Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-10-31
p. B. Crownover, a photographer has
located at Calvin.

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Fairdale has been experiencing a
butter famine the past week.
Wild geese are very plentiful and
several good catches have been made.
John Fitzgerald, of Munich, got l46
bushels of.speltz off an acre and a half.
Henry Dickinson had some flax at
Gallo that went 80 bushels to the acre.
Jack Smith, of Wales, has purchased
the George Henderson farm property at
Calvin
The seven month old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Lawrence near Calvin died
suddenly on the 10Th ult.
Mike Worth, of Trier, received about
5000 bushels of barley and oats on one
of his quarters this season.
Thos. H. Prior finished threshing
on his farm east of Hannah. He is one
OF the pioneers of the county.
The Fairdale meat market has on
display a monster cabbage brought in
by F. j. Vejtasa. 1t weighs % lbs.
Thieves around Gallo are swiping
overcoats and caps. This is sure sign
we are going to have a hard winter.
An Ole Olson show has lnterspersed
the monotony of campaign talks at Mil
ton and Osnabroak during the week.
d. J. Dicks flax averaged 16 bushels
and a half to the acre this year. Most
of his wheat went % bushels to the acre.
Henry McGrath, brother of Merchant
John McGrath Of Hannah and Druggist
McGrath of Grand Forks who lives
at Winnipeg is seriously i'll.
Manitoba farmers are short handed
in threshlng work. Many of them are
running with half crews and it will take
almost a month to clean up.
Munich has a shooting gallery recent
ly opened by AL. Powers, who has quite
a reputation as a wrestler and comes to
Munich from Leeds, N. D.
Alsen has a blacksmith, John Nelson,
who sold out at Gallo and returned to
his former home in Minnesota, having
opened up at Alsen this fall.
Andrew johnson, of Fairdale, closed
a deal last week whereby he became the
owner of 800 acres of good land former
ly owned by II. Gunhus in that locality.
P. P. Heide, who located in Hender-
son township before Munich was on the
map, is returning to his former home
at Mountain Lake, Mimi, having quit
farming because of his wife's poor
health.
Sheriff Drury was called to Munich
last Tuesday and took a transient party
custody for ramming a two-by-four
through the pool room window. The
transient was intoxicated and soughtito
smash up things.
NC. Orris father of Roxie Orris of
Munich sold his farm near Parker,
South Dakota for $4,000 or s85 per
acre. 1t IS said the farm was sold cheap
at that as farms not so good near there
are selling higher.
The little fourteen months old boy of
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. K. johnson, residing
west of Milton, met with a painful
accident the latter part of last week
when he fell over a broom while playing
and broke his leg at the hip.
Baptists at Calvin observed the fifth
anniversary of the opening of their
church by special services conducted
by Rev. Geo. B. Newcombe of Grand
Forks, The fine weather permitted of
several auto parties from Langdon at
tending.
j. H. Bliven, for several years en-
ployed on the Wroolie farm near Milton
shot and killed a Finnish thug at Grand
Forkslast week while engaged in official
duties as policeman. No blame is at
tached to Mr., Blivn in the matter as
the killing was clearly the result of an
accident while discharging his official
duty.
Narclsse Hebert and wife a couple
Cavaliers aged pioneers, celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of their wedding
last week Sunday. There were present
at the gathering forty-two members of
the family, representing four genera
lions. A splendid banquet eliminated
the observance of the day. Several OF
the family are now residents in the
western part of this county near Clyde.
Edward Schwartz, who years ago was
employed as a butcher with j. F..
Ramage died last week at Calvin aged
seventy years, after an illness of
pneumonia. Since leaving Langdon he
was engaged in business at Dresden,
Wales and Calvin, having located in the
latter town about three years ago. He
vas a native of Germany, emigrating
to this country, when eighteen years old.