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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11
(OFFICIAL)
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Board of County Commissioners.
C4vlJJEp CnI7Nuy NJ IN
CAVALIER COUNTY, N. q.

LANGDoN, n. d., April lst, 1901
Minutes of the regular session of the
Board of County Commissioners of Ca
Waller county, North Dakota, held at the
County Auditors Office, in the City of
Langdon, on Monday, April 1st, 1907, at
two o'clock p m.
Present: A. A. Seeley, chairman and
Commissioners Ole I. Gjevre. John Reid
and M. Mcknight.
Absent Commissioner f. Wienecke.
The minutes Of. the last meeting we're
read and upon motion approved,
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
Duluth Elevator Co.. at Mil
ton, for coal furnished to Mrs.
Erickson, county poor ........ II
f. III. Stoltze, for coal for the
court house. ............ 1875 3s
An additional depository bond of the
State Bank of Calvin, n. d., was pre-
sented in the penal sum of five thousand
(s5,O0000) with the following surieties
James Henderson, $4,000: F. H. Jones.
$4,000; John Cameron, $4,000; VIM. D.
Thompson, $4,000; George Henderson.
$1,000; Duncan McCallum, $1,000; H. P
Coder, $4,000: and was approved.
An additional depository bond of the
Citizens State Bank of Hannah. N. D.,
was presented in the penal sum of five
thousand (s5,OO0) dollars with the
following surieties: N. B. FELTON,. $4,000:
Thos. Fl. Prior, $4,000: j. A. Myers,
S., 5000; Isaac Ullyott, $4,000, William
Dryburgh, $4,000 and was approved.
An additional depository bond OF
the Clyde State Bank of Clyde. N. D..
was presented in the penal sum of five
thousand (s5,0OW dollars. with the Nor
thern Trust Company of Fargo. N. D..
as surety, and was approved
An additional depository bond of the
First Bank of Sarles. at Sarles, N. D..
was presented in the penal sum of five
thousand (s5,000) dollars, with the Nor
thern Trust Company. of Fargo, N. D.,
as surety and was approved.
The bond Of James Semple, M. D., as
Superintendent of the Board of Health
for the County of Cavalier, State OF
North Dakota, was presented in the Pc
nal sum of two hundred ($200) dollars
with John McGauvran and +. w. Nc
Lean as sureties and was approved.
On motion the following bills were au-
dited and allowed:
BONNER Mercantile Co., clothing
for Thor Vetten, CO. poor ... rs
Leaf Bros, clothing for Thor
Vetten, county poor. ....... 6 90
w. J. Leaf, duplicate of war
rant No. 12,269, original lost. 90
State Hospital for the Insane of
North Dakota, for admission
of Louis Axvig... ............. 50 90
B. e. Groom, postage, express,
etc. Observation-Disclosures. so 20
The Oliver Typewriter Co., sup
plies for supt of schools Office. 35
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

Experiment Station to be established in
Cavalier county. and the following reso-
luton was adopted by the Board of
County Commissioners:
WHEREAS, The Legislature of the
State of North Dakota has appropriated
the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars for a
6 : Experiment Station to be establish.
ed in Cavalier county, conditioned upon
the furnishing by said County of clear
title to not less than one hundred and
sixty acres of land within two miles OF
Langdon or Hannah and.
WHEREAS. In the judgment OF this
Board we deem it for the best interest
of the county that said Experiment
Station be located near Langdon be
cause of it's central location. and
WHEREAS. The cost of the same will
be at least Six Thousand Dollars. and.
WHEREAS. 1t is the sense of this board
that this sum of Six Thousand Dollars
can be best raised by popular subscrip
tion throughout the said County.
Now THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED
That the Board of County Commission.
ers, with the members of the Senate and
House of Representatives from said
County, together with the following
persons, to wit:
Jas. q. Dickson. E. A. Farrell. E. II
Gordon, G. E. Johnston. P G. johnson
f. w. Mclean. Geo W. Price and w. F.
Winter, constitute committee to raise
said sum of money and procure site
for said sub-station.
On motion the board adjourned te
meet at two o'clock, p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The board reconvened. pursuant te
adjournment.
Present: A. A. Seeley chairman and
Commissioners John Reid, M. Nc.
Knight. Ole l. Gievre.
Absent: Commissioner E. Wienecke
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
Peter Reid. sheriff's fees. ...... $3l &C
Langdon Light Co. light for
court house, for January,
February and March. .... SO 3(
K S. Fawkes laundry for
prisoners. .................. 81
DR.. H. w. F. Law, salary as Co.
Physician for District No l,
for year ending April /, 1907. 1876 O(
The bill of Peter Reid, sheriff, for the
transportation of Louis Axvig, an insane
patient to the hospital for the insane a,
jamestown was presented and audited
by the board and approved and recon-
mended to be paid by the State.
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
DR.. Mugan. examination of P.
lnleSeH u w
A. Guthrie & Co., board of small
pox patients at Langdon, - 60 OF
Geo. W. Brooks, NJ. D. post
mortem examination of c. G.
Wall at Munich. disallowed.
st. Anthony and Dakota Eleya-
tor at Milton, N. D. coal furn-
ished Mrs. Erickson, county
poor. ~l3 &
Drs. Oswald and Esler, salary
for county physicians for
quarter ending March 80, 1907 Is OF
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11
Bjornson. Leaf & Halliday, three

Bjornson. Leaf & Halliday, three
months rent for Mrs. Erickson
county poor, q 90
The Stakalta Pen Co., supplies
for co. supt of schools Office. 5 90
j. F. Heller, supplies for Co.
Supt. of schools Office. ,....... l 25
Washburn Learner, official es-
tray paper. .......... w
Walker Bros. & Hardy, supplies
for Co. Treasurer's Office. 49,. 10 90
| B. d. Groom, milage one quart
SI Il OO
Walker Bros, & Hardy, supplies
for county Judges Office s2S.70
allowed at % 20
There being three vacancies existing
for the Office of County Constable, and
there being one vacancy for the office of
County Justice of the Peace, for the
reason that the persons elected at the
last general election failed to qualify as
provided in Sec. AIT of the Revised
Codes of 1905, the board proceeded to
fill same.
On motion of Commissioner Reid,
seconded by Commissioner Gjevre,
lTorge Torgeson, of Hope township, and
John Hannah, of Linden township, were
appointed to fill two of the vancancies
existing for the Office of County Con-
stable for the balance of the term, or un-
til their successors were elected and
qualified.
The motion carried all members
voting, aye.
The bond of Torge Torgeson as
county constable was presented in the
penal sum of Five Hundred (S50000)
Dollars, with H. o. Storlie and Robert
Robertson as sureties and was approved
On motion the board adjourned to
meet at nine o'clock a. m., on Tuesday
April 2, 1907.
TUESDAY, April 2, 1907.
The board reconvened pursuant to
adjournment.
Present: A. A. Seeley, chairman and
Commissioners. John Reid, Ole I
Gjevre, and M. Mcknight.
Absent Commissioner f. Wienecke
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
Peter Reid, board of prisoners. s152 25
B. e. Green, rent of room for
small pox patient at Hannah. QC
1. Comstock, cleaning and re-
pairing pest house at Hannah,
$3.50, allowed at 9 90
Geo. Bulloch & Co., lumber and
wood for pest house at Han
| nan. 20
S. T. Hart, board of small pox
patients, coal, etc., at Hannah 81 25
W. e. Adams, funeral expenses
of infant of Mrs. Schanks,
county poor, s29.50, allowed
| at.... ................. IL oU
+. A. Mcdonald, rent of Office
and vault for public admins
traitor. Is 90
Jos. Hamann. balance due on
witness fees in Hartzel and
| Bascom case at Pembina, N.
D.. 5 OC
| Hon. Chas w. Plain and Hon. Henry
Mclean, and delegation of citizens ap-
peared before the board in behalf of the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11
Guaranteed Over Forty Per Cent.

We have recently had e. F. Ladd, the
state chemist at Fargo, make an official
analysis of our new shipment of Formal
dehyde. His report guarantees it be-
ing over 40 per cent in strength.
AMOS ABBOTT & Co.. Druggists.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11
To Langdon Property Owners.

The undersigned will have additional
teams and extra help this spring in order
to promptly look after cleaning up back
yards and alleys. Work and prices
guaranteed satisfactory. Jobs of garden
blowing and narrowing also solicited.
r. B. FALcoNER.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

EGGS FOR HATCHING- -BarredP PlymouthRock
Eggs from good scoring birds for sale at 81 .0C
setting of 13 eggs. Apply to ~ F. Charter
Langdon, N. Oak. 37-4O
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

WANTED-Person to travel in home territory
salary So 80 per day aud expenses. Address
A. Alexander, 125 Plymouth Place, Chicago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

ROOMS TO RENT-Furnsh rooms. Appl,
TO Miss Annie Kelly. 33
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11
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I (N|ANI COLUMN

A ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted in this
Il column for One Cent Word eaoh insertion
No advertisement inserted for less than fifteen
cents Cash must always accompany out of
town orders. The rate for the insertion of
business locals among pure reading matter will
hereafter be ten cents perl;cc each insertion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

HOUSE TO RENT-well built house in the
Fairview addition known as the Colvin pro-
perty For particulars apply to n. E. Nc
Gruer, Langden, N. D. u
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

STALLION FOR SALE-The we'll known Bel
gian imported stations "Gastfreund" and
"Collos,' FIVE and six years old are offered for
sale cheapas am leaving the country. For
particulars apply TO Ferdinand Stamm,
Langdon. n. d. 32-34*
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

FARM FOR SALE "A good quarter section in
Mt. Carmel township; 85 acres under cmlti-
vation: 40 acres good wild prairie; hay
meadow good we'll; fair buildings; within
six miles of Wales and Dresden. For part-
culars apply at this office. soft
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

LAND WANTED-1OOoOA Acres of Canadian lane
j. T. Haight, Milton, N. D. 25-24*
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

TENDERS WANTED-The school board of
Olga school district will receive tenders until
No 3 from Section II to Section % and for
placing said building on a stone foundation
The school board reserves the right to reject
further particulars apply to D. J. McKinnon,
PRESIDENT or Thos. Creegan. clerk, Olga
NJ 31-39
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-11

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Dynamite Was Used.

After it was concluded that noth- ing could be done by the fire boys to rel aeve the situation, because of the poor water pressure, dynamite was used to check the spreading flames. It was feared that the fire would reach the various buildings in the Cotton Belt yards, adjoining the Cotton Belt shops, and the dynamite was used ef- fectively. Several cottages, after hav- ing been relieved of their furnishing, were blown up and in this manner the fire was prevented from spreading to the buildings of the railroad company and the tanks of the Waters-P1erce Oil Company. For an hour these tanks which were filled with oil, were Tn immediate danger of being ignited. Had they caught fire there is no tell ing what would have been the re- suit
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Lampert Hotel Burns

In the meantime the fire was spreading eastward on Third ave- uen. The Lampert Hotel, an old East End landmark, and one of the most popular hotels in that part of the city was burned. Few of the furnishings of the hotel building were recovered. Four dwellings east of the Lampert Hotel were completely destroyed with it. All of them were small cottages, however, and faced Third avenue. Six dwelling houses, in the same block, facing East Second avenue, were also total losses.
 The path of the fire was blocked at the extreme end of East Second avenue, after dynamite was used to destroy buildings, which was doomed. This was not done, how ever, until after ten comparative ly new cottages, all occupied, had been burned in the territory be- tween Ohio and Charles street, in addition to the thirty-three houses that fell to ashes when the fire spread from the Carr Memorial Methodist church and parsonage, twenty minutes before.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Two Babies Born-Sick
 Were Removed.

Two babie.' were born during tile fire. The mothers, one of whom was Mrs. F. E. Parker and their infants were carried to homes out of the fires reach and given attention. T!e dress of Mrs. Brinkley, who lived near the Orton Hotel, caught fire while she was removing household goods from her home. She ran into the yard screaming and several men extin- guished the burning clothes before she was burned to any extent Mrs Charles Bland, who was confined to her room with illness in one of the homes destroyed, had to be removed on a cot and carried to neighbours Other sick persons were carried from buildings, which were afterwards con- pletely destroyed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Bremen Worked Bravely.

The ire boys conducted tnem- selves in an admirable manner. With their faces blistered and their hands almost bursting open from the intense heat, they fought the flames and sprinkled adjoining res- idences in an effort to save them. As fast as they soaked on part of building with the little streams of water, extinguishing blaze here and there, another flame would shoot up. With equal suddenness the house would burst into flames as if it had been saturated with oil. Then the firemen would turn their attention to another.
 The flames spread, so rapidly that the members of the Fire Depart ment were constantly changing hose from one place to another to save it. Within an hour after the fire was first discovered at Kentucky street and East Third avenue, five blocks of buildings had been burn ed and three more blocks were burning fiercely.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Plants Closed Down.

Had it not been for the valuable assistance of the members of the pri- vate fire department at the Cotton Belt shops other property would have gone. Many small cottages in the territory adjacent to the district in which the fire prevailed. were saved, several of them being afire at intervals. The shops were closed down and the em ployes were instructed to lend their assistance to the fire department and others who were in distress. A. H.. D. Perkins, manager of the Bluff City Oil Mills, ordered the plant closed down and his employees were aso in- structed to do what they could in the way of assisting the fire sufferers and saving property.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Thousands Saw Fire.

Within an hour after the news of the fire spread in the downtown dis tricts everybody turned to the East End People hurried through the streets in large parties and vehicles of every description were pressed into service to convey the hurrying ones to the scene of the big blaze. For fear injuries might be sustained by persons from falling wires Manager Cherot order the power of the Tran sit company shut off temporarily. Be- cause of that fact the vehicles had to be brought into use.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Origin of the Fire.

While it has not been officially confirmed the report is that the fire was first discovered in the home of D. D. Brooks, Cotton Belt employe who lived at the corner of Third avenue and Kentucky street. Although the fire boys resopnded promptly the fire had gained great headway when they reached there and the inability of the iremen to do effective work because of the insufficient water, left the surround ing property at the mercy of the flames. With lightning-like rapid- ity the flames leaped from house to house until the sixteen residences which comprised the total number in that block, from Kentucky to Pennsylvania streets, appeared to be mammoth bonfire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
How Springer Met Death

One of the sad tragedies of the disaster was the death of John Springer, who was run down and killed by freight engine while as- sisting in the removal of furniture from a burning house. Springer was about 50 years old and resides at the corner of Sixth avenue and Georgia street. He was foreman of the rip-track, leaves a wife and five children and was esteemed by all who knew him..
 The inquest will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow (Thursday). It seems that in the hurry and ex- citement of moving household goods from. a friends home that Springer started across the railroad in front of a moving engine, which he apparently did not see approach ing him; and before the engine could be stopped, he was run down and crushed almost to death. His body was picked up by L. O. Knox and carried in his automobile to the office of Dr. Troupe, but life became extinct as Springer's body was being removed to the doctors office.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
ThirtV-three More.

By this time all of the dwellings, thirty-three in number, within the boundaries of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Charles street, the latter being nearest the river. Among the build ings burned in this immediate sec tion was the Orton Hotel, at Ohio street and Second avenue, one of the most up to date and thoroughly modern railroad hotel structures in the state It was handsomely fur nished and every room is said to have been occupied at the time of it's destruction. Many of the un- married Cotton Belt shop employees are reported to have lost heavily, their effects being among the con- tents in the hotel building.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Wind Changed to South.

The block between Kentucky and Pennsylvania streets is longer than an ordinary Pine Bluff block. The wind was blowing in direct east erly direction when the fire began but during the time that the first nine houses facing Third avenue along the block in which the fire originated were burning, the wind took a turn to the south. This as- sisted the flames in igniting seven residences in the same block, which faced East Second avenue. They burned with equal rapidity. Among the buildings destroyed here was the Hanifan Hotel, which number ed among it's guests many railroad employees.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Many Cottages Caught.

The fire then swept northward to toward the Arkansas river, burning many cottages on North Florida street in it's path. Five residences were burned to the ground in a few minutes The wind took a change to the east at this juncture and seemed to urge the flames on as they enveloped house after house in the blocks to the east of the spot where the church stood only a few moments before In the mean time six dwellings, which were ig- nited by flying embers, were com- pletely destroyed on North Penn sylvania street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14

EASTERN SUBURBS WIPED OUT BY TIRE

ing inquiries abuot their relatives. who had become separated from them in the mass of humanity that crowded the main thoroughfares and side streets for blocks around. Here and there was a hatless woman, carving a picture frame, the likeness of near, dear relatives who had long since passed away. Ill more than one in- stance it is known that the picture frame was all that the poor unfor- tunate woman had taken from her home in the excitement preceding the burning of her home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14

Ninety cottages and larger resi- dences, three hotels, the Carr Me- morial Methodist Episcopal Church and fully two hundred barns and outhouses, entailing loss of $200,O00 or more, were totally destroyed by fire in the eastern part of this city yesterday afternoon. Nearly one thou sand people including one hundred and fifty families are homeless, and many are without clothes, other than those which they wore at the time of the conflagration.
 The fire is one of the largest that has ever been recorded in the history of Pine Bluff, eight blocks of build ings being swept away. For hours the entire city was at the mercy of the flames, the water service being prac- tically useless. It is stated that sev- in some of the houses which were burned. Many wild rumors are in circulation as to loss of life. The only death reported being that of John Springer, a foreman in the Cotton Beltl Yards, who was run down and killed by two cars shifted by an en- zine in the Cotton Belt yards. He met his death while he was carrying furniture from a cottage of friends home which was afterward burned.
 It is stated that a man named Reed, who had been drinking and who roomed at lodging house in the burned district was burned to death in the dwelling. Reed was known to have gone to his room in an intox- icated condition. After the house was enveloped in flames the landlady re- membered that Reed was in the huse and she notified bystander. He ran upstairs, attempted to arouse the man. pulling the bed from under him. but he did not respond. The man was forced to flee to the streets to avoid suffocation and he declares that Reed did not escape.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Insurance to Be Paid I'm
 mediatelv.

All of the officials of the various insurance companies with whom the fire sufferers were insured stated tonight that every policy would be paid and that as soon as possi- ble. The adjusters, representing outside companies, have already been requested to come to the city and adjust the losses. Felix M. Rosenberg, of the Home Company; k. B. Bloom, of tie Travellers; Charles Haycock and R. IT. M. Mills and sons say that while the losses are heavy their companies would be ready to pay all of them without delay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14

Fridays sale to the fire sufferers. the Bluff City Rink will donate one-half of their receipts Saturday night to the cause, and the Grand Leader offers five per cent of their sales for the next three days to the sufferers. Dreyfus' Big Store Will allow ten per cent from their regular prices to all fire sufferers making cash purchases, while Jim Allen, the Hotel Jefferson saloon lst, announces that he will give the entire net proceeds of Thurs days sales to the stricken fami- lies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Mail at Postomce.

Postmaster E. C. Furth announced persons whose homes were destroyed, will be held at the general delivery department at the postoffice until called for. Owing to the uncertain ty of residence numbers and the nov ing of the several hundred sufferers to other parts of the city, their mail can not be delivered promptly and in many cases not at all
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14
Police Guard Streets.

The streets of the Eastern suburbs of the city were literally congested with vehicles. So great was the in- crease during the fire that the po- lice isued orders that all persons en- tering the fire line would be arrested and jailed. While going to the fire in his buggy, Captain Leon Levey was thrown from the rig when a wagon collided with it. He escaped unhurt, but the buggy was almost demolished. The accident occurred on East ec- Ond avenue bridge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-14

which promises to reach many 5lo1- sands of dollars. Committees were appointed as follows and they went to work immediately
 Finance Committee-W W. x. Trri- lock. F. B. bloom and C. NJ. Phil pot
 Quarters-B Burton B. Well, I. F. Boyce and $. X Miller.
 Subsistence, clothing. food. etc. John Dellmon. Reverend s. IT. Campbell and w. r. Coleman.
 Storage-C. F. Dunnngton. Geo. List and Alex Strauss.
 Sick-Rabbi F. Friscl. Reverend $. IT, Campbell and C. NJ. Philpot.
 lniormation-Alex Strauss. Rab- bi F. Frisch and Mgr ] NJ. Lucey.
 Iransportation-c. F. Philpot, T. w. Smith and Geo List
 The first named are charmen of the respective committees. They will be at County Judge Gouldts office in the court house all day Thursday All who desire assist ance, financially and otherwise. rooms, houses, medicine, clothing, food, etc. Those who are in need should call on the respective chair mon