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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-07

Alert 4 Winter have plenty Of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Offices east front of Schulke block.
.Drs. Semple & Mugan. Langdon, N. D
T, John Hagan and wife we're over Sun
day visitors with relatives at Park
River. '
Jas. McEwan is wei from Cavalier
with a party of friends in his auto to
see the fair.
Simon Schefter, the clothier and shoe
man returned Saturday from his stock
buying trip east.
e3Mrs. A. A. Afford is here from Iona
visiting with several OF her Langdon
trends during fair week,
Teachers examinations will be held at
Langdon and Munich on Thursday and
Friday, August 18th and 18th.
N. G. Mcdonald went north Saturday
from Valley City for an over Sunday
visit with his mother at Hannah.
Jno. Mclean and Frank Ball have
been here since Monday coming over
from Sarles Monday to attend the fair.
Miss Allie Dickson was an arrival on
Mondays train, returning home from
a visit of over a week with friends in
the Forks.
Joseph Webster, one of Langdon's old
timers, now farming out in the western
part of the county near Calvin is a fair
| visitor this week.
Mrs. j. W, flaw returned Friday, &C
companied by her little daughter from
a visit of a couple of months to her for
mer home in Minnesota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-07

ALERT & Winter have plenty OF money
co loan on first and second mortgages.
Unlimited money to loan on first mort
cages, liberal amount" and lowest rates.
Joseph Power, Langdon, N. D.
Jos. Marty and wife paid a visit to
several Of their old Langdon friends
while here this week to see the fair.
VIM. ellis, who will be remembered
by a few of the old timers as one OF
Langdon's pioneers some twenty two
years ago is a guest at the H. D. ALERT
home arriving on Tuesdays train from
Great Falls. Mont.
A. Schulke leaves tomorrow for Chica-
go and the markets of the east, expect
pecting to be away two weeks. Miss
Alma Schulke accompanies her father
and will visit with relative in Chicago
while MIR. Schulke goes east as far as
New York city.
Dr.. Stork visited two Langdon homes
during the early hours of this morning,
lhe first of the new arrivals being a
a little daughter to Mrs, Alex. Heintze.
who is here visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lee. Later
on about eight o'clock a twelve pound
hoy put in an appearance at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert White
Both are reported as doing nicely.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-07
Good Reason for His Enthusiasm

When a man has suffered for several
days with collie, dialrhoea or other forms
OF bowel complaint and is then cured
sound and we'll by one or two doses of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy, as is often the case, it is
but natural that he should be enthusi-
astic in his praise OF the remedy, and
especially is this the case of a severe
attack when life is threatened. Try it
when IN need of such a remedy. 1t
never fails. Sold by all dealers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-07

When in the city see Hawkins for
hardware and furniture.
Get your latest magazines periodicals,
new novels, ETC., at G. A. Spellman's.
Miss Blanche Young is a visitor in
town at the fair from her school at Mazda
Amos Schweitzer and wife, formerly
of Loma,ar fair week visitors here from
Grand Forks.
Miss Verna Laing is spending the
week a visitor in the city with her sister
Mrs. Fl. O. Sorenson.
Mrs. j. F. Gleason and sister, Miss
Hannah, we're visitors Friday with a
number OF their Langdon friends.
"Billy" Short, one Of Langdon's
smooth shaving tonsorial artists. is back
among old Langdon friends for a fair
week visit.
Miss Jessie Mahon came up from
Fargo on Tuesdays train and is a fair
week visitor at the home of her friend
Miss Mary Robertson.
Miss Julia Koehmstedt daughter of
S. l. Koehmstedt of Mt. Carmel, came
up from Grand Forks. Tuesday for a
weeks visit with her parents.
G A. Spellman, prescription druggist,
successor to H. L.. Francis, is prepared
to give the c%ompounding of your pre-.
scrlptions careful personal supervision
j, Clerk of Court G. S. Robertson was at
Hannah on Friday on the playing team
of the Langdon tennis club in a tourna'
ment with the crach lawn tennis players
of the end town club.
Miss Muriel Ferguson accompanied
her mother who left during the week fol
her home in the west and will make {
visit of a month with the family over
there. Her little nephew, Allen Nc
Queen, accompanied her.
M. L.. Sullivan is to the fore again thi
year at the fair with his fine herd o
prize winning Polled.Angus cattle. Hi
herd now numbers over twenty-six head
at the head of which is a fine younI
animal, one OF the bunch that won th
N. P. silver trophy cup at the state fai
this year.
Agent VIM. Bolton has secured
months leave of absence and expect
to make his get away next week. Hi
l trip west will extend as far as Orlando
Cal, where he has a twenty acre trac
. of fruit land in the same locality as tn
!, Lindstroms, Smiths, Haseltines an
t and other Langdon people.
: Clerk of Court Robertson has an iter
in another column directing the after
ton of parties who hold first papers d.
claring their intention to become cit
zens that certain amended section
of the naturalization law render sue
first papers void, whore seven years hav
Y elapsed from their date of issuance with
out, application having been made fc
full citizenship. Under this section {
: the naturalization law parties holdin
n first papers issued prior to Septembe
9th, 1906, should secure their renew
r at once if they would avoid a delay
Q another two years before obtaining the
papers of full citizenship.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-07

EQlCOr Ern0SC II. peterson VINO IN
addition to a%cceptably filling the
columns Of the Milton Globe with live
matter every week also looks after the
job of state game warden in this district
found time to look over the county fair
Tuesday.
The county commissioners we're in
session a couple of days the forepart
of the week, but managed to dispose
of their business so as to take In the
doings at the fair yesterday and today.
The official minutes Of the proceedings
WILL be printed next week.
August weddings are beginning to
create some stir and interest IN Lang
don.s society circles. Dan Cupid has
at least two impending events along
matrimonial lines that will take up
space IN the columns of the Langdon
papers before the end of the month,
Miss Helen Sullivan, superintendent
of Cavalier county schools is asking
auto rides of no young man-but instead.
she has a fine new Metz runabout all
her own and al o laugh at the boys
as she goes gliding to and fro, attend
ing to her duties.-Grand Forks Obser-
YER.
Prof. and Mrs. Richard Hayward are
here from Grand Forks this week in
terested visitors at our county fair. MI.
Hayward. since retiring from the SUI
perintenoency of our public schools a
few years ago, has been state Inspector
of high schools. He naturally finds the
educational exhibit at the fair to be of
particular interest. Before returning to
the Forks the Heywards will look after
their farming interests north of town.
Langdon was attacked with quite a
sudden spasm of a civic clean up crusade
the fore-end of the week when the streets
alleys and vacant lots we're suddenly re-
Gsved of the rank growth of weeds and
grass that has all summer long dis
figured much of the beauty of Langdon's
residential streets. The ladies of the
civic improvement league and the com
merclal club each did a share to com
plete Langdon's neat and tidy appear
;ance during fair week.
The summary of the monthly weather
report for July at the Langdon sub.
station of the U. S. weather bureau
shows that the minimum temperature
did not reach the frost line during July.
the lowest point being 39o, recorded on
the End and Oath. On six different
dates in July the maximum tempera.
ture was above 800 in the shade, the
highest point reached during the month
and the record breaker, so far, for the
summer of 1918, was recorded on the
Both when it was 96oln the shade. July's
rainfall was l.88 inches, but as this cover
ed seven different dates scattered pretty
we'll throughout the month the moisture
was of little-if any benefit to growing
crops. July weather data does not in
clude any hail storms that resulted il
crop loss locally and the visitations o
thunderstorms we're fewer in numbe:
and of less violence than is usually tn
case during the month OF July.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-07

Everybody's friend-Dr. Thomas Elec-
trio Oh, the great household remedy for
to%othache, earache, sore throat, cuts
bruises, scalds. Sold at all drug stores.
25c and SOC.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-07

Typewriter ribbons for all standard
makes of machines, both wide and mar
row ribbons at the DEMOCRAT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
Now Well After Using
Eckman's Alternative
A Valuable Remedy for Throat and
Lungs.

The makers of Eckman's Altera-,
tive, which is doing SO much good
for Consumptives, are continually
In receipt of wonderful reports of
recoveries brought about solely
through the use of this medicine.
These reports are always at the
command of any one Interested, and
many OF the writer's in their graf
ltude have suggested that like suf-
terers write direct and learn what
men:
421 Second Ave. Aurora, Ill.
Gentlemen: Pardon me for not
writing sooner. but I wanted to see
II ! would stay cured. l can now
trut i1,. say l am perfectly well.
thanks. l have no pain. no cough,
no night sweats, no hay fever. Since
cnlId OF TWO years. / have been
ailtng with lung trouble, which
age of fourteen, the doctor said ~
l could not be sent south l would
surely die OF Consumption. Every
winter l would be sure to have
either Bronchitis, Pleurisy or PneiI-
monia, had typhoid Pneumonia
stomach and bowels and had Hav
tever for the last few years. h,,t
have not anything of the kind this
II will answer all letters ssn, 60
me. asking a history of INV case
from any one suffering with Inn
trouble" hs
(sworn affidavit) ETA PLATH.
Give years later reports stiIl
Eckman,s Alternative is effecttv.
IN Bronchitis, Asthma, Hay Fever:
Throat and Lung Troubles and in
upbuiiding the system. Does not
contain poisons, opiates or habit
corning drugs, For sale by leading
druggists. Ask for booklet teIiinS
OF .recoveries. and write to Tcis mas
Laboratory, PHILADELPHIA, Pa for
additional evidence. Owl Drug Co,
g04 g st; French Drug Co., 18th and
Pacific av,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
ARREST CIGAR
STORE MAN

James Quinn, an employee of
the Prince Cigar company, Pa
cific avenue. was arrested at an
early hour this morning charged
with larceny on a complaint sworn
to by Henry Prince, president of
the company.
Quinn is alleged to have been
taking money out of the till for
his personal use. Last night, &C
cording to the police, Prince
placed a number of marked coins
in the till and later they were
gone. Quinn was then arrested.
This morning the marked coins
were found on Quinn's clothes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
MAY EXILE
ALL DOGS
FROM CITY

Tacoma may be made a dog
less town by reason of the pres
ent mad-dog scare.
The health department will
take the situation up in addition
to the police department and will
investigate all cases. DR.. Button
reports 80 cases of dog rabies in
the last three weeks. Brains and
spina lcolumns of dogs sent to DR..
Kalkus, head veterinarian at Pull
man, show strong cases of rabies.
How many dogs bittenaby those
that have the rabies no one knows,
and If the situation does not i'm
prove the city may pass an ordi-
nance prohibiting the keeping of
dogs in the city,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
WILSON SMILES
AT THE FIRST
LIMERICK

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
March 25.-President Wood
row Wilson today smiled over
the first limerick to reach
the White House since his
occupancy. 1t came from T.
IL. Martin of Buffalo, who
proposes himself as "presi-
dent of the limerick society,""
1t follows:
Said a man of New Jersey
named Woodrow,
"The great ship of state I
sure could row."
He is now at the oar
Launching out from the
shore,
Proving he surely could and
Woodrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
WORKS HARDTO
END BOYCOTT

The Tacoma Commercial club,
unable to make Roadway against
the boycott at San Francisco on
finished lumber from Puget
Sound, will lay the whole matter
before the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States and see if
they can do anything.
The Commercial club could
start retaliatory measures and
could soon bring Frisco to time
just now in view of the exposition
booked for there but it prefers
not to fight that way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
CHEMIST PROVES
WATER is GOOD

City Chemist Piachford knocks
into a cooked hat the stories of
the croakers who have been tear
ing their hair over the pollution
in Green river. Exhaustive chem
ical analysis show Green river wa
ter better than the South Tacoma
wells. His report has been filed
showing Green river to contain
only 92 parts of solids to 101 for
the South Tacoma wells. Right
down the line the river water is
shown to be better than the
wells.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
WOULD STRING WIRE
OVER NEW BRIDGE

The Sunset Telephone company
wants the right to string its wires
over the 18th street bridge.
The council considered the mat
ter this morning but took no ac-
ton. 1t is not going to be in a
hurry about taking action either,
judging from the comments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
CLEANS THE HAIR AND MAKES It
!, BEAUTIFUL CENT "DANDER|NE'
In few moments your hair looks SOFT fluffy ustrous
i and abundant mo falling hair or dandruff

Surely try a "Danderine Hair
Cleanse" If you wish to immedi-
ately double the beauty of your
hair. Just moisten a cloth, with
Danderine and draw it carefully
through your hair, taking one
small strand at time, this will
cleanse the hair OF dust, dirt or
any excessive oil-In a few mo-
ments you will be amazed. Your
hair will be wavy, fluffy and
abundant and possess an incom-
parable softness. lustre and lux
uriance, the beauty and simmer
of true hair health.
Besides identifying the hair,
one application of Danderipe dis
solves every particle of Dandruff;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
HANDWRITING
EXPERTS ON
THE STAND

Counsel for the defense in the
hearing of the Pollock case,
which was resumed this morning,
endeavored to prove by the tes-
timony of handwriting expert
that the department figures on
Steve Pollock's report card had
been changed so that his average
might appear better. For this
reason G. II. Raleigh was called
upon the stand, and he declared
that the handwriting on the re-
port card had been changed.
Attorney Holt for the plaintiff
made strenuous efforts to dis
credit the experts testimony, and
the examination took up most of
the morning.
George B. Burke of the Bank
ers' Trust company and o. L. Ca
ton will be called in also to tes-
tify to the handwriting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
80 DIE in
BATTLE
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 25.-
Ninety men are reported today
to have been killed or wounded
In yesterdays rebel attack on
Cananea, Sonora. The defenders
are said to have lost so and the
rebels half that number.
An armistice was declared so
that the dead and wounded might
be removed from the field.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25

cleanses. purifies and invigorates
the scalp, forever stopping itching
and falling hair.
Danderine is to the hair what
fresh showers of rain and sunshine
are to vegetation. 1t goes right
to the roots, invigorates and
strengthens them. Its exhilarat-
ing, stimulating and life-produc-
ing properties cause the hair to
grow abundantly long, strong and
beautiful.
You can surely have pretty.
soft, lustrous hair, and lots of it,
If you will just get rs cent bot
tie of Knowlton's Danderine from
any drug store or toilet counter
and try 1t as directed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
MOTHERS'

UNITED Press Leased Wire. J

OLYMPIA, March 25.-Gover-
nor Lister yesterday signed and
made effective as laws the moth
ers' pension bill and the minimum
wage bills for the benefit of the
women of the state.
The mothers pension does not
apply except in case of INDECENT
mothers. Any who have no 9TH
er means of support may apply
to the county commissioners and
they will provide a pension of
SIS for the mother with one child
and add IS for each additional
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
ATTORNEY TRIES SUICIDE
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

SAN FRANCISCO, March U.s.
Found lying fully dressed and un-
conscious from gas asphyxiation
in the bathroom in the home of
@. 8. Clinton, friend, Curtis
Hillyer, prominent San Francisco
attorney, is near death here today.
Hillyer has met many financial
reperses recently and 1t is be-
lieved he attempted suicide.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
MASONS DANCE

The Scottish Rite Masons will
hold a reception and ball at Ma
sonic temple Friday evening. The
whole building will be used to en-
terrain and a fine banquet will be
served from 10 to IL o'clock in
the dining room.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
BULGARIANS WIN

(By United Press Leased Wier.)
s SOFIA, March 25.-After a
days desperate fighting before
Adrianople, under cover of siege
guns, the Bulgarians captured the
first line of Turkish defenses, ac-
cording to statement from the
war office here today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
Minimum Wage Bill.

o Minimum Wage Bill. y
@ Provides commission O
o which shall fix a minimum o
o wage for women in each o
o separate industrdy, the find o
@ ing of the commission being o
@ final. 9
o o o o O @ o 8 o 9 o o @ @ o
child under Is years of age.
The minimum wage bill is in
reality not a minimum wage bill
in itself but provides the means
for getting a minimum wage. A
commission Is to be appointed
with powers to fix minimum
wage which may be different for
each industry but must be lived
up to by the employer after it
Is fixed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
NO PAVING HERE

The city council will not put
through the paving of South
Ninth street from X to Ainsworth
this year as a majority of the
property was signed against 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
FEAR WAR; BANKS LOSE.

BERLIN, March rs. - More
than $40, 900 900 was drawn from
Berlin banks In the last six
months on account of fear OF war
by the populace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
You'll Find
1t Here

A. A. Grieves, A. b. Curtis, G.
Lund and H. Williams, election
officials of Seattle, are under ar
rest charged with election frauds
on a recent vote on municipal
ownership of the Renton street
railway.
Hdqtrs. Milwaukee Sausage.
Duenwald's Del, 313 18th st.
Advertisement"
Stone-Webster interests are
trying to give Puyallup the worst
of 1t on a street lighting contract,
and the city threatens to appeal
to the public service commission.
Perfect fitted glasses $3.50 up.
Pfaff, JeweIer and Optician, 1147
@ st. Advertisement"
Supervisor Fromme will ap-
point 25 men this summer to
guard against fire in Olympia for
est reserve. 7&E
Ralph N. Sheppard, motorcycle
dealer at Ellensburg, was fatally
hurt when his front tire blew up.
Artistic floral decorations at
HIM. Florist, South Eth and K
streets. advertisement"
Lloyd Leroy Small of Tacoma,
who took his masters degree at
Columbia in one year, lis in
class by himself" in scholarship,
according to the report of Prof.
Moritz.
Declaring that beating he re-
ceived from George Leanders and
his friends the night before he
shot the former has affected his
mind, Charles Wilson, held for the
crime, says he has not been re-
sponsible for his actions since.
Lawn mowers. Ewing Hard
ware Co., I'LL So. c st.
Advertisement"
Puget Sound firms were the
only bidders at the opening of
bids for the construction of the
new lighthouse tender Rose at
Portland.
A dinner and talkfest will be
enjoyed by the Tacoma AID club
at the Commercial club this even
ing.
Artistic floral decorations at
Watson's. Advertisement"
Knight of Pythias gave a must
cal and Evolutionary entertain
ment at the Pythian temple last
night.
After an enthusiastic meeting
last night with more than 60 per-
sons in attendance, the English |
society of Tacoma organized and
elected Vice Consul Agassiz presi-
dent.
John Pancner will speak on the
/. w. w. movement, it's philoso-
ply and ideals Sunday eve, Mar.
80, at p. M, l. w. w. hall, ITO
s. 14th st. Admission free.
Advertisement"
Judge Chapman took the law
In his own hands yesterday and
refused to grant Rose e varde-
man a divorce from G. Vardeman,
on grounds of desertion. 1t was
not because he DIDN'T think she J
deserved the divorce, but because
he felt the husband should be
proceeded against criminally.
Mrs. Vardeman charged that her
left her within month |
after marriage.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-25
PENSION---LAW
SIGNS BILL
) @ o O @ O o O @ o o o O @ {

MOTHERS PENSION LAW. 4
Gives to the mother whose I
husband is dead or in pris- 4
on SIS II she has one child 4
and IS additional for each 4
additional child. 4
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
COTTON STAGNANT
AF TER EARLY DROP
Market Is Evening-Up Affair,
Pending CordiII's Report-Spot
Houses SeII-Narrow Range.

NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-The cotton
market opened quiet to-day, with first
prices l UP to 3 points lower than last
nights final
Liverpool fully met the rise here of
Wednesday, but propitious weather con-
ditions overnight and indications for
further favorable weather offset the
steadiness of the English market, and
instead of a further advance mere the
prices only rose ] point higher After
lhe call there was some pressure from
room traders, based on good weather
ara reports of slow demand for spots
potn IN the South and the local market
brokers representing spot interests were
conspicuous on the selling side, and after
an hour of trading the list was to II
points under' the previous close,
outside OF this class of trading, bust
ness was very light.
1t was rumored that CordilTs crop es-
innate VIII be out in a few days, and
the majority of traders were incliItad ia
await this report before committing
themselves largely on eithre side. How
ever, sentiment continues bearish and
rallies
The principal support was attributed
10 certain spot houses, who have fol-
lowed the bull side from the beginning
ctA9Nh
demand in the Atlantics
During the afternoon session trading
was almost at a standstill. The aver
age operators seem to have their lines
evenly balanced to meet the Cordin re-
port, which, at the moment, is causing
more discussion than trading. 1t is
| generally believed the report will be
| bearfsh, giving an estimate of Is, 600 900
bales. Should his estimate ne that high,
there would be only one thing, a bear
| raid. 1t Is also commended that the tech
nical position Is still against a rally of
| consequence.
Price movement was practically un-
| changed from the early low mark.
At the close the market was barely
steady, with prices at a net decline OF
to II points from the closing quotations
of Wednesday
Following are II a. m. bids in New
York: December, 1885, January 1888:
March, 1887; May, 1895: July. 1926.
Following are 10, a. m. bids in New
| Orleans: December, 13.49: Janual y,
1852; March, 1885, May, 13.63 July,
| 1856
Estimated cotton receipts:
Friday 1912
New Orleans 5000 to 10000 II, 421
Galveston . 1850 to 1880 90 6S5