Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-02
Thursday, May End, and the coal stove

Thursday, May IND, and the coal stove
still has it's charms.
If you are not already a subscriber to
the DEMOCRAT you are invited to be-
come one at once.
The weather so far experienced since
the beginning of the month is not just
exactly what you would say was "as
welcome as the flowers in May
Out of about thirty postal clerks run
ming on the G. N. out of Grand Forks
this winter, eighteen have been injured
and one killed by railway accidents.
Eleven children burned to death in
less than two weeks through being left
alone. Three at Langdon, two at Minot
two in Ottumwa, Iowa and four at
Fulton, Kentucky.
In a Grafton paper last week is noted
the return to the state institution for
the feeble minded at that place of two
inmates who had escaped and were
captured at Langdon.
The boy with the air gun or sling shot
who ruthlessly takes the life of any
song birds is a v~iolator of a law on the
statutes of North Dakota and is liable
to a fine and imprisonment for the
offense.
Langdon readers of the Grand Forks
Evening Times were treated to a life
like half tone cut of our mayor, Peter
p. Kopriva in Mondays issue. The pic
ture being honored with a ~top-o-column
position on the first page.
Grant johnson is now busy putting
the finishing touches on his billiard hall
and restaurant, which will be opened to
the public about the end of the week.
A bowling alley, which he is installing
will add greatly to the attractiveness of
his place of business.
A new Cavalier county corporation
that has lately received its charter from
the Secretary of State is the Farmers
COOPERATIVE Creamery Co., of Iona,
n. d., with a capital stock of $4,000.
The stockholders who have incorporat-
ed the new concern are: Nels N. Holo,
H. l.. Bliss, of Hampden, and Creed M.
Lane, Louis Larson, Fred Flater, John
P. Borstad and Mark Newly, of Iona.
Banker and Mrs. w. J.. Mooney re-
turned to their home in this city on Mon
day from a three months trip abroad,
during which time, besides escaping
the rigors of a snow bound winter in
North Dakota, they have viewed the
most interesting sights of travel on three
continents. Since leaving Langdon about
the first of the year they have visited
points of interest all over Europe, from
there they travelled to Egypt, spending
some time in the country of the Nile,
Afterwards they went to the Holy Land,
where the remainder of the time was
spent. They return in the best of
health having enjoyed every day of the
of their absence from home.
Robert Robertson: In coming to town
this week from my farm IN Hope town
ship I find that the graded roads are the
worst for travelling. They have been
made almost impossible by the sleighs
that have gone over them during the
winter and early spring and will be in
no condition for two weeks anyway.
My idea is that when winter sets in the
farmers should break a sleigh road
at a little distance to one side or the
other of the grade, then when the snow
goes off in the spring the grades would
!. be in first class condition for travel. l
think the idea is worth trying and to
make a sleigh road elsewhere than on
the grade will not inconvenience any
one.
A social event of interest is announc-
ed for Saturday evening of this week at
the High School building when a light
lunch will be served and an informal
program rendered. The affair is being
gotten up by the high school pupils and
their teachers to defray the expenses of
the track team of the Langdon school to
the inter-scholastic athletic meet which
is to be held at Grand Forks on the 10th
and 18th. AS the charge of admission
will be only twenty. five cents it is hoped
that there will be quite a general re-
Spouse to the invitation which is ex-
tended to all who feel inclined to en-
courage our boys in their effort to give
Langdon a good standing in the ap-
preaching athletic contest with the high
schools over the state.
Last night the reorganization of the
Langdon City Band was effected at a
meeting of the old band boys held at the
City Hall. The step taken is the
natural outcome of the vote o~fconfidence
cast for the support of the band at the
late election. All the old players are
enrolled in the new organization and a
number of new members are expected to
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