Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-04-01
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

GOSSIP AND MULES.
'sHaste thee winter, haste away
For too long has been thy stay"
Election on Monday.
To-day is the mem orable All Fools Day
County Commissioners meet next Mon.
day.
Tuesday OF last week was the wind up
at the skating rink.
Mysteriously disappeared-Several feet
of snow during the past week.
There's no money in being alderman,
but heaps OF honor-so tits said.
Strawberries, the first of the season.
were sold in Langdon last Saturday.
A new school house is to be built in
Harvey this summer. 1t will be located
in the Rosa Lake district.
The latest railroad extension rumor is
that Jim Hill intends extending this
branch line as far as Cando this summer
The dog poisoning nuisance has abat-
ed, but the low-lived, cowardly sneaking
cur that did the mischief continues to
hide his identity. .....
This has been examination week in the
Langdon public school and the scholars
are being initiated to new studies and
becoming acquainted with new teachers.
Langdon failed to send a representa-
tive to the state enforcement league con-
clave at Fargo last week. There's no
blind pigs here, consequently none of cur
"prohib" citizens needed to journey to
Fargo to ''wet their whistles"
The city election machine is beginning
to hum just little and by putting your
ear to the sounder you can hear just a
slight rulnbling noise and by listening
more closely it is evident there will be
quite buzz before the votes are counted.
Cavalier county has twenty-five post
Offices; they are: Ambro, Austin, Bac,
BeauIieu, Byron, Cypress, Daniels, Easily
Elkwood, Hannah, Homen, Langdon,
Mclean, Mazda. Milton, Mona, Moscow,
Mt. Carmel, Olga, Osnabrock, StilN ell.
Soper, Union, Yang, Woodbridge.
The COURIER DEMOCRAT is indebted to
Senator Roach for one OF the latest
and up-to-date maps ofthe United States.
1t is 5 feet by s, and shows the different
former foreign possessions in this coun-
try from the time of the discovery by
Columbus, and he early pioneers, per-
iod by period.
In some parts of the city the cutters
and culverts are obstructed by the banks
of snow and ice that old winter has lett
behind and which impedes the out let OF
surface water which is beginning to
back up and threatens to cause serious
trouble and danger to property along
it's course. On Fourth street it is espec-
tally bad.
A story is told OF one OF the county
teachers who, having an inordinate
dread Of contagious diseases, sent child
home because her mother was sick. The
next day the child presented herself at
school with her finger in her mouth and
little hood swinging by the string, and
said: "Wese got a little baby at our
house, but mamma said to tell you it is
not catching" The teacher blushed
slightly, said she was glad and told the
little girl to take her seat.
Langdon's city finances is a question
to which tho citizens have in the past
given but little time or thought. But
since it has been ordained by the civic
authorities that the question OF rehond-
ing he placed in the hands of the voters
to be by them decided at next Mondays
annual election they have partially
awakened to the fact that the time has
at last arrived when they must act. I'm
provements which it became imperative
that we must have in order to insure the
safety and convenience of our tax payers
generally, have 80 increased the clty's
indebtedness beyond the possibilities o
it's income that now something must Of
done to strengthen the financial stand
ing Of the city and enable it to pay OF
outstanding debts and make warrants
issued by our treasurer worth as they
should be hundred cents on the dollar
When the city vas incorporated bonds
We're issued for 50, 900 and in asking tt
rabond it ia proposed to change tn
amount to $4642.47 and have it ru'
twenty years 40 that the burden may b.
to an extent borne by new corners. W.
refrain from advising which course woult
best serve the interests OF the city, mereI.
outlining the situatitn as it now stands