Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-06

brief business visit between trains.
Miss Jennie Maloney accompanied
Mrs. ]. Moran home from her trip to
the Valley on Monday and is the lat
ter's guest during fair week.
Miss Maud Pinkerton returned to
her duties in the register of deeds
office this week after a vacation of a
month at her home in Upham, N. D.
Miss Annie Mclean, of the county
superintendent of schools office, has
as visitors during fair week her
sisters, Misses Elizabeth and Sarah
Mclean of Hannah.
Tom Qually of the C. A. Spellman
pharmacy returned Friday of last
week from his vacation trip to the
state fair and a visit to his home in
the southern part of the state.
Mrs. Jennie Moran returned Monday
from a stay of over a week at Bath
gate and Cavalier, where she has been
overseeing the taking off of crop on
her farm lands on the Red River
Valley.
Rev. Opie, pastor of the local M.
E. church exchanges pulpits Sunday
with Rev. Moore of Hannah, who will
preach in Langdon both morning and
evening and at the Harvey Center
church in the afternoon.
Isaac Ullyott, one of the founders
of the Cavalier county fair associa-
ton and who is superintendent of the
cattle exhibits, is here from Hannah
back on the job and with a smile and
hearty greeting for his host of old
Langdon and Harvey Center friends.
c.. R. Faris, the breeder of Per-
cheron horses and mares from Mona,
has an exhibit in the horse barn at
the fair grounds that helps to make
the splendid showing of what Cavalier
county is doing nowadays in the way
of raising horses for home use and for
shipment to points west.
Jas. P. Dunnigan, who has been
spending most of the summer looking
over Saskatchewan and Alberta has
recently returned to see after harvest
ing his crop in Trier township and is
a visitor at the fair this week. Years
ago "Jim' was clerk of the county
court under Judge Dorval.
A. M. Thorson and wife, who have
been domiciled in the suite of rooms
in the Dedrick block since starting
housekeeping have moved into the J.
F. Schneider house on north Fourth
street, formerly occupied by Mrs. M.
Morrison, who in turn removes to
apartments in the Dedrick block.
Hannah's ball team closed the sea-
son with a standing of 600 in the per-
centage column, having won 9 games,
lost 6 and tied l.. "Buzz' Dixon
was the captain of the nine and its
business manager was A. R. Balfour.
Next season the end-town expects to
be heard from in the base ball line.
Cando's all-salaried ball team, with
Milton Reid as captain and manager,
closed the season Sunday July 26th
with a record of FL games won, 7
games lost and 1 tied, making a
showing in the percentage column of
$50. Last week they started playing
a series Of post-season games across
the line in Manitoba.
Ole Skare, came up from Milton
Tuesday with a sample of field corn
from his farm in Montrose that meas
ures over six feet in height. He and
others from Milton state that it is
only a fair sample of what is being
, grown this season in the many acres
of field corn, which is proving to be
one of the big crops in that section
! of the county.
S. F. Mercer is here from Lari-
more, an exhibitor at the county fair,
with a beautiful showing of Towering
and foliage plants from his greer
house. The exhibit makes a splendid
showing of North Dakota grown beau
ties and Mr.. Mercer is taking a large
number of orders for stock from hi
nursery at Larimore. While here a
the fair he is a guest at the home Of
his cousin, F. E. B. Mercer.
A. l. Wesley came over from Graf.
ton last Thursday to look after the
shipping from here of a herd of bee
cattle for stocking up the meat marke'
property, which Messrs. Hay anl
Wesley purchased at the Walsh count.
seat about ten days ago. Mr.. Vesse,
reports himself and his partner, Mr.
Hay, as we'll pleased with the line O
trade they have been doing since tax
ing over the business. The familie
of both Messrs. Hay and Vessey will
continue to make Langdon their HON,