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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12

For U. S. Senate:
W. E. PURCELL
GEO. E. DUIS
Members of Congress:
r. D. CASEY
M. A. HILDRITH
BUTLER LAMB
For Governors:
JOHN BURKE
For Lieutenant General:
JOHN BRUEGER
For Attorney General:
S. L. NICHOLS
For Secretary of State:
w. T. ROBERTSON
For State Auditor:
PETER ROCKS
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
ALEX. MORRISON
For State Treasurer:
HALVOR L.. HALVORSON
For Insurance Commissioner:
CHARLES WHITLESLY:
For Railway Commissioners:
F. L. WALKER
CARL NELSON
G. I. HANSON
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
Political Announcements.
FOR SHERIFF

To the voters of Cavalier County. N. Dak:-
l am q democratic candidate for the Office of
sheriff OF Cavalier county at the primary cleo
lion in June. II reelected I promise to give to
to the duties of the Office my undivided at
as heretofore.
w. L. DRURY
Langdon, N. Oak, April 18th, 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
FOR COUNTY JUDGE

the Voters of Cavalier County, N. Dak:--
wish to announce myself as a candidate for
court for Cavalier, subject to the decision of the
democratic ticket at the primary election to be
held on June 29th, I will appreciate the sup.
port of the voters at the polls and if elected
will as heretofore give the duties of the office
my best efforts and personal attention.
H. E. DORVAL
Langdon, N, D. April 10Th. 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
DEMOCRATIC STATE CANDIDATES.

The following is a list of the candi-
dates for congressional and state Offices
as presented to the democratic state
central committee at its meeting held in
Grand Forks, by the special committee
appointed to ascertain all prospective
candidates for these honors:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
FOR STATES ATTORNEY

FOR STATES ATTORNEY
To the Democratic Voters of Cavalier County.
North Dakota
Thereby announce myself as a candidate for
reelection to the office of States Attorney of
Cavalier county subject to the decision of the
democratic voters at the June primaries.
w. B. DICKSON
Langdon, n. OAK, April 10Th 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
FOR COUNTY TREASURER

EO1 VVONI IhEAS URER
To the Voters of Cavalier County, N. Dak:--
l hereby announce myself as a democratic
candidate for. treasurer of Cavalier county at
the primaries IN June. Subject to the decision
of the voters at the polls, at which lime your
will be appreciated.
ROBERT WORK,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
FOR CLERK OF COTIRT

Republican Candidate for Clerk of District
Court
l hereby announce myself as a candidate for
the office of Clerk of the District Court of Cava.
ller county, subject to the decision of the voters
at the primary election to be held in June.
THOS. SHEEHAN.
Langdon, N. OAK, April 10, 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS

/ hereby announce myself a candidate for the
office of Register of Deeds for Cavalier county
on the republican ticket. If reelected I shall
in the future as in the past give to the duties of
the office my personal attention. Thanking you
for past support I am
Yours Respectfully
ALLAN PINKERTON
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
Dated April 18th,
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.

the Voters of the Eighteenth District
l hereby announce myself as a candidate for
the office of Representative for the Eighteenth
District in Cavalier county on the
democratic ticket, subject to the decision of
the voters at the primary election on June 10Th,
i9!O, and will appreciate the support OF my
friends at the polls on election day.
CHAS. G. CRAWFORD,
Calvin, N, D.. May 7th, 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12

ALERT Il Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
FOR A

hereby announce myself as a republican
candidate for State Senator of the Fortieth
the voters at the primary election next June.
If nominated and elected I shall serve the
county and state to the best of my ability.
Milton, N. D., March 20, 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
Notice of Examination for Common
School Diplomas.

An examination of applicants for CON-
mon school diplomas will be held in the
schools of Cavalier county on Thursday
and Friday, May 10Th and Goth, 10.
DAN J.. RIDL1NGToN,
County Superintendent.
Langdon, N. d., May 3rd 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
NOTICE AND CITATION, HEARING OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Cavalier. IS LIN COUNTY COURT
Before Hon. H. e. Dorval, Judge,
In the Matter of the Estate Of Joseph Charron.
Deceased =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-05-12
iuCudHlp.
Petitioner.

Mary, St. Vincent Pie
lonise Dupas, Homer
Charron, Alfred Char
ron, Amanda Beechie.
Hermidas o. Charron,(
and Charles Charron,
or his heirs. if any,
and Emerence Char
ron, guardian of Her
midas o. Charron,
minor,
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

youth in the dismal dining room.
Strangers were few in Rumpletown.
The young man had calculated TO
stay at the hostelry until he could com
municate with the Bryn Mawr grad
uate, but the total absence of the con.
VITALITY that the day demanded dis
PEELED this idea, and after painfully ex.
tracing from the still suspicious clerk
directions leading TO the Moore farm
he started on bis way unannounccl.
He was still bordering over the
Wanted western breeziness which was
not when be rounded q corner in the
road and beheld Sylvia Moore, daintily
picturesque in her simple attire, with
hair in braids down her back. With
her was a squat. dirty. tramplike ind.
vidual Of evil features and repulsive
manners Between them sat wicker
basket Of fireworks. and under the
mans directions the girl was setting
these of
THE western spirit gasped Der
ford The western spirit with a venge-
ancen'
"Youse'Ll take dat skyrocket now an
lean it up agin dat fence" ordered the
man. Neither of the celeoratOrs had
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
Pyrotechnic Talk of Fireworks Man.

The iceman. the plumber and all The.
varieties of the little gods are under
an eclipse, and the only thing in sighs
is the fireworks man.
Times may be hard and money
scarce, but the fireworks man fails to
give evidence of it. His prices are OF
the skyscraping order, and he knows
that the good American people Will
manage TO reach them in some way or.
other.
Maybe the fireworks man can't talk,
The compacent genius who writes the
circus programs and whose vocabulary
consists of adjectives is a feeble crea-
ture, his intellect is a shriveled atom.
his nerve the smallest section Of
desiccated molecule in comparison
with the towering grandeur of the fire.
works man.
Crackers. roman candles, skyrock-
cts and pinwheels? Yes. we sell them
by the carload, but they are for the
babes, the creature whose narrow in
telligence has never surmounted the
boundaries of the primitive celebra-
tons OF our ancestors 1t wrings my
heart with anguish when ! read of the
progressiveness of the American peo-
pie and then think of the way they
cling to crackers, pinwheels. roman
candles and skyrockets when they
might revel in the pleasures of para
disc if they would but cast aside their
superstitiOus conservatism and use our
dragon nests or saucissons, our bat.
teries of colored stars, the Egyptian
the Aztec fountain productions
or even the double crazy wheel"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.

AL hail our starry banner.
The emblem of the free.
Whose stars and stripes forever
Shall stand for liberty!
The world beholds thy glory.
Bright banner Of the stars.
And nations held in bondage
Shall break their prison bars.
In thee the blue Of heaven
Proclaims thy purity,
And peoples plunged in sorrow
Shall fondly turn to thee.
To lead the world in honor,
The weak 10 cheer and save
These are thy tasks forever.
Dear banner Of the brave.
To thee our holy pledges
We solemnly renew.
Until our hearts are silent
To thee We will be true.
The centuyes shall claim thee
TIL time itscl: shall end
And all the world proclaim thee
Protector, savior. friend
General Horatio c. King
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01


LONG ROUTE. afraid he would
not show up before midnight He had
a package OF squibs under his arm and
several other packages tucked away
out of sight He'd been celebrating
and was piped proper.
led him off 10 one corner and told
him to 90 in at the back door and go
10 bed, but he took a dear old college
chum clinch around my neck and be-
gan telling me in a megaphone tone
how he had always loved me and
couldn't think of parting from me
Well, you know the kind. He rebuked
me with great dignity about being
ashamed of an old friend. At last
got sore and told him TO go fall of.
We pulled our freight out of there
and left him zigzagging, but he doomed
up at the party little while later and
acted scanda.ously.
About this time we had all begun to
get busy with the punk. and then the
trouble came my way. We had
bunch of these nice, innocent drainage
canal dynamite capsules-these half
footers. you know. Well, ! sprinkled
few Of them through the atmosphere
phony fuse.
The blamed thing fzzled away and
got tired and petered out. Did ! chase
over to investigate the trouble? Not |.
l knew what would happen If | APP
preached that cracker to breathe gen
tly on the fuse. Maybe hadn't read
about those good boys who had tried
the stunt and then didn't have enough
fingers left to handle their harps prop.
erly. Oh, little wise boy
Maybe was afraid or maybe was
wise. but ! wasn't taking chances.
About this time the lad with the
flossy footwork began to clamor about
my being a cold footed party. He was
good and noisy about ii too. He al
lowed that if / was "'shamed of old
friend" he'd make me ashamed by do.
ing what didn't dare.
Maybe he said this in a whisper-I
don't guess You'd have thought be
was making an GRAFTON ! warned him
TO keep away, but he ambled merrily
out into the street and picked up the
uncracked cracker.
Now, II l had done that my friends
would have been doing slow sextet
alongside me in few days. but there's
a kind providence on the staff of these
tanks After he had inSDected IL he
lighted new fuse he had fixed up
and ducked before it went off And
me standing there, with those girls Civ
ing me the plying glance! They all
do; never take the facts into cOnsid-
Grafton That's human nature for you,
Well. Pipesy felt so fine that he be-
gan to celebrate good and swift. He
just touched off everything at once.
thinking he was real cute. and things
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

This Is the day
When old Mr. Henderson.
Who lives two houses down the street
And whose horse ran away last night
when the skyrocket came down In
the alley,
Says that he's going TO prosecute EN- IN.
the courts.
BY George,
And II ! don't get damages it's because
There ain't'any justice In the state.
BY George"
This is the day
When everybody from grandma down
Wakes W cross and out OF sorts.
When pa goes TO his Office In a grump.
And ma says she'n be blest II she ever
tries to make any more ice cream
with that old
Ice cream freezer,
And Aunt Het wonders
Why on earth people are so foolish as 10
think they're having a good time
BY burning up money In
Gunpowder.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
As BERF0RD
FOUND IT.
BY STACEY {. BAKER.

(Copyright. 1910, by American Press ASH
clation,l
~YLVIA threw a huge lighted fire
cracker over the convenient
~ clump Of alders and waited ex-
pectantly for results.
They came sooner than she expected
Hey. wot do youse t'ink"-
Boom,
The great red fretting thing had ex-
ploded before the surprised tSSmp, the
sleep still in his eyes. discovered what
hit him
The girl. Miss Sylvia Moore. late Of
Bryn Mawr, was no madcap. Don't
think It, In fact. a more daiDtily de
mure damsel would be hard 10 find in
all the prolific vicinity of Rumple,own.
1t was this way:
Miss Sylvia. trim and fair, had been
a-shoppinC in the interests Of two in
corrigihle little brothers whom fond
mamma with painful memories re-
fused 10 allow away from home on
the Fourth Of July.
The Moores were farmers. living
about o mile from the city Heretofore
the boys on their annual ,-ips 10 town
had left q protgSion Of burned fire.
works ny the dusty roadside and ar-iv-
ed with Sundgy uemenJoS In the shape
of powder SCARED rn9ers powder
blued checks and powder s.nced eye
browS. hence th- maternal edic; ia
sultiuc in this "trip 10y the symVe:h:--
ing sister graduate
The uotamorTbo If the maid Of
the meadows into q self assured young
lady properly finished" was not
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

you who are precise will allow was
hardly q Bryn Mawr expression
Luke Berford Of Harvard had been
quite impressed with the clever, rose
flushed face of Miss Sylvia Moore
Again, be admired her poise Her dusky
hair and her well-deep eyes, with some
thing sleeping in them that be longed
10 wake, were allurements that made
him frequent visitor ar the home of
| the Boston aunt whom she occasional
ly visited
You will admire our breezy lack of
conventionalism." she assured the
youth when be bravely intimated that
summers western business trip lay
through Rumpletown. Our cheerful
Indifference to set rules Of custom and
our true fraternalism are our chief
charms. l am told. You will under
stand when you come west and Of
course you viii stop of and visit US
insist"
Berford succumbed to persuasion.
He would stop off al Rumpletown glad
", and-er-study the natives
A broad. athletic young man STROBE
leisurely down the road. His blue coat
swung across his arm, and a great H
showed conspicuously Oh the chest OF
his sweater This was Luke Berford,
come west on a purely imaginative
matter Of business and with a keen
eye for the buoyant friendiness as yet
50 conspicuously absent from his ad-
ventures
10 Rumpletown several suspicious
sbopmen had attempted 10 drag the
life history from the reluctant lips Of
the young man in manner most bu-
collie. and the raspy voiced clerk at the
RumpletOwn inn had demanded pay
ment in advance before seating lh
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

began Zinging in
all directions.
The girls and
most OF the fell
lows were taking
to the trees. pur-
sued by rockets,
TO III a Il candles
and pin W heels. !
thought, Here's
where | do q
grand stand play
and make good"
and SO ! jumped
in to stamp out
the lighted fuses.
Well, sir, this
boy was that far
off his d Up p c r
that he opened
fire on me with a
70 IN an candle
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

This Is the day
When your mouth tastes OF pink lemon
ade
When you wish that peanuts had never
been invented,
When you hold hard feelings toward the
man who got up that parade in the
morning.
When you feel as though you'd like 10 get
a grip around the neck OF the smart
Alec who got up the first exploding
cane
And Observation-Disclosures!
And. lastly,
This is the day
When your kid brother,
With a rag around his left hand
And wearing blue spectacles,
Goes stamping around the back ya-..
whistling and looking for firecracke-s
that didn't explode
And wishing
That every day
Was
The Fourth OF July.--Puck.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
Commandments For the Fourth

COMMANDMENTS For the Fourth.
Remember the glorious day. TO keep
1t wholly noisy.
Thou shalt not kill the kid who pops
one in thy face.
Thou shalt not swear because the
cannon is too close to thy domicile and
keeps thee awake.
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor who gets into the
police court for setting fire to thy barn
Honor thy father and thy mother If
they refuse TO buy thee giant crackers
so that thy days may be long in the
land Z. SAPP.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01


ct, which scared dimly aloft on it,
misspent journey The celebrators wit.
messed the fight in somber silence
Now get de rest o dem firecrack-
ers," growlcd the tramp Il can't hang
around here all day"
The man from Harvard chafed a;
the offensive tone.
YES, sir" answered the girl. There
was a note of submission in the reply.
Evidently this strange person was a
man Of some standing according to
western standards
Berford ventured forth, ashamed Of
himself for eavesdropping even the
short second that he had stood silent
trying to adjust himself to the situa
ton.
"Luker The great dark eyes Of the
girl blazed with excitement as the big
fellow joined them. oh. save me!
Save me" The lady promptly tainted
AS for the hobo, after hasty inven-
tory Of the situation be marathoned
madly of. and Luke Berford instead
Of depositing the damsel away. as he
should have done. and giving chase,
chose TO hold her 1.-THE, yielding form
In his arms. and as she opened her
eyes newell, he kissed her, If you
must know, although II isn't good Ell
quette for story writer to do more
than intimate this.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
The Date of the Fourth.

The absentminded man was busy AZ
his desk.
Here. Miss Daisy" he called to his
stenographer
eyes, sir" answered Miss Daisy.
"Uh-what day Of the month does
the Fourth of July come onT'
"Uh-oD the. 4th. / think" replied
Miss Daisy meekly.
"Thank you" said the boss.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01


Of the town Oh her way home insidious
memory had whispered in little pink
ears: why not? You used tor To
which the important ego of the college
girl responded dramatically, "Ab. but
that was when ] was q che-ild"'
It's all very well 10 battle against
atAvism, you people who can't trace
ancestors back 10 every war since the
formation Of this glorious republic,
but, again. If there are frayed uni
forms moldering in your attic you will
understand, taking environment into
consideration. the futility of Sylvia's
fight Time and again the hectored
maid drew the two great noise pro
ducers from the wicker basket which
contained her purchases and time and
again they were reluctantly returned.
until
Well, the finding Of the little box of
wax vestas in the bottom Of the basket
was really the uudoing Of Sylvia. This
was another gift from the shopkeeper
and one which he had not mentioned
TO her.
And 50. selecting secluded part Of
the road. Sylvia gently drew a pale
stick across the rough edges Of it,
own box and threw q spluttering
cracker over the convenient alders.
\ naturally much .rritated gentle
man Of leisure glared inadvertently az
the sweet girl graduate after the en
suing explosion. his pudgy and be
grimed hands busily engaged IL
brushing the little bits Of red paper
still smoidering from his rags Of
clothes
Tie maiden heart Of Miss Sylvia
beat tumul,uouSly Bryu Mawr train
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

and scored all RED.
over the target. | caught one on the
shirt front, one hit my hat, and that $
all kept tab on, cause just then one
candle ball lighted the fuse of a can
non cracker that was in my pocket.
Everything went red. and then some.
body turned on the dark.
When ! woke up was tucked away
In bed, wrapped in bandages and ar
MICA until could have got job at the
museum as genuine Aztec mummy.
The doctor said I'd be out in a week
or so.-Bud Barclay in Chicago News.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
Uncle Sam as ChantieIs.r

Il reckon Uncle Sam ought to dress
up as chanticleer leading man this
year" remarked the philosopher, for
he certainly will do some growing, and.
though that won't make the sun rise.
1t will cause big nocturnal illumina
don all over this grand and glorious
country"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

so thorough that
primeval impulse
could be over
co II Q easily.
Therefore when a
kindly shopkeep
er with eyes only
for the girl thai
used 10 be had
given the maid
two giant crack
ers for herself
she had taken
them with an ID
ward laugh al
the simplicity OF
mere man. Only q
man and g Rum
pletowner would
believe that a
Bryn Aiawr grad.
uate--
B efore Miss
Sylvia had reach
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
VICTORIOUS FIFTH

"HlS is the day
When the little boy next door.
Who has always had a pencnant
for peekins into things,
Is seen resting on the front perSo
In bandages.
Explaining TO a group of admiring fricn0s
Just how he thought the cannon want
going of
When he blew
Down the touchhole.
This Is the day
When the old cat
Drags herself out from under the barn,
looking like a hair mattress after .
cyclone.
And examines her tail 20 see II II is all %
And then,
With a rueful smile, takes
A quiet. unobtrusive sneak into the ooaf
cellar.
Where there aren't any squibs or
Firecrackers.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

a little fairy that
I'd been tagging
around for some
time and a bun
die of condensed
noise. and we
two stepped over
to the party.
We were pretty
nearly there when
we met up with
the brother of the
girl who gave the
party. He was
tryin g TO get
home. but he was
taking such a
long route, going
from one side Of
the walk 10 the
other. that ! was
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

~ ~ INV sbAHf
DE FENCE OR likes de fireworks
Nhi'iD I'M Nan Continyer" T b ,
tramp finished with a suggestive wave
OF his hand toward the wicker basket.
whawbat do you mean"
gasped the girl She had meant TO
lend a touch Of virtuous indignation
TO the phrase but frightened lips re
fused the accent
The tramp glsred-s most ferocious
glare
'Youse get busy wild dem sputterin
filings" be growled. and now, or else
Ill-Fu"-
The terrified lima gination Of sylvis
cid not await the ultimatum
"0h ] will. sir" she gasped wildly
u will. sir: honest and truer' whict
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

an eye for the
youth, who was
now quite near
and only partial
ly concealed by
the turn in the
road.
"Skyrockets in
the d a ytim g,
muse ed Berford.
~ guess Sylvia
was right: they
don't stand much
on convention IN
this partic ular
u G c < Of : h 6
woods
The girl, who
had silently obey
ed her cOmpan-
ion, took the light
ed match offered
her and touched
off the buge rock
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

cd for no such
dire predicameu;
as this OiG
Grandpa Trou
ble metaphorlcal-
is speaking. hob
bled W with q
Uatriarchal smile
for the disturbed
damsel
Youse has gone
q . limit. youse
has Stubble-
beard was speak.
ne and il was
more than evident
that be struggled
with strong emo
ton.
NO Dloonin gal
wid braids down
her back can play
boss wild me! BE.
in as how youse
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01
HOW IT HAPPENED

u you see. IL was this way. There
was a damsel who was moth
ing If not original, and after
she'd taken couple of thinks
she got up fireworks party for the
night of the Fourth. Her old man had
house with dandy big lawn. Every
fellow was supposed to bring g.rl
and a bundle Of fireworks.
OF course I'm for anything original
SO attended In body gathered in
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-01

you who are precise will allow was
hardly Bryn Mawr expression.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-10
PURCHASED INTEREST.

Mayo W. A Coughanour has pur-
chased an interest in the Emma
moving picture business. which is be-
ing conducted in the Coughanour
building No. 2. located on the corner
of Commercial and Boise SITS. This
building was especially constructed
foI this line OF business by the may
or. Mr.. Coughanour assures us that
the entertainments TO be produced
viii. as in the past be kept up 10
the standard. and they win ever
be On the alert to obtain the best
there is in the line. and that no
pains er money win be spared in
bringing the best vaudeville talent
there is on the different circuits to
the people Of Payette.