The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-09-18

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We are informed that the high
school here will give the full four
year course of study, so it will not be
necessary for those of our community
to leave here to complete the full
high school course. The school will
now employ six teachers, the line Of
study is complete. This speaks very
highly for Russell and this commune
ity. ~
v. March of the south prairie was
in town Thursday. MI. March is n
of the many prosperous farmers of
this locality.
MI. and. Mrs. E. E. Nelson autoed
to Velva Thursday evening with Mrs.
Nelson's father, Mr.. .Yenson. We un-
derstand that MI. Yenson will teach
Manual Training at the Velva high
school this year.
Mrs. Becker, Mrs. L. March and
Mrs. B. Brown were shopping in u
town last Friday. y
Miss. Dora Bristol is home again
after an extended visit with her sister.
Are you blowing? If not better
get busy. Early fall blowing is most
as good as summer fallow and will do
much to lessen the chances of a re-
turn of the grasshopper pest next year
In spite of the shortage of crop, the
farmers elevator of this place is still
receiving grain. Mr.. Anderson, the
genial manager, seems to have con-
WINGED the farmers that it pays them
to handle their own grain, the elevator
having received three-fourths Of the
grain which has come to town this
season. 4
! The Misses Tressie Ferguson and
Marion Turnbull made a flying trip
to Newburg last Friday evening. They
were only gone one hour, shopping
was the errand.
Chas. Goheen will have his big sale
on Saturday, Sept. 20. A free lunch
will be served and" everybody is invit-
ed to attend.
Mrs. Hazel Raulien attended church
and Sunday School last Sunday after
a long absence. 1t looked natural to
see her able to travel churchward
again. .'.
Word has come to us that Ranauld
Knudson with his sister Blanche aut-
oed to Minot Sunday.
Chas. Turnbull> came home Saturday
evening from Gallo, where he has been
threshing. Mr.. Turnbull reports the
crops around there as being as high
as Is bushel to the acre.
The chimney of the M. E. church is
still lying in a heap on the ground and
last Sunday convinced the church
going people that it should be rebuilt,
in fact two Of the ladies, Mrs. Tyson
and Mrs. Turnbull threatened to tackle
the job themselves. The chimney was
laid low by mi Of those early summer
breezes.
Ben Clausen returned home last
week from an extended trip eastward.
The war is over. Pershing is home
and John Ekrenl is selling separator
oil and recommends it as a good fur
niture polish.
We understand that Prof. Booth will
teach Manual training in the high
school this year. ~
MI. Metcalf of the Metcalf elevator
is grinding feed for the farmers these
days. ,
All good people boost for Russell
and its community and may God pity
the knocker, nobody else does.
We understand that Mrs. Raulien
and others autoed over to Minot last
Wednesday where Mrs. Raulien pur-
chased . new bonnet Of the latest type.
Willie Schillinger is home from Bis
bee, where he has been threshing.
We have been asked to warn some
Of the parents Of this place that it is
q bad plan to let children pace the
streets until q late hour at night, how
ever we do not think that It'll S neces-
sary as most parents here have re-
spect for their children and the COM
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turnbull Of this place,
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Slack of north
prairie were visiting at, the home of
George Wankle last Sunday afternoon
Raymond Goheen, Clayton Goheen,
Ivan Goheen and Raymond Workman
are four promising young men of our
community that are found among the
church going people. Real Manliness
is their aim.
Is there q scarcity Of sugar. W.
say no, The sugar refiners and can
ners are d combine, md when the
sugar refiners are prohibiting charg-
ing An exorbent price Tor their sugar
they simply hold t1snd buy up the
fruit st ! cheap figure and cAn it and
then put il On the market with . treble
prdnt. Strange Tint tie government
investigators me not able "a find fhs
vsrybody boos} ~ ~ csurant
Hefnfne1s lapsr.