Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-09-25
Gossip and Notes.
COMING EVENTS.
LANdDON,

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Forticth District, at Osnabrock.
Oct. 7.-County Commissioners Meeting
Nov. 4.-General Election.
Turn out to the caucus in your home
precinct Saturday night.
Democratic caucuses Saturday evening.
Sent, 9th. Be sure you attend and cast
your vote.
Friday nights heavy rain put'a stop
to threshing. The rest OF the week had
beeh highly favorable.
Co. e. could well afford to resume its
weekly drills in the arMory now that
the heat OF summer weather is over.
The schoo! board purpose having the
school buildings repainted this TALL, ii
workmen can be secured to do the job.
Wheat yields in the neighborhood OF
Wales are running from % to 20 bushels
per acre-according to the Independent.
Ct. Northern section hands are de-
manding $50 month, the same wages
paid to the companys telegraph opera
tors.
Democratic causes Saturday night.
See that you are there aud vote. Let
every precinct in the county be repre-
sented at the county convention on Mon
day afternoon OF next week.
The crib work on the new addition to
the National elevator is well under way
and will loom up 40 feet above the stills
and have grain capacity 10000 bus
hels in excess OF the old elevator. They
expect to have it in shape to receive
grain by Oct. LIST.
The FIRE department were out Tuesday
forenoon giving wet test OF high pres
sure to the 1000 feet OF new hose recent
y purchased to take the place OF several
hundred feet that have been found ut
terlySunft for service during the drill
practices Of the past summer.
Last Saturday the Great Northern's
regulation governing rates for de-
nurrage charges in the loading and
unloading OF cars took effect for this
season. The time limit this fall will be
twenty-fonr hours, and cars held in ex-
cess OF that time will be charged for at
the rate OF %. O0for each day or fraction
OF day. The matter OF demurrage
charges on the entire system OF the Gt
is now controlled by terminal dispatch
association that does away with all the
determinations so much complained o
under the old rules.
Contractors Loynes and buckingham
have the first floor OF the Schulke TRADE
sufficiently far advanced to give an idet
OF the immensely OF the fine building tina
is being reared OH the site OF the OF
Palace Hotel. The beauty OF the Boy'
block, on the opposite OF the street, is n
longer matter OF conjecture and Wi
very shortly be closed in for the interlo
finish Brick for the 20 foot addition t
the rear OF the First National Ban
block, which is TO provide all annex an
more room for C. j. Kelly's store will b
started this week. Each OF these thrt
merchants will have floor space o
which to do business in a few shoi
weeks that will give the trade OF lInnt
don and vicinity an accommodation nc
to be found in any other town north
Grand Forks. The aggregate cost
these improvements in the business pc
tlon OF Langdon this fall will east
reach 100000 and does not incline
the new Two story hotel 5Ox12O TIL
N. F. Churripr il putting up on the al
OF the old Hub restaurant. Langdor
improvements for 'O2 are still going {
pace. In the residence portion t
more noticeable of these vet lncompIt
are the elegant homes OF II. D. Alert,
II. Winter and M. Liebel"r, each OF viii
will foot UP to severnl thousand dolla
This is a year that is proving a rtco
breaker in the building line for Langdo