Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-09-05
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
School will commence Monday.

School will commence Monday.
Johnny get your gun-and permit.
There was no meeting of the city
council Monday night.
No frost in Cavalier county this fell
up-to date. Neither has their been
either wind or rain to delay the harvest
or do harm.
Isn't it about time for the city council
to consider the question of pnttlng on an
additional police night watch to look
after our transien visitors.
EARLY threshina will be the rule this
fall, machines are plentiful and the grain
will be marketed and cared for much
earlier than usual, which means big
saving to farmers.
Will the DEMOCRATS county new
correspondents endeavor to furnish re-
ports Of crop yields from their locality?
This data is especially desired where the
yield happens TO be above the average.
The heavy cannonading heard by the
residents north and west of town at an
early hour Sunday morning may have
been mistaken by some for the Battle of
Manila, but it was only an army of local
nimrods out cunning for dax and chix.
The attention of our farmer readers
and others is direcsed to the fact that
from now on the grain market report Of
the DEMOCRAT will be carefully corrected
each week giving the latest quotations OF
the local market up to the hour Of going
to press.
News is scarce this week on the last
page, which is generally reserved for the
items of our county correspondents.
Harvesting and threshing at this time
does not leave the out of town scribe
either the time or the inclination to
write much.
Now that the chicken season is open
perhaps the owners Of Langdon poultry
yards can rest easy with less apprehen-
zion of midnight raid on the hen coop.
Two OF three cases Of petty theft might
have been traced home to some of the
moro thoughtleRs of our practical jokers
had the losers felt 80 inclined.
Monday being Labor day the banks,
court house offices and the post Office
were closed. It is also worthy of note
that Monday was observed at the Pan
American exposition as North Dakota
day. Taken altogether Monday, Sept.-2
1901. WAS something in the line of
double-header as red-letter day in
the Flickertail state.
This business of burning straw piles at
threshing time is said by many who
have closely observed the matter to re-
suit in the bringing down Of rains that
put stop tothreshing. There are laws of
nature that warrant this idea being
entertained seriously by our farmers, and
even we're it not so there are other,
equally as strong reasons why straw
stacks should not be burned SO indis-
criminately as they have been in the
past The STRAW should be returned to
the ground IN some other way as
fertilizer.
ia. D. Parsons is interesting himself in
the introduction among the farmers of
this county OF o new sample of seed
wheat of the Russian macaroni variety
which has already found ready market
Lo
This new wheat has large hard berry
on high stiff straw with square bearded
head, the kernel being protected by a
heavy chaff that protects it from the
hard winds preventing the grain Smelling
easily. Mr. Parsons states it natures
earlier than other wheat, crop this
year being harvested rs days from the
time of seeding. 1t is particularly re-
commended as not being subject to rust
and smut. For the macaroni wheat is
claimed double the yield OF other
varieties and weight Of 63 to Cd pounds
per bushel. An analysis made recently
at the Pillebury mills showed the Russian
macaroni variety Of wheat contained 10
per cent more gluten than either tko fife
or bluestem, for which reason it will
commend better price than other flour
making wheats. In addition to its Other
merits, the Russian mncaroni wheat
the hardest wheat grown-is said tt
make bread that is preferred to the
best bread made from other varieties
The plant stands drouth ae we'll al
alfalfa. The agricultural department
at Washington is about to make serie
experiments with this wheat
School Opens Monday. pa @as best Hp fS1i
sold at tho Democrat office.