Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-08-14
Drs. Smith, Hughes
4 HdSeItinG
Donovan Block


Mrs. Jos. Desrocher and daughter,
Mrs. Hebert took Tuesdays train to
Minot, where the husbands of both
have been employed since leaving Lang
don some two years ago
Frank Green, of the Green Bros,
barber shop took Mondays train to
Evansville. Mimi, where he will make a
short stay during the opening of the
hunting season after looking after bust
ness matters.
Mrs. John Byfield has been very i'll
during the past week, and is not greatly
improved yet. Her son John Byfield,
o: Langdon, was down Sunday and
Monday. and her daughter, Mrs. Gard
ner, of Butte, Mont, is with her at pres
ent.-Crystal Call.
j. r. Sullivan, who came here a year
ago to take charge of the st. Anthony
& Dakota elevator, left Monday accom-.
panied by Mrs. Sullivan for their new
home in Saskatchewan, where Mr.. Sui
livao has engaged to buy grain for an
old line company during the coming
season.
H. E. Close & Co.'S new electric sign
over their corner drug store is one Of
the down town business improvements
of the week that is particularly notice.
able after nlghtfall. BY the way the in
terror of the store is fully as metropolitan
and up to date as the hobby and at
tractive sign that now hangs over the
door. !. ~.
j. F. Ramage has some thing to tell
farmers of Langdon and vicinity this
week Of advantage to them in harvest
ing and threshing. He will use two
| Stewart Shock Leaders with, his thresh-
ing outfit this fall and tells his neigh
boring farmers they should put up
their shocks in straight rows and save
time and money.
w. N. Norton has been here from
Fargo since the first of the week re-
| calking the windows and doors. of the
Langdon high school building with a
patent elastic paste, which is expected
to render them i%mprevious to the wind
| and cold of the winter. The work that
is being done is expected to help con.
siderably in the saving of fuel and keep
ing the building comfortable this winter.
The Langdon Farmers Elevator Co.,
at its meeting held on Monday installed
Mr.. John j. Power as manager of their
| elevator to take the place of H. o. Sor-
%enson, who rendered the company his
resignation about a month ago. Mr..
Power is one of the oldest and best
known grain buyers in Cavalier county
and at the time of rendering the Natl
onal company his resignation a year ago
had been in the employ of that company,
here and at Osnabrock for upwards of
twenty years. The business he has done
as a grain buyer is a splendid record OF
his popularity with the farmers of the
surrounding country and under his
management the Langdon Farmers ele-
vator is sure to prosper and grow bigger
than ever. Mr.. Sorenson has taken a
position on the road with a Duluth
commission house, but expects to make
Langdon the home of his family the
same as in the past.
Last Wednesday evening between his
home in Manila township and the fair
grounds in his new Buick auto. accom-
panied by Mrs. Evans, her sister. Mrs.
Parks and son Eddie Evans, the car
tipped over, upsetting all of the occu-
pants and pinning MIR. Evans, who was
driving underneath, where he was oblig-
cd to remain until help was brought
from the Robert Stevenson farm near by
to lift the car and release him. The &C.
cident happened on The high grade on
the road about two miles east of Lang
don. Mr.. Evans having turned out to
the side of the grade to make room for
the passing of a car that he was meeting.
He was travelling at a low rate Of speed
at the time which no doubt accounts
for the lucky escape OF the occupants.
The injuries to the auto consist OF a
damaged top and broken windshield.
Mr.. Evans was somewhat bruised and
slightly burned about the upper part Of
the body by the escape of hot cylinder
oil from the engine. The rest OF the
party escaped with a severe shaking up.
Mr.. Evans was back at his post in the
ticket Office at the fair grounds the next
morning when tho gates opened just as
II nothing had happened.