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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
REBUkED LACK OF COURTESY
Young Lady Naturally Felt She Had
Rights as the Invited Guest
Of the Driver.

young farmer who lives IN q
southern Indiana county brought a
driving horse recently, and after pom
dering over a name for it decided to
call 1t Closer. 4
A few days later the young man
made an engagement with q young
woman in the neighborhood for a Sun
day afternoon drive. At the appoint
ed hour on the day designated the
young man, driving the horse hitched
to a freshly-paintd buggy, called for
the young woman. They started on
the drive and the horse trotted along
at a satisfactory speed for the first
half-mila When the speed began to,
slacken the young man said:
"Get up, Closer"
The girl Immediately made proper
mantle station of her indignation.
That's my horses name" replied
the youth, apologetically.
well, that's just what / was won
dering about" said the girl. "Who
Is your guest on this drive, the horse
or me !?
"Why, you are, of course said the
driver in amazement. y
well, please do me the honor and
courtesy to direct your conversation
toward your guest" she said with a
smile.-1ndianapolts News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
DRIVERS CAN IMPROVE ROADS
by Driving Over Middle and Other
H.. I'D Less Used Parts.

Drivers car prevent wear to the
surfaces of the roads and even i'm
prove their condition II instead of
driving in n track or on the edge
Of the road they will drive over the
middle and other less used parts of
the road when traffic permits. The
n thing that Is fatal above all
things to road surfaces, whether dirt
or paved, is driving in tracks. which
subjects n small part of the road
surface to all the traffic and damage
that the whole road accommodates.
Traffic should be evenly distributed
over the entire surface Of the road,
and a little thoughtfulness and care
in this respect on the part Of driv-
ers will do much to add to the per-
manence and excellence of our road
ways.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
For the Sake OF Realism.

"sYou are worth q million In your
swn right, are you not?" the aspiring
young author remarked to the beau
tiful heiress he had somehow man.
aged to meet.
"Why yes" was the coldly surprised
reply. "fS.'
"Ah! then will you marry me7'
"No ]" at & W
"Of course, l didn't expect you to-"
he said with a little sigh.
t '""Then why did you ask meY"
"Why I've a character In my latest
story who loses a million dollars in
the market, and l was just trying to
find out how a chap would really feel
losing such an amount"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
HAS An EDUCATIONAL VALUE
0ood Newspaper II Very Much More
Than I Mere Purvayors 81 the
WORLDS News.

The newspapers are made mp by
men trained IN bringing together All
the most important. OF the worlds hap
Jennings and condensing them 80 that
Won can grasp them with little dih.-
Guilty.
II yours II a good newspaper II ~
interesting, for nothing IL really news
that isn't interesting. Read II care
fully. II ii your history Of the most.
interesting Tof all the periods Of the
worlds history-the times In which
you are living.
You can get an excellent education
by reading the newspapers attentively
and following up the suggestions that
come to you while reading them.
II you do not read them, and read
them carefully, you viii always be
rusty and behind the times, though
you have taken all the degrees the
greatest university can confer.-John
Blake In Chicago Daily News.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
GOLFER NOT WHOLLY" BAD
Player Makes Ingenious Defense Of
Those Who Insist on Using
Links on Sunday. is

Chick" Evans, the brilliant golfer,
was talking at a golf club dinner in
Chicago about Sunday golf.
"The prejudice against playing golf
on Sunday" said Mr.. Evans, has
practically disappeared, but in New
England there are still clubs where
the game is not permitted on the
Sabbath.
ITO deprive the modern player"
continued Mr.. Evans, "of his Sunday
golf-the only day in the week that
some men can PLAYS a great hard
Ship,
Smiling, the great golfer added
whimsically:
"And as a matter of fact, doesn't
the golfer remember the Sabbath day
and keep it 'holey T"-Los Angeles
Times.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
TONGUE Glove.

A glove for the tongue has been
newly patented by Galley Guise Of
Riley, Ind. He calls it a tongue
shield" and it is designed to enable
the a to escape the unpleasant
ness Of castor oil or other bad tasting
medicine. ,-. ~
The contrivance might be said to
have the shape Of a miniature slip
per without any heel portion, but when
placed over the tongue Is inverted.
The tongue is inserted into the toe
part and the back part Of the sole"
extends owe the top of the tongue to
ward the throat. r,2
The device is made of thin sheet
rubber, so as to be liquid proof, and
Ia so constructed as to fit the tongue
snugly without discomfort. When
medicine is taken it passes into the
throat without affecting the n Of
taste, so that all unpleasantness is OBJ
Waited.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28

be no impact, regardless of the speed
or weight of load. Since such an ideal
condition is practically impossible, road
engineers recognize that all factors
which increase or reduce the impact
of a load are of the utmost impor-
lance in planning highway construc-
ton and regulation.
The placing of the larger part Of
the load on the rear axle is only one Of
several factors which lead to high i'm
pact forces. In general, the in
creased speed of the truck will In
crease the impact, hence the necessity
Tor Keeping the opsFStssg speed vithin
reasonable limits. Roads kept. as
smooth as possible by careful main
tenance will reduce the possibility OF
trucks exerting impact and pressure
forces upon the highway surface. Cush-
ion n pneumatic tires also reduce
impact and cause less damage to
the highways than those Of hard
rubber, especially if the latter r not
kept in good repair.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
IMPROVED
! ROADS
-ARGER REVENUE FOR ROADS


prepared ~ the United states Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
For . number Of years the general
tendency toward devoting an ever In
creasing portion of the m~otor-vehicle
revenues TO road work under the
control and direct supervision OF the
state highway departments has been
very noticeable. Prior to 1912 only a
very small portion Of the motor-yelicle'
registration was devoted to this
purpose. Ii 1920, 76 per cent 81 the
revenue, o. $77, 531,5s2,57, was applied
to road work under the direct super
vision OF the state highway depart
ments, and In addition $2O,485, 578.04
wal applied to road work BY counties
or other local supervision, but with.
little or no direct supervision from the
state highway departments.
In most states the motor-vehicle
revenues are devoted to maintenance.
and repair Of the state roads 81 other
improved highways. These states
seem to have solved fairly well the
difficult problem Of securing funds
for the maintenance Of the more inn
portant roads under the ever-increasin9g
traffic requirements. Az both the,
traffic and the revenues Increase with
the number Of cars, there apparently
exists d possibility Of so adjusting the
registration rates az to keep pace with
the e~ver-growing maintenance charges.
a number Of the states having In
general but . small mileage Of Inn
proved roads have recently adopted
the plan Ct capitalizing the motor
vehicle revenues and devoting
these funds to road construction. The
states doing this are Illinois, Maine.
Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Utah,
and Wyoming. In them bonds have
been voted or issued for road con-
struction, and the principal, in some
instances also the interest, Is to be;
paid. entirely from the m~otor-vehicle
revenue.
At the beginning Of 1921 there were
still seven states In which motor
trucks we're registered at the same
rate al passenger cars, but in recent
years there has been a very decided
tendency in most states to increase
the fees required for motor trucks
over and above those required for
passenger cars. This increase is
usually based on the weight Of. the
truck and it's carrying capacity, its
horsepower, or q combination of these
factors. The most general practice
seems to be toward definitely limiting
the maximum total road weight Of the
vehicle and basing the registration fee
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
WASTE Oh GOOD FOOD
sudden Cold Snap Trapped millions u
Herring inS Marrow Nsck Of
Alassean. Harbor. .@s

What ID declared BY Captain Brunn
and oflcers Of the steamship North
western 70 be the greatest fish tragedy
aver enacted, to human knowledge, oc-
Cured at Kawack bay, Prince at
Wales. island. January 80, when At q
stroke moro than 2,OOO,O0O,000 good
sized herring lost their lives, q Ketchi-
kan (Aiaska) dispatch to the New
York Sun states. The crew related
their remarkable experience OF sail
ing through miles OF dead fish.
They said Klawack bay was full Of
herring three days before the North
western arrived, when a sudden freeze
caught the fish In the narrow-necked
harbor before they could escape to
sea. The freeze came with great sud-
denness and severity and about six
inches of Ice formed in the harbor.
Millions Of herring at the entrance
could be een dumbly fighting to get
out to SEQ before the inclosed waters
were frozen.
TT may sound like a fish story" said
Mr.. Bradovich, 'but the fact is that
the greatest chance in the world for
obtaining good fish without a stroke
OF work was lost. For days a few
persons tried to put some Of the her
ring away for the summer, but made
no inroads On the supply. The near-
est Indians, who would have appre-
ciated the fish, were 300 miles away.
1.-THE ship had difficulty in navigat-
ing out Of the harbor, Is the propeller
had to do the work Of ~desiccator, and
1t barely made a knot an hour"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Wealthiest and Biggest

There r now nearly six million
people in the city Of New York, and
1t is the largest center Of population
on the globe. It is growing faster
thar London at the rate of nearly two.
to one; London doubles its population
every 80 years and New York every
10 years.
New York's cash balance demands
q sum Of more than thirty million
dollars. and it is the wealthiest city
IN the world. In fact, its total as.
sessed value is greater than all Of the
United States west Of the Mississippi,
and its income exceeds that Of 20
states combined.
Every nineteenth American lives In
New York city, and one tenth Of all
manufactured products is made there.
There are twice as many theaters
IN New York, and three times as many
hotels as / in London.-Popular
Science Monthly.
GI ~ az TWFA HAEM NW 3%E kE4f
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
GOVERNMENT AID FOR ROADS
Up to November I, $72,744,o00 Had
Been Expended, and $121,322, 1913
More Allotted.

Discussing progress in road cor
struction since enactment of the fed
eral aid legislation four years ago,
Thomas II. Mcdonald, chief of the
bureau Of public roads, reported that
up to November 1, 1870 miles Of first
class" highway had been completed.
AS it's share Of the cost the federal
government had expended So, $4,000
and allotted $121,322 1913 more. Other
results of national legislation, MI. Nc
Donald said, had been the establish
ment Of state highway departments in
five states and the reorganization Of
such departments In 20 other states.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
PHREN0L0oY CALLEDk Xix
Nsithsr nBur1psr Nor Fsaturee. II isSj
Noss Asssrtsd, Can Indicate
Character 81 Man.

There has recently been d marked
revival Of the '.phrenology' humbug.
md charlatans are coining money By
examining peoples bumps and draw.
Ing therefrom analytical conclusions
ia regard to their talents and traits
OF character, remarks q writer In the
Philadelphia Ledger.
The cleverest takers In this line spees
cialize IN the alleged study Of pysi.
ognon1y as indicative OF psychic traits.
etc. This sort Of thing goes wonder.
fully vel, inasmuch as the average
person II much interested in his own
face and II what itmay be supposed
to- express. ss*
PHYSICAL anthrDpologists, however.
are firm In asserting that there is
nothing whatever In the idea. There
ts no essential relation between the
features Of q human Individual and his
character--beyond, OF course, the fact
that disposition and temperament may
and commonly do 50 modify the mus
cular structure, especially about the
mouth, as to render the expression In
d'catfye. Thus, for example, a sour
temper 9 + a crafty habit Of mind will
show itself In a persons face more
2 more as he grows older.
a prominent chin does not ~necessar-
tly signify irmness Of character; nor
when exaggerated, does it mean bru-
tality. Story writer's nowadays teach
us that eyes set too close together
indicate slyness and smeanness. There
is no more truth in that idea than in
the notion that q big nose suggests
generosity.
Where beauty of feature Is con-
cerned n might say that 1t depends
fundamentally upon the shape OF the
skull mask. A woman's skull is more
lightly constructed than that Of a man,
and even the texture of its bones is
more delicate.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Radium for Goitre.

pr. A. N. Clagnett, writing in the
Illinois Medical Journal, believes ra-
dunn should be given a trial In exoph-
thalmic goitre, because there is no
mortality, no scar, no pain and only
three o. four days disqualification. Its
advantages over the X-ray are that it
produces nc discoloration Of the neck,
there is less time consumed in the
treatment and it is simpler to apply.
The ~selective action Of radium de-
strOys the harmful cells, while not dis.
turning the healthy cells. Surgery
has not been necessary in any one Of
~ cases extending back over three
years.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
WATER FOR cows IN WINTER
Good Plan on Very Cold Days 60 Hsat
u Dust Enough TO Take Ole.
agreeable Chill on.

The dry cow must have plenty 81
good water and on very cold days 81
winter 4 is q good plan to warm II
just enough to take the chill Oh.
When COWS are forced to drink lee
cold water Ia zero weather they Will
turn away from II before they have
consumed enough to meet their
qnirements, i salt y sprinkled over
the fodder portion Of the cows ration
OF otherwise supplied a. infaryals of3
two Or three times week * viii asr
siist ~ keeping her srstezp "A Soods
tone. 80
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Little AnjmaIs Do Good Work.

-
Though mice and chipmunks often
damage food supplies, and have an
appetite for pine and fir seeds that
interferes much with reforesting
burned areas, their work appears to
be sometimes beneficial. The d.
rector of the Wind River forest ex-
pertinent station reports that much of
the young fir growths of Oregon and
Washington is evidently a product Of
seed buried by small rodents. The
Douglas fir produces q heavy seed crop
every two or three years and the
rodents bury large quantities for win
ter food. Much of this store, lost to
the animals under deep snow or dis
placed soil, remains in the ground
ready to germinate when numbering
clears space for q new forest to start.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
"Maxim corky" a Pseudonym.

"Maxim Gorky" a Pseudonym.
Maxim Gorky," who was reported
to be on his way to England on a
visit to Fl. g. Wells, but is still held
up by the Bolshevist authorities on. the
frontier, is Alexei Pyeshkof, the poet
and chronicler Of pariahs and vags-
bonds Of Russian society.
"Gorky" means bitter" The fUi1
name, Maxim Gorky," may, perhaps,
be read to mean ''the bitterest Of the
bitter" The pseudonym effectively
symbolizes Pyeshkofs attitude to-
ward life, for his fiction Is distilled es-
sence Of the disappointed.
He was not at first a Bolshevik. and
he seems only to have Joined the Boil.
shevist ranks under pressure. Given
his choice between low diet and high
Office, he preferred the latter, which
liz one, happily, that does not require
him to take any active part in the per-
p~etration Of Notwithstanding Age.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Matches III China.

One Of the things that practically
everybody In China can afford to buy
ia a match and as the population is
estimated at 4O0.OOO.O0O, the number
Of matches consumed reaches a great
volume. Chinese manufacturers have
been making matches for thirty years,
blu. they have never made enough for
their own use so that the deficiency
has been made up BY Japanese and.
Swedish manufacturers principally,
During the war when the outside sup
ply WAS cut off the activity Of the
Chinese matchmaking establishments
increased considerably as well as The
imports OF material for match mak..lg.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
s|MahNdD
DMg9Ng D!
REDUCING DAMAGE 70 ROADS
Repair Bills Would Be Greatly Less.
! ened by Placing More Of Loads
Over Front Axle. rs
@0S

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Repair bills for damaged roads
would be much reduced, engineers in
the bureau of public roads report, after
extensive experimental work, II motor
trucks were designed to carry more
Of the loads put on them v e the
front axle and less over the rear
wheels, as at present. In the average
heavy truck Of today the body is near
~ balanced on the rear axle. When
the truck strikes an obstacle or an ir-
regularity in the highway, the damage
done to the road surface by the rear
wheels is much greater than it would
be II the load were distributed on both
axles.
Given a perfectly smooth road sur
face, travelled by a truck with perfect
~ smooth circular tires. there would
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Victim Of Necessity.

Senator" said that statesman's pri.
rate secretary, "a delegation Of lady
lobbyists insists on being seen"
BLESS their hearts !" cried the sena-
tor, In his most cheerful manner, "tell
EN- to line up on the capitol steps and
Til guarantee they'll be e by no
less than half a dozen press photog-
raphers. As for me, I'm busy and posi-
lively cannot see them" !
That's what the senator wanted to
say. s
As q matter of fact, ne groaned
aloud, put aside a batch OF important
papers, and weakly said, "Show them
II. "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
OLD METHODS ARE DlsLlkED
No Longer Produce Results Equal 20
the Demands Of Transports
tion on Highways

kcad-buildihg experts are endeayor-
ing to impress tie public with the fact
that the old methods Of building roads
no longer produce, results equal to the
demands tor highway transportation.
re the highways are to be developed to-
their capacity there must besbetter and
better highways. ENC
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
PROVED POOR "sPoRT'


Ex-Governor Goodrich OF Indiana
said at q dinner, apropos Of the base
ball bribery scandal:
The thing was SO raw that 1t re-
minds me Of the Maori millionaire.
The Maoris, you know, are great
gamblers and intensely fond Of horse
racing. Well, this millionaire get up
q stable and did well. One day, though,
Just after q horse Of his had won .
race, he rushed up to the Judges stand
yelling:
IT protest. I protest
!" But your horse won said the
judge.
81 know said the Maori million
aire. That's why I protest. 1 didn't
want him to win, = s
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
yeysa Take Ur Earmina.

When the Federation 81 Jewish
Farmers n America recently held M
twelfth annual convention II New
York city the fact was brought ont
that there are more than 10000 Jevs
who own their own farms ii me
United States. The totAlS value of tls
land amounts / more than 3CO,oo0.s
O00, while thA n1eehaI3caf equipmenti
- worth an Additionl S10Do14DOs
Most Of the JeRfsh farInerg1 f0f
eignsbofn citixens VINO INV SchieyedI
thor success through personaI thIiIt
and industry N
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Aid ID Highway Research.

engineering departments OF leading
colleges and universities IN this coun.
try are aiding national bodies and ac-
lively cooperating In the work uponss
4 national program az highway y
search. s;
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Money for Coed Roads.

e ! Gooo sHoade.
II is announced in washington that
10 various stateg hare $622,OOO,OOO
tor the building of r~Oads---not. how
ever, for the payment of exorbitant
profits to INSCRIPTIONS CONTRACTORS.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Hauling a Large Load Of Farm Prod
uee Ii opsn-Top Truck, Covered
With Canvas.

80 +@%NAENaSfS.E-4 E41 IENsE $4HaS=1a
on the capacity Of the truck. Some
few states have adopted a scale Of
fees, which in actual practice serves
to make the operation Of very heavy
trucks impracticable.
In Colorado. New York, and Oregon,
In addition to the registration fees, q
state tax on gasoline or other products
used for the propulsion Of motor
vehicles is also levied. In some states
motor carr are taxed as personal
property In addition to- the required
registration fees. IN Alabama, Della
ware, Idaho, Iowa. Michigan, New
Hampshire. New York, Carolina, Penn
sylvania, Tennessee. and Vermont, the
registration fees are In lieu OF all
personal property taxes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28

Total Highway Mileage.
Highway mileage In the United
States now totals 2,478,552 miles, or
ten times the mileage of the railroads.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Road Work in Francs.

Road constructions cost In France
during pre-war years, $13,685 per
mile, but has since then increased $50
to 800 per cent.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
sadly-worn tires Prohibited.

In Connecticut, the use Of badly
worn or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tires on
the highways is strictly forbidden.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28
Heal tVnhbrow.

1T certainly does pay to have an
education" said the mar IA household
goods to the man from the rugs, over
their lunch.
.As to what7' asked the ruggeur.
IVY, this morning woman came.
In and put her ~lorgnette to her eyes
and asked me tor a refuse chalice.'n
'sGood night What's tlat7
.'seeI told you IT paid 70 have an
education. 1 happened u recognize
the woman ana stos know ste had Just
|rnoyed here fr0ma Hostor. So rot
aIxii1,1 exaSflvi
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28

IL no danger OF her doing damage
with her horns. for she cannot move
her head.-Popular Mechanics Mag
azine.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28

.srhe usual kind. ! bslieye."