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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
4
A garbled reader note recalls writings by John F. Hackett published in a Bottineau Courant issue. The text hints at reflection and memory with distorted phrases and incomplete lines.
W P Davies Grand Forks Herald managing editor delivers a memorial address to the North Dakota Press association in Grand Forks honoring John Haskett. Davies recalls Haskett as young, vigorous, and a potent influence in professional circles while mourning his loss.
The Better Farming association of North Dakota and the North Dakota Press Association pass resolutions in memory of John F. Haskett. They praise his character as a co worker and friend, extend sympathy to his family, and order copies sent to Mrs Haskett. The Bottineau Courant journalist is noted among the deceased’s professions.
The Pierce County Tribune recalls Walter A. Bateson and Miss Lizzie Winters wedding, noting new heat at 82 cents and aged 24 years, as reported in Rugby by D. P. Thomas.
Aged Drs. Joseph Croisettier died at her home five miles east of Bottineau ten years ago. The Ballard Trimble Lumber Co of Fargo announced opening a lumber yard. A manure spreader began use in the county as rainfall reached inches to size.
A long list of small notices reports events across towns: Bantry remodeling and a Woodaien picnic success. Mandan paving contract. Reporter campaign against hoboes in Minot. notable local officials elected including H C Plumley and L T Crawford. Dana W Jones 10 died by accidental shooting. Larimore church demolition for brick edifice. Dr K O Knudson fined for practicing without a license. deaths and moves of several businessmen. cattle market note from Milton Globe. Wolford store fire with losses and rebuilding. horse thief activity near Williston. Carrington public playground. Towner hall addition. Traill county fair at Hillsboro. Palermo county-seat bid. large attendance at Lane of Norway picnic. Great Northern spending on Minot. new G A R commander. Pierce county pioneers picnic. Hellstrom now selling twine for Wisconsin prisons. minor local property deals. barbers in Minot. various bank openings. Pembina Pioneer Express birthday. Danish Brotherhood in Devils Lake. murder trial at Washburn. Bismarck rumor about state job kickback.
The Grand Trunk Pacific line will connect with the Great Northern at Bowbells with lay line steel. The Great Northern started at Niobe last week, aiming for about one mile of track daily. Governors named a commission to oversee expenditures for the Norway centennial exhibit in 1914.
The register of deeds reports 70 deeds transferred in the month with certificates and copies made totaling $4132. The note references Jos Quamaie as the register and mentions Maxwell in the context of a new set.
A letter from Candis Nelson argues suffrage should align with biblical authority, rejecting voting as mere opinion. It retells a business parable where granting an equal share and authority to a wife proves problematic due to her constitutional unsuitability, questioning whether political partnership outside Eden would change the outcome.
A commentary argues that good roads most benefit farmers not automobile owners. It notes a road census would show motorcar owners are in the minority and highlights farmers saving time and costs, enabling earlier potato planting for higher yields.
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