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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30
Gossip and Notes.

Teachers examination tomorrow at
Langdon, Milton and Munich.
The season for hunting the prairie
chicken and wild duck opens Saturday,
Sept. LIST.
The annual statement of the treasurer
of Langdon City special school district
is published this week.
Wheat harvesting would have been
generally finished this week had the
weather continued fine.
Munich has an ice famine which
ought to help in making the water
wagon popular over in that town again.
Langdon's ball team added another
game to their list of winnings at Wales
on Sunday. The score was II to Is in
their favor,
Farm machinery business has been
good over on the 500 line of railroad
this season. The year old town of Iona
reports the sale of 40 binders.
Owners of hunting dogs rejoice to
find that the new estray law provides
that estray dogs taken up must be ad-
vertised the same as horses or live
stock.
Millions carnival of crime continues.
Hold ups were numerous there last
week and two unsuccessful attempts at
burglary occurred in one night. The
perpetrators are reported as not giving
evidence of being professionals but of
the hobo type of rascality.
The Commercial club of Grand Forks
lave been making a "get acquainted"
trip over the northern part of the state
IN a special train during the past week.
vi their trip over the Lakota and Sarles
branch line the Munich Herald says:
"Ihey took lots of orders here and lit
out with their heads full of business
and their skins full of-eer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30
MCCruer-
i Void
Use "Hannah's Pride" flour.

Use "Hannah's Pride" flour.
A $500 Communication Ticket for 81 so
at the Old Homestead.
Kelly G. MCLAUGHLIN sell the old
reliable Plymouth binding Irvine.
Birtch & Liebeler can sell or locate you
on a homestead in the Canadian North
west.
Mrs. Jno. McGrath and son we're
Langdon visitors from Hannah on Fri
day of last week.
Miss Veda M. OKe concluded a visit
Saturday with Langdon friends, return
ing to her home at Morden, Man.
A ball game and a wedding ran oppo-
sition with a lecture by a preacher at
Munich and won out so far as attend
ance was concerned.
The Langdon city school board are
advertising for applicants for the posi-
ton of %janitor of the public school
buildings. The job will be let Satur-
day.
Henry Schrank, a farmer near Clyde
has cut and threshed a volunteer crop
of oats that yielded so bushels to the
acre. Wheat cutting is we'll advanced
in that neighborhood and promises a
big yield.
On Saturday the hunting season
opens in this state as we'll as Minnesota,
and the local nimrods are in readiness.
Reports from all over indicate that the
chicken crop is a good one and the early
harvest has cleared the way for good
work with the dogs, SO the slaughter the
first day will be heavy.
Henning Gunhus, south of Union, in
Montrose township, threshed 100 bus
hels of wheat and some oats and barley
the middle of last week. The wheat is
reported as having shown a yield of
about rs bushels per acre. The oats
| and barley, only a small amount of each
being threshed, both we're a very good
sample and Indicate better than an
average yield. Crops generally in that
vicinity are about a week or ten days
earlier than up in this part of the
county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30

w. +. Winter returned to the city
Saturday. Mrs Winter and their son
Morris, together with Mrs. f. w.
Mclean, Mrs. o. E.. Thompson and
others of the Langdon party are re-
naming at White Bear, Minnetonka
and other St. Paul lake districts for a
few days longer.
Miss Nina Olson, whose home is neal
Yang died at the Grand Forks hospital
Saturday morning after having under
gone an operation for appendicitis that it
was hoped might prove to have been
successful. The remains were taken
home by way of Walhalla for burial, &C
companied by her sister, Miss Gina
Olson.
Aaron Hayward, supterindent of the
Cavalier city schools. was in town last
week, called to see the editor, and sub
scribed for the Herald. Mr.. Hayward
has a quarter section or more of land 2la
miles from Gallo and has been putting
in his vacation building u barn and
house on the aforesaid land. This year
he has for u crop 30 acres Of flax and
has broken 80 acres more which will
be sown to wheat next season by his
renter, Fred Deitz. Mr.. Hayward is u
brother Of Supt, Hayward Of Langdon.
Munich Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30
Birtch & Liebeler, general agents of

Birtch & Liebeler, general agents of
Canadian lands.
Rev. M. j. Hiltner was a Mt. Carmel
visitor in the city Tuesday.
Wake up! Wake up! You need one
of McGruer & Wold's alarm clocks.
Plymouth binding Irvine is the best
and is sold by Kelly g. MCLAUGHLIN.
WIN. Haverty was down from Wales,
an over Sunday visitor with his family.
Andrew Morken, the big Osnabrock
farmer, was in Langdon on Tuesday be-
tween trains.
D. G. Mcdonald, the harnessmaker,
was a visitor down the line at Park
River over Sunday.
G. H. McDermott came over from
Devils Lake on Tuesday for a visit with
his family of a few days.
w. Hobbins, father of Mrs. A. E.
Lindstrom returned Friday from his
visit home and trip to the Minneapolis
encampment.
W. d. Stevens was a county seat visit
or from Milton last Friday closing up
the probating of his wife's estate in
Judge Dorvals court.
Mrs. G. r. Lasham returned Friday
from a two weeks visit with Grand
Forks friends and with the family of
Mr.. Lasham, residing near Ardoch.
Why would you buy a hand-me-down
suit of clothes when you can have one
made to your order and measure for
about the same price at the Bee Hive
store.
The DEMOCRAT office is again head
quarters for all kinds of school supplies.
A full line of school tablets, pencils,
pens, crayons, drawing paper, ETC., on
hand.
Dan Porter, a heavy land owner near
Calvin, and president of the First state
Bank at that place, spent yesterday in
Langdon. He has lately started the
foundation of a fine residence at Calvin.
Attorney j. G.. johnson, of Milton
was married at Verona, Wis, on Tues
day of last week, the 21st inst, to Miss
Florence Pierce. The bride was until
recently a teacher in the Milton public
schools.
Rev. Gilbert l.. Wilson and brother,
Mr.. Fred Wilson, returned to their home
in Langdon last Saturday, after having
spent a number of weeks in the country
surrounding Mandan looking up his
toric camping spots of the Indians
Mandan Pioneer.
Kelly & Schneider have this
week purchased the entire stock of
new and up-to-date goods formerly
owned by Frank Forester at Wales
which they will at once close out at
greatly reduced prices.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30

W. H. Row, the Elkwood postmaster
and merchant was a business visitor in
town Monday.
States Attorney Geo. NJ. Price was at
Hannah on Tuesday in response to a
call for legal advise.
The farmers best friend is an alarm
clock. You can get one for a dollar at
McGruer & Wold's.
Photographer Barker has a new photo
stand out in front of his studio for dis
playing samples of his artistic work.
E. A. Wadsworth has rented one of
the Jas. S. Loynes houses in which the
family will reside during their stay here
this fall.
The Hannah Moon anticipates that
grass may grow on the streets of Hamp-
den, the new town that failed to sup
port a newspaper.
DR.. Mugan and family have this week
moved into the Sixth street residence
owned by Herman Dohmann, south of
the Baptist church.
Since the spell of hot weather was
broken a week ago the maximum
temperature has not averaged over $50
The minimum point reached this fall is
42o.
Frank Kelly of the Boyd department
store was at Edinburg a part of the
week assisting in the stock taking of
the Cash Store recently bought by Mr..
Boyd.
Mrs. f. w. Bleakley accompanied Mrs
Hodgins on her return Saturday to
Sarles. She will also visit with her
folks at Killarney, Man, before return
ing home.
The Ct. Northern road a
reduction of 10 per cen on grain rates.
This will make a difference from this
locality of about one cent per bushel.
The grain raisers can stand it.
Jas. Lindsay, east of town is through
harvesting. Has over two hundred
acres of wheat and a fine lot of oats and
barley, which is all in shock. He says
he has no kick coming on his 1906 crop.
The ladies of the Sodality society of
st. Alphonsus church gave a card party
at the hall on Tuesday evening at which
quite a turn out was present. The re-
freShments served consisted of ice cream
and cake.
DR.. o. A. Kron, the dentist of Fargo,
will make his next visit to Iona on
Sept. 10th and 18th, when be will be at
DR.. Laws Office over the drug store.
DR.. Kron will hereafter make monthly
visits at Iona.
Sarles had its first justice court case
on Saturday night last week when De-
putty Game Warden Lewis brought &C
ton against Allan Moore for shooting
ducks out of season. A jury was en-
pannelled, but owing to lack of evidence
to convict the case was dismissed.
At the hearing held last Thursday
forenoon before Justice e. A. Farrell
there was insufficient evidence on which
to bind Jack Dallas over to the district
court and he was therefore released
from custody of the Sheriff. Some few
months ago, Dallas was arrested at Han
nah charged with cruelty to animals.
He escaped before he could be tried,
and went into Canada. A couple Of
weeks ago, Dallas returned to Hannah
and was at once arrested. Dallas was
accused Of pouring a quantity OF kero-
sene on a dog and then setting fire to 1t.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30
DR.. KERR


IS SChulKe' BLOCK.
J. H. Tyrrell, the Munich druggist,
was a county seat visitor Friday secur-
ing a renewal of his permit issued out
of the county court. He was accompa-
MED by Mr.. j. j. Reilly, who is opening
up a restaurant there this fall. They
report wheat harvesting in full swing
with a magnificent crop all round that
lively burg
The annual statement of Go. Auditor
Work and Co. Treas. Power, for the year
ending June 3O:h, is officially published
this week and gives the reader detailed
information as to Cavalier county's
financial condition. The balance sheet
of assets and liabilities show a Aattering
gain on the right side of the ledger
during the past twelve months.
Hon. John l.. Casbel, of Grafton, was
a visitor here Monday, visiting with
Banker Mooney and Attorney Cleary.
Senator Cashel has long been a prom
nent party leader among North Dakota
democrats, and since accepting the
Craftsmanship of the state central com
mittee is sturipg up the democratic
wheel horses for an active fall cam
paign.
d. Il, Ramage has a new IS horse
power Advance engine to supply the mo-
tive power for the largest of his thresh-
ing outfits this fall. 1t is a good deal
more powerful than is generally used for
threshing and later in the fall will be
put into use for steam blowing on Mr..
Ramage's farms near town. Since cut.
ting started he has had sixteen men in
the harvest field and now has an equip
ment Of thirty men ready for the
treshing season.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30

Buy the old reliable Plymouth bind
ing Irvine Of Kelly & MCLAUGHLIN.
f. w. Reynolds, the Bathgate farm
machinery man, was here wei Sunday.
The highest temperature reported in
the state during the hot spell was 80 at
Bismarck.
"Hannah's Pride" is made from select
ed hard wheat. Sold by Robert Flem-
ing at Dresden.
The Old Homestead is the place for far
mers to bring their wives and children
for a good dinner.
Mrs. J. Kelland left Saturday for a
few days visit with relatives of the
family near Hannah.
G. E. Johnston and family reached
home Monday from a couple of weeks
visit with family friends in the Twin
Cities.
Finlay Mcdonald was here from
Milton last Thursday on business con
nected with his office of public adj
ministrator.
Tony Kietfer, the hustler of farm
machinery at Wales, was here for a
visit Sunday renewing the acquaintance
of many friends.
Thos. Carroll and wife, living south
east of Langdon welcomed a little
daughter at their home on Saturday
evening of last week.
Dan j. Ridlington teacher of the
Langdon high school for four years re-
turned Monday from a vacation visit to
his home at Dell Rapids, S. d.
When you see a man with a catch-as-
catch.can fitting suit of clothes you may
be certain he did not have it made to
his measure at the Bee Hive store.
The penalty for hunting without a
license is very severe, and the cost OF
the license amounts to little. Better
take out a hunting license at once.
James McDougall has been added tc
the police force this week to assist Chief
of Police Gregg in maintaining order
while the transient harvester and fes
tive hobo are with US.
Mrs. John Mcmillan, mother O
Cashier G. B. Mcmillan. of the State
Bank of Hannah, came down the linz
Saturday for a few days visit with he
neice, Miss Gene Mcmillan.
The long distance telephone of tn
Northwestern Co. was put in last weel
at Adams on the 500 and is to be ex
: tended northwest so as to connect will
the company's system on this line a
Q Langdon.
Arthur Sparkling, of McPhall-Brosna
han Co., is laid up with a badly crippled
t hand that was caught IN the machiner,
: of a self-feeder attachment of a ney
threshing outfit at D. w. Barker's plac
last week.
Geo. E. Dunnigan of Langdon, a fol
= H0r oIlplOyCo VI tuO SoSnA1OA
was in the city Friday, on his way HON
. from the Wyoming encampment. He i
at present in the Office of County Judg
:, H. E. Dorval, at Langdon.-Cavalie
Chronicle.
1t is expected that the local telephon
= exchange being enstalled at presen
!, between Langdon and Mt. Carmel vii
: be in readiness in about two weeks. I
! large force of men have been engage
. on the work, and are going along a
rapidly as possible.
F. A. Boyer, teacher of the Mt. Cal
: mel village school for the past two years
> has resigned his position, the schoc
" closing for the term last week. Nj
' Boyer leaves this week for New Uln
i, Mimi, to accept the principalship of
parochial school and organist of tn
Catholic church there.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30

AVING decided to close out
IA my store this fall, | offer
for sale cheap all my show cases,
counters, shelves and store fix
lures, either separately or COLI
lectively. P. P. KOPRlVA.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30
WHEAT MARKET.

Prices corrected up to noon Thursday, August
~, l9O6, by Agent Morrison, of the Northwestern
Elevator Co., Langdon, N. Oak.
Wheat-No. | Hard a.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-08-30

We simply wish to again direct your
attention to these facts. Lest you
forget to take home with you that
Alarm Clock you was to get today.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-18
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name --siegfried. Sun rises at
5:54; sets at 6.6.
1909; Hudson. ascending the river
anchor in the neighborhood of the pres
emit town of Castleton, where he went
on shore at the invitation of an old
OF the country. who was chief over forty
men and seventeen women, and who
occupied a house made of the bark of
trees. exceedingly smooth. and well
finished, within and without. Here he
found large quantities of Indian corn
and beans, enough to load three ships,
fields.
1621--The Plymouth colonists sent an
expedition consisting Of ten men in a
shallop. accompanied by Squanto and
sets. to discover the bay. see the coun-
try. make peace and trade with the
1s75--Battle of Deerfeid, Mass, with
the Indians. A company of ninety-six
men under Captain Lathrop were es-
corting 5000 bushels of corn to a place
Of security, when they were suddenly
only eight escaped.
1159--The City of Quebec surrender
ed to the English under BrigadiAr Cen
5000 men under General Murray.
1777--Americans under Colonel Brown
attacked and defeated the British on
took 2ss
100 Americans, and retook the conti-
mental standard left there on Its evacu-
alton in July.
i777--Congress at Philadelphia ad-
journed to meet at Lancaster. on ac-
count OF the approach of the British.
1792--The southeast corner stone OF
the north wing of the Capitol at Wash
ington, laid by General Washington.
1S19--John Langdon, died; an active
and powerful advocate of the Amer.
ican revolution: He was member. of
WHICH framed the Constitution, Sena-
tor in Congress and Governor of New
Hampshire.
1SsS--Great eclipse of the sun over
the United States.
1854--The British Consul at the Sand
witch Islands presented his protest to
the King against the annexation of
those islands to the United States.
1s61--Some of the members of the
imprisoned for talking sedition.
1864--An engagement between French
and Mexican forces on the Rio Grande
became a quadrangle fight in which the
French and Confederates wehe routed
by the Union and Mexican soldiers.
185S--Battle with Indians near Repub-
| lican River. Lieutenant Beecher and
| DIR. Moore killed.
General Hindman assassinated at
| Hindman, Ark.
1s9S--The Spanish government named
| Rios, Senior Abarzuza. Senior GARNER,
General Cerero and Senior Villarutia.
| 1898--WInnie Davis, the daughter OF
| the Confederacy," died.
/ Service by American Press News,
Washington ID. CO
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-18
An Insult to Texas

Houston Post.
whatever his sentiments may BE,
President Roosevelt's administration
in practice still treats the South az
conquered province when outrages by
negro men in the uniform of Uncle
States district attorney in Texas has
been instructed to forego his functions
as q prosecutor for the time and to de-
charged In the State court with shoot
ing up the town of Brownsville In a
night raid and numbering a citizen.
The question is now being asked by
should be put upon the great State of
Texas These men are violators OF
the laws of this State" says The Hons
voked murderous assault upon the
sleeping people of a Texas town-a
town they were sent to the border to
protect, and when the State nuts its
bring them to Justice, the United
States Government seeks to confer
upon them a martyrdom and sends the
judicial officer of the Government to
We cannot imagine more wantor
violation of the dignity of the State
than this. 1t assumes that the courts
of the State are not competent to deal
with men charged with crime and thai
the accused would be denied their le-
gal rights. There Is not the slightest
warrant for any such assumption, ana
it is not an agreeable spectacle to. be.
hold the Federal Government under
taking to thwart the States process OF
Justice"
The Post calls attention to the fact
that there is now in the Bexar coun-
ty Jail white soldier. Patrick Car
roll by name, who is charged with kill
ing a Mexican at Leon Springs NOR"
than a year ago. Carroll has been in
Jail over a year. and was forced to en-
ploy his own counsel So far as is
known the President or the military
authorities have never taken any steps
to see that he was well defended, and
States district attorney to drop mis-
regular duties and take up his de-
fensC"
something of the old Thad Stevens
spirit still in the Northern politician 5
breast when there Is any question of
putting black heels on Southern white
necks up for consideration
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Messrs. Allen ana Powers At the
same time we are not prepared 10
take Mr.. Litiehelds view Of the re,
Q few hours after the outcome was
known. 1is,that Mr. Gompers was help
full instead of harmful to him;
.as nesm which STANDS isis out IT * i bold rse
is that the Republicans Of Maine did
not accept as paramount the issue do
clared by the representatives OF the
Taft, Speaker Cannon. Senator Lodge.
Senator Beveridse. and other conspic-
uous leaders known to be close to the
vital Issue was Roosevelt" This
appeal two years. ago was instrumen-
tai IN swelling the plurality OF every
the Pine Tree State and 1t unques-
big majority by which the Republic
son5roi sns H Of magic t.
conJure with in 1904. 1t may be yet.
Perhaps we shall know more about
this when the Ohio Republican state
tied the burning question as towheth-
cr the two Senators of that State de-
serve to be as cordially" Endorsed as
sse VAS tns ps ssae
mount by the voters of Maine, then in
dubitably we may look for surprise
IN the November elections since the
Republican managers have made the
President the issue and he In turn
has declared that stand pat" Ia the
The Significance Of the sweeping
victory Of the Democrats in eighteen
Of the twenty largest cities o,nd towns
in last election they carried onl two
of the State cannot be overlookeI In
these municipalities. Whitley it Is
not unlikely that the local Admins
tration Of Names stringent .prohibi-
ton law was something of q factor IN
determining tho results In these cities
and towns the fact remains that this
question did not lure them away from
their old party affiliation two years
ago when 1t must have been quite as
strong as 1t was in the campaign just
closed, and when. also. let US not
forget, the attractive personality. the
great achievements. and the high
promise Of Theodore Roosevelt We're
dazzling the eyes and inflanling the
hope OF millions OF his eonntrymen.
II Maine Just now 10 the nations
political weather vane. undoubtedly
the wind Is shifting around-hut, also
undoubtedly, strong ss-currents are
being generf,ed by the committal OF
the Democracy to new doctrines which
may result In storm more destruc-
tive to that party than 20 the Rcpuo
licans in November.
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FOR PURE FOOD.
Government Committee Discusses Plan
for Equitable Enforcement of LAW,

New York. Sept. IA committee
consisting of DR.. H. w. Wiley of the
Department of Agriculture; S. N. D,
North. Director of the Census, and
James I. Gerry, of the Treasury De-
partment, which was appointed by act
of Congress today, began a govern
mental hearing on the scope of the
new pure food law. Nearly one hun
dred members or representatives of
leading firms in New York, and other
cities throughout the United States
were present when Dr.. Wiley called
the meeting to order at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The questions being debated under
the first of the twelve groups of ar
guments include one regarding: How
will the law affect dealers who on
January L next have on hand goods
which do not comply with the law?'
DR.. Wiley his address opening the
hearing, said the commission desires
to frame rules to enforce the act so
as to make The least possible distur-
bance to business conditions and to
give the least annoyance to the man
ufacturers, iopbers and public
What the commission desires 10
learn, he said. is how to enforce tho
act not how TO prevent 1t. The law
had two purposes in view-to prevent
adulteratiOn OF misbranding. AS the
regulation of the inspection OF meat
and meat products is prescribed by
act of Co lgress. DR.. Wiley said therS
is no need of discussing that point,
After listening to the arguments OF
the business Len, the commission, he
said. viii draw up a set of rules to
be approJ Il by the secretaries of the
treasury, 2sriculture and labor.
William C. Breed, attorney for the
National Wholesale Grocery Assocla-
ton, aska1 tile commission to secure
from the limited States attorney gen.
eral an opinion relative to the value
of goods which do not comply with
the law.
Thomas e. Aannen of Chicago spoke
briefly on behalf of maple syrup man
| ufacturers ana the American Cotton
| Oil Compa y submitted a brieG