Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-13
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Farmers have had no occasion to
complain of scarcity of rain this summer.
The troubles of the Park River base
ball players must haye grown heavier
since "Shep' dubbed them Spaniards.
Will it be safe for a Langdon man to
attend the Walsh county annual fair,
which opens at Park River the first Of
next month?
1t is only necessary to read last weeks
Park River papers to be convinced be-
You'd the shadow of a doubt that the
Park River nine is thoroughly competent
to play-bawl.
Saturday afternoon the city school
board let the contract for the putting up
of new school building, which accord
ing to the contract will have to be COM
pleted by October LIST.
The Moon is liable to be eclipsed most
any day since it printed that item in last
weeks issue stating that there are hun
dreds of acres of grain under water be-
tween Langdon and Dresden.
Assistant Postmaster Sherwin desires
that the public be given to distinctly
understand that the mail going north
closes promptly at noon and the south
going mail at AS in the afternoon.
New sidewalks ordered by the city
council are being built this week on the
east end of Walnut and Oak streets.
Substantial repairs are also being made
to the walks in other parts of the city.
Register of Deeds Rylance informs us
that his office has recently been advised
of court decision to the effect that the
government requires revenue stamp to
be affixed to satisfaction of real estate
mortgages, before being filed for record.
Auditor w ork and his deputy have had
busy week of it looking after the long
session of the board of county commits
sioners and getting out the annual report
of the county's fiscal condition for the
year which closed June Both.
No need of those newspaper fellows
down at Park River going all the way to
Indiana to take the mud bath treatment
when they can wallow around in it as
much as they like right there at home.
Nothing like patronizing home indus
try you know.
Both local and editorial matter are to
large extent crowded out this week by
the official proceedings of the meetings
held here last week by the county COM
missioners and the board of equalization.
The report of the different sessions cover
over six columns of space and contain
much that is of vital interest to every
taxpayer in Cavalier county.
The townships of Easily, Gordon and
Mt. Carmel hold their first town meet
1ngs on Friday the 28th inst, and as
the business transacted at that time will
be of considerable interest to the public
the DEMOCRAT would consider 1t a favor
if a report of the same we're forwarded to
this paper in time for publication the
following week.
The railroad commissioners made Their
annual trip up this branch today in theil
special car. AS viewed from the depot
platform it looked very much as it the,
we're out for pleasure trip instead OF OF
business; Ii, instead OF travelling i.
luxury, they had to pay their own fare
or rid in lumber wagon they NIGH
stay long enough in one place to be O
some good.
Three new townships date their admis
sion from the date of the meeting of TIN
comfy board which reached an adjourn
ment last Saturday. They are Easily
Gordon and Mt. Carmel, each formerly
part of the old civil townships, that hav
of late been divided upon the petition 0
the residents for the purpose of bein
easier handled in the matter of schoo
and township government 1t will onl
require a short time before the remain
der will take up the question of divisio
and reduce their size to six miles square
The Citizen State Bank ha
any amount of money to loan OF
farms, at a low rate Of interest