Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-22
Gordon q Lamb always have
Cash for farm loans.

All kinds OF brass goods and engine
supplies at Dedrlck's corner hardware.
For the best smoke call on Flumer-
felt & Bucklin and get a "John Sher-
tnan" cigar. 45-5
G. w. Clarke has transferred his stage
line contract, running between Langdon
and Walhalla, to j. II. Gordon of the
latter place.
H. L. Ohlheiser and Henry Kroetsch
from Formosa, Ont, are here for a visit
with Cavalier county friends during the
harvest season.
The National elevator at this place will
this fall be in charge of John j. Powers,
formerly in the employ OF the same COM
pany at Osnabrock.
Saturday forenoon young son was
born to jos. Carey and wife, at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Birmingham,
where they have lately been stopping.
Senator Laidlaw is collecting fine
lot OF samples of grasses and grain as
we'll as vegetables which he will forward
to the Buffalo Pan-American exposition
in few days.
John Ryan who arrived recently from
Chesley, Ontario, will accept position
in the branch Office of the Langdon
Implement Co., at Hannah during the
rush of fall business.
Third Baseman Plymot, of the Lang
don ball team, received visit during
the week from his brother, Attorney II.
E. Plymot, who has recently established
a law practice over at Cando.
Nick Yost and wife, early day residen
of the first mountain country down around
Beaulieu, leaving there two years ago for
Mill Valley, CAL, are back visiting among
old friends and looking after extensive
interests that Mr.. Yost still controls in
in this county.
In last weeks Wahpeton Globe it's
editor, Fred Falley, ex-secretary OF state,
says: "The most distressing thing we
ever saw was the inning of ball game
between Grand Forks and Langdon when
the Laugdon team made fifteen runs.
Event red Mclean was moved by compass
sion to say, held enough"
Mage Elicit, With the National elevator
here last fall, will buy for the same COM
pany at McC Gamma this year. During the
slack time that elevator men enjoy in
the winter months "Mage" busted him
self hunting up wife down in South
Dakota. His friends here may be glad
to learn that he was successful.
j. II. Goertz drove in from his Rose
hill store yesterday and tells us that his
neighbors are harvesting crops such as
were never dreamed IN their old homes in
Minnesota. He is putting in big stock
of general merchandise this fall and
expects to be busy all the time. Readers
at Rosehill and vicinity will do we'll to
note his advertisement on this page.
Wigg's debut in the box for Minnea-
polls in game played last Friday with
DeeMoines was not what his North Da-
kota admires might be led to expect from
the record made during the season with
Milton. The first two men to the bat
were hit by Wigs; seven other men
were given bases on balls and the game
lost to Minneapolis and wen by team
that has held down the bottom of the
per centege column IN the Western
League since the season opened. Wigs
was up in the air and from the fact of not
having been called ou~ee pitch any
games since he has evidently not come
down yet.
The Grand Forks and Fargo papers
have been receiving suggestions from
base ball fans around the state as to
their preference in the formation Of q
North Dakota team of ball players. The
material to be selected from the
different teams that have played in the
league during the season. The pick was
made with the view Of putting the cream
do la cream of North Dakota players
against all Corners. Langdon's catcher,
Conwell appeared as favorite in five
out of seven lists published. In tho
field positions Berg and "Little Fitz"
were picked as good enough. while
Cameron's tall form at second base
seemed to have caught the eye of most
all who undertook to pick winners. For
pitcher the choice evidently lay between
Wigs Of Milton and Sessions of Devils
Lake. The critics evidently gave Lang
don's team as good representation in the
all North Dakota nine as any team in
the league, but without discriminating
against any others. what would be the
matter with "Tuck" on first, Allie Borg,
who at short, has made the only triple
! unassisted play in the league this season;
then there's third baseman Plymot and
in fact tina list might be continued until
the name of every Langdon player had