Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08
Local Happenings
Have you had any chickens yet?

Have you had any chickens yet?
Miss Helen Sullivan returned home
Tuesday from a short visit with friends
at Cavalier.
The heavy rain falls of Sunday and
Monday accumulated a total of 3.66
inches of sky Juice.
j. w. Mahon got back Friday from
Fargo where he spent part of the week
on business and visiting his brother.
With the near approach of winter
there is an especial interest in the
announcement made that the prices OF
coal are being advanced ten per cent.
D. H. Mcmillan returned to the city
Tuesday from trip covering the greater
part of the summer travelling through
the western and Pacific coast states.
Miss Tena Regner, neice of Register
of Deeds Pinkerton arrived Saturday
from Cooperstown and will be a teacher
of one of the grades in the city schools
during the ensuing year.
Judge w. j. K%neeshaw will be here
Tuesday of next week and during a
stay of a few days will dispose of a
number of court cases that have been
set for hearing at that time.
Attorney Fred w. Mclean arrived
on today train from Fargo and will
spend the opening week of the chicken
season in camp with a party of hunting
friends here in Cavalier county.
Some of the finest yields of grain re.
ported from over Cavalier county come
from along the Little Pembina river and
near Wang. Ole j. Romfo, of tho last
named locality is stated as threshing
wheat that averaged 90 bushels per acre,
Prof. Lueken from Dover Ark, is ex.
pected to arrive during the week tc
take the position of principal of the
Langdon high school, Supt M. [
Myer has been delayed in the filing Of
this position in his corps of teachers by
the unexpected resignation rendered by
Prof. Everett B. Speaker, of Chicago
who had been some time ago engaged
for the position.
The alien law labor case in which
Landlord Davis of the Boundary hote
is under federal arrest under the
immigration law for the importation
into the United States of Miss Colby,
British subject was to have come VI
for preliminary hearing yesterday before
U. S. Com'r Cleary here in Langdon
but a -postponement was taken unit
Wednesday of next week, the 18th inst
Postmaster John McGauvran has beer
instructed by the department at Wash
ington to make public announcement o
the fact that a civil service examination
for positions as railway mail clerks TO
North Dakota and other western statet
will be held on October 9Th. Crane
Forks is the nearest point to Langdon a
"A1CA al oAdullAdG1Ou villa NO uo uO4u
Applicants must be between Is and 81
years of age and the examination consist
of subjects that come under the common
school course of study.
Special agents of the postoffice de
partment are travelling around tn
country, dropping in newspaper Office
when least expected to examine sub
scription lists, to ascertain If the regula
ton requiring payment of subscription i
observed. 1t is dangerous business for
newspaper publisher to send papers tt
subscribers who are more than twelve
month in arrears, To be deprived o
the second class mailing privilege
which is the penalty for Noncompliance
with the ruling, puts a newspaper GU
of business, for the expense of putting
one cent stamp on every paper malice
amounts to much more than the entir
subscription business, to say nothing o
the increased amount of labor TO
afixing the stamps.