Courier Democrat., 1904-10-20
Gossip and Notes.

There only remains two clear weeks
before election day, Nov. 9Th.
The open season for shooting prairie
chicken closed last Saturday.
Teachers examination at Langdon on
Friday and Saturday of next week.
II is about time to think of the storm
windows, And by the way is the stove
up?
Threshers have experienced two weeks
of disagreeable weather with nothing
doing.
At Starkweather, an artesian we'll
LOO feet deep has been dug without
striking water-or hades.
Candidates the DEMOCRAT makes
specially of campaign cards. Mail
orders filled the same day.
The state federation of women's clubs
met at Bismarck this week, closing its
two days session yesterday.
Andrew Sturm went east as far as st.
James, Minn., last Friday where busi-
ness matters will have his attention for
week or so.
Sunday nights downpour of LOO
inches instead of raining dollars had the
tendency to make the proverbial cart
wheel look like thirty cents.
Last week Winnipeg suffered the most
expensive fire in its history. Several
fine business blocks we're burned, the
loss approximating ss50,0oo.
Tuesday, December goth is the date
set for the sale of Cavalier county
school lands. The DEMOCRAT has ar
ranged to publish the list of lands to be
sold.
Irrigating the Sahara desert would
have been an easier proposition than
discovering a bottle of grain belt at
Osnabrock at the time couple of spot
tiers struck that town last week.
Ed. Sinkler, states attorney of Walsh
county is making the welken ring with
campaign oratory through the western
part of the state. Attorney Sinkler and
his spread eagle platitudes are fairly
we'll remembered by court room spec
! tators of Langdon.
The official election notice published
in this issue by County Auditor Work
should be of more than passing interest
! to the reader as it directs attention to
the constitutional amendments which
the voter will be- required to consider
when casting his ballot on election day.
Friday evening the Langdon dancing
club held the first of its social hops
for the season 19O4-05 at the K. of p.
hall. The club has card membership
of about twenty-five couples and their
parties during the approaching winter
months will be quite an event in Lang
don's society circles.
w. f. Winter, o. E. Thompson, and
other Langdon capitalists who are stock
holders in the Mayo Brick & Tile Co.,
have during the week received samples
of the first output of brick from the
works of the company which has lately
commenced operations at the new town
of Mayo on the banks of the Pembina
river near the Fish Trap. The ma.
chinery installed gives their brick yard
a capacity to turn out 10000 bricks
daily.
In Langdon city the inspectors and
judges of election of the various pre-
cincts must meet as board of regis
tration. Tuesday, of next week the
25th inst, being two weeks preceding
the election, and again Tuesday. Nov. 1
the week preceding the election, to re-
wise, correct and complete list o1
voters. Registered voters only can vote
excepting by a1davit corroborated by
the oath of householder and registered
voter.
The DEMOCRAT has been shown somt
unusually fine samples of potatoes from
this years mammoth crop and perhaps
the largest and finest we have seer
were brought into the Office one day
last week by John Sandison, whose farm
is short distance east of town. Ths
samples weighed from two to three
pounds were Of the Early Ohio variety
Aside from their size and weight the!
were smooth and perfect in shape. From
present indications potatoes will com
mand a good price and ready sale on tn
local market.