Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-21

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A cement brick factory has been COM
menced at Milton.
Cement walks are being laid on the
main street in Hannah.
The Osnabrock base ball team has
disbanded for the season.
The Munich Herald got out an extra
on July Attn giving all the news OF the
big fight at Reno.
The city of Fargo is pretty much elat-
ed over the fact that Colonel Roosevelt
has promised to be there on Labor Day,
Wheat reached the top price ..of sl.15
yesterday, but is off three cents today.
Flax 1925. What do you think of that?
Two ball games of more than usual in
terest are being played on the home
grounds to day, in which Langdon meets
Adams, one of the fastest teams of
western Walsh county.
Proceedings of the board of equaliza-
&ion and the list of prizes awarded at
the county fair are features which take
up considerable space IN this weeks
paper that usually are devoted to local
and county news. We hope that both
these features will prove of sufficient
interest to make up for what the reader
is compelled to miss in the way of local
news.
To-day the Ct. Northern is running a
special excursion train from Hannah
over this line to the state fair at Grand
Forks. The train left early this morning,
passing through here at about seven
o'clock, and had the prospect of all the
coaches being we'll filled by the time
they reach the Forks at about noon
The crowd will be brought back on the
regular north bound passenger of to.
morrow afternoon.
A rumor is current which Agent
Bolton at the depot will neither confirm
or deny officially, to the effect that the
ct. Northern railroad company intends
taking the daily passanger train service
off all its branch lines and installing
mixed trains in place of same. This if
put into effect would of course include
this line and put the class of service
back to what Langdon and other towns
along the line enjoyed (?) twenty years
ago.
The frame work of the new buildings
of the Langdon Creamery Co., which is
located south of the Ct. Northern
depot is completed far enough to show
that it will be an improvement of con
siderable appearance in that portion o.
the town. Carpenters are now busy on
the interior finish and hurrying their
work to completion so as to be in shape
dor the installing of the machinery which
will be brought here by Mr.. Marlette, the
promoter of the enterprise, about the
fast of this week.
Bob Doran, who has been working al
various jobs in LAngdon during the pas
few months was arrested at the base
ball ground Monday evening on a charge
of violating the prohibition law. Dorar
who was brought up before Judge Tenn
pleton when court opened Tuesday morn
ing, pied guilty and was at once given E
Jail sentence and fine of 5000. The com
plant against Doran charged him witt
maintaining a nuisance in a building or
Second street during the week the Dodf
Fisk circus was here last month. This
is one occasion on which the wheels O.
justice had ball bearings on
The meeting of the Langdon civic
league. held at the court house Tuesda.
evening last week, received gratifying
geports from both residence and bust
ness portions of the city as to a genera
adoption of the garbage can system. Th'
committee having this branch of work il
charge reports thirty cans as having
been installed since July 18th. The civil
league wants it more clearly understoo'
that it has secured the promise OF tn
city authorities to look after the remova
of garbage in all cases where cans hav
been installed by property owners. Far
ties putting in garbage cans. have only t
notify Mayor Fox, or Chief M. j. Ho1
gan of the fact and the removal of gar
bage will be look after regularly.