Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-09-22
Gossip and Notes.

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Just at present Langdon is ''dry."
How's this for Indian summer
weather
At Hampden they are building a
Lutheran church.
The chicken shooting season in Mani
toba opened last Thursday.
Next Tuesday the democrats OF Cava-
lier county nominate their ticket.
Osnabrock schools opened up last week
with an enrolment of 11O-and more to
follow.
Delegates from all over the county
were in the city Tuesday and were cor
rallied by politicians.
The next regular meeting OF the
board of county commissioners will be
held on Monday, October Bird.
-Four new banks are to be started in
Cavalier county when the railroad ex-
tension is built from Edmore to Wake
field.
The temperature went down to 29o
again Saturday. The same point at
which the thermometer registered on
Tuesday, the 18th.
The DEMOCRATS correspondents can
furnish an interesting item of news
from their localities by reporting the
crop yields now that threshing is in
progress.
Local politicians are beginning to re-
cover from the effects of Tuesdays con-
vention. Those who failed to draw a
nomination have sought the seclusion of
the tall timbers.
1t has been reported by parties in
town from Weaver that there was ice as
thick as dime on the water Sunday
morning of last week. Not much dam
age was done, however.
Have you noticed that the weather
forecasts bulletined daily at the post
office have hit it pretty close to the
mark? The weather man at st: Paul
doesn't appear to be an amateur.
Democratic caucuses Saturday night.
Every democrat in Cavalier county
should make it a point to turn out to
the primaries and elect good men to
attend Tuesdays county convention.
Tuesday a good sample of wheat
yielding 2215 bushels to the acre was
threshed on the John Mooney farm,
cropped by Robt. Brisen. This is one
of the best averages reported from farms
around Langdon SO far.
Hampden starts out this fall with
an excellent business outlook which
is fully attested to in the show
ing made by the banks. Their COM
bined statements aggregate s25,873.99
deposits and s12,O13.39 cash.
Street corners we're almost at pre-
MUM for standing room Tuesday.
Politics formed the main topic of con-
versation and all agreed on one point.
They were certain that there would be
IA very interesting county convention at
the court house.
The registration of 23e, indicating
nine points below the frost line was
what the Langdon resident found
Tuesday morning upon examining his
thermometer. Monday nights tenn
perature can be properly styled the first
"killing frost" of the season.
Cash wheat went down from s1.l2h
last Saturday to s1.OlA and held steady
at the latter figure during the week.
Only small amount has been sold on
the local market, the best samples
grading No. 2 Northern. Grain ship
ments from this point so far consists
only of about twelve cars of barley.
The DEMOCRAT asks that its advertis-
ing patrons will kindly note that we re-
quest of them to hand in all changes Of
advertising matter not later than Tues
day noon in order to have them put in
type for the issue of the current week.
The amount of work entailed in this
department during the fall makes it
imperative that we ask this favor.
A letter received by Langdon parties
during the past week from Saskatoon,
n. W. T., reports heavy frost Saturday
md Sunday nights, Sept. 10th and 18th.
There was still about ten DAYS cutting
pf wheat there and potatoes and all
pther vines, were turned black. The
Canadian Northwest seems bound to
beat North Dakota if it is with
rost.