Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-20

Carpenter Voll is laid up this week
with bum optic.
f. w. Mclean was in the Forks on
land Office business Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Stevenson is reported rs
recovering from an illness that laid her
up all last week.
Attorney Cleary had as visitor part
of the week his brother, NJ. Fl. Cleary. a
practicing physician, residing in Illinois.
Doc Reilly, of Milton, who has been
enjoying trip through Colorado is tax
ing in the Buffalo expo, on his home
ward trip.
Monday afternoon Mrs. W. B. Dick
sons little daughter, Agnes, gave party
to her classmates on the occasion of her
seventh birthday.
A. Kieffsr, one of the old timers at
Wales, has re-entered business there as
partner of Jno. Kraemer in the lumber
and farm implement line.
Mrs. w. r. Kessler and sister, Mrs. w.
A. Laidlaw, are visiting in Fargo this
week attending the sessions of the grand
chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. L. w. Bleakley takes her young
est daughter to Fargo Dext week to
secure special treatment for paralysis
that has afflicted the little one since
birth.
R. E. McHugh is reported as having
sailed June LIST from Seattle FOR the
famous Cape Nome mlning district of
Alaska. "Bob" has for some time been
casting goo.goo eyes ct the Alaskan gold
mines.
Prof. A. H. Decks is noticed as having
furnished the music at the Old Settlers
reunion held at Grafton last week. The
attendance was large, LA of the old
pioneers of the Red River Valley being
present.
Norman Mcdonald, of the Mcdonald
& Hankey meat market received severe
injuries to his right hand, in adj
dition to losing part of one finger, while
operating the sausage machine, Monday
afternoon.
Street Com'r Hunter opened up a
grade on Pine street this week. A ditch
is being made from Third street to the
coulie west of Seventh IN order to give
proper drainage to low lying property
through there.
The little sou of Postmaster Peter
Zettel of Mt. Carmel died yesterday at
about noon, having been ill with lung
trouble some little time. The child was
about two years old and recently had
shown Indications of possible recovery.
Rob't Fleming while IN the City Mon
day from Dresden in talking of the crop
question said the conditions in Cavalier
county never looked better in June
The rains we have had went down in the
soil to depth of at least ten or twelve
inches. Unless something extraordinary
happens it is safe to say that Cavalier
county farmers will be on easy street this
fall.
The Woodmen annual picnic at Elk
wood occurred last Thursday according
to program. About everyone living in
that vicinity was there az we'll as nearly
two hundred people from Hannah and
Dresden, Wales and Langdon: Not
much time was given to speech making,
the baseball game and Sports being the
big attractions. There was plenty to eat
and drink and an opportunity for all to
dance. Everybody SEEM id to have a
good time and 60 home safe.
One of Che best known elevator men in
the state, M. j. Lighthall, of Larimore,
when questioned about crops while in
the city the other day said, "North Da-
kota looks good for 100000 bushels OF
wheat this year. The state never had
such prospect. Every section of the
state was favored IN the recent ram fall
and it made crop sure everywhere. Flax
seems to have survived the two or three
frosty nights we have had. Business
men everywhere are feeling good, antici.
pate the big fall trade will begir earlier
shan usual this year"