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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-22
LUTHERAN CHURCH

Next Sunday morn ng service at the
Bottineau Lutheran Church at 10:45'
Evening service at 7:30. The morning
service will be conducted in the Nor
wegian language and the evening SER
wee in English. Sunday School and
Bible classes both in Norwegian and
English at IL noon.
/ have the pleasure of announcing
that our field Secretary will preach
both in the morning and evening next
Sunday.
Rev. A. C. Barren, Field Secretary
intended to preach here the first Sun
day in February as previously an
nounced but for some reason the date
has been changed. Rev. A. G. Barren
is an abe speaker and we cordially
extend our invitation to all to come
and hear him.
The Pastor will conduct service at
,Vinje Church at II A. M.
The Catech;sm class will meet on
Thursday at TIE Church at 4:30.
The choir will meet next Thursday
at 1880. s,
T. T. Calrson, Pastor.
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AMERICAN LEGION TO
!. STAGE MINSTREL
MEETING HELD IN COMMERCIAL
CLUB,RooMs MONDAY NIGHT
is WELL ATTENDED

Bottineau Post, No. AZ Of the Ameri-
can Legion, decided at their meeting
Monday night to put on a Minstrel
Show in Bottineau this winter. Dates,
ETC., will be announced later and we
all look forward to the Legion Min
strel, as much good talent is included
in their membership.
Among other things a basket ball
team was organized and from present
plans this team will play the Athlete.
Club team next Monday night at the
high school gym. Fay Amsbaugn was
named captain of the team and H. A.
Leveille, Manager. Mr.. Leveille is
now trying to stage games with other
Legion teams of the state. r.
Steps were also taken at this meet
ing to organize Woman's Auxiliary,
membership being limited to wives,
mothers or sisters of Legion men,
bers. ---
Membership dues for the year end
ing Dec. 31st, 1920 were placed at
$500 to old members. This includes
button and subscription to American
Legion Weekly. New members will
have to pay $500. ~
The regular monthly meeting Of
Bottineau Post No. AZ will be held in
the Commercial Club rooms in this
city on the first Tuesday Sof each
month. -...
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AN EXPLANATION OF THE BOT
TINEAU COUNTY SUFFRAGE
VOTE

Certain persons have criticized Bot
tineau County legislative members
because of their vote ratifying wo-
men suffrage, on the ground that the
amendment lost out at the election
some years ago. It is stated that we
are thus going contrary to the wishes
of the people, etc. The writer has been
asked, Ito explain" While we might
give a number of reasons, one will be
sufficient: It is the duty Of every leg
islative officer, under our form cf
government, as far as lies in his pow
er to say things and do things which
his constituents would say and do if
they were in his Place. At the election
referred to, THE AMENDMENT
CARRIED IN BOTTINEAU COUN-
TY. Therefore we had no choice in
the matter but to vote according to
the wishes of the majority of our con-
stituents at that election, and as we
have good reasons to believe a great
er majority are now in favor Of it.
Hoping this will prove satisfactory.
I remain,
Very truly yours,
J. C.. Miller.
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WELLINGTON TOWNSHIP

= Mr.. Patsy Mumme is here from
Minnesota to make an extended visit
with his brother Jerry.
Mrs. Christine Page has a brother
visiting here from Page, N. D.
Roy Robertson is very busy taking
the census.
This township boasts of bona fide
weather prophet, if you want to know
anything about the weather just ask
Ed.
% Little Earnest Sherwin has been
very sick with a cold, his mother has
been staying at Grandpa Sherwin's
with him so as to be nearer the
doctor.
Ed. Hoffmeyer lost a valuable horse
last week.
M. o Peterson of Bottineau was
seen in this township last week at
tending to business matters.
Mrs. liver Hamre of Willow City has
been visiting her daughter Mrs. Gus
Thune.
Mis- Della Cote Of Estevan Can. is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. John Due.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Fuerhelm and
family of Overly spent Sunday visit
ing friends here.
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bOTT|NEAU HAS-bEFNS
WIN EXCITING GAME
SELF TERMED CHAMPIONS OF
1920 FAIL TO LIVE UP TO
THE TITLE AT SHIRLEY

Monday night following the Amer
can Legion meeting, a cribbage tourn-
ament was staged at the Shirley Hotel
between the Shirley boarders, who by
the way issued the challenge and had
also claimed the 1920 championship
of Bottineau, and a number of local
citizens.
The game was progressive Cribbage
and play commenced Immediately fol-
lowing the reading of the rules by G.
B. Aamodt. In all twelve men repre-
senting each team played a total of
twelve games, each win being scored
with a punch mark. When the games
were counted the result was found
to be as follows: City Team 88, Shir-
ley Team Sc. J. +. Neville and Geo.
Nero of the City Team carrying off
the high honors, that Of winning 8
out of the IL games.
After the series of games the losers
paid for the lunch, which was greatly
enjoyed by all and another round with
the cribbage boards is eagerly looked
forward to.
The following is the lineup, which
was handed to US by one of the City
Team players, together with the mot
tOs of the two teams.
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LOCAL HOSPITAL
HAS BUSY YEAR

During the past year st. Andrews
hospital of this city has received and
cared for 1,012 patients, according to
figures just given us for publication.
During the month Of August last IS
operations were performed or an aver
age of three operations per day.
The above figures show that there
was a great need for a hospital like
st. Andrews and which we are pleased
to state is one of the best for it's size
in the Northwest. St. Andrews hos
pital was built only after the old hos
pitad, located near the Forestry Nor
nal had become too small to accomo-
date the ever increasing patronage,
which is due to the excellent care and
service rendered it's patients and Bot
tineau citizens generally are proud of
the record made by the local hospital.
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IMPORTANT CHANGES IN GOV.
ERNMENT INSURANCE
REGULATIONS -.
STATE H'stor Society 't' Notice

Unue1 s~----- mt to the
War Risk Insurance Act which has
been passed by Congress, war term
insurance may be made payable to a
greatly enlarged list Of 'beneficiaries.
United States Government life icon
verted) insurance may now be paid
at death in a lump sum or in install
ments for SO months or more, at the
option of the insured.
The rate for compensation for disa-
lbility has been greatly increased.
For further information or blanks
upon which to make re-instatements
or conversion address any Of the fol
Loving: Mrs. F. G.. C.Fa'kenstein,, Bottin-
eau; Mrs. w. Crites, Willow City; Mr.
R. r. Zirkle, Westhope; Mr.. Carl
Dugstad, Lansford or H. w. Bervig
Souris. Blanks for conversion or re-
instatement may also be had at the
Bottineau County Bank, Bottineau;
First National Bank, Willow City
and First National Bank, Lansford.
H. w. Bervig, Chm.
Home Service
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EASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY
FARM LOAN MEETING

The Regular Annual Meeting%9 the
stockholders of the Eastern Bottineau
County National Farm Loan Associa-
ton was held at the Court House on
Tuesday January 13.
The following directors and officers
were elected:
A. H. White, President; John Mar
tinson, Vice-President; John T. New
lie Sec'y-Treas. Directors: A. H.
White, John Martinson, Martin Rothe,
F. w. Lonsbrough and George Perrin.
Loan Comroittee: John Martinson,
Martin Rothe and George Perrin.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-22

plunQefDunQ IN the Twin ClCleS. we
also have the necessary official ma
chinery created to care for all these
and other state enterprises and the
one or more large capacity mills and
elevators. Outside the Leagues form
al program we have Woman's Suf-
frage, hour day for women, work.
man Compenat:on, Workman Home
building law, Guarantee of bank
funds, the Initiative and Referendum,
a law protecting owners in foreclos-
ure proceedings and giving two years
opportunity fer redemption and COM
pelling advertisement in an official
paper. A law encouraging central
schools and high schools, an equitable
freight rate law; State bonding of
public officials, State insurance Of
public schools and other pubic build
ings. All or nearly all of theee laws
were passed in face of the bitterest
opposition from Lees /. V. A. crowd.
Mr.. Lee would try to rake it ap-
pear that all Mr.. S:dener has to show
for his exhorbitane taxes is the one
little mill; whereas outside his saving
of 40 cents an acre on hail insurance
he has exemption on his farm i'm
provements and implements, state
grading Of his grain, pay for dock
age, money at cost on his farm loan,
ard all for 43 cents on a quarter of
land.
Our whole state tax on the aver
age quarter in Bottineau County is
only to 10 dollars and yet the /. V.
A. Editors are n aking roar Ike a
lot Of sick Jackasses, trying to make
the farmer believe his league is re-
sponsib'e for his big taxes and that
putting through the league program
will rob him Of his farm whereas the
whole league program outside Hail
Insurance only costs him 43 cents on
an average quarter. We as well as
out State Senators and Renresenta-
t:ves have made some mistakes. For
instances, we elected son,e renegate
officials who are trying al they car,
to prevent, our state enterprises and
program from being successful. Our
law makers tco have dcubt'ess made
some laws that experience will prove.
may need to be repealed or amended
but we ver'ly believe tIat 70 Legis-
lature in the history cf the U. S. has
ever passed so many good and equ't-
able laws for the benefit Of the man
who tolls, in so shcrt tire.
We have been reading Mr.. Lees
editorial clippings and comments and
we would suggest that instead Of mis-
representation and inaccuracies he
might give us facts not hat truth
misstatements d downright lies
Geo. r. White.
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DID LEE EVER KNOW?
Bottineau Courant,
Dear Editor:-

Have just read Editor Lees COM
ment on Cathro's "Figgers". The
gentleman seems to have forgotten,
if he ever knew, what the Non Parti-
san League was and is, as he claims
that the ''little mill at Drake" is the
only part of the original Town'ey pro-
gram that is in operation. The writer
was one of the original hackers of
the league and his rame is on the
original petitions as reference I
have a copy of blank petition and
will quote the Program-"State Ter
minal Elevators. Flour Mills, Stock
Yards, Packing Houses and Cold Stor-
age. State Hail Insurance, Exemption
Of Farm Improvements from taxation,
State Inspection of Dockage and grad
ing of grain. Rural Credit Banks, op-
Grated at COST"
If Mr.. Lee ever knew what "Town-
ley's Program was his memory must
be very poor or his conscience very
elastic for instead Of, he states, the
flour mill being the only part of
"Town'ey's" program being in opera
tion. there are five out of the eight
Of the orig nal dera ands in it that are
in successful operation. We Rave a
State Hail Insurance law, that is Sec
ond to none anywhere and saved us
not less tran 40 cents on every acre
injured in 1919. We have a rural cred
it bank that is lending money to n any
L, IL of fs, of ~ nI
Grated through a state bank, that
makes clearances Of more than d mil
lion dollars day. We have exemption
of farm improvements from taxation,
we have a system of gra n inspect: on
ard are now paid for doclxage. The
writer got $24.00 for dockage a few
days ago which with the arount saved
on hail insurance would ray all his
state taxes and leave enough to pay
his, sucker" n embership fees. We
have, as Lee states, "The little mill
at Drake" which is buying more
wheat at it's r,illing values, on sonne
grades as rauch as 35 cents a bushel
more than the Inc elevator prices. and
selling flour F. O. B. Drake at Mn
|neapolis prices, thus bencf ting both
the producers ard the consumer, be-
s'des n,aking over 40 per cent on the
investment since last summer. Beside
having all Of these in operation we
have state hank in successful oper-
alton ard able to protect all our state
inst 'tutions and enterprises from tie
machinations and intrigues of the
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WINTER MEETINGS

Farmers meetings will be held at
Willow City February 2 and 8 and
at Lansford the evening of Feb. 8,
and afternoon of the 4th. DR.. McMa-
hon, Extension Veterinarian, Stewart
Lockwood, Grasshopper specialist, and
w. F. LAGRANGE, Livestock Specialist
will be the speakers. Other features
such as agricultural moving pictures
and some good musnc will also prob
ably be arranged for. Let's try and
make these REAL meetings. Several
other meetings are scheduled for the
first part of March.
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DEVIL AND /. v. A.
BY Walter Kellogg

Last night as I slept in my cozy bed
I tried to wake up and found was
dead,
I dreamed I died and went to He'll,
And all the Imps and the Devils
as we'll,
Greeted me with an outstretched hand,
AS though they'd been expecting me
to land.
I hadn't been there very long until,
The telephone rang long and shrill.
And wanted the Devil by the way,
To attend meeting of the I. V. A.
And as he chuckled on with laughter
and mirth
He said, "they're running opposition
to me on earth.
"Well, competition is the life of in
dustry,
"Will you run this place awhile for
me?"
"You bet I WILL" I said with smile;
"I've tried everything else, I'll try
this a WHILE"
So I hadn't been there very long,
Until the door-bell rang loud and
strong.
And opened the door as I'd been tod,
To let everyone in out of the cod.
And as I did this, my eyes beheld,
A representation that was never ex-
cel'ed.
There were business men from all
walks of life,
Big Business was there along with
his wife.
I said whats going on at the I. V. A.
"That you fellows all landed here
this way?"
And they all said with a voice rather
stout,
"Why the devil has just kicked all
of us out.
"And he told US in language rather
strong,
"You fellows all go to He'll where
you belong"
And the Devil soon entered with a
fiendish grin, .~..
And said, "I'm the master Of all
earthly sin.
"I1l just keep you boys here and your
number will swell,
"To a far greater number, I need
you in He'll.
"tYou have raised He'll enough where
ever you've been
"And it's time somebody is taking
you in"
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VAUDEVILLE AT GRAND
THIS WEEK

Manager Leveille Of the Grand The
atre has secured Lore, the rnystic
Girl. as the attraction fer tonight. to-
morrow night and Saturday night.
Lore win tel ycu your past, present
ard future, in fact she will tell YOU
anything you want to know. # there
IS ANYTHING ycu are in doubt about
vat and ark Lore. she will tell YOU
A'ong with Lore tonight. Wrn. Hart
VII re seen in Blue Blazes. Fridav
as,d Saturday night the picture will
Almost Married, " starring May
Allison.
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MARRIED FOLKS -.
DANCE MONDAY

There will be a dance given at Wig
eby's Hall on Monday Jan. the 26th,
by the Married Folks Amusement
Club.
This organization has been changed
and membership tickets are now being
sold at $500 each, the tickets will ad-
NIT the owner to all amusements put
on by this club until the money de-
rived from their sale is exhausted.
All persons in Bottineau wishing to
attend these dances are expected to
buy these membership tickets. If you
live here and care to see an organi-
xation Of this kind kept up we ask you
to purchase ticket and share with
as the amusement this money will af-
ford. q. -s.-.s ~.,s =
Visitors, people from the country
and from other towns will be extend
ed the courtesy of being admitted at
the usual rate Of $1.00 per dance.
= Bring your tickets when you come
and those not provided with tickets
will be expected to purchase same al
the first dance they attend, visitors
as above noted will be the only ex-
ceptions to this rule.
Remember that this club is pure
,~ly social affair from which there is
profit to nobody. It is your club and
Is being managed by a committee
elected by the club membership. Buy
ticket and support it. Come and en-
joy it and also speak it up and help
run it. The committee has no other
interest than to run it as you wish il
run COMMITTEE G. G. Drew, j. ]
Krogen, Geo. E. Vosburg.
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GARDENA NEWS

Mrs. Geo. Stewart went to Rolette
last Tuesday to have some dental
work done.
Our barber shop and pool hall was
opened Wednesday. We all wish this
young man success.
Mr.. Albright is remodeling the hall
for the benefit of the basket ball
team.
Ed. Klebe is on the sick list this
week.
Miss Annie Mckee and Mrs. VIM.
Lehman returned home on the Tues
day evening train after a few days
visit with relatives near Willow City.
Mr.. Swearingen's brother is paying
him a short visit this week.
Mr.. Puppe, brother of Aug. Puppe,
arrived on Friday for visit with his
brother and family.
r Otto Yunke returned from Illinois,
where he took an immigrant car for
Andrew Carr.
The card party and high school
dance on Wednesday evening was we'll
attended and all report an excellent
time.
The Gardena Orchestra played at
a dance in Kramer Friday evening.
Mr.. w. F. Kurth attended the
Farmers Insurance meeting at Rug
by two days last week. >,
This last storm rrade some Of think
the old North Dakota weather had
returned.
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WIN ONE, LOSE ONE

The Bottienau high school basket
ball team returned Saturday from Ro-
lette and Egeland where they played
Thursday and Friday. To Rolette the
locals lost with a score of 81 to "a,
hut not until after five minutes of ex-
ira pay as the game was tie at the
end of time, however Rolctte won in
the extra five minutes. Friday night
the Locals trimmed Ege'and, 9 to 10
in a. game that was fast from start
to finish.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The production of the Dramatic
Club, "The Rivals" played to crowd
ed house last Wednesday night. Bot
tineau evidenced its ever loyal sup
port by turning out in full force. A
fair sum was cleared above expenses,
which were rather high on account of
the elaborate provisions in the way of
costumes.
THIS. week, as Bottineau High
School fully realizes, marks the COM
pletion of half years work. The ex-
aminations are this year being given
at any time during the last two weeks
of the semester, at the discretion cf
the individual teachers, thus doing
away with the difficulty of piling all
the examinatins and clerical work into
two frenzied days at the close of the
half years work. It is to be hoped that
more sane and efficient review work
and more satisfactory examinations
may result under the new system.
Bottineau High School went down
to defeat at Rolette last Thursday, to
the tune of "a to 81. We are told the
game was hard fought and credit
able one. At Ege' and Friday evening,
the B. H. S. huskies captured the
|long end sof a 10 tos9 score and came
home happy in the memory of some
scrappy basketball and some good roy
al treatment in the trip. Next Friday
evening Devils Lake and Bottineau
High will clash on the home floor,
and on that occasion the fans are
looking for some fast hard playing.
Don't miss one Of the best games of
the season. z<
The Junior 2 Class entertained
themselves and the faculty at party
Friday evening. Mrs., Kirk acted as
chaperon. A. basketball game between
two teams of the class led off the eve
ning's festivities, and a fine lunch was
fitting finish. Between those two ex-
tremes the, time was crammed full OF
games and fun.
The Debating team which has been
selected from the Bottineau High
School to contest with Willow City in
February, consists of the following
students: Victor Eckberg, Lyle Rog-
ers, Olive TAFT and Merle McBain, Al
| ternate. .-.
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LOCALS TO PLAY
DEVILS LAKE

Tomorrow night at the high school
gymnasium the local high school bas-
ket ball team and the Devils Lake
high team will meet in what is ex-
pected to be the fastest game SO far
this season. Preceding the big game
game between two picked teams ct
the Forestry Normal School will be
played. The first game will start at
7:30. Admission for the two games
will be so cents.
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Fire was discovered in the Woods
Pool Room Tuesday morning and a
few local fellows pried the door open
and extirguished the fire, which was
undoubtedly caused from a cigar hav-
ing keen thrown on the floor the night
before. No damage resulted. -
Attorney Cooper of Westhope was
a business visitor in the city Monoay
ard Wednesday of this week.
county seat visitor on Saturday.
Wanted-Men, and won,en to take
orders among friends and neighbcrs
for the genuine guaranteed hosiery
full lire for nen, women and child
rem. Eliminates darning. We pay Soc
an hour for spare time or $24 for full
tire. Experience unnecessary. Write
International Stocking Mill Co. Nor
ristown. Pa. If.
At the adjourned annual meeting Of
the stockholders of the Bott'neau
County Bank he'd in this city Tuecday
afternoon the following were elected
for the ensuing wear: N. L. Helgerson,
President; A. D. Ertresvaag, Vice
President; M. c. Dale, Vice President;
a. B. Auren. Carhier; G. w. Feathers,
Assistant Cashier ard E. J. Kron-
,okken, Teller. The directors elected
follow: M. L. He'gerson, A. B. Auren
I'M. G. Da'e, a. D. Ertresvaag and |. 2.
Ertresvaag. s5s
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SKI PARTY ORGANIZED
FOR HIKE

Can you ski? Would you Ike to
ski? If so provide yourself with the
necessary equipment and be on hand
Sunday at 100 P. NJ. and we'll all go.
to the foothills and enjoy the after
noon. The above is what is. heard
around the corners this week TIE
Courant understands that about twcn-s
tv have already decided to partake OF
the slide Sunday and this means is
u~ed to give everyone an invitation To-
take part.
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FARMERS INSTITUTE

Farmers Institute will be held at
Bottineau February 18 and 10. A good
list of speakers are scheduled and ev-
erybody plan on turning out as this
Institute will not only be entertaining
but instructive.
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TOWNSHIP PRECINCT
III MEET IN BOTTINEAU

Nonpartisan League members Of
Pickering Township are hereby mott
fled that the Precinct Meeting for
sad township will be he'd at the Court
House III Bottineau on Saturday after
noon at 2;30 r. M. Make it = point TO
~ rresknt and express your desires
II. R Russell.
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ONE SLIGHT MISTAKE

But for one slight mistake that I.
". A. press bureau Interview" with
Rishoff was dandy "sco6p." Riehoff
denies that he said it, Courier News.
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BAPTIST CHURCH NOTICES

Regular services next Sunday as
follows: 10:45 A. NJ, Morning Wor-
ship, Sermon Theme, " The Mission of
Jesus, to the Inner. Life" IL NJ, Sun
,day School, '7:30, Evening Gospel Ser
vice. Subject "Ihe Auction of Soul" "
Wednesday evening is the time for the
mid-week prayer service. This meet
ing for prayer is growing in power
and helpfulness. A cordial invitation
to attend these services is given.