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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05

The Winner Is He VINO concen-
rafes on His Aim.
3uccesc Means That One Must Maiko
All Sacrifices, Keeping III Mind
the Great Object.

n You desire 10 be IN expert In ta0
game OF life. you must concentrate on
your aim ii an expert chess on base
bali player concentrates on his play
and game. Babe Rrth's skill Lies
lib the fact that he has studied batting
aud great batters. Napoieon's tre-
mend0us power lay In his ability TO
sacrifice everything which conflicted
with the m ~unWavering aim. Nothing
could stand In his way-society,
friends, wife and amusements-every-
thing must give way to his mighty am
birion. To succeed, we must pay tina
price and sacrifice-sacrifice a great
many things we are fond Of for tbs
great aim and ambition in life.
Life Is usually what We make ii, and
we get out of life just what we put
in it. Many great men in life have
made good and were handicapped from
the starr. Voltalre, with his many
fits in childhood, iii all his life; Pope
seWed up In q canvas jacket each
morning, that he might sit up for his
work; Caesar with fits; Napoleon
with fits and the itch; Keats, sickly,
q consumptive; Poe with nerves that
forinented him, yet with all these
things against them. they had the grit
to perseSere until they made good.
Gypsy Smith, coming from a gypsy
tent, with the use of a Bible and die
tionary, has made good as a great
evangelist. 49,
A man must play to win and over.
come everything that would deter his
progress. >#%
Sacrifice makes great men. John
Forsythe, who was the owner of a
large leather company, was hurt with
a number of his g When the am
bulance came. that would only carry
three, Forsythe said 'aThese men must
go first" although he was more Sc
vereiy injured. Sir Robert Sidney on
the battlefield, pushed away the cup
of water, making a wounded private
drink his share. He knew he must
die, but he died showing that even the
love of life had not conquered in his
soul. He realized that the rule Of
life, others must come first
Really great men have ~self-conf-
dence. 1t Is true, great men fail to
accomplish what they set out to do;
but, in the main, they succeeded. The
timorous man only wags his empty
head, and says it can't be done. Bill
McAully is a type Of man that can can
the can't. A few years ago there was
q riot in a little Texas town. The
sheriff sent an s o S call to the gov
ernor to send a troop Of Texas
Rangers. The governor wired back:
Rangers en- route" The sheriff anx-
iously met the train. One lonely
ranger Chill McAully) got Of. The
sheriff threw up his hands In despair.
"Oh, Lord, where Is the rest Of your
OUTFIT he cried. REST, h-lr re-
piled Bill, as he carelessly took a big
chew OF tobacco. You amt got but
one riot here, have your" This Is tina
kind of timber and confidence that u
takes to reach the top and win tina
game Of iife.--Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05

Harold's parents had just recently
moved to town, and Of his little
friends invited him to a party. Harold
went, but did not enjoy himself. The
games seemed so silly, and the girls
were always giggling. and Harold was
not sure that he was not the subject
Of their mirth. He endured it for a
while, but finally slipped from the
room, expecting to leave unnoticed.
But just as he was opening the door,
the little hosts mother saw him and
asked: "Why, what's the matter,
Harold?" 49,
To which he replied: law, there's
nothing the matter with Harold, but
he are going home"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05
Electric Refrigeration.

A brine tank in place of ice. which
by means of an electrical instrument
Keeps a mean temperature in the re-
frigerator, is growing In popularity in
suburban and country places where ice
is difficult to obtain. Its advantages
are that it does away with the iceman,
it gives a dry temperature advanta-
geous for the preservation OF food,
and there Is no slime, dirt or drip as
with the use of ice. 1t is arranged to
freeze q little ice for table use when
thar is desired. It is not an inexpen-
sive luxury, costing about 500 TO In
stall in any refrigerator.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05
where Her Taouohts Were.

89. R#AF X - 10 iH0N1HIo "C1E. @ &
a tall, blonde, handsome fellow, Just
returned from .t0Eer there came in
quite frequently TO see my boss and
naturally I became Interested In him.
One day, during d~ictation, while my
boss was deciding what to say, my
thoughts became eantered around this
Young man, whom, for convenience,
a will call Mr. Smith.
At this juncture my employer said,
sstNm ron please read what I have
said 30 far"
And to my discontinue and hls IN
tense amusement / said, Referring 10
attached letter from Mr.. SnithrIn-
stead ar the correct name.
He laughed and said. so that's
where yoar thoughts nm, younx
wo1aan.-Chicago Irlbune.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05

| dollars to make the agreement bind,
ing. If either of us should wish to
/ withdraw within that time, he was at
liberty to do so by FORGETTING his ante
| of a thousand dollars to the other. II
| neither of us withdrew by or before
| the end of the year, I was to be at lib
| erty to go ahead with my drainage
project, and the agreement bound the
owner to turn over a o~ne-fourth inter
est in the property to me upon the
| completion of the job and the unwater-
ing of the mine.
cat the moment / was under engage
ment to 60 to Peru for a Chicago syn
dictate, and 1 expected to be out of the
United States for at least six months,
and maybe longer. AS it turned out,
the South American job was a lot big
ger than I had anticipated, and for
that reason the time limit of a year
expired q, week ago, on the day that
landed in New York. Yesterday l
called upon the Omaha banker, and he
gave me the cheering information that
my old man vas dead-had died just
a few days earlier" -
"Still, I don't see how you have lost
out" / put in, + ~
'"Wait; here comes the funny, part
of 1t. Mr.. Banker tells me solemnly
that I am remembered in my old gen.
tleman's disposition of some cash lega-
eies made just before his death, and
I'm to have the thousand dollars which
he put up as a forfeit. ! took. the prize
down and spent Some of it within the
next few minutes wiring the old mans
home lawyer, whose lame and address
the banker had given me. / briefed
the situation for the lawyer, said I was
ready TO fulfil my part Of the con-
tract, and asked him to wire me the
name and location of the mine. You'd
never guess In a thousand years the
kind Of an answer I got"
I shook my head.
mo: probably not. What was it?"'
1T was a bolt from the blue, all
right. Mr.. Home Lawyer wired that
his client had never owned a share of
mining stock in his life, that there was
nothing In his papers or records bear
ing upon the subject Of my telegram,
and that I must be either drunk or
crazy. OF course, he didn't put 1T just
that way in hts reply, but that Is what
he meant"
How do Won sort It outsn I inquired.
TIL lawyers telegram | put ii up
that my cautions, s~ecretiye old gentle-
man never told anybody at home about
his mining Investments kept them hi
II separate pocket 80 to speak. Qnife.
possibly he didn't have any other eS-
cepting the one rye been telling yo,;
about, and the one ne regarsjet as i
dead cock It'll the PIT. Thaf would IN
plain the situation nicely, don't yol
think mn
The. story had left me ii bit legged
as Ia the present state and standing
of the thing, md / said 70. ]
Veil. II stacks nh about this way
said Brown-beard. There ls u I,ers
fectly good mine somewhere west of
III that h ororth anywhere fr0m 4
Quarter % i hnlf million. and 1t The
present moment II IN kicking around
without an oeneE. S0 far IN / can ~.
I'm the only man ~ top ~ earth VINO
- claim an my pnf< of &. And |
have no more td4a khnnt n x1an IN fhe
moon where Is 81 &; n1kra11
SsS#M #S
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05

You Can Figure Ne. n You PLEASE,
Spinning tho Mhesi of ons ~ no
Nattiest. Little Boats d the Nortl.
Shore.
have been. at that figuring montent,
Just hbout dueSin San francisco. That
being the case, or the likelihood i tod
died np I'd The telegraph Office and sent
i message. addressing II la care of the
captain AZ whatever might be- the next
steamer due To sail Tor ports Ia China.
Al / said was Your letter wns All
funny Az an hour HI 4 dentists chair.
Bon voyage 10 yion.a
Night. found u still tied to the
Rocklard wharf: and Just as M were
getting up from dinner Id the yachts.
saloon. here came boz xwifh \ tele-
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
TO CHECK THE WAVE OF MURDER.

The death Of Warden Eyerete Nurphy warden OF the oc
penentary for twenty years naturally calls less attention To-
thnos criminal Away, cmineny humane and charitable War
den Murphy strict dspinaran but not believer hr
theory Of Homer among thieves carried 10 extremes lie was ON"
of the first warlenS the country mtr dcc prise reforms 1t
under his regime that men were first taken out OF the cells at
meal time permitted gather in large dining ROOM He
abolished stripes in Joliet and introduced the present gray uniform
The escape OF prisoners from the prison farm, turned nm AGAINST
the honor system but he strong advocate Of the merit system
whereby only prisoners who had good record, w"
the farms lie was sympathy with virtually turning p
honor which resulted dsaSronS under Warden
Allen h OF former warden in the murder OF his "c by
"rusy Yet prisoner could always get hearing Of Warden
Murphy and there any good left prisoner ne stcrcd It
and brought it out
On the day OF his death an open meeting held Chicago by
the law enforcement the American Bar Association the
committee consisting prominent Judges and officials half
dozen states was addressed b such Edward w Sims
president Of the Chicago Crime Commissions Judge John OConnor
Judge Harry Olson, DR. William Hickon Samuel F. hraher Of
the Committee OF Fifteen Charles McCaughry warden
many prisoners and others Each had different ye" Each
presented different remedy Nh agreed however that there
crime situation especially in Chicago and that drastic steps must
be taken The prevalence OF abnormal volume Of crime in
large cities the result mocoddng and sympathy by
msnormed and i'll advised medders said Mr. Sims He then ad
vocaed the establishment d bureau OF criminal records urged that
the penalty for crimes be raised and asserted that statutes making
juries Judges OF the law should be repealed.
The need OF action looking toward the checking OF capital
crimes in large (which with it all which lead
muderl emphasized by editorial in today Tribune calling at
enton conditions in Cook county The Tribune says under e
caption Of "a Hanging Day
"A proposal hang murderer each day in the year would
hOrry most OF us Opponents OF capital punishment would denone
arociy The average and woman would finch from
first greNsome thought Yet hanging day than
murder day9 DO cry against that greVsone toll; We
average killing day Why not corresponding rate of punish
met? If there hanging day, there would be drop
in the murder
"Of course murders in the first degree do high
day, In the number reported s. That than
killing day But with the death penalty confined murders OF the
first degree should need hanging every days, excluding
Sundays, if punishment kept pace with the crime
The year in which there I4 murders, there
three hangngs and only p the penenary. Ten
decrs committed suicide that leaves unaccounted for
"A killing day represents crime product Three hangngs
year the rate which justice pursueS.
mo wonder the killings go and human lie remains the
cheapest Of commodities.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
STORM TURNS MAIN
ST. INTO SMALL RIVER

MarsrIlrs was visited yesterday af.
ternoon by severe rain storm,
which for short time assumed the
appearance of cloudburst. The wa,
ter came in such torrents that the
culyert at the head OF Main street
was unable to carry it all OF, and the
food raised and OyeriiOwed the bridge
and rushed down Main street, carry
ing with II debris OF all kinds
The cellars or easements south of
the X l. tracks wer" flooded, and as
the rain was as heavy in other sec
tions of the country, the safety OF
the levees in East Marseilles seem
ed threatened
The water pouring down the bluffs
made travel SO difficult that Miss
PattiSun OF Fairview had the utmost
difficulty In going from her home to
the telephone Office.
Some of the factories are not able
To run this morning as the water Is
so high the wheels do not turn.
This morning, the city authorities
have their hands full in clearing the
streets OF the gravel, mud limbs of
trees and wreckage of various kinds
left by the subsiding food.
Near Parr hill. the Ivy way is re-
ported to have had the filling wash.
ed out under some fifteen feet of the
concrete, thus causing the read to be
closed at that point.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
TO REFOREsT THE MIDDLE WEST.

April 1920 conference of those interested in reforesaon
especially of the middle will be held in Chicago which will be
attended by hundreds delegates representing practically every
section of the country Among those who have they
will be attendance the governors of Illinois, Indiana Wcon
sin Michigan, Minnesota Ohio and Missouri Arrangements
the meeting being made by the forestry of the Union
League club W. H. Hail. former assistant chief OF the United
States forestry department. informed the that there
than ooooOO OF land this for the
growing crops but that much could be Utilized the grow
trees In Illinois alone he said there
suitable crop raising 1t expected that plan will be eyoy
ed Tor the furtherance the work Of reforesaon especially
throughout the middle
The question OF preserving the forests of the country has
ceed the especial of the agricultural department of the
federal government during the past few years Former Secretary
Meredith called the that depletion had
ed dangerous and critical point and that much
been covered valuable timber being permitted
sink a condition OF virtual waste Secretary Wallace in
last report congress- called attention the fact that has
only 1905 has there been definite national policy
high time he said "Of the than acres
original forest and than half Of the remaining timber supply
is the West Coast which that the lumber
heavy transportation charge before reaches consuming
regions
In various public attention being called the fact that
the timber supply the country being subjected drain
but it orcb illustrated than by the prices which
must pay when his lumber bill presented
of the character of the scheduled week Chi
must surely work for the betement of the situation The
past generation have had thought the present
they wasefuy cutting down the forests but their thougess
and neglect be pleaded reasonable The
pre- ent generation follow along the lines The people of
day must provide timber for the future else than
ton OF thoughlessness will justly lie against them.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
MARKET PRICES
TEND DOWNWARD

Chicago. April l1.-Wheat tended
downward IN price today during the
carly tradings. Dealers attributed the
movement to tendency to decline at
Liverpool ana TO weakness OF foreign
exchange. Buyers appeared to be
holding off pending development OF
some new incentive and it was CON
tended that known bullish factors had
been fully discounted for the present
Opening quotations which ranged
from 1sc to 5sc lower, with May
$l331s to $l.332s and July $l2rl. to
$l.&2&. and July 81 POS to $1.21. We're
followed by a slight rally and then
by downtourns lower than before
Corn and oats were relatively finn
as Il result Of continued wet weather
After opening ls-i4c off to ilc up,
July 633sc. the corn market underwent
slight general sag
Oats started unchanged to CSC high.
or, July +02sc to 4Ol2e and then
elscd down a little.
Lower quotations on hogs led to
some weakening Of provision values.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11

The following were La Sale callers
Saturday: Mr. and Mrs II. L. Dick.
man, Mr., and Mrs William Maoney.
Mr.. and Mrs Stacy Stevens. Mr. and
Mrs, Harmon Fowlie, Miss Vera Gro.
star, Miss Amy Jones, Mrs Ed Flynn.
Mrs. Chas. Hutchinson, Miss Mary
Ann Neary, Clifford Brady, Mrs John
Brady, John Zulian. Claude Brady,
Harold Prentice, Al and Arthur East,
man, Andrew Eastman, Emil Compar-
en-, Harry Stuart and Jack Clancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hyson and
three children of La Sale spent the
week end at the home Cf her mother,
Mrs. Hoppe, on Canal street
Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Snow were
callers in Seneca Sunday.
Abe Pearson visited at the home Of
John Goodwin in Marseilies on Sun
day
Little Elouise Cochran is the proud
owner of a new bicycle.
Mrs. Arthur Isham of La Sale Wis
tied at the home of her sister, Mrs
James Sinden, Monday,
John Newell was an Ottawa caller
Sunday.
Evan Pearson, Gene Hess and Sam
Halett were ottawa visitors on Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cooper Of La
Sale visited at the home of his moth
er here Saturday.
Mrs. Julian Collins and son, who
have been visiting her father and
brother on Lincoln street for a few
days returned to their home in OF
tawa.
Mrs. John Mcbride, who has been
visiting with her nephew, Charles
Roeder, and family Of the north bluff
for the past few days, returned to
her home on ottawa Saturday even
ing.
II. ]. Crawford is seriously i'll at
this writing.
Dale and John Eastman attended
a basketball game in La Sale Satur-
day evening.
Capt. Woodward, Mrs. Hildebrand
and Mr.. Diehl, three eX-service men.
were in Utica Saturday boosting for
T. Essington, candidate Tor state SEN
ator.
The following were La Sale visit
ors Sunday: Miss Frances COndron,
Miss Loretta Clancy. Miss Vera Gro
star, Miss Alice Ames. Mrs. William
Veale. Virgil Holland. Clinton Gard
ner. Martin Lewis Ray Hickey, Tom
Hickey, John Witt, Charles Bray, Her
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
UTICA
WIND PLAYS HAVOC
WITH UTICA TREES

The high wind OF Saturday night
and Sunday did some damage in Uti.
ca and vicinity, blowing down two
telephone poles on West Church
street, near the brick yard crossing.
Five telephone poles near the Mar.
shall Hess farm, north of Utica, were
blown to the ground. also the roof
vas blown of of the barn at the
home Of Charles Raad.ott 4 window
IN the dining room of the home Of
Joseph kin2er Was blown in, going
through that room into the parlor,
where it was dashed against another
window which yas broken into many
pieces.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
Discuss Streets.
House Phone, Black 35.


The city council met last evening
with u full attendance, all members
being present,
The storm of the afternoon natur.
ally caused discussion To be earnest
over the necessity of Culyert in
the alley west of Main street, as the
present means Of carrying OF food
waters are obviously INADEQUATE
A sort OF roll call was made OF all
the dangerous places in town, but
there was no serious damage to he
reported The Culyert under the rail.
road in East Marseilles proved more
nearly able to allow the water to
escape than before probably because
ii was not clogged with broken pieces
OF wood and brush
The question of paving came up,
and the convenience of having an
East and west line of paving was
agreed upon.
The general opinion seemed to be
that this could best be provided by
paving portions Of Washington. I'm.
ion, Lincoln and Clark streets. This
would cover u line from Morris road
to the western limits OF the city.
a resolution was passed comforting
upon the American Legion the honor
OF having custody of the city flag.
The matter OF having the water
main extended on Illinois street to
cover the space between Pearl and
Liberty streets was canvassed, and
though not officially decided upon,
will be If conference with the prop.
erty owners brings the expected re.
suit.
The pay roll and other routine bust.
ness was as usual transacted and the
council adjourned.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
Sheridan

Mrs +. ID. Robinson. who has been
spending the past ten days in Aurora,
has returned to her home in this
city.
J. Jennings of Pontiac was a Sheri.
dan visitor Monday.
Miss Marion Hess is taking advan.
tage Of the spring school vacation to
visit her aunt, Mrs. A. n. Hendrick-
son, in Aurora.
Mrs. +. j. Lewis, who has been re-
Gently suffering Of an injured hand,
is greatly improved.
Passion Week Observance.
Passion week will be observed at
the First Methodist church here this
week, with a series of services. Mon.
day night was rather a stormy one
for the opening service
Mrs. J. Keith of Chicago is a guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs, f. j. Lewis.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
Receives Thanks for Stolen ApoIes

opening an unstamped letter on
whlrh she was Surcharged 8 cents.
Mrs. Hearn, Of Barnet England was
aStohiShed to find an anonymous note
thanking her for some apples stolen
from her orchard. The writer added
that he had robbed her orchard for
hNe years in succession. "The apples
are sun very good" he flushed but
l hope that you will use good fer.
tilizer before next year"
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
An Early Iona Distance ~

The earliest recorded means of con.
VeyIng intelligence rapidly over great
distances was by the human voice.
When the king of Persia. invaded
Greece (4S0 Il. CD he posted senti.
nelS ut suitable distances apart the
whole of the way from Susa to Ath-
ems, by which means news could be
transmitted at the rate of 45O miles
In IS hours.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
Brick Co. Loads Clam Shell.

The clam shell that has been down
at the Utica Fire Brick Co. for the
past year or 50 and used for loading
gravel for the hard roads. was taken
apart Saturday and loaded on fiat
car by Scherer Bros OF Ottawa, pre-
paratory to being shipped to Ccnkers-
vile, near Peoria.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
Stenches for Mine einn,In

lhe bureau of mines has been co.
operating with large mining comnapina
In the perfecting of devices to warn
miners of danger by means of stenches
A vlle-Sinelling liquid is introduced
into the compressed air line and the
odor soon gives its warning tbrough
the nose
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
EIvira Kirk Dead.

Mrs. Q. r. Wemple received a let.
ter from Mrs. Charles II. Weston.
telling her of the death of Mrs. Elvira
kirk, sister Of Mr.. Weston. on April
I. Mrs. Kirk was also sister of
Mrs Grace Kirk Jones Of Chicago.
The remains were brought here for
burial and Inferred beside the hus-
band OF the decedent.
WATCH REPAlRING-Instructions
received from De Selms Watch
School r. l.. FOREMAN. East Main
st, across from high school.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
Warped Doors.

Doors and drawers often swell In
the damp weather, making 1t impos-
sible to open them. Light large
lamp and leave it in front of the Swol-
len article for about an hour, and at
the end Of that time the wood will
have Shl1lnk SO that the drawer or door
will open easily.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
RUCkRIGEL'S ELEVATOR.
First Artificial Eyes.

Artificial eyes originated in Egypt.
At first they were made of gold and
silver, then Of copper and ivory In
the Sixteenth century porcelain was
the substance used, and the makers
advertised themselves by stamping
their names and addresses on the
white of the eye.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-04-11
Walnut Logs Shipped.

Three carloads Of Walnut logs were
loaded in Utica Saturday by Joseph
Gualano and shipped via the c., K.
!. & p to Piqua, o. Tho logs were
Of q very fine quality and were about
six feet long and one foot thick.