Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-27

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Druggist II. =. Close was in the city
|from Milton Inst Friday. I
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w. ]. Mooney took Saturdays passen-
ger for few days visit with st. Paul
friends.
When in town don't fail to see the
special bargains at G. j. Kelly,s big
double store.
Rev. Thos. Dougan's new residence is
rapidly being completed and soon will
be in shape for occupancy.
A. Schulke is having the second floor
OF the Trade Palace block reprinted and
finely decorated this week.
Attorney Joseph Cleary has been
somewhat under the weather since his
return last week from an extended trip
east.
Mr.. Jas. Hyman and daughter Miss
Blanche Hyman closed their visit with
the Kopriva family Friday, leaving for
their home at Joliet, Ill.
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Report reached this Office yesterday Of
the birth Of fine heavyweight son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Borusky of Mckinley town.
ship last Sunday. Mother and child
doing nicely.
Jas. Balfour, our eX-townsman. and
Co. Com'r Peter Reid are expected to
make strong lead among the street
buyers on the grain market at Han
nah this fall.
Cecil Mahon left yesterday for Battle
Creek, Mich, where he will make stay
of several weeks at the sanitarium, in
tending to remain until the opening of
the fall term at the state university.
Wood for sale at the yards of the
Langdon Lumber Co. Hard or soft
wood, either by the cord or sawed ready
for use. Orders delivered to any part
of the city. Phone Ga.
Osnabrock took census of its popu-
lation last week, the step being one pre-
paratory to Incorporating as munich
pality this fall. The Independent an
nounces that the results won't be made
public until after September lst-when
it is expected all the returns will be in.
G. w. Clarke: 1 have been around
Empire and the crops are not what you
could call good average crop, but it is
good living crop. Flax looks very
fair. should judge that it might go
10 bushels per acre. Wheat looks
pretty good where there are no tumbline
weeds. 1t will go perhaps 10 or Is
bushels per acre. The crop is nearly
all cut, except fax.
A party of eight Langdon young people
took the town of Dresden by storm be.
tween trains Monday. They say their
reception by the Dresdenites was such
warm and appreciative one that an.
other trip is contemplated. The muster
roll of the beseiging party consisted OF
Misses Pearl Monroe, Mae Foshay, Ethel
Walker, Marion Flumerfelt, Ethel Nc
knight, Vivian ALERT and Miss Sara
Teighe, of st. Paul and Miss Blanche
Ledwitch, of Grafton, who are visiting
with friends in the city.
Sheriff Pinkerton was appraised last
week of the finding Of the body of his
brother John Pinkerton, whose death
by drowning in Lake Superior was noted
in these columns at the time of its
occurrence over two months ago. The
body had floated seventy miles from the
point where the deceased and com
panion were drowned by the capsizing
of boat on May 31st, and, unidentified,
was laid in an unknown grave, the re-
mains being exhumed last Thursday
and identified, by means of watch, the
clothing and certain marks on the body,
making sure beyond doubt that the re-
mains we're those of the drowned brother.
John L. Robertson: Sunday nights
rain has given threshing quite a set
back this week. Since starting up my
outfit have threshed 10000 bushels,
mostly barley, though some oats and
wheat: as nearly as 1 can Judge all small
grains will yield about half crop this
year, but farmers are banking on good
prices in order to play even. l have
grown very satisfactory crop of beard
less barley this year. The yield was 35
bushels per acre and it is of a grade
that commands five cents bushel over
the price of common varieties. Farmers
in the Valley are making it regula,