The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-18

Entered at he Postofice att ottineau, NorthD DAKOTA, as s@ono clss nl nnaI.e:
sus.o.1r91os: .,s PEE YEA. IN .2x41oz:
D1sLOYAL ()
when the people of the United states Sho IL 50 Who'll s$se{ny
they must help finance the war:
s.ss1 Ths i + fSs x out IS Of to Pr rssSfs in T fol%sld Rsset sh s's ss1ss is f
democracy and humanity: President Wilson's peace program
i Saa1 prevail "a az against the central powers: They cannot prevail
unless they are re-; su .Ppo9t d;s at t home me: ,; wa must M Ss su pppert them'
Every Tb igd Msr on t Sao psrt s of os sS t9s 'a and e the e s! RRs" IS becom-
tess %et Of e asm %Gss a R Rssn sscu Tsy' of t this is n nssS!s'as democracy 'a sas sr1
and the safety of our own de anecrs institutions ms tSi1%a, are RE now low
bonds in fact as well as in name. Liberty itself may depend
y know the farmers of the Northwest will do their part.
g e9sSs. hi ffn s;ssa sSsy s @i 1 t4s shs ]ss 4sitd ni5 sS S!f SSnas s asassl
ously and with the same spirit of patriotic service:
the p sidSnf Is # netF . AND n yet these words were not :d delivered ed BY ~
either one of that pair Of pharisaical patriots; Messrs' Bacon and
n paSiic u aSa yt BY Of an x. q {. '3 Town aKsGp tSs mu eS9SaSGsn; u prs s ent
Of 0fs the ma M91R4r tf 5s l nasiIisnim mt Us s getrscto te are ee r xsntns in 9n botS 4
patriotism and ability to similarly express themselves.
The custom of raising a fund by popular substitution for
the purpose Of purchasing tobacco for our soldier boys now in
ally conducted by some member of the local press throughout the
stats: and at Gn %est es sTatfy 2nits ls peRS,a Almost aa n ~fth %1t s %ite tsaay T 1fse
amounts so raised are invariably published in the local press from
is published and the money promptly forwarded te the proper
source and an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the receipt t thereof sa3;ofi is also = pub aS
e asnsd ssd the H m insiasnt is 1 gfG {Bs yh se9ssS; to x sss m ss%sf In sS9ti S n al!
last winter by the then editor of our contemporary which, from
sum being raised, although just what the amount was no one ape
pears to be aware and also what finally became of it is a matter of
conjecture, as no report Of its disposition up to the present time
has been made public 50 far as we are aware; !nasmuch as the
some Of the subscribers are becoming slightly curious as to just
Snst di IS IS aS% was t made 6es of The Fa dSnd; and to it m wfeld d s ssfm as
tory tocyt accounting o. e" or, failing ia1 that, to return the money, otherwise
another gold brick scheme on the c%on6ding public along, lines
somewhat similar to that of his notorious fake piano contest"
day p. n.y. It is known that the Liberty Loan drive in Bottlneau
county is progressing in a highly successful ma manner. ana IN tha1|
pride to the citizens of this city, that its allotment was oversgb-
solicitors had begun their canvass: The cty,s allotment was $l6,-
900 and thus far between $4,000 and $4,000 has been sub,
spontaneous response of our people to the call of the Government
for financial aid will serve as an inspiration to the boys over IN the
{ trsniRes m mnff seeY b S0p those Sc here at ti home ons i,aI Subscribing aEia to to the he
Third Liberty Loan and thereby materially contributing to the
support of the cause for which they are hazarding their all.
This is the way the new Teigen farmers league appeals to ei-
tor Bloom, of the Devils Lake journal:
to down the farmers, the membership fee of which has been
fixed at. $12, when SIG has been the standard price in North
Dakota as fixed by the hay-seeds. Maybe SIP is ALI is worth,
though. Prospective members of the new organization should
consult with the penny. press before going into Ito make
or that satf purpose apo III There S has b been a lot Of criticism and worry
about people spending Sc, SO and SIG for a league membership,
and in these parlous times, care should be taken to guard
N against exciting people with weak and palpitating hearts.
If we Americans refuse to loan our dollars to our own govern
nent now, you can rest assured that we will give them to the
:aiser, if our boys over there are defeated. And defeated they will
e if they are not backed up by our money and the food, ammuni-
,ou lend today, or you pay tomorrow-pay Wilhelm Hohenzo-
I'm, the enslaver of free nations and free peoples. Buy your
eea' tS aoa hn 9ep must il y save cam and a sscr s5a i tn do f. Il Y goa a Do more more,
ian save and sacrifice" if the kaiser wins. Remember these