Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05

CD. Kelly is launching out on a cash
basis-now and for all time to come.
ALERT G. Winter have plenty of money
to loan IN first and second mortgages.
Clipper plates sharpened at Dedrick's.
Bring them in now and be prepared for
spring.
o. D. Ostby, formerly a Wales merch-
ant, who is now hustling farm machinery
businesses all over the county is in town
today.
Friday and Saturday next week,
March 18th and 18th an examination of
applicants for teachers certificates will
be held in Langdon, Munich, Milton
and Hannah.
j. B. Boyd took yesterdays train for
the Twin Cities and Chicago, expecting
to be gone at least a couple of weeks,
during which time he will be busy pur-
chasing new good for the spring trade.
John Dobbie was in from his farm
near Nekoma on Saturday arranging for
an auction sale he will hold on Friday,
March Goth. He is still badly crippled
as a result of his accident last fall and
has decided to let up on farming for
awhile until his health is better.
The branch of Buttons business
college of Crookston, which opened up
about a month ago in rooms over the
Dedrick corner hardware block, added
to the number of local instructors last
week with the arrival of Miss Emma
Lunde, who has charge of one of tho
branches of study.
The Alliance Hail Association of N
Dakota, a mutual company, reports hail
losses during 1907 of S3l1, 500 90, the
heaviest in the history of the company.
The assessment was four times as large
as the highest previous assessment, a
levy being also made on the contingent
liability under the state law. Ninety
per cent. of the losses have been paid,
and efforts are being made to collect on
outstanding notes in order to pay the
remaining ten per cent.
Township clerks will again this year
find the DEMOCRAT Office fully equipped
with all the blanks, and other supplies
that will be required at the annual town
meeting and election, which occurs on
the third Tuesday in March, and this
year falls on the 18th of the month, St.
Patrick's Day. Orders sent in by mail
are sure to be filled promptly and when
possible will be forwarded the anne day
received. Bear in mind that our prices
are the same you will pay if you send
your order to either Grand Forks OF
Fargo.
The wedding of Harry o. Britton is
| understood to have occurred at Ottawa,
| Can of recent date We have not the
| pleasure of learning the name Of the
young lady who has made this most
excellent leap year choice of a life
partner but join with Harry's many old
Langdon friends in wishing him and
his bride all kinds of happiness. MI.
Britton was for some time manager of
| the Stoltze lumber business here and
more recently advanced to travelling
superintendent for the same concern
! with headquarters at Larimore.
The band concert Tuesday evening
| given by the Langdon City Band at the
| Opera House was given a turn out that
the boys of the band feel quite fattered
with when they take into consideration
| the fact that there were counter attrac-
tions to contend with. The program
went through without a hitch, the
sixteen performers showing themselves
Just as much at home while rendering
| selections from the opera "Il Trovatore'
as at the wind-up when the audience
arose to greet the familiar strains of the
Star Spangled Banner" Another con.
cert is promised for Easter week when
the band may look forward to giving q
performance while the sign standing
room only" is hung out at the box
Office