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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
REFUSED HAND or SULTAN
ofter q Marriage ~ Ruler .of suiu
Was Turned Down by Alice
Roosevelt.

The Moro Is not all bad. He has
his good points. There has never been
2 case where a Moro has murdered an.
American woman, and there are many
American women In Moroland. This
abstinence, however, is not due to
Moro chivalry, but to the fact that In
the Moro thought women have no
souls.
Not that the believed s-oullessness
Of the sex keeps the Moro from be.
Ing q ladies' man. In fact, he is In
clined to be very gallant. The Ia
nous visit Of the Taft party, ac-
companied by the then Miss Alice
Roosevelt, some years ago (and
long to be remembered In the Phil
ippines). was attended by a char
~acter1stic exhibition Of Moro gal
lantry. When this party visited
Jolo-ho trip to the islands would
be complete without visiting this
picturesque island-his royal high
ness, the sultan OF Sulu, immedi-
ately offered his hand III marriage
70 the daughter OF the President.
He addressed her as the American
princess, and the name Of Princess
Alice still aclings to her in the Phil
ippines. The fact that his highness
already had q couple Of dozen wives
scattered around the town was no
deterrent In case OF a Mohammedan
monarch.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
The Small Town.

All America is watching the small
town, studying it, interpreting it, seek
ing through it to discover the depths
and intimacies of national life, asserts
1 high school principal in Virginia.
It seems that whereas the small boy
sim imagines the city rs the place con-
tanning the great big things of the
world, vet when he attains intelligent
and experienced manhood he contin-
ues to return to the village for the
really, big things which denote the
nations true character. Several years
ago, says the principal, even New
York forgot Broadway to listen to the
broken silences Of Spoon river, and
the dramas and novels engaging the
attention OF the most serious of the
metropolitan critics Of today are those
dealing with the problems Of the Main
street village. The country community
ii no longer obscure.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
HAD BROUGHT ANOTHER LOAD
oolored Tobacco Grower Knew What
Was Expected Of Him, and
Had Come Prepared.

"A col0red mar from Kentucky drove
10 q loose leaf tobacco sales ware
house In one of the Indiana cities on
the Ohio with q load Of tobacco.
When he received his sales slip and
weights he noticed the customary bank
check was missing. sQ
Approaching the cashier he said!
"Iook here, boss, where II my
money for this here tobaccor The
sales sheet "a consulted. .
TITS like this: the expenses for
weighing, unloading and commission
Tor selling your tobacco amounted to
more than the tobacco was worth. You
still owe us just SO cents" explained
the cashier.
swell, that's all right, l guess, but
/ sin't got a cent with me-"
"Then next time you are coming
over the river, just bring along a
chicken with you and we will call the
deal square"
Within a week the colored man ap-
peared In the Office with two chickens,
one under each arm.
"Here are the chickens" i.
"Sure-but you didn't have to bring
two Of them, n would have paid the
BILL" %..
"Yes, boss, but Use brought another
load Of acknowledgements News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Sign w arnIng
British Motor
lists q Approach
70 School.

Definite proposals have been laid
down in regard to height, color, posi-
ton Of arms, inscriptions, etc., Of d.
rscting posts, and they are to be ap-
plicable throughout England. An e1-
ample is the red triangle, which ID
a danger signal. Beneath the tri-
angle Is some clear symbol to be used
to indicate the particular kind of dan
ger to be guarded against, with let
tering beneath the symbol. Thus, a
representation Of the flaming torch Of
learning, beneath the red triangle, will
warn the motorist of the approach to
a school.
Quaint signs now found on English
lanes, in spite Of the charm they
have, according to the plan will have
to be sacrificed to the fact that after
all a road is q means by which n
goes from one place to another, and
that any aids to that purpose should
be adopted.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
KNOWS MACHINES HE BUILDS
Hsad Or Great Locomotive Works Has
More Than Business Aoumsn -
His Credit ,

On d hot day last summer an q.
press train between Philadelphia and
New York came to a jolting halt, says
Nations Business. The passengers
first joked, then grumbled, then grew
impatient. A big man, white-haired,
but youthful In motion, climbed down
from q chaircar and marched up TO
the engine, which was the center Of
a ring Of passengers.
sWhat's WrOngY" he asked.
In effect, the engineer said that the
engine had quit and he didn't know
what the several things was the mat
ter with It.
The big man peeled off his coat and
waistcOat and rolled up his shirt
sleeves. Then he sort Of disappeared
in the interior of the unwilling engine
and the ring Of watching passengers
grew. .
Half an hour later he emerged with
a smudged face and grimy hands, and
said, "She's all right now" put coat
and waistcoat over his arm and
walked back to his chair car, wiping
his hands on a handful Of waste he'd
picked up In the cab.
She was all right, and the man who
made her all right was Samuel Mat
thews Vauclain, millionaire president
Of the Baldwin Locomotive works, an
q real boss of their 10000 workmen.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
DESIGNED TO UPHOLD WEIGHT
Elephants Foot 10 Enormous, Even
When Compared With the Size
Of the Beast. Il

That twice around an elephants
foot equals its height seems almost in
credible, yet such is the fact, and a
little reflection will show you that it
is not SO wonderful as it appears
to be. Things are large or small,
comparatively, and If we could. see
the foot Of an elephant by itself, it
would present a far different appear
ance as to size from what it gives
when overshadowed by the mountain
of flesh it supports. The elephants
in the Indian commissariat being d.
eted according to height require to be
measured annually to determine the
amount Of food to which they are n
titled. At present this is done by
means OF the ordinary standard with
crossbar on top, but formerly it was
done by placing a rope around the ami
mails forefoot close to the ground, and
multiplying the length SO obtained by
two. This measurement generally gives
q quarter of an inch or SO more, but
never less than the exact height.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Use Of Peat as Fuel.

EsEF .- NV 80 NSb -srW
Few have realized that peat might
replace coal and break, to q large ex-
tent the dependence Of some Of the
northern states. upon distant coal
mines.
For several months a Minneapolis
company has been engaged ip the prep.
aration of peat for fuel, said to be the
only enterprise of it's kind in, the coun-
try. A machine has been perfected that
digs, macerates and spreads out to dry
700 tons Of wet peat in a day, or a
quantity sufficient to produce 100 tons
Of dry fuel. That's how much peat
contracts in the drying process. One
man operates the machine.
During the summer the,machine was
operated on a bog near Minneapolis,
and peat, prOcessed at the University
of Minnesota, was burned with salts
factory results in a Minneapolis Office
building. M
A crusher plant, with a capacity Of
500 tons Of peat a day, has been built
in Minneapolis during the winter to
produce powdered peat, and in the
spring ten peat digging machines are
to be started on the Minnesota boys.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
japanese Remain Buddhists.

That 80 per cent Of the Japanese
living in the sugar plantation camps
Of Hawaii never have been touched
by Christian propaganda, and that
American plantation owners, managers
and others. who have helped support
Japanese Buddhist missions, did q
foolish thing, If ever man did," were
two of the statements made by Rev.
Ulysses G. Murphy, representative of
the American Bible society, in a re-
CEN address at Honolulu.
Rev. Mr.. Murphy also said that the
elder generation of Japanese living
In the plantation camps, owing to their
isolation, are forty years behind their
native country in thought and under
standing of modern conditions.
Any attempt at Anne ~icanization OF
the Japanese in Hawaii which leaves
untouched their home life and fails
to recognize that the key to the prob
lem is the japanese language schools
Is foredoomed to failure, Rev. Nj.
Murphy declared.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Almost Had It

One Of the Terre Haute ward
schools was having a contest In seeing
which children could learn the airs Of
q number Of standard songs SO they
could tell their names when they
heard a few bars Of the melody played.
After "Home, Sweet Home and
"Old Black Joe" had been played sew
eral times the teacher put on the rec
ord believe Nc, If All Those Endear-
ing Young Charms. 1t was played a
few minutes and she began to look
expectantly at the children.
Then a fair little y%oungster looked
triumphantly up from the list Of songs
he had in his hand. "Oh, it's that
believe me In tears all about your
charms" he hazarded .-Indianapolis
News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Encouraging the Hen.

The modern method Of increasing
the quantity Of eggs that may be OBJ
tanned from hens Is turning on electric
lights in their pens In the middle Of
the night, thereby awakening them, to
the end that they eat an extra meal
and thus approach closer than ever be-
fore the ideal Of laying an egg a day,
week after week. One cannot but
think that this frightening Of the
working day for hens is a device Of
the same genius who discovered that
there was no need Of arising at dawn
to feed the poultry. He simply waited
until after the henyard denizens had
gone to roost, and then scattered their
morning meal. The hens found their
breakfast waiting for them In the
morning, while the ingenious one arose
and went about the affairs Of the day
only when he felt 50 inclined. No
chanticleer called him to work.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Tome Town
BEAUTY COMES WITH GROWTH
American Towns, II They Are Well
Planned, Will Develop Along
Proper Artistic Lines \

We see American towns In the proc
ess of growth, and the slow transition
from hastily erected "shacks," q one
story general store, a blacksmith shop
(these are still needed), a garage now
adays, q church and a schoolhOuse.
into a flourishing community not al
ways attractive. There Is a period
when there are no shade trees, when
streets are dusty or muddy and IN
paved, where there is an unfinished ap-
pearance about everything. It is not
SO many years since a large number
Of the towns and villages Of Indiana
had an unkempt, untrimmed look. Seen
from trains in passing, they looked un-
inviting. AS q matter of fact. the res
idents had other things to think Of
than beauty. They were building their
homes, making their living by arduous
labor, sending their children to school
and sacrificing many desirable things
for the sake of the necessities. This
Is the history of all towns.
The conditions are different now. In
diana is full of beautiful towns and
small cities that we're the gopher
prairies" of years ago. Beautiful
homes, handsome lawns, paved and
shaded streets, substantial business
houses, attractive public buildings, in
Guiding libraries, and a general air OF
prosperity distinguish them. The same
people live there who we're there at
the beginning. When they and their
children came to the point where
beauty and luxury could be added to
the necessities of living, they reached
out and provided them. 1t Is the way
with American towns.-IndianapOlis
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Delivering the Goods.

Edouard Belin, the inventor Of
photography by wire, said at a din
ner In New York:
"Of course, the transmission Of
photographs by wire was thought out
before my time. But my predecessors,
though their theory was all right,
could not put It into practice. So
nothing much came Of their work, for
an inventors hackers insist on the
prompt delivery Of the goods.
IAN inventor can't treat his back
" as Whistler, the painter, treated
his sitters. One Of Whistler's sitters,
you know, was in a hurry to have,her
portrait. Finally she said:
" Now, Mr.. Whistler, you've been.
at work on this portrait Of mine q
very long time. When will It be I'm
ished and delivered"
!. Perhaps never, ma'am.' said
Whistler calmly"
AAE9AHs GN4LA EG.4 EeaA a8ES
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
TO The MIND
everyday Measurements 81 sclenc.
That Are Almost Beyond Com
~prehenslon 81 the Layman.l

One great difficulty III the study 81
astronomy Is to comprehend the IN
nnensity Of the distances and sizes ia
volved. For instance, we can form 10
conception Of the size or distance Of
the sun.
Suppose there was d spherical shell
OF the diameter Of the sun. Suppose
great genie should drop into this
shell, every second, night and day, a
ball the size Of the earth. How long
Wouldsit take to I'll the shell7 Would
It take an hour, a DAY, or d week? IN
fact It would take two weeks, and
when full the shell would contain more
than 100000 earths.
The distance to the sun Is 03,OOO,OOO
miles. How long would 1t take d a
non bail to reach the sun, II shot from
the earth. and continued on It's course
Of g uniform velocity? In order not
20 underestimate the distance some
might say a year. In fact It would
than 100000 earths.
Automatically speaking, the above
distance u very short. The sun is our
nearest star. Strain the Imagination
BY trying to comprehend the velocity
OF light which would pass seven times
around the earth In one second OF
time. Now stagger the brain by trying
to think Of stars, 50 remote from us
that a million years are required for
their light to o the enormous abyss
that separates them from US. Think
OF i'll When that ray Of light, which
now enters the eye. started on it's
course, perhaps there was no life on
this earth.-John Candee Dean in the
Indianapolis News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
A,rplane an Essential Now.

In 30 minutes after the Birmingham
Office Of q Shelby county mine OPERA
tor had gotten in touch with the mine
rescue station at West End, experts
at the station had engaged an airplane
and with special ~life.saving apparatus
had been landed at the mine, 80 miles
distant.
This marks a new field Of useful
ness Tor the airplane. Physicians, life
saving experts and mine-rescue ap-
paratus may be carried through the
air to the scene of q mine disaster
and many lives may be saved by this
quick service.
When the airplane has evolved inte
a medium for the saving Of human
life, II may indeed be said to have
entered the class Of the essentially
Observation-Disclosures Age>Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
proper School Grounds.

When provision has been made for
the different playground activities the
attention should be turned to the
.beautifying Of the school grounds by
means Of planting trees and shrubs.
This planting should be made for pro-
lection, such az q windbreak on the
sides from which the prevailing winds
blow. and for shade In the early days
vi summer or fall Il Will be jneces-
sary to YET the trees some distance
from the school building, probably %
q 100 feet distant, ia order to give
room, for the playground apparatus.
All planting should he kept close 20
the boundary lines and the fouDda-
,ttoD aof the building.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
MiIwaukee,s Shade Trees.

0nAOe TOO1.
Milwaukee has 1892 shade trees
on it's streets and boulevards. This
does not include trees In the city
parks or on private property. The
varieties are: Elm, & per cent; soft
maple, 10; box elder, 8; Eastwood,
4; ash, s; poplar, 4. The forestry
department favors elm. Beginning
April /, the department will plant
5000 trees. Of which 1900 will be
elm, 500 norway maple and $50 each
ash and Eastwood. The trees are
planted 50 to 40 feet apart, no tree
being planted less than 20 feet from
d corner. The cost Is assessed to
the property owner. The city speci-
les the variety to be used on each
street, SO as to obtain uniformity.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Set Out Hedge Plants.

There are few homes that could not
be. made more attractive by a frame
setting Of hedge plants, not necessar-
lily a tall-growing hedge that would in
close the %grounLs. but a low-gr0wing
one to mark the boundary Of the home
grounds and add a certain amount Of
privacy. @
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
lone loun
Y Helps Y
CURB BILLBOARD NUISANCE
Rules Adopted BY Kansas City for
the Proper Regulation Of Out
door Advertising.

Kansas City authorities have drawn
mp rules for the regulation Of "out-
door advertising Other communi-
ties would do well to give the matter
careful consideration. Many places
have even gone to the length Of for
bidding the billboard altogether, as 4
nuisance. Whether such a move III
advisable Is q mooted question, but
all will concede that regulation Of
IN sort Is necessary. The Kansas
City rules are as follows:
"No waste OF other rubbish result
ing from any billboard or outdoor adj
vertising sign shall be allowed to
accumulate on or in the vicinity OF
the premises where the same 10
located. #ss8s
Bottoms or all signs shall be at
least three feet from the ground.
mo outdoor advertising shall be
permitted or allowed to be maintained
without an annual license from the
division Of highways Of the depart
merit Of public works"
None Of the foregoing rules shall
apply to outdoor advertising which is
not within public view Of q highway,
public park or reservation; nor to
signs or other devices erected and
maintained iii conformity with exist
ing law. advertising OF Indicating the
person occupying the premises In cues
ton or the business transacted there
on, or advertising the property itself
or any part thereof as for sale or to
let: o to advertising for public pur-
poses nv the. commonwealth or any
municipality thereof.
ANY city or town. by ordinance or
by law, may wholly exclude outdoor
advertising from speciaed districts.
Any license nav he revoked for a
collation. Of any OF these regulations
or any provision contained In the
license.
It Is the opinion OF. the proponents
that q sufficiently large license fee be
required to cover the expense OF
proper superintendent Of this bus
mess, so that 1t will not be necessary
to license great numbers Of these de
vices, In order to obtain suf1cient
revenue to cover the proper expense
Of adequate supervision.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Work o. Y. W. @. A. Abroad.

Work o. Y. ". Q. a. Abroad.
Secretaries of the newly organised
Y. w. g. A. in Kraw0k, Poland, were
surprised recently to have q member
ship card OF the Cleveland CO.,
Young Women's Christian association
presented to them by a young girl
who was on her way to America. The
girl proved to have a sister living in
Cleveland who had taken out mem
bership in the International institute
OF that city, and then sent the card to
the traveller as q guarantee Of a.
sistance along the way. Girls ~
young AZ twelve and sixteen are pas
Ing through the Y. w. @. A. Office -
Poland On the way to. America.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
CHINESE STUDENT WAS CALM
Slightly Disturbed by eoiIed Necktiss
but Not at All by Coming In
portant Debate.

L = only 10 years ago. that Wei
liDgt0n Koo-to whose efforts are
largely attributed the election of
China to the council Of the League Of
NatiOns-entered Columbia university,
New York In definite preparation Tor
9 diplomatic career he specialized y
international Law under Prot. John
Ba1eett Moore. and It wal in this sub
ject that ~ took his Pho. degree. witA
. the1is On ."'The Status q Aliens II
China" He was one Of the most . 9
tive and distinguished Of the Columbia
undergraduates OF his time, says tho
Detr0lt News. Not only was 10 slecs.
Cd 80 the Phi Beta Kappa, tn most
famous q the American college m
tcTnities, but he became editor u chie1
q the Columbia Spectator.
q ! debator, too, Mr.. Koo mAds
his mark among his contemporaries.
IN 1908 his speech turned the Hds -
favor a M own university in . o.
bate With Cornell The story % told
that when the Columbia team reached
1t ne TIE seat u the rival univef.
slty.sm0at ~ if3 members were In
stats =. blue funk, owing % the hisA
reput4ticn q one " their opponanta
This ottack of Nerves was st III heiSAt
when they sought out Zoo.
10 It'd Them, ~ To, an worried. (
have hrOuSht oolyone eyGning dr.
~ Nh me-, and lock at sot116g
yy1aAkN AWAGkANA4ZGN amy Gpa.aAGSH&&$41M
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07

o being used
as roadside dam
ger signals in
place Of the sign
boa r dis posted
and usually ig-
nored, hereto
fore. Conversion
Of a light at q
dangerous curve
or crossing into q
warning signal Is
SIMPLY b mdtIer
Of painting q red
circle, 8 in. in
diameter, on the
proper side
OF the 16in.
globe. As these
globes are carried
by ornamental
l~n~ ~r1nc 10 ~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Indian Chief Drives Auto.

An Indian Chief, Tony Tommy, Of
the Florida Seminoles, who still wear
the garb 81 their forefathers Ii the
6re Of his tribe to buy and operate
1 $50 -
e u0LsfAnn NJ 8 sasssEs 1Sa1ak
lie GEk-- nnsk ,s1E1 EIasz ELL GEsSA
We2 fF0m - vAlage, - Fort
Lauderdale, Of the wheel Of his ma
chine. but with a pair q horn-rtn
glasses % hin only other concession
O. ~ wa5ss of ne palefaces
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
The Really Terrible Thing.

Mrs. Gush-Too bad about your
poor husband getting his arm broken
in your motor accident yesterday. So
sorry.
Mrs. Swagger-Oh. thank you, but
that wasn't the worst; my new hat
was simply ruined.-Boston Tran
script.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Gook After the Trees Now.

Look After the Trees Now.
Industrial communities are prone TO.
u~ndervalue the products OF nature
until It Ii too late. a fine tree, Is the
product Of from 20 to 80 years Of
growth. II cannot be hurried; nature
VIII not hasten her steps at mans
wish. No amount Of money can speed
the development ot any tree beyond a
certain pace. though money can pro
vide good conditions Tor growth. 10
save q tree, therefore, Ii to save some
thing which only 4 generation 81 more
can replace.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Trees BENEFIT Community.

Nothing that costs SO little adds 20
much to the appearance OF a commu-
nifty as do tree-lined streets. Comfort
and beauty alike are served. and there
IL cash In a shady walk wherever
homes are for sale.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
A Moving Question

A Moving Question.
Redd-I. understand that about 05
per cent Of the motion pictures shown
In British India r American produc-
lions.
]Greene-But a the average audi
ence out there tell whether It's an
American pie which 10 being thrown Or
q discus7
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07

high, the red disks can be seen clearly
both in the daytime and when the
current Is on, and have proved more
efficient than the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mechanics Magazine.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-07
Plant shrub Now.

Now y q good time to plan for some
flowers and shrubs around the house.
They are worth the little extra care
they make.