Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-05-15

Misses Ella Koehmstedt and Mary
O'Reilly, both teaching summer terms
of school in the vicinity of Osnabrock.
were visitors over Sunday at their Lang
don homes.
j. f. Ramage found customers for
two new Ford touring cars this week.
Both LangdoD buyers, Sheriff J. Kel-
land being the purchaser of one and
Simon Schefter the other.
WI. Storie, VIII, is editor of the
Osnabrock Independent and is also in
the field as an applicant for appoint.
ment as postmaster Of that town, spent
Friday at the county seat.
Miss Ida Suffer, resigns her position
in the dry goods department of the J. B..
Boyd store this week and will leave the
city shortly for eastern Montana, intend
ing to locate on a homestead.
Miss Blanch Young, who is engaged
in teaching a spring and summer term
at the Mazda school in M. Carmel town
ship, was among the number here last
week to take the May state examination.
Hugh Mcdowell and Robert Murie
went TO St.. Paul last FRIDAY as witnesses
subpoened for the hearing of the govern
ment's antitrust suit against the Inter-
national Harvester Co. They returned
Monday.
Attorney Cleary was at Wales during
the week having a survey made of the
Rush Lake lands involved in the drain
age case which is being given a final
hearing in district court this week be-
fore Judge Cooley of Grand Forks.
Miss Annie Robertson, who has been
making a months vacation visit at her
Langdon home and with relatives over
in Manitoba, left on Mondays train re-
turning to Albert Lea, MINI, where she
holds the position of head nurse in a
large hospital.
DR.. Mcqueen, of the county board of
health, has two cases of diphtheria
under quarantine south of Easily the
farm homes of VIM. Lorentz and John
Hauz being at present under the doctors
supervision. Both cases are stated as
being of a mild type.
Sunday afternoon at the Methodist
church at Elkwood a service will be
conducted by Rev. D. S.. Scadeng, of
this city, the remarks of the pastor re.
ferring especially to the late Joseph
Ankers, whose remains will be inferred
in the Elkwood cemetery. The hour of
the service will be three o'clock.
H. e. Goertz, who since resigning the
foremanship of the Cavalier Co. Republi-
can a short time ago has been at Thief
River Falls, Mimi, enjoying a we'll earn
ed lay-of is now at Carrlngton. N. d.,
where he takes mechanical charge of the
Independent. Mrs. Goertz will remain
for some little time longer at Thief River
Falls with her mother, Mrs. Iverson
w. A. Monroe closed a deal on Mon
day for the purchase of the Souch resi-
dence property or south Fourth street.
Mr.. Monroe and wife are retiring from
the hotel business and will move into
their new home shortly. The prop
erty is now being vacated by the Souch
family who leave on Tuesday for Malta,
Montana.
With Alex. Robertson as coach, the
Langdon high school sent John Hal
loran, Ed. Donovan, John Robertson,
Albert Drury and Howard McNiven to
Fargo last Friday to represent the track
team at the interscholastic meet. The
return home Monday with two first,
three second and two third prizes told
the story OF what the boys did. Making
third place in a field of ten entries
Langdon is satisfied, but expect even
better things of the boys when they &C
to Grand Forks today.