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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
= Local Happenings &
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Special bargains in felt shoes at
Kelly's Arcade.
Mooney & Johnston are the only ones
who have cheap money for farm loans.
Alex Heintze is now holding a position
in the fruit and confectionery store of
Gus Wilmert.
1t will pay the thrifty housewife to
look over Kelly's bargains in glassware
and crockery.
Apples! Apples! Good large stock for
$3.50 per bushel and $3.50 per barrel at
Boyd's Department Store.
If you want to buy or sell a farm, call
on or write Joseph Power, Langdon, N.
D., office over Citizens State Bank.
John Wild, one of the prominent and
progressive farmers of Milton, was here
Saturday to attend the farmers institute.
w. f. Winter returned Yesterday from
a business trip to Fargo to enjoy
Thanksgiving day with the folks at
home.
Landlord W. j. Welsh of the New
Columbia hotel took Saturdays train to
Grand Forks, on a business trip over
the week end.
Miss Halloran, sister of Mrs. O'Brien
was a passenger Saturday returning tic
her home in Chicago af. or a visit OF
several weeks in Langdon.
Attorney Fred e. Smith returned te
the city Saturday from a brief trip te
Grafton and the Forks, where he hae
important legal matters to look after.
Fred Borusky visited with Langdor
friends and took in the sessions of thu
farmers institute, returning to hi
home near Wales on Saturdays after
noon train.
The National Business College a
Crookston, Mimi, employs only first elias
teachers. They have the best class O
students and secure high class position
for their graduates.
AlDert ClodC, VINO mas oeen her
since the early spring working on tn
, Louis Rose farm north of town, returne
Monday to Iowa, intending to renal
5 there for a visit until spring.
Mrs. Watt and j. j. Robson returne
. on Mondays tram from their trip
{ Colorado, where Mrs. Watt was Gale
by the sudden death of her only Sol
who was killed in a railroad accident.
S. j. A. Boyd, of the county superl1
! tendent of schools Office, was here frol
. Hannah. last week to attend the farmer
institute and the awarding of prizes
the school childrens corn growing col
! test.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

Miss Erlandson, a cousin of Cashier
Earl Erlandson at the Ct. Northern
depot made an owe Sunday visit with
her friend, Miss Bell Robertson, return
ing to her home at Edinburg on Mon
DAYS afternoon train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Welsh took the
train north Monday and will visit with
their daughter, Mrs. Ward, in the west
ern part of the county ear Calvin for a
couple of weeks before leaving after the
holidays for a stay during the balance
OF the winter in the state of Washington,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

Tho mercury dropped to IL degrees
below zero on Tuesday morning, but
autos are still running though blowing
has ceased.
Jno. Tyrrell now has the pool and
billiard hall south Of the Ct. Northern
Hotel. The change of ownership &C.
curing last week.
President j. II. Worst, of the state
agricultural college at Fargo, was here
Saturday to address the sessions of the
Langdon farmers institute.
The Olga church fair will take place
on Wednesday. December the 1st ard
will last only one day. Meals and all
kinds of attractions during the day.
Don't miss tho evening entertainment.
Miss Maude Haight, in charge of the
primary department of the Osnabrock
village schools was among the visiting
teachers here Saturday to attend the
awarding of prizes to the corr growing
contest.
AS will be noted under the heading Of
"Current Events" at the top of u local
page, Manager Waldron has a number
of hrst-class attraction billed for the
Langdon opera house between now and
the holiday season.
James Austin went through from
Hannah Saturday morning for the St
Paul market with three carloads OF
cattle and hogs. George Jameson &C
companied him on the trip. Mr.. Austin
will attend the North Western Live
Stock Show at St. Paul before he re.
turns.
Brickmaker Harcourt, who has beer
in charge of the Mayo Brick and Tile
Co.'S plant this summer, and has turned
out some very nice brick left for Kansas
Monday, to take charge of a yard for
the winter. The company have on
more kiln to burn before they close fol-
the season.
Mr.. Richard Hayward, state inspector
vi ulSu SCuCOlS, was u01o IllOoy oAC
SATURDAY to ill the dates of State Sup
w. L. Stockwell, at the sessions of thu
farmer institute held in Langdon. Mr.
Hayward also addressed those here Fri
day to attend the awarding of prizes a
the corn growing contest.
The damage suit of Omlie VS.. Ct
Northern railroad is reported as having
reached a settlement during the week
the company paying Mrs. Omlie $1,000
for the damage sustained in falling
from the platfrom Of a passenger coacl
while alighting from q train at tn
Langdon depot three years ago on he
return from a trip to Oregon. The cas-
came up for trial,in United States cour
at Grand Forks two years ago, Mrs
Omlie's claim being for $4,000 A
that time a verdict for half the amour
asked was awarded to the plaintiff
Judge Amidon took a motion for ne,
trial asked by defendants counsel unde
advisement, granting the same abou
six months later. The new trial was t
have been held at Fargo in Decembe'
but the settlement arrived at be
tween Mrs. Omlie and the railroad com
pany now quashes the action.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25

For fur goods go to Kelly's.
For farm loans Mooney & Johnston's
is the only place.
If you want to save money on clothing
look over Kelly's lin
ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Tornado Insurance only $l.5O per thousand
for one year. Insure now. Cavalier Co.
National Bank.
August Moritz and wife we're visitors
down the line from Dresden on Satur-
day with friends.
Mrs, M. L. Sullivan is this week re-
ceiving a visit from her mother, Mrs.
Baker, Of Devils Lake.
Apples! Apples! Good large stock for
$3.50 per bushel and $3.50 per barrel at
Boyd's Department Store.
Co. Com'r NJ. Mcknight was down
from Hannah the FIRST couple of days
this week on official business.
Mrs. Frank Agge and children left
Monday for Montana, where MIR. Agge
has been working since the beginning OF
winter.
The Baptist parsonage, la tely vacated
by W. j. Hewitt is now occupied by w
j. Mercer and family who moved III
last week.
Mrs. Reid, ST., went up the line Mon
day to Hannah, having spent a couple
of weeks visiting with her son., Peter
Reid. in this city.
Druggist W j. Davidson came dow1
the line Monday from Wales to transac
business and make an over night visi
with old Langdon friends.
States Attorney w. B. Dickson hat
official business at the towns OF Munich
Calvin and Clyde in the western part O
the county the early part of the week
Mrs. W. A Monroe was a visitor t
the Forks spending Sunday there wit
her daughter, Miss Pearl Monroe, VIII
is one of the 10 class at the state univel
sity.
The exhibit and demonstration {
Majestic ranges at the hardware stor
of Plummer & McNiven is quite a
attraction with visitors in town tn.
week.
Barber Daniels, who has transferre
his lease of the y. K. barber shop t
sid" Broderick and Milton Reed left G
Monday with his wife and family II
their former home in Iowa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
DRS. KERR ( SMITH
DENTISTS Donovan Block

Walter I. Bradley one of the old time
Langdon boys is here for a holiday visit.
He is now travelling on the road for the
st. Paul shoe house of Foot, Schultz &
Co.
Mrs. O. w. Simonson. wife of the
Langdon agent of the st. Anthony q
Dakota Elevator Co., went to st. Paul
on Tuesdays afternoon train and during
a stay of a week there will receive
medical treatment.
Mrs. f. R. Lilly and daughters left
last Friday for Saskatchewan, Can,
where Nj. Lilly has had a position with
a line elevator company near Calgary
since resigning his job with the Armenia
Elevator Co., here last spring.
The funeral occurred at Homen on
Saturday the 18th inst, of Theodore
Alickson, whose death following a ill
ness of typhoid fever at the Hannah
hospital took place on the preceding
Wednesday forenoon. Deceased was
thirty-three years old and had for some
time past made his home with his
brother, q. B. Alickson in the western
part of the county near Calvin. The
funeral from the home of his aged
parents MI. and Mrs. Ole Alickson, at
Homen was conducted by Rev. Olson
and was attended by his three brothers,
Ole B. Alickson, Of Calvin, Alick Aliek-
son, of Clyde, and John Alickson, who
farms tho old homestead at Honen.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-25
CURRENT EVENTS.
Day.

Notwithstanding Day.
Nov. % Methodist Church Dedication
Nov. 29-Opsra House. THE Texas Ranger
Dec. 1-Olga Church Fair.
Dec. 8-Opera House. 1.-THE Ions Star"
Dec. district Court.
Dec. 15-Close OF Schulke Piano Contest
Doc. 2s-Opera House. The Crow Co"
Jan. County Commissioners Meet
Jan. 26-Cavalier County School Land Sale
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-17
In the Honolulu
Library

Hotel Life in Hawaii.-The local
library presents fine field for the OBJ
server of human nature, and there is
not day or night when ten minutes
spent in the reading room will not fur
nlsh It's reward to the observer of
reading man, or woman, too, for that
matter.
Early IN the morning comes the stu
dent with his pencil and pad He will
take elassica. work from the refer
enee department and will pore over it
for hours at a time. Or he may copy
extracts from it, and there be some
who go on writing all day nor pause at
all for food or rest, even when the noon
tide whistle warns the town that the
time for brief surcease from toll and
labor has arrived.
Some of these bookworms study
works of science, others guides to the
gifts OF tongues, and some there are
whose quest is the lore of ancient
Greece and the ways and customs of
imperial Rome.
Presently the morning paper arrives
There are usually two or three persons
waiting for first glance at the sheet
and there is no small competition for
first possession
To have the hbrary's morning paper
is to hold the same, and it is curious
fact that the man who first gets his
hands on the newspaper appears to
read it thoroughly and as if to win a
wager that he viii leave nothing un-
read, not even the advertisements. At
least, that is how it always looks to
the others who are impateitntly wait
ing their turn.
After breakfast the tourists, with
time heavy on their hands, drop in for
quiet hour. The Britisher seeks his
Punch or London Times, the colonial
his pink-covered Auckland Weekly
News, and each one far from home
gravitates to his home sheet, even as
water runs downhill.
At noon the loafers of the town are
to be found in the reading room. They
come to escape from the burden and
heat of the day, and, seated in front
of magazine which they make much
pretext of reading, enjoy. luxurious
siesta in the cool room.
Night sees the workingman in the
reading room. He has been busy all
day and this is his only time to read.
With red, shining face and dressed in
his second best suit of clothes, he
spends the evening. The illustrated
weeklies are his favorite. And that
he doesn't read entirely for pleasure
is attested by the fact that every now
and again he pays visit to the great
reference atlas and after much effort
generally manages to locate, say, the
Blight of Benin or Magdalena Bay.
At ten o. clock the lights are put out
and student, loafer and entertainment
seeker 60 their several ways. The
realm of books will remain nntenanted
until opening time comes round again
save, perehance, for the shades of those
| about whom books have been written
and of those who wrote them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-17
PHILIPPINE SUGAR.

It is difficult to foretell what would
happen if the tariff bill should be pass
ed containing the paragraph permitting
the free entry annually of 100000 tons
of Philippine sugar. Who would get
the benefit? Theoretically, of course,
the producer of sugar in the Philippines
would be benefited; and since it is pro-
posed to limit this benefit to producers
of not more than 500 tons annually,
the small. native sugar producer is the
man who is to be helped.
But is there any such mana And If
there IS, will he be benefitedE Ii Is
true that an attempt is made to limit
the holdings of corporations in the Phil
ippines, but experience in Cuba, Ha-
wall, Java, and elsewhere has proved
that large estates under single man
agement are necessary, in order to make
sugar production profitable. Ii the
Sugar Trust is not already IN control
of Philippine sugar production 1t may
be the moment such production becomes
important. The Cuban producer is at
the mercy of the trust exactly as the
American consumer is; and the reel
proeity reduction of twenty per cent,
designed to benefit the Cuban producer
and the American consumer, went into
the pocket of the trust. Would not the
Philippine reduction go the same way
Who is to force the Sugar Trust to IN
crease the price of raw sugar 1t may
purchase in the Philippines Who is to
prevent the trust from obtaining direct
or indirect control of the sugar estates
of the islands,
When Cuban reciprocity was put
through, the American consumer was TO
receive some benefit in cheaper sugar.
He is still waiting. With Free Trade
with the Philippines, will the consumer
get cheaper sugars There will be no
duty on Philippine raw sugar. Where
will the money go that would have gone
to the Treasury in duties9 Will the
consumer get part of it, in the form Of
cheaper sugars
If 100000 tons of free sugar should
come from the Philippines it would sup
plant either home production or foreign
importation TO that extent. Either
home industry will be called upon to
assume this burden, contrary TO the
protection policy. or there will be
shrinkage in the revenues collected upon
foreign sugar. The duty upon 100000
tons of sugar would amount to at least
50 900, 900. Is the Treasury in such con-
dition that it can run the risk of throw
ing away this revenueg-Washing
Post.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-17

Must injustice to the many continue
for fear that slight Incidental and
merely temporal hardship 80 the few
may be incurred?
Are we asking anything impracti-
cable? When was it ever inpracti-
cable TO set the wrong thing rights
We are doubtless asking what will
require time, patience, forbearance,
sympathy, wisdom and good will.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01

visitors showing a falling off OF only
6la per cent. The setback in the pros
perity OF the hotel was due. he believed.
To the lessened spending power of the
English public.
Among the general causes that had
tended to educe their profits in recent
years We're tire decreased consumption
of wines and the increased consumption
OF temperance beverages. Compared
With the sales of wines six years ago
there had been 27l. per CEN decrease.
This year the sales of spirits had re-
manned practically stationary and the
sales of ales and stou had increased
by oS per cent.
In other words. their customers spent
on alcoholic liquors in 1905 II per cent
less at lunch than in 1907, nearly 121.
per cent less at dinner. and a little over
: per cent less at supper.
The profits OF e62.S00 We're G14.0 900
less thar last year. \ dividend of S
per cent was declared.
Their is undoubtedly a most strik-
ing change in the habits of the people,
said Mr.. Harris in an interview after
the meeting. Five or six years ago
brandy and soda and whisky and soda
We're the oinmon beverages among
men in the leading hotels and clubs.
Today you will find tea everywhere in
the afternoon.
In 1902 at the Carlton hotel we
served 5000 teas. In 1905 our figures
are G1.l42 teas. At luncheon and din
ner mineral waters have gained great
popularity in the period of six years,
and ales and stouts are more in de-
paying less. We are serving more
meals and resping less profit. There
is a falling OF. if ANYTHING. in lighter
and more costly foods.'
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01
THE ANIMALS OF AFRICA.
BY George Fitch in Golfers.
Africa's Second Story Worker.

africa second story WORKER.
The giraffe is the ~second-story worker of
the animal kingdom. 1t is a merger of the
zebra and the camel, and is also a distant
relative of the palm tree. The giraffe con-
sists of eight feet OF neck equipped with a
body at one end and a head at the other.
In the matter of neck 1t has all the rest
of the animal Kingdom beaten by a
length. The giraffe's month is located so
far from its stomach that 1T has to eat
Many a giraffe has starved to death
while the first meal 1t had eaten for two
weeks was slowly travelling Its transcon-
tinental esophagus.
The giraffe looks as it 1t had started out
to be a zebra, but having reached the
shoulders had kept on going. 1t is very
dark In color. marked by yellowisli-brown
stripes In a handsome linoleum pattern.
Ut lives on tree-tops. eagles nests and rain
bows. During the Boer war the British
army had some difficulty with giraffes.
which formed n great liking for wan bal
looms ard frequently nibbled them during
their flight In order to inhale the gas.
Why does the giraffe have q long-iis-
of common sense will realize that Africa
is rich in insect life as we'll as animal life
and that all African animals carry innu-
merable parasites on their hides. The
giraffe's head is SO far from his body tina
3 long neck Is absolutely necessary in or
der that he may reach down and grab off
a tick from his fetlock when necessary.
Even a child could see this.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01

"alph" and beth" but since then we have
found that both the Greeks and the He
brews got the word alphabet from the
same source which was the Phoenic1ans.
The people of Phoenicia had the same
letters. "alph" and beth" which have
suffered but little change in sound down
to our A and B. Alp meant simply an
OK, the sign OF 1t being a conventions ox's
head. with the lower part OF the face
turned slightly to its right. and beth
meant a house. which was pictured by the
rude outline OF a primitive dwelling, which
had a superluous line added to distinguish
1t from other characters very like it, as
we place a tail on a Q to distinguish it
from an o. So the first two letters of our
A B Cs were originally an OK and a house
and gave the name of all of the 26 letters,
which we call our "alphabet.'
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01
Our Alphabet.
From the New York Herald

From 1ne New J Ork Herald.
When we speak of our A B Cs as our
alphabet We are using a word hoary
with age. that. as far back as we can
trace 1t. came from the eastern shore OF
the Mediterranean sea. Thousands OF
years before the Hebrews went up there
and took possession of the land OF Canaan.
Back of the people WHO occupied that land
before the events OF Exodus were written
We are not able to trace the word. for we
have not sufficient knowledge of them or
of their chronological history before we
find them in Canaan.
1t has been only within recent years
that we have been able to know that the
word alphabet came to us from the
Phoenicians. Before that we supposed
that it came to us from the Hebrews.
through the Greek. AS we say "A B C"
the Greeks said alpha beta" uhe first
two letters of their alphabet). which when
1t reached us became ~"alphabet." This we
supposed mao come to the Greeks from the
Hebrews. Who called their first two letters
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01
1--WE STOCK on THE FARM.

There is a wealth of live stock on the
farms of the United States that fairly
stagsers the imagination. Horses are APP
praised at 81, 4.O52.O 900, mules at $437 ,Os2, 600,
mich COWS at s7o2. s45. 900, other cattle at
sSr. $4,000 sheep at s192. 1920 COO and hogs at
1854. $4,000. All classes of live stock In the
United States reach the stupendous value
of s4.425. 29, sum almost beyond COM
prehension.
The breeding stock of farmers comprises
a large portion of their capital. says the
Drovers Journal. of Chicago. 1t should be
of a quality to insure steady sale Of the
produce at prices that will show a fair in
come on the investment and labor en-
ployed in raising and preparing the sur
plus stock for sale. With stock that fills
a public want. that is In urgent demand
at remunerative prices. the farmer finds
himself established with a good income.
If the farmer keeps poor stock he will
find there is no profit in the industry.
The farmer can raise heavy draft horses,
carriage horses or cavalry mounts, and
realize good prices for his surplus stock.
Cavalry horses in particular show a great
shortage. both in the United States and In
Europe. The Boer and japanese wars
We're very destructive to military horses,
including cavalry mounts and artillery
classes. In England and Germany the
shortage Is SO acute that horses arc sub
sidized and taken when needed. A great
1S "a tSNCiop'iiViit W lIle farmer
VINO raises horses suitable for military
service. To encourage this industry the
government needs to pay a liberal price
for the horses.
The demand for all classes of live stock
for food consumption. breeding purposes
and commercial use has been so great that
no burdensome surplus has umulate
to depreciate values. 1t is not so much
the class Of stock that one raises. but
rather the individual sentiment and en-
vironment that should guide in determin-
ing whether horses. cattle. sheep or hogs
you'd be the better investment. There are
fair profits in all departments of animal
industry. whether the farmer raises FULL
blood stock to sell to breeders or exploits
animal ~husbandry for commercial con.
sumption. More stock means Increased
production OF the land and Incidentally
greater agricultural prosperity.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01
NO LONGER A NUISANCE
TO PREPARE BOILED EGGS

Many persons decline to have boiled
egg for breakfast. for the reason that
they are somewhat of a nuisance to
to the table. and before they can be
eaten. A few are content to have the
waiter or ervan do this. but the pleas
ure Of d~ispatching this dainty break
fast morsel is marred by the knowl-
edge that IL is almost Impossible to
open a hot boiled egg without the fin
gers of the opener coming into intimate
contact with the contents Of the shell.
This uncertainty is overcome by tho
use OF the device shown in the accom-
panying cut. The apparatus consists
inches high. with a rubber egg holder
in the top of each. as illustrated. Ono
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01
Tho Hippo's Mouth is an Impressive
Sioht,

The hippopotanus is a sort OF floating
Island which inhabits the African rivers.
To see a hippopotanlus rise out of the wa
ter and go away is a disconcerting to the
tourist as 1t would be to see a sand-bar
get out Of the Missouri river and chase a
COW.
The hippo-life is too short to write his
full name-is a big brother of the pig. He
weighs five tons, and a %gargoyle is cute
and pretty beside him. He is fat and
habby. covered with a reddish skin
adorned with b~ristles. and has a broad.
fiat head as wide as a dinner-table. The
mouth Of the hippo is another of NATURES
African extravagances. He has mouth
enough to do the eating for q boys board
Ing school. . His Jaws are very flexible.
and those who have sazed into the inner
works of a hippo when lie has opened his
vast pfnk-lined mouth, studded here and
there with tusks that look like broken-off
Grecian columns, have been impressed
with the sight.