Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03

M. l. Sullivan, of the Mcmillan Ma
chine Co, is among the number from
Langdon at Grand Forks this week at
tending the gathering of farm implement
and machinery dealers from over the
state.
Mr., Adam Reid, of the county auditors
office at the court house, is still on the
sick list. For the past couple of weeks
be has been confined indoors with a
severe attack of the grippe and rheu-
matte troubles.
Mrs Brennan is making a visit this
week with her daughter, Mrs. Terry Nc
Govren, whose home has been in the
Forks since removing from Minot a few
months ago, Mrs. Brennan left on
Thursdays train of last week.
Robert Murie has thls week added to
bis farm land holdin III this county
by the purchase fro, Iowa parties of
the old Neil McKechI e farm. a half sec
ton which is located N Loa m township
and not far from the Murie farm.
Jas. MCLAUGHLIN and wife and Miss
Eva Souch are among those of Lang
don's people who are visitors this week
at Grand Forks. Mr.. McLauchlin's
mission being to attend the state con-
v%ention Of the hardware mon Of North
Dakota.
Joseph Heapy and the Perry Bros,
south of town are among the we'll to do
farmers tributary to Langdon who will
have automobiles to ride in this summer,
both having during the past week taken
out tive-seated touring cars purchased
at the auto garage of Mr.. A. Sparkling.
Peter Shredder and wife came up from
Larlmore for an over Sunday visit with
old Langdon friends and were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j. Schwartz dur
ing their stay. MIR. Shredder is at pre-
sent engaged in the butcher business at
down since leaving Langdon some years
ago.
Attorney P. G. johnson is now taking
the mud baths at a we'll known sani-
tarlum in Indiana, hoping that the
treatment there will prove of benefit to
his rheumatic lameness, which has been
more severe than usual since winter set
in. He took the train from Munich last
week, expecting to be absent from Lang.
don at least a month.
The National Elevator Co., of which
Jno. j.. Power is the local agent has the
lumber on the ground and this week
starts rebuilding their Langdon elevator,
destroyed by fire during the early part
OF the winter. This makes three elevators
they have built during the fifteen years
they have been in business here. Two
having been destroyed by fire and one
by the cyclone of last May.
Attorney George M. Price took Mon
days train for Greenfield, Mass, having
received a telegram stating that the
husband of his sister had died quite
unexpectedly. He goes to fix up matters
connected with the real estate of the
deceased. Death is stated as being due
to ~asphyxation due to coal gas, the vic
tim rallyed for twenty-four hours but
not regaining CONSCIOUSNESS.
II. E. McWilliams, for the past two
years second man with Manager VIM.
Syres. of the Atlas Lumber Co., here in
Langdon, leaves here in a few days for
hansen, N. D., to take charge of a new
lumber yard being opened at Nansen by
the Atlas Lumber Co. VIM. McWilliams
is barely twenty-one years old and no
doubt will be the youngest man in the
state holding the responsible position of
manager of a line lumber yard. He has
lots of Langdon friends, however, who
are certain that he will make good.
The benefit performance at the opera
house on Tuesday evening, given by
local talent in conjunction with the
moving picture show of Manager Harry
Waldron, and under the auspices of the
Langdon Woman's Club received as it
fully deserved a fairly good attendance.
The Woman's club of Langdon has the
distinction of being among the first this
year to take up the matter of planning
to raise contributions for. a state
Sakakawea fund, the proceeds of which
are to 60 towards the erection of a
monument on the capital grounds at
Bismarck to the memory of Sakakawea,
the Indian bird woman, who piloted
Lewis and Clarke across, the vast ex-
panse of u%nexploreda country to the
Pacific coast a century ago.
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