Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-25
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
COMING EVENTS:

May 26-Teachers Examination.
May 30-Decoration Day.
Langdon will celebrate.
Hurrah for the Fourth of July.
Wheat is coming up in great shape.
The city hall is badly in need of fresh
coat of paint again this spring.
Langdon people have planted hundreds
of new trees idlring the past couple of
weeks.
Next Tuesday is Memorial Day and it
will be properly observed by the people
of Langdon.
Milton will be in the swim slightly it
self this summer and is organizing ten
mis- club that promises to make it inter
esting for our Langdon players.
1t is understood the staff of teachers
of the city schools will be increased from
four to six at the commencement of the
fall term. AS far as can be learned the
board of education decided to retain all
the old teachers for another year.
Farmers IN the south. end of the county
have lately lost quite number of horses
from disease that apparently centers it.
self upon the animals lungs. John Nc
Bride, of East Alma, numbering among
the unfortunate, having lost three of his
Inv hot I1icprHor n
seeding.
This spring the Langdon butchers have
been compelled to import dressed beef
and mutton from st. Paul. Resulting in
no other cause than the heavy shipments
of live stock tibet have been made from
this part of the state during the past
three years. There IS moral in tins for
Cavalier county farmers, which should
point out to them the necessity OF sowing
less wheat and raising more cattle.
To answer several enquiries from
country school teachers we can say that
the amended school law provides, that
teachers engaged in teaching term OF
school at the time of holding teachers
training school OF institute shall close
their school and attend the training
school or institute and draw their regu-
lar wages; but no teacher shall receive
nav unless he has attended four consecu.
tive days, and it is provided further, that
no teacher shall receive pay for more
than five days.
The establishing of the Portland
cement works this spring on the banks of
the Tongue river, nine miles north east
of Milton, in Olga township, by President
Merrifeld and Geologist Babcock, of the
state university, is an enterprise that
promises to bring considerable attention
to this county from the state and the
northwest at large, and at the present
time gives the vicinity in which the
valuable cement is found scene OF ac-
tiyity and hustle that at least Is some
thing decidedly novel for place that
in the past has been noted chiefly for it's
expanse of undisturbed natural beauty.
Machinery and the material for the
various buildings, aggregating in value
thousands of dollars, are already being
hauled in from the town of Milton and
big crew of men are at work getting
things in shape SO that operations may
be got under way by July list. The mill
for the manufacture of the cement will
begin with capacity of $50 barrels
day and as the researches of Geologis1
Babcock shows that there is an almost
inexhaustible supply, the capacity of the
plant will in very short time natural,
be increased. 1t was in 1891 that thu
discovery of this rich deposit was mad'
by Prof. Babcock since which time n
has made numerous experiments to sat
isfy himself of the genuineness of hi
find and in company with Presiden
Merrltield they have since been quietl.
buying up all adjoining lands on which
the material forming this cement ii
found. That they richly deserve to real
q full reward for their outlay is the ex
pressed OPINION Of everybody in tina
vicinity.