Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-01
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Mosquitoes are already quite plenti'
fUl-an omen of a big crop.
The X. of p. boys will assist in insti.
tuting lodge at Neche this month.
The scholars presented an interest.
ing program at the exercises held last
! Friday afternoon.
Six timber culture proofs, made
under the amended law, were made
before Clerk Truax last Saturday.
B. r. Click, is completing new
machine warehouse which will come in
handy when the fall trade opens up.
The grand old stars and stripes were
unfurled to the breeze Tuesday Oh. the
flag staifs over the court house and
Mayor Boyd's store.
The bridge on the western part of
the city limits has been thoroughly
over hauled and the approaches to
the same graded up.
1t is only fair to put the boys on to
the fact that Conductor Maxwell is
the possessor Of a camera and is liable
to shoot 'em on the sly.
A number of our prominent citizens
will take up their temporary abode in
Chicago next week for the purpose of
visiting the Worlds Fair.
A blind man, accompanied by lit
tie girl arrived in town Friday and
were the recipients Of a generous do
nation of small silver coins.
There was a large quantity of cleo
tricity in the air last Sunday after
noon. The shower of rain that fol-
lowed freshened everything beauti-
fully.
Considerable improvement in the
streets of Langdon are noticeable this
week The work Of teams and men,
under the supervision of Street Com
missioner Souch shows up we'll.
n. S. Burrows, who returned yester-
day from a business trip to Langdon,
states that wheat in that section is all
up and looking fine. The farmers are
in high spirits over the prospects of a
large crop this year.-G. F. Herald.
A general holiday was observed on
Tuesday by the banks, county officials
and city schools. The militia company
were in uniform the greater portion of
the day and in the evening thu band
gave fine open air concert. Although
no special Decoration day exercises
were observed yet the spirit OF the
idea was entered into by our citizens.
Is it not time that the people of
Langdon were giving some thought to
the future adornment Of our beauti-
fully located city, land would it not be a
good idea to reserve few lots in the
resident portion of the city to be laid
out as a public park. In few years
time we may regret that such steps
were not taken. The benefit derived
fromhaving public park planted with
groves of shade trees and Hastily Guilt
waited will both add to the appearance
of Langdon and be source OF great
pleasure to the community. Let the
matter be brought to the council.
The work done by Street Commits
sioner Jabe Souch, on the main street
last Tuesday afternoon with one OF the
new Northwestern Road machines
was favorably commented upon by
quite a number of our citizens. AS it
is the first machine of this make that
has been brought into the county, some
were little sceptical as to its being
capable of performing the task that
was allotted to it. Even these, how
eyer, had their doubts removed as the
finely rounded grade commenced to
form and gradually became complete
at each round of the grader. Com
missioner Souch, who has had an ex-
tensive experience in road building IN
the east, states that the machine is one
of the best made and lightest running
graders that he has ever had anything
to do with, and considers that in very
short time it will entirely superside
the old style of heavy machines that
are such drag on horsefesh. This
machine was purchased by the board
of supervisors of Olga township from
Mercer Il Tough, of this city, and
Judging from the trial that it was Civ
en- last Tuesday should give good salts.
faction to the people of Olga township
who we think showed excellent judge.
xoox,t in their nIlrchaSe.