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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
EAST SPRAGUE AVENUES
BATTLE WITH ADVERSELY
Between Streets and Lights Pavement and Sewers and Fill
It's Been Fierce.

If triumph over adversely accomplished, it is
in evidence in the of
of the has battling
months yet the most sought districts
inside of the entire limits.
First street improvement squabbles that
prevailed
struggles for lights at the
the trouble neXthe trouble
then the trouble with them;
Sprague started
street did foushng business; the resident
of their supplies the Union
by Third
bridges along
tomary route When the ciy the paving
done, then the chosen Washington
Power Co. to get busy and clutter the while that
ton of between
smile
when Sprague
w. w. p that the fill might
went around the other the merchants businesses
half than
BILE about the high rents but the kept just he At
last all! there CLEAN of hope showing
shroudng clouds adversyit
nearly DONE buwel then early morning
again gloom settled the side fill
down It's down and still going down. the
going up-up in the air.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
NATIONAL FEED &
MILL co. BUILDING
Property Occupied by Pres
ent Site Bought by Mil
Waukee Road.

A warehouse and feed milling
plant, being constructed at Perry
and Riverside avenue by the Ma
tional Feed & Mill company, with
plant now at Sheridan and Front,
is one of the latest additions to the
industrial section of Union Park.
w. A. Stroud, a corpentering con-
tractor from Davenport, Wash. is
in charge of the work and is rush
ing the building to completion in
order that the company may occu-
ply it before the first of April.
The building, which is of wooden
structure, with one story and a
basement, is of peculiar dimen-
sions. having frantage of 80 feet
on Perry street, $50 feet in length
on the south side, fronting River
side avenue, 81 feet across the west
end and 100 feet along the north
end, where it abuts on the North.
ern Pacific railway.
Property on which the National
Feed and Mill company's present
establishment stands has been pur-
chased by. the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway company. and
the old building is to be torn down
to clear the right of way immedi-
ately after April /. The ground oc-
cupied by the new building is own
ed by C. B. Dennis, and it is stated
that the National Feed and Mill
company has procured 10 year
lease on it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
UNION PARK PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
DESPERATE; new HIGH WATER MARK

heartily disguised with the bad
class of engineering and with the
"dilly dallying' that has been done
by the city and it's employees on
practically every detail of city i'm
provement that has ever been at
tempted at their expense. Exper-
sive and discouraging "botch job.
berry" of this kind, they assert, is
nerving them to heated and most
stubborn fight for radical changes
and for partial satisfaction and a
square deal at least.
OPEN DRAINAGE CANAL PRO-
POSED.
1t is the general opinion here
now that only an open canal, which
could easily be bu lded down the
natural water course at the foot of
the hill, on the south side and
across Sprague avenue near the In
land tracks to the river, can sue
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
FIRST LODGING
HOUSE IN UNION
PARK IS OPENED
Upper Floors of New Franz
ingham Building Made
Into Apartments.

Union Parks first real apart
ment and lodging house, the need
of which has been many times as
serted in the last few years, is
ready for occupancy. 1t is to be
known as the Mecca housekeeping
apartments, and takes in the whole
upper floor of the new Framing
ham building, at the southwest cor
ner of Pittsburg street and Sprague
avenue. Mrs. II. A. Clark Is to
conduct the place.
This building has just been COM
pleted, and is one of the best in
the east end of the city, being
steam heated and modern through
out. 1t is understood that about
one-half of the upper floor will be
arranged in single rooms, to be
conducted after the style of an or
binary lodging house, while the re-
mainder will be fitted for general
housekeeping apartments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06

cessfully relieve that part Of the
east end that is being flooded year
after year. 1t is figured that this
could be builded of concrete at
much less expense than to allow
the matter to go on and to continue
20 pay for experimental failures.
A concrete ditch six or eight feet
across, to follow the general route
of the Spokane and Inland tracks
down to the river appears to be the
most practical, as this line follows
out the general lines of an old
water course. 1t is believed that
no underground drain can be made
to successfully carry away the vast
amount of water from the melting
snow of the springtime. bitches
of this kind have been constructed
in eastern and middle western
cities and are reported to have CIV
en- the best of satisfaction.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
Many Houses Vacated by
Tenants Frightened by
Approach of Flood.
,<Hs- e~
WANT OPEN CANAL
City Engineer Blamed-Will
Demand Radical Changes
in Affairs.

With a new high water mark reg
istered on pretty bungalows, furni-
ture, carpets and household goods
in general, damaged to the extent
of hundreds of dollars, small build
ings swept into the streets and left
lying promiscuously about, door
yards washed away, many houses
hastily vacated and the entire dis
trict left exposed to disease
breeding condition, east side prop
eTty owners are desperate.
MONEY THROWN AWAY.
In practically every part of
Union Park, owners of homes have
been heavily taxed for the con-
struction of sewers and drains,
which have been laid under the
supervision of City Engineer Raj
ston, and yet the flood situation
there during the past week has
been worse than at any time with
In the memory of some of the old
est residents of the community.
Money they have paid for the small
underground drain pipe, which by
some freakish engineering was fig
nred sufficient in size for relieving
the submerged residence section
during the flood season, has been
practically thrown away. The pipe
had a capacity. said to be equal to
about one-fourth the volume of wa
ter spreading over the territory
which it was expected to relieve.
PIPE cLoGGED WITH MUD.
Water rushes into the southeast
ern corner of the city from the
whole north slope Of Moran prairie
and from off the string of hills ly-
ing, all along the south side of
Union Park and the buried drain
pipe was speedily clogged with de-
bris and filled with mud and sand,
leaving the remainder of the water
to seek a course as ever before
through door yards, basement win
dows and even parlor windows and
streets in it's way down to the river.
Union Park property owners al
most to unit declare they are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
ORDER MACHINERY
FOR AUTO SHOP

A complete line of machinery nee
essary for up to date automobile re-
pairing has been ordered by David
son & Lund, who have just opened
a new automobile shop at the cor
ner of Perry street and Sprague
avenue. The entire equipment will
be installed before the first of July,
the partners in the business an
nounce.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-06
Yakima Fruit Lands
500 PER ACRE
BARGAIN OFFERING.

BARGAIN OFFERING
Up March 10th offering the snaps genuine
Ieton project brought to Spokane
We secured this opening Offering
YAKIMA
biggest and the
OUR LANDS
lands district
climate the the
it, 1t high
VALUES
Values for land this vicinity
in the month
to ose
OUR PRICES
In order to advertise business
of 500 with
PRICES ADVANCE.
Without f this land will acre office
will be till
O'Clock Wednesday evening" March 9h will receive of
GOING
Spokane
the
Buy early and be called lucky Remember, the sade
LITTLE
Ten under this enough for anyhy
comfortable land
land the best of all.
Office today from 10 M every evening
SALE.
F. S. Ratlif & Company
ophm
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14

Guaranteed 40 per cent solution of
formaldehyde at the Corner drug store
Close g. Co.
Ii you want to buy or sell a farm. call
on or write Joseph Power, Langdon, N.
D.. Office over Citizens State Bank.
Osnabrock ~reorganized it's fire depart
ment last week. Decided to build a fire
hall and will buy some new equipment.
The village board at Osnabrock named
a. F. Och as member of the council at
the meeting held last week for the
organization.
Arthur Forsythe, who recently filed on
a Montana homestead, and is a neighbor
just across the line in Monitoba, of Pat
Shelp, of MAZDA, shipped a car of horses
and machinery and left this week to
put in the summer months breaking up
his claim.
W. Dryburg, who has held the posi-
ton as cashier of the Citizens Bank at
Hanpah since the time of its organiza-
ton seven years ago, has resigned his
position and will emove to Grand
Forks, where he has considerable pro-
perty interests.
The Cavalier County Fair association
was granted an appropriation of one
fourth of one mill of the tax levy of the
present year by the board of county
commissioners at the meeting held this
month. The appropriation is one that
is provided for under the state law.
The Langdon property onwer who isn't
either cleaning up, making garden or
doing something else TO beautify the
home these days is so conspicuous that
he is likely to have the census enumer.
ator, the assessor or the poll tax collect
or on the wal path after his scalp. Get
busy?
Go. Com'r Gievre stated while in town
last week at the April meeting of the
board that he made a purchase of a
LOO acre tract of %everglade lands dur
ing his recent trip to Florida. He has
no notion of leaving his home here,
but merely figured that the advance in
price Of lands down there would soon
make him a good return on the money
invested.
Mrs. David Bell came down the line
on Mondays train from the north re-
turned to the city from a visit with her
son near Wales. Mrs. Bell has this
spring made a homestead filing on one
of the recently surveyed forty acre
tracts of government land in the vicinity
of Rush Lake, and while up there this
week saw after the placing of a house on
her claim. Part of the land can be
placed under cultivation while the
balance will make good pasture and
hay land.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14

See Simon Schefter's stock of work
shoe.
You can buy a good hat fer every day
use at kelly's for 40 cents.
Pure and fresh formaldehyde at the
Corner drug store. Close & Co.
J.. B. Beauchamp was over here Mon
day from Olga on a business trip.
ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Mound City Paints may cost a trifie
more, but -! Plummer & McNiven
Don't have the children go without
cloaks when you can buy a good one
at Kelly's for SO cents.
Rev. E. j. Conaty was a visitor here
from Grand Forks this week, returning
on yesterdays afternoon train.
Miss Alice Reid took Saturdays train
north to Hannah for a weekend visit at
the home of her brother, Alex. Reid.
DR.. E. I. Donovan took Fridays after.
noon train on a trip to the Twin Cities
on business connected with his interests
at Mowbray, N. D.
Kelly's stock has been moved to the
old Weld stand, one door north of the
McGruer drug store, and will be CLOSED
out at half its value.
Vim. Plummer, of the firm of Plum
mer & McNiven, is again up and around
after a severe seige of la grippe that has
laid him up for oyer a week.
Agent Frank Briggs and wife starteo
on Saturday for Oakland, Pa, where the.
will spend part of the summer visiting
withe family of Rev. and Mrs. Thompson
The Close & Co., drug store is amons
the number of Third street places O
business that have added to their ap
pearance during the week by a new Goa
of paint.
Banker Harry Lord and wife wer
here Sunday from Cando in their auto
a large National touring car Of the lates
type. They visited with Dr.. and Mrs. S
Kerr during their stay.
Mrs. E. p. Reilly came down fron
Dresden on Friday for an over Sunda,
visit with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. Il
D. ALERT. who returned last wee
from a two months trip south.
The death is announced as having oc
CURED quite suddenly at Sarles las
Thursday evening of Thomas jackson
one of the pioneer and highly esteeme
, residents of that section of the county
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
You q buy salt at Kelly's for 75
cents per barrel.

You can buy salt at Kelly's for rs
cents per barrel.
Ladies YOU really ought to see the
new Oxfords and pumps we are showing.
Simon Schester.
Horses! We buy hoi1es for cash. We
sell horses on time. Office, formerly the
Langdon Lumber Co, Harlan Mahoney
Co.
Frank j. Hodgins was here from
Grand Forks or Tuesday and is putting
in the week looking after his property
interests here and at Sarles.
A new conner who will be in on the
count when the census enumerntor
makes the rounds at Calvin is a little
daughter at the home of G. N. Rogers
1t arrived on the 31st ult.
Dan McKechnle, the Calvin a]uctioneer
/ is among the latest buyers of auto
mobiles this spring. He was over here
this week in his new machine, which is
a dandy four-seated affair.
Manager Harry Waldron of the opera
heuse returned Tuesday from a weeks
business trip to the Twin Cities, and
also found time for a short stop over
and visit at the home of his folk who
live in MINI esota.
Jos. Mcneil while in town Tuesday
stated that his brother, Jno. T. Nc
Neill had been heard from since leaving
Monday last week for the cid home in
Ontario. He had stood the trip we'll
and with his sons and daughters hoped
soon to be comfortable settled down.
Saturday evening of this week, the
18th inst, the graduation class of
the Cavalier high school will be over
here to present their class play at the
opera house. The production is one
the class has put on at several Of the
neighboring towns and we'll spoken Of.
The party will make the trip over here
from Cavalier in automobiles and will
be accompanied by their teacher, Miss
Helen Sullivan, under whose direction
the play is put on.
Yesterday afternoon the officers and
directors of the Cavalier County Fair
Association held a meeting at the court
house when the question of the county
fair to be held in Langdon on We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday, July 18th,
18th and 18th, we're thoroughly dis
cussed. The matter of additional build
ings and the list of premiums to be
offered at the fair were disposed of.
The fair this year will have a number of
additional new features and promises to
be a bigger and better attraction than
ever. The board of directors named F.
W. Bleakley as secretary in place of B,
E. Groom resigned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14

Kelly has just received some new
goods that are red hot bargains.
If you want a Sewing Machine buy a
New Home. For sale by A. o. Void,
The famous "Star" brand and "Walk-
over" shoes exclusive sold at Simon
Schefter's.
For bargains while they last in every
line of general merchandise go to Kelly's
nov in the old Void stand.
M. Michlink was a passenger Tuesday
to Grand Forks to receive medical treat
ment for a trouble of long standing.
If you are going to build you ought to
see Mahon Robinson Land & Lumber
Cos, big stock of white pine and fur
lumber.
NJ. L. Sullivan went down the line as
far as the Forks on Monday to look
after business connected with the Nc
MILAN Machine Go.
od4S1A iCoOy to1loAlS AdVo tAo AOuLAo-
ton of a now church laid which will
be ready for the opening dedicatory
services early in the fall.
w. f. Winter is this week having the
stable rebuilt at the rear of his resi-
dence lot, replacing the n demolished
in the cyclone Of a year ago.
Hunter & Stevenson are among the
business firms of this city who this
week have added a new automobile to
their equipment 1t is a Maxwell
car of a runabout type.
John B. Eagleson, was up from his
Osnabrock farm Friday to look over the
Belgian stations and brood mares which
Ferdinand Stamm brought with him on
his return to Langdon last week from
his trip to Germany.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14


T. W. Davis took Mondays train for a
visit with his father and sister at the
former home of the family in Minnesota,
expecting to make a stay of a couple of
weeks before resuming his duties with
the Langdon Telephone Go.
Joseph Hettler and his sons, who first
came to Cavalier county fourteen years
ago locating in Perry town when its was
first settled up are leaving for Brooks,
Alberta, where they have located On ad-
joing claims in a locality where q num-
Der of their old neighbors have resided
for some time, Mr. Hettler himself dis
likes the idea of leaving his farm here
but goes to be with his ons
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14

Sam Rice, one of the Perry township
old time pioneers left last week with two
carloads of horses and machinery for
Glasgow Mont, and will locate on the
homestead upon which he filed carly
in the spring.
Geo. j. McCurdy and wife, residents Of
the Tyner district, one of the best known
farming sections in Pembina county,
we're here Thursday last week visiting
the w. B. Gordon family and other old
friends in Langdon.
Simon Schefter is again able to be on
deck again at his Star gents clothing
and shoe store after being confined to
his bed the greater part of last week
with a severe cold that threatened to
develope into an attack of pneumonia.
Abe Montgomery, Chas. Damode,
Gust Wilmert, Jerry Roach and A.
Langevin were a party of Montana land
seekers who got back Monday from a
trip of a couple of weeks through the
Montana country, whore they all made
filings on homesteads.
w. F. Winter was among the Friday
arrivals from the south, returning from
a business trip to St. Paul. The Winter
automobile purchased early, before the
season opened is expected to arrive soon
and take It's place among the large num-
| Der of Langdon machines this season.
D. McKechnie, the Calvin auctioneer
and big western Cavalier county farmer,
visited a couple of days with his many
Langdon friends Of years ago. His
brother, Neil McKechnie, who of late
years has made Pomona, Cal, his home
is now enjoying the best of health and
prospecting financially.
G.. w. Mallough last Friday severed his
residence as a citizen of Langdon. Ow-
ing to having been assigned a new terri
tory by the wholesale house he lepre-
sents in this state MI. Mallough removes
from this city to Devils Lake to make
his home. Mrs. Mallough will remain
in Langdon for a short while visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Robson and mother,
Mrs. Watt. The removal of the NAL
lough's from Langdon is a matter of
general regret.
Dan Shanks was here Friday from
Hannah looking after business matters.
MI. Shanks was among the earliest of
the first pioneers to homestead in
western Cavalier county back IN '83,
-twenty-seven years ago. He and Peter
Murchie were there when there was not
another white settler in the locality
where the town OF Hannah stands to-
day. They drove across from Devils
Lake in the spring of 1883, and in the
fall of that year there was quite a move.
ment toward the settlement up of that
section of Cavalier county.
There is no immediate need for the
deduction being made that U. L
Burdick, of Munich, is not a political
factor inst because he has come out
into the open and stated that he is not
in the running for a congressional OF
state ticket nomination. The determin.
ed fight the progressives are putting ur
for republican control over the state
gives credence to the report which is
now nearly ten days old that the
Munich statesman may be in the run
ming at the primaries for nomination fol
the s%enatorship of the Eighteenth dis
trict against the present incumbent
Senator Henry Mclean, who for som,
time has been in the field for reelection
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14

Kelly pays highest market price for
butter and eggs.
ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Mrs. DR.. Smith was a visitor over Sun
day with friends down the line at Milton
Hon. Ole 7. Axvig made a round of
calls on his republican friends at the
county seat yesterday.
The office of the T. e. Burke insurance
agency is receiving a number of interior
improvements this week.
Miss Eva Souch starts next week to
teach a summer term of school in the
Krien district north of Osnabrock.
For snaps in shoes go to Kelly's. He
can shoe your whole family for about
the price of one good high price pair of
shoes.
H. Albrecht and A. o. Void were
Langdon representatives at the big
state Shriners gathering held last week
in Grand Forks.
Mrs. Emma c.. Kelly is here this
week from her home in Montana to look
after the disposal of her property in
Langdon and vicinity.
Mahon Robinson Land & Lumber Go.
sell No-Co-Rs metal culverts, the only
kind that will not rust. All township
officers are using this kind.
Mrs. M. L. Sullivan returned home OF
Saturday from a weeks stay in st. Paul
where she visited with her son, Frank
who is attending st. Thomas college.
LA. Weed made a stay over in Lang
don a couple of days the end of the weel
on his return to Hannah from Minot
where he was called last week by a dealt
in.the family of his brother.
Mrs. Geo. W. Price and the children
have returned to the city this week fror
st. James, MINI, where they have bee
making a visit since the holidays at til
home of the parents of MI. Price.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
DRS. KERR & SMITH
DENTISTS Donovan Block
Donovan Block

DR.. w. Y. Mcqueen was named by
the board Of county commissioners at
their meeting held during the past
week as superintendent of the county
board of health to succeed DR.. Semple,
who rendered his resignation on leaving
here April LIST.
McPhail-B rosnahan Co., have during
the week given a number of demon
stration rides IN their new 1910 Overland
automobile to a number of Langdon peo-
pie who since then are likely to get the
auto fad. The Overland car is certainly
a dandy and Mr.. Brosnahan states that
they have a carload on the road which
should be here this week
An alarm was sound Tuesday fore
noon by the fire whistle in response to a
telephone call from the residence of
Attorney Jos. Cleary, where a blazing
oil stove threatened to do considerable
damage. The danger, however, was
all over before the department had time
to respond to the call. Lately Langdon
has been unusually fortunate in having
what few fires have occurred put out
before they assumed any serious pro-
portions.
Auctioneer Tony Kieffer has bills out
announcing an auction sale of the horses
and farm machinery of the late Louis
Domres, whose death due to a fatal
shooting accident a week ago Sunday,
compells the widow, Mrs. Domres, to
dispose of the personal property on the
farm, she having decided to return to
her home east to live with her parents,
The sale will be held on Tuesday OF
next week the 10th inst, at the farm
~ miles west of Dresden. In all likeli.
hood this will be the last auction sale to
be held this spring.