Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-17
Gossip and Notes.

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The schools at Hannah closed last
week for their summer holidays.
Parties from Minneapolis are nego-
tiating for the lease OF the Milton roller
mills.
The tax levy for 1902 was set by the
county board at S33, 100. OF which
$22, 900 is for county revenues.
The right OF way has been secured for
the Walhalla-Neche telephone line and it
is given out as being ''sure-nuif" thing
between now and the time the snow flies
The proceedings OF the county commls
sioners and board OF equalization fill six
columns OF space in this issue and will
prove interesting reading to every tax
payer.
Next Tuesday evenings performance
at the Donovan Hall by the Schubert
Co. will be first class musical enter
tainment by first class artists, both
vocal and instrumental.
The big fair at Winnipeg opens Mon
day and quite a contingent OF people
from Langdon and vicinity will drive
over to Morden, Man., to take the train
for the Peg and spend a week in sight
seeing.
Up to last Saturday the actual num-
Der OF dwellers in tents on the Chantau-
qua grounds at Devils Lake is given out
as having reached 1,S00, an increase OF
twenty-five over the attendance at that
time last year.
The school treasurers reports from
Mt. Carmel, Berlin, Hope and Dresden
districts are published this week and will
give readers in those localities a clear
idea of the condition OF finances pertain
ing to school matters.
The Langdon band boys received their
marching orders Monday and will leave
here on Sunday to fill their weeks en-
gagement at the Winnipeg fair. During
the summer a number OF new players
have been secured and the instrumental
ton OF the band increased to twenty
pieces. .........
hail storm passed oyer the north
eastern sections OF this county Monday
afternoon, although from reports since
brought to town the shower of hail
STONES was small in size and unaccom-
panied by wind, thereby reducing the
actual damage to a minimum. North OF
the boundary, on the Manitoba side, the
storm is stated to have been more severe
and the loss sustained to growing crops
considerable. The storm lasted barely a
quarter OF an hour and was followed by
.ouite noticeable drop in temperature.
tornado and hail storm. the worst
for many years, did serious injury to
crops in the Valley Tuesday night. The
extreme violence OF the storm was felt
between Grafton and Grand Forks, ex-
tandipg westward to Park River and
Larimore. The crop damage is estimat-
ed at seventy-fve per cent loss. The
hail storm passed over early in the
evening followed by an ugly windstorm
from the northwest which came up at
about eight O'Clock and did not moder-
ate preceptibly until after eleven O'Clock,
Trees were uprooted and buildings
overturned. No loss OF life is reported
though numerous casualties are report
ed by parties caught
By reading the commissioners proceed
ings as officially printed elsewhere it
will be noted that petitions for the or
panization of two new civil townships
were granted by the board at their meet
ing last week. Town 159, range Ga, and
town 1G1. range Ga. Fhe former being
given the name of Boyd and :he latter
Bruce. Til" division OF the old congress,
sioual township Of Linden was acted
on fayorahlv, the south hall being or.
ranized as II separate township and CIV
an the name oil Mckinley. Elections ion
the purpose OF completing their organi
cation and the election Of officers are sci
for Tuesday, July 20 in the first two in
stances and Wednesday the 30th inl
Mckinley.