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

Omemee News.
Mrs. Herman Boltz and Mrs. Ben
Boltz Of Gardena visited here Friday.
Mrs. Neil Mclean Of Kramer vas
in town Saturday.
Geo. r. White, the king-bee farmer
of Bottineau county, was a business
caller here Friday. Geo. is having
q lot Of building done on his farm this
season.
Philip and George Bissonette were
in Omemee between trains Saturday.
They were on their way home to Sas-
katchewan after attending the funer-
al Of their mother, Mrs. Destelier.
Nels Christianson and family have
moved here from Russell.
Mrs. A. Bergeron has been visiting
a few days with her mother, Mrs.
Trudel.
Tom and Matt seem to have gotten
into a dispute as to which of them is
to have Kate O'Hare. I'VE thought
Kate was married.
J. T. Soucie has about recovered
from his recent illness. We are pleas
ed to see him around again.
"The Farmers Forum" Of The Cour-
ant is getting better every issue. The
articles are very interesting but we
would like to have each one signed by
the author as we would like to get
acquainted. Even some Of the Adj
vocate :"crowd" appear to be seeking
an introduction.
One Of the first grade rooms Of our
school was very much disturbed re-
Gently by the ire of a party that might
have known better. Our sympathy
goes out the pupils and especially to
the teacher.
Dan Crawford and family were over
from Thorne Sunday.
Geo. Perrin and wife and Mrs. OWL
la Perrin accompanied Ovilla as far
as Rugby Saturday.
A large crowd was at the depot on
Saturday to bid farewell to the boys
on the way to Camp Lewis.
J. s. Anderson, Miss Kelly and Miss
Albertson went to Bottineau Friday
night.
Mr.. Hanson Of Overly, ~aspirant for
the Office Of sheriff o n the democratic
ticket, was in town Friday in tow
Arthur MffIoy..
Ovilla Perrin and Jas. Dwyer left
here with, the last bunch for Camp
Lewis. We expect they wall give .
good account Of themselves as they
are both Of fighting stock.
Thomas Hennessy Of the so-calied
ACourant. crowd'' was in Omemee4 .
few days ago. If the said crowd are
ali like Tom they a come here any
time and are welcome.
~Chiefss McFarlAne returned to town
. few days ago after finishing seed
ing. George has lived here for q
number Of years in retirement but
sayss if raisingBN No. ! wheat vii. put
one over opsthes kaiser he4will deliver
the goods.
Mrs. Frank O'Connor has been Wis
ting in Westhope for the past week.
When it comes to~ba IN expert IN
detective work. we got to hand it to
Dan Crawford.
A number Of years ago q debate
took place between q farmer and q
lawyer over a pair Of s~pectatcles. The
farmer claimed they yer made for
the eyes and the layer claimed they
were made for the nose, who put up
the argument that if they were not
there would be no arch made between
the glasses to fit the nose and by ar
gument in this line he beat the farm
er. A few days ago a dispute arose
over a pencil but it wasn't settled IN
quite the same way except that the
farmer lost again. Avoirdupols be-
ing the winner.
We predict a vote here for Cover.
nor Frazier Of A to A.
It looks as if we r going to lose
u entire staff of teachers Of this
term, which we regret very much, as
they have all given efficient service.
Prof. Erickson was one OF the pest
principals we ever had.
Allan Fraser says he has no CUB
ernatorial aspirations this year but
wants his name-sake Lynn J. TODD
it,
DR.. Falls returned from Gfand
Forks Friday where he attended the
state dentists convention. \
Louis Knoke left on Monday morn
inr's 500 for points in Minnesota
George and Anne Houle Of Dunseith
were in Omemee on business Tuesday
afternoon.
Col. Berthiaume was down from
Bottineau Tuesday afternoon.
High School Notes.
It is with deep regret that we an
nounce the untimely decease OF Hiram
Hayseed, reporter. Tho illiterate ne
was universally beloved and respect
ed. Would not the following epitaph
be appropriate in sentiment?