Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-09-11
Gossip and Notes.

Two cases OF small pox are reported
as under quarantine surveillance at Ed
more.
Thew are still busy grinding out hunt
ing permits. Up to date the NUMBER
issued is over half as many again as the
whole number OF last season.
Osnabrock continues to set the pace
two hold.ups during the past week make
news items in the last issue that woulo
look we'll under ssscare head"-but not
for the town.
The temperature has touched the irost
line 32o on a couple OF nights during the
week. Little or nothing however being
affected, vegetation and crops both es-
Gaping damage.
In accordance with the law Co. Treas
urer McGauvran will turn over the list
of unpaid personal taxes OF 1911 ana
previous years to the sheriff for collection
next Monday, Sept. 18th.
A meeting of the teachers district as
ISOLATION will be held in the Court House,
OF this city onSaturday, Sept. goth. Ihe
announcement OF the holding OF TINS
meeting is made by Co. Supt, Mcdonald.
Milton has reason to boast proudly
that the four teachers OF it's village school
all hold life certificates as to their ability
So, / &c
thing for 30 small town to gather such
an excellent corps of instructors.
School census returns compiled at the
Office of the state superintendent OF pub
lie instruction at Bismarck show that
Cavalier county, with 1925 children OF
school age, ranks in sixth place among
the big counties OF the state. Cass
county being in the lead.
While the local farmer has perhaps
had some cause to complain about wet
weather. since the starting up OF thresh-
ing two weeks ago they are much better
OF apparently than their neighbors down
in Iowa. One Of party OF land seekers
who is here this week. states that there
were seven inches OF rainfall the week he
LETT Iowa and that crops are rotting on
che ground.
The wood yard OF the Langdon Lum'
Der Co., has been doing big run OF bust
ness this week in stove wood delivered
cut up ready for use. Manager O'Malley
has put in circular saw which is run
by gasoline engine and customers will
find the Langdon Lumber Company
equipped so as to fill orderspromptly for
the delivery OF ready cut stove woods at
any time.
Fully seventy five per cent OF the har.
vesting is done. Weather conditions
during harvest were admirable for both
men and horses. Threshing up to date
has been badly delayed by unsettled
weather, but the yield and sample so fa1
proves to be better than the average o
past years. Late seeding shows UP poor
But, OF course, the reduction in freiGh
rates will easily compensate the farmer
Ahem!
The writer OF the state news in tn
Sheldon Progress got the Mickeys au'
Macks some what mixed up in his hand
ling at long distance OF the following
item, the facts OF which were doubles
CLEANED from a Langdon paper: "Messr
Mccain and McCay have formed part
nership at Langdon = the town OF Da
Mcmillan and Pat McHugh, with Nj
Phails and McKeownes, McPhersons an
Mckechnies too numerous to mention
"Scots wha haze wi Wallace bed.'
The marketing oi the. earlier threshe
crop finds the grain market of this sc
son equally MS good aud in some lnsta
ces better than last year. The preva
ing price TOR barley last fall was 36 cen
at the olnning OF the season and so Il
this fall nearly al! hauled i'll has sold
40 to 43 cents, the latter price being pa
for choice No. 3 barley. Wheat opens
very nearly the same figure rs Il year ag
as does flax aud cats, but up to dn
local buyers have not seen any CIR
samples OF the last named three grains