Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-05
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Good hay weather this week.
Trains will be running into Linden be.
fore Sept. lat.
Commissioners meet August 10th a
week from Monday.
Not many Langdon people got their
eve on the eclipse of the sun last Thurs
day morning.
Quite q number OF Bathgate young
ladies are:reported to have filed on land
west of Langdon.
A. M. Scott: The Ct. Northern has so
applications for elevator sites along the
Langdon extension.
Some twenty Langdonites spent last
Sunday in the Walhalla grove on the
banks OF the Pembina.
Perry school district is in line this week
with it's statement of treasurer's report
as required under the new law.
Surveyor Hebert came up from Cava-
lier last week and has been busily engaged
in laying out the new towns west.
New sidewalks and crossings built on
Fourth and Sixth streets this week are
improvements that will be greatly ap-
preciated by the public generally.
Street Com'r: The DEMOCRAT might
suggest that property owners would do
we'll to harvest the crop of weeds along
the side walk. Their rank growth gives
the city an untidy look.
The barley harvest is on in dead ear
nest. Among the first around here was
Pat McHugh who started in Tuesday.
John Mcleod OF Rosa Lake also com
menced cutting the same day.
1t is stated that when GARNER Hines
was taken to the Jamestown asylum he
protested against the sheriff buying a
ticket for him, claiming that as railroad
president he was entitled to the usual
courtesies.
Auditor Work: Permits to hunt for
this season are now ready and waiting
for applicants at my office. The fee is
$25 tor non-residents and IS cents for
residents. A permit is required this year
whether one hunts with or without a
dog.
tits learned upon good authority that
the Ct. Northern will name their new
station at the end town Hanna, while
the stopping place at Rush Lake will be
known as Wales. Whether or not Jim
Hill il satisfied with the name OF Dresden
for the first town out of Langdon it is
not known.
This week the DEMOCRAT printed the
shares OF stock OF the Linden Investment
Co., a corporation with $3.50 capital,
owning the new townsites at Hannah
and Rush Lake, along the new railroad
extension. Both these townsltes have
been plated this week by Surveyor
Hebert and are now on the market.
Game Warden Meiklejohn is on the war
path for "egg suckers" and "pot hunters"
in dead earnest and promises to make it
hot for all violators of the game law up
to the Doth inst. On Monday he caused
warrants to be issued for the arrest OF
of four Young fellows from Moscow, who
it ia understood had hand in the wan
ton killing of herd Of young antelope
early last winter. At that time they
pleaded ignorance OF the law and were
let down easy. This time they have been
caught killing off young ducks which the
law figures it out are worth 81 Oper duck
that is for the next two weeks. This
being a second offense Justice Dawson
entered up fine and costs amounting to
$40. 80 against each OF the defendants.
The machinery for the Langdon cleo
trio light plant has arrived and is being
placed in position this week, which to-
gether with the placing OF circuit wires
will be completed in few days. 10 SEE
the sixty horse power engine, huge dyna'
mos, heavy shafiing and ponderous
balance wheels, disabuses the idea OF II
being a small plant OF the experimental
order, in fact the plant purchased by MR.
Gardner is the best obtainable on the
market. Orders have already been re-
ceived for over 400 lights in the business
and residence part Of the city, besides
which four arc lights will be placed OF
Third street by the city. No arrange
! ments have yet been arrived at by tn
city regarding the lighting OF the SID
streets, but Mr.. Gardner proposes put
ting 80 candle power incandescent light
in front of the various church edifice
with d view OF showing their sultablllt!
for street lighting purposes.