Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-04-10

Clyde cleared s97 at last weeks dance
given for benefit of its ball team.
| Seeding commenced in the vicinity of
Park River on Tuesday of last week,
April lst.
Walhaila is already busy with plans
for better and bigger fall fair than
ever this fall.
Hampden elevators have had to close
down owing to spring floods having put
them out OF business.
The Nekoma drug store is now owned
by George McCabe, who bought out the
interest Of his partner J.E Green, the
Fairdale druggist.
The sad news was received at Calvin
Monday morning that the father of
John Grumpy passed away Sunday at
his home in Minneapolis
Lester Lee, son of the editor of the
Walhalla Mountaineer has gone to
Saskatoon, Sask., to accept position
with the electric light plant there.
Miss Margaret Sllers, of Calvin
will attend the worlds Sunday school
convention to be held in Zurich,
Switzerland next June, as delegate.
The Sarles choral club gave the
second of series of concerts last week.
The proceeds netting $45.0O go toward
1.-The purchase of piano for the clubs
use.
| Rev. A. D. Collins, Phi D., for several
years past in charge of a church at
Walhaila has accepted n call from the
church at Rugby. He will leave about
May LIST.
Munich's base ball team will be
arrayed in new suits this season The
club reorganized Monday this week
and promises to play faster game than
they dldlast summer.
Snow drifts at Milton melted at the
rate of two feet per day during last
weeks soft spell of weather leaving the
fields bare and prospects good for early
seeding operations this spring.
Ben Fodenrecht and John Goertzen
arrived at Munich during the week with
several carloads of stock and machinery
from Mountain Lake, MINI. They have
bought the Siemens and Schmore farms
near Munich.
Died at four p. m March 27 about
!: eleSa.l miles,west of Calvin Mr.. Boyd
aged SO years, months and Is days He
was born in 1883 and was the father o
four children, only one of whom is
!, living, Mrs. Brotherton. He had beer
suffering with heart and kidney trouble
for many months and his death was not
unexpected.
While returning from tho Rhodes
funeral at Milton, the hearse tipped
over and one OF the big plate side glasses
was broken. Messrs Peck and Olson
were thrown violently to the ground
but landed in snowdrift and escaped
without injury. The road to the ceme.
} terry is very soft and almost impossible
for even common sleighs.
) The silver medal contest held at the
Presbyterian church at CALVIN under
, the auspices of the W, c.. 7. u, and the
direction Of Miss Pearl Kirk was largely
/ attended. The contestants were: Bella
Crumtb tby Lyle Buckingham, Reta
Thompson, Marion 'McKinnon, Olive
J Shortrldge, George Schafer and May
Henderson. Miss Marion McKinnon
, received the medal. The judges we're
Mrs. Chas. Crawford, j. W. flaw and Mr.
; Allan.
, Recently, while returning from visit
at his home near Fairdale, Photographer
Hultsrand of Milton, secured a picture
of the Mrs. Jim Ward farm home south
, of Osnabrock or rather the snow drift
covering the house. The building was
completely covered with snow, only the
stove pipe showing ever the drift A
tunnel like passage had been dug from
the door so that exit could be had from
the building. Before this passage was
MAJ de no part of the house was visable
and the interior was in total darkness.
On Monday the people of Walhalla
held mass meeting and decided tc
!, raise fund with which to erect proper
and beftting monument to the memory
of Rev. John Scott and wife, in the
Walhalla cemetery. "Father" and Mrs
John Scott were pioneer missionaries
covering a territory extending from
Emerson, Man, to the Turtle mountain
region and for years centralized theil
field OF labor at Walhalla. The fund is
one that will be liberally contributed tc
by residents of the northern part of the
state generally.
In announcing last week the appoint
ment of Gustav Brecke of Milton tc
. collect funds for the Lincoln memorial
. statue to be presented to Norway by
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