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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

many a steer, broke many a pony's
leg, left many a rider lifeless on the
ground.
After every night stampede there
was a counting Of human noses. Ih1s
was done with anxiety which always
was as tender in spirit as it was nip
pant In form. The riders, returning
M by one during the next days
morning hours, came into camp, and
an atmosphere Of banter-banter
which, in Joking phrases and with
several participants, ran on one oc-
casion somewhat as follows. "Hulloa,
Shorty, where'd you come from!
Thought you was dead. . .
Where's Badly? Guess he's gone of
to git married. . No, he amt
Here he comes. . Everybody's
In but Jack and Skinny. They must
a ridden all the way to Omaha. . q.
There's Jack now, comm up over the
top Of that RISE"
The banter suddenly ceased, for,
as soon as Jack had come completely
wei the top Of the hill and into clear
view, he had begun to ride rapidly in
| q small circle. This was one of the
equestrian Indians two signals Of
important news or of request for
strangers to advance for parley, and
was often used by whites as a mes
senger of like import or Of serious
| tidings. At the first circle, some one
remarked "Mebbe Jacks playing with
a RATHER. No, he amt. There he goes
again. He's shore signalling" while
some one else added Jack wouldn't
do that for no cows. It must be
Skinny" The camp had risen to its
feet and started for the tethered
ponies.
Suddenly there foated down the
breeze three faint sounds evenly spaced.
The wind had shifted, and its new
course straight from Jack to the camp
giving promise that sounds would
carry thither, he had used his gun.
The camp gasped, my God, it's
Skinny" and then the foreman said.
with machine-gun rapidly but icily
quiet tone, pete, quick, get them two
ClCdu SIlALo LAhL uHyLuS vi I1C
wagon tongue. We may need 'em for
bandages." Nobody mentioned any
thing about a shovel, but a collision at
the wagons tailboard and the sound
Of rasping metal showed that three
men instinctively had sought for the
sometimes sad utensil, and that 1t
was In hand.
In rapid strides Of exaggerated
length the p~unchers approached their
horses. One beast SHE'D away, but
stopped the instant there rang out
with tinny sound, Damn you. Bronc,
quit that" and thereafter the brute
crouched and trembled and made no
opposition to taking its bit and sad
die. Bits were driven into horses
mouths like wedges into split logs. Nc
effort was made to gather In einches
and offside latigos, to lay them atop
the saddles, and to place the latter
gently on the ponies backs. The sad,
dies, each grasped by horn and camille
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

discovered that they could collect this
Invisible something into a bottle and
reduce II TO liquid form. In some
eases, e they put q Light to It, ii ex-
ploded violently. Since It was invisible
and yet powerful, they thought ii was
4 spirit. and thus named 1t 'ssplrtts..s
That q why such terms 40 spirits of
inter, q Spirits Of canphor,s etc, arr
still used today. Eyen the word agass'
comes from d similar idea. tn dis-
coyerer, German, thought II was 1
splrft and cailed II '.nelst' the G@nau
n1ns AZ sDirit-h~ncs ~.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
Roman Lamps Dug Up In Enoian

Roman Lamps Dug Up In England.
In the course Of the operation for
restoring the foundations to the
cathedral at Winchester, England, the
excavators discovered some interest.
ing relics Of the Roman occupation.
Thirteen vases and lamps were un.
earthed. One piece vas an excellent
specimen of pottery, intact and in per.
feet preservation. The lamps are OF
the type known as "the lamp Of learn.
ing and resemble In shape a gravy
boat with a spout at one end, from
which the wick protrudes, and .
handle at the other.
The vessels are made Of iron and
though discolored with age are un.
broken and In an excellent state OF
preservation. r.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

An absent-minded man paused In
the middle Of the road. His face bore
the PARKWAY expression of a poet. A
motor bus driver, whose patience was
rapidly becoming exhausted as be
slowed down to let the dreamer cross
the road, leaned from his seat and
said with a polite drawl: =
"Er-Mr. Shakespeare, would you
mind telling me what are your plans
In connection with this matter Of
crossing the street, q -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

materials OF which rocks, minerals aud
other substances are composed.
They called themselves 4Herpnetic
Philosophers. II they melted the
mouth of d glass tube 10 as Y close
II, II WINS spoken Oh IN secured With
a..Hernes Seal Even today one
speaks lof q bcttIe, " jar which Il Mr.
t1oht N being Theoretically aeaied.s
One ok the 6rsf thinss thess original
ehemisfs discovered VA fhat III heat-
ine sosne snbsfances inch - niteF ~
ealtpStm. ~ drose sonpethlne ont of
ln yhieh sas isyt1lbl&g 1ss alSo
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
United states Land Of Phones.

At the end o. 1921 there were 10,
$4,000 telephones In residences and
places Of business with which any
Bell .sysem telephone can be ION
nected. The United States, with only
one-sixteenth OF the population OF thu
world, has two-thirds Of the worldf
telephones. The average daily ex.
change and toll connections amounted
to more than 35,0O0,O0O, Or q total d
l2,OOO,OO0,OOO calls for the year.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
Perfectly All Right.

Doctor" said the business man, II
will double your fee If you will pre-
scribe for my wife a summer at the
s%eashore.
"All right; I'll do 1t at once"
"Fine! What had you intended to
prescribe for her?"
"A summer at the s%eashore."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
4Jm something 81 4 Liar MyssIf.n

Fiji OU1sT0kuFHD " Ill Wy10IIs
"A bit OF American %colloquial humoI
applied TO anyone suspected of play.
lng Aunchausen. The story runs thu,
certain Yankee who had told I
marvellous tale of adventure turned
around 10 4 Scotchman IN the com
pany ana asked II he were not aston
tshed. ma, il, was the answer. sI'n
"a that. I'm tomething of q leear my
II s-Chicago Journal,
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clutched against q riders chest.
There were jerky, vertical single
mods of heads, Jack supplementing his
W nod by n later, slow, horizontal
turning of his head to right and then
to left. A gentle sigh rose from the
arriving punchers, two hands impo-
tently opened and let two shirts flutter
to the ground. Jacks inquiring look
was answered by Ike's slight raising
Of the handle Of the shovel, which thus
far he had endeavored to conceal. Then
came the first spoken words. Jack
commenced the conversation, and in
part 1t ram: Hes up at the end Of
the big draw, right by the split rock.
Went over that high cut bank, him
and a mess of cattle. Hes lynn un-
der 'em. He never knowed what hit
him. . . . No, / warn't with him.
Just now seen his sign as I was com
ing acrost. l seen it was headed for
the cut bank, so I chased over there"
The foreman added: We'll, boys, let's
get at it."
Then the little funeral cortege, hav-
Ing silently smoked a cigarette or two,
fell into juggling trot and headed for
the big draw. VIZ
The funerals Of the men who died
In this way, Of many Western men,
were deeply affecting from their crude.
sincere simplicity. About the open
grave, which was at merely some
where on the plain" would gather q
serious-faced little group. The body.
wrapped In a saddle-blanket, would be
lowered gently into It's resting-place,
and then would come d pause. Each
attendant strongly wished that some
appropriate statement might be made
either to God or about the dead; but
each man felt himself unequal to the
task, and stood nervously wiping his
forehead. Perhaps the strain wrung
from some one person q sudden ejacu-
lation. If so, the requirement for
utterance had been satisfied, and all
the mourners felt a buoyant sense Of
relief. If nobody spoke, some wander
ing eye fastened on the shovel.
When the flled-in earth had been
pounded to smoothness and had been
overlaid with rocks. as q barrier to
marauding animals, # was time to
leave. That parting would not be
accomplished or even begun until there
had terminated the strained, awk-
ward silence under which most Ameri-
can men cloak their deeper feelings.
The silence usually WIS ended by an
expression spontaneously emitted from
o~verwrought nerves, and often pro-
fame In form though not In intent.
At the foot Of one of the noblest
peaks In the Rocky Mountains lies a
grave. Its occupant died In a stam-
pede. All that was said at the inter-
ment came out hesitatingly and az
follows: Its too bad, too bad. Tom,
dig a little deeper there. Hell, boys,
he was q man." and presently, when
the burial had been completed, "BiIl,
we boys leave you to God and the
mountain. Good-by, Bill. Damn II,
Jim, look out for your bronc."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
His Secret of Success.

We know a man who is noted for
getting along well In the esteem Of
his employer. When asked how he did
1t the man replied: swell, I always
consider that the boss is right, ever
when he is wrong."-Howard (Kan.)
Courant.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin

Cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin
When red, rough and itching, by hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then of that exquisitely scented
busting powder, Cuticura Talcum, one
of the indispensable Cuticura Toilet
Observation-Disclosures. .rs~t
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
Use TRACToRON
TRIP TO CANADA
Party Of Settlers From United
States on Way to the
Land OF BID Crops.

settlers on their way to and through
Canada do not always rely on the
railroads for transportation. Here,
Q instance, Is 9 photograph OF a
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

fenced ranches. But 1892 saw the
end Of the "Open Range and the hey
day of the cowboy.
Anyway, Philip Ashton Rollins in
his new book, The Cowboy" speaks
Of the cowboy in the past tense. He
says in his preface:
The American cowboy by reason Of his
pi-cturesqueness, has been a frequent sub
ject for the dramatist, the novelist, the
illustrator, and the motion picture pho
tographer.
All these producers have been limited
by the technical requirements of their
arts, and have stressed the cowboys pic
turesqueness to the exclusion of his other
qualities. They have done this so def
nitely and attractively as to create an
ostensible type which rapidly Is being
accepted by the American public as an
accurate portrait Of the now bygone
puncher.
The portrait is often charmingly pre-
scented, but it Is not accurate. The cow
boy was far more than a theatric char
acter. He was ar affirmative, construc-
tive factor in the social and political de-
velepment of the United States.
Consequently he desires to be assured
more kindly treatment by ultimate history
than presumably he will receive unless,
while the testimony Of eye-witnesses be
still procurable, such testimony be gath
cred and recorded.
Mr.. Rollins, a college man and now
q New York lawyer, is not of those
who seek experience to get local color
for a book. He Is Of those who write
down his experiences because con-
WINGED that they are too valuable to
be lost to posterity. The writer hopes
he Is among those who convinced MIR.
Rollins that "The Cowboy" should be
written.
Following Is the story Of a night
stampede during a cattle drive-one
of the many dramatic incidents which
an adequate book on the cowboy neces-
sarily contains:
All through the darkness men of the
might herd" working in shifts Of
from two to four hours, rode about
the animals; and as the men rode
they constantly serenaded the beasts
by grooming to them songs or chants,
which, when SO used, were entitled
hymns" This s%erenading was done
partly to hold the cattle under the
compelling spell of the human voice,
and partly TO disabuse from the mind
OF any fearsone member of the herd
suspicion that either a punchers
silhouette against the skyline or else
the noise Of his moving pony might
represent a shopping dragon. The
rider, when singing to the cattle" al
his vocal efforts were styled, dis.
gorged all the words he knew set Il
all the tunes he could remember Of
invent, but omitted any sound or Id
Election which might startIe. Sacret
airs we're usual, for from their sinupl,
melodies they were easy Of remefn
brance, and also they then stiIl hell
the national popularity which sine,
has passed to the tunes OF the music
halls; but the words set I thes,
churchIy airs well might have sur
prised the clergy. The proper words
AZ%G 6AtEEA EXZE E@@ @
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
fOu CAN WALK IN COMFORT

- you Shake Into Your 1hoes some ALLEN'S
der for shoes that pinch or feet that ache.
It takes the friction from the shoe and
gives relief to corns and bunions, hot, tired.
sweating, swollen feet. Ladies can wear
shoes one size smaller by shaking Aliens
Foot=Ease In each Observation-Disclosures.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

Bigger the man the more likely he
is TO take a reproof silently-and
often with q patient contempt.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
Mutual Precaution,

Girls father (deliberately)-"Young
man, are your intentions serious?'
6uitor Observation-Disclosures p
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
Appearances Are Deceptive.
understand Mr.. Wadleiph wa.

very patriotic during the war"
you've sized him up wrong"
"Eh?"
"He hung up an American flag in
hts Office and right under it he signed
a contract that beat the government
out Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Age
Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20

were waved in air to straighten out the latigos,
and were slapped onto cringing backs with a
sound like that of a Stating sail on a windy day.
At times like this when men were fierce and In a
killing mood, their horses seemed to sense the
situation. The most chronic buckers would forego
their pitching avocation, and, squatting low in
tremor, would receive their load and never make
q single jump.
The camp moved out to waiting Jack, and with
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-20
Nothino Secret.

Nothing Secret.
The Dentist-There, nowl No one
on earth can tell that those are arti-
fetal teeth.
The Patient-My dearest chum can
tell. And she will.-Judge..
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and wonderful combination of Don Quixote and
Sir Lancelot; who always ride the best horse on
the range, wear two guns and beat the head viii
lain to the draw; who rescue distressed maidens
from cattle-rustlers or Mexican bandits.
In the heyday of the r~anching industry-1S75-
1S92-the cowboy dotted the plains from Central
Nebraska to the foothills of the mountains of the
Pacific slope and from Montana to the Mexican
border. Then came the homesteader, the farm
and the fence. In 1892, during the "Rustler War;
in Wyoming, the stockmen and the cowboy of the
open Range" surrendered to the United States
army and the farmer. In this year Of grace 1922
A. D., there are still unfenced areas of grazing
land open to the public. There are still large
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it--this reminoer Of tragedy or q
quarter of century agone. Theil
lips refused to utter the words that
strove to travel past them; they were
two men dumb, dumb through a dis
covery which they had forced them
selves to face, through a fact which
they hoped against. each more or less
silently, yet felt sure must, sooner or
later, come before them. And now II
was here.
And this was the reason that twen-
ty years before. Thornton Fairchild,
white, grim. had sought the aid of
Harry and of Mother Howard. This
was the reason that woman had
played the part of a man. to all
appearances only one of three disap-
pointed miners seeking a new field.
And yet
Il know what you're thinking" 1t
was Harry's voice. strangely hOarse
and weak I'm thinking the same
thing. But it mustn't be. Dead men
don't always mean they've died-in Il
wye TO cast reflections on the man
that was with 'em. Do you get what
| mean? You've said" and he looked
hard into the cramped. suffering face
of Robert Fairchild- that you were
going to old your father innocent.
So IN l. We don't know, Boy, what
went on ere. And we've got to 'ope
for the best"
Then, while Fairchild stood motion
less and silent, the big Cornishman
forced himself forward, TO stoop by
the side of the heap of bones which
once had represented a man. to touch
gingerly the clothing. and then to
bend nearer and hold his carbide close
to some object which Fairchild could
not see. At last he rose and with old,
white features, approached his part
ner.
THE appearances are against u.s."
came quietly. There's a ole in is
skull that jury'll say was made by
a single Jack. It'll seem like some
one 'ad killed i'm, and then caved in
the mine with a box Of powder. But
'es gone, Boy-your father-I mean.
e can't defend Imself. We've got to
take is part"
Maybe" Fairchild was grasping
mt the final straw-'maybe it's not
the person we believe it to be at all.
1t might be somebody else-who had
come in here and set OFF a charge of
powder by accident and"
But the shaking of Harry's head
stihed the momentary ray of hope.
NO. I looked There was a watch
all covered with mold and mildewed.
pried it open. It's got Larsen's
name inside. :"
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CHAPTER Xl

They started forward then, making
their way through the slime and silt
of the drift flooring, slippery and wet
from years of flooding. On-on-they
stopped.
Progress had become impossible. Be
fore them twisted and torn and piled
about in muddy confusion, the tim
bers of the mine suddenly showed In
a perfect barricade, supplauted from
behind by piles of muck and rocky
refuse which left no opening to the
chamber of the stope beyond. Har-
rvs carbide went high in the air. and
he slid forward, to stand Il moment
in thought before the obstacle. At
place after place he surveyed it. finally
to turn with n shrug of his shoulders.
ITS going to mean moren a month
of the ardest kind Of work, Boy" came
his final announcement. low it could
ave caved in like that is more than
l know. I'm sure We timbered it
good"
There was only one thing to do
turn back. Fifteen minutes more and
they were on the surface, making
hAAIAA pAtNh's IApJfAAo NlillA Eilldlltl
work from morning until night for
many day TO come Harry reached
for new AK and Indicated another.
"We1l cut ties first" he announced.
And thus began the weeks of effort,
weeks in which they worked with
crude appliances; weeks in which they
dragged the heavy stulls and other
timbers intO the tunnel and then low
cred them down the shaft to the drift,
two hundred feet below, only to follow
them in their cOunterbalanced bucket
and laboriousiy pile them along the
sides of the drift. there to await use
later on. Weeks in which they worked
In mud and slime. as they shoveled
out the muck and with their gad hooks
tore down loose portions of the hang
ing wall to form a roadbed for their
new tram.
Ii was a slow, CALLING progress. but
they kept at it. Gradually the tram
line began to take shape, pieced to-
gether from old portions of the track
which still lay in the drift and supple
mented by others bought cheaply at
that graveyard of miners hopes-the
Junk yard in Ohadi. AT last it was
finished the work Of moving the heavy
timbers became easier now as they
were shunted onto the small tram
truck from which the body had been
dismantled and trundled along the
rails TO the cave-in. there to be piled
In readiness for their use. And final
ly-
A pick swung in the air. to give
forth a chunky. smacking sound, as 1t
struck water-softened. spongy wood.
The attack against the cave-in had be-
gun. A foot at time they tore away
the old, broken, splintered timbers and
the rocky refuse which lay piled be-
hind each shivered beam; only to stop,
eurry away the muck, and then rebuild.
Cold and damp. In the moist air of the
tunnel thsy labored, but there was a
1oy - n all. Down here they could
The Ordway new era., 1922-10-27

was determination 10 fight for that
innocence as long as it was humanity
possible. But gossip told what he did
not.
There were those who remeni-
bered the departure of Thornton Fair
child from Ohadi. There were others
who recollected perfectly that in the
center of the rig was a man. appar-
emily "Sissle" Larsen. And they asked
questions. They cornered Harry, they
shot their queries at him one after
another. But Harry was adamant.
Il amt got anything to sye! And
there's an end to it,"
Late that night, as they were en-
gagged at their usual occupation of re-
lating the varied happenings of the
day to Mother Howard. there came n
knock at the door. Instinctively, Fair
child bent toward her:
Your names out of this-as long
as possible"
She smiled in her motherinS, know
ing way. Then she opened the door,
there to find deputy from the
sheriff'S office.
They've impaneled jury up at the
courthouse" he announced. 1.-The
coroner wants Mr.. Fairchild and Mr.,
Harkins TO come up there and tell
what they know about this here skele-
ton they found"
1t was the expected. The two men
went forth, to find the street about
the courthouse thronged. for already
the news of the finding of the skele-
ton had Travelled far, even into the