Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04


the county board of health. is busy this
week getting out the necessary blanks
and forms required by the physicians of
the county for the registration of births
and deaths as required by the new law
enacted at the legislature, which
provides that the health officers of each
city or town shall certify each month to
the county auditor, through the county
superintendent of the board of health,
all births and deaths that occur, and for
which they receive fee of ten cents for
each certificate. All.parents are required
to give notice of births or deaths to the
health officers within ten days after the
occurrence and penalty of the $40 or
less is to be inflicted upon their neglect
or refusal to 90 so.
The organization of a Langdon
amateur base ball association is now an
established fact. and has been one since
the enthusiastic meeting held last Satur-
day evening by the local fans" at the
Office of Attorney Fred Mclean. By the
unanimous vote of all officers for the club
we're elected for the season as follows:
President, f. w. Mclean; secretary, r.
E. McHugh; treasurer, j. B. Boyd. The
nine have chosen N. Hayes for their
captain while the business management
of the club will will be under the drec-
tion of F. W. Mclean. A committee
consisting of Messrs. Boyd, Winter and
Buckin have undertaken the soliciting
of financial aid for the club and so far
have received the heartiest assurance
of co operation on the part of the citizens
The Kindergarten, which has been
started in the city through the efforts of
the Langdon Woman's Club, was opened
up on Monday morning in the parlors of
the Baptist church with Miss Plummer,
an experienced teacher from Minneapolis,
in charge. 1t starts out with an enroll
lment of some thirty little tots, varying
in age from four to six years, the interest
taken in the project by the parents
being much greater than was expected
by the most sanguine, while the children
have the kindergarten epidemic in a
painfully acute form. The sessions are
at present only held in the forenoon,
lasting about two hours and half,
though later in the tern, which contin-
ues through the summer months, after
noon sessions will likely be added. The
ladies of the city are invited to call at
any time while the kindergarten is opea
and the teacher, Miss Plummer, will
gladly explain the method by which the
children are taught.
dewey Day. was enthusiastically
observed here from early morning by the
display of flags over all public buildings
and all the prominent business houses
and in the evening by parade followed
by appropriate patriotic exercises at the
court house which was filled by one of
biggest crowds that ever gathered there.
The speeches of the evening were made
by J. B. Boyd, who acted as chairman,
and Attorney Monnet and Cleary. Both
speakers eulogized the man who lead the
American navy TO victory in Manila Bay
and made whole chapter of history in
few hours. Almost every other ntterance
was taken up with an echo of applause by
the audience, which appeared to be
thoroughly imbued with the patriotic
character of the occasion while the jul
venile portion of the audience more than
succeeded in outdoing the older ones in
their efforts to make the eagle scream for
all he was worth in honor of gallant Ad-
miral Dewey. Spirited music by the
band did much to enliven and give a
martial air to the evenings exercises.
| Cavalier teachers will have teachers
institute lasting one week during the
month of June. This question was
settled last week during Co. Sup't Fox's
visit at Fargo, where the county superin-
tendents of the state were called by
State Sup't Hal]and for the purpose
settling the matter of whether the hold
ing of institutes or summer training
schools would be the more desirable in
the respective counties of the state. The
introduction of summer training schools
in this state only dates back about two
years, aud their practibility to super.
sede the old time teachers institute
appears to be confined entirely to the
more thickly settled counties of the Red
River Valley, where the lines of educa-
| tion are largely guided by the require
ments of the schools in the bigger towns
to the detriment of those in the rural
districts. Institutes require the attend
ance of the teacher for one week, where
in case of the summer srainlng school he
is obliged to be away from his post of
duty for month, at time when the
children are best able to attend. Sum.
schools are conducted by five instruc-
tors at an expense of 800 month each
while only two instructors are required