Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-22

The city public schools close tomorrw
for the Christmas vacation which will
continue until the week after the New
year.
Miss Annie Reid came down yester.
from Hannah and will be a Christmas
visitor at the home of her brother,
Peter Reid.
Miss johnson, OF the millinery
establishment of johnson & Cleary left
yesterday afternoon for a Christmas
visit with her relatives at Fergns Falls,
MINI.
j.. d. Milne, of the Citizens State
Bank, was a traveller yesterday to the
Forks and Williston expecting to re-
turn home in time for the Christmas
festivities.
The Presbyterian church choir. which
is now under the leadership of Mr.. +. w.
Bleakley is this week holding nightly re-
hearsals of special music for the services
of Christmas day.
Mrs. W. H. Smith and son, of Elk
wood, were passengers on Thursdays
afternoon train leaving for a visit during
the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
Radford in southern California.
Next Monday evening a social time
has been arranged for the children
attending the Sunday school of the
Presbyterian church, by the officers and
teachers. It will be held in the church
basement.
Lebanon lodge A. +. & A. M. holds it
installation of new officers recently elect
ed tomorrow evening at the Masonic
Temple. The Easten Star ladies install
led their new officers for 1911 on Tues
day evening.
Active steps have been taken during
the past week by the Cavalier County
Caledonian Society, with a view to the
holding of their annual celebration of
the anniversary of Bobbie Burns birth
on January 25th.
f. W. Bleakley and eldest daughter
Miss Alma, leave today over the 500,
via Nekoma, for Killarney, Man, where
they will spend Christmas with Nh
Bleakley's two younger daughter, Misses
Ida and Ella Bleakley.
Ed. McGregor, one of the first settlers
of the MAZDA neighborhood along the
boundary line is dispcsing of his property
interests and will number among those
making an early start in the spring for
the Canadian Northwest with his family
Mrs. McHugh and daughter. Miss
Rosie, left yesterday for st. Paul and
Milwaukee. At the later place they
expect to spend Xmas with Mrs. Nc
Hugh's youngest son Rod, who is at
tending a school for the study of
medicine aud surgery.
There is a movement afoot with a view
toward the reorganization of the Lang
don band. The Green brothers of the
Third street barber shop are both old
band boys from their former home IN
Minnesota and stand ready to take an
active part in the bands reorganization.
Druggist Ernest CLERGY with the H.
l.. Francis pharmacy the past several
months is leoving Langdon on Saturday.
Mr. land Mrs. Cleery will go from here
to his old home in Monticello, Mimi.
for the holidays, later going to Maiden
Rock, Wis, the former home of Mrs
CLERGY for a short visit. Both carry
away with them we'll wishes of many
friends whose acquaintance they have
made during their residence in the city.
The lecture on "The Value of the CLAWS
of Our State" delivered by Prof. E. j.
Babcock, dean of the school of mines at
the state university. was a we'll attended
event on Friday evening at the Court
House. The talk given by Prof. Bah.
cock though qnite lengthy was instruc-
and very entertaining throughout, and
being Illustrated by st%ereoptician vlews
made it doubly interesting and rendered
1t plainly within the comprehension of
young and old alike to understand