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The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-28
STATE FARMERS CONGRESS
DECEMBER 1919 INCLUSIVE
Dates Have Been Definitely Decided
Upon and Strong Program Is
Being Arranged.

The dates for the annual meeting
of the Colorado Farmers Congress
have been definitely fixed by the
offers of the association for Dec
,ember Is to 19 inclusive No meet
ing was held last winter on account
of the influenza epidemic. This
was disappointment to many
who look forward each year to the
meetings of the congress with much
pleasure and especially last winter
sas a strong program had been pre-
pared for the meeting. Every one
interested in the great questions OF
the hour pertaining to agricultural
development should plan to attend
this year.
Mr.. DOugherty, president of the
congress, and other officers are pre-
pared to vouch for still stronger
program this year than last. We
are not prepared to announce the
individuals who will appear until
further correspondence has been
carried on, but work has gone far
enough to insure a list of speakers
of more than national reputation
The date will not conflict with the
stock show and other meetings
which are scheduled later in the
winter 1t is the only statewide
meeting coming before the holiday
season and, all in all, should appeal
to stOckgrOwers, farmers and busi-
ness men who are interested in the
agricultural development of the
state. II. T. French, Secretary Con.
gress. Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, Fort Collins, Colo.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-28

Eopperdozer Collects Grasshoppers
No modern implement of warfare
terrorizes the enemy more than the
hopperdozers. built according to
plans recommended by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
terrOrizes grasshoppers. Ten bush
els of grasshOppers were captured
in two hours On one farm In Nor
gan County, Ind, by the use of a
hOpperdOZer built by the county
agent in order to control a serious
outbreak of the pests. Continued
use of the device has resulted in
the control of vast hOrdes of the in
sects which have done considerable
damage on many farms in the cOun-
ty The catcher is about Is feet
long and feet hign. Near the bot
tom is trough leading into big
screen cage at the back The de-
vice was drawn by two horses over
a clover field after the crop had
been cut The agent reports that
at times the pests were SO thick as
they jumped into the catcher that
they presented the appearance of a
cloud. Complete directions for
building and operating hopper
dOzer will be furnished by the Unit
ed States Department of Agricul-
tllre
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-28
EXAMINATION FOR RURAL
MOTOR MAIL CARRIER
Will Be Held at Holly Saturday,
Sept. 27th-To Fill Position
at Plains.

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an eX-
animation for the County of Prov
ers, Colo, to be held at Holly on
September q. 1919, to fill the posi-
tiOn of motor rural carrier at
Plains and vacancies that may later
occur on motor rural routes from
post Offices in the aforementioned
county. The salary on motor routes
ranges from $500 to Sl.SO0 per an
mum.
The examination will be open
only to citizens who are actually
dOmiciled in the territory supplied
with mail by post office IN the
county and who meet the other re-
quirements set forth in Forms 2lZl
and 1877. Form 2lzl may be seen
posted at any post office in the
county Tor which the examination
is held, and Form 1917 and appllca-
ton blanks may be obtained rom
the offices at which the vacancy eX-
lists and where the examination is
to be held, or from the United
States Civil Service Commission at
ashingtOn, ID. G.
The appOlntee to this position
will be required to furnish, main
tain, and operate modern motor
vehicle with a carrying capacity OF
not less than 800 pounds and a cub
ic capacity of not less than 50 feet.
Applicants must file with their ap-
plicatiOns statement of the
equipment they will be able to pro
vide in the event of appointment
Quotations should be forward
ed to the Commission at Washing
ton, D. G., at the earliest practicable
date.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-28
A GREAT REMEDY.

The merits of Chamberlains
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy are
well known and appreciated but
there is occasionally man who
had no acquaintance with them
and should read the following by
+. II. Dear. hotel man at Dup
uyer, Mont, -Four years ago I used
Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy with such wonderful re
suits that / have since recommend
ed it to my friends"
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-28
Isn't This the Truth.

1t is said that exposure to
weather causes greater destruction
to farm implements than using
them. Avoid this loss by storing all
machinery and tools properly I'M
der shelter before winter sets in.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-20
THE CHRIST CHILD.

Across the snow the home lights glow
From the myriad hearts alight,
And through the street with noiseless
feet
The Christ-child walks tonight.
AT silent gates, outside He waits,
To find fitting spot
Be thine the shame, if through thy
blame
The Christ-child enters not.
Where joyous notes from children's
threats
The old glad song begin,
Where love impels and kindness
dwells,
The Christ-child enters in.
Where hate has room, pride sits in
gloom.
And wrong invokes unrest,
Though green the walls and bright
the halls,
He cannot be a guest.
But where the thought that angels
brought
To earth'S enraptured ears
Good will to men and peace, again
The Christ-child, listening, hears.
He turns His feet with welcome
sweet,
Enters, and there abides.
Angels know best how such are blest
Through all the Christmastides.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-20
CHRISTMAS ON THE FARM.

What a vast difference there is in
the Christmas of today, from the
Christmas of our forefathers. In
those days there was not the hurry
scurry shopping, and costly, some
what useless gifts given with the
a finer one in return. The gifts given
in those days were gifts of love,
wholly in keeping with the day cele-
brated.
For many weeks and months did
mother spin, color and wind the yarn,
and knit on wooden needles or bone
hook the warm neck scarf or mittens
for her loved one, every stitch bear
ing a message of love. And then as
the time drew near how savory the
kitchen smeiled. But, of course, moth
ing was visible for mother or aunty
or grandmother had safely hidden
away the delicious Christmas cookies
and candy.
What happy times when the stock
ings Of all sizes, and almost all col
ors, were hung on the mantel shelf
above the wide fireplace, where old
Santa had no trouble at all to come
down and deposit the numerous
things from his pack.
Everyone was remembered with
some sort of a gift, none were forgot
ten, and the homemade goodies were
devoured with as much relish and
with less after-effects than the store
goodies of today. There were no
dyes in the Christmas candy grand
mother made.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-20

Then when the team was hooked to
the farm sled, with the farm wagon
bed on it partly filled with straw and
over the shining snow to receive Holy
Communion and to hear real Christ
mas sermon about the birth of our
Saviour, on earth peace, good will to
men.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-20

There is trite saying that much of
the language used is for the conceal
ment of thought. Rather let us be-
lieve that in much of the language we
hear there is not even the comforting
suspicion that there may be thought
in hiding.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
DAWN OF "A NEW DAY.

Chicago flashed a vision Of the new majority
to the exploited workers Of America last Sun
day.
Governor Frazier Of North Dakota, leader in
that state of the victorious Nonpartisan League,
brought to the Labor Party the farmers pledge
OF cooperation to smash big business, political,
and newspaper corruption and labor shouted
back to him it's pledge with a roar that shook
the rafters of the street car mems big hall.
The new majority It was the theme Of every
address. Composed of the workers on the
farms, in the industries, in the homes-the use
full workers OF America, recruited from the
minorities of scattered groups to become the
great majority-it can and must sweep all be-
fore it.
Governor Frazier said it.
John Kirkpatrick, labor's candidate for may
or said it. He calledit the, dawn Of a new day.
Duncan Mcdonald, president-elect Of the
Illinois State Federation Of Labor said it, and
flung out a challenge for every worker to come
into the movement or be counted among labor's
foes.
Former Alderman William Rodriguez said
it and in less than half an hour raised $500
of labor's $50,OOO war chest.
Margaret Haley said it and called for Liberty
bonds to be pledged for labor's fight in indus
trial and political liberty.
Bill Neer, chairman of the meeting, said it
every time he introduced a speaker.
Miss Blain sang it, when she thrilled the
crowd with her fine rendition of the Marseillaise
hymn. ~
The crowded audience said it with e~xultant
cheers and applause. N.
It was in the air.
Governor Frazier brought a great message
to Chicago labor He took back a great mes
sage to the Nonpartisan League.
The loop dailies were forced by the size and
fervor of the demonstration to break their con-
spiracy of silence and publish an account of the
days developments.
One month old, the Labor Party. looked at it
self and found a giant, breathing the air of vic
tory. 1t plunged at once into the greater pro-
ject of combining with the other democratic
forces into a national workers party.
Last Sunday saw the birth Of a movement
that will rock the nation and bring capital to
the feet of the new majority-the combined
workers who intend to control their own af-
fairs.-The New Majority, Chicago.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06

and which will be sold to satisfy the
same are described as follows: The
Southeast Quarter Of Section Twenty
five (25), in Township One Hundred
Sixty-one (161) North, of Range
S~eventy-eight (78) West Of the Fifth
Principal Meridian, in Bottineau Coun-
ty, North Dakota. There will be due
on said mortgage on the day Of sale
the sum Of One Thousand Nine Hum
dred Fifty-two and $500 ($1,952.55)
Dollars.
I Dated at Bottineau, N. Oak, this
25th day Of January, 1918.
Mabel E.. Merrill,
Assignee Of the Mortgage.
e. D. Bower, Bottineau, North Dakota,
Attorney for Assignee Of the Mort
gage. st
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
Mrs. Margaret Dixon

Mrs. Margaret Dixon passed away
at the home of her son, John Dixon.
Thursday February 81. She was born
at Aurora, Ont in 1874. In 1900 she
came with her husband to Roth, N. D..
where they settled on q homestead
two miles south Of town.
During all these years, with hel
t~ireless and unselfish devotion to hen
Master and neighbors, she endearec
herself to the hearts of all who knew
her. She was proceeded to the Great
Beyond by her husband and four chill.
dren. She leaves to mourn her depart.
ure, three sons, John of Roth, Thomas
of Waskeda, Canada. and James whose
whereabouts is not known and one
daughter residing in Canada.
The funeral services were held Sun.
day and the remains Inferred in the
Souris cemetery, Rev. I. D. McBair
officiating. Contributed.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06

and for the County Of Bottineau and
State Of North Dakota on the 18th
day Of June, 1911, at $500 o'clock P.
M. and recorded in book '72" of Mort
cages, on page 1928, and by said mort
gage assigned to Mabel e. Merrill by
deed of assignment bearing date the
3rd day Of November, 1911, and re-
corded in Book "48' Of Mortgages, on
page 338, will be forclosed by a sale
Of the premises in said mortgage and
hereinafter described at the front door
Of the Court House in the City Of Bot
tineau, County Of Bottineau and State
of North Dakota, on the 9Th day Of
March, 1919, at the hour Of 2 o'clock
P. NJ, to satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage on the day Of sale. The
premises described in said mortgage
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
KEEPING THE DOLLAR AT HOME.

Keep the dollar. at home! How often have we
heard this slogan! Under most conditions we
are quite in favor of it. But why limit it, as the
merchant generally does, to the merchandising
dollar? There are many other kinds Of dollars
which should be kept at home, and if kept at
home most Of them would become home-trad-
ing dollars.
There are the dollars which the farm tenant
pays to the absentee landlord, which would stay
in the community if the tenant farm were own
ed by the man who works it. Why can't we turn
the trend to tenancy back to land owning and
operating? ...E.
There are the many dollars which the pro-
fteering millers, packers, etc., take out every
year. There are the many dollars which go to
pay for w~asteful, inefficient methods in rail
roads, insurance, banking, marketing produce.
Why not grab these stolen and wasted dollars
for the community.
A few reflections of this kind show us what
the League farmers program for keeping dol
lars home would mean for the whole community
and why this program merits the support of
those who are seriously using the slogan Keep
the dollar home"
This state, the only state so far where the
League farmers have been able to enact legisla-
ton, has provided a method which allows the
farmer to substitute a low-interest loan from
the state for a high-interest loan from the usur-
er. It has provided a state bank which will
enable all the state banks to keep their reserves
within the state instead of at the Twin Cities,
and which will keep more of our savings en-
ployed in the state. It has provided a nome
builders association which will do much to low
err the cost of securing homes and farms and
hence will bring in new settlers. It has provid-
ed cheap, efficient state hail insurance. The
state will develop Ignite deposits to keep the
peoples money from the Pennsylvania coal bar
ons. It will keep mill feeds at nome for it's
dairy farmers and the former elevator and mill
ing graft and wastes will be saved to the farm
ers by a system of st%ate-owned elevators and
mills. Altogether the new League legislation
constitutes the greatest move to keep the dol
lars at home America has seen.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
Letter I . France
Commercy, France,
Jan. "a, 1919.

jan. "a, 1913.
Dear Christ and Eds
| received your letters today dated
the 20 Of December and / was mighty
glad to get them. They were the first
/ have gotten for several weeks. I
suppose you did not write because you
did not hear from me for such q long
time, but / try to write at least once
q week. ! did not write yesterday,
Sunday, as / was pretty sick, all last
week / was pretty bad but am better
today. ! went out to drill with the
boys. Hope to be my old self in q day
or two.
| certainly would liked to have
been home this Christmas, / was
thinking Of home all day. 1 imagined
1 would be at home at that time last
November when the armistice was
signed but I knew better than that
later on when I saw the slow move
ment Of troops toward home. They
are bringing them home at the rate Of
$4,000 a week now.
l am certainly glad Of my expert
ence as we were never out Of range Of
the big guns and saw action all the
time. Here is the time put in on the
front lines not mentioning the. times
we were in reserve. July 81 to Aug
ust 81, Alsace Lorraine trenches,
September II to September ~, st. Mi
hiel drive, September Is to October 2
Argonne Forest drive and October 25
to November Z Verdun trenches. We
will billed to go over the top for the
capture Of Metz on November Is. You
ask if I was not in the Argonne drive.
We sure were as the 35th, 28th and
82nd divisions went over the top and
started the famous capture Of the Ar
gonne Woods and finally Sedan. It
sure was a bloody fight even worse
than Chateau Thierry. The same
tanks were used in both places and the
drivers said Chateau Thierry was not
in it. The 35th division casualties were
about IS or 60 per cent and that &C
counts for the Investigation in Con-
gress as shown by the inclosed clipp-
ing. 1t is true that artillery did not
give us very much support after the
| second day as we advanced SO rapidly
they could not keep up with us, of
course after a thing has been done it
is easy to go over every movement
| in our minds and pick out our faults.
And this is a typical example. All us
! doughboys have our private opinions
| about the matter but in a U. S. uni
form we are soldiers and question no
command but "do or die" Such is
discipline.
I do not know what to say about
coming home. We have been informed
that we are on the priority list and
when the full units begin to move
homeward we shall be n Of the
first. We look forward to being home
some time in March. Everyone says
we shall be leaving this place in a week
or ten days but that is not certain.
Well I have a number Of other let
tiers to write so / will close. Please
write as often as you can. =.
Your brother,
80 Carl A. Christensen.
Co. A. 139 nifty.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
NOTICE OF BIDS
Landa School District No. z

Bids will be received for the con-
struction Of a one room frame school
building, with a full concrete base-
ment, on Friday March 21st; ats2:0O
o'clock r. M. at Souris IN. Oak. Plans
on file at the office Of the County
Superintendent and the clerk Of the
district, T. Sveen, Roth, n. Oak. Sep
arate bids "a the heating and vent.
Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids. .
BY order Of the District School
Board.
4. Sveen, Clerk. 81.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
Methodist Church

Rev. Walker, former local pastor,
will occupy the pulpit next Sunday
both morning and evening. He needs
no introduction to- Bottineau people
and everyone is extended a cordial in
vitation to be present at both services.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School at 1910, B. Y. P. u.
at TOO p. m. Evening Service 500 p.
m. Sermon by Rev. I. D. McBain.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 500.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
P"RESUMPTUOUS FARMERS.

Arthur Brisbane in Chicago Herald: The
farmers of North Dakota are running the state,
just as though it belonged to them and did NOT
belong to spectators in grain, dealers in fer
tilizer, etc. In the language of the day, what
do you know about that?"
The farmers are actually talking to the banks
as though farmers who produce wealth had a
right to deal on even terms with those that pack
it away.
You should have heard Mr.. Sleicher, friend
of "wise conservatism" tell about these horrors
two nights ago while good Republicans listened,
and Mr.. Louis Wiley of the New York Times
was heard to ask: "Can such things be!
Whittier are we drifting?" as he pounded his
fist on the table and almost upset the cham
payne. o
Mr.. Sleicher told his awe-struck hearers that
the North Dakota farmers had actually appro-
priated $40, 900, 900 to control the elevators in
which the grain is stored.
It does seem very dreadful when you realize
how little the farmer has to do with the grain.
He only takes care of the horses through the
Winter, plows the ground, harrows it, ~fertilizes
the land, soWs the seed, harvests the crop,
thrashes it and delivers it at the railroad sta
tion. -
The whole country may ask with Mr.. Wiley,
whittier are we drifting? when these North
Dakota farmers presume to take themselves SO
seriously and snatch the bread from the mouth
of gentlemen accustomed to get profits after
farmers have done the work. III
Oh! Bolshevism, where is thy sting? i,
Oh! Socialism, where is thy victory?
To fill the cup of conservative bitterness,
what do you suppose the farmers of North Da-
kota do? They elect each other to the Leglsla-
ture, instead Of electing "smart lawyers" The
farmers actually make the laws for farmers,
and farmers pay themselves SIS a day and mile
age.
And to cap the climax, the farmers Work to-
gether.
Their motto is, '"The other fellow has always
beaten us and taken our money because his men
worked united. Now we will stick together and
change it."
It must be rather embarrassing for Jerry
Norm and Thorson Of the Normanden, to have
one Of their chiefs in the legislature even ques-
ton their ~varacity. Mr.. o.. B. Burtness Of
Grand Forks, in his last speech in the house,
was frank enough to make the following state.
ment: IT might say that all the matter that
has appeared in the Grand Forks Herald, the
Nornanden and Fargo Forum, has not been alb.
sol1tely truthful. We have made this remark
ever times and it makes us feel good TO have
ii verified ~ Berry.
The old practice of sending GA Old party
man 70 the legislature and then later having y
1870 = delegation to beg him 70 vote right r.
minds us 81 the man who kept 2 dog a1d dld
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06

The Hydro-Electric commissio
Canada, publicly owned) made
$391,5O0 up to October, 1917, al
ting expenses, reserves for rem,
gencies and sinking fund, It b,
cost of electricity from 3 cents !
to 8 cents. asss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06

For Sale-A first class well drilling
outfit VIII sell on reasonable terms
II We fan ito sell will rent II "a reason.
liable terms 70 right partyTurtlt
Mountain Well Drilling Co, Bottin'
ean. r. 49,. q
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1919-07-12
France Building Long Canal.

Notwithstanding the war, the largest
tunnel in the world is well under
course of construction in France, its
object being to give Marseilles connec-
ton with Paris and the interior of the
country in general by rail and wa
ter. The canal will provide ample
waterway for barkes. The entire prof.
ect involves the building of 4ew
harbor and the cutting of ship canal.
actually tunneled through solid rock
for five long miles, joining the old har-
Dor and the Mediterranean to the
River Rhone. The Rhone's upper
stretches are placid, and already are
used extensively for barge navigation,
but near Marseilles the stream is far
too turbulent for commerce. A range
Of hills had prevented the construc-
ton of canal in days gone by. Now,
with France energized by the war
and with the necessity for the canal
emphasized thereby, the tunnel is be-
ing cut and the canal will soon be
opened. The work was begun in 1911
II, and has been continued through
the war. BY this canal and links al
ready available, barges can be sent
from the Mediterranean to the English
channel.