Courier Democrat., 1904-08-25
Gossip and Notes.

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Harvest is on in earnest this week.
Good harvesting weather this week.
The chicken season opens Sept. LIST,
Just one week from today.
1t now looks as if two dollars day
will be the going harvest wages in this
section. Men are not scarce.
"Fabio Romani," the great spectacu-
lar melodrama by the New York Thea
trical Co. at the Opera House, Friday,
Sept. 8.
Millions school board has decided to
hereafter charge a tuition fee of two
dollars month where pupils live out
side the district.
Co. Supt. Crawford conducts the
regular August examination of ap-
plicants for teachers certificates in this
city tomorrow and Saturday.
The "Fifteen Years Ago" column of
the Milton Globe last week dug up the
fact that in 1889 it was August 18th
before harvesting became general.
Hampden at last has the assurance of
the railroad being built to that point
this fall and grain buyers have started
buying wheat for delivery in Hampden.
The state university announces its
opening for the fall term on Sept. 10th
and the number of students enrolled
from Langdon is expected to be con-
siderably larger than last year.
Com'r Jos. Heapy, whose district
comprises almost third of the area of
the entire county was up the line Mon
day to inspect the location of proposed
road improvements in South Dresden
township.
Registration for claims on the Devils
Lake Indian reservation closed Tues
day and Langdon, along with nearly
every town in the state, has among its
citizens number who will now be on
the tip toe of expectancy for few
days.
Postmaster McGauvran closed the
post Office this afternoon during the
hour of Miss Mary McDougall's funeral.
The act as token of respect was par
ticularly appropriate when it is recalled
that up to very short time ago the
deceased had been faithful and popular
assistant of Postmaster McGauvran's.
The traditional sea serpent story from
Devils Lake has had to take back
seat since the DEMOCRATS correspondent
at Klein sent in his story of an en-
counter with a snake thirteen feet long
and weighing three hundred pounds.
There is still the question suggesting
itself, as to what kind of water they
drink over at Starkweather?
A heavy hail storm struck the coun-
try north and east of Langdon last
Thursday night between ten and eleven
o'clock and several farmers, Including
Jas. Merehouse, George Rylance, Bert
and William Welsh suffer a loss that
will considerably reduce their crop
yield. While the hail fell the wind was
blowing perfect gale. The territory
visited by hail as nearly as can be
learned was about three miles square.
1t has now been officially announced
that the Edmore branch of the Great
Northern will not only build to Hamp-
den this year but extend several miles
northwest of that point into Cavalier
county. With the road coming through
Hampden into Cavalier county its value
to the residents of the extreme south.
western portion is almost incalculabe
This will bring the terminus in all
probability in Weber township where
elevators and business houses will rap
idly transform the small postofFice burg
Of Weaver into a hustling railroad town
VIM. Ellenbaum, who officiates Al
merchant and postmaster at Empire. re
ported while in Langdon on Monday
that the work Of grading on the Ct
Northern's extension from Edmore va,
underway in Henderson township. A
grading crew started working Monday
about two miles east Of Klein postofice
which would indicate that the road wii
he run on through the southwestern
corner OF this county, traversing thu
townships Of Storlie, Weber, Henderson
Tner and Bruce, instead Of merely run
ming the line short distance into thii
Dounty to . terminal point nine miles
northwest Of Hampden, % given out il
he report circulated tew days ago.