Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-01-10
GOSSIP and NOTES

CALVIN has no local paper, and perhaps
that is why the Christmas trees went up
two days after Christmas was over.
A new roller mill is being installed at
Gallo by Schuster Bros, who already
have extensive business interests in the
new town on the 500.
The driver for the Standard Oil Co.,
at Munich is said to have ':reformed.'
Which is presumed to mean he has quit
the job and got out of disreputable COM
pany.
The bursting of frozen steam pipes in
the heating plant at the school buildings
and the fact that four of the returning
teachers were snow bound at Larimore,
delayed the reopening of the schools UNI
til Tuesday.
Through the liberal kindness of the
Shrine, the Elks and a very large num-
Der of churches, Sunday schools, public
schools and generous-hearted friends of
homeless children, the North Dakota
Children's Home at Fargo is enabled
to close the year without debt.
The ''sports" over at Devils Lake
have got to dig up or the fence enclosing
the race track there is likely to be taken
down. The lumber dealer who furnish
ed the material years ago hold an old
mortgage that he threatens to foreclose
unless it is paid for right away.
How would you like to be the fuel
dealer? Nowadays when a car of coal
arrives in town it has to be doled out in
800 pound orders to the fifty or sixty
customers who have had their orders
filed a month ahead. And its a ten to
one shot that most of them haven't a
scuttle full left in the coal bin.
The overland stage route to Nekoma
has been re-established by the postal
department, there being a largely signed
petition presented by people here and
at Nekoma. In view of the fact that
Nekoma and other 500 line towns are
likely to experience a railroad blockade
until the spring the new mail service is
sure to prove a boon to Nekoma.
Osnabrock took another big chance of
being wiped off the map again the other
day. A town with no fire protection
when a chimney starts to burn out these
cold nights is not doing the square
thing by the property holders who voted
for its incorporation. What is the use
of incorporation if it does not afford a
reasonable amount of protection?
The first meeting for the present year
of the new board of county commission.
ers, which met Monday and adjourned
until Tuesday in order to enable all the
members to be present, is still in session
at the time of going to press, with a
possibility of reaching an adjournment
tomorrow, Friday. Messrs Mcknight
are the new members of the board and
Com'r Seeley was the choice of his as.
sociates for chairman during the ensuing
year.
One humorist around town, was heard
to remark New Years day that with the
arrival of January lst it apparently was
an open season for dogs in Langdon
And there .appears to be something more
than a joke in it, when notice is taken
of the horde of lean, hungry looking
CANNES that have been wandering home.
less around town since winter set in
These same dogs are fed on the fat oil
the land and recognized as a member OF
the family of their owner during the
fall hunting season.
Fol the information of a great many
people who use the now common expires.
sion, "Shidoo'' and are not aware of its
origin and what % has to do with it, We
would say that according to good au.
thority "Skidoo' is from the race track
which has room for only % starters. An
extra starter has to start from behind
and is practically out of the race, so it is
a case of23 for him the jockey would
say. Further, a horse by the name OF
''Skidoo" got this unenviable position
more than onece. Then came the com
bination of Skidoo and 90.