Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-15

The Langdon Orchestra has an enga
cement to play at Hannah next Monday
evening when the end town ladies give
a leap year dancing party to their gentle
men friends.
Mrs. Baker, ST., of Devils Lake, mo-
Their of Mrs, M. l.. Sullivan, accompan-
led by her daughter in law, Mrs. G. A.
Baker left on Friday returning. to her
home at Devils Lake after a visit of
several weeks here.
Daniel Davis, of Clyde was among the
number who took the state undertaken
and embalmer's examination at a meet
ing held recently at Valley City, at
which time there were fifteen applicants
from over the state.
Architect w. j. Gillespie, was here
from Fargo over Sunday making a
thorough inspection of Langdon's new
school building before its final accept
ance by the board of education from the
contractors, Bower Bros, of Fargo.
Miss Margaret ONConnor, Of the
county treasurer's Office at the court
house, left on Tuesdays afternoon train
for Rochester, Mimi, called there by
news of the serious illness of her brother
who is in the hospital at that place
under treatment.
1t is with regret that many of the old
timers will learn of the death of G r,
Harmon at Medford, Oregon, where he
with his family have made their home
the past few years. He will be remem-
bered as manager of the first bank
opened at Bathgate, which did a sue
~cessful business many years.
Peter Schwartz, the Dresden con-
tractor and builder was in town on
Monday. He has several jobs in
sights as soon as spring opens up
for new farm building in different parts
of the county. Carpenter Pete Schwartz
makes a speciality of large frame barns
and he has an advertisement in an
other column of the DEMOCRAT this
week.
Prof. Arnold G. K~ronenberger who
came here from Milwaukee last week
has accepted a position with Manager
Waldron, at the Electric theatre as a
pianist. Mr.. Kronenberger is a young
man who is recognized as one of the best
professional musicians in the Northwest
AS will be noted in another column Mr..
Kronenberger will organize a class of
pupils in Langdon and vicinity for in
%struction in piano playing.
A. F.. Koppin, who has sold his farm
in Harvey township and IS returning
with his family to their former home
in Iowa, is to have a sale of his horses,
live stock and other farm property on
Tuesday, March 5th, 1912. His farm Is
eleven miles northeast of Langdon and
the sale will include everything on the
place. All the household furniture, in
Guiding a fine high class piano. almost
new has been listed. The bills printed
also show a particularly desirable line of
farm horses, and machinery. MIR.
koppin has decided to take his family of
young children back east since the death
OF his wife which occurred shortly after
their coming here. The sale is to be con-
Quoting by Auctioneer Tony Kieffer and
will commence promptly at n o'clock
IL the afternoon. The farm is located
just four miles west of Mona postofice.
Returning on Tuesdays afternoon pas
senger from Hannah the information
was given out by Manager j. E. Pock-
randi that the concern of which he is at
the head, the Cavalier Co. Lumber Co.,
had completed details of a deal, pending
for ome time, in which his company,
takes over the yards of the Consolidated
Lumber Co., at Easily, the G. P. Get
chell Lumber Co., at Wales, and the
Bulloch O. Mcmillan yard at Hannah.
Thousands of dollars are involved in this
big deal and it is understood that the
yards named will start in doing business
as branches of the Cavalier County Lum-
Der Co., on March 1st. 1t is one of the
important local transfers financed
in Langdon in years and Is in line with
the progressive ideas upon which, the
affairs OF the Cavalier 90. Lumber
Conat have been developed under Mr..
lPockrandt's business management.