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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08
THE LEAGUE PAYS

MI. c.. S. Cavett, who owns considerable land
in Ransom county and is a pretty close figurer,
has some very interesting figures to show anent
the question of the increase in taxation that
the I. V. AS are SO afraid will hurt the poor
farmers.
While calling on the Independent one day this
Ween he mentioned the fact that he had noticed
several comparisons lately in I. V. A. papers by
which it looked as though the down trodden
farmer was getting much the worst of the deal
under the new tax laws. But" said Mr.. ca
vett, II have some figures that prove to me at
least, that | have had my sixteen dollars worth
and more, for the money l have put into League
support" And he then produced the following
facts about his crops and taxes for the past two
years:
His 1918 taxes on his Tuller township land
were $55.15 per quarter section. This year the
taxes on the same land is $111.40, an increase of
$56.25, but only S12 of this increase is for in
crease in the state taxes. The balance is for
school and county taxes.
AS an offset to this increase Mr.. Cavett re-
ce1ved this year $l6 per quarter section in dock
age He had a very light crop this year and
the dockage was correspondingly light. He fig
ures that from the 1913 crop the elevators took
from him more than five tons of dockage. Then
on his hail insurance he paid this year $40 per
quarter section for the state insurance. Last
year he paid old line companies for the same
amount of insurance $112-a saving of $72.
So he does not think that the action of the
Nonpartisan laws hurt him very seriously. His
increase in state taxes was SIP, against which
he credits himself will $72 saved on hail in
surance and SIG on dockage-a total of $84
saved by Nonpartisan legislation. Take from
this the $12 increase in state taxes and he still
has enough left to pay his league dues and then
the wife and babies.-The Enderlin Independ-
ent.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08
TWO HUNDRED PER CENT IN ORANGES

Montaville Flowers, the noted lecturer who
appeared in this city Saturday night as the first
number of the Forestry Lyceum Course, has a
large fruit ranch in California, and did not hest
tate telling a few local citizens that Of his own
personal knowledge he knew there was pr~ofiteer-
ing in oranges. Mr.. Flowers told how the big
buyers representing the wholesale houses of the
east came to California last year and told the
growers that the fruit market was flooded and
that they, the growers, would have a lot a fruit
spoil on them for lack of demand. This was sim
ply bait to be swallowed by the fruit men in or
der to get them to sell fruit at a lower figure
than ever before. Mr.. Flowers said he was
forced to sell his crop of oranges at not to ex-
coed 1925 per box for the very select ones.
These oranges were then shipped to Minneapolis
or some other eastern point, where the whole
sale houses are located. Added to this 1925 per
box would be possibly $500 for handling and
transportation to Minneapolis, bringing the de-
warehouses of 1925 per box. When these or
anges are purchased over the counter in stores
in this city or lsewhere they are SOC to $1.OO
per dozen, or $500 to $500 per box, the very
oranges that cost the wholesale houses $4.25.
Of course there would have to be added another
dollar or SO for transportation to this city or
other cities of this state. There is a vast amount
OF difference between say $5.25 per box and
$500 per box. There appears to be profiteer-
mg to the extent of about 200 per cent on this
one item but we do not mean by this that local
dealers are getting this enormo profit because
we do not think they are but we do think the big
business line of wholesale houses of the north
west are reaping a profit far above what they
actually should have. Investigations are being
held all over the country in an effort to reduce
the high cost of living and we feel certain that
Mr.. Flowers would take the stand at any time
and lend a great deal of light to the profiteering
IN oranges which goes on every year.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08
OSTBY TOWNSHIP

Fred Stumpf has been on the sick
list for the past week.
Emil Senior and wife and the Carl
Prellwitz family spent Christmas at
the VIM. Yerkie home.
Mrs. Fred Ventkze and son were
callers at the Emil Sender home on
Tuesday. Mrs. Ventzke attending the
Auxiliary meeting at the school.
The Auxiliary meeting at the
school house was not very we'll attend
ed, at least not as we'll as it should
have been. the weather was a little
stormy, but all present enjoyed them
selves and signed up for another year.
A picnic lunch was served at the close
of the meeting the men enjoying that
as we'll as the ladies.
VIM. Henderson is busy hauling
wood from the river to his home east
of Willow, a distance of nearly 20
miles.
MI. and Mrs. VIM. Schultz and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Springer
were guests at the Emil Senior home
Sunday Dec. 28th.
The school bus from north of Will
low loaded with a crowd of young
folks drove out to the Sender home
Sunday afternoon and spent the eve
ming.
VIM. Yerkie, Jr. and mother and sis
ter, Mrs. Rose Prellwitz drove out to
the Sender home Tuesday, the ladies
attending the w. A. N. P. L. League
meeting.
James Atkinson had the misfortune
of freezing one of his thumbs during
the cold spell and it was thought for a
time that he would have to have it
amputated.
Ed Richards and family spent
Christmas at the Louis Atkinson
hone.
School begins again Monday after
a two weeks vacation, enjoyed by the
teachers and pupils.
The basket social and program CIV
en- at the school house was quite we'll
attended and Melted a sum Of $3.50.
Gust Sasse and family, Sam Thomp-
son and family and Walter Thompson
and family were guests at. the G. P.
Meyers home Christmas day.
Jennie Meyers came home from
Willow to spend Christmas.
Roy Meyers and wife, Gladys My
ers and Edwin Anderson attended a
darre at Bantry Friday night.
Edwin Anderson and Dave Sander
son called at the Meyers home Christ
mas.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08
WAS UNABLE
TO COMB HAIR
st. Paul Woman is Relieved of Rheu-
matism by Taking
Tanlac

ut is certainly remarkable how Tan
lac helped me,'~said Mrs. Otillie Ken
stencil, who resides at 234 East Wini-
fred St., st. Paul, Mimi, recently.
81 suffered dreadfully from rheu-
matism and stomach trouble for some
time," she continued. "I had scarce
ly any appetite and what little l did
manage to eat would sour, bloat me
up terribly and cause such intense
pains I could hardly stand them. My
heart would palpitate at times and I
would feel like I was smothering. NV
kidneys also bothered me a great deal
and by back and limbs panied me so
I could barely get around the house.
But my right arm caused me more suf-
fering than all the rest of my troubles.
I just couldn't move it at all, couldn't
raise it to comb my hair and the pain
was so intense it nearly drove me
crazy. l couldn't sleep for the pain
and would get up in the morning so
tired and worn out that I could hard
ly stand on my feet. My head ached
all the time and I was almost a ply
steal wreck. All this trouble started
after I had an attack of the flu last
/ winter.
II tried all sorts of treatments and
medicines, but none of them did me
any good, and I gradually got worse
all the time. At last a friend advised
me to try Tanlac, and she was so en-
thusiastic about it and what it would
do I decided to take her advice. At
first it didn't seem to do me very much
good, except my appetite began to
improve, but by the time I had finish
ed my fifth bottle I was in fine con-
dition. I could eat anything I want
ed and everything agreed with me per-
fectly. I had no gas or bloating and
the headaches left me entirely. The
rheumatism still bothered me, but I
kept on taking it, and in a short time
| was completely relieved of pain of
any kind, and now I am enjoying the
best of health and can get around as
well as I ever could in my life, and do
all my W homework with ease, I
will praise Tanlac as long as( T live,
and intend to tell others about it every
time I get the opportunity"
Tanlac is sold in Bottineau by Sig
uardson's Pharmacy, in Westhope by
The Westhope Drug Co., in Gardena
by Ben H. Boltz, in Willow City by
Willow City Drug & Jewelry Co., and
in Antler by Antler Drug & Jewelry
Co."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08
. NOTICE

The regular Annual Meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Eastern Bottineau
County National Farm Loan Associa-
tion is to be held in the Court House
at Bottineau, North Dakota. on Tues
day. January, -, 1920, at one o'clock,
p. NJ.
Election Of Directors for the ensu-
ing term and other business as may be
brought before the meeting will Be
the order Of business.-Jno. T. Neville,
|Sec'y-TreAA
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08
ROADS RETURN IN FEBRUARY

PRESIDENTS Wilson's proclamation ordering
the railroads returned to private hands in Feb
ruary makes certain the temporary defeat of
the huge forces of public ownership and the vic
tory OF the relatively small number of business
men who favor private ownership. Again a
million OF two men backed by billions of dollars
nave proved more powerful in the councils of the
government than five times as MANY men back
ed only by their rights as citizens.
ulle or the biggest evils that will follow, the
return Of the railroads will undoubtedly be the
eilol nous power big business will AGAIN weld
in its war on all public activities. This is nar-
tlcularly unfortunate in view of the Nonpartisan
League and Labor Party programs of public ow-
nershlp. just as the organized farmers and
workers nave begun to build up great state-own-
ed industries, the connecting and distributing
system upon which these industries depend falls
PACK into the hands of the deadly enemies of
public enterprise.
BY subtle forms of discrimination that vii,
evade all laws big business will be in a supreme
y advantageous position to hamper and retard
Ine development of these peoples industries
now lar privately run railroads can 20 in the d.
fectlon OF putting out of business industries
tney don't like, may be judged by what the pri-
a"et llIe1estS are dong now under government
controlled railroads.
Charles A. Lyman, secretary of the National,
board OF Farm organization, has lodged a COM
plalnC With the railroad administration CITING
naany examples OF discrimination against farm
er-c0-operatives. One of these cases is that of
"A. I. Church of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, manager of
a farmers cooperative. The railroads have fail.
ca Tor ten days at a time to supply cars to shin
inc produce of this cooperative while at the
sanne time they were supplying plenty of cars
10 private shippers. This same condition is
true TO q large extent all over the country. ac-
cording to Secretary Lyman.
This means that the old railroad officials.
whom the government allowed to remain in
thelr places under government control, are al
ready making war on the organized farmers.
If they can do this under government control
what will they do when they have full control
themselves?
Despite the difficulties raised by the return of
the railroads to the corporations, the farmers
and workers cannot for a moment give up the
fight for public ownership. Under private own
ership of the basic industries, like the railroads..
big business will be able to completely crush
all the organized and cooperative efforts of the
common people. ~>..
There are 1881 auto owners in North Da-
kota. That means a majority of the families
own autos. While there is so much hysteria
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08
LEAGUE CONVENTION FOR PLUMB PLAN

One of the big things accomplished by the
recent Nonpartisan League convention at st.
Paul was the Endorsement of the Plumb plan of
public ownership and operation of railroads.
The placing OF the organized farmers political
movement of America behind this plan is highly
important and significant for many reasons.
The Plumb plan has been advocated by labor
and various reform elements for some time and
its Endorsement by the organized farmers will
serve more than anything else to form a nation
al connecting link between the organized work
ers, farmers and reformers. At last these ele-
ments~ have a common cause to unite them ma
tlonally, and who knows but what this is the
beginning of that much needed unity of the
American masses necessary to overthrow the
power OF the industrial and financial autocracy
of this country.
The Plumb plan Endorsement by the same tok-
en- lifts the Nonpartisan League movement from
a state or sectional movement into a really ma
tlonal movement. The organized farmers now
have o national Issue and have become a force
reactlng on the DEVELOPMENT of the nation as a
whole. Formerly while planning and aiming
to become a national force, the League was still
sectional in it's interests.
The Plumb plan is the most democratic form
of public ownership ever advocated in America.
1t makes the worker a co-partner with the state
or public in the industry in which he works. This
plan provides for full sovereignty for the work.:
ers. 1t is a tremendously big thing for a farm
ers' movement to indorse this plan of public
ownership. 1t is going to make the agricultural
movement in America big and vital with a spir-
1T OF true and unadulterated democracy and
place it in the vanguard of the forward march
ing hosts of humanity.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08

The Courant's editorial matter is supplied by
the Service Bureau to a great extent, which we
admit. The Advocates editorial matter is sup,
piled by the "Tostevin" Bureau at Bismarck,
which they do not admit. However the editor
of the hyphenated organ gets up gumption
enough once in a while to write a short editorial.
For the last several weeks his "original" editor
ials have been confined wholly to telling his
handful of subscribers that Sheriff Hennessy
took exception to an editorial he had a few
weeks previous, and entered the shop one day,
and proceeded to beat the Advocate man up,
(Which as is understand was not much of a
job.) Since the event a number of stories have
been circulated, some to the effort that the Sher-
if had to get out in a hurry to save himself a
beating, this evidently being the way the Ad-
vocate editor tells it, while the other story is,
that while the Sheriff was told by an individual
in the office that he could lick him, said individ-
ual quickly stepped back to safety when he was
asked to repeat his remarks. This is what the
Courant asked Editor Lee to tell last week,
but not being in that frame of mind, and as the
truth might not look very good alonpside of the
story he is purported to have told, The Courant
takes the liberty to clear the matter up.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08

The federal government has been EMPLOYING
more than 100000 men directly on the rail
roads for two years. These men are far less sat
isfied than the several Thousand miners employ
ed by the government of North Dakota for one
month during the strike. North Dakota has a
government built up from the ground by the
organized efforts of the common people.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08

There are 1881 auto owners in North Da-
kota. That means a majority of the families
own autos. While there is so much hysteria
about revolution, this ought to assure the most
fearful OF the utter impossibility of revolution
where property is so widely distributed. But
that doesn't say that the people of North Dako-
ia won't put over the whole program Of indus
trial democracy by constructive Legislation.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08

tCentinned on Rass Eight
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08

Legislative Assembly
State Departments
State Judiciary
Education
Other State Institutions
Military Appropriation
State Contingency
Public Printing
State Fairs
Bounties
Miscellaneous
State Industries
Total State General Tav
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-08

the the 100000 90 for the Home building Association, the $2ooOooo9 for the
denduser11al commission, the $10OOOO0 for the printing and sale Of the Bank
s sen Is p %% as n 100000 for the Mill and Elevator Series bonds and the
ploOoooo To- TIT Real Estate Series bonds, total $43OO0OOO.
lnasmuch a this 43 cents represents the total tax for 1919 for the new
th ncn is % now required then if the new industries had not been started
IA an Of equal value with Mr. sideners. In other words the effect Of the
tpa NO ne OF IN plaintiff and appellants in this suit, now o appeal before
ing N tne event that h should be successful IN his appeal, than that he
an ~ gnuea avn OF 10 cents on a quarter section of land. This is the only
possible economy to result therefrom. For this AZ cents he would defeat IL
|manded. many ears ue
II IS cear that the defeat of the state industries would have no annre-
c.aDe erect lowering taxes-it is in this case matter Of saving a possible
SO cents out of the $8543.
The second of the two examples I have chosen for ANALYSIS and ilnstra-
ton makes 1t still more plain that the state is IN n o great meagnre resnonrhI.
20 N increase in taxes, and that the cost of the state industries adds Int :
tn1e to the total aus Wv :
u. 7 Thompson and daughter took the train Wednesday morn
ing or the west to spend the winter at Los Angeles and other points
IN CaHfornla. Before leaving Mr. Thompson went to the trouble ~
ooknr U his taxes for this year. and he found them Il be some
I''ng IKE three times what they were last year. Pretty good eidence
maj tn Townley program is q costly afair.-Farners Advocate.
December 10, 1919 '
!, ! NE N lyer Thompson paid taxes 9 December u. 1919, o. the West hah
q Us tnW quarter OF Section 20 and the East half Of tie NorfheaN
i Enar. Tev . Section 10 e him. IN Township Y D: lss. Range g, being. 100 acres il r.
Is @ e fs eo fgag, + B9 en- . =, a1 g quarter section q Land vas assessed =
This tax il apporioned ~ follows. 40. 49, 81 .s'As Gnu
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toH' VI I layton, AlOert j. 81, on',
". p cox 90 = ''' ''"'' ~ '''-'
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Havell. DR.. Fl Robinette Perry, Jamgs $
II Holmes, F. r Sale, Andrew ].
Myers Marshall Nick bbin. h {, Cook.
Frank E. Johnson, L.. X Stralts, Ed
win H. Etz, Joseph D.. Dreyfus.
Charles D. Drayton. DR.. T. william
Fred. John C. Davidson. John S. Dunn.
Percy II, Russell. Thomas farrell, 9.
F. Welch. Harry r. Pitts. \. r. Varela.
;: j. McCathran, Lester \. Barr,
Thornton p. Boland, Il. A. Bowles, Jo-
seph A. Burkart Dr. George =. Sharp,
a. n: Marsh. L. r. Swan. +. G. Add-
G. Percy McGlue, Sidney w. Leech,
Max Fischer, Stanley Fl. Fischer. Dr..
NJ. b. Fischer. Norman Fischer, Louis
Gutenberg, Charles H. Jerinan,
Francis Saul, Cleland c. McDeYitt. Rex
Collier, Daniel O'Connen. G. NJ. Fisher.
rlngton, Harry A. L. Barker, Fred
Drew, Horace Ward c e. Spliedt
Wistar Ba'derston, u. d Blackstone,
pr D. Percy Hickling, James c. Hol-
lister. Frank 2. Howard, George A
Emmons. l.. Haven Hammer, William
r. 4ost. Dr.. Joseph ID. Rogers. Ma
gruder Mcdonald. DIR. Fred Repetti,
Charles y. Keller Theodore Noyes, jr:
I. y. Nelson, Frank SartweH
H. l. Scharr. John Mcdonald, E. j.
Leesnitzer. J. Lee Whitmore. Charles
$ Nden. George Miller. Victor B.
Deyber Norman E. Towson. r. F..
Milne. Thomas A. Bright. Fred Hes
sick. W. II Hessick. John NJ. Cherry,
Stacy H Briant Bruce S. Bransom.
]. j. Betton. Frank r. Strunk Russell
Shelk, W. S. Cor5y, John NJ. Waters,
L. d. Mahon. William A. Fl. Church.
G. Hariii White. Collin T.. L. Flather,
August II. Plugge, William a. Rogers,
Charles O. Reed, Milton H Prospect,
A. I. Buckman, Charles E. Gross. II.
Thomas, Charles r. Gantz, Thomas
w. Cadick. Fred Hewitt, william II
Johnston. W. w. Rapley, Brooke
Boyer. Wilton J. Lambert. James II.
Johnson, Neil B. Walcott. Albert
Schulties, S. J. Steinberger, George r.
Stiefel.
Stephen E. Kramer. Ben w. Murch.
Henry w. Draper. Court F. Wood.
S. +. Kent. Fl. Tudor Morse.l. Joseph
well, r. S. Nevham. Frank e. Keyes
Charles E. Marsh, Fred Z. Campbell,
l. D. Cook. J. B. Henderson, Franz
s. Hight. f. w. Mackenzie, p. II. Heff-
ner. Walter Trittipoe, Edward Danen-.
hover. Arthur F. Steinberg, S. Fay
Harper. II. c. c. stiles, Don V. Smythe,
c. w. Hillyer, Franklin T. Baldwin,
James T. Lloyd, Harry +. Hennins.
a. NJ. Nevius, John Doyle Carmody,
tbs. Melvin c. Hazen. Henry =. West.
George \. White, Frank Davis. DIR.
Paris f. Brengle, John c. Walker.
A. S. Gardiner, Admiral c. j. Peoples.
John III. Zabe,, Paul v. Keyser, Hud
son Daugherty. Harry Christie, c. g.
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John T. Meany. Harry V. Haynes,
Iy William c. Galiiher, j. Frank kei-
ly. Herbert p Galliher, c. F. Gaiii-
her. J. II Gailiher. r. K. Ferguson
Joshua Mend nhail Jess 'd
Dion s. Birney. william c. Miller. w.
II. Wahly, Harry c Grove, Harry $.
Green, Paul b. Cromclin. z. J. Vier-
buchen, L. V Marceron, r Q. Litch-
field. L Pierce Boteier c. W. Bote-
Ter. Samuel Darragh, +. Lodge Hill,
son. George A. Lewis, A. c. Lewis,
Isaac Cans, ". W. G.iIhth. II Clitio q
Bangs. H l.. Rust. H l.. Rust, Jr.: ".
A L yter. ] A Whitfield, Leon timan.
Jam II ,Eohnston, j. r. y. Stool.
F.. c. Wallace, Sidney West, Paul +
Grove. Paul +. Grove, jr.: J. T. Lis
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Hutchinson. A. J Richards, William
y. Schaefer. Charles German. Leroy
Mcdowell. Benjamin " Reiss. Louis
Y. Peak. Fred 81 pson Charles ".
simpson, DR.. ~. :. r chardson. G.. +.
,'lei'prin y. Fed SCud, S, George
German. Herman r. Carl. \. L.
Creecy ROGER NJ. stuart. II. d. rms
~ Char II. Graham c. w. Minker,
ID r Dutro d ard W. k.bbey
and Russ Il l. Gi1ro-t
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Pc TO Hald Secret Consistory

GONE Tuesday. February 3-Pope
Be edic has decided to hold con-
sistorr during Lent. probably March
! hut Il is asserted = will be secret
., ID only for tho creation OF bisfops,
nub'jc co rory Cor the creation
OF new card di1als will occur In MAY
Jtr. * the feativa 8 ircide1t to the
santificat on of Ioln OF Arc.
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N.T2.TE OUTLAY
S..0"'1 EXT HIl1lHT'
Co, Fre3 Il w rer's Statement
! Res9 dug r5uscls shoals


ClesoJ SIS - u,Ji,,.r''
CharE Co.; rcc--i.s $ tr4vagAnce.
ia. ....,. ,-,, .tc,,
tt' S''''t on ot
70 N'f0 ent nit ats ilHDrs at iusc IS
Shea s A3a a"e n H.. =, re. OF
by e,, ?, r~
- CT " H-r 'o'"'N'iF
director az one 1T G. tie ant
to the ous-. c7m T.. n 81 aiirc-
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he Air Nitrates Corporatiin. had the
government contract for the actual


he Air Nitrates Cooperating. had the
overnment contract for the actual
huiidin-.
Hundreds of Names Listea.
The biggest chapter was written
lnder the caption OF 'extravagence
With waste. nefflciency and irregu-
l1rities placed next in that order IT
he w 20 esale indictment that includ-
u hundrcds Of names.
Touch ns on the broad question o.
extravagance Col Wagner dec areo
he Air Nitrates Corporation man
aimed publicity bureau at th'
liant that cost $4,000 month
"Tust what could have been eN
pected other than the results St
,.,lred sid the report. in CLOSING.
and what reIst on - there between
he clean.ng OF New York's streets
me prevention of New York's ires. ,a
he running o. New York's city ponee
-crcr md the operation and cor :
r,ct On o. one OF the largest com =
.-.err Al niarts u he world"