The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-09
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cd the new Methodist church here.
kief-Fire destroyed three local
buildings with.a $4,000 loss.
Steeie--The heavy SHOWS are caus-
ing prairie chickens to starye to death
by the thousands all ver the state.
Minot-Asking $500, q local mar
was awarded ST. damages against d
woman defendant in a SANDER suit.
Fort Yates--Sioux county will issue
$1,000 bonds to finance seed buyers
with 6 per cent loans.
Bisnarck--A woman's auxiliary to
the Fourth District Bar association is
being organized.
Minot-Martin jacobson has been
nominated for register of the Minot
land office.
carson-Hay and other necessary
forage and food supplies are being
carried free by railroads into the
southwestern district Of the state.
Farso-The Co-operators Herald has
been discontinued here and will be
continued as an Equity house-organ
from st. Paul headquarters.
G~rafton-An 1S-year-old parachute
jumper of st. Paul became the bride
of V. G. Omlie, local aviator and vet
eran of the World Wal.
Devils Lake-'Go and Get 1t" was
the title selected in a contest for the
naming of a musical comedy staged by
the local Legion post.
Bismarck-Statistics on poultry and
poultry products in the state will be
gathered this year by the state depart
ment of agriculture. q =
Wolford-Potato booster meetings
here and at Rugby were well attended
and a greatly increased acreage is ex-
pected this year. ,
Minot-Possibly the best program
ever heard at a similar gathering has
been prepared for the State Dairy
mems association when the annual
convention is held here March Z to 8.
Bismarck-That the. color Of our
clothes influences our health and hap
piness is the contention of the fine
arts division of the North Dakota
Federation of Women's clubs.
carrinaton-Of 1874 pupils examined
during January, 1922, rs were without
defects. The report also shows 25
home visits made. ''
Des Lacs-The government paying
a half, Burke county a quarter, and
Ward county a quarter, a new bridge
across Des Laos lake here is practi-
cally certain.
WiIiiston-Three witnesses were ex-
amined, neither counsel presented ar
| gument, and in 20 minutes a jury had
found a local defendant guilty of
gambling.
Hebron-One hundred tons of lig-
briquets produced at the plant here
during the past year probably consti-
tutes the largest output of this prod
uct ever recorded, according to the
federal bureau Of mines report.
Fareo-Federal receivers have been
appointed for the brokerage firm of
Kardos & Burke of New York city.
4 JOllh ou1hC wac thlCC LllhNS SofCAhVI
of this state and for several years
United States treasurer.
c~rosby-Two local bankers were in
a Minneapolis restaurant which was
held up by 10 masked men, each los
ing a considerable sum. Eight of the
bandits were later captured and $4,000
of the loot recovered.
Minot-At a special meeting for
considering further reductions in the
expenses Of operating the city, Minot
officials adopted resolutions that the
municipality Is now being run at
minimum expense.
Minot-More than 1900 church
members in the city we're listed in the
recent religious census, while it was
found that a great proportion of the
remaining 5000 inhabitants are church
attendants.
University-A series of ovens is
being designed here in which Ignite
coal will be used to furnish gas for
the baking of clay products, the resi-
due of the coal after the gas is ex-
acted going to a %briquetting plant for
manufacture into briquets.
Grand Forks-The milk COWS and
hogs have increased in numbers in this
state during the past year, and the
total value of livestock has dropped
off considerably in the past two Or
three years, are the outstanding facts
in the last report on state agricultural
conditions made by A. J. Surratt of
the federal office here, who has been
transferred to an eastern federal po-
sition. Livestock In the state January
! was valued at $87,197 900, as COM
pared with $107, 255,OOO last year and
$513,044,OOO for 1920. This decrease
In value is due more to a drop In
prices than to a dwindling in num-
bers. I
Fareo-Thrilling adventures in Cen
trail American cafes and amusement
parlors are told by Miss Ruth ,Baugh-
man, local girl who graduated with
honors in histrionics and forensics at
the state university and went to Pana-
ma with a party of young people to
engage In entertainment work.
Grand Forks-A marble memorial
altar weighing 24.OOO pounds has
been given a local church. More than
a year vas spent by an eastern art
concern in designing this immense.
statuary, which In detailed carving on
the lower front the scene of 1.-THE