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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

work Of distributing and marketing
the same. Who will tell US, with pos
tive authority, that this is socialism?
Our opinion is that. if the public well
fare (i.e., for the protection of the
farmers against ~capitalistic exploita-
tion) demands this state-owned mill
and is a matter of necessity, we be-
lieve this is NOT socialism. We think
it is good political economy and in no
way o~ffending=,tp Christian principles.
The jublic good demands it and that
is decisive, since other measures have
not proved successful in protecting
the public welfare.
(which is all in accordance with
that definition of justice which states
that 'justie consists in placing the
welfare Of the majority above that Of
the individual but also in strict con-
formity with the following principle
laid down by Pope Leo Kill:
whenever the general interest Of
any particular class suffers, or is
threatened with mischief, which can
in no other way be met o. prevented,
the public authority must step in to
deal with it."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
WATER ON BOTH SHOULDERS

Almost every school boy has heard
the story about the man who tried
to carry water on both shoulders
Both buckets turned 'downside up
and the fellow who came through his
experiment looked like a half drowned
creature. ...-,. E
This is the ridiculous role that the
Committee Of Fortyeight filled when
it assembled recently at Chicago to
help labor and the farmers organize
a Third party. On their right shoulder
the Forty-eighters were trying to car
ry a pail of water for the monied men
while on the left one they placed a
bucketfull for the Progressive ele-
ment in American politics.
Of course, they failed, and it was
only through the kindness Of broad
minded, tolerant men in the Third
party movement that the Impractical
idea,i~ts among the Fort Fighter:
were saved from making silly geese
of themselves. What spectacle is more
foolish than a modern Don Quixote
trying to r%essurrect chivalry in a
sordid, money-grabbing world, or
some futile dreamer attempting to
make a better world, without getting
down to brass tacks and telling farm
ers, labor and brain workers their
only hope is to act in concert, bring
ing about basic, economic REFORM"
The experience Of the Forty-eight-
ers is but another sign that the days
of old-fashioned liberalism in Ameri-
can politics are numbered. The more
the money power continues its OPP
pressive tactics in dealing with farm
ers and labor the quicker they will
learn sense and quit gazing dreamlly
up into the clouds while short-change
artists are frisking their pockets
down here below.
Before long, uncomfortable circum-
stances will force these well-mean1ng
but visionary Forty-eighters to make
a leap. And when they take the Jump
there will be only two amps in which
thew can possibly land; if they vault
in among the Big Bugs, they must
promise to behave themselves, play
the game and not even place anything
as novel as a pair of shell-rimmed
hla $ before their eyes: on the 9TH
er hand. if they bound into the camp
Of the P~rogressives, they can say
anvthing they please and none OF the
bows will caution them to be discreet
or careful lest they "offend Wall
Street."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
o M MORE FREE LOVE

The Courant has remained silent to
the lying attacks of the degenerate
editor Of the Farmers Advocate upon
the free love issue that said editor
and paper have entered into the po-
litical fight in North Dakota. We
figured that the good clean-minded
people Of Bottineau County would
take such rot for what it was worth
as the most of them know the charac-
ter of the man who edits the Advo-
cate. ''-y;~
We were not mistaken in our be-
lief as at the recent election held,
Bottineau County remained practic-
ally the same as two years ago.
In last weeks Advocate under a
caption of "The Change Continues"
the Advocate draws the inference that
the Nonpartisan League of B%ottineau
County elected a man to the legisla-
ture who is ian accredited advocate
Of free love-" We just want to tell
the people of this county that no leg
islator of Bottineau County at the
present time has yer preached free
love or has ever admitted being guilty
of the charge, which is more than the
degenerate editor of the Farmers Ad-
vocate of Bottineau can say for him.
self.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
PROGRESSIVE CATHO-
Lie WRITER

One Of the lading Catholic puDlica-
+;ons in the middlewest, the tribune
published at Dubuque, Iowa, has come
out in a strong editorial favoring tne
state-ownership Of mills and eleva-
tors along the same general INES as
those adopted by the State Of Nor.n
Dakota. Hooray! just think OF it! AS
racently as the late primary electlon'
enemies of the Nonpartisan League
nrooram were Striking that its lead
ers didn't believe in God, Religion,
Country ct al and now hobs up une
Catholic Tribune, warmly endorsing
"a program Of industrial reform
Il. y. a. editorial writers can fool e
few people all the time and some PEG
nie part Of the time, but here's one
Catholic writer they can't fool q az.
Following is q partial synopsis % rs
Tribune's comment on economic move
ments such as the No~npartisan Lea-
rue.
& consequently we here have 2 pos
Sye statement Of facts, showing ~
state government Il the business q
prodncton u flour md Ito n go
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
THE FOOTWAY TO CRIME

l do not deny the right of society
to restrain a man who is a%ntisocial.
But I go farther. I add that we have
the right to restrain a society that is
antisocial. You worry over the result.
I worry over the cause. I say the
right to restrain. No social organiza-
ito, has the right to punish. No So
cial order can be trusted with re-
verge.
Most people think crime is newt
able. Would continue under any sys-
tenn. Even in the commune. But that
is a mistake. Crime has a cause. Re-
move it. Your crime will disappear.
I believe in men. I don't believe they
like to be shabby. To do each other
up. To starve others to feed them
selves. To collect toll from those who
cart nav and live. Thew do it. But [
dort believe they like to do it. I be-
1ieve in men. I don't believe they like
to embezzle. I don't believe thew like
to forge. I don't believe the pirates
and the burglars like their trades.
Men do these things and men are oil
rates and burglars. But I don't be-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

lleve they like their dilemma. They

llcVS VHSy like Cu6lT ullOInll10. In0y
are the victims Of q gorgon.
As ner are now they wen.i ,.thsr
be aires" anything else than lie tan
ers. For being a auper neans some
thing worse than death. So men do
mean things to escape a mean fate.
They try harder to keep out Of power
ty than to keep out Of Jail. In the des-
perate struggle with such alternatives
they go down. They hate what they
feel they have to do. But they do it.
They would love to have to do some
thing fair and decent.
But the social order is in the way.
Won't let them. Makes the penalty
for being honest extreme. Offers it's
rewards not to the noblest man but
to the meanest man. Extends it's hos
pitality not to the man who wants
specifically to help the crowd but to
the man who wants greedily to help
himself.
There you have the footway to
crime. The easy path to perdition. Set
out, almost insisted upon by the fra
tricidal monster we call society. Have
we the right to punish crime? No.
Have we the right to restrain the
criminal? Yes. But something comes
before all that. Has society the right
to make crime? No. That comes first.
If we get that first question answer
ed first the second question will new
er be necessary.-By Horace Traubel.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
A SERMON IN ABSURDITIES

Some absurd and preposterous
things happen in life, and the funny
part Of it is that many of us, imper-
feet creatures, lack sufficient mother
wit to realize when we r making
jokes Of ourselves. Just pause for a
moment and see if you can think of
one thing more ridiculous than any
of the following:
A farmer locking his stable door
after the horse has been stolen:
A barn-maid tying Bossy's feet af-
ter she has kicked over the milk
bucket:
A dog trying to run faster than his
own shadow;
A man who shuts down his window
before he has gone to the trouble of
pulling in his head;
A penniless tramp who endeavors
to marry some m~illionaire's widow;
A fellow who goes off his nut and
tries to walk on the water;
A gang of Kansas dubs tarring and
feathering some Nonpartisan League
organizer who has come to deliver his
message of Progress and Truth;
A ninny who starts to dig a we'll
after fire has broken out in his barn;
OR
J. F. r. O'Connor, a man who has
consistently showed his hostility to-
ward Nonpartisan League measures
for industrial reform which the peo-
ple of this state signified time and
time again that they want, running
for governor on the I. V. A. ticket and
expecting the farmers Of North d.
kota to be silly enough to vote for
him;
We repeat again. can you think of
anything more absurd than O'Connor,
a man who never even pretended to be
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
NEW SETTLERS LOCATE HERE

Bismarck-A steady stream of new
settlers is being brought to North Da-
gotta through the efforts of field ag-
ents for the department of immigra-
ton, according to Commissioner John
H. Worst. Many visitors have come
here from South Dakota, Iowa, Him
ois and Minnesota and after touring
the state the majority of them pur-
chased or rented farms.
Tewnty-four farmers from other
states located among Flicketail peo-
pie last week. The immigration de-
partment is being aided in its work
by motion pictures.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

a Nonpartisan Lacquer, trying to
palm himself off among the farmers,
brainworkers and laborers Of such
state as North Dakota.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

why They Are Called "Posters."
, Posters took their name from n
fact that in former times the footways
of London were separated from the
drives by a line Of posts, on which a
vertisements were displayed.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

Solid Mahogany
for every mans money
Thees days, when so much
period furniture has a
Queen Ann front and a
Mary Ann back, it seems
good to stumble onto a
piece of good old solid
mahogany-even in the
dark
Solid Mahogany-that's the
word. We, like to liken
are hewed out of the solid
timber-not glued up with
veneer.
Every price ticket in this
store can be turned bottom
side up and reviewed. They
are not like the false back
Davenports that must be '.t.. 60
cornered to be correct.
We're saving wood down here at
Greengard's.
AND IT'S SOLID MAHOGANY.
Greengard Bros,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
Of New Jersey
HE'LL I'VE TO LEARN

With apologies to John Greenleaf
Whittier in "School Days"
Still sits Will LANCER by his desk,
A whipped ma sadly thumming;
Around him all the Tories stand,
A-pleading and a-humming.
Upon the masters brow is seen
Deep lines from scraps official;
The sagging jaw, the battered hat;
He's shrunk to an initial.
Long months ago the Farmers sun
Shone over him at setting;
Filled up his pocketbook with ~mun"
And saved him from all frettine.
But like most men who reach the
heights,
His eyes were full of yea1ning;
He stayed awake far in the nights,
A-tossing and Affirming.
y sy.sss;~snl aGsss s4.s ss n =
Then, near him came the smaller fish;
Their yawnlng favor singled;
With caps pulled low to hide the
brown, =
Where greed and shame we're
mingled.
Pushing with relentless arms the void
To right and left he blundered- /
AS viciously he raised his voice,
Then, stormed and madly Numbered!
- a~t% - ~~t.>%".t' N"'.#t'&s"~n -
He saw Ambition life her eyes; he
felt ., f.
Her soft hands tickle bidding,
Then, heard the tremble Of her voice
Hard Luck! the jade was kidding!
He's sorry that he "ditched" the
Cause; -
He hates to now deny us,
No longer will he run our laws, Is
Oh how he'd like to fry us! 1884, ss'
~
Still traces of a once-true man '@""s''
That grave, sad face is showing
Will Langer-true it is he ran,
But Alas! he isn't Growing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

Lament their triumph and his loss
Like farmers-tCause they loved him!
Bismarck-The underground fra
ternity of monied men that the Non
partisan League is fighting in North
Dakota clamped their hands upon
their pocketbooks like genuine tight
wads when an attempt was made by
the State Industrial Commission to
sell bonds at home, thereby raising
furds with which to finance the Lea
que program. This subtle attempt at
the boycott didn't work. however, the
Industrial Commission having been
successful in negotiating a loan for
$1,000 900 from a Chicago bond house.
Among Chicago bankers North Dako-
ta's credit is rated A-No. l.
An I. v. A. newspaper in Fargo
published a story last week which
convened the impression that the In
dustrial Commission had been refused
loans both in the Twin Cities and Chi
cago. The story was date-lined Mime
apolis but many people who are ION
to the ropes" entertain the opinion 1t
was written in the Fargo papers Of
flee. Undoubtedly. it is a part OF the
subtle propaganda which the monled
mel are conducting in the hope they
will be able to injure the credit OF the
state. ....
! Canard Played Up
: The canard was played up in large
on the front page of the
Fargo paper. The paper later denied
the story and told that the commission
had borrowed $1,000, 900, but TINS was
accorded only a few lines, buried on
an inside page.
Secretary w. A. Anderson OF n
n d,str;al commission denied that any
member of the industrial commission
had been in the Twin Cities TO Iioat
. loan and declared that the story
these bankers had "
lend the state money on state nonos
was absolutely false. He calico a1teh-
tion to the 100000 loan closeq a
short time ago from a Chicago 1lrm;
"This money was borrowed until
March, 1921" said Mr.. Anderson TO
the drain the various treas
,rers are making on the public funds.
instead Of calling the public money IN
from the local banks where it is de-
nosited. the Bank of North Dakota
Il should keep as much money IN
the localities as possible, and
made this loan to meet the .
n,;thdrawals made by the treasurers."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05
SOME PLAIN REMARKS

The purpose Of this column is to
uproot prejudices, destroy fetishes,
break images, smash idols, dissipate
illusions and wage relentless war up
on bunk. a.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

He'll live to learn in life's hard school
How few who pass above him,
Lament their triumph and his loss
Like farmers-tCause they loved him!
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

Infidelity is simply the adoption in
the home Of the same political rules
that members Of the Big Biz faction
use in proving false to farmers and
labor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

If Big Biz continues trying to do
a masterpiece, it may succeed in turn
ing out either "pure monopoly" OF
''pure Hades."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-05

The granting of a divorce to Harold
Bell Wright, famous author, at Tus-
can, Ariz., recently on the ground Of
desertion again illustrates the fact
that some men who are past-masters
at the art of bending the heroine to
their will on the printed page often
prove themselves novices when they
try it in real life.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-03
SWINGS ARE WIDE
IN COTTON PRICE
Good Cables and Exports
of Large Dimensions
Influence Trade

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 2.--Swings
in the price were wide In the cotton
market today and they carried tho
active months both above and be
low tho level OF yostcday's close but
final prices were highly Irregular.
Thorc were upturns In the early
trading ana again after mid session
while In between the market broke
unt,l II was to IS points under the
last quotation Of yesterday. At the
highest levels prices were 22 To 40
points over yesterdays close.
Early gains were due to good
cables. a better feeling In the spot
department ana the large export
movement for tho day Tolograms
from the interior claimed decided
improvement In the spot situation,
wiih a better demand ruling and
smaller offerings A good deal Of
the solling resulted from rumors
that private bureau was about to
issue q highly bcarish forecast OF
The amount of cotton ginncd to the
first OF December. offerings in
creased on n private crop estimate
Of 3.36i,000 bales. while much
2 'lling was based on private cable
grams from England 10 the effect
that "A majority of British spinncrs
had voted IN favor OF half time
schedule.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-03
LEGAL

Ss:.s" S%s:Sir !; g Es''. R,'.$ $'fs Ps:
IL. 10, H. Is, is' IL rs. Is 20. a. A. a. -!
| pubishersl
oRpINANCE NO. 2Io7.
An ordinance to spportiop. levy and as
sess special taxes in payment Of the cost
| OF consirnctinE a sanitary sewer in SEW
Ef DISTRICT NO. ls9 IN the city OF
| Tulsa, as created and established by or.
dinanee No. so77, and declaring an emer-
gency.
! WHEREAS. In pursuance OF the pro.
visions OF the Charter OF the city OF Tulsa
| oklahoma ana the statutes Of the State OF
| ohahome, for such cases made and pro.
vided the said city Of Tulsa did by Ordin.
ance No 20I7 create and establish SEWER
| DISTRICT NUMBER i6s. and after hav.
| ting declared II necessary to construct sew.
ers In said SEWER DISTRICT NUMBER
| 1862, by the provisions Of said Ordinance
Ne 2o,'' did on the Sth day Of June. 1920.
let - tho Tlbbets g. Pleasant Incorporated
contractors, certsln contract FOR the
| SEWER DISTRICT NUMBER lGs; and,
| WHEREAS, IN pursuance of ssid contract
said Tibbets & Pleasant. incorporated. have
| constructed certain ssnitary sewer In said
SEWER DISTRICT NUMBER isa. and
| the work under said contract has been &c.
cepied and approved by the City Engineer
and the Board OF Commissioners OF the
| WHEREAS IN further rur.us nee .. .hs
Statutes Of the state Of Oklahoma. pfore
| iaid. and under the terms or the Charta-
| OF the said -City OF Tulsa, Oklahoma Il IS
deemed necessary by tIe Blat4 of Com.
| missioner OF the cay q Tulsa - levy and
assess a special tax Gp)n 'he property "
TRICT NUMBER 100, by -easan Of The
construction of said hswrr ana TO nay for
| the same, and
WHEREAS, the tots, cost - the con-
suuctlon OF said sewer - sait SEWER
DISTRICT NUMBER iso including OK.
'tras. have been ase'gtainsl and IL here
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-03

SECTION 2: That the assessments mere,
by levied on each OF the above men i.'le4
lots and parcels Of land are HEREBY ds
cInred to be lien upon such lots ana paI.
cells OF land to the same extent as nv,
taxes and shall be collected and eht'rcsSS
Ia the same manner as other taxes lh an'
for the city OF Tulsa. Oklahoma. are COL
iected.
SECTION. 3: That all assessment hers, ere;
by levied shall be divided into three tl
equal annual installments as auth9H&'' %, >,
| said statutes OF the State of oklahoW" fo'
such case made and Provided; that IN. az
sessments shall bear Interest at the ihte ~
eight (S per cent per annum, payable an.
nually at the time Cf the payment ot W
several installmenis of the said sssef
OF this ordinance; that tho first install.
mont OF said assessments, together WIN
the accrued interest on the deteTred IN
.tsllments shall bo payable on the ls'
naming deferred i'st".iments WIN t.'
yearly interest on the unpaid install iu,,",
December Of Zach succeeding year un'A
Provided. However. that any. Of 'a'
owners of the lots or parcels Of lart -
assessed may at any time during ~ foof
a. consecutive weeks following the "a.
~ the first publication OF this ord,na"[7
psy to the City Auditor o. ths..11or,, the CrS n,
30 levied against their said lots ana pa f..
cells of land and thereby release hu. -
property from tho lien OF such asses
"H
SECTION 4: That this ordnanc" snt,
be published for four 90 cohse,u...'
weeks In the Tulsa Daily World, new,
nsper published In Tulsa. Oklahoma th''
the publication of this ordinance 81 ~,
quirrd by law shan be taken ana resaL,'r
as sufficient notice to all persons IN
ested In the assessments hereby leNltH ~
the terms of this ordtnsnc. .
SECTION 5sThat an emergency ,e,E,s'
for the preservation OF the public he4th
and safety. by reason whereof this or"a
ah,v shall take effect from ana hIler ''
passage. approval and pul 'ication,
PASSED, and the eme rgency cIal's
ruled upon separately and approved I'''
18th day Of November 1890,
APPROVED, thi: i9th day OF Novembsr'
1890. 1900,
Il. u. EVANS
Mayor.
Attest.
MRS FRANK SEAMAN.
city Auditor.
Approved;
FRANK u. DUNCAN.
CITY Attorney.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-03
WORLD MARKET PAGE
STOCKS UNSTEADY
IN DAYS MARKET
Hesitation, Heaviness and
Strength All Come in
for an Influence

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The sue
resslvc stages OF today's active stock
market were characterized by hesl
tation, hcaviness, firmncss ana IN
termittent strength Selling FOR
profits, however. materially reduced
many gains at the Irregular close
Fruitior Of the so-callcd southern
Pacific "melon" overnight seemed
TO exercise little Influence, southern
Pacific opening at a loss of ~ cN-
tending this 90 moro tlan 2 points at
midday and displaying further heavi-
ness later when the balance OF the
list tended toward higher lovcls. is
final quotation OF 10jIs showed net
Tors OF 4 81 points.
Associated OH, which shares arc to
bo merged with Pacific OH, scored
an early gain OF points. n small part
of which was forfeited later. Other
oils were fractionnlly lower in' the
early part OF the session. but be-
came the strongeg features later.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-03
LEGAL

by declared to be the gum " 'st .-. ,---s
OF which f to BE- Nyisd by tcr.t,i' sl
sessments against the Ijts slI p,t,ci. ~
iand benefited b. the csux;r.,'.t .t.,
said sewer In said SEWER pj,rnt,Ir
NUMBER fs9. and, WI
WHEREAS all legal reu, -em,sf, 49,.
been compiled with TO au.tI'iza ~. - -
OF the assessments AKA nst said ',t. ~
parcels OF land SO lliyla fpr ,be o.. 'h.
construction of said sewer 81 SAT- .tWtn
DISTRICT NUMBER ij9. in the .5i..,,nins
Ordinance. '"s
now. THEREFORE,. RE IT oRp,rVs,
BY THE BoAhD OF COMMISSION.
ERS of THE CITY OF TULSA lKfh
HOMA, 'A
SECTION |: That thcrs shall ta a..
there Is hereby apportiorcd 70 auI iov'n1
upon and assessed against TIM .a,vN
lots and parcels Of land In said ,I,tvtlS
DfSTkICT NUMBER i69 In tn, ..,y -. -.
Tulsa, oklahoma, 40 benefited A..
constfuction OF said sewer. as a trs'p.,
tax TO pay for the construction lf .,a
sewer the amounts respectively s toI'
lows, toswi.i 'O'
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-03
FOREIGN SALES
SEND WHEAT UP
Anxiety Expressed About
English Buying Big
Stocks in u. S.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2.--Anxicty az TO
whether European buying of wheat
In the United states has not al
ready been overdone. lod to a sensa-
tional advance Ia prices today The
market Jumped up lie bushel In
some cases and closed unsettled at
Is IL 20 o g3-4c net gain with DcCom-
+-scr ti.G9 to i-2 and March fl.Gi "a
10 t1.GJ IA. Otlfor leading staples,
too, all finished higher corn up
/ 7-8 Ia 3-Sc, oats ! 3-8 TO 2 Is to
? l-lc. and provisions 20 to 55c.