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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17
Commissioner Proceed :

CONTINUED from First pager w N1s
The board upon motion adjQ a
until ! o'clock p. M. aSSlssS
AFTERNOON SESSION Il
The board reconvened pursuS u
adjournment.
All the members were present
The bill of John McGauvrap In
sheriff's fees was allowed Sl27. SIS. ssa3sSS
The board proceeded to examine tAe
basement of the court house with W.
view of fixing part of it up for a cp1nty
Jail. Us. Loynes was requests IN
make an estimate as to the ohAhle
cost of same. asssS
The auditor was requested t0eanne
the county court house and contents 10
be insured for 5000 for s years. 81
1t was resolved that the ground Mar
rooms in the old court building befNnt
ed to H. d. ALERT for the sum 0fs M.
for the month OF November and any
part of October after the county OfceA
have been moved to the newsscDurt
house.
1t was resolved that in future AnS
county officer who requires suppliee0s
repairs shall make requisitions Ind
record the same in a book in the county
auditors Office for that purpose, oth6f
wise no bills for supplies or repairs
will be paid by this board.
1t was moved, seconded and carried
that j. S. Loynes be engaged to fix up
the basement, making it suitables fOf
Jail purposes at cost of $l65. furnish
ing the material eimself, in accordance3
with specifications.
Mr.. Loynes was also instructed ITO
put shelving in vaults and make 8oth4
such flxturers as may be required AZ
the several Offices, and to fix pr0pf,
troughs to carry the water from the
spouts.
A committee consisting of Comlnil
sioners McHugh and Dunford and 90.
Auditor ALERT were appointed to
tend to moving of the county's enactsI
to the new court house, also to attend
to the cleaning of windows, etc, and
the digging of a we'll and building mi
clubhouse.
The county auditor was instructedI
to cause the delinquent tax
list to be printed in the CoUR1RDElo-l
Graf in accordance with law.
j. B. Boyd was awarded contract to
furnish window shades for new court
house windows at 65 cents each, placed
in position.
Board upon motion adjourned until
Z O'Clock p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
Board reconvened pursuant to al
journment. sssSSs5
All members were present.
The auditor was instructed to adyeE-
tise for bids on the old Jail building ss
same to be received and acted on at the
next meeting.
The following bills were audited and
allowed: sssiI
Geo. Weir for services county
commissioner s 10 10
P. McHugh for services county
commissioner. 8 10
John Gatschene services county
commissioner. 10 10
Henry Porter services county
commissioner. ....... 1855. Is 90.
Harry Dunford services county
commissioner. so
The auditor was instructed to pur-
chase two chemical fire extinguishers5
for use in the new court house.
The auditor was instructed to pur-
chase from Elford Bros. three Radiant
Home stoves for use of court house
for the sum of s96.
The board upon motion adjourned
until Monday, November 18th, 1895 1T
the hour of o'clock p. m.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17
TO RENT.

u I will rent the NE of sec. %, town
ship l6l, range 60 adjoining the city
iof Langdon for the season of ls96.-9O
acres of stubble and 20 acres of new
breaking for $l.25 per acre cash.
ss's JOHN MACHoN
Langdon n. d. 10
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17
THIS YEARS ELECTIONS.

This year there will be elections
in thirteen states, viz: Connecticut,
Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ken.
tucky, Kansas, Iowa, Nebrasks,
Mississippi and Massachusetts,. In
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17

The result of last weeks elee-
ton at Indianapolis, the home OF
ex-President Harrison, crntains a
tip to good republicans of what is
in store for them next year. It
was the first gun of the campaign
of 1896. Rah for indianapolis!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17

A sALooNKEEPER on the Cana
dian frontier has moved a stake
to get his saloon in to Canada.
This is the only Offset Canada has
against the wave of immigration
from her shores to ours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF LANGDON
issued every Thursday morning at Langdon
Dakota. Terms-$200 Per Annum.

HARRISON is making 100000 a
year practicing law. Nobody
ever doubted that Mr.. Harrison
could make much better lawyer
than president.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17

South DAKOTA editors are work
ing up sort of a jackpot fire
insurance company. Each editor
contributes S., and when one
burns out he gets the whole pot,
and new pool is formed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17
TAKEN UP.

Came to my place on Thursday. Oct.
10th, two yearling bulls, one black
with white legs; one white with nose
and ears red. Three spring calves,
one heller, color red and white; two
bulls brindle aud white.
Ed. HoDa1Ns
Langdon, N. D. 1912
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17

LEGISLATIVE bodies that take
whole weeks to pass upon some
insignificant bill would do we'll to
take note that it only took the
legislature of Texas three hours to
pass an iron.clad anti-prize-fght-
ing law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17
Gard Of Thanks.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to
all the friends who kindly assisted
us during the illness and at the burial
Of our beloved daughter, Bertha Rosa;
also to Rev. Father Pouliot for his
words of sympathy to the afflicted
parents and relatives,
Sss5 JOSEPH NOWATzKI.
sSsa ANNA NOWATZKI.
Mt Carmel, October Is, 1895.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17

U. S. Land Office.
Grand Forks N. Oak, October 1. 1895.
Notice is hereby, given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of
IN support Of his claim and that
said proof will be made before The Clerk
Dist. Court Cavalier Co. N. OAK. at Langdon, on
November %, 1895. viz
LEWIS F. CHASE,
for the ne14 sec. 80, twp. 1853, n. range SOW.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
Joseph Radford. Joel H. Williamson. James
Field. WILDER L.. Drury, all of Stilwell. Cava-
lier county, North Oak.
OLA JAS v. BROOKE, Register.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17
ID. s. land Office

Is. land Office
Grand Forks. N. Oak. Oct. /, 1896,
Complaint having been entered at this office by
0leHs Anderson against Thor E. Duten for alb
andoning his Homestead Entry No. 1855. dated
and sell neZ sec.6 twp 1853, n. range So, ". In
Cavalier county with view to the eancella-
sti0n of said entry;
. Contestant alleging that the said Thor E. Luten
has wholly abandoned said tract and has changed
months since making said entry.
s The said parties are hereby summoned to ap.
pear at this Office on the 5h day of Dec. 1895 at
90'clock am. to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandonment. Testi-
mony will be taken before H. E. Dorval Judge OF
county court, Of Cavalier county North Dakota,
Of Langd0n N. OAK, on the 30 day of November
1895 at 10 q. m.
b. ERICKSON. Attorney. ~ ' iosi4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17

U. y. Land Office.
Grand Forks, N. Oak. Sept, 10, 1895.
Complaint having been ente-edat this office
by Nels 7. Nelson against Thomas McGratty,
dated May g. 1887 upon the south east quarter
Section z, Twp. 1850, north of Range 60 west
in Cavalier county, North Dakota, with q
view to the cancellation of said entry;
Contestant alleging that the said Thomas Nc
G ratty has wholly abandoned said tract, that
aid tract is not settled upon and cultivated by
said party as required by law.
The said parties are. hereby summoned to ap-
3oclock a. M, to respond and furnish testi-
mony concerning said alleged failure Testimony
to be taken before II E. Dorval, county Judge, of
Cavalier county, at Langdon, on November end,
1885, at 10 a. m
JAS. v. BROOKE, Register.
B. ERICKSON. Attorney. 6.lo
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-10-17

ing law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25

1t is a significant fact to. note in con-
nection with the light weight craze that
no really high-grade maker-at least,
none who has obtained recognition-cata-
logues a machine weighing less than 81
pounds. catalogue weight, at what is
known as the popular price. unless a spe-
cific statement is made that such a ma
chine will not be guaranteed for road use
and even those who do make a roadster
supposed to weigh under 20 pounds and
listed at s25 higher than the standard line
object in most instances to stand behind
them with broad guarantee. The good
saint hath well said that there is reason
in all things and, with the exception of
the average bicycle crank, I think that
the saying is true one. What earthly
difference does a couple of pounds weight
make in the running qualities of a road
machine? Can any one answer? l trow
not; but any repair man can tell the diff
the wearing qualities.
1t is no doubt very pleasant to be able
to pick your machine up on one finger
and call the attention of admiring friends
TO it's lack of avoirdupoiS, but even an 49,
pound bicycle is quite a load to carry I'M
der your arm ION a red-hot day in Au-
gust, with a twisted frame and buckled
wheels, and the nearest railroad station
five miles away. In the words of the
poet, don't be a. chump; buy a bicycle
that bears a first-class makers name, fit
weigh enough to carry you safely.-N. Y.
Recorder
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
WHEEL NOTES.

A new proverb-"An amateur IS known
by the company that keeps him.
Efie Ellsler rides a Columbia, and is
such an ardent wheelwoman that she has
made arrangements to give away q la
dies Columbia during her visit here in
May.
The important news is given out that
Gladys. 1t is pretty safe to wager. that
she didn't call it that just after alighting
the first time.
The formation of an intercollegiate cy-
cling association to be distinct and sepa-
rate from the intercollegiate Athletic as
sociation is endorsed by. the principal rid
ers at Harvard. Columbia, Cornell and
annual intercollegiate cycle races prior to
the Mott Haven games and on track
better adapted to cycle racing.
A wheelman named Gum, not our
Gum, let us hope, was arrested recently
for being drunk and ''scorching" to the
danger of other users of the highway.
His lawyer made the original plea that
follow. The judge said the argument was
good where the load was not wet, as in
the case before him, and to the cooler
went the ''scorcher."
There should be a professional class.
An honest professional racing man is as
good as an honest A or. man; or, in
fact, is as good as any other honest man.
1t is no disgrace to turn ones feet as a
means of livelihood. The status of a pro-
fessional depends not upon class, which
should not carry with it a hall mark of
disgrace, but upon himself, upon his per-
sonality upon his equipment. It should
be once a gentleman, always a. gentle
man. Zimmerman, Banker and many
others have proved that the proverb can
be lived up to.-Wheel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
JOHN DAY RIVER PLACERs.
Heber j. Grant Has Made Some Lime
tied Investments.

Speaking of the formation of an al
legged mining syndicate of Salt Lake
people, at the head of which are the
Grant Brothers, the Baker City
Oregon. Democrat tells of the visit to
that city of Hon. Heber ]. Grant and
then states that this syndicate has
secured some very valuable and ex-
tensive placer properties in The Green
horn mountains on the head Of the
John Day river and is now after all of
the water rights there. The assertion
IS also made that preparations are be-
ing made for the very extensive de-
velopment of these properties with the
indications for the finding of gold in
large quantities very promising.
Mr.. Grant returned to this city yes
terday from d brief visit to the north
west and when shown the article in
question, stated that it was incorrect
in several particulars. In the first
place there has been no syndicate
formed nor extensive purchases of rich
placers made. The truth is that Mr..
Grant has just made some limited in
vestments in placers on the John Day
river and proposes to work them In
small way. Only development can de-
termine what he has in the way of
values.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
NAY PUT UP A SHELTER.
milwaukee Parties Said to Be Doing
Some Figuring.

Application was yesterday made tol
the Mt. Nebo Irrigation company. by
an agent of G. W. Hunt. of Milwaukee.
for a bonus in the shape Of land and
water to secure the location in the
Goshen valley Of proposed sme1ter
and metal refinery. The company at
once met the terms of the gentleman,
and made a proffer Of all of the lands
necessary for the location of the works
and sufficient water to supply the
plant.
1t appears that Mr.. Hunt and some
associates are the owners of several
promising claims in the Tintic district,
and for some time past they have been
figuring on the putting in of a system
Of reduction works for the purpose Of
providing cheaper treatment for the
ores for their own properties and sew
eral others which cannot, under the
present conditions. operate at a profit.
If the statement made to the officers
of the irriga ion company are true.
then the eastern people have decided
to, in the near future. put in the plant.
It is to be a general smelter Of 100 tons
daily capacity. with refinery attach
ment, making use of an improved pro-
cess of reduction and separation of the
metals. Inasmuch as the irrigation
company has met the proposition with
a liberal offer, Mr.. Hunt and his asso-
ciates will soon be here prepared for
the erection of the works. if the words
of their agent are to be received with
any credulity. Time will tell whether
or not the whole proposition IS simply
a great bluff for some one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
THE WHEEL IS THE THING.
One Hundred and Tyyenty-Six Manu-
factories Are Making Half a Mill
lion Bicycles.

The magnitude of cycling as pastime
is hard to grasp in these end of the CEN
fury days, when one is told that every
body is now wheelman. Within the
last five years the popular craze has ex-
tended to all civilized countries on the
face of the globe. 1t is in America, now
ever that the greatest progress has been
noted, and in cycle construction this
country now leads the world.
In 1885 there were but six makers of cy.
cles in this country, with a total output
estimated at under 110O0 wheels. Five
years later seventeen manufacturers
turned out in the neighborhood of 4O,VOO
wheels.
From II to 126 is an amazing stride for
a period Of five years, but the latter sum
accurately represents the number of fac
tories turning out bicycles in America to-
day An output of nearly 500,0O0 machines
is the estimate for this year for this
A territorial division of the 126 cycle
manufactures shows ct the Empire
state alone has %. The New England
states have "a between them; New Jer-
sew Pennsylvania and Maryland have 10;
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, 35; Wiscon-
sin. Illinois and Missouri, q. Between
1900 and $4,000 hands are employed in
these factories. Such enormous interests,
growing at the present rate, cannot fail
in a short time to take the lead and set
the pace for domestic manufacturing
trades.-N. Y. Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25

containing the small quantity of cyaS
hide Of potassium. as therein substan-
tally described, there would not, in
our judgment, have been any real diff
hculty in this case, and we should have
been Of the opinion that this is d good
patent. In our judgment the plaintiffs
invention, as claimed by his second
claim, has novelty, invention and uti1-
ity; it has not been anticipated and it
has been infringed."
The American patent does not make
the broad claim to the use OF cyano-
gen and would therefore have been
decided by the English court with the
evidence before them, to have been
valid.
We do not believe this will be so
held IN this country, nor do we think
1t would have been so held by those
eminent English judges if the case had
been ably laid before them. Their
opinions were evidently based on the
wholly erroneous impression they seem
10 have obtained, that before the use
of MacArthur's cyanide process, all
gold ores were amalgamated and their
tailings then chlorinated, and that the
cyanide alone could save the gold left
in the tailings. Yet every chemist and
practical metallurgist knows that the
tallings from amalgamation are very
rarely chlorinated. and that chlorina-
ton extracts from almost any ore
much higher percentage of the gold
than does cyanide. We believe also
that it may be shown that the Know
ledge of the use of cyanide in dilute
as well as strong solutions as a solvent
OF gold from its ores was common
knowledge before the Macarthur pat.
ents issued, and that the preference Of
dilute solutions Of cyanide for gold
and silver is a pure myth. In fact.
one of the MacArthur-Forres patents
is based on the very fact that dilute
solutions of cyanide show such a pref
erence for another metal-zinc-that
they drop the gold they carried in
order to take it up. The commission
now collecting evidence IN this CONN.,
try for use in the South African suit
and the case which has been brought
in Utah against the Mercur mine will
bring out full evidence on these points
and perhaps demonstrate, not the in
Justice of the English courts opinions,
but that these opinions were based OH
insufficient knowledge Of the facts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25

Acting upon the favorable report
made by President Dern, upon his re-
turn from Boulder, Colorado. yesterday
morning, the board of directors of the
Mercur Gold Mining and Milling COM
pany has decided to at once put in
cyanide product reduction plant SINH
lar to that now in successful operation
at Boulder. The works will employ the
improved process for which the Living
ston Gold Mining company has re-
Gently made application for patent and
by its use the Mercur company will be
able to save considerable in the hand
A&g Of its mill product. It is proposed
tJSilake the plant of sufficient capacity
TO take care of all of the product which
the mill viii ever be able to put out
and it is also highly probable that ar
rangements viii te made with the
other cyanide users of the Camp Floyd
district by which their product will
also De reduced. The process includes
washings with acids until all of the
zinc, quicksilver. arsenic and any other
metals, except the gold and silver,
? which may be in the product are
driven away and then the residue is
melted down into bars. 1t is an en-
saving more Of the values than any
other now in use. Mr.. Dern was pres
ent while ten pounds of the Mercur
product went through the plant at
Boulder and brought back with him
gold bar valued at about 1882 SO well
pleased were they with the exhibit of
the successful operation of the new
process that the members of the direc-
tory voted for the immediate putting
In OF the plant, and the construction
superintendent of the Livingston com
pany was notified by telegraph of the
favorable action. He will come on at
once and commence the work of con-
struction.
As intimated some days ago by The
Herald would probably be the case. the
Mercur company viii pay a monthly
dividend Of 1212 cents per share on its
capital stock, or a total of S25, 000 the
distribution to take place on the 10th
day of May, the 10th day of the month
having now been designated as the
diVldend day. This was the decision
or the board of directors at the meet
ing yesterday. and the payment was
authorized after the reports for the
past month had been examined and
passed upon. They showed that the
company could make a distribution of
even more than $25 900 from the NET
earnings, but it was deemed advisa BILE
10 pass part Of the profits to an in
surance or reserve fund and merely
6Sntinue the payment of the d21a cent
~ ITS monthly. This distribution
g7FAsS ne total dividend payments of
tFie Mercur company up to 1925. 600.
which speaks volumes for the conser,
vative management of the board of
directors. Ths stock Of the company
Is steadily advancing in value and a
nlock as sold on Monday, before
mere vas any mixing as to what the
dividend would be. for SO. 70 per share
Gill s. Peyton having disposed of his
entire holding Of stock to Messrs. Dern
End Airs, his retirement left a vacancy
IN the board Of directors and the place
was filed by the election of George IT,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
Four Big Successes.

Having the needed merit to rors
than make them good all the advertise
ing claimed for them, the followine.
four remedies have reached phenome-
nal sale: DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption. cought and colds
each bottle Observation-Disclosures Ri+.
tiers. the great remedy for liver
stomach and kidneys, Bucklen's Arnics
SaIve, the best in the world. and DR..
Kings New Life Pills. which are a ner-
feet pill. All these remedies are guaran-
teed TO do just what is claimed for.
them and the dealer whose name ia
attached herewith will be glad to tell
you more of them. Sold at q. c. M 7
drug department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
NOW IN SOFTER GROUND.
Timbering Being Done at the Face
of the Ontario Tunnel.

Although the face of the Ontario
drain tunnel, being driven from shaft
No. 2 to shaft No. 8. is now in pretty
soft ground. progress at the rate of
ten feet daily is being made. and the
length Of the extension is now some
thing over $50 feet. or little less than
one-half OF the total length. Some
timbers are now going in. and it is very
evident that this sort of thing will
have TO be continued for some dis
tance yet.
General Superintendent Chambers is
back from the Park. where he has
spent the last five days. He stated
yesterday that the electric motors for
the shops and saw mills of the Ontario
are now being placed. the last having
arrived on Tuesday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
Sioux Mill Assured.

General Manager Robinson. of the
Sioux Consolidated is now in the east in
consultation with Franklin Farrell, the
eastern capitalist, who put up the money
for the purchase of the control of thu
properties. The board of directors of the
company has decided that the new mill
is to go in just as soon as the gentleman
returns The present plans provide fo5
the erection. of a twenty-stamp concen-
traitor and amalgamStor, but it is likely
that an increase will be ordered by this
board of directors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25

1t is understood that early in the week
a gang of trenchers will commence ths
actual work of construction on the pipe
line for the Ophir-M ercur water SYSTEM
The labor to be performed just now will
of course, be entirely preliminary, but
general construction work is scheduled
for the next two weeks. All of the nee
essary materials for the system have
been ordered and their delivery at OphiS
should now be matter of but a compar>
atively short time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-25
ARE DYING OUT.
Troubles in Cuba Are Rapidly Near
ing an End.

New York. April A.-The Spanish
steamer Panama arrived at quarantine
tonight from Havana. Among the pas
sengers is NJ. Dupuy de LONE, the Span
ish minister to Washington. He said:
1.-THE excitement caused by the troubles
in Cuba is dying out. 1 am confident they
will soon be settled. Captain-General
Martinez de CampoS will arrive in Hav-
ana in a few days after his return from
the affected districts, where he is visiting
to suppress any disorders that may arise
The alleged instruction is confined chief
ly to negroes, the whites not taking an
active part"
The minister will remain in New York
several days to await the arrival of his
family from Europe.