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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
The German Lutherans of Dresden
will erect $4,000 church during the

The German Lutherans of Dresden
will erect $4,000 church during the
summer. -
Peter Rlten 5 building aaarge resi-
Ieieilce on ms farrn in Irlef Is will &pe I.
good one as Peter never does anything
by halves.
Dresden township had spirited
school election at Wales last week in
which 1870 votes were cast for E. NJ
Bennes for school treasurer
John Wand left on Tuesday for Lang
don, whore he will make a short stay,
after which he goes on an extended trip
to Manitoba and British Columbia
Milton Globe.
An obstreperous gasoline stove in the
Minnesota restaurant at Milton resulted
IN fire alarm being turned in Monday
evening at about eight o'clock. No
damage is reported.
S. M. Wilson and W. j. Gilchrist,
directors of the Gallo Farmers Co.
operative Mercantile Co., build an ad-
dition to their store building at Gallo.
The business is prospering under the
management of VIM. Chidester.
Munich decided by quite a popular
vote at an election held last week that
it would incorporate as town and be-
come separate from the old township
organization of Henderson. 1t will be
now interesting to watch Munich put on
metropolitan airs and number of much
needed improvements.
Editor G. 8. Iverson, of the Osnabrock
Independent, in the last issue of that
paper announces his intention of leaving
about the end of this month, having de-
cided to locate at one OF the new
Montana towns. He states that it is up
to the business men at Osnabrock to de-
eide whether the paper will continue to
run.
Osnabrock now has civic league. At
meeting held in the hall last Friday
evening the league was organized and
the following officers elected: Pres, D.
P. Wohler; Vice Pres, Mrs. Herman
Helgeson; Sec. Miss Efie Nelson; Treas
Mrs. A. f. Och. The ladies propose to
keep Osnabrock cpick and span in ap.
pearance.
Munich now boasts of the dignity OF
an organized village. The election was
held Tuesday. Considerable interest
was manifested and sixty-one votes
polled. The vote was thirty seven fol-
incorporation and twenty-four against.
John Burt, Abe Fast and Jas. Carey
acted as inspectors and they will divide
the town into districts and order an
eletion of town officers.
Why not organize Cavalier county
league? Practically every town in the
county has ball team and if league
was organized schedule could be fixed
up thus giving each town an equal num-
Der of games. The following towns,
eight in all, could easily form a league:
Milton, Osnabrock, Langdon, Dresden,
Wales, Nekoma, Munich, and Hampden.
Some base ball enthusiast in the county
ought to take hold Of this and organize
at once. What say yef-Osnabrock
Independent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
Episcopal Church

Sunday services: Morning prayer and
sermon at HOO a. M, evening prayer
and sermon at 500 p. m Week day
service on Friday, litany at 800 p. M.
Services of baptism will be by appoint
mont. REV. w. L. BLAKER.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
CARD OF THANKS.

il The undersigned and his family dc
sire to publicly give expression to their
sheep appreciation of the feeling of sym
pathy and ministraton OF many kindly
acts rendered US during the late illness
and death of my daughter.
j. A. PREUSCHE AND FAMILY
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16

Are you contemplating to do any
building or repairing. If you do, it will
be to your interest to figure with Julius
Pockrandt the new lumber dealer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
Going to Build?

Get plans, estimates and lumber bills
from contractor and builder.
47-49* S. n. REEVES, Langdon, N. D.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

meet his master. Figured on the basis
OF the life of the average pugilist,
this would come close to being right;
but Nelson is not to be judged by the
average standard any more than is
Jim Jeffries. Nelson commenced fight
ing in 1896, IA years ago, but he is
only 2S years old, and his constitution
is not impaired, unless there are weak
spots from repeated blows in many
battles. He is taller than Wolgast and
six years older. If age is figured in
favor of Wolgast. it is we'll to remem-
Der that his record dates only from
1906. Experience counts in long
battle, and Nelson has all there is
floating around on that score
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
South west Wakinq Up.

The old Southwest is surely waking
up. athletically speaking, thanks to the
southern contingent of the Amateur
Athletic Union. Some weeks ago I
voiced the fears of the fasteners who
declared that it was a big mistake to
select New Orleans as the place for
the championship meet It seems, how
ever, that the spirit Of progress is
spreading beyond the south into the
southwest. Secretary Benedetto, of the
Southern Athletic association, received
notice that ten more clubs in Texas
wanted admission in the A. A. L. Their
joining the Southern association sWells
the total membership to thirty organi-
cations. The new members are the San
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
Lan1ford Gets Chance.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 1S.-Sam
IangfOrd, the negro lniddleweight
boxer of Boston, who has been men
toned as a possible candidate for the
heavyweight title, will get chance
to show his prOwess tonight. Montana
Jack Sullivan will take him on for six
rounds at the Empire Athletic club.
The colored man is looked upon as a
favorite. Although Langford has shown
himself a good man, he has had great
in getting matches.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

In one of the fastest and snappiest
sames of basket ball ever paved in
the city, the five from Whitman col
Iege last night defeated the high school
team in a contest played in high school
gymnasium. the score being 20 to 81.
This is the second game between these
two schools. each team having one to
Its credit. The play was exceptionally
last throughout. but at the same time
1t was exceedingly rough, % fouls
having been called during the opening
part of the play.
At the end of the second half the
score was 20 and" making it nee
tSSary to extend the time in order to
work off the tie. Cox, who threw the
greatest number of baskets of the
evening, took the ball from Blackman,
threw his ninth basket of the game
ana Won the contest TOR the college
With Cushman and Shubert, the two
regular varsity guards. out of the
same last night Coach Blanchard of
Cie varsity put Captain Belt and Big"
Mel IN at guards. Shubert and Cush-
IAN nave class in ethics under Pres
gent Penrose on Monday nights from
10 o'clock. Pres. Penrose refused
excuse them for the game and as
oolSequence the varsity went into the
SINE somewhat crippled
- lie kicking of the high school play
IS was responsible for referee Apple
e"'e ieaving the contest at the end of
ne hrst half. While in as referee AID
iesd'e was perfectly square and of11c-
Pan. cieahiy and without favor. Bah
second half.
game opened at exactly S.30
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
FOOTBALL
BASKET BALL
BASE BALL
AUTOlNG
(By Manhattan.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-This year will
he a record breaking one in all branch
&c of sport even down to flying, unless
the Wright brothers put too much of a
crimper upon other aspirants. No man
better than James E. Sullivan, secre-
tarv and treasurer of the National
Amateur Athletic Union is better quail
flied to make predictions and this is
what he would have me say to you
in his name:
# is safe to predict that 1910 from an
athletic point of view will be the best
we ever had. There will be more
competition throughout the United
States than ever before and it is a
niece of common knowledge that COM
petition breeds quality. New organi-
cations are springing up i'll the south
and west constantly The A. A. U. of
the United States has already sched-
uled its boxing, wrestling, gynnt.--.c
for the year For the first time in
history a championship meet will be
held in the far south, New Orleans
having been designated as the place
The farthest south that the A. A. L.
ever went before was Washington,
D. c. 1t would not surprise me to see
every standing record broken in 1910.
Does that sound extreme and too liber-
al? 1t may sound so, but I merely
ask my good readers to wait. PAUL
may win the mile running record from
Connect Erickson or Porter will in
all probability smash Mike Sweeney's
high jump The pole vault is another
record which will go because the mark
has been going steadily up for years.
Taylor will likely beat his own two
mile run record.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
LIVE NETDC OF T7E SPORTING Wl1P7 II ii

in ten rounds, and it naturally follows
that he has a chance to win the cham
p1onsh1p, provided he can muster en-
ergy sufficient to hold the Batter even
and does not make a bad mistake in
ring generalship. Wolgast is GER
tainly the strongest candidate in sight
at present for Nelson's title, and even
if he should fail to land, l figure that
he will come closer than Cans did in
his last two battles to proving the
master of the Batter
It SENS a long time since Nelson
first attracted attention in the ring,
and naturally the impression comes to
mind that it is about time for him to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
Whitman Takes
Second Game

Pcth teams trotted onto the floor de-
termined to take the game. The game
opened fast In the first two minutes
Ct play the high school threw two
baskets and the rooters went WIG.
The versity then braced They made
up the high school lead and from that
time till nearly the end of the first half
the score remained about even, with
the lead alternating between the two
teams Just before the end of the half
the varsity took little pep" and
tossed in a few baskets and came OFF
the field at the end of the half five
points to the good
The second half opened with Boiler
man officiating. The players came
orto the field eagerly and the game
vas on once again. In this half the
high school players seemed to become
almost desperate and both teams play
&c faster and a great deal rougher
than the first. Showing. tripping, ana
kicking the ball was carried on by
both teams. The high school by fast
playing evened up the score and as
time was called both teams had 29
points to their credit. The tie was
played off and about Is seconds after
the ball was tossed into the air py
Pcllerman Cox, Whitman's speedy IT.
tie forward had annexed the necessary
two points to win the game for the
collegians.
For Whitman, Cox and Captain Belt
were stars. Belt on free throws from
fouls threw six baskets in succession.
Cox pulled down four baskets In the
first half and five in the second. For
the high, Steel was easily the best
man. Jones played hard but rougn
game committing five fouls. Felthouse
for Whitman had six fouls. Following
is the summary of the contest: Line
I'D Whitman: Mccoy, center; Captain
Belt and Neil, guards; Felthouse ana
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

According to advices received at
Whitman yesterday, there will be
meeting of the representatives of the
colleges comprising the ''big six con-
ference" at Portland on February s.
The notices of the meeting have been
sent out by George Hug, the old Uni
versity of Oregon football and track
athlete who is acting as secretary OF
the conference. The letter giving no
tice Of the meeting states that there
are four propositions which are to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
PROBLEMS FACING BIG
SIX" TO BE CONSIDERED
Members of Northwest Conference Will Meet in Portland
February TO Take Up Proposed Changes in Rulings

come un before the conference. These
are:
Propositions to Be Considered.
Ito arrange a complete football
schedule for 1910 among the different
conference colleges.
2-To make provision for uniform
condensation for all football officials.
3-To permit Oregon Agricultural
college to play her freshmen in inter-
collegiate athletic contests.
ITO provide that for all football
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
EMERY WHEEL FLIES BY HIM

HARRINGTON, Wash, Jan. ia
miss is as good as a mile." and to the
truth of this old saw w. M. Harper
owes his life. While grinding at the
emery wheel in the harvester building
and repair shop of Dunning & Erich.
the emery wheel broke in two ri
one of them flew over his head with
the velocity of rifle ball, missing
Elm by barely an inch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

Chief of the reforms Manager Nc
Graw Of the Giants has planned for
this spring is a quick jump from Mar
line Springs, Texas, back to old New
York For the first time the annual
iunket from the Lone Star state will
he made in forced marches. There will
be no division of the team and only
two exhibition games will be played.
McGraw believes that the barnstorm-
ing which is usually INDUCED in by
the big teams before the National
league season opens does more harm
than good.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
Tom Thomas a Conner.

We are pinning great hopes to Tom
Thomas to assist in upholding the
British boxing laurels this year. Tom
is Draw lad, aged 80, and the pos
SCISSOR OF marvellous punch. Thomas
tas fought some good men in his day
and like Jack Johnson has steadily i'm
proved as he has grown older. Here
are some of the fighters who have
fallen before him: Billy Edwards, Pat
C'KKeefe, Jack Costello, Tom Dyer,
Bert Connolly, Tiger Smith, Mike
Crawley, Bill Cockayne, Charley Will
son and Jack Kingsland. l am not say
ing that he merely fought these mer
hut he beat them either by knockouts
or by points. In speaking of "old
masters" we must look to Tom
Thomas.
We can at least have international
golf even if it is Scotland which is the
scene of the play. "Alec" Smith, III. Fl.
Barker, David Hunder and James
Maiden, all of New York, are due to
arrive in Scotland next week from the
states for the initial skirmishes. Gill
bert Nichols and Isaac Mackie had
previously headed party of Ameri-
cans to our hospital shores. All will
spend the winter here and on the con-
tinent.
l had the pleasure this week OF talk
ing with the two sons of r. Wooton,
the Australian hOrseman, who nave
been in England for some time. They
count on winning 100000 in the sad
die this year. The boys are Frank
Wooton, aged II, and Stalney, aged 10.
AS Jockeys the Wooton boys have al
ready established themselves as Won
ders. Stanley Wooton is touted as
second Danny Maher and Maher is
really coaching him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
Predict Great
Year for Sport

Antonio high school, West Texas mill
tary academy, Peacock military acad-
envy, Garden academy, San Antonio
academy, st. Louis college, Marshall
training school, Y. NJ. G. A, San An
tonic Turnverein and the Lakeside
Classical institute. The association
February
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
Jack Twin to FIGHT.

BOSTON, Jan. 1S.-Jack (Twin)
Sullivan will again be seen in the ring
tonight with Frank Klauss as his
opponent The Armory Athletic asso-
citation will stage the battle.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
News
Of Sports Abroad

dozen of horses. r. T. Waugh has got
ten rid of ten of his string H w.
Sadler disposed of Primrose, Dame
Stert, Wareham and Black Velvet T.
Jennings sold Pousay, Symbolic, Pa
dula, Imprint, Dorinda and the Iso
Hampton fillies. Saln Loates nearly
denuded his stable w. /. Arson got
rid of Mondanin, Forfar, Rose Queen,
Nelfry, Pendant, lyllene's Luck.
Bank Notes, Master Mine, Martha
Craig, Ladys Victory, Wanna md
Master Magpipe, c. Peck DISPOSED of
Retrieve, Eccles, Sir Stan, Halfway,
Lady Phillis and half a dozen others
have not space to enumerate further
but will do so in another cablegram.
My American rfajers who follow Eng
lish racing will see many familiar
names in these lists 1t is regretful to
contemplate this knell to equine ambi-
ton.
RUgger, soccer aid cricket have
been giving away slowly before the
rush of association football 1t would
not surprise me to see association
football one of our chiefest sports
next winter. Before many years have
passed there is going to be linking
Of hands with our American cousins
on the football question.
Mr.. Frank Gould will race a stable
in competition with the Vanderbilt'S
and Rothchild's on the French turf
this year If Mr.. Gould is as success
full as a turfman as he has proved
men across the channel will have to
look to their laurels.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

Cox, forwards. high school: Steel,
center; Gross and Blacl1man, for
wards; Jones and Crawford, guards.
Fields baskets-High school; Steel
4, Gross 1, Blackman 3, Crawford 2.
Free throws, Steel out of IA, Black
man l out of 3. Total 30.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

Field baskets-Whftman: Mccoy 1,
Penthouse 1, Cox 8, Belt l. Free throws
Belt z out of II. Total 81.
Time of halves, 20 minutes.
Referee 1st half, Apologize; End
half Policeman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
How Beauty Doctor
Helped Bat Nelson

counts in a long race and leaves 1t all
FOR others of a more cheerful and en-
tertaining disposition.
The first product of the typewriter
was a gentle reminder that the wild
enthusiasm in England over the won
derfully clever Freddie Welsh was sure
TO bring a discussion as to the posi-
bility of a meeting between the new
lightweight champion of the British
isle and the conqueror of the mighty
Joe Cans. Things had hardly got stir
ring before the public showed signs
OF interest, and then came regret on
The other side of water. Some of the
old critics thought Nelson was taking
4 long chance in coming to terms with
Welsh for a 20-rOund bout when he
really wanted to go As IN order to show
how much endurance he had The Bat
tier reflected, and finally came to the
conclusion that altl Ough he had an
excellent opportunity to meet Welsh
under the auspices of the most eX-
elusive club in dear old "Lunnun" he
would much prefer to remain in his
own country-provided. of course, the
financial inducements were of an al
Turing nature. Another thing that af-
fected his mental attitude was that
he did not seem to be making good
progress in tagging on a few more
rounds in the proposed match with
Welsh. Perhaps it would be better, all
things considered, for him to give Ad
Wolgast, the Milwaukee lay, shy at
the lightweight crown. And all this
time Tom McCarey, the Los Angeles
promoter, thought he had cinch on
anything that might happen in the line
OF scrap between Nelson and VOL
CAST.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
(By Portus BAKERY


The activity that Battling Nelson
has shown in the past few weeks, fol-
lowing a rather prolonged period of
inactivity, has been something of
surprise Either he has permitted his
love of the almighty dollar to stir him
to words and deeds of "heroism'' or
he has taken some advantage out Of
the advertising given to Jeffries and
Johnson in their Marathon vaudeville
training stunt for the prospective
worlds championship heavyweight
talking and smuggling match, sched-
uled for July a, 191O-possibly some
other year, depending nthe charac-
ter of contract offered by the enter
prising managers of various amuse-
mentS
At first glance it may appear TAR
fetched to tip over any of the Jeffries-
Johnson thunder to the advantage OF
the Battler. but a little probing will
show that there may be something in
the idea after ALL A large majority
of the fight fans are disguised with
the big fellows themselves, and do not
feel satisfied, even to moderate de-
gree, that they have been treated right
by Tex Ricard and the other promoters
who We're mixed up in the pccU--dr
manipulations by which the prospec-
tive fight was taken" out of the grasp
OF Jimmy CoffrOth. Of course, every
thing may have been strictly above
board but so far as the general public
is concerned everybody is from Mis-
souri, in this particular instance. But
allowing for a general disgust on the
part of the fans there is no gainsaying
the fact that the talk pro and Cen Ito
end of con from some sources-the
fight game is more attractive just
now than it has been for a long time,
Sick and tired of Jeffries and John
son the readers will eagerly turn to
TIE discussion of details connected
with a fight that offers high-class en-
Itertainment, affects a championship OF
Importance and promises to be pulled
eff before ninetenths of us are in our
2
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18
A New Typanum.

Ever practical, the Battler looked
and saw, then he stopped and listened.
His tympanunn, working with new en-
ergv and registering with degree of
nicety unknown before he looked upon
the window of the beauty doctor, con-
viewed to him an idea that had been
overlooked by the famous PaclIey Nc
Farland. of the Chicago stock yards;
Stanley Ketchel, of the Butte mines:
Owen Moran, of English fame, and
numerous other luminaries of the give
end take species.
Almost gleefully the Battler got
husv at his little typewriter. Perhaps
ycu are not acquainted with the facts
in the case but the Battler is always
making the type click when he is not
his money or figuring prob
lens in percentage and interest. No
crooking of the elbow on the brass
rail or chances in the big back mirror
for Bat. He knows how much it
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

The biggest athletic event to which
England is now looking is the Olympic
meet in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912.
There have been a great many ru-
Olympic games in Athens this year,
but all along l have had my fears for
the gathering England and America
make the life of an international ath-
letic meeting and this year Englond
has but few men to take part in the
games at Athens and America has
none at ALL But in 1912 the Olympic
games will return to their old Splen-
dor. OF course it is extremely too
early to start to make any predictions
hut | expect see the greatest con-
gress of athletes in Stockholm ever
gathered together in one single city.
English Turfmen "Weed;ne OUT
English turfmen have been busily
engaged this month in the wedding
cut" process That is they are getting
the best of their horsefiesh separated
and casting the discarded failures in
to the background This is an annual
occurrence preparatory to the train
ing season. From the Egerton sta
bles, Prince Nun, Perdena, La La,
Prince Pippin, Calderstone, Slim Lady,
Persicaria, Permia and Flaming Vixen,
the property of King Edward, have
been eliminated. Mr.. Arthur James
has been fully as busy and he has got
ten rid of Rock Crystal. Lucky Lady,
Lucina, Lady Heron, Perfect Peace,
and Quick Stitch. Mr.. James ST. Sa-
vim will be raced in America during
1910. A. Archer, after his wedding out,
will require II new yearlings to
maintain his regular number of
horses. J. Cannon has gotten rid of
Altitude, ChobLam and Pessimist. He
has acquired Knightlight, Levanter'
Mandragone, Take Care and Full Ripe.
Mr.. W. Jarvis drafted out a round
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-18

We don't hear much of curling
matches any more, the first games
being played off between the North
Scots and the South Scots at Van Cort-
'andt park last Saturday. The inter-
national match for the Gordon cup
will likely be played in Montreal al
though no date has been set for it. 1t
will be about the first of February,
however.