Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-10-16
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Jasper Yale. a veteran conductor of
the G.. N. railway, who punched tickets
on this branch when the town of Hannah
was but an infant, some twelve or thlr-
teen years ago, has been stationed on
this line again.
Mrs. Elmer Irwin, a patient at the
Langdon hospital for some little time
with blood poison was removed Monday
to her home north of town. Mrs.
Twins condition is rapidly progressing
toward recovery. although very weak.
The DEMOCRAT has just this week re-
celved a full line of 1914 German Kalen-
dars which are offered for sale at the
following prices: Universal, Volumes |.
II, III and ~ at seventy five cents each:
Deutscher Kaiser, Marlen and St.
Michaels at twenty-five cents each.
Veteran J.. B. Magee took a couple of
days off the end of the week to enjoy a
duck hunt with his son in law, J.. e.
Higenbotham of Dresden, and returning
Tuesday was accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Higenbotham who visits part of
the week with the folks here in Langdon
g. J. Bone has his we'll drilling outfit
at work this week on a we'll he is putting
down at the VIM. Herricks home on
Sixth street. Mr.. Herricks is also put
ting IN a new stone foundation and max
ing other additional improvements to
the property he purchased some little
time ago from Mrs. Teresa Donovan.
e. A. Waosworth is adding consider
able improvements in the way of new
buildings to his farm properties in the
western part of the county near Hannah,
and his Rosa Lake farm east of Lanedon
this fall. New barns and granaries of
large size are being built and the op-
portunlties of this fine fall weather
made the most of. At both places Mr..
Wadsworth is going quite extensively
into raising Shorthorn cattle and
thorough bred hogs and the acreage to
crops of small grains will be gradually
reduced in future years.
Jas. Austin of Hannah asks that the
DEMOCRAT inform its readers of Lang
don and vicinity that Wednesday, Nov.
9TH is the date of a dispersion sale of
pure bred stock at the Poplar Grove
Farm. Mr.. Austin has rented his south
farms, which will considerably reduce
his p%asturage and accordingly he has to
reduce his herds of pure bred Short
horn. Jersey and Holstein cattle, Chest
er-white hogs and Shropshire sheep. AS
Mr.. Austin is one of the pioneer and
best know stock breeders IN the county
the sale at the Poplar Grove Farm on
November 9Th should attract quite wide
attention.
On another page of this issue A. O.
Void Co., make announcement of the
fact that they are going out of business
in Langdon. The sale they are putting
on entirely does away with any idea that
this is merely a fall trade sale advertised
to "catch" business. In the big adver-
tlsement on another page it will be noted
that Mr.. Void is also offering for sale
his Langdon and other personal property
Mr.. Void has decided to leave Langdon
at the suggestion of the family physi-
clan, the hope being that a change of
climate may prove beneficial to the
health of Mrs. Void, which has for some
little time past been a cause of anxiety
to the family and friends.
Friday last week a herd of one hun
dred and thirty head of Shropshire sheep
we're marketed in Langdon by John
Witzel of Mt. Carmel, the entire bunch
being purchased by Henry Windemuth.
OF the Langdon meat market. Mr.. Wit
eel has been raising sheep Oh his Mt.
Carmel farm right along for upwards of
twenty years and says that sheep he has
sold at different times have netted him
thousands Of dollars. They have kept
his crop land practically clear of weeds
and gave him two sure crops every
year, their wool clip in the spring and
the lambs in the fall. He says that
there is more money in raising sheep
than can be made out of cattle and hogs
with little or nc care required the whole
year round. In the spring Mr.. Witzel
will place a herd OF thoroughbred South.
downs on his farm to replace the grade