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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23
FIRE CHIEF CONNORS.
The City Fire Department Elect New Officer.
at Last Weeks Meeting.

The City Fire Department Elect New Officers
at Last Weeks Meeting.
Monday evening the city fire depart
ment held it annual election of officers
and appointed committee cor the revi.
sion of the bye laws and constitution.
They also arranged for a series of re-
gular drills as soon as the weather per-
mits and they have received their new
supply of hose. The personnel of the
department officials during the present
year will be.
Chief-Jno. M. Connors
Asst Chief-Jno. II Powers
Treasurer-George Vierhus
Secretary-Geo. G. Elford
Foreman, Hose Cart No. IA. O. Void
Foreman, Hose Cart No. 2-Jas. Nc
Dougal
Foreman, Hose Cart No. Be. W.
Gerkie.
Foreman, Chemical Engine as. Carson
Schulke has listed his:new spring stock
at bargain prices in his change of ad this
week.
Count DeLorimier, the Grand Forks
grocery salesman called on local mer-
chants Tuesday.
Miss Maggie Davidson returned Tues
day to her home at Milton. She will
open term of school in that vicinity
early liz the spring.
Supt. Craig, of the Northwestern Ele.
vator Co., was here Tuesday distributing
valuable information on the question of
Kidding seed wheat OF the smut problem.
The Langdon Implement Co., have
had shipped to them q new threshing
outfit with gasoline engine which will
be given practical test on the grounds
atthe rear q their warehouse Saturday
afternoon.
Fois RENr-Two furnished rooms, rent
reasonable. Apply to n. E. Birtch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

SPRING election in cities having
a population exceeding 800 will
have to be conducted under the
provisions of the registry system
as laid down by a new law intro
duced at the last session. It pro-
vides that a board of registry
meet two weeks prior to election
and prepare a list of voters. Here
tofore the registry law only ap-
Piled to q few of the larger cities,
but as amended it includes all
cities with population pfs over
800.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

BOOKER, the defaulting banker
and ex-state treasurer comes back,
not with the intent of serving a
term in the penitentiary, BUT to
implicate others in his wrong do
ings, unless they accept his alter
native and make good the deficit
of which he has been made the
black sheep.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

AMONG the pleasant features
that our republican contemporaries
can expect to appreciate in the
near future are patches of insurance
statements at full legal rates. The
thanks of the press generally are
largely due Senator Crsel for en-
abling them to receive full value
for services rendered in this
matter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

The speakers at the approaching
Croker dinner in New Work will
probably argue that Jefferson was
the greatest expansionist that ever
happened. He certainly had the
most expansive intellect of any
statesman the world has ever pro-
duced, and yet it is believed that
he never wore a low-neck vest or
talked Patriotism at ten-dollar-
a-plate banquet.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

RAILROAD property is valued by
it's owners as high as $4,000 per
mile, when forming a basis for
schedule of freight charges. When
itcomes to a basis of taxation they
kick on anything bigger than
5000 per mile. Equitable taxa
ton demands that this variance
be remedisd, but nothing will ever
be accomplished to this md BY q
republican Legislature.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

ALL things point to a tremen-
dous business in the real estate
line this spring and it is safe to
predict that Cavalier county will
witness an immigration the coming
three months that will be a sur
prise to all. There is not county
in the state that has made the pro-
gress that Cavalier has the last
three years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

TIE absolute control exercised
over the machinery of the repub-
lican party by Boss Hanna is
shown by the talk in Washington
about Mr.. Hobart and the republi-
can national ticket, next year. Mr..
Hobart is not only willing butanx-
ious to have the old ticket put up
again, but there are some objec-
tons, because of the unbroken rule
of changing the tail of the ticket.
Hanna will settle the matter be-
fore Mr.. Hobart leaves his Thomas
vile house, where he is guest
with Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley, and
the strangest thing about it is the
ready acquiescence of prominent
republicans in his right to do so.
One of the latter speaking about
1T in the most matters of fact tone
said: eff Hanna decided that
Hobart shall not be nominated
again, you may look for an an
nouncement from Hobart before
delegates to the national conven-
ton are elected to the effect that
his private business demands his
attention; no announcement will be
needed if the decision is for the
old ticket
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

YESTERDAYS dispatches deny
the truth of the report that Ex-
Secretary of State John Sherman
was dead or that he is likely to die.
He left Washington last week on
a trip for his health to South AM
erica and an attack of pneumonia
gave rise to the rumor of his death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23
Tenders Wanted.

For the building of school house, in
Berlin township. Sealed bids for same
will be received up to the hour OF noon
on Friday, March "a, 1899. Plan and
specifications can be seen either at the
DEMOCRAT Office or at the residence oil
the undersigned. All material will he
furnished by the board.
JAS. A. ELLBFsoN, Clerk.
Post. Office. Langdon. N. Oak.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

Down in Florida they are cir
oumventing the too numerous cold
waves by building wooden sheds
over their orange groves and heat
them with sheet iron stoves.
This is the Control of the tropics
with a ven geance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

The date SGT by House Bill No.
90 for holding of township meet
ing to approve bonds of new Of
6cials is the third Tuesday in
March and not the 23rd inst as
stated by the DEMOCRAT through
error last week.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

Now that the state is putting in
a plant for the manufacture Of
binding Irvine at the Bismarck
penitentiary, our farmers will do
we'll to 60 more extensively into
raising flax.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23
..sTANDINd ROOM ONLY"
4 Bio hudtsncs at ths school Bntsrt alnmsnt
Last fridal Evening.

The audience which gathered at the
Donovan Hall en- Friday evening to wit
ness the entertainment given by the
pupils Of the Langdon schools was with
out exception the largest that the hall
had ever held. Every available seat was
taken and standing room packed TO the
doors. The program, consisting of
twenty four numbers, was run through
without hitch, no occasion arising for
the lowering of the curtain from start
to finish, rejecting great credit upon
Prof. Sheehan and his efficient corps
Of teachers and giving evidence of much
patient labor Enthusiastic applause by
the audience gave proof of the efficiency
and precision with which the marches
and flag drills we're executed by the chill
dren. The "Bee Hive of Industry" was
also a complete success. 1t would be
impressed to give special mention of any
particular number on the program with
out sighting the rest as all were worthy
of the Same measure Of praise. The pro-
gram az rendered is given below:
Ssss @s EIg sy S ssssssa
A''''A''S Mrs Gaudles curtain;L s'sa sa''n
fhe iii Left Bshind h as?y
-''''' iii You Don't Watch Out: D''" Dssf
'''e' ;;See.Saw.;' '- ''A'
d
''''' '' '''A Ragged Jack" -''' '''A'
Piano Duet. ...... Misses Mcknight and ALERT
Il Amt Mama's Baby Anymore
BOY chorus. ........'..........;...B scholars
Hecltatlon Lucia Grayelle
1'''''''' 'Peopie win talk" 'e 80
" ISeiected.l ~
eeai and Brdie Pon asa'
l'''''A''' 1.-THE Fall Of Manila" '0 'a'N''n
~ >> my Tea Party ~ >'' WV
Recitation. Eva Souch
VIVA ~'0'' my Filipino Baby" Eva i'D
Entertaining Her Sisters Be a 'ni''
Vocal Solo. ............ Mollie Comstock
SExtracts from Josiah Aliens Wife, Is S
Bee Hive of Industry, by Scholars
1t IS gratifying to note that the net
receipts of the entertainment were about
$50, which will be- used in buying new
books for the school library.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

jim HILL suggests that farmers
build home granaries and clean
their own wheat, thereby saving
the screenings which the elevators
are now selling for six dollars per
ton-and putting the money in
their own pockets.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

John Sheer, Sedalla Mo-, conductor on
electric street car line, writes that his
little daughter was very low with Group,
and her life saved afterall physicians had
failed, only by using One Minute Cough
Cure. For sale by II. D. ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

"Give me a liver regulator and I can
regulate the world" said IL genius. The
druggist handed him bottle of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. the famous little
pills. For sale by H. D. Alert & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23
Crush Feed.

Will crush feed every Thursday till
first Thursday in April inclusive.
w. l.. DRURY.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

Subscription 81. per annum or 81 so if paid in
advance. Advertising rates on application.
communications must be received by Tuesday
MON to receive promptattention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23
Seed Wheat For Sale.

At my farm in Perry township.
j. J. Powers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

See that your subscription to the
DEMOCRAT is paid to Jan'y LIST, 1900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23
Get your legal blanks at this Office.

Not one child dies where ten formerly
died from Group. People have learned
the value OF One Minute Cough Cure and
use it for severelung and throat troubles.
1t Immediately stops coughing. It never
fails. For sale bv H. d. ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

LEGISLATURES of California and
Delaware have adjourn without
solving the senatorial problem.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-03-23

three weeks.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
Nnilless HOrseshOes.

One Of the most recent novelties,
which will, we think, be welcomed as q
boon to horsekeepers as well as the ami!
mails under their charge, is shoe which
can be affixed to the hoof without nails.
The new shoe takes the familiar form,
but has two projections, one On each
side at the back, which engage rings at
the ends Of band which passes over
the front Of the hoof and is fastened in
the middle by a screw attachment to
the center Of the shoe. The entire ar
rangement is simple, and the innova-
ton means that when horse casts
shoe it would not be necessary any
longer to seek the aid Of farrier, for
the new shoe can easily be fitted in a
few minutes by an inexperienced hand.
In recent trial Of the nailless horse
shoe the new invention was put to q
severe test, the horse on which the
ehoes were fitted being attached TO d
heavily laden van and worked up and
down steep gradients and on granite
paved streets. Notwithstanding the
rough work the shoes showed no signs
Of shifting and were not removed until
worn out. The new shoe obviates all
risk of pricking or laming by nails, and
slight raspiug of the hoof is all that is
required in attaching it to its bed. -
Chambers Journal.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
Rinld FeedlnE For Hogs.

A number Of men who have been very
successful in their management Of swine
advise that the feeding, not only OF
stock hogs, but of the fattening hogs as
we'll, be done in the fields instead Of in
pens. They will take on flesh more rap
idly, if their digestion is not injured
when fed in pens, but they are healthier
and take on better meat when fed In
the fields, because Of the exercise they
have. The manure thrown out from the
pens is almost always wasted, but If the
animals are fed in the fields the feeding
places will cover more ground and can
be changed every day, SO that the ma
nure will be distributed over the ground
and with a little care in selecting the
feeding places the portion Of the land
most needing manure will receive tho
largest supply Of it.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08

ceives much favorable mention In DAN
ish agricultural papers The accom-
panying illustration sseN explanatory.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08

ale d'Agricuiture Of France gives the
mean weight Of horses as follOw8; EI-
Cluding ponies, which have an average
weight Of 44O pounds. the weight Of
horses varies from $50 pounds to /, $40
pounds. The weights Of omnibus, tram
and cart horses vary between LOO
pounds and $40 pounds. The weight
Of victoria and coupe horses, which Is
about the same as that Of cavalry
horses, varies between 900 pounds and
1865 pounds. M. Lavalard's weights
are for adult animals.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
How to Grow GlOximias.

Gloxinias are such free and continu-
Ous bloomeGs and Of such exquisite
beauty that all amateurs possessing
even the smallest greenhouse should
grow a few.
Dry bulbs may be started in February
OK March in three inch pots filed with
o light sandy soil, with an addition Of
some we'll rotted manure. The pots
should be placed near the glass in
warm greenhouse and shaded from the
sun and afterward shifted into large
sizes.
Never let the plants suffer for want
of water, which should be given at the
surface Of the soil, care being taken
that the upper parts Of the leaves do not
get wet. Keep the surrounding air
moist and warm. After towering grad
ually cease watering until the plants
are dry, when they may be set aside in
some warm dry place until the next
season. Gardening.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
EVILS OF iNBREEDlNG.
Degeneraey In Sheep When the Prac-
tHce Is Continued.


Among sheep the direct loss from
close inbreeding is the most apparent,
says E. P, Smith in the Boston Guilt
vator. The degeneration Of flock is 30
rapid that you can almost see 1t from
one generation to another. Itnaturally
follows that the need Of thoroughbred
rams from other flocks to add new blood
to the sheep is greater in Aocks that
have been inbred for a succession OF
years
The first thing noticeable in the line
of degeneration is the undersize Of the
lambs. The animals actually show
smaller size from one generation to an
other, and if the inbreeding is kept up
they become small and puny creatures,
or at least fair percentage Of the
lambs will be thus undersized.
The loss is Of itself twofold. The
lamb that is undersized produces less
wool because there is a smaller surface
for it to grow on. In the course Of sev-
eral generations the amount Of surface
may decrease by almost square foot.
Count up how much wool is produced
on a square foot Of the sleeps hide and
you will get at the exact loss, Then the
undersized lamb yields so much less
meat for the butcher. The loss here,
too, is considerable, and when finally
sent to be killed the loss on the wool
and the mutton will make rather
startling sum.
But this is not the only loss sustained
from inbreeding. The wool gradually
grows thinner on the hide Of the poor,
scrubby sheep. Only one hair is found
where before two grew. The inherent
weakness Of the animals shows itself in
the thin crop Of wool, the same as an
old man or one suffering from long sick
ness or inaidiOus disease. The quality
of the wool naturally degenerates
along with the other things. Place the
wool Of scrub on the scales, and 1t is
found wanting in weight. Place it then
before the sorter and picker and they
quickly mark it down as second class.
The fiber lacks something that experts
can quickly distinguish.
Here are the fourfold losses Less
mutton, less surface for the wool, less
wool to the square inch and inferior
quality Of wool, which brings only the
lowest prices in the markets.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
Timothy and sheep.

The Farm Journal says: Timothy
hay should never be fed to sheep, as j.
often causes arrangement of the di
gestive tract. And timothy is of fat
forming nature, hence lie not as valu-
able q food as clover and other grasses
which are rich in proportion.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
Heaviest Horse Ever known.


The weight Of this animal was 800
pounds, or nearly ton 2 cwt. Tbi
Clydesdale horse, which was on exhibi-
tion at New York in 1889, was 201
hands high, and although only 8 years
old measured 80 inches round the arm,
As inches round the stiAe or knee joint,
95 inches girth, 841S inches round the
hip and IL feet inches in length. 1t
was Of perfect proportions, with head
88 inches in length. A British dray
horse has been known to stand 10 hands
high and weigh nearly 18 cwt., while
one of Wombwell's menagerie horses
was once shown at Oxford measuring
II hands inches in height. The
Thames Bank distillery at the cart
horse parade Of 1895 exhibited a hand
some pair Of bays each Of which stood
10 hands high and weighed nearly q
~nn NJ IAvalard OK thA GOClstO Nation
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
Pigs, Nests.

The Western Plowman says: "Never
use buckweat straw or oat straw for
pigs nests. Buckwheat straw will soon
make them jump and kick and jerk.
Oat straw will give them q skin disease
which will in a short time stop their
growth.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
A Grent Hereford.

The pure bred 9-year-Old Hereford
steer Sir BlancO was bred by I. F. B.
sotham Of Chillicothe, Mo-, and fed by
Samuel Weaver Of Forsyth, Ills. He
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08

was champion Of the fat stock class at
the late Illinois State fair and also at
the Omaha exposition. The accompany
ing illustration is from The Breeders
Gazette.
The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
Pen For HorrerhoelnR.

A pen used in shoeing and operating
upon unmanageable horses has been de-
vised by q Danish veterinarian and re-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
TUBERCULOSIS in CATTLE,

The duties and powers of the board
Of cattle commissioners were left in an
unsettled and unsatisfactory condition
by the legislature of 1898, and will de-
mand the intelligent and patient con-
sideration of the present legislature.
Beyond a small sum for temporary pur-
poses, your predecessors declined to
make any appropriation for the uses Of
this commission, and yet declined also
to repeal or make any important
changes in existing statutes, many of
them mandatory in their character,
which define the duties of the commits
sion, and, if duly executed call for
the expenditure of large sums of money
by the commonwealth.
Under these anomalous circumstances
the commissioners sought the advice
of the attorney general, and were in
structed by him that they had no au-
thority to incur expense not provided
for by the legislature, even in the ex-
ecution of duties made obligatory upon
them by existing legislation. The work
Of the commission has therefore been
limited to the performance of such
part of their statutory duties as does
not entail expense ON the part Of the
commonwealth, and the compensation
of the commissioners, provided for by
statute, remains unpaid
! confidently believe that ii will be
the wish OF the present legislature to
deal with this somewhat perplexine
matter in such a way as to define with
clearness what is to be the policy Of
the commonwealth regarding n
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06

hundreds of the vehicles will be in OPP
Grafton.
The specifications of the trucks or
dered yesterday call for vehicle ca
pable of carrying 10 TONS and at the
same time travel eight miles an hour.
They must be able to run rs miles ON
one charge of air. The contract price
to be paid for the trucks is S5O0,OO0, or
$4,000 apiece.
The trucks are to be used. for heavy
work such as carrying icG, machinery
and heavy loads of all kinds. under
the old system of trucking by horse
power it is possible to transport a heavy
load only at a snail's pace, and then
the amount of iron or stone that can
be carried at once is very limited. But
with the new motors the enormous
weight Of 100000 pounds can be loaded
upon a truck, and by turning a wheel
the truck will glide smoothly over the
boulevards at eight miles an hour, con-
siderably faster than the ordinary rate
of a light buggy drawn by horse power
or a cyclist going at fair rate.
After the initial heavy expense OF
purchasing the truck, the financial OUT
lay required will be very slight. There
will be no troublesome horses 70 care
for in livery stables, whose keep is
yearly becoming more dlHlcult anu
costly matter in large cities, no reed
bills to pay or army of hostlers to
maintain. A few mechanics can Keep
the trucks in repair and supplied with
air. When it is considered that one
truck will be able to perform the work
of at least ten of the old wagons, II
will be seen that the running expenses
will be far lower.
The effect Of this economy will be
felt shortly after the New York Auto
Truck Company begins operation. They
Will be able to take large trucking ana
transporting contracts at rates much
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

The need OF a most careful examina-
ton of all measures involving the eX-
penditure of large sums of money es-
be provided for by current taxation, is,
in my judgment, strongly enforced by
the fact that the rapid increase of the
state debt above shown has been coin
cidnnt with a great increase of munich
pal indebtedness. and by the further
fact, as pointed out in my message to
your predecessors, that the burden OF
the gradual payment by the so-called
metropolitan district of the very large
expenditure, disbursed by the common
wealth on its behalf, has hardly yet
begun to be borne by those who are to
reap the benefit of it.
This is notably true of the vast ex-
penditure, originally estimated at $27-
900, 900, made necessary to provide an
abundant supply of water for the dis
trict, and also of the expense of secur-
ing and maintaining park reservations
in different parts of the district, and
connecting them by parkways, for
which nearly $So00,O0O have already
been appropriated.
An apportionment of this latter eX-
penditure to the several cities and
towns of the district, made by a COM
mission appointed by the supreme
court was set aside by the legislature
of 1896 on petition of the municipalities
interested, and the final apportionment
postponed for five years, in order that,
with the further advance of the work
of the board, the benefits to each city
and town might be more clearly esti-
mated.
Under existing laws, the apportion-
ment will be made during the year
1900, and will constitute a considerable
addition to the burden of taxation al
ready imposed in the district
The great work committed 70 the
metropolitan water board has been adj
vanced in an important degree during
the past year.
On the first day of January, 1898, the
board took from the city of Boston the
Chestnut hill reservoir and pumping
station and all the other works held
by the city westward of this reservoir,
including Lake Cochituate, the sud
bury basins the Sudbury and Cochltu-
ate aqueducts, and the Mystic Lake and
water works.
The use of the Mystic system as a
source of water supply was forthwith
abandoned on account OF the unfltness
of its water, which for many years
had been fully recognized, but for