Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-20

Butler Lamb, of Towner, is again a
democratic aspirant for a congressional
nomination?
The Courier-D Democrat of last week
contained a complete chronology of
events in Cavalier county during the
year 19O9.-Milton Globe.
In the congressional free for all in
which there are no less than 'steen re-
publicans seeking nomination, WI would
say, "look out for the pole horse"
And so the republican administration
is going to issue bonds to the amount of
$l00,000,000 to replenish the treasury!
We have been taught that this was a
democratic %expedlency measure and that
the prosperity party didn't have to do
such things.
There is a we'll defined rumor that is
generally believed to be correct that
Warden Hellstrom of the state prison
will resign and take personal charge of
the Fargo Daily News. Senator Nc
Arthur of Bottlneau is expected to land
the appointment as Hollstrom's success
or.
In its first issue in the New Year-and
right after a weeks lay-off-th the editor of
the Nekoma News gives it out cold that
he is busy counting up his new year
resolutions of former years and is now
pausing to decide what style of binding
would be strong enough to make them
last through another twelve months.
Judging from our exchanges over the
state, one and all of the nine district
court judges, in North Dakota are IN
the running for a seat on the state
supreme bench. This is a condition that
ought to impress the voters favorably
with the idea that it would be a good
thing to remove the judiciary out Of
politics.
According to the News and Times the
Ut. Northern railroad company is &C.
credited with having furnished the pro.
motors of a farmers institute held al
Grafton a week ago with transportation
for a hundred out of town visitors to the
institute. The Jim Hill railroad system
has always maintained that progressive
ideas IN farming were a valuable asset
in developing fat railroad dividends.
In recent years we have become accus
toned to expect and look forward to the
arrival with the advent of the New leal
of the seasons greeting from the Wal
halla Mountaineer and the arrival a day
or two ago of a calendar, on which ap
pears "The Oaks" the picturesque home
of Editor Lee at Walhalla. comes highl,
acceptable. 1t is good when this feeling
of fellowship is encouraged in this wa,
among the weekly papers of the state
The Cavalier county fair ASSOCIATION
has paid outstanding bills amounting tt
over $4,000, nearly two thirds of which
represents the purchase of fair ground
and new buildings and when it collect
AN item of about 5000 due the associa
ton on stock issued to shareholders will
have a cash balance on hand of s345 will
which to start in on their county fair O
1910. Doesn't it look as if a county fail
lis a sure thing success right from the
start off.
Cavalier county starts in the political
new year of 1910 with a self-announcine
candidate for the republican congress
;sional nomination at the June primarie
in Hon. U. l.. Burdick, of Munich. I
was first thought that the close of tn,
last session of the legislature, during
which Mr.. Burdick was speaker of th'
house, that the governorship of tn
State of North Dakota tickled his politi
cal palate most. Banker Burdick ha.
not advanced a very great ways, eithe
in years or political growth, and shoult
bear in mind the axiom that the goot
die young.