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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-07-11

Miss Ellenora Koehmstedt returne ed
Monday from a visit over the Fourth at
Iona.
Did you see those beautiful premiums
at Boyd's department store? One given
with every $1,000 purchase.
The quarter mill county fair tax lew
carried by a vote of 9O6 for and 66a
against. The full detail of the canvass
ing boards returns will be printed in
next weeks paper.
The wife of Cnas. Hay, of the Hay &
Llebeler meat market, was operated
upon Monday by Drs. Mcqueen and
Law for the removal of a tumor that had
greatly interfered with her general
health for some time. At the time of
going to press this forenoon the condi-
ton of Mrs. Hay is reported as being
extremely critical.
Simon Schefter has as guests at his
Fourth street home this week Mrs.
Schefter ST., and daughter, who arrived
on yesterdays noon train from Mildmay,
Ont. They intend spending the greater
part of the summer visiting relatives in
the west.
President Robert Melklejohn of the
Cavalier County Fair association went
to Grand Forks Tuesday and on his
return the latter part of the week will
be able to a fine line of attrac-
lions secured for the entertainment of
Langdon visitors during tair week.
Mrs. Mcknight and daughter, Miss
Ethel have since the first of month NOV
ed into a suite of rooms in the Prinyer
block, the McKnigh t residence property
on Fifth street now being occupied by
County Treasurer Seeley and family
who leased the same a short time ago.
The Fourth of July this year found
considerable early sown grain. I~'h
wheat and barley nicely headed ga
which is unusual early for this northern
section. Should favorable conditions
continue through the month the first
week in August is likely to see harvest
we'll underway.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-07-11

ALERT o. Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Unlimited money to loan on first
mortgages, liberal amounts and lowest
rates. Joseph Power, Langdon, N D.
F. L. Watkins, who is at the head of
the state enforcement league movement
was here from Bismarck and registered
at the U G 7 hotel on the Fourth.
Mrs. Geo. E. Sturm who has been
visiting at St. James, Mimi, since
spending the winter in California,
returned to Largdon on Wednesday
last week.
Teacher N. P. Schneider of the Mt.
Carmel schools returned Saturday &C
companied by his family from a vacation
visit at their former home in Minnesota,
near st. Cloud.
Mrs. Ray Watson, daughter of Mrs.
j. J. Souch arrived on Tuesday from
her home at Malta, Montana, to make
a visit with her parents and many
Langdon friends.
Mrs. Peter Reid and children took
yesterdays noon train north to Hannah,
where they join witha party of end
town relatives and friends in a two weeks
outing in camp over at Rock Lake.
Alb. Montgomery was a passenger
Tuesday to Montana, where he will
look after his farming interests. He may
purchase while in the west a carload
of young horses for the Langdon market
Mrs. E. u. Stewart had a narrow
escape from a bad accident in a run
away which happened while driving
into town from the experimental farm
to attend the Liebler- Dudley wedding.
The horse shed at a passing auto near
the court house.
Land the only safe investment
Ninety per cent of all other invest
ments are Improbable. Fifty per cent
of them fail to return the money in
vested. For the best land deals, here
or in Idaho or in Southern Minnesota,
write e. A. Wadsworth. Langdon, N. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-07-11

H. P. Cooler and Robert Padden were
visitors oyer here from Calvin last
Friday.
Mss Hulda Schwartz returned from
a visit of a few days with Hannah friends
last Friday.
A policy in the New York Life is 6
business investment. Talk with L.. A
Weed, of Hannah about it..
Angus Mcpherson, contractor anc
builder, is the purchaser of a new l9l:
model Flanders automobile which he
bought during the week of j. f
Ramage.
Readers will do we'll to note new
changes of ads in this issue of the
Democrat for A. o.. Void Co., First
National Bank, M. Liebler, and Hunter
& Stevenson.
Miss Myrtle Jackson, a former teacher
of one of the grades of the city schools
was here from Grafton last week visiting
her friend, Miss Mcknight, returning tt
her home at Grafton on Tuesdays pas
senger.
Langdon's ball team is advertised t,
play a double header on the hom'
grounds tomorrow. The visitors com
over from Cavalier to play a return en-
gagement, the first series between thu
two teams having been played u
Walhalla on the Fourth.
Alex. Hamilton, of this city anc
Walker Hamilton living east of towr
are being visited by a sister who ar
rived on yesterdays train from her home
in New York state for q stay with hel
brothers, both of whom she had no
seen since they came west over twenty
years ago..
Rev. M. Dougherty left Tuesday fo1
St Paul, expecting to remain there about
a month while undergoing treatmen'
by a specialist for throat trouble
During his absence the usual services
and parish duties of St. Alphonsus
church will be taken care of by Rev
Father O'Driscoll of Fargo and Rev
6. Wilkes Of Mt. Carmel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-07-11
FvvvvvvvvvvvYvvyY

Harry Albrecht has the appointment
of local district manager of the Ameri-
can Bankers Life insurance company
| of which G. G. Burbank of Fargo is at
the head in this state. The American
Bankers Life has a local depository in
the Cavalier County National Bank for
its local business.
Milton Reid who in former years has
| played on third and short with the
Langdon team, since leaveng here for
Beach, N. D. and later west to Montana,
is playing professional ball in the Wis
consin league at LACROSSE this season
and as usual making good in the infield
and at the bat.
The spacious home of Cashier and
Mrs. j. D. Milne was the scene of a
prettilly arranged pre-nuptial party last
evening at which the hostess announced
to the assembled guests the approach
ing wedding of Miss e. Winifred Fergu-
son and MI. w. E. Fowler, which is set
for Wednesday July 3lst.
Rev. J. G. Moore, district elder of the
M E churches of the Grand Forks
district, lectured at Harvey Center
Tuesday evening. He also officiated
in his. ministerial capacity while here
at the marriage of Rev. W. E. Dudley
of Iona and Miss E,stella r. Liebeler,
of this city, which happy event occurred
Yesterday forenoon.
The CoUR1ER-DEMocRAT was in error
in it's statement that the gas tractor
school of instruction held in Langdon
during the past week was being con-
Quoted by Hart-Parr people. TheFlour
City Co., of Minneapolis, is the con-
Germ which held the instruction school
here last week and Hunter & Stevenson
of this city have the local agency.
The M. E. church ladies aid society
under the direction of their pastor, Rev.
D. S. Scadeng conducted a lemonade
and ice cream stand on the church
grounds and a lunch room on Third
Street, next door to the Greene barber
shop on circus day. Both ventures
were a financial success and the ladies
feel we'll rewarded for their effort.
In another column of this issue j. W.
Haw, demonstration of the Better Farm
ing Association for the central and west
rem tier of townships in Cavalier county.
gives an interesting of the work
that Is being carried on under his
supervision. Farmers generally appear
to be going into the question of better
farming methods in dead earnest and
the results attained will be even far
more noticeable by the time another
year rolls around.
The Dresden branch of the Cavalier
County implement Company is for the
present occupying as temporary quarters
while rebuilding, the Woodman Hall.
New stock OF farm machinery, hardware
ETC., is daily being received in order to
allow its large trade to be properly cared
for without delay. The company has
decided to rebuild its Dresden branch
house bigger and better than ever and
will be back in its old lquarters in the
fall. The Implement Company was one
Of the heaviest losers in the Dresden
fire of two weeks ago, but will increase
and enlarge Its different lines of bust.
ness at ono
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-07-11
COMING EVENTS.
August 7-S-9-Cavalier County Fair,
September 25-26-Walhalla Fall Fair,

Potato growers find that they have
to fight tho potato bug again-same as
last year.
Judge Kneeshaw has set the Sarles
drug store case to come up for trial on
Wednesday OF next week.
Langdon was full of automobiles on
circus day, bringing crowds from all
over the county to see Gollmar Bros
big shows.
The Cavalier county fourth annual
fair to be held in Langdon August, 9th
7th and 9Th will be bigger and better
than ever before. Boost for it.
That Cavalier county residents are
we'll supplied with automobiles was
apparent on July 4th when an Olga
resident counted seventy odd cars from
Langdon and other points west passing
thru that town enroute to the celebra.
ton at Walhalla.
From the Walhalla Mountaineer's
account of its Fourth of July celebra.
ton it is learned that the base ball
game which Langdon lost to Cavalier
by a score of 6 to 4 was one of the
hardest fought and most exciting ever
witnessed at Walhalla.
The board of county commissioners
are still in session, busy with the equal
cation of the assessment. This, with
the canvassing of the vote cast at the
primary election, and regular routine
work of the July quarterly meeting viii
keep them here until next week.
District court convened yesterday ano
in all likelihood will continue in session
throughout the coming week. Judge
kneeshaw is granting a large number Of
applications for citizenship papers in
addition to d~isposing of a big calen.
dar of civil and criminal cases set for
trial at this term.
The boundary line of Cavalier county
extending from Cypress to Dresden
townships is reported as having beer
visited by a heavy rain almost amount.
ing to a cloud burst Saturday night al
a late hour. The rain fall was followed
by a hail storm that did considerable
damage on both sides of the line.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Langdon Farmers Eleva
tor Co., is called in a notice published
this week to be held Tuesday July, 23rc
at three o'clock in the afternoon. Three
new members of the board of directors
will be elected ana the secretary's reporr
for the past year is expected to show
an excellent and most profitable condi
ton of business.
Langdon's baseball team is over a
MaIitou again to-day playing a return
game with Winnipeg Our boys los
the game played there on Dominion
Day to the all star league team from
the metropolis of Manitoba by a scort
of 8 to 10 and there is a purse to which
the hackers of the two teams havt
contributed 5000 a piece to be playee
for at this game. You may be sure thu
Langdon boys will do their best to bring
home the simoleons.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-07-11
+ Local Happenings s

G. E. Johnston was in st. Paul a few
days the early part of the week on a
business trip.
Boyd's department store is giving a
beautiful premium with every $1,000
cash purchase.
DR.. Law was here Tuesday from
Hannah comforting with his brethren
of the medical fraternity.
Mrs. Ben Tronslin, from Edinburg
was a visitor over the week end at the
homo of States Attorney Crimson.
j. F. Ramage has added the Flanders
1912 pattern car to the line of autos
for which he has the Langdon agency,
Mrs. Robert McAllan and children
we're visitors here over the Fourth from
Park River at the home of her sister.
Mrs. A. o. Void.
Keith Hamilton, son of Walker
Hamilton, east of Langdon, returned
Tuesday from Fargo where he has been
making a stay of a couple of weeks.
Miss Barbara Mcmillan, nurse at the
Hannah hospital was in town on the
Fourth returning from a days outing
at Walhalla with ar auto party from
the end town.
Ole G. Olson, of Drayton greeted a
number of old Langdon friends while
in town Monday, returning from a visit
at the home of his brother, Peter G.
Olson at Elkwood.
Contractor Jerry Kelland on Monday
added three bricklayers from Grand
Forks to the crew of men he has at
work on the new meat market that
H. W%indemuth is building this summer.
Mrs. Porter, ST., came up from Ink
ster on Fridays train and is spending
a few days visiting at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Dan +. Mcdonald,
before returning home after an absence
of a month.
To day quite a number from Langdon
are taking in the picnic at Alex Roney's
grove the event being the annual outing
of the Sunday school of the Methodist
church at Harvey Center and always is
given a big attendance.
G. H. Bowers, of Bowers Bros, the
contractors who built the city high
school building, spent the early part
of the week here looking after the
completion of a few details in his con
tract not completed last fall.
Langdon's ball team went to Park
River on Tuesday to play a double
header with the champions of Walsh
county. Langdon's team did not all
reach Park River IN time to allow of an
afternoon game being played. In the
evening the opposing team had the score
tied at 2 to 2 when the game was called
at the close of the ninth inning owing tc
| darkness.
Henry Krien, one of the Loan town
ship early pioneers. who has spent the
past month in Washington, visiting
with Sam Fried, Rob't Griffith ano
other ext snabrock residents, in the
| Cashmere valley, returned Monday.
The outlook there suited him so vel
he holds an option on a fruit orchard
property but has no idea of dlsposlng
| of his Cavalier county farm land.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
MUCH AMMUNITION
SMUGCLED into
MEXICO
-Four Thousand Rifles and
Packages Of Cartridges Con-
tanning from 5000 to So
900 Each, Sent to Fl Paso'
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tBy Morning journal Special iensed Wire,
IN paso, Tex. Dec. 3o.~-At least -
600 rifles and unnccountnble duahu-
ties of ammunition In shipments ol
from 5000 to $4,000 rounds each nave
been received here within the last
three months, state officials iisure'
That the arms and cartridges are ho'
sold for sporting purposes Is seli-eVl-
dent Nor Is there any explanation
offered OF how they are slnuggled mo
Mexico for the use Of the rebels ope-
rating below the border at this poiht,
some months ago, enforcement Oh
neutrality wns removed from depart
ment Of Justice secret agents along
the border and turned over entirely y
the war department, Hut no appro-
priation was made for the creation oi
Il military intelligence bureau, ~
present practically no officials IN CIV
ilian dress are on border duty win
the special authority to make arrests
or investigate arms smuggling eases
The only investigatiNe service is the
Mexican secret police, agents OF whief
are stationed IN all American border
towns.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
Furious Storm RACES in North
west and Railroads Are
Blocked by Slides and Ac-
CidentS.
STRONG WIND PILES
BIG DRIFTS ON TRACK
Explosion of Boiler of Rotary
PIow on Great Northern
ScaIds Five Men, Two win
Probably Die,

nv Norning journal Special Leased "fret'
seattle. Wash, Dec. 3o.--An expo
sion of the boiler of rotary sno"
nIov on the Great Northern and an
avalanche that wrecked stalled
freight train laden with imports Tor
the east on the Chicago, Milwaukee *
puget sound railroad, complicated
conditions today in the Cascade noun
tuins. where the Northern transconti-
mental railroads are fighting one Oh
the worst blizzards of the last tweh-
tv wears. Five men were injured, TWO
probably fatally. in the boiler expire,
sinn and one man was severely hurt
in the avalanche.
The Milwaukee line probably VIII
be blocked for several days, but the
Great Northern expects to get trains
through tonight. The Northern Pacific
opened its northern division for pas
senger traffic late To-Day but reports
from the mountains said there was
danger of the line being blocked again
before morning. The snow in the
mountains is eleven feet on the level
and stiff wind is piling huge drifts
across the tracks The Northern Pa
cjfic got its transcontinental line open
late today and trains which had been
held for twelve to thirty hours cast
of the summit of the Cascades, began
.tfriviIg ia s3tdttls. The Great North
ein overland trains arrived today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
IRISH HOME RULE IS
UP FOR DISCUSSION

London. Dec. so.-Thc Irish nome
rule bill reached the report stage IN
the house of commons this afternoon
premier Asquith announced that seven
days would be given for the discussion
of this stage Of the measure. There
was much criticism of the government
method of guillotining the debate, pnt
the. premier refused to prolong the
time. Sir Edward Carson. on behall
of the Unionists. notified the govern
ment that he intended to move an
amendment excluding the province OF
Ulster from the operations of the BILL
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
MUNICIPAL CAR LINE
MAKES BIG PROF /

san Francisco, Dec. So.--ln the flrst
dav and one half of its operation "i
San Francisco's new municipal ran
road line, returned 20 the ciiy Il
nro,lt of S632.75. The first car was
sent out saturday noon and the re-
CENTS for the half day were S74s,fo-
Yesterdays receipts were SalV, man
ing !, total OF S1.65S.f5 for the day
ana a hair. The estimated operating
expenses OF the road are $3.50 day.
and the fixed charges on the bonus
s2st day.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
INACCURATE WATCH
SAVES EIGHT LIVES

Auburn. Cal, Dec. 30.--The mac
curacy of watch saved the lives OF
eight men last night in a tunnel OF
the Mountain Quarries Company, near
here. summoned off duty by the
watchman half hour ahead of the
regular quitting time. they reached
the surface just mo2ent before the
flood gates burst and flooded the tun-
mel with wa ser. II is the watchman' 5
duty 20 flash the quitting time to the
men in the tunnels and when they
were sumlaoned too soon last night.
they rushed pell nell for the exit.
fearing Sefne accident had occurred.
They Nere joking the watchman about
his antiqtiated time piece. when the
flota gates gave way.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31

ouered. conceding that Austria does
not wish To renonnce her uadiu"hn'
policy of expansion ln the "ikahs
with the object ot reaching 'he
Aegean sea, can she. the allies ash.
he considered am impartial Judge IN
n matter in which her vital inter
ests may be furthered or endangered :
The allies fear Italian aspiration.
Italy has protested the occupation nS
Greece Of the island Of Saseno, NJ the
entrance To the gulf "i Aviona. rms
attitude the administration at Athehs
has considered offensive, claiming
that saseno was included In the
lonian islands taken from France by
Great Britain in 1909 and ceded L"
Gre,c, in 1864, Can Italy also pc
trusted To give an Impartial judgment
asks Greece.
Balguiia's attitude has not been de-
termincd Or. Daneff chief of the
Bulgarian plenipotentiaries, appeare"
tonight hopeful. but said nothing pos
sihle could he outlined until Turkey
pr, sentcd her demands in well-defin-
ed form. In Rechad rasha's vague
statement today. DIR. Daneff conun-
utu. -AUllAllnDlt wac Ath
What does that mean ne asked
Does Turkey wish TO convey the
impression that she Is determined 10
keen Adrianople or docs she mean
this point to be settled directly be-
tween herself and Bulgaria? The lat
] ter supposition is impossible IL
/ Turkey admitted the possibility of
! losing Adrianople she would prefer
! Intervention by Europe
Dr. Daneff did not seem advcis,
10 European meditatinn. trusting only
"the triumph of the pressure Of pub
lie opinion of The Christian civilized
world over the Jealous, ,ivalries ano
| greed OF the governments of the pow
ers chiefly responsible for the pro
I lonped state of servitude. the erue
wave Of life and the impoverishmen'
of the Balkans dun .ns me last cen
tury.'
Rumors that Turkey has concluded
Ia loan of many millions are untrue
Tentative proposals in this direction
have met with the reply that Tur
key must first conclude peace II sh'
wishes money. This recalls J, T.
Morgans analogous answer given t.
Count Witte, The Russian plentipo
tcntiary, shortly after he landed II
/ New York, for the ltusso-Japan nes'
conference at Portsmouth. on tn
voyage to the United states he ha'
arranged that journalist. a mutua
friend should introduce aim to j. +
Morgan. In an interview with the lat
ter, Count Witte made use Of hi
time to ascertain the possibility o
launching n Russian loan In tn
United states, n which Air. Morgan
replied that he coula find no none
for war but as much as he desire
after the conclusion Of peace,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
BONDS BOUGHT BY
BALI. SOLD At
PAR VALUE
Witress Tells in Federal Court
How Orchard Company's Sc
curities Were Hawked by
UnscrupuIous Dealers.
nv uornIpr journal special Leasrd Wire).

tBy Morning journal Special Ieased Wire)-
Portland, ore, Dec &c. How the
bonds of the Columbia River Orch
ards Company We're sold ana resoio
throughout the Pacific northwest
was described today by G. l.. burton,
a. witness at the trial OF A. J. Blehi,
charged with having used the mans
to defraud. Burton said ne became
Interested in the project OF the com
pany and bought some OF its BONDS
When he found that they were worth
less. he ..unloaded them as fast as ne
could"
Burton testified that other brokers'
bought and sold the bonds, IN some
cases paying a few cents on the dol-
tlar for them and afterward sellihs
them for as much as par. Al the time,
he testified when the bonds could pe
bought "by the bale in Seattle TOT
so cents on the $1,000, there were
some "brokers and innocent pnr-
chasers trading in them for prices as
high as $500 on the $1,000.
Following the testimony OF Burton
there was an intmation from the
federal district attorneys office tha'
his evidence would be used as basis
for extensive prosecutions or brokers
and bond dealers throughout the Pa
cific northwest.
p. ]. Wright Seattle attorney
who formerly acted as counsel FOR w
r. de- I.arm and Biehl, and VINO dreN
M some Of the incorporation papers
of the socalled de Larm companies
| testified that he Withdrew as thei'
lawyer when they We're arrested. rs
said he had repeatedly cautioned theh
MOI to oyer-issue bonds and urseo
Them to cling to safe financial meth
| pdS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
-
MRS. ADAMS MUST
REMAIN IN PRISON

Los Angeles, Dec. S0.-As far az
/ A. Hodsins, wealthy thlcaso
contractor, is concerned, ms ios'ei
daughter. Mrs. Edna Louise Adams,
may continue to cook 'muliisah.
wash dishes. sweep and make beus III
the city Jail. Mrs. Adams. VINO mas
been i'm iail a week because she Is al
legged to have passed worthless checks
expected her foster father to come 10
her relief with the amount OF p"li
necessary to procure her release
Hodgins' refusal to do anything i"r
her. came today in message I" '"s
Los Angeles police. He said he hao
been paying Mrs. Adams 5000 mohsh
eyer since she came out here In
snecial car year ago and that prioi
to her arrest by "A private defective
he had published notices that ne
would not be liable for any OF he'
debts.
Il am through concluded the
message.