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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-23
course / realize that their show
Of hostility toward hio business

course / realize that their show
of hostility toward big business
must not be taken too seriously,
especially when we consider that
their declarations are subscribed
to by such men as Edward Berg.
l take it for granted that in
order to avoid economic issues,
the new league and other enem-
les of the Nonpartisans will
make a great loyalty campaign,
and they will, of course, try to
show that all the leaders of the
Nonpartisan league are traitors,
PROF. Germans, etc., but it seems
to me that criticism of Townley
for his speeches against the war
a year ago, does not come with
very good grace from such men
as Rev. Teigen and Edward Berg,
as you will remember that these
two g~entlemens' support of the
allies cause does ont date any
further back than that of Mr..
Townley. Prior to that time Mr..
Teigen and MI. Berg were as
strong prof. Germans as linden
berg himself. I have no fault to
find, however, with their atti-
tude toward the European war
prior to our entry into the con-
flict, but in-as-much as they are
themselves such recent converts,
what right have they to doubt
the sincerity of Mr.. Townley
when he is now preaching loyal
ty wherever he goes?
AS far as myself is concerned,
I hope that the farmers of North
Dakota will continue to stick.
Mr.. Townley may have his faults
but he certainly must have his
good points considering who his
enemies are.
With kind regards from us all
and hoping to hear from you
again, I remain,
Sincerely,
Erick Moum."
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No. AZ, E1ms Twp, School House
on Section s.
No. so, Lansford Twp, and City OF
Lansford, Fire Hall in City Of Lans-
ford.
No. 81, Village Of Overly, Town
Hall.
No. 81, Village of Gardena, Fire
Hall.
No. SO, Village of Eckman, Imperial
Elevator Lumber Office.
No. 81, Village Of Newburg, Opera
House on Block Z.
No. IS, City Of Westhope, City Hall.
No. S., Village Of Russell, Pioneer
Hall.
Dated at Bottineau, N. OAK, this
22nd day Of May, 1918.
(Seal) GEO. H. HEBERT,
5 t.. County Auditor.
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-- 3110DS 310113x000V
Bottineau, N. D. May 20.
The Farmers Advocated?

Editor Courant The only
child of the late lamented Botti-
news News and Omemee Herald
seems to bear a very striking
resemblance to its pood daddie
all right, but WHY the old folks
gave it the name they did is rath-
err hard to understand unless it
is just another case Of calrjou-
flaqe as the poor kid doesn't
Advocate anything Of particu-
ar interest to thefaxner. About
The only signs Of life It has
shown TINS far r . FEW SPAS
|mek hqLe &C the oz1y faloPrs
or1 kniEati6n hit H. - sle
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Tom talks Turkey"

Editor Courant: The local
political has beens" who are be-
hind the paper across the street
and who are supporting the
Steen candidacy, try to square
themselves with the farmers by
saying, "You farmers are all
right but your leaders are bad"
You can epitomize their ar
gument in the following words:
"You farmers are a bunch of d.
FOOLS"
Teigen's Promoter across the
street advises us that he would
rather be known as an adherent
of Jerry Bacon's that Kate o.
Hare's. I viii state right here
that I am not an -adherent of
Kate O'Hare's or any other in
dividual who at this time says
or does anything to thwart our
government, or give our enemies
any comfort. I will leave it to
the public to Judge if Jerry Ba-
con and his sheet, the Grand
Forks Herald, with the lying
abuse they have heaped on the
Nonpartisan league, the farmers
organization Of the Northwest,
has done more to encourage-pro-
German propaganda in this
country and in Russia, than all
the Kate O'Hare's in the world
have done.
We can go further into this
discussion and show how the
Herald has misquoted some of
Pres. Wilson's appointees and
tried to show them up as proGer-
mans and to this day have not
given a true statement of the
facts. The man who is writing
the editorials for Teigen's pro-
pagandist knows better than
anyone else in this county that
the Grand Forks Herald is not
a newspaper in the true sense of
the word but a party organ of
the lowest rank and stands con-
victed of being the most UNI
American and un-democratic
sheet in the northwest.
The rube in last weeks rumin-
atoms did not give Mr.. Teigen's
subject in full. He should have
stated: From football player to
preacher, from preacher to farm
er, from farmer to stock buyer,
from stock buyer to banker,
from banker to real estate deal
er, from real estate dealer to
grain buyer, from grain buyer
to disappointed office seeker and
reform D. o. S. to organizing the
Teigen-L Lincoln independent vot-
ers league.
-Thos. Hennessy.
Bottineau, N. D. May 20.
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Viewed From A Distance.

Through the courtesy OF MIR.
Christ Noun, of Carbury, The
Courant is enabled to present it's
readers with the following ex-
cerpts from a letter which Mr..
Noun received from his brother
Erick, formerly of this city but
who is now engaged in the prac-
tice of law at Poplar, Montana:
"Dear Brother:-I note what
you say about the political situ-
alton in North Dakota, and it is
certainly true that the Nonpar-
tisan league has made some
great changes in the political
lineup. I do not believe, how
ever, that the Nonpartisan
league has much to fear from the
so-called Farmers league, which
you refer to in your letter. l
am we'll acquainted with nearly
all of the thirteen persons who
were responsible for the birth
of this new organization, and
while admitting that most of
them are excellent men in many
respects, it does not seem to me
that their recent maneuvers in
dictate a very high degree of tai
ent for political leadership at
this day and age. I am not go
ing to try to analyze the motives
which actuated these men when
they assumed the task of ami
hilating the Nonpart;san league
in North Dakota, except to say
that possibly some of them re-
ally thought that they were en-
gagged in the benevolent under
taking of saving the farmers
from themselves. Others, per-
haps, have been nursing a griev-
ance because their ability and
inclination to- serve the league in
some political capacity has not
been properly recognized. But
judging from their declaration
of principles, or whatever you
may call it, it seems that these
new reformers are laboring un-
der the delusion that they can
occupy and hold a sort of q mid
die ground, or mo mans land
between the Nonpartisan league
on one side and the old gang or
the other side. They denounce
the leaders of the league fol
their socialistic leanings, and II
the same breath they censu1e big
business for robbing the farm.
ers. This to my mind is Hpt
very good political strategy, not
to say anything about their logic
a they have placed thegpselysl
81 : pooition .wlere they e. 3
shot kffrom both sides. q
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Notice of Rids Wanted.

The undersigned hereby give notice
that sealed bids for the erection Of a
school building, including all labor
and material, will be received by Mrs.
Ollie McDaniels, Clerk Of Mount Rose
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Farmers
Forum....

Contributions on topics Of gen.
eral interest from residents Of this
locality, n more especially from
the Farmers, are solicited for pub
LEGATION in this column; articles
pertaining to religious co%ntrover-
sizes excepted.
Communications MUST bear the
writer's name. altho the same will
no be printed If SO requested.
It should be borne in mind that
whatever may appear in this col
umn, SO far as this paper Is con-
cerned, simply reflects the indi-
vidual views of the writer, and Is
not necessarily endorsed by The
Courant.
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len we for the first time
meet Joan and Peter here
they are mere babieS-a
pair of lusty English
Youngsters, When thew
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AtroCi0us.

TT G WELLS brought bac!. with
him from the Balkans---he ex-
plored the Balkans before the war
pair of Bulgarian boots, which he
sometimes wears in the privacy Of his
Sussex home. y, +.
Joseph Conrad visited Mr.. Wells
recently and found him attired in
these boots.
MIR. Conrad studied the boots a long
time, for they were remarkable-of
soft red leather, the toes pointed and
curled up, the fronts embroidered
With gold thread. and strips Of white
fur about the tops.
I'm heavens name, Wclls,'i said Mr..
Conrad. "where did you get those
boots?'
MIR. Wells, coloring a little. thrust
his feet beneath his chair.
II bought them" he confessed. Gin
Bulgaria"
"Ha, ha. ha!" laughed Mr.. Conrad,
1--WE heard Il lot about Bulgarian
atrocities, but ] never expected to
come across pair Of them in Sussex"
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The Martinez.

DROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL
= CROWDER told story the other
day about martinez.
strict discipline Is excellent, it Is
essential" he said. but the martinez
carries discipline too far.
"A martinez colonel gathered his
officers about him last month and is
sued orders for the regiments forth
coming train journey to the coast.
81 don't object to an innocent good
time on the mems part during this
train Journey he said. but you will,
of course. see to it that there's no
cursing or profanity. no skylarhing.
no card playing. and as little cigar
cite smoking as possible
Pardon me colonel said u timid
voice.
Ives. captain Speak up. What
it Tsp
"'Pardon me, colonel. but would you
object IL | took along n little plain
sewing TO occupy my company and
myself?''
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forever live In the red glow of tho
cross which gives name to the worlds
most merciful organization finds an
eloquent historian and loyal friend in
ute before the Columbia Historical So
ciety December Is. 1917. She died ono
month later and the society has perpet-
uated the sketch in book form for tho
two-fold purpose of preserving so
authoritative a research into the life
history of Clara Barton and as a me-
mortal to it's brilliant and beloved
member. who "On January 26, 1918,
crossed to the Great Beyond"
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOEL -.
CHANDLER HARRIS. BY Julia
Collier Harris illustrated. Bos-
ton: Houghton Mifhin Company.
The title of this book is its own
warrant of endearment and popular
ity. 1t stands, as a whole. merely as
some more of generally beloved
"Uncle Remus." Happily for readers.
the book Is in large part made up OF
letters written by Joel Chandler Har-
ris himself, in his own engagingly
whimsical manner. to members of his
family, to friends, to literary COM
radea like James Whitcomb Riley and
Mark Twain, to boys and girls all over
the country in answer to their own
Erateful ana aumlrlnS letters. Inc
biographer, n daughter-in-law or
Uncle Remus. has sustained her mod
est part in this revelation with good
Judgment and an excellent sense or
proportion. The book Of letters Will
find place beside the stories with
which this writer has delighted SO
many thousands Of readers in every
part Of the world.
WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT THE WAR. Edited
by Montaville Flowers New YORK:
George II. Doran Company.
Every possible avenue of approach
to the great war Is made use of here
by one or another of the notable
thinkers who have contributed to the
study of this event The book sums,
therefore, TO an authoritative and
comprehensive study that is calcu-
lated to be of the highest usefulness
to the general public upon whom lies
the obligation Of an intelligent seizure
of this point of world history Lord
Reading. Andre Tardieu the Postmas-
ter General, the United States COM
missioner of education. Herbert Hoov-
err, Samuel Gompers. the Secretary OF
the Interior. and many others Of large
and important experience give account
here of the multiplicity of activities
that converge upon the conduct Of the
war itself.
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know yet that it was such an abso-
lutely insane idea I don't believe
there ever was President who knew
many bandsmen. like the boss of band
does.
My uncle. about whom was telling
vance man for a band must have an
awful time keeping his ankles in
shape for his work. He allowed that
he would as soon be an instructor in
Ones legs could not be more tired
at the close Of days work at this
business than they would be II he
spent the day running around town
trying to find q quart Of cymbal
every band needs now and then, he
said. / plugged that argument right
off. A roller skating rink instructor
moves around lot, l agreed, but
k IKE aGss s ey str ss he He is rash
around all day lsng, but he never ad-
vances. While d man ahead Of a band
goes right on and on and on. 30 fast:
in fact, that don't suppose that half
ever get more than half Of their
money. Because man ahead or
band is in Alexandria today that GER
tainly is no sign that lie Will be there
next Friday morning. ! always point
ed out: He may be In Glenn Falls. or
even Richmand, for all his business
holds him in any one place.
My mother had her heart set on my
being q grocer. and I had u terrible
time proving to her. that being a
man ahead of q band had a better
job than polishing tomatoes and
sprnkling life and good cheer into
Respondent lettuce. When I argued
that a man ahead OF n band got to
travel lot she countered with the
assertion that grocer was OH the
go delivering goods from morning
until night, and lots of them simply
rode themselves dizzy before sun
down. That was a tough one. ana til"
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from that day on. Anyway, father
always liked bands and lie used to
follow them around every time there
was circus in town or band was
out for any other reason. | remem.
b@r, for instance, that in the fall of
1899 he marched in the democratic,
republican, prohi and granEcrs torch
light psrades just to be near the
band. l never did sec man VINO
could change politics as quickly as
father. when a band hove in sight:
A loot of a cornet for instance, could
change him instantly from free
silverite to a god bug
Anyway, I always wanted to be the
man ahead Of band. and l never
quite succeeded in my wishes 500
to be. drum major. one time, but
when the band hit Champaign, H.:
the eggs hit us, and after -th:t ] kind
of changed my mind about being
ahead of band. / still wanted to
be ahead of one, but preferred ahot
two days instead of two feet Of space
betv cen me and the players.
l started out, however by saying that
when Sousa's Band was in town last
week 1 felt again that | wanted to be
out ahead of a band. Well felt it so
sstrongly that / just went out and in
rterviewed the man ahead, and what
he told me made me banker again
after that old job. A civilian ahead
OF band certainly has the best job
in the world.
First off, I asked him If he knew
the players by their first names. Did
he? Say, you ought to have heard
him rattle them off. Old Bill Jones
plays the bass drum. Think Of that,
calling the bass drummer of band
And this fellow could do 1t, too. every
day in the week If he wanted to. 1t
was the same way with the from
bonists, too. Right down the line lie
would go. Jake, John. Fred. Henry.
Josh---all Of them. They were just as
plain as old shoes to him. When 1t
came to cornetists. tush! tush! He
knew more cornetists than l knew
bill collectors!
cinch to travel ahead 'of Sousas Band
in these gay days. when everybody
wants to do something for the Great
Lakes boys. the liberty loan and
everybody and everything connected
with the war. Why, this man ahead
and handed me out four twenty five
cent cigars. slick as YOU please. and
never batted an eye. lie actually told
me he had not smoked Il stogie since
he started on the trip, more than u
week previous. And eats! Great
guns! You just eat on q trip with n
band like that until you waddle. he
said. And ] did not doubt 1t. He
seemed to be we'll fed up. all right.
You readily can see, then. why
am sorry that my boyhOod ambition
never has been realized. If had
Ia MI
knows but by this time my name
would be known to every reader Of
the New York Clipper, and II good
nickel cigar might be named after
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run? She ran out into the country.
once she saw picture OF some
woods and field with a tiny river
p ws her tn rsns So AND this rearS
or friends, she set out, to work ner
way into some of the wider places of
life. And the women folks suspected
hcr-a woman without any man to
protect her, gadding about the coun-
try doing odd jobs for a bed and food.
And after that they suspected her
because she did have man with her
so, there you are, with these queer
folks who can think both ways at
once. Suspicion turned into unkind-
would. 1t does. What you will get
out of this book. that ought to be
worth while, is the incorruptible fiber
of this woman-honest. fair-dealing,
steady under cruel treatment, not half
sensing the sheer brutality of human
admirable. And is this story mere
~ an excuse for lawless behavior?
oh, no, not that 1t only seeks to
give understanding in the place. of
ready-made condemnation. Nor does
it definitely seek that. But one gets
of the beauty of it's course along the
open highway--where there is so
much as rule that is unbeautiful.
AEAE SALA or AA1h Of SE1oNEI
WIND. BY Ralph D. Paine. author
of "The Fighting Fleets" illustrate
ed. Boston: Houghton Miflin Com
pany.
AS the title promises, this is a sea adj
venture. And it is, in reality, an ad-
venture of the sea-with shipwreck, and
mutiny, and storm, and long days of
fresh sailings, and touch of far shores,
all Of which are soaked in the winds and
the salt and the sun of the sea. A stir
ring and exciting story. But it Is more
than this, for it is based, too, on the adj
venture of modern business, which, In
its way, contains as many elements or
heroic enterprise as does war or sea
trade or cXpiorings or Whatnot. The
matter centerS in a young man who
resurrects his fathers shipyard,, dead
and buried since iron and steel killed
off the wooden ship. The business re-
wives under wartime demand, produc-
ing an enlivening picture of the new
animation that takes hold of the
somewhat pathetic place of forgotten
activities. 1t is good story-ener-
gctic and modern-with the romance
of business and the romance of the
sea bound together by this sea-Wise
writer in a splendidly rousing adven-
ture that contains. as well, a love
theme of good quality.
LOVERS OF LOUISIANA. BY George
w. Gable, author of "Old Creole
Days." etc. New York: Charlie:
Scribner's Sons.
The present, and the future, arc
breaking definitely with the past
Business, politics, the relations Of diff.
ferent layers of organized society te
one another, the intercourse Of mar
to man--every phase of life demon.
strates this, unless, perhaps, it be edu
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billions are concerned.
The boy who wants to be a jockey.
for instance, never quite gets away
from the thrill that comes with see
ing the horses run; and, likewise.
l suppose. the lad who wants to
preach never quite RECEIVERS from be-
ing shocked at the thoughts of racing
horses for money.
I know that ] never have fully re-
,vered from my youthful ambition.
: as to be the man who had charge
ia ~ band. Maybe some of you folks
saw Sousas Band here last week
10 appreciate the feelings that had
:. zen 1 saw it.
1t never was my ambition to play
a band, like some folks I know
Who were all het up about being a
>. drummer, cornetist or some
body with wind instrument. That
j yer appealed to me, because my
u.lcle used to tell me terrible stories
hen / would suggest getting any OF
hose Instruments to play on. For
Instance, recall that he knew man
who was made permanently hunch-
backed by carrying bass drum; an
other who caught his tongue in a cor
net uIu PuAASN ~ va " W.
he attempted to extract 1t, and a
third who threw his arm out of place
following through a slide trombone.
My uncle, you see, was man VINO
liked to sleep, and, therefore, ne was,
as you may have guessed, opposed to
my learning to play a band instru-
ment.
But the man who managed or book
ed the band, I always figured, had no
such troubles. All he had to do was
to wander around the country, eat
free meals. gather up handfuls of
quill toothpicks and move on to the
next town with the band. 1t seemed
so soft that I used. to spend good
deal of my time figuring out how
much superior his job was to that Of
any one else in the world.
My school teacher had some very
funny ideas on what boys ambition
should be. She wanted me to be
President and not the boss Of a band.
l recall She used to point out that
for his work, never had to- do much
ditching in either winter or summer,
and got to associate with big states
men. like congressman and SUCH She
thought that was dandy fine Job. 1t
never appealed to me half like the
job had my eye on. I used to point
out to her that a President had only
limited acquaintance among men
who really counted. l even went so
far as to offer to bet her that there
never was President lived who knew
t. first name of a cornetist, bass
player and a piccolo expert. She
e, not take me up on that, because
;. said 1t was foolish, but ] don't
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cation and religion. Even romance
shows the general drift, for love is
making new conditions. mating ana
marriage are setting up new stand
ards. Mr.. Cables new novel, ro-
nance of seasoned and ready work.
manship, uses this cleavage between
the past and the present as the thread
upon which the incidents of this love
story are strung The man IN me is
of the old outlook. The story de-
velops, in the main, in the surround
ings with which Mr.. Gable is so
familiar. surroundings which have
more than once before given to his
novels the truly exotic atmospheres
of New Orleans. The romance itself
embodies in lfelike fashion the strug-
gle going on between the old outlook
and the new, but it is in the revival
New Orleans and the ways of life
which still mark those old quarters
that the unfailing charm of George
Gable comes out here in it's familiar
done in soft radiance of romantic
beauty. 1t is the atmosphere Of this
story that beguiles one all over again
Goodwin. Illustrations by Morgan
Dennis. Boston: Houghton Milf
film Company.
Rather an overflow of spirits. this,
than a proper story. But gay spirits
have distinct uses nowadays. so one
gathers up the inconseQuential and
hit miss happenings of these odds
and-e of adventure with feeling
of pleasure. The whole incredible to-
do is held together by the manage
ment of the caravan man himself,
who, with van and horse and camera
L. Tat l,N ,trxy ci II n In 81
happy vagrancy of behaviors. The
most unbelievable things come to pass
by the sheer joy of life that the cara
van man eXudes along the way. love
adventure-yes, several OF them-bud
and blossom. Nonsense thrives like
weeds, and ridiculous situations shape
themselves, manifestly for no other
purpose than to show the powers of
the caravan man to resolve diverse
elements into congenial and neigh
talk alike. for. you see. they are all
drawn off from the prolific spirit of
the hero. But the talk is gay and
pretty clever, SO ono does not get
wearied with these various shadows
of the central figure himself. A very
engaging bit of play.
THE LURE OF THE NORTH. By
Harold Bindloss. author of Pres
colt of Saskatchewan" etc. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany.
Another Bindloss novel of the north :
west. A lost silver lode supplies the
motive of this rugged adventure. A
girl, following faint clues to the hid
ing place CT the lost treasure, gives a
fresh and interesting turn to the
business in hand. The sinister aus
AI,a
cast permanent spell over Mr.. Bind
loss. He loves its beauty and its
dangers. He thrills to the conflict
that it sets up between itself and the
= hapless humans who come it's way
There is no aspect of it that is not