Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-01-12
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Try sack of Our Voucher flour, sold
only by J. B. Boyd.
Co, Supt. Fox visited the schools at
Dresden and vicinity Friday.
H. d. ALERT was doing business rip at
Hannah couple of days last week.
Halvor Torgerson was in the city Tues
day paying taxes and taking IN the sights
ALERT & Co., presented their business
friends with handsome '99 calendars last
week.
Attorney F. W. Mclean and wife are
domiciIed at the Columbia for the
balance of the winter.
Last Thursdays evert was the arrest
of Spotter Gleason. of the enforcement
league, Oh the charge of forgery.
Druggists McGruer and McGrath
came down from Hannah on Thursday
to witness the progress of cases in Judge
Dorval's court.
Co. 3. at meeting held in their Ar
mory last Thursday evening decided to
givea military ball on Lincoln's birth
day, February 13lh.
A town has been spoken of as the "city
of the unbured dead" but It's not Wales.
I Wales is SO red hot that men are buried
aive.-Hannah Moon.
Com'r Peter Reid, who wears his new
honors in Il becoming manner, returned
Saturday to his home at Hannah after
five days session Oh the board.
DR.. j. D. Windell. a Park River
physician and returned Klondiker, is
now arranging to spend year in the
hospitals of the leading cities Of Europe.
He leaves next month.
Prof. Kirk is meeti 6 with much sue
cess in the training of bis oratorio class.
The chorus now has upwards fifty voices
and the piece entitled, "Bethelem" will
be rendered in public early in February.
The DEMOCRAT publishes another
letter this weeks on the seed wheat
question from S. F. Mer or, of the
Larimore, nurseries who fully explains
the method of testing the seed and
further generously offers to make the
test free of charge
Senator Laidlaw is modest young
man, who is ever alert and Cavalier coun-
tY will not lose anything by his course.
Representative Mclean seems to have a
comprehensive idea of his duties and
will not be behind when Cavaliers in
terests are at stake. have not mel Mr..
Berger as yet but am told that he is
right in line with his confreres. Fargo
Forum.
Misses Bella and Lilly Mcknight ro-
turned to their home at Hannah last
| Monday, after having spent a week with
friends here, 1t will be remembered
that Matt M Knight and family moved
from here just seven years ago. They
|are locared within half mile of the town
of Hannah, and are among the well-to-dc
farmers of western Cavalier county,
Crystal Gall.
II is only since last falls campaign be
gan that W. E. belong was taken int
the republican fold, but if what Cusf
saysin the Times is SO, why he must b
in line for political preferment at Bis
marck. Come to think of it Mr.. DeLont
! is not altogether stranger at the capito
and would not need an extensive intro
duction, which would aid considerably il
making the stay a pleasant one for him
, providing he should get a call iron
isWalt" to report for duty.
!. Jas. McDougall completed taking tn.
{ school census of Langdon on Tuesday
: and finds there are 300 children Q
> school age in the city. OF this humble
]. 154 are girls and 1872 boys. In 1897 tn
8 school census gave the city 3l2 and
i was expected by many that the censu
9 this year would show considerable in
' crease, whereas the count shows fallin
: off Of g. The fact that insufficient roor
Q in the schools has compelled the boar
4 to refuse to admit out-of town pupil
this winter resulted in many families nc
) moving into Langdon last fall. Thi
9 altogether with the absence OF man
q erabryo teachers, that HERETOFORE hay
o taken up the winter course under Pro
g Sheehan, doubtless accounts for th
discrepancy.