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

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 nev-
er be necessary.-By Horace Traubel.
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. ST.,
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.
I%nfidelity 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.
If Big Biz continues trying to do
a masterpiece, it may succeed in turn
ing out either "pure monopoly" or
"pure Hades." -
We respectfully suggest that Mr.
Fathead be given a place on the 1.
V. A. ticket during the present cam
paign. He is the only person who &C.
cupies a safe-and-sane, middle-of-the
road position. Mr.. Fathead will have
nothing to do with any schemes,
ideas, plans or movements that are
new, novel or ahead of the times; he
is also opposed to the old order which
he says, brought about the war and
HIGH Cost of Living.
The Almighty surely must like to
perpetrate jokes. Just look what he
gave US in that ~monkey-like creature
NAN.
There are a lot of men and women
who want to hide an alley when they
look back over the avenues Of their
past careers.
~Vice-president Marshall is said to
have declared that no one could con-
vince him ours is not a divinelv or
daired government. First the kings
and emperors claimed anointment
from Heaven. and now the monied
me- like "Count" Will Hohenzollern
are absurd enough to attempt "the
Me-Und-Gott stuff"
When you want a real political
platform-one that will withstand the
wear-and-tear element, holding the
crowd-have some alert, Progressive
employees of a leading architect draw
up the plans and specifications, then,
call upon a crowd of farmers to haul
in the planks, leaving skilled carpen-
tiers, mechanics and laborers build it.
No wonder the old-line party rostrums
bear the appearance of being "botched
up" When bankers, brokers and Wall
street promoters start putting planks
together they always construct a
crazy-quilt, worthless and scare-crow
affair. #G.E
Willie Hohenzollern, ex-emperor of
Germany, is reported to have organ
lied a small court at Doom, Holland,
his place of exile, which the Dutch
newspapers call Little Potsdam."
Will Willie never grow up mentally?
Some people want to keep on playing
solder or king until they reach their
second childhood, and, then, it's too
late ITO teach an old dog new tricks"
Now since the voters of Mercer
county have decided that Assembly
man James Harris passed his period
Of usefulness as an /. v. A. legislator
ne Will nave ample ensure " Call
paign with Candidate j. F. T. o. Con-
nor, "Olgie" Burtness and other
standard bearers Of the Old Gang, e.
pounding his free love ideas enthusi-
Easm for which made him look like
a monkey or the missing link" dur
ing the regular session Of the State
Legislature in 1919. People are known
by the company they keep and Harris
should be welcomed with open arms
by the I. v. A. fr~ee-lovers.
Upon being asked BY q young lad
on Front street, Fargo, yesterday TO
tell what Rex Beach isy M. Fathead,
replied that, altho not quite ceFtaiin,,