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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07
NOTICE OF sALE OF LAND AND PER-
SONAL PROPERTY.
County Of Cavalier. In County Court.
Before F. w. Bleakley Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of Thomas Sec
combe deceased
Charles Chisholm and Albert Hawken,
Petitioners.

H
William Seccombe, John Seccombe, Mary Bas.
her' e1' al. Respondents,
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an
order of the County Court of the County of
the End day of September, 1911, in the matter OF
the estate of Thomas Seccombe, deceased. late
OF the Township Of Loan. County of Cavalier
executors of the estate of said Thomas Sec.
combe, deceased, will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, on Saturday the 7th
the front door of the Court House, in the CITY
OF Langdon, in said Cavalier county. North
Dakota, the following described personal
promIssory note, purporting to be executed by
one Roger Agar: to said Thomas S%eccombe.
dated June srd: 1909, and due November lst 1908
for the sum of $77.12, and bearing interest at the
rate of II per cent per annum as specified in
said note from the date thereof. One certain
Walter Grierson to the said Thomas Seccombee,.
dated June 9Th, 1908, and due November lst, 1908
Tor wi w and bearing interest at the rate of u
Notice is further given, that in pursuance of
OF an order made on the said End day of Septem.
Der, 1911, by the Hon. F,,W. Bleakley, judge of
lier and State of North Dakota, the undersign-
ed executors of the estate of Thomas Seccombe,
deceased, as aforesaid. will on said Saturday,
the 18th day of October, 1911, at the hour of Q so
O'CLOCK p. M, of that day, at the front door of
the Court House, in the City of J.angdon,
C ot}ur fys OF fa Cavalier q gad ao and State of North Dakota,
highest bidder for cash. subject to the confrma.
by the Judge of said County Court, that certain
tract of land, situated and lying and being in
State of North Dakota. and described as fol.
W Lots Three and Four and the East (K)
Of the Southwest One-Fourth C4) of Section so,
Township 1872, Range So. and containing i60
acres Of land, more or less, according to the
United States government survey thereof.
Dated at Langdon, North Dakota, this End
day of September, 1911.
CHARLES CHISHOLM,
ALBERT HAwKEN,
Executors of the Estate of Thomas Seccombe
Deceased.
GEORGE NJ. PRICE, 7-1O
Attorney for Executors, Langdon, Nd.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07
"Hottest day since Forget it!
The Good Old Bike.

~ OAN JIM
Thousands of persons who own BIZ
cycles that have been rusting in base
ments or woodsheds for years past
are bemoaning the lack of an automo-
bile. They feel the need Of outdoor ex-
%ercise, but can't afford the cost of a
speed wagon. Let them profit by the
wise words of the Hon. Alvey A..
Adee, for a quarter of q century Sec
ond assistant secretary of state, who
has just returned from his annual tour
of Europe a la bike. MI. Adee is near
ly seventy.
II rode my bicycle 1000 miles," says
Mr.. Adee, land felt better than when
I left America. The bicycle is better
than automobiles, aeroplanes and doc
tors for preserving health and youth"
A dozen years ago the bicycle was
ubiquitous and the automobile was a
rarity. Now the reverse is true. Why?
The question is hard to answer BIZ
cycles are better and cheaper now
than ever Improvements such as the
coaster brake have been added, en-
HANGING the joy Of bicycling by at
least so per cent. Yet few persons now
ride wheels for pleasure or for the
profit gained through the exercise. It
Is indisputable that bicycle riding is
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

From nearly every section of Cavalier
county come reports of the good results
to be looked for from the acreage which
farmers have devoted to a corn crop this
year. Corn c%ultivators and planters have
been sold by machinery men il nearly
every town in the county and growing
fields of corn from five to twenty acres
IN extent are to be found on tho farms
of many. The first interest awakened
among farmers in corn growing only dates
back a few years, and is practically
traced to the corn growing contests in
troduced into the county school. In re-
atty it was the school children who first
showed the farmer that corr growing in
Cavalier county was a practical success
ana not q mere doubtful experiment.
This year the farmers of the southwest
ern tier of townships, including, Hender-
son, Trier, Gordon, Huron Bruce, Slevert,
Banner, Moscow and Storlle have a corn
growing contest. There is a condition
sAat oAAAolto VI CoTu oHLeTeu III Gne con-
test must be from a field of not less than
five acres. -Four cash prizes to be paid in
gold will be awarded the winners by the
Farmers Bank of Munich. The result Is
naturally awaited with interest and the
exhibit will be sent from Cavalier county
to the tri-state grain growers owen
ton to be held at Fargo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

The early frost period in the North
west for many years appears to have
been between August Is and Septem-
Der l. If crops can escape the frost
until after the first week in September,
they usually mature without damage.
So far no material injury by frosts has
been reported in North Dakota this
year, Twenty years ago August 26th,
a sever frost injured the cranberry
crop in Wisconsin anddid slight damage
in North Dakota on the 22nd inst. But
serious early frost losses are compare
lively rare in this state in any year,
considering the number of years that
pass without frost damage. AS extremes
of temperature have been modified and
certain surface soil changes have come
with general cultivation, the damage
from the early frost IN this state is not a
contingency that is as threatening as it
once was.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07
The Fourth Grows Saner.

Reports from all parts of the coun
try indicate that the Fourth of july
this year was the safest and sanest in
the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
The aggregate death toll was consid-
erably smaller than has been the case
in recent years. 1t appears that bullets
fired by reckless persons killed and
wounded more victims than did the
explosions of giant crackers and anna
teur cannons. The firing of dangerous
rockets and crackers showed a notice
able diminution. The blank cartridge
pistol. which might be called lockjaw's
delight, was not so much in evidence.
Generally speaking, ii was a quieter
Fourth than this nation has known in
many years.
This happy state of affairs has been
brought about by the nation wide
campaign for a sensible celebration.
For a few years past it has been
dinned into the ears of parents and
children thai the unreasonable and
reckless use Of firearms and fireworks
is not at all necessary to q proper OBJ
servance Of the nations birthday. Ear
splitting noise is not conducive to the
incubation of patriotism. Bullets and
burning paper wads flying at random,
hitting sometimes the guilty and some
times the innocent, seem to be re-
garded less and less as symbols of
liberty.
1t is devoutly to be hoped that as
the nation grows older the foolish
practices of its infancy Of a century
and a third will be supplanted by COM
mon sense methods of celebrating lib
erty's birth. The signs of the times,
judging by the Fourth just past, indi-
cate that this hope is no. a vain one.
We shall continue to be patriotic.
When occasion requires our young
men will be ready to speed bullets in
the service Of Uncle Sam, but in times
of peace there will be no occasion for
fusillades on the Fourth. Glory be!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

congressman Helgeson, of Milton
who has just returned from Washington,
is a candidate for reelection next year
in the first congressional district,
irrespective of any action that may be
taken by Congressman Hanna, of Fargo,
That much was confided to Langdon
friends of the Milton congressman while
he was in that city, and it clarifies the
atmosphere to some extent. Congress
man Hanna is being urged..by his friends
to his candidacy for governor
and he has taken the matter under
consideration.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07
Occasionally n will hear the re

Occasionally one will hear the re,
mark. 81 wish | was out of this town.
and then one feels like saying 81
wish you were for a man who stands on
the street corners, chewing and splitting
telling obscene stories, cursing the
town, finding fault with his wife be,
cause she is a and claiming the
merchants are a lots of thieves, and the
doctor a highway robber, the preacher
a begger and that the lawyer and news
paper man would skin a man to a finish
and then some, is a nuisance and an
a~bomination.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07
Five new grades of wheat, classed as

Five new grades of wheat, classed as
feed grades are now listed IN the Mime
apolis market quotations. They are
new grades recently authorized and are
intended for theEpurchase of low grades
of grain supposed to be of less value
than that before listed and which some
parts of the country may produce this
year. The local market for such feed
wheatgrades runs from II TO 43 cents
per bushe!. 1t was not believed much if
any such grain will be offered here this
wear.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

AS usually treated, a sprained ankle
will disable a man for three or four
weeks, but by applying Chamberlain's
Linlment freely as soon as the injury is
received, and observing the directions
with each bottle, a cure can be effected
in from two to four days. For sale by
E. Close & Go.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

That North Dakota Is growing rapidly
is indicated by the fact that announce
ment was made recently of twenty
three new rural free delivery routes to
be established in the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

A new law passed at the last session
of the legislature requires threshers to
clean their separators before moving
from one farm to another, and provides
that a copy of the law shall be posted
on each machine in operation. The law
provides a penalty for its infraction of a
fine of from $40 to $50 or confinement
in the county Jail from three to ten
days or both.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

When Chicago built the worlds first
really tall structure we called it a sky
scraper. AS the stories mounted heav-
onward we called the innovations sky
like. Now they are going so high that
they must be called ether enterers.
Well?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

The shortening days turn ones
thoughts to the long indoor evenings by
the freight. Blessed is that home in
which such tactful wisdom and COM
mon sense prevails that the children
prefer to be at home than to roam the
streets of an evening.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

North Dakota stands fifth in point of
percentage of increase OF population,
according to the government census
figures. This is for the ten years period
from 1900 to 1910.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07
Canadian Lands

lfyou intend making a trip to Western
Canada, it will be to your advantage to
see me. 1 a issue you transportation
at reduced rates and give you other
valuable information. Call or write
Correspondence promptly answered.
JOSEPH Power, Langdon, N. D.
Agent Canadian Pacific Railway Lands.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

81 1t is net the %tquantity of food taken
but the amount digested and assimllated
that gives strength and vitality to the
system. Chambe1lain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets lnvigorate the Stomach
and liver and enable them to perform
their functions naturally. For sale by
H. E. Close & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

81 have a world of confidence in Cham
b%erlain's Cough Remedy for I have used
it with perfect success" writes Mrs. M.
1 Basford, Poolesville, Nd. For sale
by H. E. Close & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

The state tax levy for the state for
1911 has been fixed at three mills on the
dollar of all taxables returned and as
sessed in the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

GOOD NEWS
Many Langdon Readers Have Heard

1t and Profted Thereby.
"Good news travels FAST" and the
thousands of bad back sufferers in
Langdon are glad to learn shat prompt
relief is within their reach. Many a
lame, weak and aching back is bad no
more, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills.
Our citizens are telling the good news
of their experience with the Old Quaker
Remedy. Here is an example worth
reading:
Mrs. II. Olson, of Langdon, N. OAK,
says: ga member of u family has
used Doan's Kidney Pills and thinks
very highly of them. Off and on for
years this person suffered from pain,
weakness and lameness in the back and
other annoying symptoms of kidney
complaint. Before a storm the pains in
the back and limbs made their appear
ance and the cold caused the complaint
to become worse. Doan's Kidney Pills
soon brought about a change for the
better and the contents of one box gave
entire relief. There has been a general
i'm provement since then. We have
reason to say that Doan's Kidney Pills
act just as represented"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster-Milburp Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the nnme-Doan's-aud
take no others.
Job work in all branches a speciality at
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

Oil Of citronella is recommended as
a mosquito remedy, but patience and a
sunny disposition will do more toward
allaying the pest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

Even when the weather is hottest
the proprietor of the summer garden
is not downhearted.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

The increased acreage in North Da-
kota, according 10 the government CEN
sus, is 50 per cent, leading all other
states in this respect.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

Published every Thursday morning at Lang
don, Cavalier county, North Dakota.
Entered at the Post office of Langdon as mail
Estter Of the Sacond Class.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

Subscription S1.50 per aunum Canada 500
per annum. Advertising rates on application.
Communication must be received by Tuesday
noon to receive prompt attention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

The North Dakota bar association
held a meeting at Wahpeton Sept. 9Th
and 9th.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

Job printing-the DEMOCRAT.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07
DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

NO. 4SO2.
at Langdon, in the State of North Dakota at
the close of business Sept. LIST, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-09-07

Job work in all branches a speciality at
the Democrat office.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
WHAT'S THE UsEi

what's the use o anglini, an wranElin'
ana janglin',
An a twistin' Of the meanin' out Of all
you see an hear.
Just a snarlln' an kickin cause YOU
can't make veal OF chicken?
It's enough to make folks stcken when
they see you coming near.
what's the use o scannln' other lives an
always plannin
That they shall follow In the pace that
you have set7
An a tryin to persuade from what God
In wisdom made 'em'
You can't reform the universe Tor all
your fuss an fret.
What's the use o fussin an fumin' and
cussin',
Cause sonic collars you are mussin' on
redhot August day?
For IT keeps some one a earnin needed
money-are you you learnin ,
Yes, there's hungry folks a yearnin' Tor
the laundry dimes you pay.
What's the use Of airin' all your troubles
an despairln'
That your surely go to ruin cause prices
are SO high?
It's high time you was a heedin that
there's other folks a needin'
An have right to house and feedin', Just
the same as you an |.
What's the use of all this stewin lest the
banks shall go 10 ruin?
Better spend the time In dom seems to
me there's work enough.
II you want II, you will find IL start some
business and mind IT,
There's prosperity behind It, IL you re
BAYOLL NE TRELE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
The Bows Still Marching On.


In the city Of Rochester more than
10000 veterans of the Grand Army of
the Republic are assembled in their
national encampment, being the forty
fifth annual gathering of the kind. The
boys in blue are still marching on, but
they are marching on fast. The lines
are thinning at the rate of more than
100 every twenty-four hours, 5000 a
month, or $4,000 a year. Not many
years more before the last drumbeat
will roll off into silence for these brave
men who preserved the union and
freed a race of slaves. That inevitable
will be a sad day in this republic, but
yet a glorious day. for the memory
and example of these patient patriots
will never die with them. Today, as
the nation looks back upon the forty
six years elapsed since the civil war it
sees the real achievement, which II
could not see then. 1t always takes
the retrospect of time to reveal such
transcendent glories.
And the Grand Army of the Republic
what OF its part in helping us to see
the full purpose and results of the
war? 1t is beyond our power to de-
termine. Only this may be said, that
the veterans have themselves done the
most to heal the breach, to cure the
wounds, TO soften asperities and to
reunite. They have stood as valiantly
the defenders of the nation in peace as
in war, building and not destroying, ad-
vancing and not retreating, promoting
and not debasing. They have made a
living epic of Lincoln's immortal mes
sage
1t is rather for US, the living, TO be here
dedicated to the great task remaining-that
these dead shall not have died in vain.
The sons of the blue and the sons
of the gray fighting in the trenches
together against Spanish oppression
some of them led by Fighting" Joe
Wheeler; heroes of the north strewing
flowers on the graves of heroes Of the
south; a thousand veterans of mellow.
ellis and Beauregards closing in tc
clasp hands over the fiftieth ami.
versary of Bull Run--these are only 9
few of the dramatic proofs that the
Grand Army of the Republic has prac
ticed the precepts Of the great Gettys
burg speech, thereby giving to this
nation its most effective citizenship.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
The Remarkable Waning Summer.

Residents of this part of the country
who live to become oldest inhabi-
tants," may bark back to the year
1911, from early in June until, at
least, near September 1, for one of the
most remarkable stretches of weather
they ever experienced. Other periods
in late years have been hotter or dryer,
but no period has been hotter and dryer
together. For excessive heat and ex-
cessive lack of rain, we rather think
some records and precedents have been
set. The last real rain in Omaha fell
a little before the merry month of
May concluded it's merriment, though,
happily, all sections of Nebraska and
some other states have Jared better.
For once, Omaha has apparently been
an extreme point. 1t usually misses
that
Another remarkable thing about this
season has been how close and how
often we could come to rain without
getting any, and another is the abrupt
CuduBo lIOm very nut W NSiy SOOi' II
has been a summer of trying expert
ences, trying on peoples patience,
though II it has taught US the utter
folly of complaining about the weather,
perhaps it's ordeal has not been in vain,
even for obvious results. If it is IAN
i'll wind that blows nobody good" then
maybe folks can come complacently to
the time of laying out their good hard
money to lay in their hard coal for the
season that is soon to take the place
of this one. Hot summers might be
much easier to endure IL they could
only fasten folks minds On the thought
or memory or anticipation of cold
winters.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Taft,s Two Trinmnhs.

President Taft achieved two dis
tinct triumphs during the late extra
session of congress-the passage of the
Canadian reciprocity bill and the state
hood bill minus the Arizona recall.
Regardless of the merits of his position
in either case, these triumphs stand
out as distinct and notable. They were
achieved because the president took q
stand he believed to be right and held
immovably against every influence and
pressure brought to bear. He appears
to better advantage in these two in
stances than at any other time in his
entire official career.
1t required courage to say to the del
egation of farmers that visited him
that no matter what the future might
bring as a result to him, he was going
to remain irrevocably for reciprocity
with Canada. So did it take courage
to denounce the recall of judges as
"legalized terrorism" "pernicious in
its effect, destructive OF independence
in the judiciary and injurious to the
cause of free government" and after
vetoing the bill admitting the two
states into the union to complete his
victory in CONGRESSES approval of his
position.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24
Death of Judge CObbey.

The sad death of Judge Joseph e.
Cobbey comes as a deplorable after
math of the primary election, in which
he was one of the leading candidates
for a supreme court nomination on. the
republican ticket. 1t is reasonable to
suppose, or rather an irresistible con-
clusion, that the stress and strain of
the political canvass which he con-
Quoted fastened If it did not bring
about the condition to which he sue
cumbed. Whether the effect upon his
physical constitution would have been
the same had he been successful in his
candidacy must be a subject of mere
speculation. Had his death occurred
after nomination, a complicated
problem might have been presented in
filling a vacancy on the ticket thus
created.
Judge Cobbey's high standing as q
jurist and as a public man was amply
attested by the handsome vote he re-
ceived In the primary election, in
which he came 30 close to nomination
in competition with some of the
strongest men of the bench and bar
While his chief constructive work con.
sisted in compilation and annexation
of the statutes, that very contribution
will prove a lasting one and make his
name one oft quoted in the law books
fol- many years to come.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-24

ing for some sort of exact discipline,
only to be given a little mush and
milk lecture and turned back into their
neighborhoods to do their mischief
over again, or they are melted out pun
ishments for trivial offenses that would
more nearly fit capital crimes. Some
of the criticisms of the Juvenile court
are based on such proceedings. No sane
man would urge undue severity In the
treatment Of mischievous boys, but
unless the boy is to get the idea that
the court is a huge joke, some sem
blance Of correction has to be admins
tered. It is the misfit penalties that
have led many good people to take so
little interest in the whole Juvenile
court movement, a reform, which,
inherently, is full of possibilities for
good.