The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-17
OF
THE PAST WEEK

NahHs run OF Our BOgey-Man --
Why Cattle are Gown
Diplomats and Children r.-~..~,.
Pr0fiteers and Burglars .s .-.
The Frame Up as a Common Weapon
Bolshevism is too serious a matter
to be even joked about, at least it is
in the opinion of the navy department
officers. A jolly-up artist tried to get
about 200 sailors at Great Lakes
to sing mickey, Pretty Mickey" and
they sang parody running mickey
Bolsheviki." Then the shocked jolly-up
artist foolishly asked how many in the
hall were Bolsheviki and he was greet
ed with a chorus Of "Me, Me-" Some
one in the back of the hall waved a
red flag, and the "scandalous" scene
was complete. i
The. regular performers, who were
late, at last appeared on the stage and
the revolution" passed as quickly as
it had been born. Now 200 sailors
who have seen overseas service are
being disciplined by removal to other
stations. America is now safe for th
time being, thanks to our gallant navy
officers.
For the sailors the moral is:: "Boys
don't make fun of our bogeyman."
Less than a year ago Hoover was
telling ush about the great shortage
cattle in Europe. Six months ago the
department of agriculture was send
ing out stories about the opportuni-
ties awaiting cattle raisers in the Eu-
ropean trade. Farmers bit on the
dope and have gotten stung. Now
comes Acting Secretary Ousley Of
the department with a story that
Europe does not need beef from the
United States so much as it needs our
pork. The stock of cattle in most Of
Europe have not suffered seriously in
numbers during the war. Indeed, out
side the areas actually overrun by
the contending armies, cattle stocks
have fairly held their own and in some
cases even increased" -,
The bewildered farmer might we'll
ask which one of these lies is the
truth. One is that the American
farmer can not profitably market his
cattle through the packing trust. The
other is that he can put no dependence
on statements of government officials
playing the packers game in rigging
the markets. In the last two years
the farmer who did just the opposite
Of what the department Of agricul-
ture advised with regard to markets
has come out ahead. 'asr. f..
There is no mystery in the failure
Of our city people to buy beef as they
used to. They haven't got the money
to pay the packer prices and the few
profteers can not eat much more
than they used to.
A. young man from Tacoma, Wash,
who had been working in Russia as a
Red Cross officer, brings back a sur
prising story. He had charge of dis
tributing $4,000 cans of condensed
milk day to little children in Petro-
grad. There was no other supply
than this Danish milk. Then one day
came the order that no more could
be shipped into Russia, with the ship
shortage given as the reason, but this
officre declares that the Danish Red
Cross was anxious to furnish the ships
needed. Somehow this reminds US OF
the Lusitania and suggests the
thought that the deeds done in the
name Of international diplomacy in the
last four years will be terrible to the
minds Of generations yet unborn.
It's funny the professional burglar
hasn't applied the latest Wall street
methods to his business. AS he is OBJ
served by the alarmed householder IN
the act of picking up the silverware,
he should point the finger Of scorn at
the fellow and exclaim in loud voice
"There is no flag over your front door!
/ can't find q Liberty bond in the
housek And here's copy Of the Non
partisan Leader on the table! You
d;rtv. pro- German anarchist" The
noise thus produced would bring the
local police and sundry irate pa
triots,'' who would escort the house
holder to Jail with scant respect Tor
his person and bind him over for the
general court term on charges OF Sc
dition.
Are our burglars too slow to PICK
up a sure thing like this or are tney
too honest? Wall street interests