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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
County Correspondence
BERLIN.

Peter Penner's daughters were out
here for visit with the family over
Sunday, returning on Monday to their
work at Langdon.
David Butler has had his team on the
road considerably during the cold winter
weather hauling the lumber with which
he will build fine new home as soon
as the spring work has been disposed of.
Mr.. Kerchner is back IN Canada for a
visit with friends during the balance of
the winter. The home here is being
looked after by his wife during his
absence.
Mrs. A. Penner has been on the sick
list for over week and is getting around
again very slowly. 1t is likely that she
will not fully recover her strength until
spring time.
j. Toews and wife have returned dur
ing the past week from their long stay
on the other side of the line and we are
sorry to have to state that Mrs. Toews is
still quite siokly after her serious illness
while away from home.
John Penner's friends will find that
his home is more attractive than
ever with that fine new stove he has
been buying his home is as cosy and
comfortable as any of them.
One of the boys in Berlin had an ex-
perience during the blizzard that is
talked about some. He was out to see
his girl and vast able to get home until
the next morning. We won't mention
any names.
Cornelius Wheeler from Walhalla. is
here for few days visiting with num-
Der of old friends of years ago. He
is able to lay claim to as long resi-
dence in this state as most any of the
early pioneers.
David Harder has lately been dispos-
ing of some of his horses and taking
cattle in exchange. He hopes soon to
have quite a thriving cattle ranch on
the homestead which he proved up on
not long ago.
John Spenst has lately brought home
new kind of a seed grain cleaner. 1t
is quite nice piece of machinery to
look at but John doesn't seem to have
the hang of the new tangled thing yet
We hope soon to hear of it giving salts
faction soon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11

1t is seldom that Edmore mas the op-
portunity of being entertained by such
a distinguished parsonage as the Royal
Piper to Queen Victoria, yet that is just
what happened last Saturday evening
and almost withoutour knowledge. The
galley Scotchman, Allan MacDougall, a
man Y years of age, supple as an eel, and
with all the emotion of his younger days
when the official pipeman to Queen
Victoria at Balmoral castle, gave few
of our citizens the rare treat of hearing
the melodious Highland strains from his
much coveted bag pipe at the parlors of
the Edmore House. Mr.. MacDougall
was one of the early settlers at Park
River, but is now residing with son at
Hampden, and his presence here was on
his return from visiting his daugter at
Emerald. He is the only pipe-man to
Queen Victoria living, and the instru-
ment he played upon here Saturday
evening once echoed through the halls
of Balmoral.- Edmore Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
DANIELS.

News is scarce just now. The bad
weather has been successful in keeping
the fun makers at home.
A. P. McCollum has lost two head of
his best horses in the lumber woods:
he has just returned home from there.
He says they will pay good prices for
them.
The Woman hall is being given a
complete change of interior arrangement
which is expected to generally improve
its usefulness as place for the holding
of public gatherings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
Residence of chas. 3. Smith.

Some of the boys around here are
having rather bad luck in the way of
losing stock. E. Whitmore has pulled
out four head of the horse kind. Mat
Snider lost valuable COW.
We noticed that Mrs. j. w. David
drove south one very cold morning dur
ing the past week and We anticipate that
another new settler has been welcomed,
into a neighboring home ere this.
Mrs Donovan and three of her daugh-
ters while out here on their farm were
overtaken by the storm and stayed with
the Spence family until the weather
moderated. Their visit was one Of en-
joyment to all.
An invitation party was held the
other evening at the home of r. Porters
family. Those in attendance were old
time and intimate friends of the Porter's
and good time was the result of this
reunion of acquaintanceship.
Ed. Walker, who now halls from Sas-
katoon, is here making his old friends at
Daniels visit. 1t would be hard to help
noticing that he drives fly team. Ed.
has many friends here who are glad to
learn that he is getting on we'll on his
farm in the Canadian Northwest.
G. H. Spence's little boy had narrow
escape the other day while at play with
his sister and Laura Whitmore. At the
time of the accident he was threatened
with blindness but it is now expected
that his sight will be saved, though one
eye is still considered to be in danger.
There is evidently big attraction for
some one few houses to the west of
Spence's store, whether he is drawn
in that direction by the magic OF Il load
stone or not we are at loss to state.
Things promise to be as merry as we'd
ding bells hsreabouts at Easter. or we
will miss our guess.
1t seems to be pulling match but E.
Whitman so far seems to have the lead
since having pulled out five head. 1t is
still unknown what has been the cause
of this serious fatality in live stock and
the loss is one in which the entire neigh
borhood has been called on to bear its
share. A severe winter and the scarcity
of good fodder is assigned by some as
being to some extent responsible.
The oyster supper and ball of the l'eo-
man order was not exactly up to the an
ticipations of those who had the arrange
ments in hand but was generally enjoyed
by each and all according to their par
ticular ideas. After supper which in
cluded the best the land affords they
tripped the light fantastic toe. all gaily
entering into the spirit of the dance
Some put in the time sociably in the
in the smoke room and there were others
who went comfortably to sleep. The
ladies of the society are especially de-
serving of credit for their share in the
success of the affair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
OLD PIONEER GONE.

| An old and we'll esteemed pioneer
resident of this county is dead. Jean
B. Placement at the age of sixty-seven
years died at the hospital in Morden,
Man., on Friday morning of last week at
eight o'clock in the forenoon, death be-
ing due to heart failure, resulting from
the effects of an operation that had been
performed on him at Olga few days
previous. 1t was not anticipated that
the end was so near and none of his
family or immediate friends were there
to say good bye and receive the last
messages of the deceased.
, Mr.. j. b. Placement was one of the
earliest settlers on the mountain. arriv-
ing at Olga, which at that time was in
Pembina county, in the spring of 1882,
coming here from Montreal in the Pro-
! vince of Quebec. Like many of the
early residents of that time he came to
; Olga with only very limited means, but
showed himself to be strong, hearty
and courageous pioneer. AS the results
of his hard labor he was successful in
making for himself a fine and comfort
able home and at the time that death
came was enjoying the restful period of
life happily with his faithful companion,
Mrs. Veronica Placement, his beloved
| wife who survives him. Of late years
Mr.. Placement has found pleasure in
occupying himself in experimenting the
management of the several large farms
owned by his son. J. H. Placement, south
OF Olga, the latter until lately having
been manager of the dry goods depart
ment of Boyds headquarters store in
this city and now is conducting pros
porous business of his own at Olga.
The surviving members of the family
are the widow, Mrs. Veronica Placement.
and two sons. }. Fl. Placement, of Olga
and August Placement. formerly of that
place, now residing at Montreal, also
two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Prescott. of
Langdon and Mrs. Philip Lepine, of
Weber township. Owing to the severe
stormy weather of the past week the
remains of the deceased could not be
brought home to Olga for burial until
Sunday night at about ten o'clock the
funeral taking place at the Catholic
church there at eleven o'clock. Monday
forenoon.
The Olga church was filled to its ut
most capacity with the many friends of
the deceased and had the weather been
fine the church would have been much
too small to accommodate the crowd
Rev. Father Bachand officiated at the
requiem high mass and the choir under
the leadership of Messrs Robillard, Char
bonneau and Older did remarkably
we'll in the rendition of the last tribute
of honor to their departed neighbor and
highly esteemed old friend, whose
memory will live for years to come in the
locality where he was sowell thought of.
The pail bearers were Messrs Honorc
Beauchamp, Isidor Beauchamp, Epi-
phane Ruest, Joseph Langevin, Avilia
Blondin and Alfred Gadaire.
The sympathy of the people of Lang
don as we'll as the entire county is
cordially extended to the members of
the bereaved family.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
Cheerful and Honefu1.

The men whom l have seen succeed
best in life, says Charles Kingsley,
have always been cheerful and hope.
full men, who went about their business
with smile on their faces and took
the changes and chances of their nor
NAL life like men, facing rough and
smooth alike as it came, and so found
the truth of the old proverb that "good
times and bad times and all times pass
oyer.''
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
An Early Riser.

A strong healthy active constitution
depends largely on the condition of the
liver. The famous little pills known as
DeWitt's Little Early Risers not only
cleanse the system but they strengthen
the action of the liver and rebuild the
tissues supporting that organ. Little
Early Risers are easy to act, they never
grippe and yet they are absolutely GER
tain to produce results that are satisfae-
tory in all cases. Sold by ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
What Puzzled Him.

A we'll known clubman entered DO.
lice station and said to the sergeant, 81
would like to have an interview with
that burglar you arrested for breaking
into my house last night" Sergeant
l don't know that can allow you un-
less you first tell me what you want to
see him about. Mr.. Clubman-Oh.
there's nothing secret about it. just
wanted to find out how he got into my
house so easily; it's more than can do
at night.-Kansas City Independent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

on digging that canal by hook or by
crook Especially crook to facilitate the
exchange of foreign commodities. while
both he and his party favor prohibit
tive tariff to exclude them?
Why is it that articles manufactured
in this country are sold cheaper in Eu-
rope than they are here?-Dan Cava.
naugh.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
A Man to be- Axo,a.a.

briggs-Here comes Gibson. LET'S
'ross over. Griggs-Why, thought he
was friend of yours. Briggs-He used
70 DC, but now he's my deadly enemy.
Hes the unspeakable villain who rec
commended place for me to spend nv
vacation.-Brooklyn Life.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
Very Like HI. Ma

M: crapaud-Ah! So zis ees your
ieetle son? He look to be similaire ia
you. Popley-Yes, he's very much like
me. NJ. Crapaud-Ah! How do Won
cal eet? "A cheep of re old BLOCK
head" ees eet Philadelphia Presa
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
Legal Eloauence.

A young lawyer concluded his argyll
ment in case with the following sub
lime burst Of eloquence: "If, gentle
men OF the jury, the defendants hogs
are permitted to roam at large over
the fair fields of my client with i'm
punlty, then-yes, then, indeed, have
our forefathers fought and bled and
died in vainw
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
Logic.

Teddie-Pa, where do we get our milk
from? Father-From cows, my son.
Teddie-And where do COWS get their
mix from? Father-Why, Teddie.
Where do you get your tears? Teddie
lafter long, thoughtful pause)-Do
they have to spank cows, papa Judge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
Customers Take Notice.

Our accounts being necessarily small
and the difficult way of keeping record
and collecting them, necessitates us to
adopt the cash system, and from this
date all packages must be paid for when
delivered.
LANGDoN STEAM LAUNDRY Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11
CeaunaRaus.

Besides wages, mention something
that has been reduced by the trusts.
Why does Theodore Roosevelt insist
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11

of two heroes. he is the greater vbo
teems MS rivals most.-Beaumelle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-02-11

livery sack Of "Ilannah's Pride" Aeur
is guaranteed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08
Boys Essay On Editor.

A teacher in a public school re-
Der OF questions that the answer be
returned in manuscript. Among the
newspapers" A bright boy handed in
this essay:
which stuff to read is printed The
men look over the paper to see if their
name is in it, and the women use it
to put on shelves and such.
l don't know how newspapers came
into the world don't think God does
The Bible says nothing about editors
and l never heard of one being in heav-
en-. 1 guess the editor is the missing
link them fellers talk about.
The first editor / ever heard of was
the Teller who wrote up the flood. He
has been there ever since. Some edi-
tors belong to the church, and some try
to raise whiskers and all such lies; at
least all l know and only know.one.
Editors never die, at least 1 never
saw a dead one. Some times the pa
per dies and then the people feel glad,
but then someone starts it up again.
Our editor don't amount to much but
paw said he had a poor chance when
he was a boy. He goes without under
clothes in the winter has no sox, and
paid his subscription for over five
years and he don't intend Tex.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08
PRESTON SEARCH WILL LECTURE,
Will Be at Whitman College This
Week.

Those who were unable to hear
Preston w. Search at the recent meet
ing of the Inland Empire Teachers
association at Pendleton will have an
excellent opportunity to hear him the
last three days of this week at the
Whitman college chapel.
Mr.. Search is we'll known as a form
err superintendent of city schools in
Pueblo, Colo; Los Angeles, Cal; and
HOlyoke, Mass. He is now a member
of the faculty of Clark university at
Worchester. Mass. Mr. Search is by
no means unknown in the west, having
lectured in one city Is times. But he
is not only an educator and lecturer
upon educational subjects, but is a
traveller, an author, and are student
as WELL
The first lecture of the series will
be delivered on Thursday November
10. This lecture THE Greatest Pic
lures in the World is given only UNI
der special conditions. It. can only be
given in halls where there is a 20
foot screen. AS an art entertainment
it is unusually fine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08
EFFORT TO GET ANNUAL MEET.
ING OF CONGREGATIONAL
SOCIETIES IN THIS CITY.
Invitation Has Been Sent to the Heads
of the Organization in the

Invitations were sent today to the
five great home societies of the Con-
annual meetings next fall in Walla
Walla. These societies are the Edu-
cation society, The Church Building
society, the American Missionary So
ciety, the Sunday School and Publish
ing society and the Congregational
Home Missionary society.
At Des Moines few weeks ago the
attendance of these societies number
ed over 500. If the invitation is ac-
cepted il will be the first time that
these great eastern societies, whose
annual expenditure is more than ST.
100000, will ever have crossed the
Rocky mountains for their annual
meetings.
The American Board of Foreign mis-
sions, the society which sent DR.. Whit
man, Dr. Spaulding and DR.. Eells to
the Oregon territory in 1886 will hold
it's meeting in Seattle next fall. 1t is
proposed that the five home mission
societies hold joint meeting either
Immediately before or Immediately
after the meeting of the board which
will be in September or October.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08

the faculty Of Whitman college at their
engagements for the examination which
will be held in January.
Ten or a dozen students will take
the qualifying examination. This ex-
animation is the same all over the
world and will be conducted at Whit
man by examiners from other educa-
tional institutions in the northwest.
When the papers are finished they will
be sealed at once and sent to the
trustees of the Rhodes fund at London
for correction. The student from
Whitman will be selected from this list
of eligibles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08

UmatiIIa County Pioneer Passed Away
Last Night. as

James S.. Phillips, an aged pioneer
of Umatilla county, and the father of
James Phillips of Walla Waila, died
last night at the residence of his son
on Dry creek in Umatilla county, near
Weston. from senile decay. The de-
ceased came to the Pacific coast about
80 years ago and engaged in farming
in Umatilla county. He was well
known throughout the northwest and
for many years was an active worker
in the Methodist church. The funeral
will take place tomorrow from the farm
residence of the son of the deceased.
Interment will be in the Weston ceme-
terry.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08
DEATH RATE OF THE NEGRO.
Nearly Twice as Great as That Of the
Whites In the United States.

Nearly vice as 0reat 40 nat " s"S
Whites In the United States.
The first census bulletin on the ne
gro population shows that there are
9,204,531 negroes in the United States,
including Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico. Half Of this great number are
under 10 years of age and from IL to
is per cent Of them have white blood
in their veins. The center of this
black population is De Kalb county,
Ala. it having moved from Dinwiddie
county. Va, southwest 476 miles, since
1880.
Thus the negro population consti-
tutes about one-fifteenth Of the city
population and one-seventh of the
country population Of continental
United States. This proportion, al
though still large, is the result of a
steady decline during the nineteenth
century. The death rate of negroes APP
proximates 80 per cent. while that of
the whites is II per cent. s ~.
AT present fully 80 per cent Of the
negroes live in the southern states and
II per cent of them reside upon farms.
But the northern migration to the big
cities has been noticeable during the
last two decades and it is in a large
measure responsible for the excessive
death rate among them. Bad habits,
poverty and disease make terrible In
roads upon negroes living in the big
cities.
The largest number of negroes liv-
ing in compact masses are found in
certain urban counties, several of
which lie outside the great cotton
growing states. The four each having
bia, co-extensive with Washington;
Shelby county, Tenn, containing Mem
phis; Baltimore City, Md, and New
Orleans parish, La, co-extensive with
New Orleans. The negroes form one
third of the population of the entire
south and 4S.6 per cent of them are
reckoned among bread winners, as
against 46.9 per cent of the southern
whites but these figures apparently in
favor of the southern black men are
| accounted for by the prevalence of fe-
male labor among the negroes. Among
females at least 10 years of age A.
per cent of the southern whites report
money getting occupation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08
PRIVATE ELECTRIC PLANT
JOHN SMITH IMPLEMENT CON-
., PANY INSTALLS LIGHTING
SYSTEM IN FRS STORE.
Entire Establishment Is Lighted Up at
Cost of Forty Cents Each
Night,


One cent an evening for a 16-candle
power electric light is. what the John
Smith Implement company is doing
with the little electric plant. which it
has installed at it's store on East Main
street. The plant is run by a three
horse power gasoline engine which at
tends to itself and will run all night
when once started.a This is connected
by means of a belt With little dynamo
of us volts capacity which furnishes
the electricity for the lights which
have been put in all over the store and
warehouse Of this enterprising COM
'pany. At present there are 4S globes
. connected with the dynamo but"it is
not running to it's full capacity and
more will be put in. Three gallons of
gasoline will run the engine all day
long and the Smith company estimate
that the average cost of running the
plant during the whole evening is 40
cents.
The company have put in xhis ma
chine for the purpose of showing what
its possibilities were, for the purpose
of selling it to farmers. Besides light
ing his establishment at night with
this outfit in the day time he could
transmit the power wherever he want
ed it and run d pump, saw, corn shell
Ter feed mill or a threshing machine
with a large dynamo. One farmer in
this county made $25 a day selling
water pumped with a machine smaller
than this one. The whole out will cost
from $500 to $3.50 set up ready for USE
Almost no attention is requiredt only
little oiling and filling of the water
and gasoline tanks so that the little
plant seems to have solved the problem
of cheap and good lights. =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08
GENERAL WILLIAMS At FORT. y.
Commander Of lie Department Making
Tour of Inspection.

Brigadier General Williams, COM
bia, arrived in this city this afternoon
from Fort Wright, near Spokane, and
is making an official visit at Fort
Walla Walla. The general, whose
headquarters are at Vancouver Bar
racks, is making a tour of inspection
of the posts in his department. Upon
his arrival he was met at the depot by
a detail of soldiers and escorted to the
garrison where he reviewed and lin
spected the troops. He will probably
leave tonight for Vancouver
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08
Personal Mention

Henry l. Hill of Helix is in the city.
NJ Washburn of Pendleton is in the
city.
Louis Hunziker of Pendleton is in
the city.
E. H. Shaw of Lamar is in the city
today.
S. G. Cosgrove of Pomeroy was in
the city today.
F. A. Phillips of Baker City, is reg
istered at the Dacres.
Judge M. NJ. Goldman of Dayton was
in the city this morning.
Mrs. H. B. Nelson of Weston is in
the city visiting with friends.
Deputy Auditor r. M. Mckinney left
this morning for Waitsburg.
Samuel P. Young has returned from
visit to the worlds fair at ST. Louis
Miss Maude Mitchell of Spokane has
been visiting with Mrs. E. May White
of Sumach street
Oscar Cain returned this morning
from Pendltton, where he has been on
a short business trip.
B. D. Croker, collector of customs.
at Tacoma, arrived in Walla Walla
this morning to cast his vote.
John H. Pedigo has returned from
visit with relatives in New York.
He also took in the fair at st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Lutcher return
ed yesterday from five weeks we'd
ding trip 70 various eastern cities, in
Guiding a visit to the worlds fair at
ST. Louis.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-08

he secured the combination Gibsons
right arm bucked and the deal was on.
Petoskey secured the decision. With
little training Gibson would be
interesting, his style being decidedly
original.
Everett Went Out.
Kid Everett went up against Del
Harkins"-and then. went out. The
light of his ring career was promptly
extinguished and the ring loses a gen.
uine conner" These two last bouts
were worth each the admission.
Battle Royal.
Sam looks. the we'll known cham
pion of the battle-royal went up
against it last night. 1t wasn't square
and Sam is indignant. He does not
mind off two, three even six of the
ordinary colored brethren but this
running in of an x-prizef1ghter hurt
Sans dignity-incidentally his nose.
Three sons of Ham entered the battle
royal. One soon came out. He had
happy home-and sought it. Sam saw
local honors waning and fought game
local honorsS9O$GO. f11xNn. H6. .Wiel
back the rest. Defeat? Never! Death
and glory for Sam-he nearly got 1t.
After one of the best battle-royals OF
the season Sam won a bloody draw.
Long live looks!