
why was it not published Immediately upon it's
receipt, as is the universal custom in such cas-
es! OF course, there is a remote livery remote,
indeed) possibility that this accounting is at
least partially true, but those who are cognizant
of the grasping, avericious proclivities of the
gentleman with the Prussian %patronymic and
the Chinese characteristics-and they appear to
be in the MISUNDERSTANDING in mind the late p-
ano contest swindle in which, according to his
own published statement, he defrauded the
young lady winned out of exactly $3O6.88, mere
" smile audibly whenever the matter of the
probability of the money in question ever hav-
ing left Bottineau is broached by the few Gre
dulous ones. AS to the "nomad" to whom the
ex-Prussian refers in his Say Matt commune
cation, we may merely remark in passing that
1t was not found necessary to keep bounding
him for weeks in order to mak him contribute
to the Red Cross, as it was in the ease of this
pusillaniIn0us mental pervert, also, it may be
apropos to state, in no spirit Of boastfulness,
however, that the records will show that this
same "nomad" gave just double the amount to
this s0-cal6 soldiers fund that this sheeny
gentleman claimed to have given; and further,
Mat he subscribed to the third Liberty Loan
and donated 10 the second Red Cross drive full
III - mnluch voMntar1y rs did the ex Prussian
under conupuision. ssSar Matt a 4 matter Of
f1ct are you not heartily ashamsd = go en-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30

sure the voters Of the state
would see to that that the mem
bers of the next senate would
enact such laws as the people
desired. 1t has been repeatedly
stated in debates and otherwise,
that the senate offered to COM
promise the interest rate bill but
the house refused. There is alb
~solute1y not a syllable of truth
in that statement.
Very truly yours,
J. G. Miller.
Souris, May 81.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30
OUR NORTH DAKOTA ANARCHISTS.

When the North Dakota Bolsheviki, who have
so many names for their party that it is hard
to keep track of them, have finished with the
present campaign they will want to know of
each other again why it was they failed so
badly. And then each one will make answer to
proper.
But let us, in advance of the elections, give
them the real answer and save a great deal of
recrimination and needless searching for ex-
cuses..
The reason they are going to fail is simply
their own poverty of ideas and the Anticipated
nature of their methods.
This is a year of patriotism and Of construc-
tive thought. You can not rally a cheering mass
of good Americans behind a program which con-
sists in two-thirls part of vicious and untrue
attacks on officers of the state and on good
citizens of the state and in one-third part of
weak and piffling and far-fetched criti-
cism of a real, vital political and economic pro-
gram which several times has been approved
by a majority of the people of the state. It is
absurd to think it can be done. Those who try
to do it are only making themselves ridiculous
again.
The people of the state do not want this par
ticular kind of political anarchism. They will
have none of it. They want something pro-
gressive, something real and honest.
Another obstacle is that the men who now
belong to the party of discomfort and mud
U1IO"luX Ill NOTLu DdkOLd are Cne very men
who for years had the opportunity to lead the
people of this state. Instead of leading some
where they merely wandered around and in
fact resolutely refused to tread the path of re-
form and relief of abuses even when it was
pointed out to them.
Now when the state is really travelling some
where and the great majority of the people are
satisfied with the situation, here comes these
dethroned bosses, these ex-leaders, and say:
"Now we know which way to go; let us lead
you. We have always believed in these things,
we have always known this was the way, but
these men who are leading you are ~rascals;
you'll never get where you want to go with
them"
This is really the situation and the attitude
of those who are the fomenters of the opposi-
ton to the farmers movement.
If there is anyone who does not believe this
to be a true statement of the conditions let him
examine the program of the Lincoln Republi-
can League, or whatever is the latest name of
the organization.
And here's the best joke of all. They say:
1--WE don't like your farmer candidate, but
here's another farmer candidate; take him."
If you must have a farmers candidate, gen.
tlemen, why not just indorse the one the farm
ers themselves have chosen ?-Courier-News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30
Farmers
Forum.

Contributions on topics Of gem
eral interest from residents Of this
locality, and more especially from
the Farmers, r solicited for pub
lication In this column; articles
pertaining TO religious %controver-
sizes excepted.
Communications MUST bear the
writer's name. altho the same will
It should be borne in mind that
whatever may appear in this col
umns so far as this paper is con-
cerned, simply reflects the indi-
vidual views OF the writer, and is
no necessarily endorsed by The
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30
Bottineau, May 81.
The Root of Mob Violence.

Editor Courant: The real
source Of mob violence is: The
gross exaggeration of an item Of
news or a pure, simple lie cir
culated for some selfish ends, no
matter what these selfish pur-
poses may be. The exaggera-
ton of a news item in the public
press seems to have the worst
effect because the illiterate have
come to believe on outrageous
act related in a newspaper as
true because they saw it in the
paper and it must be so. Then
the i~ntemperate and hot-headed
people become infuriated and.
want quick action and resort to
mob violence. u
The press is supposed to
mould public opinion for intem-.
perate hot-headedness and when
it moulds those vicious opinions
and instills into the minds Of
such people hatred, malice and
murder, it seems to me an aw-
full responsibility must surely
rest upon the editors or mana
gers Of such papers as / have
described. ! believe there are
ten newspaper men to each farm
er who is the real trsltor, who =
responsible for 20 muoh seditionI
and espionage, because he d.
Continued . pafe
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30
A Clumsy Falsifier.

The dope mixer for the Advo-
cate, which owes it's birth and
being to the Teigen League, will
soon be the equal of any Of the
old gang newspaper publishers
in the matter of the discemina-
ton of unreliable news and also
as a supporter Of mob violence.
| have known Mr.. Johnson for a
number Of years, and ! have al
ways considered him as being
honest, but his recent fulmina-
tions in Teigen's organ, of which
the following is a fair sample,
has forced me to the conclusion
that he is ready to do almost
anything in order to get his nose
into the political trough once
more. Such tactics were. to
have been expected from the
poor, simple tool who was his
predecessor, and whole sole idea,
end and aim is the accumulation
of money, but with johnson, who
is not a fool and has always been
considered to be honest, his pres
ent course of reckless mendacity
is only to be accounted for on
the theory that he, too, like his
sheeny associate, has yielded to
the spell of misunderstanding
gold" No one knows better than
does he that Mr.. Randall is not
mixed up with the Federal
courts, and that he never has
been, but rather that it was with
the. kangaroo courts Of Mime
sofa. Johnson has merely adopt
ed one Of the antileague's
methods of carrying the truth
~ to the people in this In
stance:
Shakespeare said: Some
are born great, some achieve
greatness and some have
greatness thrust upo1
them" =. Il. Stair belongs &
il the latter class. N. s..
Randal1( ToNnlsys nrst
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30

premium pldCIOTIn speaker
has been compelled to ter
inmate his itinerary, owing
to engagements with the
federal courts. And, presto
change! Mr.. Stair is now
selected as the man. most
like. to satisfy Randall's
prospective audiences.-Tei-
gems Advocate.
The following are the facts in
the case Of the incident which
johnson proceeds to falsify in
order, if possible, to score a
point against Stair and the Nom
partisan League:
Red Wing, Mimi, May 4
Surrounded by an atmosphere
Of intimidation and hostility, a
jury in the district court in
Goodhue county late last night
returned a verdict Of guilty
against N. s. Randall, formerly
Of North Dakota, a lecturer Of
the Nonpartisan league, charg-
ed with obstructing the draft.
The case proceeded for five
days in the midst Of conditions
that counsel for Randall declar-
ed did not permit a fair hearing.
Two days were consumed select
ing a jury and AZ or 43 talesmen
were examined before IL men
were selected.
The night Of the day the jury
was completed, April 81, a crowd
Of townsmen (several of whom
have been identified and will be
summoned before a special ses-
sion Of the grand jury May ~
mobbedG. C. Breidal, q league
organizer, and a witness in the
case, and at the point of a gun
took him 10 miles out in the
country where they fired one
shot and told him to beat it."
|. The jury had not been kept
together and the members were
scattered about town at hotels,
in their homes or the homes Of
friends. This story, widely cir
culated and approved, coupled
with vague rumors that if Ram
dali were acquitted there would
be a general mobbing, were in
fiuences that went towards the
verdict of guilty, it is believed.
The jury was out IL hours.
Counsel has secured a stay
Of proceedings for 60 days and
next Monday will file a. motion
for a mistrial. The motion viii
be based upon affidavit of Bret
dial concerning the mobbing and
an affidavit Of Thomas Y. Sulli-'
van, Of Randall's counsel, to
which is attached a copy Of the
newspaper containing the hilar-
ious story of Breidal's kidnap-s
ing, and other errors claimed by
counsel for the defense.
Judge Willard L. Converse,
who presided at the trial made q
ruling in the opening Of the case
that no members of the Nonpar-
tisan league could sit on the
jury. At the conclusion Of the
states case, he ruled again that
only IL of Randall's ~ witness
es could be heard, and the de-
PENDANT was thus deprived of the
testimony of Is persons who
heard the entire speech which it
was charged contained the state
ments that tended to hinder en-
listments.
Judge Converse in his instruc-
tons to the jury also emphasized
the point that it was not neces-
sary in order to find a verdict. of
guilty to prove that anyone had
actually been deferred from en-
listing, but only that the gen
eral tenor of the alleged remarks
might be considered to have that
effect. 1t was not claimed by
the state that anyone had been
prevented from enlisting, and no
evidence on that line was intro
duced.
Il. L. Stair.
Bottineau, May 81.
The Root of Mob Violence.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30

r. -- ...E-Et F F'r-3H-.e Er-
We had almost come to believe
that Mr.. johnson and his "Ad-
vocate" really had a mission; -
in fact that they had come to do
the political John-the- Baptist
act; to at all times bear aloft the
torch of truth; to make plain
that which was obscure, ETC.,
etc, but if the above reply. to
what appears to be a most per-
tinent inquiry is a fair sample
of the ~Solemonesque wisdom
which we may expect from this
source in the future, I, for one,
fail to see whereby the few
readers of the Advocate are
to be so very much the gamer by
having thrown overheard the
hopeless zany, who for mine
teen long years" made Bottineau
the laughing-stock of the whole
country. So far it would have
the appearance of being a sort
of a "Hank. for a Henry trade
only that Matt is not regard
ed as being a hopeless fool.
L. L. Stair.
Bottineau, May %.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30

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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30

The estaemed Advocate may rest assured
that every one Of The Coufant's anonymous"
correspondsnts-who appear to be guilty 81
keeping the Teigen outfit awake o'nirhAb-are
quite generally regarded@ being in all Fesrsets
among The bsst Of Bottthineau county's oitGsasr1.
aad therefore are the conpeerg of an and al
g the exdoniIeis few er1ing APOSTLE.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-30
As Clear As Mud.
Says Mr.. Stair:

DAYS WlI. QUAIL
I would like for Mr.. John
son, the dear friend Of the
farmers, to tell his friends
how he proposes to put the
Teigen League platform into
effect and how long it will
take to do so, as he refused
to sign the referendum pc
titions that were signed by
$4,000 farmers, or voters,
thereby making it possible
for the electors of North
Dakota to engraft the prin-
ciples of even the Teigen
League into the law Of the
land.
Says Mr.. Johnson:
L. L. Stair should be the
last man in the state to wor-
ry about how any proposed
economic measure could be
put into effect. He was one
Of the legislators who thot
that the Legislative body
could over night become a
constitutional conventio n
He also is imbued with the
idea that The Advocate edi-
tor is wondering where he
got the money with which
to 60 to Washington to look
after the landing of the
United States marshalship
No we have given that phase
of it no thought, whatever.
We have, however, wonder
ed why he should desire the
marshalship at all, consider
ing the pull he has with the
League business managers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
UNSHAKEN TESTIMONY

Time is the test of truth. And
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood
the test in Barre. No Barre
resident who suffers backache,
or annoying urinary ills, can re-
main unconvinced by this twice
told testimony.
Mrs. N. M. Nelson, 20 Merchant street,
Barre, says; "A severe attack of grip
left my kidneys in weakened condi-
ton. The slightest housework tired me,
and after ! was on my feet for any great
time, sharp pains across my back com
PEELED me to stop and rest. Other COM
plications came on, and my kidneys be.
gan to act unnaturally / paid ont over
hundred dollars seeking relief but got
none. became discouraged until some,
one advised me to try Doan's Kidney
Pills They stopped the trouble in a
short time and rid me of the danger
Gus attack" statement given Novem-
Der 10, l905,l
OVER SIX YEARS LATER, Mrs. Mel
son said: 81 still use Doan's now and
then and find them as excellent as when
first recommended them"
60c, at all dealers. Foster, Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N, Y.-Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03
BETTER THAN CALONEL
Thousands Have Discovered DIR.
Edwards Olive Tablets are
a Harnless Substitute.

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the substi-
tlte for calonel - are mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver Is
almost instantaneous. They are the result
Of DR.. Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomel.
His Efforts to Danish Ii brought out these
little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the good
that calomel does, but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or calomel. They take hold
of the trouble and quickly correct it. Why
cure the liver at the expense of the teeth
Calomel sometimes plays havoc with the
gums. Sodo strong liquids. tbs best not
to take calomel, but TO let DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, 'idullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
a disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel '1oggy" and
heavy" Note how they ''clear" clouded
brain and how they ''perk up" the spirits.
l0c and CSC O box. ALI druggists
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-03

wITHDRAws AS CANDIDATE.
Rev. Arthur w. Hewitt Of Plainfeld Fol-
lows Out Determination.

Rev. Arthur W. Hewitt Of Plainfeld
has withdrawn as candidate for senator
from Washington county on the Demo
cratic ticket. He sent his resignation
yesteday to Clerk L. c. Moody of Wash
fngton county, and il was as follows
Dear Sir: According to my purpose
expressed before the primary election, l
now withdraw as candidate on the Demo.
cratic ticket for the Office Of senator from
Washington county. 1t has been my
wish, untroubled by any thoughts of po-
litieal contest, to follow my duties as
pastor of my church and as member of
the state board of education. | allowed
my name to appear on the ballot at the
primary because learned at noon of the
last day on which it was possible to file
nominations that petitions had been cir
culated in my behalf. This had gone On
without my knowledge until il was too
late to get petitions for any other name
and did not wish to injure those who
had shown me every honor and kindness
by leaving vacant place on their ticket,
But there is now legal way of filling
my place with another candidate for the
November election, and with injury to no
one / may withdraw"