Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-09-24

Precautions against prairie fires are a
positive necessity this dry weather.
A little rain just about now would be
considered a benefit by everybody.
New changes of advertisement will be
found this week for the Boyd and
Schulke department stores.
The high wind of Tuesday afternoon
resulted in a dust storm, the equal of
which has not been experienced in
years.
Total enrolment of the Langdon city
schools for the opening week2was 35l, an
increase of about ten per cent overalast
years enrolment.
Our new serial story, "Satan Sander
son. the opening chapters of which we're
announced to appear in the issue of this
week, will not start until next week.
General Apathy has been in charge Of
county politics SO far, but now that
threshing and harvesting have been
disposed of a change may be looked for
right away.
The justice courts at Hannah had
their time and attention taken up yes
terday with a case taken from Osnabrock
for the preliminary hearing. The raid
which resulted in an arrest for,,..violation
of the prohibition law is reported as
having occurred last Saturday.
Arrangements have been made by the
local republican organizations of, towns
along this branch line for the running of
a special excursion train to Grand Forks
next Monday on the occasion of the visit
and speech of VIM. III. Taft, the republi-
can presidential nominee. The train
will leave Hannah at eight o'clock a. q.
and will make the return trip on the
evening of the same day.
Judge Kneeshaw of the Seventh
judicial district, left his home at Penn,
bina yesterday for an extended trip to
the Pacific coast country. His judicial
duties in this district will be looked after
during his absence by Judge Templeton
of Grand Forks and Judge Chas. Pollock
of Fargo. On October LIST Judge Temple
ton comes to Langdon for the purpose
of issuing citizens to upwards of twenty
parties who have their petitions on file
with Clerk of Court Storlie.
Cavalier county is quite likely to
furnish its quota of political speakers
for the state political campaign. By the
Herald we note that Hon. Fl. L. Hedge
sen goes on the stump for the republi-
cans while on the other hand it is
learned that the democratic state com
mittee is making a schedule of dates for
speeches that will keep Attorney Joseph
Cleary of this city travelling over the
state the greater part of the time be-
/ tween now and election day.
Langdon property owners have had
not less than four narrow escapes from
bad fires in the past two weeks. First
the barn at b. II. Durbin's home; second
the explosion of a gasoline stove at DR..
McQueen's residence: next the fire that
burned a big hole in the barn at the
rear of M. Horgan's property on Sixth
street and less than a week ago when
the Baptist parsonage, where John
Irvine lives, had a narrow escape. In
all cases the fire had a good start, but
fortunately the bucket brigade got the
contlagration under early control. A
few minutes more of a start and bad
fires would have resulted as a stiff
breeze was blowing on all four of these
occasions. The extreme dry weather
this fall has rendered the danger from
fire greater than it would have been
under ordinary conditions.
farm and Fire Insurance oct low
est rates at the Mooney State Bank