Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-14

The rainfall during the thunder storm
that passed over Langdon and vicinity
Tuesday afternoon measured 0.61 inches
Threshers are finding men somewhat
scarce since rhreshing became general
this week. Owners of machines are now
a-days meeting trains and looking for
mon, the prevailing wages being $2.75.
The popularity of the Emerson Foot
Lift Gang pillow is justly earned by
reason of the excellent quality of the
work done by it, and the lightness of
draft, Get them at Hunter & Steven
sons.
Attention is directed to the official
notice of election of Langdon city school
district, which is being held for the
purpose OF having the voters authorize
the issue of bonds made necessary in
order to build Langdon's new school
house.
Architect Gillespie came up from
Fargo last Thursday, accompanying
Rev. DR.. Walters, the talented public
speaker who delivered the address last
Thursday afternoon on the occasion of
the laying of the corner stone of Lang
don's new school building
County Auditor j. K. Hamilton re-
ports the issuance of 573 resident per-
mits to Cavalier county hunters since
the opening of the chicken shooting sea-
son a week ago. These figures vary but
little with those OF the opening of the
fall shooting season last year.
M. 1. Meyer, principal of the high
school, returned to the city last Thurs
day from Chicago, where he has been
enjoying a stay with the folks at home
since the schools Closed in June. Mr..
Meyer returns to Langdon this fall to
structor of students in the high school.
The city schools reopen this week for
the fall and winter term with a total en-
rollment in the high school and the
various grades of 3l5 pupils, against
a total of 283 a year ago at the opening of
the term. The biggest gain apparently
is in the high school, where the enroll
ment figures are go against 46 last year.
81. A. Boyd while here from Hannah
or a business mission Monday, stated
that the end town and the country to
the north and west of them experienced
a soaking rain at about the hour
of daylight that morning. He reports
the rain as being the, heaviest %downpour
they had at Hannah this season and a
consequent delay in threshing starting
up this week,
At a special meeting of the city coun-
Gil held Tuesday evening of this week
the appropriation bill for the ensuing
year, which received it first reading at
the regular monthly meeting on Tues
day the 5th inst, wa given its second
ueading and passage. Another matter
given consideration by the council was
the naming of Chief of Police Horgan
as official city weighmaster.
Census returns of the enumeration of
children of school age, between SIX and
twenty years, in Cavalier county are now
complete the returns from three of the
outlying districts having only reached
the Office of Co.. Sup't Helen J. Sullivan
during the present week. The total emu
meration Figures are 1864, of which
.2,849 are boys and 2,415 are girls. Last
years census returns totaled at 4,794,
which gives an increase of ITO this year.
George E. Dorval is making his folks
and many old Langdon friends a visit
this week, arriving on yesterdays pas
+senger from Seattle, Wash, where he
has been engaged in r%ailroadlng Sine
here about a year and a half ago.. On
his way home he stopped off at Minot
and registered for a homestead on the
reservation lands and is quite elated to
find that his number is n of those
drawn that gives him a good chance on
the Fort Berthold reservation.