Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-09-15
Gossip and Notes.

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Oddfellows remember the meeting at
Elliott's barber shop Monday night.
Olga people are finding their up-to-
date line of telephone communication
with Milton of great service this fall.
Harvesting and threshing is again
under way after the delay caused by the
rain that fell at frequent intervals
since last Saturday.
Cavalier county republicans take up
the business of placing in nomination
their county ticket next Tuesday. The
surprises will come on Nov. 9Th.
Republican primaries, electing dele
gates to next Tuesdays nominating con-
vention, will be held at the various
polling precincts throughout the county
on Saturday.
Up-to-date wild duck and prairie
chicken shooting has been largely inter-
fered with by bad weather and uncut
fields of grain. Conditions that are not
productive OF heavy game bags.
Hicks had frost predicted from Sept.
18th to 10Th with storm period follow
ing from the 18th to the 21st. Warmer
weather with moderate temperature is
promised for the outgoing days of the
month.
Tuesdays top price of No. 1 Hard
wheat advanced from s1.0714 to sl.141155.
Had the weather remained fine since
last Saturday some of the early cut
crop around here would have been
marketed.
Saturday nights cold spell when. the
thermometer registered3 81 o-one degree
offrost was predicted by the weather OBJ
servatory bureau officials at st. Paul.
1t did not get cold enough to damage
unripe grain.
Langdon can secure farmers instl-
tute this winter if proper effort is made
at the right time. The matter is in the
hands of the Agricultural college pro-
fessors and our business men should
take some action at once.
Mondays price for cash wheat on the
local market advanced from sl.O31l to
s107R. The market took jump of two
cents at the opening in the forenoon
and went up one cent more just before
the closing quotations we're posted.
Milton is renewing $500 of its bonded
Indebtedness that became due this
fall. The original bonds aggregated
$1,000 and were foated for the purpose
of securing fire protection. The new
issue of bonds will draw 8 per cent. and
fall due August 18th, 1909.
Judge Kneeshaw will be in Langdon
next Monday for the express purpose of
issuing citizen papers and doubtless
will be able to arrange judicial mat
tiers SO as to stop over for the republican
love feast, which strangely enough hap
pens to be held the day following.
The Great Northern is grading an
extension of its line from Edmore out
near Empire. This will make the
Elenbaums, Schweitzers, Heberts and
others ex-Cavalier residents who have
farm lands in the vicinity of the new
line feel happy.-Cavalier Chronicle.
Co. Treasurer Powers Office is busy
sending out notices to delinquent per-
sonal property taxpayers who have not
dug up their 1903 tax. The law re-
quires the serving of such notice and
also makes it necessary for the treas
urer to place the delinquent list in the
hands of the sheriff not later than
Oct Is.
The seventeen year old daughter of
Joseph La Liberty, an old and respected
resident of Olga township, died last
Friday. She had long been a sufferer
from tuberculous and passed away
within few days of her return from
the hospital at Hannah, having under
gone an operation in hopes of restoration
to health.
At Minot the Commercial club has
taken the initial steps in the organiza-
ton of the Ward county fair and racing
association and we note that L. s.
Champine, of the firm of Mooney,
Champine & Johnston numbers among
It's active promoters. The association
proposes to incorporate with capital
u $4,000. Mr.. Champine is in control
4 a real estate brokerage Office, the firm
saving lately opened at Minot and will
70 able to give his associates in racing
hatters many valuable pointers.