Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-04-14
GOSSIP AND NOTES,
Ride Monarch and keep in front.
Sold by e. G. Dedrick.

Sold by e. G. Dedrick.
Walhalla will incorporate.
Wild geese are quite plenty.
1t will soon be time to plant trees.
Wheat, No. 1 Hard SO cents today.
There are five firms in this city hand
ling bicycles.
County politics are beginning to at
tract attention.
May 1st will be municipal election day
down at Milton.
The weeks war talk will be found on
our inside pages.
LanRdon should get to the front with
a good baseball team this year.
Osnabrook promises to be strictly in it
this summer with three drug stores.
The lawn tennis association Is locking
up new location for their court this
spring.
Milton town finances are gilt edge. No
outstanding warrants and upwards of
$1,000 in the treasury.
Hannah has ten volunteers ready to
sign the muster roll of Go. E at an hours
notice in case war is declared.
Duncan Crerar, of Daniels, was ap-
pointed assessor for the unorganized
portion of Cavalier county at salary of
$500
If Largdon is to celebrate the Fourth
of July it is none too early to discuss the
question and commence making pre-
parations.
Seeding has been commenced generally
throughout the county this week and
many farmers already have large acre
age seeded.
Thirteen families of immigrants from
the state of Old Virginia have located in
Cypress township, near Dash post Office
They arrived last week.
Hannah wants an appropriation of
$500 from the county to assist in defraying
the cost of bridging and grading the
northwest end of Rush Lake.
Hereafter the use of the court house
hall can only be had for public meetings.
Dances, entertainments and gatherings OF
similar character a;e barred.
H. o. Bjornerud and wife leave Lang
don this week for their new home on
the Pacific coast. All wish them health
and happiness, but regret the leave
taking.
McPhee, the whole show that travels
in his own private car, will have to wear
whiskers foot long before he can run in
another "fixed- DEAF like he did las,
Friday night.
Some property holders will have bill
for damages to pay if the bad condition
o the sidewalks is not looked after.
Now that the fine weather has come
there's no excuse for further neglect.
Sunday was bright and joyous Easter
day. In all of the city churches beauti-
fully arranged floral decorations and
special music contributed to make the
services particularly appropriate to the
the occasion.
Prof. Arthur Wales, the Grand Forks
piano tuner spent part of last week in
the city. Mr.. Wales is considerable Of
a bicycle crank and has by his inventive
genius increased the gear of his whee
to 100, Transforming it into literal flying
machine in the matter of speed.
The semi-annual statement of the
fiscal condition of Langdon city is both
concise and complete showing ef1icienc,
on the part of the outgoing administra
ton of municipal affairs. No furthe
comment is considered necessary ant
every taxpayer will agree both economy
and progression have been the watch
word and deserve commentator on al
sides.
Last week Jno McConnachie, one o
Grand Forks county's legislative states
man was installed in the office of CUSTOM
collector at the SUPPORT of entry into
the United States at Elkwood-for tw,
terms filled by that rock-ribbed demo
crat M. Fl. Murphy. This week tn
word comes that Hon. Frank H. Gaulke
of Rollette county has received simila
appointment in this county, at Hannah
succeeding another well known an
time tired old democratic war horse
Arch'd McCully. We amt kicking
neither are the out going lncumbents
such is politics, but did it ever occur t
anyone that the republicans of thi
county-if there are any-have been ovel
looked in the matter of official pap. Ca
it be that the administration conside
that the g. o. p. in Cavalier county hav
gone to the bow-wows, or how is it "tha
stuff's off,
WI. Mooney secured chea]
money or farm loans when h