Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-05-05

w. F. Winter has plenty of cheap
money for farm loans.
Ride Crawford bicycle and be happy.
Sold by F. E. B. Mercer.
Don't buy a bicycle until you have
seen the Crawford. Sold by Mercer, the
Hardware Man.
r. E. B. Mercer returned Monday from
Devils Lake, where he spent part of the
week on business.
A.. B. French. and son were up from
Cavalier looking after their farm lands
west of here this week.
Frank Fischer is hauling lumber this
week for the building of large house
and barn on his farm at Wales.
Geo. G. Elford visited with his family
and old friends at Bay Centre, in Penn
bina county over Sunday this week.
John Mcleod stated on Saturday that
early sown wheat on his Rosa Lake farm
was up and two inches above the ground
Miss Maud Kisner and little Pearl Fal-
lis from Park River, we're the guests of
Miss M. Kelly, last week, returning home
Friday.
W. J. Mooney was down the line at
Milton and Osnabrock on Tuesday clos
ing deals with parties for townsite prop
erty at those places.
| Our Stallion Service book for 1898 is
revised and improved. Many new fea-
lures not contained in previous editions.
Call and examine sample copy.
VIM. J. Loos, an all round printer, ar
rived in the city last Thursday from
Walkerton, Ont, and has accepted po-
sition in the composing room of this Office.
w. F. Winter was up at Dresden yes
terday afternoon to meet the citizens
there regarding the selection of site for
their new Catholic church on his town.
site.
"The first in the field and the last to
leave it," We have the popular price
line of wheels, first last and always. We
have four lines to choose from and every
wheel in guaranteed. H. D. ALERT & Co.
R. Mears has made several trips up
the branch this week in the capacity of
U. s. deputy marshal, to which Office he
was recently appointed. The government
obtains ip Mr.. Mears both an efficient Of
ficer and clever gentleman.
81. G. Plumley, the wicked pardner"
of Major Edwards, of the Fargo Forum,
which dishes up all tho news, made our
city brief visit between trains Friday.
The previous evening be organized a lodge
of the Eastern Stare at Milton.
! Auditor Work gives the residents of Ca
Waller county the law on the noxious
weed question. Experience has in all
likelihood taught every taxpayer the facts
regarding these destructive parasites of
fertile farm lands. Farmers cannot be too
careful in freeing their holdings of nox-
lous weeds.
| Hedge Ellenson, one of the first settlers
of the southwestern part of the county,
who five years ago pulled up stakes and
has since seen the sightsin Oregon, Colo.
RADIO and South Dakota is back again
and will enter into the mercantile bust
ness, probably at one of the new towns
along this branch.
Word comes from Spring Valley, MINI.
that John j. Tyrrell, one of the old time
boys of Langdon, who returned home q
few weeks since, has enlisted IN Co. G. Of
the End Regiment of the Minnesota ma.
tional guards and is now in camp in St
Paul. "Johnny" writes that he hopes tc
meet some of his old friends from here
when they move to the front.
Martin Smith, one of the new settlers
in the unorganized portion of Ramsey
county, which joins Billings township
was in town Monday and joined our lis
of new readers. He says they have re
Gently opened up a postoffice at San
OakldEu plaCo, ~ UoAAtS Aouou MdEll, IL
honor of the postmaster's eldest daughter
Mr.. Smith states that his section is bein,
rapidly settled up owing to the prospec
of the extension of the Aneta branch o
the ct. Northern, which is quite general
" looked for this season.
"Bill" Birtch has not been heard from
since starting with the Bathgate part
for Klondike, but his cousin. Sid Birtch
| in letter from Sheep Camp, Alaska
written on April 4th, says: "When I las
saw the party they were we'll and happy
, with the exception of Bill Birtch, VIII
fooled with the business end of one of th
, mules and received parting injunctio
E with the hoofs of the animal that mad
. him very lame." He states that the Bath
. gate boys were in camp at Skaguay, o.
3 pecting the arrival of Archie Shelp an
4 his big outfit, when the entire part
l would start to move into the land Of golt
: or golden dreams which? The old friend