Courier Democrat., 1903-02-19
! Additional Local News.

A Cavalier County Inventor The list
of patents granted to Northwestern in
ventors last week includes one for a
rotary engine granted to Lucius Collins,
of Dash.
Coming From Scotland. Among the
looked for arrivals with the coming of
spring are couple OF relatives Of Robert
Iurie who will come out here from ''Auld
Scotia" expecting to arrive about April
lSt
Endorsed by President Merrifeld -Thos.
Devaney of Langdon has accepted the
position as principal of the Northwood
high schools. MIR. Deyaney comes highly
recommended by President Mortified of
North Dakota University. he takes
charge on Monday. -Northwood Gleaver.
Coleman Refused Pardon The state
hardening board at Bismarck refused
petition presented TO them last week
asking the communication of the sentence
of I. hos Coleman sent to the penitentiaTy
from this county for perjury. 1t will be
remembered that Coleman was given a
long term for perjury in testifying as a
witness at the Fred Wegley ioastardy
trial Two wears ago.
New Modern Woodrnan Camp. When
the WooGman lodges of North Dakota
meet at Wahpeton in May Cavalier
county will be able to report the organi
zation of its eighth lodge of that order.
as steps are now underway for the open
ing OF camp in Billings township. The
order has a number of active members
out there and the new lodge expects to
start up in the Siguaw school house.
Milton After Rural Delivery Route-It
is understood that jerome B. Sweeney,
an old resident, and we'll known farmer
of Olga township has started in circula-
ton petition among the farmers of his
neighborhood in the interest of estab-
fishing a rural free delivery route. 1t is
generally expected that the required
number of signers will be easily secured
to enable the starting up this summer of
Rural Free Delivery Route No. l for
Cavalier county. The district benefited
will be between South Olga and Milton
and cover about twenty-five miles in the
round trip
Revival Services at vang-Rev. L. j..
Anderson, who formerly held revival
services at tVang and Poplar Grove, came
up from Michigan, where he nov is
general missionary to the Dores and
Norwegians. and is now conducting
meetings together with Pastor G. j.
Hill at Wang and Poplar Grove. On
Sunday the services will be held at Wang
at IL a. m., and at Poplar Grove at 3 p.
m, and at Wang again at p. NJ. Next
week the services will be held every
afternoon at four o'clock at Poplar
Grove and at Wang in the evening at
half past seven. Evangelist Anderson
will return to his work in Michigan in
few days.
High School Field Day Sports-Super-
intendent Hayward Of the Langdon
city schools is in receipt of circular
letter from Mr.. Walter Hempel, athletic
director of the state university at Grand
Forks. The letter is addressed to the
principals of the high schools of the
state, asking their cooperation in get
ting up an Inter Scholastic Field Day,
to be held under the auspices of the
university in May, and this year to occur
at the time of the meeting of the county
superintendents on May 18th. The uni
versity will take charge of the arrange
ments and will present three medals to
the winners and banner to the cham
pion team. If this contest is confined
strictly to the bona fde pupils of the
schools, it would seem to be a good thing.
stBadger'' in Jail:-Leslie Huffman, well
known around Langdon and at the end
town by the nom de plum of Badger
was brought down from Hannah yester-
day to serve a sentence of fifteen days in
the county Jail and to pay fine Of $50,
having been found guilty of larceny
in the court Of Justice Templeton. He