The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-01-27
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Kramer, N. D.
Jan. "a, 1921.

Kramer, N. D.
Jan. "a, 1921.
Editor Courant,
Bottineau, N. D.
Dear Editor:
Having read the communications
which you published last week in The
Courant as a result of A. H. White
having asked Prof. E. F. Ladd to in
vestigate Mr.. Hatfield, the rainmaker.
Will say in regard to same that we
know about as much after reading the
letters of both Mr.. Hodgson and Mr..
Clements as we did before we read
them. That is they say os seem to
say that Hatfield gets the rain some
way or other, only they do not believe
it.
Now as to. my opinion it does not
make any difference whether they be-
lieve it. or not just so long a. he gets
the rain for that is just what the
Western part of North Dakota needs
and needs it bad.
Now then if Mr.. Hatfield can make
it rain let US get Hatfield so that we
will be sure to get rain next summer
and then we won't need any grasshop-
per poison for where there is plenty
of rain the grasshoppers can not and
do not live to do any damage.
1t is my opinion that if Hatfield
can make it rain or if he cannot
make it rain let the public know about
it so that they will not be misled
by Hatfield whether he is a Quaker or
not. It seems to me that it is up to
the U. S. Agricultural Dept. to in
vestigate and see if Mr.. Hatfield can
make it rain as he really claims he
can.
If they find Mr.. Hatfield's claims
to be true then the U. S. Agricultural
Dept. should take up MI. Hatfield's
formula and make use of it where ever
needed and if he cannot make it rain
as most of those Profs seem to think,
then the public should know it also.
So I say let the U. s. Agricultural
Department by all investigate
Hatfield the rainmaker and if he can
produce, Bottineau County will profit.
So let us all get together and put
our shoulder to the wheel until we
have found out if Hatfield can make
it rain or not.
Let us petition Congress so they will
get the U. S. Agricultural Depart
ment to find out what Hatfield can
do, if he can make it rain just stop
to think what a world Of good that
would do, for you all know that we
need rain during the months Of May,
June and July, and there are other
places where they need it just as bad
ly as we do. It seems strange to me
when Mr.. Hatfield has offered his
rain making apparatus to the U. S.
Agricultural Department that they
won't even turn a hand to find out
whether there is anything to Mr.. Hat
fields claims or not, just because they
do not believe that he or anybody else
can make it rain from the clear sky
and yet those saem Profs will say
that the "many neighbors and friends
of Hatfield whom I have had the
pleasure of meeting, they are all OF
the opinion that he is perfectly sin.
cere and homes in his contention and
his ability to perform his claims. Mr.
Hatfield comes from an old Quaker
family, is a Quaker himself and ap-
parently would be the last man one
would expect to be a faker."
Also, "that either through accident
or design or possibly a good bet they
have rarely failed to get rain" And
what we need is rain by all means.
What do you say? You are next? Let
US hear from you.
Yours very truly,
Otto Fl Recker