Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-07
This is election day across the line in

pected to get their creamery in operation.
Calvin has another business concern
this spring, the Nels w. Hawkinson firm
having decided to put in a line of lum-
Der, hardware and farm machinery.
The skating rink management an
nounc to the public of Langdon that
tomorrow. Friday night, the band will
fill it's last engagement at the rink for
the season.
Olga residents and business mon are
understood as having subscribed be-
tween s25,OO0 and $4,000 toward the
line of 81 miles of railroad it is proposed
to build between the cement mines and
Edinburg.
Hicks and Foster both say look out
for bad storms during the week from
the 9th to the 10th inclusive, but if they
don't but it any closer than their Febru-
airy forecasts did we won't mind the re-
suit so badly.
The month OF March started in last
Friday with a downfall of about two
inches of the "beautiful." 1t helped to
give things a winterlike freshness and
improved the condition of sleighing
quite noticeably.
Sarles has a school election today at
which officers will be named to take
charge of the recently organized special
school district composed of the Village
of Sarles and portions of Cypress and
Dash townships.
About 1900 yards of track was torn up
in the railroad wreck that occurred last
week two and one half south of Calvin.
Both the conductor and brakeman of
the derailed freight train received in
juries in the accident.
Cavalier county's two state senators
and four representatives, together with
the half a dozen or more clerks who
have been on the pay roll at Bismarck
for sixty days, may be expected to reach
home early next week
Towns over on the 500 line have been
without train service since a week ago
last Monday. The latest report was to
the effect that the now pillow is stuck in
a drift down near Adams whore the cuts
are filled to a depth of eighteen to
twenty feet.
Teachers examination tomorrow and
Saturday. There is likely to be quite a
large attendance as all teachers not hav-
ing certificates qualifying them to teach
will have to take this examination as it
is the last held before the opening of
the spring term.
We hear that the band boys have dur
ing the past week received an offer from
the new town of Watson, Sask., for the
purchase of their instruments, uniforms
and music. If there is any desire to
retain the band organization of our
town now is the time to get busy.
The fire of last week at Osnabrock is
stated to bring a loss of not less than
$4,000 to the business interests of that
town, with insurance of only about a
third of that amount. Five of the best
buildings on the main street went up in
smoke and it a by long odds the most
disasterous fire that ever occurred at
the Brock.
The Langdon hockey team has under
consideration an invitation from Grand
Forks to play a game against the team
there some evening next week. When
it is considered that the Forks team
went down to defeat before the Hannah
bunch they may certainly be considered
easy marks for u hockey players, who
have twice walloped Hannah without
any effort whatever.
Cashier o. E. Thompson of the First
National was at Stilwell to attend the
FarmersRailroad meetingTuesday. The
amount of stock so far subscribed is in
excess of $4,000, with the prospect
that those on the list are prepared to
double the amount when the location
ofthe line is definitely settled. The at
tendance at Tuesday afternoons meet
ing was much larger than at the one
held last week. The committee in
charge of the project, Messrs Thompson,
Graves, Drury, Murie, Mcdowell, Nc
Gauvran, Row and Romfo, are thorough
ly canvassing the section of country
which this railroad is expected to ira
verse, between its starting point in Hope
township and the terminal whore it con
meets with the Ct. Northern, with great
success. In the carrying out of the
plans now under consideration, and
which will be extensively discussed at
later meetings, it is but natural to OK.
pect that the coming summer will wit.
ness the building of a line of railroad by
the farmers of northeastern Cavalier
county from the boundary line connect.
ing with the ct. Northern. The road
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