The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-12-15

nome OF valentine POttef near here.
Neutrality-suspicious. on the new seWe
and waterworks system Is p~rogresssinl
steadily and will soon be completed.
velva-A woman's auxiliary to til,
local, post Of the American Legion ha'
been formed here.
Minot-Aksel Bratsberg, city com
missioner and commissioner Of water
works and sewers, has resigned.
stssle-Michael Zeck OF Enderlin hal
purchased the light and powe1 plan
and Is already in possession.
0rafton--A joint institute for Walsh
and Pembina counties has been hell
here. About $50 teachers were regis
tered.
Valley city-Carl Olson, Barnes
county pioneer, who settled. here in
1882, is dead. He leaves a wife and
three children.
carrinuton-The Masonic lodge here
will construct an ice skating rink
75x14O feet to be used by the young
folks this winter.
Devils Lake-Thirty-ive thousand
dollars worth of live foxes passed
through here enroute to the Great
Falls Silver Black Fox company.
Minot-Vernon e. Stenerson, attor-
ney, has been named assistant states
attorney Of Ward county, succeeding
r. A. Nestos, gov ,rnor-elect.
Miinor-The Red Cross workers here
obtained $3.50 in membership renew.
ais and new members in q campaign
election day.
Grand Forks-North Dakota's 1921
total corn production Is estimated to
be 20,496,OOO bushels, the largest on
record. 'Er. .@
Mandan-C. N. Janzen, cashier Of
the Citizens State bank at Hazen, who
pleaded guilty to embezzlement, has
been sentenced to four and one-half
years in the state ~penitentiary.
HiIisboro-Mrs. Tosten Pepperud,
resident Of lear Finley, Steele county,
has been acquitted : in district court
here of the charge Of setting fire to a
neighbours building on April %, 1921.
VenIo-Incendiarism is blamed for
an early morning fire that destroyed
several thousand feet of S::'1ension
lumber at the yard of the venlo Lum-
Der company. .
New Salem-Twenty-six head of reg
istered cows and young bulls were SOLD
from the herds of the New Salem cir
cult and delivered to new owners in
Oliver and Mercer counties.
SarIes - When his glasses were
broken by a stone thrown by a play
mate, Robert Mclean had both eyes
badly injured by flying particles Of
glass. -.
Grand Forks-Resumption Of publ.
cation Of the Midget, monthly maya
zine published two years ago by the
University of North Dakota, will ap-
pear sOon. g
Fargo-By defeating the jamestown
high school football team here in a re-,
cent game, the local team holds the
championship Of the southeastern dis
trict. \.
Dickinson-The new dormitory Of
the state normal school will be ready
about the first of the year. It will
house so girls. City water mains are
being extended to connect with the
new building. 4
veIva-Pupils of the Simcoe school
picked a bouquet Of crocuses for their
teachers desk. The first wild flower
to bloom in the spring, their appear
ance so late in the season is very un-
usual.
carson-Upwards Of Is farmers have
Joined the Grant County Cow Testing
association. Its purpose Is the trans
formation Of that county into a dairy
ing section instead of a "one-crop
wheat gambling community"
Grand Forks-Word has been re-
ceived here of the death in Washing
ton, D. c., of Mrs. NJ. DeRoche, former
pioneer resident of Grand Forks. She
moved to Washington about six years
ago. She leaves five daughters and q
son.
Lanodon-Fire destroyed the barn
owned by Dan O'Leary, farmer near
here, together with seven head Of
horses, a lot of harness, hay, TOOLS
chickens and a granary containing
about 600 bushels of grain. The loss
is partially covered by insurance.
Minot-For the first time in the his
tory of western North Dakota, the fall
work Of the degrees from the 4th to
the 32nd, inclusive, were conferred by
the Scottish Rite bodies Of the Valley
of Minot. About 80 candidates took
the work.
Jamestown-A. NJ. Sheard of this
place forsees a mild winter, basing his
prediction on the fact that the wind
blew from the southeast or southwest
during the fall equinox, September 10,
20 and 21. Last winter the wind. was
the same during the same period.
Michigan city-Funeral services for
the late James p. Lamb, pioneer resi-
dent of Nelson county and prominent
in business circles and political affairs
Of the state, were held here. Mr..
Lamb died at a st. Paul hospital, where
he had gone for treatment for hard
ening Of the arteries.
Mandan-The mark for the Lake
Metisgoshe-B Black Hills highway, run
mig from the Canadian border in Bot
tineau caunty to the Black Hills, is
black and white with an Indian head
as it's distinguishing characteristic.
The trail is being marked this fall and
is being graded in certain sections.
Characteristics Sarah Zimmerman
has been re-engaged by the Foster