Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-02


this county is listed and advertised IN
the Republican this week the date OF 'he
sa]e il set for Tuesday December End.
According to the Jewish calenader to-
dav is New Years day 1903. and It's
observance commenced with the hour OF
the setting OF the sun yesterday evening"
The county commissioners will meet
next week and among other things con-
slider applications for tho position OF
ianitor OF the court house for the ensuing
year.
Osnabrock's cooperative blacksmith
shop was the cause oil a scare ana n'e
alarm Inst week. The Brock lacks ade-
quate fire protection but the bucket orl-
gade saved the building with only q
small loss.
Walhalla sports are so elated over nav
ing closed the baseball season by winning
the pennunt OF the Pembina county
league that it is likely they will put IN
most of the approaching winter planning
more victories for 1908.
The board OF commissioners OF rem
bina county decided st their last meet
ing to bring action against the bonds
men OF the defunct First National Bank
OF Pelnbina for about $4,000 OF county
funds held by the bank at the time IL
went bump. two years ago.
There is evident need OF a reconstruc'
ton OF the time schedule for stage mails
leayinx Langdon, either that or the
mails should run on time. There 8
something wrong any how. Readers OF
the DEAocRAT on the Trier and MT.
Carmel routes have complained repeated
II of late that the paper fails to reach
them until the following week when 1t
should arrive Saturday night. These
and other outside towns, used to nave a
prompt and regular service ana IL IS
equally as possible to MAINTAIN IL a.
6his time as it was then.
The lending place OF business at Snow
cake, Man, known as Shilson's store
was entered by burglars Wednesday
NIGHT last week and the safe robbed Of
$4,000 in cash. Dynamite was used III
opening the safe and the way they went
about it indicated the thieves were wei
up in their business. Sacks OF hour aho
feed had been piled around the SAFE IL
order to deaden the noise and conclusion
The currency was in Canadian bills OF n
and $40 each, The authorities are WIN
out clue to identity the robbers but arr
making careful search ON both sioes .
the line. AS Snowflake is just across tn
line and only q few miles IRON hannah
Che affair hus created quite u sensation
at the end town.
A crew OF drunken harvest hands III
uaded the ca;up OF u party OF lho'a
horse traders on the outskirts OF Far
River last Saturday afternoon. Inc
took LIQUOR along with them resulting
in the Indians getting i'll an lntoSlca'e
condition and ugly. Quarrels lollo"et
both the harvest hands and the Indian
being armed desperate and dangerou
fight started and one the harvest hahu
hels johnson, was killed. Seeing u
turn the affair had taken johnson
companions retreated, gong 10 cow
The hostile redskins were finally rouh'
ed up by II party OF armed citizens III
landed in jail. His companions sta
that Johns "a, the druJ man, came lro
Willnur, M,n,. The Indians who IL
accompanied by their sVuh"s huo p
poOses have been tindiI'H horses III
doing harvest work III The valley
this side aud in Minnesota ana
blame OF the fatal encounter IL chnrE
largely to the harvest hands tho'i
some threats OF lynclins have De
made.