Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-19


The slope has plenty Of hay for all Of
is.
The date of the Nlandan state fair is
Sept. 1921. 49,
The new ferry at Bowbells is ready
COR business.
The old vets are now getting their
quarterly pensions.
Cass county is to be the defendant In
another ditch case.
Grafton stores will close during the
summer at 6:30 p. IN.
Wallalla. it is said, will get no long
distance phone this year.
The father of Sheriff Serum of Traill
county, died Last week.
A Bottineau boy had his leg broken
IN two places by Il kick from horse.
Ed Blake at Canlo. has secured po-
sition. asAattendant ut the state capltol.
Grafton had a fire alarm or two as
the result Of the electrical storm there.
Recent rains have improved the sltu-
alton in the northern part OF the state.
j. NJ. Coulter has resigned as princl-
lal Of the Hensel,. Pembina county,
schools. -
Il. S. Edison Of Larimore has been Ill,
and is now at Grand Forks for treat
nent. .,5t.
George Miller, the Sargent county
ooy, who was accidentally shot VIII Il
;evolver, died.
Saturday, July q, will be hot time
at Buffalo-horse races. base pail anu
other sports.
The solid prairie sod about Bowbells
was wet to a depth OF fur inches ny
the recent rain.
Census Enumeration Lee had not
time among the lcelanders anu FRENCH
men i'll PemEina county.
The Belgian hare is sweeping over
the country, ami there will soon be no
village without it's rahbitry.
Since the recent rains 10 section OF
the state seems to have improved SO
much as Logan county
Collector McConnachie, at the Eld-
woods custom post north OF Lansuon'
IS said to have resigned.
Sanborn voted against issuing bonds
for new school building to the tune
Of ~ to 2.
II. D. ALERT of Langdon is the North
Dakota member of the committee chos-
en- to notify Bryan of his nomination.
The crop situation has improved SO
much in some localities that the pa
Oers are discussing the prospects OF u
large yield.
| ]. A, McFadden anticipates short
age of hay in Pembina county, and mas
bought several hundred tons in North
ern Minnesota.
New pensioners in South Dakota are:
Isaac \. Parkinson, Soldiers Home,
Lisbon, SIS: Thomas Mccall Iigner,
KnoX, SIT.
Cando has new fire department OF
three hose teams and look ana lau-
der outfit, and the next blaze is anX-
lousy awaited.
Prospectors are intending to locate at
RichburS, which is to be the new ter
minus of the Bottineau branch OF the
Great Northern.
A new Presbyterian church is being
built at the Grand River Indian sub
agency, about forty miles south OF
Standing Rock.
J. A. AIahood of Cando has a chair
which was made for lis father thirty
:our years ago, and it is as good as new,
despite it's constant use.
Ira Stantfish, formerly of Sanborn,
while cutting poles in Montana, sew
cred an artery of his foot and came
near bleeding to death.
The foundation for the new Congre-
gational church at Wahpeton is near
Ing completion, and the corner stone
will be laid in a short time.
| r n; Of
fire in the meat market at Glendale
shat required the services of the fire de-
partment to extinguish.
A party of Pennsylvania capitalists
will inspect the coal deposits along the
new Washburn road. with a view to IN
vestment and development.
Henry Greeting of Fort Dodge. Iowa,
dropped dead about four miles south Of
Lakota. He was an old soldier and in
charge of a party of immigrants.
Owing to crop shortage. the commits
sicners Of Barnes county have decided
to retrench, and an order for a new
iron bridge across the Sheyenne river
has been countermanded.
M. NJ. Cook of Dicyek county was
digging well, and discovered gooo
quality of Ignite coal AS there are
no mines of that nature in that part of
the state, he seems to have a bonanza.
In the new Washington school dis
rrict in Stutsman county, some OF the
notices posted by the clerk were for an
election June %, when it was held June
10. There promises to be a legal row
over the matter.
Mrs. Anna Carlow, residing twelve
miles from Hankinson. was burned to
death While starting fire with kero-
sene. Her husband may lose the use
lof his hands from burns received III
trying to help his unfortunate wife.
The American District Steam Heat
ing company is putting in system IN
IGrand Forks Mains are being placed
near the curb on the main streets
j through which it is Intended to convey
! steam for heating a number of build
|ings from the central station.
Pat Gallagher passed the Nelson
farm near Balfour, last week, and saw
Mrs Nelson frantically waving her
arms Pat went to the house and dis
covered that her f1ve-year-old boy had