Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-10-22
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

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Wood is getting scarce in town.
Threshing lien blanks for. sale. at.
this Office. y. I.
The last water melons of the season
at Taylor's. lott
Hon. Fred bennett was in town last
Thursday and made US call.
Hon. Ole Axvig, of Milton, was in
terviewing his friends in this city yes
terday.
For cool and refreshing beverage
drink Hollands Extract of Malt at
the Columbia. ss
Park River best patent -four always
uniform and reliable every sack war
ranted to please. s4tf
Rev. Irwin is at Grand Forks this
week in attendance at the Methodist
Conference of North Dakota.
j. B. Beauchamp, the democratic
nominee for commissioner in the Fourth
district, was in the city yesterday.
Statistics given by the Dakota Farm
Ter show the average yield of wheat
this year to be sixteen and three-tenths
bushels.
The Fargo Board Of Trade is endea-
voring to secure the location Of the
Walter A. Wood Harvester works in
that city.
Wheat is coming in very slowly and
unles more machines and men come iii
it will be almost impossible for great
many farmers to thresh this fall. IL.
So far there has been but very little
blowing done and unless we have a late
open fall it is going to leaye many far
mers in bad shape for next spring.
We extend our heartiest congra-
tulations to, Dr.. and Mrs, E. /.
Donovan on the arrival of :boun-
cling baby girl at their home, Tuesday
morning, the Goth inst.
We understand that Charlie Chisholm
intends erecting store building on his
lot on Main Street between Boyd &
Cairns grocery store and Plummer &
McNiven's furniture store,
North Dakota Advocate: Senator
John Bidlake, of Cavalier county, sue
ceeds Pattie as Indian commissioner at
the Fort Totten reservation. The SEN
ator is jovial good fellow and we are
pleased to learn of his good luck.
Senator Casey is said to have invent
a granary for his large farm which is a
model for convenience. It holds 600 OF
700 bushels and is built on runners SO
that it can be drawn about. When
threshing it is placed beside the ma
chine under the grain spout until it is
filed; then it is pulled away and an
other takes its place. In this way the
hard work Of measuring up" is almost
entirely dispensed with.
w. A. Joy who is largely responsible
for the boom in sheep in Nelson county
declares that they have done better
than anticipated. The present year
76, 900 pounds Of wool we're sent out
from Lakota. They calculated on 7(
per cent increase, and they had 90
They thought the wool would pay the
interest and it paid 81 more than the
Interest. So that while the wheat
farmer has been sweating water and
blood the past four years, the sheer
raiser has made money. Daily News
And behold another, in the person
Of Mr.. Adam Witzel, who becom
4 ling dissatisfied with the prospects
lin this country and wishing to try
his fortunes in a better, has returned
i Mr.: Witzelleft here some five months
ago for Virginia, that much lauded
country and after giving it fail
trial returns to his first love without
4 any glowing accounts to give Of that
country, demonstrating the oft re
1 peated assertion that there is nc
i place like home-in North Dakota
4 We welcome you back.
/ a destructive fire occurred on the farm
of Joseph Mcneil, Of Loan, on Mon.
day evening. The threshers were al
the place and as one of the men Was
caring for the horses for the night hs
cidentally let fall the lantern in the
Imow, setting fire to the hay. The CRY
of fire brought the men who tried x
smother ont the fire but without avail
i The horses were quickly cut loose and
were with difficulty gotten out Of the
burning stable. The flames spread ane 3
before the ere could be extingnished
all the olt-build ings and the granary
lin which had been stored 1, 500 bushels
LOT wheat, had been consumed. y