Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-08

Scott we're in to the ball game Tuesday.
Mrs. D. P. McTavish and brother
visited the Maloney and Stait families
in town Tuesday.
James MCLAUGHLIN mad family autoed
up from Langdon and we're call
ing On Wales friends.
Fern Reynolds accompanied Tressa
J Staff to her school Wednesday and
spent the day with her.
DR.. Law was among the Hannah
%rooters that accompanied the ball team
from that town Tuesday.
We failed to report a number of i'm
portant items last week owing to lack
of time on the day the items were
written.
There was a dacning party at the farm
home of r. Halls last Friday evening.
Owing to the rain there we're only a few
present but these reported an enjoyable
evening.
Miss Ada Lachner is spending her
summer vacation on the farm. She will
learn to run the auto during her idle
time and return to Langdon in the fall
to finish her education,
Jake Schuler has bought a tract of
land of the Town Site Co. just east of
the Jopsin property and is breaking it
up and planting it to garden truck. He
will his house that he bought of
Pete Schneider on to it.
Tho town board has purchased a road.
drag, j. j. Ross had it out on the streets
Tuesday and put them in good shape.
He also had it on the base ball grounds
and Wales now has as good a diamond
as any town in the county.
School closes Friday for the summer
vacation. Mr.. and Mrs Scott will leave
next week for Milton to attend institute
and from there to their former homes
to visit relatives and friends. They ex-
pect to be away about six weeks.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
served supper and ice cream in the old
restaurant building Tuesday, school
election day. With election and a ball
game there was a large crowd in town
and the ladies took in a very neat sun
There will be a ball game next Thurs
day on the local grounds between Sarles
and Wales. Sarles has a good team and
with George in the box against our boys
it should be a coed game for he certain
ly demonstrated at Langdon that he is
a classy box artist.
0. R. Daniels of Grey was in wales
last Tuesday talking Yeomanry to some
OF our citizens. The Daniels lodge is
the banner yeoman lodge of the state,
having members not only in their own
community, but a large number in
Clyde, Calvin and Wales and other near
by towns.
j. j. Ross last week moved the
old hotel building hat LeBrun bought
of w. L. Knowles ard has 1t on the
foundation just north of the Implement
Cos building where it will be thorough.
. ly overhauled and we are told used fol
a restaurant. When 1t comes to moving
heavy buildings j. j. is right in his
element.
School election passed off quietly las
Tuesday only twenty-eight votes cast
Il. Halls who has been on the board TO,
some time was reelected. Mr.. Halls
tried hard to beg off but those present
insisted that he accept and he was
unanimously chosen. MIR. Halls is {
good officer and we are glad to see hin
retained or the board.
Oscar Logren, our local buttermakel
won highest honors in a state scoring
contest winning out by over l per cen
over his nearest competitor. Mr. Logre1
is wide awake on all matters pertaining
to creameries and is a "~crackerjack'
buttermaker and the directors hav'
shower their appreciation and gooc
business by retaining him.
Ben Tesche, formerly of the northern
league has been engaged to pitch TO
the Wales team the rest of the season
and will arrive Friday or Saturday
About 500 was raised last week amonl
the business men and some good bias,
ball is promised. Tesche comes vel
recommended and we hope to have
good strong team the rest of the season
LastlSunday evening while Pat Nc
Dermott and Fred Hensel were speed
ing thei~rgtrotters on the road south O
town. going in opposite direction, the,
had a head on collision. Fortunatel,
no one was hurt although Pats car
was wrecked, he and Buell. Scott VIII,
was ssriding with him were thrown int