Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

Matt Galloway of Fremont returned
from a trip to the Canadian Northwest
Monday night.
Jacob Baerg, whose farm is in Trier
township, is planting twenty acres of
corn this spring. The Herald notes
that he purchased the first corn %cultiva-
tor to be sold in Munich. Corn makes
an excellent fodder crop and is also
effective IN the determination of weeds.
Rev. Father Bacher started to drive
from Sarles to Clyde last Sunday morn
ing and when a short distance from
Sarles the team became unmanageable
and ran away. The team was caught in
Calvin and hitched to another buggy
and the reverend gentleman proceeded
on his way to Clyde.
On Tuesday morning April 30, the
wife of Sam Z. Nelson of Iona, died of
heart failure, superinduced by scarlet
fever, She leaves a husband and three
small children to mourn her untimely
end. Deceased was a daughter of Anton
A%mundrud, who recently went to Canada,
and sister of John Amundrud, and Mrs.
j. H. Brown of Edmore. She was a
young woman only twenty-five years of
age. The funeral took place on Satur-
day at the Highland cemetery in Osna-
brock township.
The Mountaineer is sorry to learn that
n of its oldest friends and patrons, Mr..
John McKechney, of Beaulieu, is very
sick, though reported as not dangerously
so. He is one of the oldest settlers on
the hill and is highly respected by
everyone. His son, o. H. came up from
Ardoch last week and is staying with
him, and his daughter, Miss Bertha,
who is attending the university at Grand
Forks, came up on Saturday evening, to
assist at home. We trust we shall be
able to give a good report of his condi-
ton in our next issue.-Walhalla Noun
%taineer.
At the dedication of the new Catholic
church, recently built at WalhaIla at a
cost of over $4,000, the sermon was
delivered in German by Rev. M. j..
Hiltner of Mt. Carmel. In the address
which followed Bishop Stanley stated
that when he took charge of the diocese
of Fargo in 1890 there we're only forty
churches and in the eighteen years that
have elapsed it has Increased to oil, an
increase of Ill, and of the original forty
over thirty have rebuilt. These figures
we're compiled the first of the year, since
which time Bishop Stanley has given
permission for the building of eight new
churches, which would bring the number
up to 179.
Contractor Darling arrived on Satur-
day with eighteen teams of horses and
seven carloads of graders and other
equipment for the grading of the
Northern Dakota railway. The first
camp has been built north of the bridge
at st. Steenerson's and probably nine or
ten more will be built farther along the
line of survey. A portion of the work
will be sublet, and a Grand Forks man
has secured a subcontract for the first
two miles. The first ground was broken
On Tuesday and the work will be pushed
rapidly. Messrs. Bull and Campbell
came up from Grand Forks on Wednes-
day and both are actively engaged in
looking after the many details incident
al to an undertaking of this kind, such
as townsites, etc. 1t is not definitely
settled where the townsite at Gardar
will be located, but most likely on the
fiat just southeast of the residence of
John Grandson and several lots have
already been spoken for. At Mountain
a number of lots have also been sold,
and everything points to a boom along
the line.-Edinburg Tribune.