Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-11

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From Hannah the report of last Fri
days extreme low temperature is given
as 440 below zero by u old friend Jim
Moffatt, who is the official weather man
up at the end town.
Mrs. d.. Ridlington was in charge of
Miss lena Regner's classes in the first
primary department this week while the
latter was confined to her home at
Cooperstown by illness.
Alex. Mclean and wife returned on
Saturdays train from Hannah, where
they we're guests at the home of his
brother, Senator Henry Mclean, while
attending the farmers institute.
Tomorrow, Friday night at the NJ. E.
church, ''The Seven Killed City" the
first of a series of lectures by the pastor
Rev. D. Stratford- Scadeng 1t will be
illustrated by views and ommence at
eight o'clock sharp.
The new firm of Peters & Co., who re-
Gently purchased the business of H. Hay,
who opened up a furniture store last fall
in the Ferguson drug store location,
started to close out their stock at a
sale held by Auctioneer Wienecke last
Saturday afternoon.
This afternoon in the store building
recently vacated by Mercer g. Son, the
officers and board Of directors of the
Cavalier County Fair Association will
hold their annual meeting. In addition
to naming new officers for the ensuing
year it is planned to outline the cam
paign for the county fair of 1912.
The annual business meeting of the
congregation of the Presbyterian church
of this city will be held on Thursday
evening lof this week-to-night-at
eight o'clock, commencing promptly at
that hour in the church. Reports
from every department of the work will
be presented and the presence of every
member of the church and congregation
is earnestly urged. They also desire tc
magnify the social feature this meeting
William Helen, an early day pioneer
Of Cavalier county, who left Langdon
several years ago and homesteaded in
the Canadian Northwest neal Saskatoon
spent part of the week here visiting with
his old friend, Mike Kelly. Mr.. Helen
farms a section and a half of land in the
Canadian Northwest and spent the holi.
days at the home of his brother-in-law
Co. Com'r Alex. Russell, in Fremont
township before coming up here for a
visit of a few days.
The local lodge of the Modern Brother.
hood of America held It's annual election
of officers at it's meeting of last Tuesday
evening. Those who will fill the various
official chairs in the lodge o are as
follows: President, Alex. Hamilton; vice
president, Mrs. M. j. Horgan; secretary,
Chas. S. Robertson; treasurer, John 4.
Mirehouse: chaplain, Mrs. Heimbecker.
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grand lodge of the payment of the in
surance policy of the late w. A. Fergu-
son, amounting to $4,000 and the pay
ment of an accident policy of $500 to W.
Ayott, who since removing from here to
Cass Lake, Mimi, lost an arm in an &C.
cident on the railroad track when he
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passing train.
Under date of January End from Wen
del, Idaho, Mike Harrington, an old
reader of the DEMOCRAT at Clyde, while
a resident of this county, writes stating
that be is pleased to note the increase in
Cavalier county land values as a result
of the crop harvested here last fall and
marketed at a top price. He also says
there has been a wonderful increase in
land values in Idaho since he went
down there two years ago. At that time
he paid $50 an acre for the land he
bought and this last fall finding that he
had more land than he could handle sold
a part of it for S115 per acre. The bal
ance is we'll improved and is held by
him at 5000 per acre. He is located a
mile from Wendell, which is on the main
line of the railroad traverslng the state
and thinks that the past couple of years
go to prove that the section of Idaho in
which he is located has developed more
rapidly and increased in land values
faster than any one other part of the
United States. The DEMOCRAT is pleased
to hear that Mike is making good out in
Idaho, whioh is something you natural.
ly expect OF q North Dakotan where ever
you may ipc him.