Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-30
Walhalla is to have a street sprinkler

Walhalla is to have a street sprinkler.
To-day the Sunday school children of
the Presbyterian church are having
their annual picnic and enjoying an
outing In the grove at H. Danford's
farm in Harvey Centre.
Milton surely must be holding it's own
in drawing trade from tributary country
to the west, lately opened up by the 500.
Bank deposits amounting to 1904, ia. SO
speaks volumes in s~ubstantiating this
fact.
The Cavalier County Brotherhood o.
%Threshermen, which organized at a
meeting held in this city two weeks ago
is to meet again on Saturday, August l,
when bylaws and constitution will be
adopted.
The lid is reported as being on tight
at Osnabrock since the base ball tourna-
ment OF last week, and the bibulous and
sad-eyed individuals stop the passer-by
with the question "Have you anything
on your hip?" Now, what do you sup
pose they mean?
"In the Fog" our new serial story, the
opening chapter of which starts this
week is a story of thrilling adventure
that reads like the tales of Sherlock
Holmes. 1t is considered one of the
strongest serials we have been able to
secure the copyright of for some time.
Upwards of eight columns of reading
matter space is crowded with official
proceedings of the board of county
commissioners again this week. This
winds up the business of the county
dads until the October meeting, which
will enable the DEMOCRAT and the other
official papers to get back to the bust
ness of dishing up news.
Laying steel on the new grade of the
Northern Dakota railroad from Edin-
burg to the cement mines started last
week. The grading is all completed and
the bridge builders have the construc-
ton of about 500 feet of bridges we'll in
hand. The train service, which is to be
operated by the Great Northern road,
will be running by September LIST.
Tomorrow, Friday the Langdon ball
team and a goodly-sized crowd of
''rooters'' go to Calvin where there is a
two-day tournament the end of this
week Ball teams from Clyde, Rock
Lake and Brockett play there with
Langdon. Our boys hope to win game
from Clyde and make a top-notch show
ing at the close of the tournament.
Mondays early morning freight train
brought in the first two carloads of ma
terra! to be used in the construction of
The Langdon farmers elevator. The con-
tractors, Honstein Bros, of Minneapolis,
have until the first week in September
IN which to complete the job, which will
require about two weeks, so it is not ex-
pected that work will be started until
about the middle of August. Saturday
afternoon the stockholders of Langdon
Farmers Elevator Co., held a meeting at
ulCA Iuo tlISG assessment OF 11CV per
cent of the stock subscribed was paid.
What is your opinion ofLangdon's ball
team anyway? They certainly sent the
Arvilla boys back, way back to the poor
house. And then those Pickets, who
played in Arvilla uniforms, they certainly
had their hides stretched on the fence.
At the Monday evening game Langdon
sports won something more than $500 of
money offered by Arvilla hackers. 1t
was just another instance OF chickens
coming home to roost, and they are roost-
ing a little too high for the other fellow
just at present. Langdon certainly hand
it back to the Pickets for the game they
"swiped" from US at the Forks. Jot that
down On the tablet of your memory please
Farm and Fire Insurance oct low
est rates at the Mooney State Bank