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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
GARAGE HELMS Church,

A church in New York city has
solved its financial problem in o meas
ure by the operation OF a garage which
Is made use OF by it's members. The
congregation consists OF persons who
come. from a distance generally and
dnt,ing the services the street in front
of the edidee was blocked with airs.
Now they are stored In the garage ut
a nominal rate and the money collect
ed II this manner and that received
from repairs and accessories helps
materially In meeting the expenses OF
the church.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13

IN Lindats lap n she was Soobino
Bitterly. ,..
'"Tell me everything you saidl !" she
commanded. 80
II will !" Harriet's voice fell fatty.
II came home to talk it over with
you" But it vas fully five minutes
later that she began the inevitable
condolences. "We talked-Roy and
+" she said, briefly. "He doesn't
belong In my life, now, any more than
I do In his! We simply agreed to a
sort of mutual Winding Of our own
business"
"Thank God!" Mrs. Davenport said,
fervently. "He-he doesn't want to-
he doesn't still feel-he won't worry
you, them she asked somewhat diff
IDENTIFY. Harriet's laugh had an I'M
pleasant edge.
"He is after bigger game than I
am, nowl" she said.
'.The brute!" her sister commented
In a whisper. "It-it is all right,
thenr' she asked, a little t1midly.
"AIl right" Harriet echoed, bitter
ly. II haven't drawn q happy breath
since I saw hfml All that time came
up again, as fresh as II It were yes
terday-except that I have climbed
a little way, Linda; I was happy
was busy and useful-and I had-I
had my self-respecti
And suddenly the bright head was
in Linda's lap, and she was sobbing
bitterly. Linda, with a great ache In
her heart, circled her arms, mother
fashion, as she had circled them a
hundred times, about her little sister.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
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and the
PIPER
BY
Kathleen Norris
Z Illustrations BY .
Irwin Myers .
.Il
SYNOPSIS.

Copyright by Kathleen Morris

CHAPTER L-Harriet Field, twenty
eieht years old and beautiful, 10 the So
cd4l secretary of the fiirtatious Mrs. Isa-
belle Carter, at "Crownlands," Richard
Carriers home, and governess Of 17-year-
old Nina Carter. Ward, twenty-four years
old and inpressionable, fanoies himself In
love with his mothers attractive secre-
taIy. Mrs. Carriers latest affair j
With young Anthony Pope, and the youth
Ii taking 1t very seriously.
CHAPTER IL-Presiding over the tea
cups this summer AFTERNOON, Harriet Is
profoundly disturbed by the arrival of a
visitor, Royal Blondin. Next day. at a
tea party in the city, Blondin makes him
salt agreeable to Nina, and leaves a deep
impression on the unsophisticated girl.
CHAPTER III. ~ Harriet's agitation
oyer the appearance of Blondin at
'Crownlands' is explained by the fact
that hs had been a dlsturbanG element In
her Life ten years before, add she fears
lying On the gullfbility Of the idle rich.
Ae frankly a~nnoHnces to Harriet his in
tsptfon Of marrying Nina, who, as the
daughter Of the wealthy Richard Carter,
u q highly desirable "cat6h." and urges
Der 70 did him; She p s. q sense IN his
power, and after pleading with him to
abandon his scheme agfSAs 10 follow q
policy OF neutrality.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
IN DATE GARDEN
Department of Agriculture Ex-
perimenting With Fruit.
Southern California Scene of AZ
tempted Cultivation of Plants {
. From the Mile Valley.

Z One of the romances which mark
the history of. the United States De
p%artlnent of Agriculture's plant-ex-
ploration work has resulted in bring
ing to this country $500 date palm
ofshOots of the choicest varieties OF
the Nile valley and Libyan desert.
These offshoots, mainly from the
Sadly, or Wahi, and the SeVi varities
were shipped from Alexandria to New
York by Prot. s. c. Mason, arbori-
culturist of the bureau of plant indus
try, who first discovered their sources
In 1913, and are now at the bureaus
date garden at Indio, southern Cali
fornia, according to q department of
agriculture news bulletin. This Is the
headquarters for the date work in the
Salton basin, comprising the Coacheila
valley north of the Salton sea and
the Imperial valley on the south, the
one region In the United States COM
to the successful cultivation of the
choicest old-world varieties of dates.
Fer nearly twenty years the Depart
ment Of Agriculture has been seeking
offshoots Of the large date known to
commerce rs the Wahi. These were
regarded as the choicest dates OBJ
tanned in Egypt ranking next to the
famous Deglet Moor of Algeria and
Tunis, and with this difference-that
while the Deglet Moor produces few
offshoots from which young trees can
be grown, the Wahi is prolific in this
respect, producing from twenty to
thirty offshoots in the lifetime of a
tree. However, all efforts to find the
source from which the Wahi came
failed year after year.
When Prof. Mason went to Dakhla
In 1913, the first representative of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture to visit that historic Inner
oasis" he arrived in the time Of the
date harvest. When asked about the
dates they were sending out in large
quantities, for Dakhla has nearly 200
600 date palms, his desert host re-
piled: '"This is the M commodity we
have for export in all five of these
GASES. This date packs so we'll that
we can send it on the long journey
to the valley" Prof. Mason asked
the name.
I'VE desert people call it the Sadly"
said the sheik, "but when these Be
douin traders get yer to the valley
with it they call it the Wahi."
To this friendly sheik was due the
discovery Of the true name OF this
valuable variety Of date, and the
whereabouts Of 100000 trees in their
home Businesses In the Libyan desert.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
CALL THESE BRAIN TWlSTERS
Try Them If You Imagine You Have
Really Efficient Thinking
Machine.

Most people imagine they think
quickly and can act quickly. But in
many lines Of work it is necessary for
a person to know whether he thinks
and acts quickly, and as proof of his
speed demonstrations are required.
, No class is required to think
swiftly. than men who run trains,
street cars or automobiles.
If you want to test your ability to
think quickly, submit yourself to the
following, which is a test employees of
d American street railway are re-
Quired to take.
With your pencil made a dot over
any one Of these letters, FG II, and
a cross after the longest OF these three
words: Boy, mother girl. Then, if
Christmas comes in March. make 4
cross right here. but if not, pass
along to the next question and tell
where the sun rises-. If you be-
lieve Edison discovered America,
cross Out what you just wrote, but If
1t was some one else, put in a number
to complete this sentence: "A horse
has. feet" Write yes, no matter
whether China is in Africa Or not.
and then give a wrong answer to this
question: "How many days are there
In a week." 80. Write any letter ex-
cept G In this space. land then write
No if 2 times 5 are TO-. Now, ii
Tuesday comes after Monday, make
two crosses here. Be sure to
make three crosses between these two
names Of boys: George. Henry
Notice these two numbers, 3. 5. If
iron is heavier than water, write the
larger number here.... But II. iron Is
lighter, write the smaller here.....
Show by a cross when the nights are
longer? In summer. -. in winter9..
Give the correct answer to this ques-
ton Does water up hill ]" ....@
and repeat your answer here. Do
nothing here, 5 plus 7 Equals. unless
you skipped the last question; but
write the first letter Of your first name
and the last letter Of your last name
at the end Of this line.
An unusually alert person a fiji
In the above correctly In q minute or
less. The average person requires
about a minute and a half.-Baltmore
Trolley Topics.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
Coins as Metric Weiuhts.

In the Valve World, Howard Rich
ards, Jr., notes a little known fact
az to our coinage and the metric sys-
tenn. 1t was shown at the recent an
nual meeting of the American Metric.
association, he says, that the United
States subsidiary currency and the
nickel are legally defined in terms Of
grams. A new Scent piece weighs ex-
actly five grams, and the 10, Is and
5O-cent silver pieces weigh one gram
for each four cents. Two 1O-cel,
pieces will balance one nickel, and
all Of these coins may be conveniently
used as weights or to check metric
scales.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
H7Sn 10 the us9 & psT7dmery III In
rope by the returned Crusaders, who
learned to valne 1t during their traveis
and trials In the easf.
PrIson forum "a InnovatIon.

E35#sN&$ - 49, - W a%S$N@IS
Inmates of Great Meadow prison at
Comstock, N. II, are not allowing their
temporary withdrawal from society to-
interfere with their knowledge OF the
progress of world events. They have
established a prison forum and, en-
couraged by Warden William Hunt,
have lectures on political and economic
topics and conduct parliamentary dis
c~usslons OF subjects selected by mem
beers OF the forum.
The members OF the forum believe
that their organization is the FIRST 30
ciety of it's kind aver formed fiji any
prison in this country. Tt lis conducted
entirely by inmates and has a complete
staff of officials and committees. Par
liamentary rules prevail at all meet
ings and there is an election of officers
and committeeman every three months.
Applicants for membership are inves-
tigated and then acted upon at d bust
ness meeting by secret ballot.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13


Excellent Old Family"
some errand 1 might do for your she
said respectfully.
This courtesy, from a beautiful
young woman to an old one, always an
tagonized Madame Carter. Harriet
knew that she was casting about for
when the muffled thrill of the bell
came to them, and the footsteps of
Ella were heard. Immediately after
ward Richard Carter came quickly in.
He met Harriet at the door.
slow are you, Miss Field? Tell
Nina to hurry; I've got about five min
utesp he said, pleasantly.
"Don't keep Miss Field; she Is max
ing her train l" said his mother, COM
Ing forward under full sail, and laying
both hands about his. "I1l explain
about Nina" h.
Richard Carter gave his mother the
peculiarly warm smile that was espe-
cially her own.
"Wenr on with Ward. eh7" he said,
in his hearty voice. saThat's all right,
then. oh, Miss Field I" he called, after
Harriet's discreetly ~retreating back,
1.-THE cars downstairs. Wait for me
there; I'll run you home In half the
time the train takes. I'm playing In
the tennis finals, Mother"
Harriet, turning for just a nod and
smile, heard 40 more. But as she en-
tered the lift, the girl said to herself,
with q passionate sort Of gratitude:
aOh, I like you You're the only genu-
Inc and unselfish and kind-hearted n
In the whole crOwdf" 4 4 al Il
She went down to the street., and
raw thA small 4 waiting. He wan
driving himself today. With q great
sense Of comfort and relaxation Har-
riet rot into II, and was comfortably
established, and tucked In snugly.
when Richard came down. He smiled
&C seeing her. got into his own aeat:
The machine slipped smoothly into mo
ton, the hot and sordid streets began
70 glide BY.
.Nyer think how illuminating It
would 30, Miss Eisld, AZ we kept 4 list
of the things that are worrying IN
sick, and read en- Over = few weeks
laterf'' 81 S
II suppose sol. the GIRL said, q little
surprised, and yet with fsrvsr. WED
have 4 fresh bunch then, and be wor-
rying away just as hard !"
The spontaneous response In her
tone made Richard Carter laugh.
Harriet was content to enjoy this
restful interval between the hurry and
crowding OF Linda's house and the
currents and cross-currents that she
must encounter ut GroWnlands. She
watched the green country 80 BY, the
trees silent and heavy with their rich
Foliage, the villages blazing with the
last.Juna-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13

Vel, he has enough to ct now
Ward told me that 10 gets three hun
dred dollars for his drawing-room
talks--his interpretive musings he
called them"
well, that" Mrs. Davenport was
still dazed with establishment ana In
dignation. 'sThat really" she be-
gan, and stopped, shaking her head.
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p v.

Harriet slept In the room with Julia
and Josephine that night, or rather
tossed and lay wakeful there. At
about two o'clock the wind streamed
merciful1y In, hot and thick, but
prophetic Of rain, and Harriet, van
dering about to make windows fast,
encountered Linda, ON the same err
rand. When the worst Of the crack
ling and flashing was over, the girl
glanced at her watch. Three o'clock,
but she could sleep now. She sank
deeply into dreams, not to stir until
Linda's alarm clock, hastily smoth-
cred, thrilled at seven, and the small
girls rose with cheerful noise, to let
streams of hot sunshine upon her face.
Immediately after breakfast the
two small girls attacked their Satur-
day mornings work with a ~philosophfc
vigor that rather touched their aunt.
Fred had hurried away after his hasty
meal; the boys were turned out into
the backyard, which Pip was expected
to rake while he watched his small
brother. - -
Harriet's heart ached deeply for
them all as she watched the Jersey
marshes from the car window a few
hours later. Josephine was to be a
stenographer when she finished high
school, and little Julia had expressed
an angelic ambition to teach q kinder
garten class some day. Nina. at their
ages, had her pony, her finishing
school, her little silk stockings, and
her monogrammed ivory toilet set,
her trip to England and France and
italy with her mother and brother
and grandmother. .@>&s
Suppose that she, Harriet, was right
In suspecting that Wards feeling wa
more than the passing sallantry Of
d light-hearted boyfr It would be a
nine-days' wonder, his marriage at
twenty-five with his mothers secre-
tary, more than four years his senior.
But after thatf, After that there
would be nothing to say or do. Young
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Carter would es
tablish themselves comfortably. and
the elder Carriers would visit them ;
Isabelle absorbed an usual In her own
mysterious thoughts, and Richard
! Carter N
Harriet.s thoughts, none too COM
Portable up to this point. stopped here.
and she flushed. She would not enjoy
telling Richard that she was to marry
his son. Those keen eyes would read
her through and through, and while
her father-in-law might love her. and
nee her beauty and charm with all
the rest OF the world, Harriet knew
that abe must begin an actual cam
paign for his esteem on her wedding
day. The prospect had an unexpect-
ca piquancy. She had little fear of
It's outcome. She would make Ward
Carter q wife for whom his father
must come to feel genuine gratitude
and devotion. There would be chill
dren, there would be hospitality and
music and d garden. And Ward
should seriously settle down to his
business. whatever 1t might be, and
show himself a worthy son Of his
: clever father.
why not-why not?. Harriet asked
herself. as she reached Madame Car
ter's pretentious apartment house, and
was Whisked upstairs. She was to
meet Nina here, and she glanced about
for the big limousine IN the curb, no nm
Indication that the old LADY might be
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
No Use Making Noise Like $500.

10 get an interview with j.. IT.. Bar
he requires strategy. A lady journal
Int frem America, unable to reach the
author by direct means, sought out i
friend of his. The best he could do
for her, however. was to make q sug-
gesti0n. Said be, "Your only chance Ii
to 20 to his fat. crouch down ortsids
his door and make 4 noise like q lost
child. Presently he will be moved To
look ont then, II you are quick, ron
might get hold OF him.s-Boston
Transcript.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
TactfuI Solution.

"Loek at the fine clothes she wears,
and the car she rides in! Her husband
must be making a lot more money than
you" .=@ s.s
THAT doesn't prove anything. She
may merely be more ex%travagant than
you, my dear"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
Would Be All Right.

The train was 80 minutes late. 4
man and his wife paced the floor
of the battered station. The man ap-
preached the ticket window and
raped sharply on the counter.
"Say," he exclaimed to the lanky
agent who appeared, we've Got to
make connections at Sage with x, Z.
z. VIII they wait half m hour for q
passengerT"
The lanky agent rolled HID quid
leisurely and eyed the occupants OF
the room as he considered the ques-
ton.
WAL" he finally decided. Il
reckon they'd wait longer than that
fer two passengers."-Kansas City
Times.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
Posted on Foods.

II guess the doctor Is getting back
at me for saying he didn't know
beans"
"Why so?"
He has put me on a diet."--Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal. Pr
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
indoor Gardenlnn.

a southern family. having lost their
maid. pressed into service 4 c0lored
gfrl who had been doing outside work.
They arst taught her 40 nse chs caapet
sweeper Next morning she cheerful.
asked. Miss lame, SHALL i lawn-Iaoear
de parlor gain todayY
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13

More than 800 separate products are
made from petroleum. High explosives
/ distilled from II, medicines, dyes
and even artificial fiayorings-and yet
we have but begun to understand this
modern wonder worker.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
Word aMsnsy. Genes Frorr nosne.

Word 1Monsy~ Genes From nosAe.
The word money b derived from
naonera, 4 name given by the Romans
TO their silver pieces, because coined
n . building on the Capitoline Eli
attached To the temple of Jupiter
Moneea. The officers II charge IL
the mint were called triumyfri none
tales. The Romans first began % coin
silver about go III. q.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
IN Iifess Journey.

Al forty q man doesn't think he
knows as much as he thought he
knew al twenty, but he knows that
lie knows more.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
Uncle Eben

aIts ag'in de law TO buy lottery
tickets, said Uncle Eben. anybody
dat insists on takin' chances kin take
'em In d law suit"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13
canoes sfver 1.557 Niles Lono.

The Gallaas Maiass most Important
river. ii miles tons. and II navl~
gasIe fara hIsfan az $50 miles from
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-13

Tree Kangaroo Lays Eooa
An expedition has gone u New
Guinsa 10 search Of q trpe Kangaroo
which lays eg1s ana hatehss ont ~
ys1ng.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-15
YO0 Hoo, SK|NNAY
COME ON OVER; The
ICE SKAT|N'S GOOD
CLASSY SURFACE OF |. G. M. CA.
NAL FOUR INCHES IN THICK
NESS AFFORDS KIDS GREAT
GOES OF FUN.

The scratching of ice skates and
the yelling of the familiar old cry,
Skinny, shiny" is becoming a regu-
lar occurrence on the old Illinois and
Michigan canal The ice is reported
to be four inches in thickness by
some, while others who have examin.
ed it claim the thickness to be six
inches.
However thick 1t may be the crowds
are getting thicker for skating only
takes a leader to get the gang to get
out their ice skates. Wednesday
morning the neryy ones started test
ing the ice. First they would throw
bricks to see what would happen.
When that proved successful the bra
yer ones started to walk along the
edge of the ditch and with that a
success it was only a few minutes
before the youngsters were darting
back and forth across the slippery ice
in great glee.
With the bravest already on the ca
nal enjoying the yearly frolic, sun
day and next week are expected TO
bring a huge increase in the number
of skaters.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-15
DRAG CANAL FOR BODY
or WOMAN BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED

Chicago, Dec. 15--Simultaneous
Questioning hv thirty detectives after
nearly 100 hours OF almost constant
erllng, police announced today, cans-
ed Arthur Foster. held in connection
with the ALLEGED death of Mrs Kate
Trostell telegraph Office manager, to
change his story Of Yesterday and en-
large it with additional details.
Foster, it was said. told them to
drag the south branch Of the Chicago
river about 100 yards from the spot
where be said Yesterday Mrs, Trostell
committed suicide after a quarrel
with him.
while eearchers were to continue
dragging the river and the drainage
canal for the body OF the missing
woman, Foster was to appear in court
in connection with habeas corpus
proceeding filed by relatives. Police
expressed a desire to hold Foster for
further questioning and indicated they
would oppose the action.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-15
10KOURS' TINE SEES
MERCURY PL. UN GE
DOWN 10 deer EES
SUDDEN SHIFT BRINGS q ABOVE
ZERO CLIMATE - THERMOME.
TER AT S O'CLOCK YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON REGISTERED %.

While most unofficial thermometers
dropped down below the zero mark
last night, the official temperature
gauge of government weather observ-
er, c. j. Markhus, principal of Pleas
ant View Luther college, showed that
the weather did not get colder than
four degrees above zero. Thi; was
a drop of nineteen degrees in less
than ten hours.
At 5 o'clock last evening the 'her-
mometer stood at the twenty-bree
above mark. At an early hour his
morning it had dropped down to bur
above. Moderation during the day
was slow, at 10 o'clock this morning
the mercury only having risen to tae
eight above mark
TWO Below at Dixon.
Dixon, Ill.,, Dec. IA Temperature
of below zero, the coldest of the win
ter, was officially recorded here dur
ing the night.
Geld Is General.
Chicago, Dec. l5.- Heavy precpita.
tion, either snow or rains, in portions
of virtually every state except Florida
with a particularly heavy snow fail in
the lower lake region, giving Chicago
IS first snow CT any consequence this
season and the first heavy snow fall o.
the year in New York, marked the
progress of winter over the United
States.
Chicago's snow fall measured abou,
3ne-half inch. But it left the streets
slippery and three persons were kill
cd and three injured in automobile &C
cidents. Dozens of persons were in.
jurcd, ships crashed in the harbor
and fuel famine threatened as re-
suit of New York's first heavy snow.
storm this year. Extra police were
placed on guard at lumber yards to
keep the cold sufferers from depicting
the Yards.
While temperatures were higher in
he eastern and southern states. il re
mainel unusually cold in the northwest
region. and was colder in the uppei
Mississippi valley southwestward tc
Colorado and the Texas panhandle
SubEerO temperatures were predictet
for Nebraska Iowa and South Dakota
heralding another cold wave for thas,
states. 1t was forecast that the ther
mometer would drop to 10 below
Sleet covered large part of Kansa.
and nOrthwe tern Missouri.