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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

approach of the next spring brought
with 1t such new names as Thos II. Prior,
w. II. Conn, Sam'l Phair, David Hannah
A. Adams, w. Hines and a score cf
others who have more or less been con-
nected with the townships history from
that time to the present day.
The selection of this particular local
ity by these settlers, can to certain
extent be attributed to the varied char
acter of the Typographical makeup of
this section Of the county which abounds-
i'll streams, coulies, fine meadow lands,
and that paradise of the sportsman,
Rush Lake, besides an abundance of the
richest crop raising lands for miles.
around. The organization of Linden
dates back with that of several of
, its sister townships to 1885, and in the
roster of its first board of officials we
find the following galxy of old timers::
Supervsors-Alpheus Adams, chair
man, William Porter, Thomas H. Prior
Town Clerk-H. d. ALERT.
Justice of the Peace-Wm. H. Conn,
Linden, like all frontier settlements,
has had its ups and downs and without
doubt many of its early residents can
readily recall incidents of hardship and
Inconvenience and even to-day their dis
lance from shipping point is an obstacle
not yet overcome, although the advent,
of the farmers railroad is now looked
for at no distant day. Asa township it's
aggregate wealth and comfortable cir
cumstances gives it rank foremost
among the prosperous township of
this county. Much CT the credit for
this happy condition affairs being du e.
the present township officers, of which
EX-Com'r. Prior is the efficient clerk
While many of its early residents have
moved away to different localities the
kindly feeling still remains for the scene
of their pioneer experiences. In Lang
don to-day we find County Auditor
ALERT, who as long ago as 1882 squatted
on $50 acres of land in Linden, then fol-.
lowed his experience as notary, CONVEX
ANGER and land agent with an office at
Hannah and later asSup't of Schools and
since then thrsce elected to the office
of county auditor. Another of I.inde1's-
pioneer sons is w. II. Conn, the peo-~
pies first cllocie i'll 1885 for justice of the
peace, who is daily gaining prominence
among Langtlon's foremost citizens and
building up a thriving hotel business
among his old time neighbors at the
Farmers Home. In conclusion we
proudly draw attention tothe fact that
Linden proudly claims as her own D. W..
Hines, the president and leading spirit
III bringing to a completion the much,
needed and long looked for farmers rail-
road.
OLD PIONEER
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

Sons, WIN. Burkltt. Qulntn M. Blair,
Chas. Howatt & Sons, Henry Kartes
Frank Hammer, Jacob Schneider &
Sons, and host of others that deserve
mention but space forbids. Grain
raising is the principal industry al
though the farmers are slowly but
surely increasing, their herds of stock
and there are now some large herds in
the township prominent among which
are those owned by III. j. Hope Chas.
IIowatt & SonsC. Olson 4 Sons w. II.
Row 4 Son and Amt E. Exile.
Generally speaking the tanners of
Hope have been successful. \ few
have got dissatisfied, have sold out
and left for other parts where they
thought they could better their condi-
ton in life. But it is Il striking fact
and one that speaks volumes for
this township and Cavalier county in
general that those same people have
returned to their first love, satisfied
that they could do better here than
any place they had seen in all their
travels. The total amount of assess
ment real and personal for 1885 was
1874. 40; numbers of acres of proved up
land 33,410 acres. The township Of
ficers are w. l.. Drury. Chas John
Ferguson and John Hell. supervisors;
treasurer. M II. Murphy; assessor, Geo
McGregor; clerk, Peter Zettel; justices
John Boesl, Robt Robertson constables
Torger Torgerson and Joseph BOSNIAN
Hope township has one great draw
back in being located at too great dist
ance from market but with the advent
of the Hines railroad this difficulty
will he overcome in the near future.
Although the people of Hope township
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

or their country at large they are all
loyal, patriotic American citizens
whether by birth or adoption. Hope
township. was named after the we'll
known and highly respected Hope
fauily who were among the very first
settlers and among others may be men,
toned county commissioner John
Gatschene. Eben Radford. Peter Bry-
nelson, Seward Peterson, r. F.Kenney
Henry Ruth, W. II. Row Il Son, c..
Olson \ Sons, Alex Thorn, Halvor
Torgerson, David Patterson, Joseph
Ridley \ Sons, Thos 4. Campbell &
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26
Our Townships--IIope, continued.

PASTURES that are still vacant. The
settlers are principally native horn
Americans Germans. Scan,linavians
and Canadians with sprinkling OF
English. Irish, Scotch and French.
tof whatcver.nationality they may
1t IL characteristic Of the people of
'pe township that on any question
at effects the prosperity and advance
ent OF their township, county. state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

OLD PIONEER.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26
CATION COLLEGE.
6'o NicolIet Ave. Minneapolis, MINI.

6I0 Nicolet Ave. Minneapolis, MINI.
The best equipped and best PATRON
lied Business, Shorthand, English and
Telegraphic Schools in the Northwest.
The Cation College Co. has ju2t pur---
chased three old Minneapolis Business,
Colleges and consolidated them with the
Cation College.
Next Term begins Jan. 2. go. Short
hand taught by mail thoroughly. Ex--
penses low. Enter any time.
Address I. J. CATION, Prest
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

n presenting to our readers this illus
d and descriptive write-up of Cava-
,untv we deem it but the proper
-e~deSote some attention to the ell
terprising City Of Langdon as we'll as the
county-of which it is the county seat.
Langdon has been the subject OF a num-
Der of write-ups and it is With some hest
tation that weventure these few remarks.
We shall seek, however. to vary this
.sli{as much as possible from the
ltentI kind, furnished by parties
king It their business and using the
sterotyped form for each city they
t, by simply changing the name and
location to suit. Langdon, for its size,
progressive beyond parallel, and en-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26
CAVALIER COUNTY IAND
There Still Remains Enough to Give
One Thousand H0mesteaders
100 Acres Each.

No better demonstration of the
advantages of Cavalier county as a
place for an honest, thrifty man is
required than to direct his obscrva-
ton to the array of thriving and
we'll TODD farmers within her Dor.
ders. This condition has been
Brought on, not merely by chance,
as would probably be the case in a
mining country, or by inheritance
rs would be the case in the eastern
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

original entryman. This will mean
live hundred new settlers at the
least, and from careful estimate
it would not be extravagant to saw
that fully one thousand entries and
contests have been made during the
last year. All Of the available land
near the settlements is being en-
tered on and from present indica
tons it would appear that the year
of 1896 will see still greater rush
for government land than during
the past.
JOHN r. TRuAx,
Langdon,s Dec. 90, 1895.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26
OUR COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Cavalier County Schools Five Years
Ago Compared With Those
We Have To-Day.

A few facts concerning our
schools will convince the reader that
the growth and development of our
educational work has kept pace with
that of other interests. We give a
few statistics which will prove that
the people of Cavalier county are
aware of the Importance and equal
to the task of providing for their
children an education equal TO that
of any other county in the state.
Going back five years in our
history we find that the number of
school children was 1855 and the
number of schools SO. OF the So
schools reported at that time many
were conducted in buildings that
were school houses in little more
than name and consisted of aban-
doned claim shanties and temporary
buildings of every sort. Again,
many of the school districts did
business on credit and paid their
debts in warrants. TO convert these
warrants into cash it was necessary
to sell them at discount of from
five to fifteen per cent, and teachers
and others are thus obliged to lose
considerable portion of the amount
nominally paid them. School boards
were frequently obliged to pay
larger salaries and higher prices for
goods owing to their inability to
pay cash.
All of this of course is expected
in newly settled county and only
when these conditions continue
should we be discouraged but now
all is changed and we are pleased to
note that in the majority of districts
they have entirely passed away.
The admission of our territory to
statehood enabled US to acquire
large revenue from our public school
land and this has steadily increased
until our State Tuition Fund is now
about 1915 per annum for each and
every unmarried person over six and
under twenty years Of age. The
school population is now about g.
500 and the number of schools is IS
New school houses have taken the
place Of the temporary ones of five
years ago until we now have seven
ty.fve good and substantial school
buildings, comfortably furnished
and provided with all the necessary
apparatus and fixtures requisite to
good. This material improve
ment has enabled the teachers TO
do better work and we now have ex-
cellent schools in all parts of the
county. In Langdon there is a
graded school of four departments
and in Milton a good one of two
departments and the schools at
Langdon, Milton and Olga each has
numerous class in high school work.
Taxation for school purposes has
been reduced in many districts dur
ing the last few years and in the
near future they will be in condi-
ton to maintain the schools with
the state fund alone. We are Justly
proud of the condition of our
schools and to those who contem
plate making their home in our
county we offer school privileges
far in advance of those usually
found in a new county and in fact
equal to the best.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

/ linden township has from the first
- we'll sustained the symbolic name
that it's earliest settlers gave that town
ship. Its date OF settlement runs back
to the first years OF the sos and it's early
residents located there AT about the same
period that witnessed the incoming OF
the pioneers of Olga, Fremont and Alma
AS in the case OF other townships adioiu-
ing the international boundary line
Linden received its first settlers from
Southern Manitoba. Away back in 1889
we find II. y. ALERT and n number of his
Canadian ncighbors crossed the line
along the banks OF Snowflake Greek and
u" quietly AZ the crystal fakes from,
when That stream received its name,
''hh settled down TO breaking the sod
and putting up comfortable homes. The
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26

ommercial, society and education
'utages, distinctly her own, far
he average.
gdon takes its name from R. B.
on, we'll known millionaire and
ian Of Minneapolis, whose death
Sc columns at some
6 d Its birth as town
sYacK to october 1857, prior to
ut was only post Office. 1t is
ffully situated on the elevated
lie and overlooks the surrounding
V and geographically is located
,'ltre Of the county at the ter
ot;'1e Lansdcn and Park River
sc Great Northern railway,
It's elevation is considered
e, eaithiest localities in the
lest. Its growth has been aston
Ig, and what was only unsettled
4irie in 1854 is now the site of city
marked activity and most substantially
lit, with an estimated population of
70 people.
Langdo11, the banner city of this
,unty-the banner county of the state
IS wealth of crop yields and its re-
III for rolling up big democratic
es-owes her rapid growth and
,ial advancement to the indo,nit-
and Mercy Of her citizens
nursed the infant and reared
present healthy condition. They
cen behind every enterprise and
spared neither money or labor TO
Langdon what she is today. The
ng Years of the sos and commence
Of The COS witnessed of the biggest
s(Ve city's most substantial pro-
ssion, Langdon is the distributing
nj fGi the vast country north as far
the International boundary line and
est forty miles to where the county is
lined by Towner. The city has been
lpidly progressing and the primitive
ructures OF the early days are being
st superseded by more pretentious
ildings. Beautiful fine residences
rapidly replacing the small frame
ages and "tar paper shacks" Of
y days. 1t is apparent to the least
ervart that our city is destined in the
future TO be place of beautiful
es.
was i'll August 1887 that the plat OF
,ity Of I,angdon was completed by
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
KipIing's Mulvanoy.

The statement published in various
newspapers to the effect that the orig
inal Of Mr.. Kipling,'s inimitable Null.
vaney is now living and talking in San
Francisco under the name Of McManus,
has called out q pleasant letter from the
author. 1t is addressed to the editor Of
The Book Buyer.
I'm reply to your letter." Mr.. Kip.
ling writes, II can only say that I
know nothing Of the Private McManus
mentioned in the cutting you forward.
"At the same time, I should be loath
to interfere with o fellow romancer's
trade, and if there be such q person as
Private McManus, and il he believes
himself to be the original Of Terence
Mulvaney, and can tell tales to back his
claim, we will allow that he is q good
enough Mulvaney for the Pacific slope
and wait developments.
at the same time I confess his seems
10 me rather a daring game to play, for
Terence alone Of living men knows the
answer to the question, How did BEARS
ley come by the planqu@' 1t is not
one Of the questions that agitate the civ
ilized world, bnt for my own satisfaction
! would give alBood deal to have it an
swered II Private McManus can answer
It without svasions OF reservations, NE
will prove that Nc has some small right
to 3 Rgarded az Mulyansy's suchessoR
4ulVaqe X dannpt be There u but One
Terence, ID he hos nAyey set foot IN
AlnefiCa 9ndneyur willn
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
MUST KNOW THE STREAM.
The Information . Western River Pflot
Must Garry In His Head.

The Information . Western River Pilot
Must Garry In His Head.
At the season Of the year when the
river excursion business is at its height
and hundreds of boats are carrying
thousands Of people to and fro along the
entire length Of the Ohio, river from
Pittsburg to Cairo many persons who
ordinarily never give the subject Q
thought are impressed wit6Sthe wonder.
full way in which navigation ON n
beautiful stream is carried on. The first
thing noticed generally is the accuracy
with which the pilot handles the boat,
avoiding the bars, which are near the
surface Of the water in the summer, go.
ing from one side Of the river to the
other, and finally, without q jar, land.
ing them all safely at their destination.
When the excursion business is over,
these same men assumersimilar positions
ON packets and hwboats, carrying hun.
dreds Of tons Of freight and thousands
Of bushelsoS coal on every trip with the
same accuracy with which they handled
the excursion steamers during tho SUM
Nor.
4 large number Of the pilots cunning
ont Of Cincinnati know the river from
here 70 New Orleaps, others from here
b Memphis, and others sim T. points
up the 1y1n as 10 as Pittsbur9. "Know
the river" This phrase means much.
For instance, q nan running from here
to New Orleans. must be able TO take
charge Of the wheel Of his boat at any
hour ofthe day or night at any point on
the river and on any stage Of water.
He mnst be able to tell at o glance ex-
sctly where the boat lie at any point on
this long stretch Of 1913 miles. He
must know every bend and ohnte, and
by day the different points by which to
steer, such as houses, barns, trees, fences
and wen haystacks; by night every
hight placed by the government in con
spiouous places as we'll a. the hills and
their shape. BE must know exactly how
long to hold the boat to n Light OF OBJ
Ject,before changing to another. When
the Mississippi river is reached, a new
feature presents itself in the shape of
the constantly changing channel. To
work here requires more skill and great
er Judgment probably than all the rest
Of the difficulties combined. Going
down a boat may go on one side Of the
river. Coming back it doesn't go with
in two miles Of that place. When these
things are appreciated-and they are
only a few of the things a pilot must
know-then it is that the pilot gets
credit for what he does. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
Died with His Chum.

In the "reminiscences Of General Sir
Evelyn Wood. himself q brave English
soldier, a touching instance Of courage
and self sacrifice Is given. One June day
in 1885 q detachment Of English ma
rines was crossing the Woronzow road
under fire from the Russian batteries.
All Of the men reached shelter In the
trenches except aseaman, John Blewitt.
As he was running q terrific roar was
heard. His mates knew the voice ct .
huge cannon, Tie terror Of tho army,
and yelled:
look outi II lie Whistlipg Dickr"
But ut the moment BlewAtt was struck
by the enormous mass Of iron on the
knees and thrown to the ground. He
called to his special chum:
"Oh. WEIGH, save mel"
The fuse was kissing, but Stephen
WEIGH ran ont Of the trenches. and seis-
ing the great shell tried TO roll II of Of
his comrade.
Il exploded with such tersiHc force
that not an atom Of The bodies Of Hewitt
or Welch was found Even IN that time
when each hour had its e1aitement,
this deed Of hHroism seispaa the whole
English army. One d the ositees search.
cd out Welch's 6td mother n her poor
home and undertook hen supDost while
she lived and The story Of his death
helped his comrades q ndblsy oOncep-
lions Oh . 0olateaSs autH
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
Half Rates 10 Boston,

August 10 to "a, Burlington Route
agents in Nebraska and Kansas will
sell round trip tickets to Boston at
the n way rate. Return limit, Dot.
9th.
The train to take: The Knights
Templar official train. having on board
Grand Commander Finch and escort,
will leave Omahs via the Burlington
Route at Abs p. M, Thursday, Aug.
22d, after arrival Of oil trains from
the west. Through to Boston with.
out change. Seven hours stopover at
Niagara Falls.
Tickets and sleeping car reserya-
tions on application to any agent Of
this or any connecting line.
Send for free holder giving full in.
j. FRANCIS,
G.. p. and T. A., Omaha, Nsb.
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Works Rair Highest Award.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
POWER.
American and European Methods Of Usiig
It In . Large Way.

The standard American method Of
utilizing a large amount Of water power
has hitherto been to distribute the wa
ter to the several or mill
owners by NEAR Of q system Of head
races, so called, with facilities for its
discharge at a lower level, to be utilized
as the owner or lessee saw fit, and gen.
orally on his own premises. This led to
long head canals and to insignificant
tail races, whereas the Niagara plant con-
sists Of q common tail race, q mile and q
half long, with comparatively insignif-
cant head races. The old time water
power company sold Or leased the right
to draw o definite quantity Of water at
defined times, with the privilege Of dis.
charging 1t at q lower level, and the
mill owner did the rest, whereas At
Niagara Falls the right is leased to dis.
charge a definite quantity Of water into
the tail race tunnel, with the privilege Of
drawing this quantity from the head
canal, or from the river. But over aud
abqye this the product-power-may be
contracted for at Niagara Falls, deliv.
cred OF the shaft.
To create a large group Of mill sites
Of the older sort there was necessary, in
the first instance, a large, continuous
body Of land, properly located for the
purpose. II this could not be bought up
secretly, and in large blocks, the whole
water power enterprise would fail to
come to fruition. In Europe, however,
several such enterprises came into being
in spite Of the inability Of the projectors
to primarily bny tracts Of land such az
have been described. This was done BY
establishing central power stations neal
the dam, or head canal, and then trans.
hitting the power produced, instead Of
the water to produce it, to the consu.
mers or mill owhers. Up to within, say,
FIVE years, this had always been accom-.
pA bed by means Of wire rope trans
missions Of power, and IL L. easy to see
That the invention Of the electrical trans.
mission Of power would give this form
Of the Utilization Of Q large water pow.
On Q grant impetus Many such plants
are therefore Already in existence, many
/ mo building, bib among them al no
One Is Irohah3y SO celebrated and 10 at
tractine the attention Of all Intelligent
mean as has ut Niagara Falls. -Cassierh
Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
'KloN
SEWING MACHINE
JPoPUlAR7
BECAUSE LADIES
BUY rHsm LIKE THEN
N TELL ; ;:|1so..

Many ladies' have used our machines
twentyt to thirty years in their family work,
and are still using the original machines
we furnished them . generation ago.
Many Of our machines have run more
than twenty years without repairs, Other
than needles. With proper care they
never wear out, and seldom need repair.
We have built sewing machines for
more than forty years and have constantly
improved them. We build our machines
on honor, and they are recognized every.
where as the most accurately fitted and
finely finished sewing machines in the
world. Our latest, the mo. g." Is the
result Of our long experience. In COM.
petition with the leading machines of the
world, It received the Grand Prize at the
Paris Exposition Of 1889, as the best
other machines receiving only complf
mentary medals ofgold, silver and bronze.
The Grand Prize was what all sought for,
and our machine was awarded Il.
Send for " illustrated catalogue. We
want dealers in all ~unoccupied territory.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
A su,e Nsn.

Her Brothe,-Avfuly bad news, Sic
ter.
The Sister-What2
Her Brother--That count Of yours Ii
O bogus one.
The Sistep-How did you And that
outP
Her Brother-t was telling him TO-
day how hard up I was. and he actually
offered to lend me 800. -Syracuse Post
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16

- L. WINFREY,
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA
VIII attend sales at reasonable nU,res. Salts.
faction guaranteed,
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16

Boston's Horrible Awakening.
"rable board" in Commonwealth
avenu4l Il this the beginning Of The
sndf--BAstou Herald
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-16
Duty.

pDVoDsO Nubys
A capftal story was oncerinho Of the
Rev. Thomas Hunt! ffhe veteran temper
auce' orator, who wasweN known in G4e
early history 81 tba Wyouing valley.
He was q Somewhat Eccentric man, but
possessed .6f, remarkably quick vita
Yhtth stood bin In eood hteaAsou many
OOchsions.
During tie piv1l ~pr ,hs enlisted in
enc If the regiments of Infantry raised
In the valley and served, as chaplain.
Quo day IN the veyy,hsroest Of the bat
tie O maiur rode dp IN front of the resi.
ment, arh seeing Father Hunt at the
head Of the ranks inquired in grszt. az
enlistment:
chaplain, what ase you doing
thgleY
What am I doingw repeated the
stanch old minister quickly. "I'm cheer
ing the hearts Of the brave and watch,
ing the heels Of the cowardsp"
He WIS evidently performing this
double task no we'll and thoroughly that
the major could find no fault with him
and left him to bis self appointed charge.
Youths Companion.