Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20

young fellow, has returned from his
position with the Larson-Engh Co.,
and gone to Cashmere, Wash, where
he will go into business with his
brother.
The Fischer Lumber Co. at Wales,
secured the bill of lumber for the new
barn which Joseph Metzger of Mt.
Carmel is erecting this fall on the
site of the one he lost in the severe
wind storm of a month ago.
At the Trier township Catholic
church last Sunday a class of twenty
boys and girls celebrated their first
communion. 1t was the first service
conducted in the parish by the new
priest, Rev. Father Bereins.
"Clitf" Barrett, one of the old
league ball team at Munich last sea-
son, is nov a resident at Schaefer,
in the western part of the state. Late
advice is that a nine and a half pound
baby girl arrived at his home August
LIST.
E. Sparkling whose farm is north of
Dresden in South Dresden township,
in measuring off the acreage on which
he raised an unusually fine sample of
wheat, finds after threshing that it
gave a yield of forty bushels to the
acre.
John Eckerdt, a Sarles resident is
the inventor and has lately secured a
patent for a churn attachment to
decrease the labor in making butter.
In partnership with George Mclean,
the new invention is being placed on
the market.
DR.. Jas. Fleming concluded a visit
with friends in this county, here and
at Milton and Osnabrock, last Friday,
and left that day for a visit west to
Oregon, where he will spend a few
weeks with the Flemings and Bidlakes
before resuming his medical practice
at Cloquet MINI.
The village school at Osnabrock
will reopen for the school year of
1914-15 on September 18th. Prof.
Troy j. Wilson, the principal of last
year, has been reelected to his old
position. The balance of the staff of
teachers will be Misses Nellie Hogan,
Gladys Johnson and Hazel Baker.
Wales had a base ball team in the
field this season which made a mighty
good showing when it came to closing
up books at the end of the season.
Out of twenty games played they won
fifteen and lost five; giving them a
percentage of .75O. Wales is able
to further show a total of 1872 scores
to rs made by its opponents.
P. w. Honnef, the Munich meat
market man has an interest in the
European war which gives him a per
sonal concern exceeding that felt by
the general public. Mr.. Honnef has
in the old country four brothers and a
brother-in-law, all eligible for draft
and who no doubt are now at the front
fighting under the German flag.
JIM. Carey, landlord Of the North
ern Hotel at Munich was successful in
running down at Egeland a seventeen
year old sneak thief who had stolen
a complete outfit of clothes from the
room of n of his guests at the hotel.
In addition to the capture of the thief
he was also successful in recovering
all of the articles of clothing that had
| been taken.
Rev. Father Liable, until a few
months ago in charge of the Catholic
church at Walhalla, died following a
lingering illness last week in the
hospital at Fargo. He was a young
man whose poor health was not able
to withstand the ravages of consump-
ton. Following the funeral the
remains were taken to Wild Rice.
Mimi, for interment.
Mark Wand, one of the Young
business men of Milton, was hit by a
pitched ball at Iona while watching
a Sunday game. The ball struck him
on the side of the head above the ear
and for a few minutes the doctor
worked owe him and it looked as if
he was laid out cold. He still has a
sore head and it is lucky that the
experience was no worse.
The opening of the fall and winter
term of school at Hannah brings with
it the surprise that the new principal,
Prof. Halla, has rented the residence
property which adjoins the school
building. This looks as though Mr..
Halla, who was principal of the Lang
don high school last year, had got
married during the summer vacation
and was taking a bride to Hannah
with him,