Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-26

fnent privileges allowed.
G. p. GETcHELL, Wales, N. D.
Cashier K. G. Luke and wife, of Olga,
we're Langdon visitors Saturday. Mr..
Luke was returning home from a visit in
the western part of the state with a
brother, meeting while there his father
whose home is in New York state.
G. NJ. Cooley, the Grand Forks at
torney who is a republican candidate for
one of the vacancies to be filed on the
state supreme court bench at the fall
election, was a visitor here a day or two
last week in the interest of his can
didacy.
Readers will note new changes of
advertisement this week for A. Schulke,
of the Trade Palace store, the D. G. Nc
Donald hardware and harness store, and
A. o. Void, who recently located in the
Donovan block and is now better than
ever able to give prompt attention to
his iewelrv and musical instrument
business.
O. B. Aldrich and family, who recently
moved to this city from Nekoma have
settled down and are now comfortably
located in the Rylance house on the
corner of Fourth and Spruce streets.
Over at Nekoma Mr.. Aldrlch was for
some time engaged in the real estate
business and is planning to open a Office
here in Langdon.
Letters and postal cards received at
intervals by Langdon friends of the
MONEYS, who since leaving here IN
January have nearly circled the globe in
their travels through China, Japan the
East Indies and are now doing the
continent of Europe, all indicate they
are thoroughly enjoying the trip. They
expect to get back to Langdon early in
July.
w. H. Chase is back from Montana
this week for a visit with his family and
to arrange for their early departure to
Malta, Mont, where they will in the
future make their home. At the new
towns of Malta and Box Elder, that
have lately sprung into prominence in
Montana Mr.. Chase is associated along
with Grover Wait and others IN con-
Quoting q lumber and building material
business which promises to be a good in.
vestment on the capital invested.
Mr.. r. A. jackson has during the
week established an Office and agency in
this city for the sale of Canadian Pacific
railroad lands in the vicinity of Calgary
and other sections of southeastern
Alberta. The Office opened in Langdor
by Mr.. jackson is located in the Kelly &
MCLAUGHLIN farm machinery depot anc
as will be noted in a quarter page
advertisement elsewhere he will head {
big excursion which starts from Nekoms
on Saturday, June 4th, when the price O
tickets for the round trip will be only
S25. Similar excursions will be conduct
ed by Mr.. jackson at intervals of two
weeks during the summer months.
The return on Mondays train of Dicl
Boyd, AL Robertson and Tom Lindsay
of the Langdon high school track team
from the annual interscholastic 6elc
meet at Grand Forks was the occasion
for a rousing reception being giver
them by their fellow students when the
train pulled In at the Laagdon depot
Our Langdon boys we're winners of two
events, Boyd taking first in the broad
jump, his distance being 20 feet nine
inches and breaking the previous state
record of 10 feet 8 inches by over a foot
This proved with the spectators to bt
one of the big hits of the day. The mil.
run, one of the great endurance tests o
the entire days program, found AL
Robertson entered for the finals ane
when the race ended in a sensational
finish Robertson with a burst Of speet
down the home stretch passed TWO o
his opponents and came in second witt
the winner of first place but just a little
distance ahead. The mile was run il
4 minutes and SO seconds and was
seconds faster than the time made il
this event last year. There wer'
fourteen high schools over the stat,
represented by track teams at the NEE
and Langdon with only three boy
entered for events on the program
certainly did well to secure enough
points to get sixth place in the pc
centage column,