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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02
SCHOOL NOTES

Next Monday, September 6, is the
day for enrolling at Central School,
the High School and the Normal
School. If the standards of the school
are what they should be, the average
student will not be able to enter a
month late and still do full years
work. -
The City Board of Education has
fixed the fee at Central School at
twenty dollars for the year, payable
for the first semester on the day of
enrolment and for the second semes-
ter on the date of beginning the Sec
ond half of the year. The fee at the
six-year high school is thirty dollars
and is payable by the semester in
advance. In other words, pupil
from outside this district entering
the high school must pay fifteen dol
lars on or before the date of enroll
ment. Payment of fees must be
made to Mrs. William Collins, secre-
tary to the Board of Education, at
the office of the county auditor in the
court house. The fee above named
pays scarcely half the actual cost of
the schooling and is therefore a very
liberal proposition.
Children must be six years of age
on or before February 1, 1921, in
order to be eligible to enter the first
grade. Those who are younger and
wish to begin as soon as possible will
constitute a waiting list and as soon
as they can be taken in, they will be
admitted. It is possible that after
the student teaching gets we'll under
way about the middle of the wear. an
entering class may be admitted, as
was done last year.
Pupils should report at Central
school and at the High school next
Monday morning at 9 o'clock. \ At the
Normal school, registration will begin
at $3.50.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02
achieves his political ambitions with
the labor votes on the other.
A RAILROAD BLUFF

For over a month publicity men
for the railroads and employers in
general have geen enlarging on how
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
proved the federal railroad admin
istration had employed too many
men by dismissing 10000 of it's en-
ployes. Perhaps the reader will re-
call editorials drawing from this fact
the onclusion of how labor had to
get busy when the efficient railroad
financiers got back on the job.
It was on July 8 that the announce
ment of the dismissal of this huge
force was made, and 13 days later
the company issued an order placing
an embargo on the movement of
freight. This order, known officially
as "Supplement No. 81 to Emargo
No. $3.50, Sheet No. 20,O31, Extend
Item No. &c.," reads as follows:
Account labor shortage and to re-
duce accumulation, embargo all less
carload freight, including ferry cars,
for movement to or via central region
Of the Pennsylvania system via any
junction point in any region of the
Pennsylvania system.
Central region is defined as ex-
tending from Altoona to Renova, Pa,
on the east, to Rochester, N. Y, Buff
falo, N. Y, and Lorain, Ohio, on the
north, and Columbus and Mansfield,
Ohio, on the west.'
In other words, before the much
praised suspension order had been
more than strated, the railroad COM
pany had to stop taking new busi-
ness, and the order will never 20 into
effect, as publicity men announced
that it would.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02

Gompers of the American Federation
Of Labor warns the country that the
shutdowns in large industry all over
the country are part Of the polit-
ical plot. "The purpose" says Mr..
Gompers, "is obviously to frighten
the laboring men and women. You
will continue to see evidence of it
from now until election"
Perhaps it would be nearer correct
to say that it happens that two big
business motives are served by these
shutdowns in iron and steel manufac-
ture, automobile manufacture, woolen
manufacture, etc. While they may
be of considerable value as club
over labor, which suddenly finds it.
self without bread ticket for the
family, they also enble the trusts
to maintain their outrageous prices
by shutting off normal supply. This
suspension of work, which if prac-
ticed by labor would be called sabot-
age, enables large business to beat
down the prices. of raw materials,
which it should now be buying from
the farmers, such as cotton and wool,
while it keeps up it's own profits
through scarcity prices to the con-
suming public.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02
NOTE OF THANKS

We wish to extend our heartfelt
gratitude to our many friends and
neighbors near our Homestead, as
we'll as to friends in Bottineau, for
the kind assistance given us during
our sad bereavement, the death Of q
loving husband and father, and to the
Sisters Of st. Andrews Hospital and
DR.. johnson, special thanks for their
tender care Of Mr.. Deraas during his
last hours. We also wish to express
special thanks to Rev. Jordheinn and
Rev. Carlson for their words Of spir-
itnal comfort to the deceased and his
family.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02
EXCHANGE DROPS

"A period of financial depression -
says julius Barnes, foremrly gov
ernment grain corporation head, "is
becoming felt throughout the United
States. Business is generally due to
receive a sharp setback. It. is al;
ready seriously apparent in Some of
our large industries"
Barnes sees the failure to pick up
foreign trade as the principal factor,
and this undoubtedly has much to do
with adverse farm prices London
exchange has dropped to 1854, the
lowest in many months. But it is
impossible to tell how much of this
is due to natural causes and how
much to artificial depreciation to en-
able foreign buyers to get our farm
products at low prices.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02
SHUTDOWNS ARE POLITICAL PLOT
TO SCARE WORKERS, SAYS CONPERS

Suspension Of Production Widespread-:-Barnes
Blames Loss of Foreign Trade-:-Colver Says
Coal Cars Are Used Like Poker Chips :-Nav-
al Despotism in Our New Territories-:-Dem-
ocratic Treasurer Fights Union Labor at Home
-:-Pennsylvania Railroad, After Dragging Alb
out Dismissing UNNECESSARY" Labor, Dec
lares Embargo Freight.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02

have come at a more opportune mo.
ment than the present, because Brin.
ton and Waters, the Aaron Burrs o1
the League movement, have aligned
themselves with the I. V. A. and re-
sorted to all the subterfugal measures
of which quacks and sfakirs are cap
able to diecredit Townley and Lemke
the two League leaders who have
been adamant in their opposition to
Big Business.
Brinton Backed Decision
In conclusion, the people Of North
Dakota are asked to compare the vir-
ulent frothings Of Brinton and Wa
ters,- two disappointed opportunists
now being featured by the Forum and
I. v. A., with Judge Amidon's COM
plete vindication of Mr.. Townley, a
vindication 80 recently upheld by the
higher tribunal. .-..
Bear in mind also that both
Waters and Brinton backed
every sentence in the deci-
sion at the time, and would,
according to their own
signed letters recently pub
lished, still swear by Judge
Amidon's decision if the far
Ihers had sent Brinton to
Congress and if Townley
would have permitted $1,000
of League funds to be paid
~ to Waters!
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02

CONTINUED On Page Eight
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02
WHY ROADS FAILED

Separate operation of the rail-
roads in private hands," says Will
liam B. Colver Of the federal trade
commission, utterly broke down
when the strain of war was thrown
upon them. Five or six boards of
railroad executives attempted one
after another, msuccessfully, to
meet the war load and one by one
each board failed dismally. At the
end of government operation the
roads went back into private hands,
and separate operation being resum-
ed, broke down again in less than 80
days.
"It is easy to interpose as an ex-
planation that on March 1 the rail-
road administration turned back the
roads as mere piles of junk, but the
figures do not bear out this state
ment.
"The percentage of locomotives fit
for service at the end of government
operation was gerater than it was at
the same time in 1916 and the per-
centage of cars in repair and fit for
service was likewise in favor Of the
railroad administration. ->
"Under unified operation in 1918,
and with substantially the same
equipment, the railroad administra-
tion freight tonnage was 403 billion
as against 277 billion tons in 1915
under separate, private operations.
n hope that when the United
States buys $2O0,OOO,00O of new
equipment for the railroads that
equipment will not be used that way.
I hope cars will be charged to the
road on whose tracks they 60 at a
fair but stiff rental for each day. !
hope that a higher demurrage
charge, mounting swiftly to severe
penalties, will compel the shipper to
load and unload with all speed. !
hope reconsignment will be limited
strictly to its use and that it's abuse
will be made impossible.
"As single instance Of such abuse
hear Of 100 cars Of coal held on
sidings near q coal-hungry city and
awaiting reconsignment to the high
est bidder. This coal was held 50
long that on some cars 81 a ton OF
denurrage had accumulated. This
demurrage, to be paid in the end by
the consumer, represents q dead loss
and q holding out Of use Of badly
needed coal CARS
ssIt IL using coal carx N n0leY
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02

chips instead of using them for
transportation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
BESSEMER
The sesssmer manager of circulation i. C. E. Moore Pi

Bessemer July (Special.)-Ar- Engagements have been made for plac- ing the paving bonds and the work on the street paving will be gotten un- der way-by the middle of August. ae- cordmg to a statement made by Mayor E. C. Jones. who has just returned from Cincinnati. where he went to look after the placing of the bonds The contract for the paving will be award ed August 3, at the regular meeting of the city council and work will be- gin early after the contract is let
 The contracts for the paving, grad ing and sewers on the streets to be paved were awarded several weeks ago, but on account of a technicality the ordinance was passed second time and the contracts for the work will ge let again. It is not expected that theire will be any change in the award of the contracts, as pavinfg material is about the same price as when the for- mer contracts were made
 The ordinance called for paving twenty-four blocks in the central part of the city. On Nineteenth street from Fifth avenue to Twelfth avenue and from First to the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, and several streets abutting on Nineteenth street in the central section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
CHANGES IN sCUooJs

superintendent L. L. Vann announces that among the changes taking place Tn the school system at the beginning or the fall term will be the concentra- ton of the seventh grade pupils at the Roberts school, where the depart- mental system will be used in teach . ing the pupils of this grade. Profes- sor Nann believes that this change Will be a great advantage to the pupil. of this grade, and will at the sama time allow more space in the othe, grammar schools for other grades.
 The seventh grade pupils from the Johesnoro school and from the Claren- don, Avenue school will be transferred to the Roberts school. where specfal teachers for different subjects will eeach them, preparing these pupils for hrgh school W crk. The only disadvar4 tage in the arrangement will be the lhcohNenlence to some of the pupils Tn the distance to go to the school. but this inconvenience will be encountered Tn the high school and it is believed that one year earlier will make little difference, when the other advantages are considered.
 1t is believed that three rooms in the Roberts school will hold the seventh grade pupils comfortably, and prac- tlcally the same routine that will be Tn effect when they enter high school will be observed in their work at the Roberts school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
SHRINE GLIB OUTING

Monday will be great day for the Bessemer Shrine Club, as the first out ing since the organization of the club will be held. All members of the Shrine, their wives, families and sweet hearts will enjoy a picnic, barbecue, watermelon cutting, plenty of sofr drinks, ice cream and everything good to eat at West Lake Monday after noon and evening.
 All arrangements have been made for free transportation to the lake, and free concessions of the amuse- ments at the resort for the members of the club. The members of the club and their families will be admitted by the wearing of button. made for the purpose, mented with a red fez and the lettering "Bessemer Shrine Club"
 It is expected that 600 people will be in attendance at the Shrine fes- tivities, and swimming, dancing. boat ing and athletic contests will be the order of entertainment. Permission has been granted the members of the club to wear their fezzes which is al- ways an inspiration for gayety on the .part of the Shriners.
 Committees have been planning ali of the week for the outing and noth : ing has been left undone to insure the enjoyment of those attending. The first cars will leave the city at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18

With the return of Lloyd w. Josselyn, director of the Birmingham Public Li- brary, from study of the large libra ries of the east and middle west. the campaign has been renewed to inaugu- rate a system of county libraries.
 MT. Josselyn and W. H. Manley. a member of the library board, will hold a conference with N. R. Baker, county superintendent of education, tomorrow. It is thought that Superintendent Baker will throw the assistance of the county schools behind the branch library idea.
 In support of the library extension through Jefferson county, Mr. Josseiyn says:
 The good part of the work is the small cost relative 10 the large amount of service to be given. At present only about two out of three people of our S00,000 county population are able to ob- tain books. It is the 100000 people who are living in the county districts that need books even more than our own 9G0,000 people in the city.
 Here we have the cultural benefits of the theatre, exhibits. groups of people and the highly developed schools In the outlying districts there is little as- sociation with other people and few ad- vantages of an educational character.
 with a -well-organized library al- ready in force. both the personnel and the equipment can be used to some ex- tent in the county extension work. Both the book caravan, which is specially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
PERSONALS

Mrs, Sarah Hawkins and Miss Josie Belle Hawkins will leave Monday for Nashville. where they will visit rela- lives.
 MT. and Mrs. E. L. Huey and daughter, Sarah, left Friday for Blount Springs, where they will spend a month.
 Miss Lizzie Mae Maritime is attensinE house party at Centerville Mir. and Mrs. George Cochran returned Saturday from visit to Mrs, J. T. Coch- ran in Columbia, Tenn. @eA Nr.. and Mrs. Albert Moore will leave Tuesday for Mentone. Mrs Henry Fowler and Miss Madred will visit OlSalona, Miss, next week.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis have returned from Chattanooga, Tenn, where they were called by the death of MT. Lewis father.
 The residence, erected on Fifth avenue and Sixteenth by Moss Crotwell, has been leased by Dr. F. o. Heller, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and he will live there.
 Mrs Anna Burnett of Portland, Ore, has been called to the city by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Dixon.
 Miss Marie Moore and Miss Katherine Smith of Marion Junction are the guests of Mrs. H. H. Pendleton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
Josselyn Laying Plans for
 County TraUeling Library

constructed auto truck, the railroads and the mails would be used in the distribu- tion of books. Birmingham is located almost in the center of the county and with railroads extending in every direc- ton even the great area of Jefferson county can be covered at a minimum cost.
 'Tn the operation of this work both the station and the book caravan sys- tems would be used Small stations would be established in such settlements as Oxmoor. Short Greek. Warrior, Pin son, Leeds and many others. The sec tion of the county covered by good or even fair roads would be covered by the weekly or semi-weekly trips of the book caravan.
 The truck will stop at the lone farm house. where the farmer may find Earle's Southern Agriculture' or Watts choose a copy of Parters new novel, Mary Marie or Mrs Rorer's cook book. The boys and girls may select Robinson Crusoe, The Lost Gold or Little Wom- en- A picture book may be selected for the baby.
 "Of course, many new books would have to be bought for this county work, but the resources of our own library would be used to some extent. There are many books on our shelves that have only a limited circulation and it would be useless to duplicate such vol umes. An experienced county librarian would have to be added to the present staff besides the building of shelving, book boxes and the construction of the book caravan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
iBIRMINGHAM OVENS ID BURN 6,OOO,OOO GOAL TONS IN 1921
By-Product Type Rapidly Succeeding ''Bee-Hive" Burners of District.
 Big Increase

Final figures of coke production in
 Alabama in 1919. with the exception of one small beehive plant, have been received and collated in the office of
 the chief state mine inspector.
 These figures show that by-product
 coke production in Alabama now ex-
 ceeds that of. the beehive or open oven
 by 100 per cent.
 The byproduct coke production in Alabama in 1919 was 2,22s,23 tons and that of beehive coke 1,1S4,714 tons. a total coke production of S.S67, 949 tons.
 The by-product coke production in
 Alabama in 1919 was. in detail as fol- lows:
 Gulf States Steel. s7 ovens, 129. .56t tons of coke, consuming 1s2,O1e tons
 of coal.
 semet-solvay Company, Ensley. 24o
 ovens, 454,294 tons of coke, consum- | ing 604,450 tons of coal. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
 Company. Fairfield. 1,O64,245 tons of
 coke, consuming 1,5ss,237 tons of coal Woodward Iron Company. PIP ovens 445, 595 tons of coke, consuming 664, ,241 tons of coal
 Central Coal and Iron Company, 60 ovens. 1S9.540 tons of coke consuming g 2o5,723 tons of coal. Total, s29 ovens, 2,22S,2s5 tons of
 coke, consuming S,244,66 tons of coal There have been added to the by product coke capacity of Alabama this year the following: Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Com
 pany, i2o ovens; Tennessee Coal. Iron
 and Railroad Company. 154 ovens. Bir- mingham By-products Company, 60 ovens; total of new ovens. 334. This makes the total of by-product coke ovens in Alabama now 1,173. They will produce 4,5o0,o0o tons of coke and consume 6,000.000 tons of coal The coke output of 1918 in Alabama
 was 4,344,726- tons. of which 2,611,215 tons were by-product coke. This ex- I eeeded the beehive production 50 per | cent.
 In 1919, as shown, the by-product
 production was twice that of the bee I The by-product coke production of | Alabama in 1920 will so far exceed the beehive production as to point to the early period when beehive production will be negligible.
 The total 1919 coke production by counties was as follows: Etowah: 129, ,561' tons. consuming l 182,016 tons of coal. | Jefferson 2,915163 tons, consuming 1 4,435,975 tons of coal. 1 Tuscaloosa, 304.S5 tons, consuming 1 487, ,930 tons of coal.
 l Walker, 1S,367 tons, consuming 1 33,449 tons of coal.
 l Total coke production, 3,367,949 tons
 consuming 5,344726 tons of coal. l The reduction in coke output in 191'
 compared with 1918 was due to tn, | stagnated iron and steel trades of tn, | first half of the year and, to an extent l to the strikes at the close of the year
 The coke production ofH 1920 vii
 show a large increase over 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
DANCING PARTY

Miss Helen Smith and Miss Kathryn Baty were joint hostesses at a dancing party given Friday evening at the resi- dence of MT. and Mrs. w. c. Baty The house was attractively decorated with cut flowers, and the evening was spent in dancing. The guests of honor were Miss Rosa Gould of Birmingham, Miss Annie Perry of Florida, and Miss Amelia Parker of Birmingham. Sandwiches and punch were served during the evening Those present were as follows: Miss Eileen Smith, Miss Josie Belle Hawkins, Miss Maggie Johnson, Miss Bob Penning- ton, Miss Rosa Gould, Miss Annie Perry, Miss Amelia Parker, Wilbert Goson, Hoyt Sherman. Max Falkner, Jeff Falk- ner, Louis Moreland, Louis McTyere, Henry c. Rush, Phil Sleeves, WaAtef smith, Wilbur Buck and Clifford Pat terson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
OBITUARY

The remains of W. T. Lindsey, who was killed by a negro Friday, will arrive in Bessemer early Sunday morn ing, where they will be taken in charge by Huey x Mcconnell and carried te
 the residence of w. w. Burlington, a
 step-son of the deceased, at Wilkes station. Funeral services will be held from the Walnut Grove Church Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock, and inter- ment will follow at Walnut Grove cemetery. He is survived by his widow, two sons. Newt and Cheney Lindsey of Kentucky; one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Pope of Anniston; two step-sons, w. W. Burlington and John Burlington
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
CHURCH SOCIETIES

The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church will hold a meeting in the parlors of the church Monday afternoon at 3:3o o'clock A mis- siopary programme will be rendered under the direction of Mrs, Walter Brown on the subject, Latin America. :" The programme follows: Latin Amer ica's Place in the World Mrs D. w.. Owen: reading. .'The Christ of the An- des''; solo. Miss Marion Neal "Our Work in Cuba,' Mrs. B. D. Purser; Our Work in Mexico'' Mrs. Patton; sOur Work in Brazil Mrs. T. F. Adams ''NIssionary News Mrs H. l.. Bains.
 The woman's auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church will hold a meet ing at the church Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. missionary programme will be given, with the subject. The Ameri- can Indian" to be discussed Mrs. Lu- cien Huey will be the leader. At this meeting the mite boxes will be opened, and all members are requested to bring their boxes.
 The Young Matrons Band of the Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church will hold q meeting Monday afternoon at o'clock, with Mrs Walter Gwin as hostess, at her home, 1430 Fourth avenue.
 Mrs w. F. Cunningham entertained the members of the Sunday school class at her home on Dartmouth avenue Fri day afternoon. The class is composed of the 10-year-old girls of the innior de- partment of the First Methodist Church, and they were complimented by their teacher with the party upon doing such excellent book work and their attend ance at Sunday school. The children played games on the lawn and later en- joyed ice cream and cake. There were about fifteen girls present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
BIRTHDAY PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Brewer enter tained with a joint birthday party for their children, Joseph and F'loy Brew CT, at their home at Brighton Sat rrday afternoon. The afternoon was spent in playing games and several contests with prizes were enjoyed. During the afternoon Refreshments were served. The following were pres ent: Hazel Edmundson, John Elliott, Charles Nettleman, Ollie Puckett, Frances Puckett. Aline Johnson, Pete Johnson, Irene McNew, Mary Ellen Tate. Margaret Murphy. Leona Ber-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
CIVIC LEAGUE

The members of the Civic Improve ment League are making an effort to have a movable fly or canopy pro- vided for use at the cemetery and a committee has been appointed to con- fer with the city council in regard to purchasing one. In case the cemetery appropriation from the city will not allow the purchase of the tent. the Civic Improvement League will make other plans for placing this necessary convenience at the cemetery. Ere quently it rains during funeral ser vice, or the sun is intensely hot, and the tent will act as a protection in these cases.