Courier Democrat., 1901-08-08
Gordon e. Lamb always have
Cash for farm loans.

Amos Abbott has taken charge
of tho drug store at Wales, recent
ly purchased by MoGruer Bros.
Mrs. J. N. Sheppard went down
the line to Park River last Satur.
day for q visit of q few days with
her parents.
Mrs. Finlay's illness of typhoid
fever which has lasted nearly two
months is now slowly showing an
improved condition.
Last w,ek DR.. j. N. Sheppard
received visit from his father
who lives at Edinburg and an
uncle, Mr.. Young, from Oklahoma
Cashier ]. D. Milne of the Citi.
zens bank, has returned with his
family from six weeks vacation
spent with relatives in Iowa and
Ontario.
| Nearly all the phones have been
placed with the subscribers this
week and Manager Burke promises
to have the line in operation be-
fore the 18th.
A lawn social Monday evening
on the court house grounds netted
the ladies of st. Alphonsus church
1925. They are highly pleased
with the result.
Leslie Mccullough has opened
an employment bureau at Hannah
for the securing Of harvest hands
Looks as if it is a good idea o1
how to get next to the farmer.
Mrs. +. W. Bleakley went owe,
to killarney, Man., last week fol
a visit with relatives. The family,
who have been over there for the
summer vacation, return home
with her.
| @. ". Andrews is here from
Walhalla visiting w. +. Winter.
Harvesting is we'll under way
down there. He started binders
cutting wheat yesterday on one of
his farms.
F. E. B. Mercer and wife visited
their farm in the south end of the
county this week, where extensive
Improvements and the building of
a fine house are at the present
time under way.
| Herb. Barton, the "broncho
buster" of western Cavalier coun-
| ty advertises an exhibition of rid
ing "bucking" bronchos at his
! camp south of Hannah Saturday
afternoon Of this week.
J. T. MeNeill, of Loan, went
over to Winnipeg this week to
meet his daughters, Ursula and
Frances, who have been spending
the past four years in Ontario
finishing their education at To-
ronto and Kingston.
Jno. G. Currie has been at
Fargo since the middle of the
week with his wife who has been
there for some time receiving
treatment for cancer at St Johns
hospital. The operation under.
gone q few days age is reported as
not having had the results desir-
ed. Her condition now is stated
to be decidedly critical.
The entire set of land office de-
cisions and digest was recently
franked to Gordon & Lamb, attor-
neys, by the o. S. Government.
It embraces all decisions of the
highest departments of the gov
ernment in regard to homesteads,
preemption and tree claim entries,
proofs, ETC., and enables the possess
sors to thoroughly pass upon every
question presented in regard to
land Office law.
The death of M. Walsh's little
daughter. which occurred recently
the result of accidental poisoning,
was among these items of news
that were inadvertently overlooked
at the time of the opening of the
Barry case. We have been re-
quested by Mr.. Walsh to state that
he feels greatly obliged to the
many kind friends who rendered
him their sympathy aud assist
ance at that time.
In the tour that our league base
ball team has made over the state
during the week they have played
the fastest ball that has been seen
at the places they visited this
season. They have won a good
share and the games lost have
been contested so closely that de-
feat need not he considerad n dis