Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-09-18
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

The woman's club will hold its next
regular meeting with Mrs. Devaney on
Tuesday afternoon of next week Septem-
Der 23rd.
Now if they can get Harry back into
Matteawan soon enough the news col
umns will be left free for L RS trip up
the Amazon.
Chas. S. Hunter and WIFI returned
yesterday from a couple of days visit to
Calvin, where Mr.. Hunter has quite ex-
tensive farming interests.
Alex. McNab, bought a ticket yester-
day for Glasgow, Montana, where he IN
tends registering for a claim on the Fort
Peck, Indian reservation.
A L. Hummer reorened the town
school at Dresden this week for the fall
and winter term. This is Mr.. Runners
second year as principal of the school.
Miss Ida Plante, of Olga, has recently
accepted the offer of a position as book
keeper for the general mercantile firm of
j. LaMoure g. Co., who have a large de-
partment store in WalhaIla.
Rev. D. Stratford- Scadeng, pastor of
the Methodist church Of this city for
the past three years was invited by the
congregation to return for another year
at the fourth quarterly conference neld
last week, but it is animated that Mr..
Scadeng has announced that himself
will remove from Langdon this fall,
An Item from a paper published at
Alexandria, Mimi, sent to the DEMOCRAT
by John Block, who with his family re-
moved to Alexandria a few years ago
tells of the marriage of their step son,
Russell L. Hunsperger on the 9th inst,
to Miss Minnie McFarlane. Old resi-
dents north of Langdon, where the
Blocks lived before removing to Mime
sofa will recall the groom, Mr.. Huns.
perger as having for several seasons run
the threshing engine on the Batta Bros.
outfit. Since leaving here he has had
charge of a gas traction outfit belonging
to his step father, Mr.. John Block and
operated in the Red River Valley. The
couple go out to Montana where the
groom is engaged in farming.
Auction sales are IN style again this
fall. The DEMOCRAT gets its first batch
of three sale bills this week from Auc-
tloneer Tony K%leffer, of Wales, who will
hold his first sale for the season on
Thursday of next week September 25th
at the farm of Henry Schmidt, ST., in
Dresden township, one mile and a half
east of Wales. On Saturday, the 9th
inst, he has a big auction sale of horses
in Wales, when he sells twenty head Of
choice young mares and colts for Dixie
Powell. On Saturday, October LIST, he
has quite an extensive sale of horses,
farm stock and machinery billed for
Frank Niebolte, whose place is in Grey
township about eight miles east and
two miles south of Calvin.
Yesterday afternoon j. w. Haw of
the better farming association called up
the DEMOCRAT from Wales stating that
on Saturday afternoon there would be
disposed of at private sale at that place
two carloads of cattle Shorthorn,
Hereford and Red Polled two year old
heifers. This is a part of a large ship
ment that is being made into the state
this fall by the Better Farming associa-
ton. They will be sold at a bare margin
over what they cost, just enough to
cover their being, shipped in from Iowa
and Illinois. Every animal in this care
fully selected shipment has undergone
the tubercular test and been dehorned.
1t is expected in this way to place not
less than three hundred head of choice
high grade young cattle of these breeds
among farmers in western Cavalier
county this fall.
r. W. Schoonmaker, formerly the
publisher of a paper at Frankfort, in
Sphinx county, South Dakota, who is
installing a printing office at Wales and
next week will issue the first number of
the Wales Progress made his initial call
at the printing offices on Newspaper
Row while in the city between trains on
Tuesday. Mr.. Schoonmaker is a printer
who has been in the business a number
of ears and from what we hear has the
backing of the business and towns.
people of Wales in his venture-which OF
itself means a whole lot. The Progress
is to be an eight page six column paper
right from the start and it is stated by
it's publisher will take an independent
sand in politics. 1t may be expected
that the Wales Progress will be a highly
creditable paper to the town.
F. True Charity.
Every good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Re.