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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
COMMONS" ONLY IN NAME
Delegates to Early English National
Assembly Belonged Without Ex-
ception to Proprietary Class.

As early as 1854 in England,
knights were called from the shires to
the national assembly to testify to the
taxable capacity OF their districts. Two
from each shire were chosen by the
gentry and landowners.
At first the custom had no purpose
except the desire of the taxing body
to keep in close financial touch with
the towns and districts. But soon
Simon de Montfort, In rebellion against
Henry III, turned 1t into a gathering
to express and discuss grievances
against the king. In this way there
grew up a representative assembly
called the Commons which sat and
debated apart from the gathering of
great mobiles and bishops, called the
House of Lords.e
The difference, however, was no
more than relative. For in this early
house of commons there were no COM
mon men In the modern conception of
the term. They were all men of prop.
erty, many as wealthy and influential
as the great peers, and, indeed, fire.
quently they yer the sons and young
er brothers Of these peers. The really
common man in those days had not
even a vote, to say nothing Of q seat
In parliament.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP

The Christmas. program was held
last Friday evening, a large crowd at
tended.
Mrs. Howard rPice has been i'll the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Peterson visited
at the Aron johnson home Sunday.
Ernest Talcott and Misses Greta and
Goldie Bengston spent Saturday and
Sunday at the P. Peterson home.
A few from this township attended
the Christmas program which was Civ
in at the Renville church Saturday af-
ternoon.
Miss Julia Pixley is visiting at the
P. Peterson home during Christmas.
Miss Maratha Anderson who has
been attending school at Antler, is
spending her Christmas vacation with
her parents.
Anne Johnson is suffering with a
mild Ease of diptheria. At this time
she is somewhat improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Nelson and fam
lily spent Christmas at the Ole Olson
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
Why They Got Nowhere.

A story that harks back to the Civil
war concerns a troop of Confederate
mountain volunteers and their colonel.
They had been sent for by a certain
Confederate town, but before they
could arrive the federal forces were
In command Of the city. The auxtl-
iaries arrived in the night and found
the town deserted. Not caring to mix
unnecessarily wifi the Union troops,
they turned around and rode out Of
the town by the first gate and road
they found. Before them stretched q
fine smooth highway and they took to
it for all they were worth. They rode
all night without passing any villages
or signs of civilization. The country
side seemed not only deserted, but de-
molished as well. When the SUI peeped
over the Blue Ridge mountains the col
onel drew up suddenly. whats the
matter, subj" asked the lieutenant.
Dammit, suh," roared the colonel,
we've been galloping around a race
track all night."-San Francisco Ar
gonaut
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28

lend Germany two billions o dollars.
That, as 8 prop OF bride, ought to hold
Germany ii line and prevent the Rus
sian idea from seeping la and taking
ultimate possession.
It may work. Certain it is that If
the present system of capital is to con-
tinue it must be prepared to make such
sacrifices as it has never vet made. 1t
faces a new idea, that Is as young ard
vigorous as capitalism is old and
hoary.
The struggle will be interesting to
watch. 1t took centuries FOR the present
sytem to destroy and supplant feudal-
ism. 1t took other centuries for Chris
tianity-maligned as a religion that
sacrificed human blood and practiced
the most horrid orgies-to arise and
overthrow heathendom.
It is a sore pity we can not all stay
and see the great drama, whose pages
are but now opening, to its close. But
such is our mortality-that we and
our children will be dust before the
old order gives place to the new .
The two billions that we have been
robbed of-in hghi prices for food,
fuel, steel, clothing and necessaries Of
life-are to be used to hold back the
hands of time and prevent the coming
within our time of what will some day
come. 1t may look uncouth and mis-
shapen now. 1t is rough and unfin-
ished. But when Old Father Time
smooths it out on his grindstone of the
years, it may turn out to be a bright
err jewel than the world has ever
known. For the comfort of our great
grandchildren-let US hope so.-Cour-
ier-NewS.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
CHILD LABOR PROTECTION

Labor, whether organized or not
a give wholehearted support to the
child welfare program proposed to the
coming Legislature by the North Da-
kota Children's Code Commission" de-
clares Mrs. Margaret Froats of Grand
Forks, a member Of the commission.
Child protection has been a cardi-
nal principle with progressive labor
movements everywhere. Labor has
wrought nightly in obtaining better
conditions for child workers and in
protecting those who should not work.
Therefore, the commissions bills to
strictly protect children under ID years
from undue labor, III safeguarding the
older mes who work, in improving
school facilities, in building bulwarks
to strengthen the home and in caring
for unfortunate parents deserve the
support Of labor everywhere.
IF the commissions program is en-
acted into law it will not Only care for
the defective children who need special
treatment and special safeguarding
altho that is a large part of the plan.
It will give every boy and girl IN the
state, normal as we'll as defective, a
chance for normal childhood. 1t will
forbid, thru the IA years age limit,
undue work in the years when a child
should be going to school and develop
ing thru play. 1t will help to safeguard
others up to Is years. 1t will keep
child laborer from unhealthful and 9TH
er employments that may have an I'M
moral effect. The compulsory school
attendance law will give all a better
chance for an education. Moreover,
that school attendance bill-which
makes completion of the 6th grade,
with a maximum age of IS for attend
ance the rule will help many a back
ward boy and girl to a better educa-
ton where the present law for mere
attendance up to II years regardless
Of results so often fails to solve the
problems.
Our proposals do not interfere with
work on the farms or in the home so
there can be no criticism on that
score.
Labor is, of course, interested in
the general welfare and social and
moral uplift features as we'll as the
special labor aspect of the case. | hope
every public spirited citizen will urge
his or her Legislators to support the
program"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
RUSSELL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. HI. F. Balm left Sat
urday morning to spend Christmas
with their daughter Hazel at Leeds.
The pupils of the 7th, Sth and high
school rooms were entertained at 8
party given by their teachers at the
school house Thursday Dec. 21st. The
young folks all report a splendid
time.
Hot lunches are being served at the
school for those coming in from the
country. The pupils all vote Miss Kla-
DO a splendid cook. Who washes the
dishes? Ask Viveiene.
Mrs. Carpenter, who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. F. Goheen, left
Saturday for Jamestown, n. D. where
she will visit with other relatives.
Lucille Maier, who is teaching at
Gardena and G~enevieve Hertel who is
teaching at Anamoose are home for
holidays.
Misses Klabo and Stuart, teachers
in the public school are spending their
vacations at their homes.
Helen Maier is enjoying a visit from
her friend Gladys Wolf of Lansford.
Mike Hieder purchased a new Ford
from c. R. Gleason last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fystrom of Westhope
are spending Christmas with Mrs. Fly
strom's parents, Mr.. ard Mrs. John
Miller, south of Russell.
Frank Ira made a business trip to
Minot last Tuesday.
Misses Helen and Mildred Holton
are spending their vacation with their
parents at Ryder, N. D.
Miss Ruth Knudson is visiting at the
Geo. Goheen home.
Messrs Ivan ard Clayton Goheen are
spending the holidays at Ambrose.
Gladys Goheen and Lenora McFar-
land are home from Minot spending
Christmas.
Walter Bingenheimer left Friday for
st. Paul with a carload of hogs.
A large crowd attended the COM
munity Christmas exercises and were
treated to a splendid program. Santa
was there and did his full duty.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
LEWIS TOWNSHIP

=TE-N&8EpE"E.
W. Thomas is helping Tom Treaster
build "a barn.
There is to be a Christmas program
and pie social at School No. 2 Thurs
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spencer were
shoppers in Maxbass Wednesday. Y:
C. w. Stokes was a caller at the
Henry Rush home Sunday.
Alexander Stewart is driving the
school bus il Hastings township this
week for Leslie Romine. s%. y n 1t
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Vanhorn and
daughter Marion were Maxbass shop
pers Saturday. t~% vi. r
Adolph Jacobson visited with his
brother George a few days this week.
, Mrs. Robert Lewis returned last
Saturday from her visit OF Minneapi-
lis. f.. <~%E u %<
Miss Mildred Hall, who is attend
ing the Minot Normal is expected
home this week tosspend the holidays.
Miss Edith Treaster is working for
Mrs. Foubert in Maxbass this week.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
PROGRESSIVE SENTIMENT
GROWS

In 1920 President Harding went in
TO office on a landslide which gave
to the party not only the presidency
but more than two-thirds of the House
and nearly two-thirds of the Senate.
{ The Republicans have had everything
then own own; they could pass any
law they wanted to pass and repeal
any law they wanted to repeal. Their
responsibility was complete and the
country has held them to strict &C
count. The congressional election of
1922 was a landslide for the Demo-
Gratis, almost equal to the Republican
landslide in 1920. A landslide differs
from a victory in that in the former
the success is greater than was en-
pected by the victors. No Republican
would have admitted in advance the
possibility of such a defeat as that
administered to the party and few
Democrats would have dared to claim
such a victory as that won by their
party.
The Republicans lost rs seats that
they held in the last congress while
the Democrats lost not a single seat.
In the Senate only two Democrats lost
while the Republicans lost s, a net gain
of 6 for the opposition. These figures
do not give the full measure of the
reaction against the Republican par
ty.
Aside from the losses to the oppo-
sition, the progressive Republicans
gained at the expense Of the reaction
aries. Brookhart of Iowa, Frazier of
North Dakota, and Howell Of Nebras-
ka, augment the progressive siren 9Th
in the Senate, so that progressive Re-
publicans hold the balance Of power
in both houses. The only western
state in which the Republicans held
their own were the states in which the
progressive Republicans secured con
troll of the party machinery.
II the progressive Republicans have
the courage to use the power which
they have Won, they a prevent the
organization Of both houses by the re-
dictionaries, and make themselves
masters of the situation. The fact that
the p~rogressives do hold this balance
of power will tend to strengthen the
progressive element in both Of the old
parties. The Democrats, by proposing
progressive measures can secure their
passage with the aid Of progressive
Republicans, and the reactionary Re
publicaLs can only secure legislation
by framing their measures along pro-
gressive lines.
November seventh was a great day
for the plain people; it illustrated the
possibilities Of popular government.
When the people awaken to the need
of reform they have it in their power
to remedy abuses and to safeguard
their rights. When the masses look
back to the unprecedented majority
recorded in favor of the Republicans
two years ago and behold the wreck
age of last moEth, they are inspired
with new hope and new confidence in
our form of government. "Weeping
may endure for a night, but joy COM
eth in the morning."-W. ]. Bryan, II.
The Commoner.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
SOURIS NEWS

Geo. Fairweather and children of
Montana are visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Eckland of
Fargo are visiting relatives here.
Otto Thorson spent Christmas with
his parents at Willow City.
Merle Obs returned Monday evening
from Rock Lake where he spent
Christmas with relatives.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Van Fiegel and
daughter spent Christmas at the home
of the lady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
JOS Hembroff.
Marguerite Hood is home from
jamestown College for the Christmas
vacation. ..
Ethel and Bertha Brainerd arrived
Friday evening from Jamestown to
spend Christmas with their parents.
Lawrence, Vetta and Flossie Hem
broff returned Friday evening from
Minot where they have beer attending
school.
Margaret and Lawrence F~airweath-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28

Christmas vacation.
Miss Alta Bjarnseth returned home
from Minot last Thursday to spend
the Christmas vacation with the home
folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Torgerson and
children were dinner guests at Knute
Rude's Christmas day.
Mrs. Oscar Aasness left for Moor
head, Mimi, last Saturday where they
will visit for sometime.
The Vinje Ladies Aid will meet at
Andrew Torgerson's Thursday Jan.
4th. III ~. !
Lars Sivertson has been on the sick
list for sometime.
John Olson is visiting at the Oscar
4Aasnes home. n =
Miss Edith johnson returned home
from the Shirley Hotel last week
where she has been employed for some
time. ,".
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
The First National Bank of Boftineau
Botineau, North Dakota Ill.,.

a sleigh load of young folks went to
MI. McCann's home and had a very
good time dancing for a few hours.
Hope Talcott is spending the holt
days at home.
G. Kormann and family spent Fri
day evening with his son Walter at
Maxbass.
The first meeting of the Bentinck
Literary Society will be held January
~.
Sorry to say that Mrs. Bert Benson
has been very i'll the past week and
she is at this time no better.
Mrs. William Steirhaus is visiting
with her parents in the mountains.
Wonder how Bill likes patching?
Miss Mildred Ward is spending her
vacation at home.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28

er returned Friday evening from
jamestown College for their Christmas
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gluck and children of
York spent Christmas at the Carl
Roiding home. Z ~
Prof. VIM. Wesley left Friday noon
for his home at Hannaford.
Lewald Mork, Arthur Moen ard LYLE
Rogers are home from the University
Tor their Christmas vacation.
Bella F~airweather of Westhope
spent christmas at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Patterson and
son of Westhope spent Christmas at
his home here.
A baby girl arrived at the Martin
Hendrickson home Dec. 21st.
Alex Dorr. spent Christmas with
friends near Landa. Next time Alex
wait at the depot and avoid missing
the train. 49,.
The Edgerton girls who are teach
ing at Overly returned Friday eve-
ming to spend their vacation with their
parents.
Our community was .saddened on
Christmas morning by the death of
Ole Bachman. Mr.. Bachman had been
a sufferer of asthma for many years
but up until a week ago had beer &C.
tive. Besides his family he leaves a
great many friends to mourn his loss.
Emmanuel Bachman arrived Tues
day evening from Minneapolis, called
here by the death of his father. Oscar
had arrived a few days earlier and was
with his father when the end came.
: Bella Kornkven spent Christmas at
the home of her parents near Carbury.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Geo. Giese and
daughter Ethel left Saturday to spend
Christmas with his parents in Kansas.
Ida Gustafson is spending the holt
day vacation at her home near here.
! At this writing Grandma Fairweath-
er is very sick.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28


home near Mohall.
Mr., and Mrs. P. Peterson spent
Christmas day at the J. F. Talcott
home in Bentinck.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Price were guets
at the r. P. Schroeder home Christ
mas.
Clifford Bartch spent Monday at the
FR o. Feland home.
Mrs. Ole Dokken and children spent
Tuesday at the August Nelson home.
Lester and Vivian Seth spent Sun
day at the Huskins home in Bentinck
township. .
Miss Marie Stensland arrived home
from Grand Forks to spend her vaca-
tion.
Miss Nora Feland spent a couple of
days at her home this week. She re-
turned to Rugby Tuesday morning.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28

The past week the weather has been
very mild.
Miss Olene Jacobson gave a very
good Christmas program in school No
8 and a large number were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman, Mr.. Sannes and family and
REIN and family spent Christmas
day at the John Talcott home.
After the program at school No. 3
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
A BILLION o

Capital in the United States-now
the greatest capitalist country in the
world-fearful lest the communism Of
Russia affect the rest of Europe in its
enfeebled condition, and thus bring
about the overturn of the capitalistic
system in Europe, is now preparing to
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28
HOMEN TOWNSHIP

The Christmas tree and program in
Vlnje church was very we'll attended.
Miss Ann Hunter left for Bottineau
on Friday where she will spend her
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-28

Monday TO spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 4. ]. Rid
die.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-15
LANDLORD WANTED TOO MUcH
Under the Circumstances, Few Men
Could Have Been Expected TO
Carry Out Threat

K "Sir," said colored man who en-
tered police station, II came here
to tell you dat was gwine to suicide"
For what reasonT asked the seq
geant at the desk.
'Bekase dar was no mo- Joys III my
house. Am 1t agin de law to jump
into de river?"
mo, not exactly" was the reply
"But If you get out again that 10
against the law, and you also get very
wet and apt to catch cold over II,
You had best find some empty 90
house and shoot yourself"
Eyes, sir, dat am de way" aBswsrs9
the colored man. 24T
He went out to return In an bouS
to say: t6
''You see, didn't suicide after all
found de empty house and also f0ue0
de landlord dar, and he wanted 80 o
month rent and $40 extra fur hcldf1
an inquest"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-15
Whole System Is
Benefited by
Tanlac

thousands Of frail nervous people
and convalescents everywhere have
testified to the remarkable power Of
Tanlac in bringing back their health,
strength and working efficiency. II
seems to quickly invigorate the consti.
tuition, and Is powerful foe Of weak.
ness. Mrs. George G. Owen, of Salem,
Oregon, says:
"My nerves were upset and the little
I ate wasn't enough to keep up my
strength. 80 I lost weight and became
so weak 1t seemed I had no energy at
all. Tanlac restored my health com
pletely, and gained twelve pounds in
weight"
There is not single portion Of the
body that Is not benefited by the help
full action Of Tanlac. 1t enables the
stomach to turn food into healthy
blood, bone and muscle, purifies the
system and helps you back to normal
weight. Get a bottle today at any
good Observation-Disclosures.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-15
D I! / sSsa | ! | !
~ -6S% cXO
NARY GRAIAM BONNER
BIRDS HOUSES

Many of the trees in park had TO
be cut down. Some of them were tot
tering and would be dangerous If left
up and Others had been so hurt by
storms that they too had to come
down.
The wood would be used for many
things and the park would be better
and safer after this work was done.
But many of the birds and squirrels
were nervous. They had homes In
these trees and they did not know
what they would do.
Some, too, were planning to come
back and make homes in these trees
and in some of these trees were houses
for birds which had been put up there
before and which now would have to
come down.
Oh, the birds were really quite ner-
vous.
ut is the housing problem, as peo-
pie say" they sighed. "Ah, 1t is a
terrible problem-the housing prob
lem. Whatever shall we do?
"We are used to these houses. We
are used to these homes.
1--WE know the neighborhood and 1t
Is so much to be pleased with neigh
borhood and to feel at home in it.
what are we going to do If there
Is this housing problem, or housing
question:"
1t seemed as though magic messen-
gers must have gone straight from the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-15
10 Cents
Gives Cheerful New Color Tone to Old Curt
SIMPLE MATTER TO ARRANGE
All Colored Woman Had to Do Was
to Go Home and Wait for Her
Next Husband.

A colOred woman entered a police
station and asked the sergeant at the
desk:
Does you gin any advice here"
Sometimes we do" was the reply.
"Den l want you to gin me some. l
has got husband, but he don't amount
to much. He has got it in his head
dat he wants to go up in de air wild
one of dose flynn machines. If he gees
up am he liable to fall?"
"Yes, he Is sure to-" replied the
sergeant.
"An' will be killed."
"Yes, certainly he will be killed"
"An den l will be widow"
"Yes."
"An' arter var some smart Guild
man will want to marry me. Now,
den, would you encourage my husband
to fly?"
Eyes, think So"
"All right, den," said the colOred
lady as she made for the door. 81 will
go right home an encourage my hus-
band to go up among de clouds an
den I will sit down and wait fur my
next husband. Exchange.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-15
CHANGED HER MIND SUDDENLY
Small Runaway Probably Had Good
Reasons for Withdrawing OBJ.
jections to Going Home.

Geneva, age three, had run away to
visit her aunt, who lived across the
street. The aunt visualizing accidents,
in which figured little children and au-
tomobiles, lectured the little girl.
Then the aunt announced her inten-
ton of taking the runaway home at
once as punishment. All entreaties
were In vain, the little guest was going
to stay, and finally her aunt picked
her up, her burden strenuously OBJ
jecting, and started to the door. There
the little girl saw her father just leav-
ing his home on the trail of the fu-
gitive.
Geneva's strident cries Of objectien
died away as she stammered, IL
must hurry back."-Exchange.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-15
Couldn't steal His Thvnder.

Little Michael had been on a visit
to his grandmother, who had not been
very well.
His father had come to take him
home and Michael as he was leav-
ing, felt that he must be polite.
SO he looked up at his grandmother
and said:
"Good-by, granny. ! am SO sorry
you have been Ill !"
"And I'm sorry, tool" his father
put in.
Michael felt that this lessened the
merit Of his remark. So he con-
tinued:
"But my sorry Is much bigger than
his sorry, granny"