Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-06
The city schools reopen today after a
two weeks holiday vacation

two weeks holiday vacation.
There is talk of putting in farmers
elevator at Fairdale next summer.
The "cold spell" that ushered in the
New Year of 1910 touched bottom Mon
day morning, when the thermometer
registered 25o below zero.
Flax reached the s2.O9h on the Min
neapolis market last Thursday. 1t is
the highest price flax has ever sold at.
The crop shortage the world over is
stated as the cause of the high price.
Frank Loverstrom, the founder of the
Nekoma News and more recently with
the Park River Republican was married
in Grafton during Christmas week to
Miss Minnie Gullickson, a we'll known
Park River young lady.
Fitting resolutions we're passed by the
board of county commissioners when
they met this week paying a beautiful
tribute to the efficiency and worth of
late Hon. M. Mcknight, of Hannah, who
was chairman of the board at the time OF
his death recently.
The new post office at Mowbray re-
ceived it's first mail on Monday of this
week. The postmaster is Cashier M
j. O'Brien of the Bank of Mowbray and
mail is forwarded from Langdon ove
the star route hat serves the post office
at Mt. Carmel and Mazda.
The DEMOCRAT holds over until next
week the publication of the financial
condition of the Cavalier Co.. Fair
association which appears as a result OF
the meeting of the board of directors
held recently for the purpose of closing
up the years business. The statement
shows that the association has enough
money outstanding to give them a cash
balance of upwards $500 after all in.
debtedness have been met. It is a most
satisfactory showing.
When the board of directors of the
Cavalier Co. Fair association held their
annual meeting a few days ago it is
stated they purpose having Jas. J.Hill
of the ct. Northern railroad, asked to
address those attending the fair
when it is held this year. Mr.. Hill has
delivered addresses to those attending
fairs at a number of points over the state
during the past year, and If by putting
in an application at this early time
Langdon can get in line for such a
feature as this for one of the days OF the
fair for 1910 it will be sure to help swell
the attending crowd. The idea is Ger
tainly a good one
Weather conditions last Friday and
iSaturday-the last day of 1909 and the
first day in 1910-were of such extreme
character as to furnish a fair idea Of
what a climate such as North Dakota
lays claim 10 is capable of. On
FRIDAY, with tho thermometer above
freezing point and a gentle thawine
wind blowing from the south west Old
Sol was undertaking unassisted the jok
of cleaning the sno off the sidewalks
AT midnight, however, while the church
bells of Langdon we're ringing out E
welcome to the incoming New Year Of
1910 another brand of North Dakota
weather was in the ascendency, the vino
had changed its quarter to the North
west and a blizzard swept over the
prairie at the rate Of forty miles an
hour. Old Boreas had reasserted his
supremacy, the thermometer registered
18 degrees below zero, indicating a DROP
in temperature inside of twelve hours o.
SO degrees, and in the morning it hac
dropped a few notches lower in the
bulb of the thermometer. DR.. Cook
may not have discovered the North Pole
but Langdon people certainly had their
Happy New Year greetings for 1910
handed out in packages direct from the
Arctic circle.