Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-26


this city Tuesday from a trip to the
Twin Cities and Dell Rapids, S. D., and
was accompanied on her return by her
friend, Miss Mildred Terrett, who will
make a visit at the ALERT home during
the balance of the month.
Miss LaBelle Mahon went to Devils
Lake on Friday of last week to attend a
house party given by Attorney and Mrs.
M. Brennan to a number of the young
friends of their daughter, whose we'd
ding will occur the latter part of this
week to a son of Congressman P. D..
Norton.
Tom Lindsay is holding down a clerk
ship in Co.. Auditor Hamilton's office
at the court house during the absence
of Deputy Adam Reid who was called to
to Alsack. Sask., this week by the
bereavement of his daughter. Mrs. Kne-
chtel, whose husband died on the 18th.
Superintendent John H. Stauff of the
city schools left Thursday of last week
for Grand Forks, where he has been as
signed work at the state university as
one of the board of examiners of those
who wrote at the state high school ex-
animation this spring. Mr., Stauff does
not expect to return home before July l.
j. f. Gleason was a Monday visitor
from Hannah, where he has managerial
| charge of the Cavalier Go. Implement
Co.'S, business. That section of the
county he reports, east as far Wales, as
practically having been visited by
none of the rainfall of the past week.
Early sown wheat is in the shot blade,
but only about five inches high. All
gram crops need rain badly.
G. E. Johnston made IN early start on
Friday with the auto for Fargo, to which
| point Mrs. Johnston and the children
took the noon train to join in the enjoy
ment of an overland trip to Minneapolis.
| From their former home in the Twin
Cities they expect to indulge in a
number of auto outings through the
lake districts of Minnesota and Wiscon.
sin during the summer season.
Monday morning during the storm OF
thunder and lightning that passed over
this city between three and five o'clock,
a thunder bolt entered the home of
| of Frank Greene, Sr., in the Dorval adj
| dition with considerable violence and
some damage to property. though for
t%unately no body was hurt, worse than
being badly scared and thankful for
their escape. The thunder bolt would
seem to have gained an entrance to the
Greene home through the chimney and
as the incident is recounted by dad
Greene the dunder and blitzen certainly
must have pulled off a few thrilling
stunts before making its exit.
j. j. Souch returned to the city dur.
ing the week from Malta. Mont, where
he put in a month looking after the bust.
ness interests of his daughter, Mrs. Cora
Watson. Malta is putting up over q
a dozen fine business blocks this sum
mer, all brick with stone trimmings: uI
to date the crop prospect is excellent
there having been an abundance of May
and June rains. Mr.. Souch met quite q
number of ex-Langdon people there
Peter Goertz has the management Of q
large general mercantile establishment
and has also homesteaded a choice hall
section of land lear town; o. w. Simon
son, a Langdon wheat buyer, who left
here three years ago owing to the poor
health Of his wife is now travelling sup
e%rintendent for an elevator company with
headquarters at Malta. Misses Pear
Watson and ANGELA j. O'Connor. who
left here to take up homesteads in Mon
tana, are both engaged in teaching
school and running their farms at q
a profit. Mr.. Souch's report OF the
Malta colony OF Langdon people shows
them all as doing we'll in the west.