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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
CONTEST NOTICE.

CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Grand Forks, North Dakota,
March Is, 1905.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by Simeon D.. Hits, contes-
tant, against Homestead Entry No. 1851, made
September 4th, 1903, for the southwest quarter
Of the northwest quarter of Section4 Township
1852, north of Range 81 west, by William Krist-
offerson, contestee, in which it ia alleged that
the said William has never settled
upon or established a esidence of any kind on
said tract, and has wholly abandoned said
tract; that he has changed his residence there
from for more than six months since making
said entry that said tract is not settled upon
and cultivated by said party as required by
law, that the absence of said party is not caused
by reason of his employment in the Military or
Navalservice or Marine corps of the United
States during time of war and that said default
still exists.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said ale
CATION at 10 O'Clock a. IN, on April %, 1905, be-
fore -. A. Farrell, q notary public, at Langdon,
North Dakota, and that final hearing will be
before the Register and Receiver at the United
States land OF ce at Grand Forks. N. Oak.
rhe said contestant having in q proper affi-
davit, filed March 18th, 1905, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice cannot be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given due and proper publication.
1888 WILLIAM ii. BROWN, Register.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20

UNDER the provisions OF a new law in
troduced by Representative McCrea, of
Drayton, all funds belonging to cities or
school districts must be deposited in
banks designated by the city council or
school district board, and said banks
must pay interest on such deposits not
exceeding two per cent per annum on
daily balances. The law compels city
councils and school district boards to
advertise for bids in newspapers at least
two weeks before the meeting at which
said bids will be opened. The law does
not carry an emergency clause, and does
not become operative until July LIST,
1905. After that date officers charged
with the designating of public deposi-
tories must act under this law and ad-
yertise for bids.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
and a somewhat larger dose sent a full
grown healthy tom to heaven.
OLDEST CITY IN THE STATE.
WalhaIia Was Incorporated by Legislative
Act as a VILLAGE In 1862.

Judge N. G. Young, OF the supreme
court, in his researches, came across an
interesting bit of early history, which
shows that the town of Walhalla, in
Pembina county, or rather the early
town of st. Joseph, of which Walhalla
is the successor, was the first county
seat and the first corporation in the pres
ent state of North Dakota. From the
statement furnished by Judge Young to
the Walhalla Mountaineer it appears
that Chapter II. of the laws passed by
the first territorial legislature in 1862
provided for the organization of the
county of kittson. comprising what is
now Pembina, Walsh and part of Grand
Forks and Cavalier counties. Section
6. of the chapter provided:
And be it further enacted that the
county seat of the county of Kittson
shall be established in the town of st.
Joseph"
The same legislature also passed an
act incorporating the town of st. Joseph,
creating at the anne time five other
towns, but st. Joseph was the only one
within the bounds of the present state,
and was the first of the six to avail itself
of the powers conferred. John B. Wilkie
was named in the act as the first presi-
dent of the town.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OB TIME OF RE
DEMPTION.

Stete of North Dakota, County of Cavalier,
IS. Office of County Auditor.
Langdon, N. D.. March 10th 1905.
certain real estate situate in Cavalier County,
North Dakota, and hereinafter described, now
appears OF Record in the office of the Register of
DEEDS OF Cavalier COUNTY, and whach said real
(Wh SEA 27-161-5o) The west half of the
south east quarter Of section numbered twenty
seven, town one hundred and sixty-one
north OF range fifty eight west containing
81 acres more or less according to the govern
ment survey thereof said real estate being as
sessed in 1898 to Ole N. .Nyhus.
You are hereby notified that said above de-
scrised real estate was sold, as provided by law,
at the annual sale OF lands upon which taxes
had become delinquent, after advertisement
made at the Auditors office at the court house,
in Langdon, County of Cavalier, State of North
Dakota, on the 5th day Of December 1899. and
the amount OF the delinquent tax due upon the
real estate aforesaid at the date of sale was
(s9.3D nine and 37-1W Dollars, including
penalties, costs and interest, to make which
amount, the said real estate was then and there
s sold g as provided by law ($9.3D nine and
37-1OO Dollars, and a certificate Of said sale was
issued to the purchaser thereof under the hand
and seal of the Auditor of said Cavalier County.
and holder Of the certificate SO issued has pre-
sentcd the same to the undersigned as Auditor
OF SAID County. and demanded a deed for said
real estate as provided by law, and said certif-
there being (s16.93) sixteen and $500 Dol
lars due and unpaid thereon, penalties and in
serest' nnd there being due to Cavalier County,
North Dakota, the further sum Of (S9.09) nine
and 09-lO Dollars as subsequent taxes, in
beress, penalty and costs, and there appearing
no legal objection why q tax deed should not be
issued as demanded:
You are therefore notified that(s26. O2)Twenty-
SIX and O2-lOOth dollars, exclusive of accruing
costs Is necessary to redeem said real estate
from said sale and that unless the said amount
and the costs of this proceeding are paid on or
within ninety days after the service of this
provided by law.
Period OF redemption expires June 30, 1905.
Given under my hand and official seal this
Goth day of March, 1905.
(sRAL.) ROBERT WORK.
34-37 Auditor of Cavalier COUNTY. N. D..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that a certain mort
gage executed and delivered by Joseph I. NC
Comb. and Julia McComb. his wife mortgagorss
to B. r. Click, mortgage dated the 9th DAY o.
February, A. D. 1898 and filed for record IN ne
office of the Register of Deeds in and for lne
County of Cavalier and State of North DaKon
on the 18th day of February, A. D. 1873, anu 1t,
corded in Book 4 of mortgages at page w am
assigned by said mortgages to Edwin 4; Lucas
of the County of Jefferson in the state OF loSs w.
which said assignment was dated the ION ua1
of May. A. D.. 1901, and was filed for rccoIu ~
the office of the Register of Deeds of the oot .ho
ty of Cavalier and State of North Dakota o., Wv
18th day of May, A. ID. 1901, will be toreciondd
by a sale of the promises in such mortgage nv
hereinafter described, at the front door OF .I
Court House in the County OF CaVAlirf an
State Of North Dakota, at the hour OF M "
o'clock p. m, on the 18th day of May, a. ,or =.
1905, to satisfy the amount duo upon Such Ah''
gage on the day of sale. u,ooc
The promises described i'll sucll lholts"sv
and which will be sold to satisfy the san1' I IL
described as follows, viz: Lots Sixteen ri II.
Seventeen Q7) and Eighteen uS) in bl9cH d =,
even (1I in tho City Of Langdon; NORTH DaAF flo
according to the recorded plat Thereon On Tor
in tho Office of the Register of DeedSlh anu ''
said county and state. =. .he
There will be due on such mortgabe a a and
date of sale the sum of Two llnfnie" conts
Twenty-Four Dollars and seventy-lve c law
1921. 75) and Attorneys fee according ~ "'
together with costs of foreclosure; -c,c
Assignee of Mortsas"'
GORDON e. WHEELER.
Attorneys for Assignee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
NOTICE. OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given, That that certain
mortgage, executed and delivered by George
Nilsson, widower; mortgagor,, OF Cavalier
County, Moth Dakota, to W. j. Mooney and l..
S. Champine, mortgages, dated the 9th. day of
November, A. D. 1901, and filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds for the County
Of Cavalier, State of North Dakota, on the 18th.
day of November, 1901, and recorded in Book
'43' of mortgages, on page 272, will be fore
closed by sale of the premises in such mortgage,
and hereinafter described, at the front door of
the Court House, in the County of Cavalier,
and State of North Dakota, at the hour of Two
(2) O'Clock, p. M, on the 10Th. day of April, A
D. 1906, to satisfy the amount due upon such.
mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such mortgage, and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are des-
eribed as follows; The Northeast Quarter Of
Section numbered Eighteen, Township number.
ed One Hundred Sixty, North Of Range number
ed Sixty, West IN, Z. u of Sec. Is, Twp. 100, N.
R. &C, W.)
There will be due on mortgage on the day of
sale, the sum Of One Hundred Forty nine and
3O-l0Oth dollars, together with the costs of this
action, and legal Attorney fees.
Dated at Langdon, N. D., this 18th. day of
March 1905.
W. MOONEY and T.. S. CHAMPNE.
Mortgages.
Il .. GREENE, Attorney for Mortgagees,
Minot, North Dakota. 1899
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20

THERE is plenty of room and oppor-
tanity for business enterprise inCavalier
county this year. -Four new towns will
be built along the thirty-two miles of the
500 railroad running through the south
western part of the county. Farther
northward there will be three new towns
started along the extension of the Great
Northern from Munich, twenty-one
miles toward the boundary line. The
topography of western Cavalier county
in another twelve months will undergo a
number of distinctive changes in the on
ward march of progression.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20

AS a harbinger of spring the peddler
is a perennial nuisance to people in the
residence parts of Langdon, and in nine
cases out of ten inquiry will elicit the
fact that these peddlers have evaded the
city ordinance which requires the pay
ing of a license fee into the city's treas
ury before soliciting business. Always
bear in mind that the peddler is a detri-
ment to the welfare of the community.
Spend your money at home and help to
build up the town in which you live.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
MONS.


State of North Dakota, County of Cavalier,
SIS In District Court. Seventh Judicial
District.
Thorstein Sable, plaintiff VS.. Sophia John
son, Gudrun H. Bjornsdottir and Bjorg, Sophia,
Sigurdur. Margaret. Gudrun and Gudmundur,
children Of Ragnheryur Bjornsdottir, the heirs
and next OF kin OF Bjorn Bjornson, deceased
and budmunder johnson, administrator of the
estate OF Bjorn Bjornson deceased, and John S.
Johnson. Ragnheidur Johnson, Bjorn S. John
son, Ami S. johnson and Kari S. johnson, and
all other persons unknown, claiming an estate
or interest in or lien or incumberance upon the
property described in the complaint and their
unknown heirs. defendants.
The State of North Dakota to the above nam
ed Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to answer the COM
plant in the above entitled action, of which a
copy is hereunto annexed, the original whereof
mas been hled in the Office of the Clerk OF Court
In and for the above named county, and to serve
a copy or yonr answer to the said complaint on
The subscribers at their office in tho City of
LAngdon, in said county and state, within
thirty days after the service Of this summons
upon you exclusive OF the day OF such service
and In case OF your failure to appear or ans.
wer, judgment will be taken against you by do.
fault for tho relief demanded In the complaint.
Dated this 9th day OF February, 1905.
3i-39 DICKSON & JOHNSON
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Langdon, N. Oak
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
NOW is TIE Time.

Now is the time to get over that North
Dakota habit of laying in bed until after
the sun rises; to get the fickertaii medi-
cine out and get the garden started with
lettuce, radishes and onions. The sweet
peas should have been sown during that
open warm spell OF three weeks ago.
Now is the time to look after the pigs.
and every farmer in the county should
be expecting from twenty to a hundred
if he would pay that mortgage off.
Now is the time forthe Langdon mer-
chant to advertise how cheaply he can
sell goods, and sell them sufficiently
cheap to prevent the small store keepers
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
SUMMONS,

State of North Dakota, County of Cavalier
IS: In District Court. Seventh Judicial
District.
Thomas Finerty, plaintiff VS.. Nj. P. Jurgens,
Cohen & Bros, Co., Black d Germer, The Du-
plox Manufacturing Co., a foreign corporation,
and all ether persons unknown, claiming an
estate or interest in or lien or incumbcrance
upon the property described in the complaint
and their unknown heirs, defendants-Sum1nons.
The State of North Dakota to the above
named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to answer the com.
plant in the above entitled action of which a
copy is hereunto annexed, the original whereof
has been filed in the Office Of the Clerk of Court
in and for the above named county, and to serve
a copy of your answer TO the said complaint
on the subscribers at their office in the City of
Langdon, in said county and state, within
thirty days after the service of this summons
upon you, exclusive of the day OF suoh service,
and in case of your failure to appear Judgment
will be taken against you by default for the re-
lief demanded in the complaint.
Dated this 18th day Of February, 1905.
1888 DICKSON O. JOHNSON.
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Langdon, N. Oak.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
NOTICE OF cHATrEL MORTGAGE SALE.

NOTICE OF CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE.
Default having been made in the conditions
of a chastel mortgage, bearing date the 9Th
by Jacob A. Schuler, mortgagort to John J. Ma
honey, MORTGAGE, and filed in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Cavalier county, North
Dakota, the 10th day of January, 1893 at 10
o'clock a. M, as follows. to-wit: Non.pay-
Inent of the debt so secured after maturity and
upon demand; said debt being the sum of
S22O.0O with interest at II per: cent!per annum
from January 6, 1903, due November LIST, 1903,
of which amount the sum of $2I9.4 10 ia now due
by reason Of said default.
Noticei is hereby given, That by virtue of said
default and the power of sale contained in said
mortgage and by order of Joseph Hamann, the
present ovnero said mortgage, I will sell the
following chattels described therein, to-wit:
One sorrel mare. four years old.
One sorrel geldine, four years old.
One red COW, five years old.
One farm wagon.
One set of double driving harness,
One top buggy.
One two-seated spring wagon.
One bay mare, eight years old.
One black horse, ten years old.
At public auction for cash, at the front door
of the Post Office at Langdon, n. D., between
the hours Of II M, and 4 p. m, on Saturday
the 22ud day Of April, 1905, from the proceeds
of which sale shall be paid; First the costs
and expenses of said mortgage sale and lawful
attorney fee Second the debt aforesaid, with
interest thereon at date of sale; Third, the
balance to the owner of the mortgaged pro-
perty.
E.. A. FARRELL, Agent.
Dated April 10, 1905.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
OBSERVANCE OF ARB0R DAY.

Tomorrow, Friday. April 21st, in &C
cordanee with the proclamation issued
by Governor Ssrles, Arbor Day will be
observed by the people Of North dakota.
Arobsr Day is not observed on the same
date in ell parts of country. In the
South it is generally celebrated as early
as February, while here in the North
where spring comes more tardliy, Aprli
and May are favorite months. In Ne
braska, where Arbor Day originated,
April 81 is the date observed. In many
states, as is the case in North Dakota,
the day is set apart each year by the
governors proclamation.
Arbor Day is a school festival. While
in scattered localities whole towns and
cities observe the day appropriately, TAX
ing the country as a whole, the observ-
ance is confined to the schools. And
this fact is encouraging in several ways.
1t gives good ground for hoping that the
new generation will have q higher ap-
probation of the worth of trees than has
been exhibited by their forebears.
Nothing more shortsighted and wasteful
than the destruction of u forests has
ever been set down to the credit of any
civilized nation. The boys and girls of
to-day cannot repair the waste of the
past fifty years. One forestfire, set care
lessly or wantonly, destroys timber
which has been centuries in making.
But much will have been accomplished
if the new generation is taught to ap-
preciate both the artistic and the
economic value of the tree.
The tree-planting, which is the chief
element of Arbor Day, is generally made
as much of a ceremony as possible. 1t
is a good plan for the school children
interested to contribute toward the
necessary expenses, for the truth of the
Bible statement that where our treasure
is, there will our hearts be also, is too
self-evident to need proving. Singing and
recltations make up the program, and
when the sapling is at last placed in the
earth, the young people who have shared
in the exercises feel a personal interest
in it, and a care for its prosperity which
is bound to modify their attitude toward
all trees.
The name of j. Sterling Morton should
be gratefully remembered in connection
with this %springtime festival. 1t was
due to his efforts that a day for planting
trees was set apart in N~ebraska-a good
example which some of u states were
slow to follow though % nearly all are
in line. The Father of Arbor Day
will be held in increasing honor when
many names that once ranked high are
forgotten.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given, That that certain
mortgage, executed and delivered by George
Nilsson, a ggiidower, morteasor, to ". mooney
day of December A. D., 1902, and filed for re-
cord in the Office Of tho Register of Deeds, in
the County Of Cavalier and State Of North Da-
kota en tho 3rd day Of December, 1902. and re-.
corded i'm Book 48 of Mortgages at page 1856,
will be foreclosed BY sale of the premises in
such mortgage and hereinafter described, at
the front dsor of the Court House, in the
County of Cavalier, aud State of North Dakota,
a. the hour Of Two (2). O'clock. p: m. On the
Twenty ninth, (29) day.of April, A. D. 1905, to sat
isfy the amount due upon said mortgage. on the
day of sale.
The premises described in such mortgage, and
which viii be sold to satisfy the same are dos
cribed as follows, to-wit:, The Northeast
Quarter of Section numbered Eighteen, Town
ship numbered One hundred Sixty. North Of
Range numbered Sixty, West one. u Sec.
There will DO due on such mortgage on thaday
Of sale, the sum of Five Hundred Seventy-seven
and 5o-19oth dollars, together with the costs
and legal Attorney fees in this action.
Dated at Lansdon, N. ID. this 18th. day of
March, 1905.
WI MOONEY and l.. S. CHAMprNR,
Mortgages.
JOHN D: GREENE, Attorney for Mortgages,
Minot, North Dakota. 1899
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20

RECENT enacted legislation and the
work that has been accomplished by
Pure Food Commissioner Laid has
aroused interest over the state in the
campaign that ID being waged against the
shipping into this state of adulterated
articles of food. Indeed, the people are
likely to become more interested in what
they eat the more they learn how
strangely and wonderfully food is made.
Mr.. Paul Pierce, who was superinten-
dent of the food exhibit at the st. Louis
Exposition, has begun, in public
Opinion" a series Of informatory articles
which we commend to our readers. In
49U3 the American manufacturers Sc
cured the passage of a law against the
importation of adulterated food, as tin
terfered with an infant industry. This
home industry now hourishes likes the
green bay tree. Peels of fruit, cores,
worm-eaten spots, and worms are re-
moved, and made into "pure apple jelly"
or currant jelly, plum jam, apple butter,
or whatever is desired. Worn-out mules
and horses do a final service in restau-
rants and on lunch counters az roast beef.
corned beef, and beef stew. DR.. Leon
8. Waters, an expert in food chemistry,
is authority for the statement that hogs
livsrs are mixed with chicory before the
result appears as coffee. Mr.. Pierce
makes tho point that comparatively few
deaths result Immediately from adulte,a-
ton, AZ the manufacturers try to keep
the poison too little in amount to appear
in post-mortems. The creation of ner-
vous diseases and general debility, and
the preparation of the system to receive
any disease that may be lurking about,
do more in the long run than is accom-
plished directly. Nevertheless, DR.. J..
N. Hurry, Secretary of the Indiana State
Board of Health, estimates that sixty-ive
per cent Of infant deaths in America are
due directly to bad or poisoned food. In
recent experiments one teaspoonful of
a well-known brand of butter-color Civ
en- to a kitten caused its instant death,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20
NOTICE OF TAKING Up EsrRAYs.

SECTIONS THAT Chapter Sc, of the
Laws of 1908 being an amendment of
Section 5272 of the Revised Codes be
and the same is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
SEC. l572-Notice of Taking up Els
trays.-Each person taking up IN estray
horse, mare, colt, ass, mule or neat cat
tie, sheep, hog or goat, shall within ten
days thereafter give notice of the find
ing and taking up of the said animal in
a weekly newspaper. if there is such a
newspaper published IN the county. if
not, in the nearest newspaper, which ad-
vertisement shall give a description of
such estray and the marks and brands
thereon. Any person taking up such
estrays shall also file, within ten days,
with the auditor Of the county wherin
such estray is taken up, a description Of
such estray and the marks and brand
thereon. Such person shall, also within
ten days from the time of taking upsuch
estraY mail to the Commissioner of Agri-
culture and Labor, at his Office in Bis
marck, by registered mail, a true copy Of
the notice hereinbefore required to be
given to the county auditor OF the respec-
tive counties. The receipt for the reg
istered letter and proof of publication of
the notice as notice as herein provided
must be filed with the county where
such estray was'taken up before said
estray can be appraised or before ap-
praisers can be appointed. Amy person
taking up such an estray who fails to
advertise such estray or who fails to file
a description Thereof with the county
auditor or fails to mail a copy of said
notice 10 the Commissioner of Agri-
culture and as herein provided, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
liable to the owners of such estray for
damages caused by neglecting to adver-
tise as herein provided.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20

Our readers will be interested to know,
contrary to announcement heretofore
made, that the Chautauqua assembly at
Devils Lake will last eighteen days, COM
mencing July l and closing on the even
ing of the 18th. The program is said to
be one Of the best ever arranged for any
Chautauqua and is certainly the best
ever given at Devils Lake.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20

The governor and a number of the
state officials will journey to the Pacific
coast soon and take part in the cere-
monies of putting the Great Northern's
new steamship Dakota" into COM
mission. There is talk of presenting a
silver service to the ship. funds to be
raised by public subscription.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-04-20

from other states becoming too numer-
Gus in tho new towns south of us when
the Soc road is built. They, the loca-
ton seeking merchants, should be in
duoed to settle on a farm.
Now is the time to drill the grain east
and west, as it looks like a dry sea
son, In fact it will DO found better to
SOW it that way any year.