Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-30
If You want to buy state and
this fall Truax & Nolan will loan
you money to swing the dsal.

The German Catholic congregation OF
Trier, N D., a village about twenty
miles northeast Of Cando, are preparing
plars to build large church OF Roman.
esque::style which will cost abost $4,000.
Work will begin in the spring. -Cando
Record.
Among the 1902 building improve
ments that will foot mp to several thou
8 ".s Of dollars are new churches that
will be built by the Catholic aud Presley
terian congregations Of this city. Tho
completion Of the Protestant Episcopal
church 10 also promised during the early
summer months.
Two Parties from Iowa, Messrs. Bratt
and Ailand bought Cavalier county farm
lands last week through VIM. II. Brown,
Of Devile Lake. The farms are situated
on the south boundary Of this county,
and fur,her Investments Of large tracts
in the same jsca',.> are likely to follow.
il the offer they made is accepted.
State Supt. Dsvine has just issued TO
the schools of the state n pamphlet CIV
ing special day programs and exercises
for sueh days as Lincoln, Washington,
Arbor Day, Bird Day, Memorial Day and
Flag Day. Appropriate selections and
quotations for the various days are given.
Tho first of the year are Lincoln Day ex-
sises Feb -.
The Free Press of Fessenden, N. D.,
is noticed as mentioning tn.t Attorney
II. B. Doughty and family are still resi-
dents of that town, although III. B, has
lately removed bis law practice over to
Leeds. Attorney Doughty's former COM
rades of the Cavalier county bar hope to
hear of his harvesting several bushels Of
shekelf to the acre.
CO.. Lounsberry, of Fargo, was in the
city the first Of the week looking up land
matters and Incidentally doing little
missionary work for the Record. North
Dakota real estate men ut work in east.
ern states say that the Record is OF all
publications at their command most
eagerly sought for by people looking to-
ward this state as their future home.
agent Shaw has received the schedule
Of the new freight rasss that went into
effect last Saturday. 1t is enc way
tariff, merely lessening the freight on
merchandise shipped from the Twin
Cities and lake terminals to points in
this state. The saving to merchants and
others shipping goods in here will be
about sixteen per cent. less than the d
charges, and naturally affects the con-
sumer accordingly. Grain, lumber, coal
and wood rates ire understood to remain
as heretofore.
During 1902 there will be five eolipses,
but none will be visible in the United
States, except total eclipse of the moon
between October 18th and 17th, begin
ming at 10 O'Clock p. NJ, on the 18th and
ending at $50 q. m. ON the 18th. Candle
mas Day falls on Sunday February End;
Ash Wednesday, February 18th; Palm
Sunday, March 23rd; Good Friday, March
2Sth; Easter Sunday, N rch Both; Assem-
sion Day, May 9Th; Trinity ~unday, May
25th. May Dsv falls on Thursday, Me-
mortal Day on Friday. the Fourth Of July
on Friday, Assumption Day on Friday,
All Saints Day on Saturday, Thanksgiv.
ing Day, az usual, on Thursday and
Christmas Day on Thursday.
Cavalier county appears to have only
one citizen holding down . government
Job at Washington. This Information is
gleaued from deta ri atement Of the
patronage North Dakotans have drawn
in the shape of ositions in the federal
departments. Hon. Fed bennett is the
holder of Cavalier county's republican
federal plum and as clerk to the senate
committee on public lan.s. draws 81
salary Of 1920 per annum. The list
shows forty three alleged North Da.
kotans on the pay roll and their aggre-
gate salary per year is figured at
1886. O8. Most of the jobs have gone
to residents Of Ramsey, Grand Forks,
Cass aud Burlsigh counties. Among the
names contained in the list are many
Who would find it next TO impossible to
establish title to residence in she state,
let alsae any claim to ever Having been a
tax payer il tho county, whose accredited
place They have usurped under the plum,
trse-usasral Harrison Allan, deputy