Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-12-20
dickinson claims a population Of 3.

Hay sells at $40 in Bottineau. and
flax straw at 81.
Fargo's public library will be opened
early in January.
Leeds merchants report the best
business since 1895.
The Northern Pacific is building all
ice house at Sanbvrn.
Three Harvey women are reported to
have left their husbands.
Towner and Rolette counties expect
about 5000 settlers in the spring.
Walhalla people are sore over losing
a popular Great Northern agent.
Wolves and foxes are said to be
scarce, in the vicinity of Bathgate. :
Stutsman county reports the lightest
court calendar in the history of the
county.
Medina has new school building
that is credit to that enterprising
little city.
Senator .McCumber has introduced a
bill for the repeal of the national bank
ruptcy law.
A number of Stutsn1an county farm
ers mourn the loss of horses from eat
ing flax straw.
Farmers near jamestown have made
some successful experiments in the rals.
ing of tobacco.
! Run1mage sales are all the go in the
state. Dickinson is the latest town
to get the fever.
People in many of the smaller towns
are building snow boats, and anticipate
| lots of fun this winter.
Valley City wants the state fair again
and will go after it during the COM
ing session of the legislature.
August Buelow of Bottineau attacked
Anton Imper with the rear end of a
gun, and was arrested therefor.
A jamestown mail clerk is said to
have secured valuable endorsement
for position as postoffice inspector.
A woman, a man and revolver fur
nished excitement for the citizens of
Buford for a time, but no one was in
jured
II. D. ALERT of Langdon has given up
his druggist liquor permit. Too much
shopping on the part Of the enforce
ment league.
The enforcement league is busy and
the officers at Grand Forks promise
number of interesting developments in
the near future.
Attorney'R. E. Kelley of Darlington,
the we'll known big Kelley" of the
North Dakota volunteers, has gone to
New Mexico to locate.
Every town in the northwestern part
wholesale dealer in ready-made dwell
ings could do good job.
Mons Monsoon of Walsh county is
searching for a ten-year-old son, who
mysteriously disappeared. He is sup
posed to be in the woods for the WIN
ter.
The agent at Larimore reports that
300 train loads of Montana and Dakota
live stock have been fed there during
the season while en- route to Eastern
markets.
Stutsman county farm lands have
stiffened up in price, and at the sale of
lands or which taxes were, delinquent
there was some lively bidding to Sc
cure the land.
r. S. Lewis, senator-elect for the
Ninth district, is president of the Far
go school board, and was granted
two-months' leave of absence to attend
to his legislative duties.
A man convicted of assault in Town
er county wants to get out of it be-
cause there was no return made to the
county auditor of the election of the
justice who tried the case.
Tobacco was successfully grown near
Jamestown this year. 1t is asserted
that the light lands in that vicinity are
just fitted for the crop, and more at
tention may be paid to it next year.
The Devils Lake land office ,still
leads the world in business transacted.
Last month the cash receipts We're
s22, 900, and there was proportionately
large amount of business transacted.
| "A special agent of the Indian office
has been directed to proceed to the
Fort Totten Agency to investigate the
charges made against Agent Getchell
| by Rev. DR.. Reese, the Episcopal min
lister. 's.s.
| There was a merry row in Albion
school district over the employment OF
q teacher. One of the trustees knocked
another down and skinned him up, and
then appeared before justice and paid
his fine.
The druggists at Park River are hav-
ing trouble with the state enforcement
league. The states attorney has re-
fused to have anything to do with the
cases, claiming that the complainant is
not reliable person.
An additional seventeen blocks have
been added to the original plot Of Will
ton. They now have Burleigh, Dako-
ia, Mclean, Bismarck and Minnesota
avenues, and Railway, First, Second,
Third, Fourth and Fifth streets.
Flax is the chief crop in the vicinity
of Devils Lake. The roads are full Of
farmers teams bringing the grain to
4 the elevators, and many of the loads
4 netted $115 to $12o. Business at Devils
Lake is reported to be exceedingly
good.
1 Edward Gilman of Bottineau county
4 had the misfortune to lose his house