Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-04-07

It your homestead claim is contested
see B. Erickson.
w. F. Winter has plenty of chear
money for arm loans.
Lots of money to loan on first mort
cages at Dickson & Dicksons.
Feed and seed oats for sale. Forprice
and terms apply to M. L. Sullivan.
: Hon. 81. T. Helgeson and wife were
visitors in the city from Milton Monday
VIM. Stevenson and wife got back on
yesterdays train from their Ontario
trip.
!, The ladies of the Presbyterian church
met on Monday afternoon with Mrs. A.
L. Bradley.
! Emil Nelson and wife, of Park River,
we're visiting friends in the city between
trains Oh Monday. .....
Rob't Fleming was at Osnabrock last
Monday looking after the settlement and
distribution of the McKittrick estate.
Land Office business, homestead filings,
homestead contests and final roof.
promptly attended to. Nee B. Erickson
JAS Cronan, until lately U. S. marshal
of this state, was in the city Friday in
the interest of his cold storage plant at
Fargo.
Look Kee, the Chinese washee washee,
was among the first voters of the Second
Ward to cast his ballot at Mondays
election.
Editor Shepard was down from Han
nah the forepart of the week.-Mrs. first
visit here for many moons-weekly
Moons, of course.
Next Monday evenings event, E'The
Temple of Fame" is all the talk this
week. lis expected to be the social
event of the season.
Eight new members have been secur ed
for the Workman order recently and will
give the members some interesting work
at their next meeting.
Miss Jennie Brown, who has been the
guest of her sister, Mrs. J. N. Sheppard,
the past two weeks returned to her home
at Park River yesterday.
Doc. Windell, a former practitioner at
Park River, now "roughing it in the
Klondike region, writes Langdon friend
from Dyea, which place he describes as
being abo ut the size of Milton.
Alvin P. Webster greeted old time
friends in the city yesterday. He has
spent the winter months in Minneapolis,
but will look after his farming interests
in Pembina county for awhile now.
The Suffrage medal contest given at
the court house Saturday evening was a
spirited affair and enjoyed by a large
and appreciative audience The medal
was awarded to Miss Jennie Currie.
Peter Fast announces this week the
opening up of his herd for horses and
cattle. This is the eighth season "Pete''
has herded on the grazing lands west of
town and this year he expects to roundup
three hundred head.
James G.. Gibson. Of Bellville, Ont, a
brother of w. s. Gibson and Mrs. P.
Foshay of this city it is understood joins
the ranks of benedlcts on the Oath inst,
at least his relatives here have been
notified to that effect.
Dune Crerar, the champion checker
player from Daniels, did big stroke of
business while IN town Saturday, making
proof on his homestead and tree claim,
besides dating his subscription to this
paper ahead for another year.
| l.. A. Weed was down from Hannah
for few days this week looking after
the implement business of McPhail,
while the latter gentleman was east or.
dering few car loads of good weather
"Shorty" did the right thing by joining
the big list of this papers readers at
before returning to the end-town yester-
day. ...
J. D. Salter was at Forks last week
attending the annual gathering OF
the state enforcement league. The
Fargo Forum in it's account of the pro.
ceedings of the league credits Mr.. Salter
with saying that Langdon is under
whiskey ring rule and hard to work fol-
prohibition, also urged that Rankin, the
temperance orator, be sent up here
at once to help them buck the ring.
VIM. Thompson, who comes from Mil
ton, and is renowned Throughout the
length and breadth of Cavalier county as
the most successful canvasser of books
of standard authors, is here this week
taking orders for the authorized edition
of ''The Life of Frances E. Willard
written by her private secretary and
literary executor Miss Annie A. Gordon
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