The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-07-04

Rev. II. L. Maunder returned
yesterday from Donnybrook and
as a rear seat passenger in his
car had a calf which he pur-
chased at a Red Cross sale.
Roy Crowder of Cheyenne,
Wyoming arrived tonight for an
extended visit with friends and
relatives. Mr.. Crowder has been
away from here for about 8
years.
Would you take a course in
our school if you knew you
could secure a position paying
$50 a month? Emil .Bullert did.
He took a business course in the
Mankato Commercial College,
Mankato, Mimi, last winter, and
now holds a 500 bank job in
Montana. July
A fire in the shed at the rear
of the Carl Kirkeby residence on
Main street brought the fire de-
partment out in double quick or
der Tuesday afternoon and the
blaze was extinguished before
the shed was completely des-
troyed. It is reported that boys
with matches was the cause.
S~trayed-From Section 1873
"a, two 2-year-old mares, one
black and one bay. Two yearling
geldings with white lined legs
and white faces. One yearling
mare cut on hind leg. $1,000
reward. Any information will
be thankfully received by Henry
Main, Box 1886, Phone II, Delo-
raine, Manitoba. St.
I will be in Westhope July Is,
Dunseith July 16 and Bottineau,
July II for the purpose of buy
ing u. S. and Allies cavalry and
artillery horses. Horses must
stand Is to 16R hands high.
Any color but while. One days
inspection in above towns. B.
". Elder, u. S. Yards, Chicago,
I'll. st
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Flanagan,
Misses Lizzie, Cathleen and
Maud and Messrs. P. Flanagan
and Andrew Widme autoed up
rfrom Crystal the fore part Of
the week and are visiting at the
Malcolm Mcleod home. They
will return tomorrow, with the
exception of Lizzie and Maud,
who will remain for a two weeks
visit.
+ Steve Joyce, formerly of this
neighborhood, but who enlisted
with the Canadian some two
years ago, arrived in Bottineau
the latter part Of last week and
is visiting with friends. Steve
was severely wounded in the bat
tie at Vimy ridge and will sub
init to operation in one of the
Winnipeg hospitals after he re-
turns to Canada.
DR.. and Mrs. F. T.. O'Brien
left today for a months vaca-
ton visit with relatives at their
old home. The first stop will be
made at Mrs. O'Blien's girlhood
home at River Falls, Wis.,, and
later they will go to Foxholm,
Wis.,, to visit with DR.. O'Brien's
parents. On the return trip they
will visit with Mrs. O'Brien's
brother at the naval training
camp and will also visit rela-
tives at Aberdeen, S. D. This
will be DR.. O'Brien's first vaca-
ton in fourteen years and he
will no doubt enjoy it.
The Fordson tractors arrived
last Saturday and Bottineau
people have already had a chance
to witness what it can do and
how easily it is handled. Mr..
Jacobsen easily proved the star
performer to a large audience
across the street from the Gleas-
on garage. Jake was particular
amusing in his stunt of making
the Fordson raise off the front
wheels.
The top dressing of sand and
dirt which has been put on Main
street, supplemented by the high
wind for several days past, re-
calls what Ed Pierce, the old
time humorist Of the Grafton
Record, once said of a like oc-
casion in his home town., viz :
The devil sends the naughty
wind that blows our skirts sky
high; but heaven is just and
sends the dust that blows in the