Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-02-21
GOSSIP AND NOTES


Munich's creamery is getting ready to
assume activity with the opening OF
spring.
There is again a rumor of a railroad
being built to the cement mines in the
early summer.
The Labor day bill was defeated in
the North Dakota house. That's no
credit to the house.
A Great Northern pillow converted four
cows into beef rather unceremoniously
Tuesday of last week at Dresden.
Who's kicking about North Dakota
winter weather? The past TWO weeks
the sample has been the very best.
1t is a safe prediction that there will
be more coal handled in the summer
time in future by Langdon people.
Munich citizens raised the train ser
vice blockade by the formation of a
Snow shovelling brigade which cleared
the track of several badly .drifted snow
cuts neal that town.
Judge Templeton has handed down a
decision is district court that the fees
for candidates prescribed by the prin-
airy law is constitutional. 1t will be ap-
pealed to the supreme court.
Preparations are being made to issue
one cent postage stamps in book form
beginning about the first Of next month.
There will be only one size, containing
twenty-four one cent stamps.
Senator Plain secured from the com
missioner of agriculture of this state a
sufficient number of maps of the state
for each of the schools of this county
The maps we're received by Supt. Groom
and will be sent to the teachers.
After the rotary snowplow had open
ed up the 500 line all kinds of mail
matter reached Fairdale. The Times at
that place notes having got a long de-
layed Christmas present and about a
ton of newspaper exchanges tied up in
the blockade.
The Calvin department in the Sarles
Advocate stated last week that that
town was all right as they had received
three sacks of sugar by express during
the week and not even a single case of
beer. Well, it would appear as though
the drought was rver.
There has been a perfect deluge of
freight in Langdon this week. Over
14O tons of goods arrived in the city
since Monday. Agent Bolton and his
assistants have had a most strenuous
time handling it. Most of the freight
received has been on the road from two
to six weeks.
Hannah foated "Old Glory" from the
flag staff at the school house in honor
of Abraham Lincoln on Tuesday of last
week. Hannah is a typical American
girl, youthful, ~goodlooking and patriotic.
Hurrah for the end town and it's love of
the rag of freedom, that futters on this
side of the boundary line.
The farmers are breaking new roads
through the fields, these soft days, and
there will not be so much trouble in
getting about in the spring as was anti
cipated. Last Friday and Saturday so
softened the roads that a horse had to
keep in the middle of the track or it
would go down, out of sight-almost.
Langdon was successful in winning
the hockey match played at the ice rink
last night with the visiting team from
Hannah. The score IA to 5 left the
superior playing of the home club be-
yond question. The big crowd in at
tendance certainly got their moneys
worth in the number of exciting plays
made during both halves of the game.
Mr.. T. Campbell, manager of the
cement works, was in Milton on Mon
dap from Grand Forks and canvassed
among the farmers of that vicinity to
to take stock in the new railroad to be
built into the cement mines. He has
already secured about $4,000 subscrlb-
ed in stock and operations will begin on
the road as soon as spring comes. A
new town will be built at the terminus
of the road.