Courier Democrat., 1904-08-11

Mrs. G. P. Getchell has been spending
part OF the week visiting friends in
Langdon.
o. d. Ostby was down from Wales on
business couple of days the early part
OF the week.
Wanted few applications for farm
loans. Apply to Gordon l. Wheeler,
Langdon, N. D. 25
Typewriter ribbons and
Smith h-Premier-best kinds. At the
DEMOCRAT office.
Robt. Dickson, ST., came over from
Crystal last week and will visit awhile
with his sons in Langdon.
The Hannah mill grinds nothing but
the best hard wheat from which they
make "Hannah's Pride" -four.
1t you are looking for bargains in any
kind OF summer goods go to kelly's. He
is clearing up his summer stock.
A. Schulke, the popular proprietor of
the Trade Palace department store, re-
turned last week from his purchasing
trip east.
Mrs. L. Dosse is visiting few days
with Mrs. Munroe at the Columbia be-
fore leaving the end of the week for her
home at Park River.
Amos Abbott was in town Tuesday
from Hannah visiting friends. He has
lately returned from trip to the
worlds fair at st. Louis.
Osnabrock contemplates filling one of
its long felt wants by hoping to induce
Attorney Owens of Park River to locate
there and hang out his shingIe.
The Sunday school children Of the
Presbyterian and Episcopalian churches
combined in spending an enjoyable day
Tuesday picnicing in the grove on
Walker Hamilton's farm east of town.
L. S. Champine was passenger
south Tuesday and after brief visit
with Mrs. Caampine in St. Paul will 60
west to Minot where the real estate in
terests of Messrs. Mooney, Champine &
Johnston will require attention during
an extended stay.
D. W. Barker was in town on Monday
and in talking about the crop outlook
said that the weather we have been
having right along is Just the thing
to make the wheat fill. He does not
consider the cool nights experienced
during the past week as an indication
of possible frost.
The Crescent creamery at Grand
Forks is at the present time handling
shipments of cream from more than q
dozen farmers in the vicinity of Langdon
who have lately gone more extensively
into dairy farming and will take an
active part in the establishing of a
creamery here next year.
Miss Christina Wilson of st. Mary's
academy of Winnipeg is visiting this
week with Miss Charlotte, second daugh-
ter of Judge H. f. Dorval Miss Will
son is neice of the Rev. Father
Drummond so we'll and favorably known
as an orator and lecturer all over the
west. She will likely continue guest of
the Dorvals until the end of the vacation
Iceman Chas. Haugh complains that
there is less real hot weather than a
year ago which went on record as
being "cool." He is beginning to fear
that he will have to carry quite large
part of his 1904 ice crop over until next
season. This summer business Char
lie says hasn't even paid expenses.
Tuesday afternoon the railroad COM
missioners made their annual trip over
| this branch of the CT. Northern. The
only change from the usual routine
program of this august body of ''do-
nothings" is that this year all kicks
have to be in writing and may be
handed to the coon who pulls the corks
in the buffet car.
Ed. Kroetsch returned on Friday
afternoons train from Saskatoon, where
he has been spending the summer on
the farm he took up out there over
a year ago. On the homeward trip he
stopped off at Winnipeg and took in the
fair. Wheat promises to be big crop
in the Saskatoon neighborhood this fall
and cutting will be fairly we'll under
way by August Goth.
| Editor Rishoff is said to be consider
ing an option that has been offered him
for the purchase of the Milton Globe
The source from which our information
comes goes so far as to state that the
deal will either be consummated or fall
through this week. 1t has not been
learned whether or not such a change
would alter the shape of campaign
plans in the south end of the country.
Attorney j. G. Monnet. who has been
practicing his profession in Iowa City,
Ia, his former home, since leaving Lang