Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-04-17

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John S. Gogin was a visitor Friday
and Saturday of last week at the +. B..
Boyd home while up from the Nora
farm at Osnabrook to look after his
equipment for the spring assessing.
Norman McKechney, who left here
several weeks ago to look after a line of
collections for Langdon business men at
points through the Canadian Northwest
is reported as having accepted a position
with the International Harvester Co., to
cover a territory in Alberta.
; Robert Swanlaw, Frank Delling, Lars
Wall, and Sam O. Tollefson formed a
heavy weight quartette of the Milton
lodge O: the knights OF Pythias order
who visited with the Sir knights of the
Langdon lodge at their Castle Hall or
Monday evening of this week.
Mesdames Winter and Moran are ex-
pected home about the end of the week
from their stay through a part of the
winter in southern California. H. D..
ALERT and family who have also been
s%ojourning in lower California through
the winter season are not expected to re-
turn to their Langdon home earlier
than the middle of next month.
The Langdon creamery will reopen on
Monday of next week, April 21st, for its
regular run for the season of 1913. The
creamery was thoroughly overhauled
since it closed down last fall and will
continue to remain in charge of Manager
Louis Mortenson during the present
season which is a guarantee that the
wants OF all patrons will be looked after.
George Barcelo, U. S. customs collec-
tor at Mowbray, N. D.. writes the DEMO
Graf from the st. Boniface hospital. at
Winnipeg, Man., under date of the Both
| ult., that his wife who underwent an op-
Grafton there recently for the removal of
a tumor from the left breast, is in a pre-
c%arious condition with very slight if any
hopes of recovery. MIR. Barcelo has Sc
cured a leave of absence from his duties
at Mowbray and will remain at the bed.
side of his wife in the hospital until the
doctors say that the crisis is past.
Tonight the Courtney Morgan Co
opens a three night theatrical engage
ment at the Langdon opera house with
the presentation of a stirring dramatic
play entitled "The Woman of Mystery
On Friday evening the bill will be 'The
Devil" and they expect to close their
Langdon engagement for the present
theatrical season with that popular
comedy drama "The Fascinating
Widow" The Courtney-M Morgan Co..
put eight people or the stage IN the plays
they present and come here highly com
mended by the press of towns over the
north western states.
A. G. McNiven, has the sympathy of a
a large number of the people CT Lang
don and vicinity in the bereavement that
has befallen him this week since receiv.
ing the news Monday from the old home
at Brant, Ont, of the death of his mother
Mrs. Flora McNiven, aged ninety-four
years and three months. Deceased died
on the 10th inst, the funeral following
two days later at Walkerton. Mrs. Nc
Niven made her home in Langdon with
her son and other Langdon relatives for
some time up to returning east four
years ago and was quite we'll known in
the home circle of many Langdon tami.
lies. Extreme old age and an attack OF
paralysis are stated as being the direct
causes of her passing away. Mr.. A. G,
McNiven, accompanied by his wife and
younger members of the family spent a
part of the past winter at the old home
visiting his mother. who at that time
was rapidly failing in health and strength
William Kinna, who came here from
Estevan, Sask., on Thursday of last week
to attend tbs funeral of his father, the
late Robert Kinna. left on Mondays
train returning to his home in Saskat.
chewan for the past eleven years. He
retired from farming west of La ngdon in
1902, and shortly after locating at Este.
van decided to enter into the lumber and
farm machinery business there. In those
days Estevan was in it's infancy, today
it boast of 1000 people and Mr.. Kinna's
business has kept pace with the town IN
which he located as a pioneer to the ex
tent that today he is a wealthy man
1t was back about 1883, scme thirty ode
years ago. that he came west to Cavalier
county from Bathgate, demonstrating
on land almost adjoining the present 10
cation of Langdon. He has made good
and the result of his efforts is accepted
with feelings of general commentator
His brother, John, who engaged in bust
ness with Mr.. Kenna at Estavan SOM
year age died in November 1911 Of pneu
mona, in Texas, where the two brothers