Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-03-12
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Farmers Institutes held this week at
Iona and Fairdale have had weather
which must have insured there being a
large attendance at both places,
City Auditor Sheehan gives official
notice this week of the Langdon city
election to be held on Monday, April 9th
at which a full ticket Of city officials will
hs elected.
Township elections next Tuesday,
March 18th. Will town clerks kindly
mail or telephone the result of the cleo
ton in their precinct to the DEMOCRAT
as soon after the votes are counted as
possible. 1t will help in enabling US to
report the results of the election in
next weeks paper.
The Langdon commercial club has
changed its headquarters from the suite
of rooms on the second floor of the
Schulke block to the Odd Fellow hall in
the First National Bank block, and an
nounces that the club will hold stated
meetings for the transaction of regular
business on the first Wednesday evening
of each month.
The trial of Krafchencho, charged
with the robbery OF the Plum Coulie,
Man., bank and murder of the cashier
last fall opened yesterday at Morden,
his sensational escape after the robbery
and murder and his later jail breaking
escapade in Winnipeg make the trial of
the Plum Coulie bank robber and
murderer one that,.will be watched by
readers of newspapers on both sides of
the international boundary line.
The dates for the Cavalier Co. Fair of
1914 are Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, August 4th, 9Th and 9th. 1t
isttixed to occur the week following the
state fair at Grand Forks, and practically
falls on the anniversary OF last years
fair dates. Last year the airis.associa-
ton expended $4,000 in payment for
new buildings and outstanding indebted
ness and had $1,000 left in the hands
of its treasurer. With the cash left on
hand and funds at this time available
the net liabilities of the fair association
nave been reduced to Sl242.55.
States Attorney Crimson and his law
partner, Attorney P. G. johnson were
returning passengers on Mondays train
from Grand Forks, where they have
been engaged in company with Attorney
General Miller the past three weeks in
the trial of the Holum murder case,
which reached a close last Friday. The
wind up of the details having kept them
busy since that time. Holum was
taken from the Forks to Bismarck to
serve his fifteen years sentence in the
%penitentiary on Saturdays train. Mr..
Crimson states that the Grand Forks
papers were in errcr in stating that the
cost of the trial footed up to 81 1900 as
the actual figures after a careful listing
were found not to exceed $500. He
also stated that every care had been
taken to economic where it was pos
sible.
The city council at a special meeting
held on Monday evening of last week
took action which empowered the put
ting into effect the resolution and petit
ton received by the council at its Feb
ruary meeting relative to the re-district-
ling of the three wards of the city. The
: council also ordered the publication of
the notice calling for the city election
which will be held on Monday, April 9Th
and named the sample room Of the New
Columbia Hotel as the new polling
place in the Third ward. An ordinance
was placed on Its second reading which
provides for the registration of votes at
municipal elections at the City Hall
instead of at the polling places of the
three wards. Chief of Police Drury
presented to the council a report which
showed that SIG, had been collected in
dog taxes during the past year and the
sum of STA from poll tax during the
same period. The report OF the city
treasurer showed that the Langdon
Farmers Elevator Co., and the st.
Anthony and Dakota Elevator Co., had
each contributed S25 toward the grad
ing of the road made last fall south of
the elevators,