The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-16
Park RiverPlans are being drawn
for 100000 school BUILDING
Beifiefd-Fire DESTROYED the local

Haxen-With wool upward hound,
sheep raising promises to gain III pop
ularity IN the Knife river valley.
Fairmount 50 newly constructed
sewer and water system is being CON
nected with local properties.
Bisrnarck-Practically half of the
school teachers lii this state hold pro
fessional life certificates.
Trenton--The accidental discharge
OF d 80 calibre rifle was fatal1to Emil
Gossline, 28.
Grand Forks-Master plumbers of
the state m in annual session here
this week.
Roita-A large, modern consolidated
school building is planned In Hilton
Minot-Varsous civic and fraternal
organizations Of Minot have united In
q campaign to. bring 100000 settlers
to northwestern North Dakota.
Wales-Miss Anna Christie, former
local girl, now employed in st. Paul,
was chosen over 500 contestants for
queen of the st. Paul carnival.
M~inot-Bonds In the sum of $685.
900 were approved at a recent election
for the building of a new 1o-room
grade school.
Farso-Petitions are being circu-
lated here for the amendment of the
law which prohibits Sunday shows in
the state. -" %@F =
Jamestown-The 1922 camp meeting
of the North Dakota Seventh Day Adj
yentists will be held here June % to
July ?. <#@
Dickinson-PIans to finance the pur-
chase for Stark county relief some rs
carloads of hay were formulated by
farmers, businessmen. and railroad
representatives in conference here.
Mandan-More than 100000 trees
will be distributed this spring to farm
ers in what is known as the Northern
Great Plains area by the Northern
Great Plains field station here.
Freda-Having laid in a big supply
of coal just before the holidays, the
local school board has been relieving
a temporary coal shortage in the
neighborhood.
Fargo-The Democratic state COM
mittee got into action in. convection
here last week and the Republicans
are expected to launch their years
activities soon.
Tappen-His sled stuck in a snow
drift, John Fanta, IA, was found I'm
conscious beside it so badly frozen
that he lost several toes and may lose
his hands.
5ismarek-Local school pupils lost
this year an aggregate of 81 years of
school time because of defective teeth,
according to results of a recent dental
clinic.
5eifieid-The man generally regard
ed as king of the cattle rustlers" of
the western part of the state, w. H.
Hardy, local rancher, pleaded guilty
to stock stealing and was sentenced to
two years in the state penitentiary.
Sanish-That scorpions are native
of this state is the contention of sew
eral persons who have found them in
a coal mine here into which no inn
ported lumber or other commodity was
ever carried.
Observation-Disclosures laymen and
laywomen Of this part of the state
have organized with 1900 members.
taking the name Minot District Lay
mems association of the Methodist
church.
GiIby-The Red River Valley Glover
association is urging that a clause in
the federal bill providing aid for farm
ers in drought stricken areas make
compulsory the purchase of a certain
amount of legume seeds, such as clover
and alfalfa.
New Liepzig-Having increased last
year the 1920 corn acreage in Grant
county by 100 per cent, diversified
farming boosters throughout the
county are engaged in a campaign to
again double the corn acreage this
year.
Fargo-The first full carload of
Grimm alfalfa seed, weighing $4,000
pounds, recently was shipped from
Fargo to the Michigan Farm Bureau
by the North Dakota Grim Alfalfa
Seed Producers association, and the
consignment brought so cent a pound,
Or $27, 800.
Fargo-More than $4,000 farmers
have Joined the U. S. Grain Growers,
according to advices recently received
from Chicago headquarters. Elevator
affiliations have reached 1,O67, and
over IL million bushels Of grain now
are covered by the corporations con-
tracts.
Fargo-That there was remarkable
improvement of business confidence on
the part of farmers and merchants
throughout the northwest, based
largely On recent advances In the
price of agricultural products during
the past six weeks, is the report of
the financial agent for the Ninth Fed
eral Reserve district.
Bismarck-So great is interest i'm
the proposed constitutional amend
ment and two laws providing a definite
good roads program for North Dakota
that the Good Roads association MAS
decided to postpone from June until
the general election November Z the
presentation of these measures to the
voters. :'" ~
carson-Two thousand tons of hay
purchased by the Grant county agent
In the aastprn mart af tho cta4a f. rxn