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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
o K A HEDGEHOG.
Bake 1t In Clay Into a Solid Mass and
Carve 1t With an Ak.

Bake 1t In Clay Into a Solid Mass and
Carve 1t With an Ak.
When a Maine Indian has the choice
Of a hedgehog. a skunk. a w%oodchuck
and a muskrat for dinner he will Sc
lect the first named invariably and
take the skunk as second choice, leav-
ing the woodchuck, which is the only
one of the lot a Maine white man will
taste. to the last. Unlike the skunk
and the woodchuck. which are lean
and unsavory except for a few months
in the fall. or the muskrat. which is
never fat and which has a strong
favor in spite of parboiling. the hedge
hog is always in edible condition and
has meat that is as tender and white
as that of a spring chicken.
The method Of cooking a hedgehog
is so simple that a novice can learn in
one short lesson. When the epicure is
permitted to make a choice he should
| shun the large old males. which at
times weigh thirty or forty pounds.
The preparation consists in removing
the viscera. washing out the interior
and filling the cavity with slices OF
fat pork, peeled raw potatoes. sprigs Of
spearmint and wild celery from the
brook.
Then, without removing the quilts or
skinning. the body is pIastered thickly
with wet clay from the nearest bank.
The muddy. bulky mass is thrust into
live Goals and covered with blazing
fagots to be roasted for two hours.
On removal from the Goals. the clay
is found to have been baked into a
hard and solid mass. which must be
broken open with an ak or a heavy
stone. whereupon the skin and quilts
Of the animal cling to the clay wrap.
ping and fall away, leaving the clean
white meat ready to be eaten.-New
York Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas default has been made in the.perfor-
nance of the conditions of the herein described
mortgage, by which the power of sale therein
contained has become operative and;
Whereas no action or proceeding has at any
been had or instituted at law or otherwise
to recover the debt now remaining secured by
such mortgage or any part thereof, Now, there
fore, ~
Notice is hereby given that a certain mortgage,
: &ecuted and delivered by Maude l.. Stansberry
gagors to The Union Central Life Insurance
Company Mortgagee, dated the 18th day of
September 1908 and FLED for record in the office
of the Register of Deeds of the County of Cava-
lier and State of North Dakota, on the 18th day
of October 1908 and recorded in book Is of Mort
cages at Page 10 land assigned by said Mort
gage to M. F. Murphy which said assignment
was dated April Is, 1911, and was filed for record
in the office of the Register of Deeds of the
County of Cavalier and State of North Dakota,
on the 18th day of April 1911, and recorded in
Book 81 of Assignments at page So will be fore
closed by a sale of the premises in such Mort
gage and hereinafter described. at the front
door of the Court Honse in the County of Cava-
lier and State of North Dakota, at the hour of
2 o'clock p. NJ, on the Both day of June A. D.
1911. to satisfy the amount due upon such mort
gage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are de-
scribed as follows. viz:
Township One Hundred Sixty Two, North,
Range Fifty Seven, West of the Fifth Prin-
cipal Meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of Eleven Hundred Ninety
M. F. MURPHY,
Assignee of Mortgage,
PERRY S. JOHNSON,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage, Grand
Forks. North Dakota 43-49
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having occurred and now existing in
tne terms and conditions of that certain mort
ga e hereinafter described by the failure of ,he
moItgagor therein to, pay the mortgage debt in
sald mortgage described by reason of which said
defau!t the power of sale given in said mort
gage has become operative.
np9}rtgsge executed and delivered by Robert
Beil: a single man, mortgagor to Mahon-
Robinson Land g. Lumber company, a cornora-
tlon' mortgage, dated the 23rd day of March,
for the County of Cavalier and State of
n4 q Dakota, on the oath day of March 1908.
AZ M . o,ciock "A: NJ, and recorded in Book IS Of
Ut said Register of Deeds office, will be fore
closed by a sale of the premises in such mort
gage gag and which are hereinafter described, at
I fnu atSn. o cou ot ,n Of 'e Gn1a h4use and in the ses City Of Of
North Dakota. at the honr of 10 10 o'clock. a, m.
on the 9Th day of July, 1911, to satisfy the
a an ealat Que Tba upon such mortgage on the day
gage and which will be sold to satisfy the
same are situated in the County Of Cavalier,
State of North Dakota, and are described as
follows namely: Beginning at the northeast
to the City of L%angdon,. North Dakota, on
ffoourth(14) of Section. 2S, Township ISL, n. Range
~ " and running eighttS rods west, the1,ce'north
south ten rods 1O). to the point of belsinning.
Ihere will be due on said mortgage at the
date OF sale a the sum Of Three Hundred One
the costs of this foreclosure. W
M action or proceedings have been instituted
m1 }r. &c OF any part thereof.
MAHoN-RoBINsoN LAND e. LUMBER COMPANY,
GEO; NJ. PRICE, . HAl9
Attorney for Mortgage, Langdon, N. Oak.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY ADyER.
TISEMENT.

Notice is Hereby Given, That that certain
Vandre, and Anna L.. Vandre. his wife, mort
18th day Of August, A, D, nineteen hundred and
nine, and filed for record in the office of the
Register Of Deeds Of the County of Cavalier and
Der, A. D., 1909. and recorded in Book 50 of
Mortgages, at Page 519, and assigned by said
m!ortgagee, by an instrumentin writing to the
dated the 3rd day of January. A. D., 1910, and
filed for record III said office of the Register Of
Deeds; on the 4th day Of January, 1910. and re-.
will be foreclosed by q sale of the premises in
such mortgage and hereinafter described, at the
front door of the Court House, in the City of
Langdon, in the County of Cavalier and State
Of North Dakota at the hour of two o'clock D..
M. on the oath day of June. 1911. to satisfy the
amount due upon said mortgage on the day of
sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are those
certain premises situated in the County of Cava-
lier and State of North Dakota, and described
as follows, to-wit:
The Northeast quarter of Section 25, in Town
ship 161, Range 81, and the Southeast quarter of
the East half of the Southeast quarter of Sec
ton q. the West half of the Southwest quarter
6 i Section =, the Northwest quarter OF section
e, the b MGft n YES sap uaFter Of seotion % and the
20, all in Township ISL. Range g..
And Sig Hundred Forty and Eighty One Hun
dredth ($o4u.oO) DOLLARS, interest, being due on
SAID mortgage and unpaid since August 18th
1910, and said mortgage by its terms authorized
the holder thereof TO declare the whole sum Sc
cured by said mortgage due, and the whole sum
having been declared due, together with in
terest on prior liens paid.
There will be due on such mortgage at tile
date of sale the sum of Twelve Thousand Three
Hundred Fourteen and Ninety-Nine One Hun
dredths ($12,314.99' Dollars. together with the
costs of this proceeding.
FIRST NATIONAL. BANK OF LANGDoN. NJ. n
ASSipnao rf h1rf~,~oo
JOSEPH CLEARY. 43-lS
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage, Langdon
North Dakota,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
Fortifying the Canal.

A few American newspapers and
public men-and fortunately they are
very few-still profess to believe that
the United States has no right to forti-
fy the Panama canal, and this despite
the fact that we are building it with
our W money on our own territory
and despite the further facts that the
first draft Of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty was rejected by our senate be-
cause it prohibited the fortifying of
the canal and afterward was amended
by striking out the offensive clauses,
that Secretary Hay expressly notified
the British government of our reserva-
ton of the right to fortify, which was
substantially acknowledged by the
British foreign Office, and that in the
treaty with the republic Of Panama we
stated in so many words our fright to
establish Notifications"
In the nature of the case a nation
has a right to protect it's own prop
erty. Likewise it has a right to police
Its W territory. 1t would not be pos
sible to police and protect the Panama
canal in time Of war without fortiica-
lions.
1t is safe to say that our building Of
forts along the new waterway-and
they are going to be built-will be
taken so much as a matter Of course
by other nations that not a voice will
be raised in protest. AS for our own
DIRECTORS, they are in SO small a minor
fty as to be negligible.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

Notice is hereby given. that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by Daniel Nc
Iced cd and Annie Mcleod, his wife. mo9rtgagors.
mortgage, dated January 18th, 1865, and filed
for record in the office of the register of deeds of
81 Gr Febeps Soup 1sSs. N soa r Dsa9taI i 2n the bnof ing 90 ds of
mortgages, page 80, and assigned blythe Mime
sofa Loan and Trus. Co. to James sd N: Martin
corded in the office of The register of deeds. of
said Cavalier county, North Dakota on May
9th 1911. in Book 81 of Assignments at Page 500
Minnesota Loan az and and trust Company % as Ct guard I'd
msnt dated March 18th. iso6, and recorded in The
e ea1 u VI N Sos he bsfots e1 eeeq Nay ;St s saia G isii' in
Book 81 of Assignments, at Page Y, and assign
ed by said The Minnesota Loan and Trust
minor. to .Verna :. Ruddiok by assign
ment dated July 10th, 1913, and record.
ed in the office of the register of deeds of
9th 1911, in Book 81 of Assignment, at Page COL,
and assigned by said Verna E. Ruddick to The
Minnesota Loan and Trust CO., by assignment
office of the register Of deeds of said Cavalier
county, North Dakota, on May 9th, 1911, in
Book 81 of Assignments, page e. will be fore
and herein after described, at the front door of
the court house in the City of Langdon, Cava-
lier county, North Dakota, at the hour Of 10 a.
M. on the 18th day of July, 1911. to satisfy the
sale.
The premises described in said MORTGAGE. and
which will be cold to satisfy the same, are des-
| cribed as follows:
tor rh 9sw SGn5h an aa ~ g sont Of ,hs s "na n (s4% @ar1
of the Southeast Quarter SEQ, of Section
Twenty-Five, (22) in Township One Hundred
Sixty, n6o) Range Fifty-seven. 81, according
of and containing One Hundred Sixty l6W
| Acres of land more or less.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
day of sale the sum of Twelve Hundred Thirty
three and no.10Oth ($1233.00) dollars.
Dated May 26th, 1911.
THE MINNESOTA loan AND Trust COMPANY,
45-51 Assignee of Mortgage.
GUY C.. H. CoRLIss,
Attorney for The Minnesota Loan and Trust
Company. Assignee of Mortgage, Grand Forks.
North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
WOMAN AND WOE.
Old Age In India Invariably Blends the
Two Into One.

VI klbO
Two Into One.
Il have seen women under a burn.
Ing midday sun reaping in the tields,"
says a writer on India: II have seen
them at roadmaking in the streets of
cities; I have seen them loading en-
gines with coal at railway stations; I
have seen them in long procession on
the white roads Of the plains carrying
great burdens on their heads like a
string of camels. And l have e also
In the eyes Of every old woman whom
I have encountered. every one Of
them. such misery. adversely and an
CRY bitterness as seemed to curse the
very air of heaven. l have not seen
one happy old oma in the whole
country.
Women follow through the village
like a dog at the husbands heel. Ma
field and the duties of the house. They
are servants without wages and with
out liberty to select another master.
Before them is perpetual servitude, and
If they are so abandoned by the gods
as to reach old age their certain des-
tiny is misery, detection. friendliness
and black despair. ! " knew all
the meaning of the word woe until I
looked into the face of an old woman
under an Asian sky.
1.-The women folk of the upper classes
In India. speaking generally. are more
the prisoners Of their husbands than
the women Of the helot castles. They
do not labor except in cooking and
serving the meals of their husbands,
but they are cut off from the world as
completely as a nun; they do not even
know, in many cases. the male rela-
lions of their husbands. They are lit
tie more than Gagged animals taught to
do a few household tricks."-Chicago
NoUc
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
Notice to Destroy Noxieus Weeds.

Pursuant to Section 2os6. Revised Code of 1905
notice is hereby given to each and every person
owning or occupying land within the County
Of Cavalier, to destroy ell weeds Of the kind
Weed. Cockleburr,. Mustard and Russian
Cactus, ioy pulling the same or blowing the land
on which the same are growing, such pulling or
plowing to be done at such time as shall effectu.
ally prevent to reseeding of che same. That in
any case the destruction of said ~noxious weeds
must be made at such time as will absolutely
prevent the reseeding of the same. All such
persons aforesaid are hereby required to com.
mence the destruction of said ~nexious weeds
no6 lateE ahan June 10, I'LL, and henceforth
the entire season Of 1911, all %noxious
us will prevent the possibility Of reseeding All
persons are hereby notified further not to de.
post or cause u be deposited on the highway
or along the banks OF ANY natural water course
any OF the noxions weeds shove described under
penalty OF the law for the violation Of this
BYE by Order of.hs County commissiea.rs.
J.k, HAMILTON,
County Auditor.
Dated at LsDgdon, n, D.. May q, isIi. lS-ss
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
Proposals for School Funds.


At a special meeting of the Dresden town.
ship school board helda al Wales. N. D., on Nav
9Th, 1911; the following directors being present:
Joseph j. Fischer, John kartes and Richard D,
seconded by Richard D.. Halls, the school clerk
was instructed to advertise in one or more news
papers of the county. for at least two weeks
school board for sealed proposals for the de.
post of funds Of school district. the ad
ment to state that such proposals will be re-.
posals to state in writing what rate of interest
will be paid on average daily balances during
the mouth, interest to be paid monthly, on con
a sbai be- eh held 5a snbMid lungs rs WITT With Il a eT1 t;nio interest
demand. Such proposals shall be enclosed in
sealed envelopes, addressed to the school clerk
and marked Proposals for Deposit of School
Funds" and shall be by the school clerk filed in
his office. By order of the Dresden School GARD
FRANK j. FISCHER. Clerk.
POST OElce Wales, N. D.. 1915
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
HUNTERS LAKE DRAIN No. /.
Notice of Observation-Disclosures of
Assessment.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, CO
COUNTY OF CAVALIER,
In the Matter of the Establishment of a Drain
in Township 100. North of Range 60 West,
and Township ISL, North of Range 60 West,
iu Cavalier County, Known as Hunters Lake
Drain No. l., Before the Board of County
Drain Commissioners in an for Said County.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Bel it known that we, the undersigned County
Drain Commissioner in and for the county and
state above mentioned have apportioned to the
several pieces or parcels of land liable to be as
sed for benefits by reason Of the construction
Of said drain, the per cent Of cost which 1T is
to each Of said parcels of land on account there
of. which per cent of cost has been and the
same is hereby apportioned upon and assessed
against the several pieces or parcels of land. SO
benefited, in accordance with such assessments
for benefits as aforesaid and that all of said
assessments have been made in proportion to
the benefits to be derived by reason of the con-
struction of said drain.
The estimated cost Of said Hunters Lake
Drain No. One is S3737.50 and the, apportion-
ment of the per cent to the several pieces or
parcels of land so benefited is as follows:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
Notice of BRIDGE Lettino

Notice Is Hereby Given. That on the 18th day
of June \. D., 1911, at the hour of two o'clock
in the afternoon in the county commissioners
don, County of Cavalier and State of North Da-
kota, the Board of County Commissioners will
open sealed bids for the construction of a
ton twenty-one, (2D To own one ,ues h Dn nesl
fifty.nine, $50 north of Range ffty-eight, (5S)
west; and a thirty-six 1867 foot Pile Bridge, be-
tween Sections, sixteen Q6) and twenty-one, (21)
of Range sixty-four, (64) west. Bidders to fur
nisb plans and specifications. A certified check
must accompany bids in the sum of five per cent
of the amonnt of bid. Said board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids
BY Order of the Board of County Commissioner
j. K. HAMILTON, OLE L. GJEyRE.
County Auditor. Chairman.
Dated at Langdon. North Dakota, this 18th
day of May, A. D., 1911. 45.46
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
To End Bribery at the Polls.

The %stupendOus number Of 1ndict-
ments for buying and selling Of votes
in Adams county. O., only reveals q
situation that those who are informed
as to political conditions know to exist
in many parts of the country. In the
case of Adams county more than 1000
indictments already have been re-
turned. and 100 voters have entered the
plea of guilty. 1t is estimated that
fully 1000 more will be indicted, MAX
ing a total of at least 5000. In 1908
the total vote for president in Adams
county wa only a trif1e more than
$500. According to this showing, near
ly one-half of the voters have been
corrupted.
Only q few Of those arraigned have
denied their guilt. Two hundred and
fifty have gone into court and con-
fessed before indictments were re-
turned. Among those confessing have
been men Of wealth and standing.
The penalties inflicted by the court
have consisted of fines equivalent to
the amount received for votes at the
last election plus a suspended Jail SEN
tence and acknowledgements for five
years.
1t is a crusade that should be taken
up in every part Of the land. Vote
buying and selling is the petty larceny
Of bribery. 1t is the broad base Of the
pyramid Of political corruption on
which all other forms depend. 1t is a
menace to the life Of the republic it.
self. perhaps the gravest menace we
ever have encountered. 1t is char
liable to believe that the system has
grown up without those involved real
izing the enormity Of the offense. In
its last analysis the buying or selling
of votes Is nothing less than treason to
the republic. The crime differs in de-
gree. but not in kind, from that of the
man who sells his country on the field
of battle.
Long life to Judge A. u. Blair of
Adams county, O, the man who Is
conducting the crusade, and may his
kind OF Judge multiply throughout the
republici y J. A. EDGERToN.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

United States Land Office.
Devils Lake, N. OAK, May A, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Gustav Gubbernd.
OF EIkwood, North Dakota. who on June 10th,
1901. made Homestead Entry No. 1887. fSerial
No. 02,O47) for SA SEA and Lots / and 2, Sec.
ton rs, Township 1874 north, Range 80 west,
F ,sntio Prti IN mpea MFs ;rn1 R;sa hS Ssa FLED prn notice ta s Of y.
lish claim to the land above described before q.
.. Robertson, Clerk Of tho District Court. at
Langdon, North Dakota, on the 18th day
of June, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses; g.. @. Erick.
son, Otto C. Olson, Ole III. Eyelsop, Lars H.
Endebsrg, all OF Elkwood, North, Dakota,
42H WIN. MILLER, Register.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01

One of those Ohio men who have
been so busy confessing that they reg
ularly sold their votes owns up to hav-
ing worked both sides. He got $40
from each party and SIS more for
scratching his ticket. One PERSONS
guess as to how he actually voted is as
good as a%nother's, but the judge Of the
county has decided that he will have
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
A Legend of Lace.

According to Melchior de Vogue, the
legend of lace is as follows: A Vene-
tan sailor gave his ladylove a frond 0
spreading seaweed to keep him in
memory while at sea. But the girl
found that the seaweed was rapidly
drying up and disappearing. So she
caught the fine branches and leaves Of
the plant with thread against a piece
OF linen and, working on. with her
thoughts following her lover, invented
lace.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
FACTS ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR

The number of mon still drawing pen
constant source of envey and wonder to
those who don't, for there having been
an end to the war, the objeciors seem
to argue that there should also be an
end to all those who took part in it.
The survival Of so many pensioners
fifty years after the war begun is ex-
planned by the Cleveland Leader, which
reminds US that the armies we're com
posed almost entirely of boys and very
young men:
That may seem an exaggeration to a
good many intelligent persons. yet it is
literary the truth. The total enrolment
of Uuion soldiers was 2~,77S,309. This
includes, of course, hundreds of thou
sands of re-enlistments. Of this total,
more than 100000, at the time of their
enlistment, we're under the age of
twenty-one years. Twenty-Five boys
only ten years old under the flag, 225
twelve years old, 1928 fourteen of ge,
844,S9l sixteen years of age, n 1,l5l-
94S eighteen years old. The exact num-
Der of those under twenty.one at the
date of their enlistment was 2,15O,7OS
Ofiall the soldiers of the Federal armies,
only 6l9,5l1 were older than twenty-one
when they took up arms.
These figures are impressive. And it
should be remembered that the greater
part of the soldiers time was spent in
marching, digging ~entrenchment, and
livingsunder hardships, in unhealthy
camps, in a hostile and blasted country.
Only $1,000 were killed in battle but
224, $50 ~succumbed to disease, largely
brought on by the camp epidemics,
exposure and lack of proper food And
these boys many of them, fought brave
ly for four long years for s13 a month in
deprecated currency.
Many cases of pension frauds there
undoubtedly have been. But those who
protest against the size of the pension
list should consider that it is better to
give half a dozen pensions which are
undeserved than deny one that is.
They should bear in mind that the
reason so many veterans are still alive is
that they were boy soldiers, and further
more, that during the time when other
boys we're preparing themselves to enter
the vocationS of men thew were in field
and camp, defending the flag. When
they came back, many of them were fit
for but little work in the vocations of
peace.
The history of the world has no pa
rallel to the boy armies that triumphed
in the Civil War. There is inspiration
here for American youth and illumin-
ton for their elders, as they read the
stories of the camp aigns of fifty years
ago,-Literary Digest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-01
Force of Habit.

He was an old merchant who had
built up a big business by advertising.
John" said his wife. what do you
want on your tombstone?''
."Oh." he answered. ut isn't very i'm
portant what the text is so long as it
gets good space and is well displayed"
London Telegraph.