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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17
CORRESPONDENCE
DRESDEN

Herman Wendt went to Langdon on
business Tuesday.
Dresden played ball yesterday at
the Stilwe]l picnic.
John Pavek and Aug. Everslage are
getting ready for a big vacation.
The Robertson Lumber Co., at this
point are unloading a car of lumber
and getting ready to take care of
their growing business.
The interstate commits
sioners and Great Northern rveyo
are here with a SPECIAL car on the side
track, arriving Tuesday.
1t is reported that a canal is being
built between Waterloo and Moscow
townships and several inquiries have
been made as to when the county COM
missioners will have it open for navi-
cation.
Posters are out for a Farmers Co.
operative picnic on the 18th of this
month under the management of the
Sarles and Hannah Farmers Elevators
and we predict for them a great sue
cess.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17
Iona

DR.. Stromberg was a Iona visitor
on Friday.
Miss Filing Ackre is reported as
quite low with only the slightest
chance of recovery.
The Misses Erickson, who taught
school in Storlie township, left from
here for their homes in the Valley
last Saturday.
Mrs. Julian Dahl was taken down
with measles a few days ago and since
then pneumonia has set in and she is
reported as being dangerously i'll. We
hope soon to hear of her ove
Ted Kjose and his friend, Mr..
Lindquist drove over to Langdon and
back on Monday. We have not heard
whether either of them made a call on
Judge Bleakley at the court house or
not.
The dance held in the hall Friday
night was given only a small attend
ance, but there was a splendid time
for everybody and they kept it up
until the small hours of the morning
of the next day.
Joseph Gendreau has invested in
one of the best we'll drilling machines,
one that will bore to a depth of 1900
feet without the least trouble. He is
now engaged in drilling a well for
Jake Krahn, eight and one-half miles
northwest of Iona.
Fred Thompson, our deputy sheriff,
has added home missionary work to
his many other duties. Fred can
always be counted on to make for
what is the best. Those who are
curious for ar explanation of this had
better make up their mind to come tc
church next Sunday.
The young man whom we spoke of
last week came home all right anG
seemed to be non the worse for a few
days, but he must have had a relapse
as MIR. Solberg took him to Grafton in
his car on Tuesday morning of this
week. We trust that his stay will
not be for very long. Sad, very sad.
The result of Sundays ball game
between Dresden and Iona was a tie,
each of the two teams managing tc
win a game by the small margin OF
one run and another incident is that
the combined score of the teams in
the two games was the same. 1t is
up to Dresden and Iona to play some
more before we are able to say which
is really the winning team.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17

and gives it out that he likes the
looks of things out there a good deal
better than he did some eight years
ago. During his recent stay there he
built both a house and a barn on his
quarter section and is planning to
move there with his family and re-
main until after harvest. His farm is
located at Humboldt, Alberta. = =
Frank Schwinghammer had the
misfortune of getting his house badly
damaged by fire one day last week.
The fire seems to have started from
the stove. At the time that it happen
ed the women folks at home were out
in the garden and had it not been that
Frank went in from the field for a
drink of water the chances would
appear to be that the home might
have been burned to the ground.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17
MT. CARMEL

Martin Klein and family from Han
nah were over Sunday visitors at the
S. l. Koehmstedt home.
Our June weddings are awfully dull
this year. Let's get up and do some
thing before Miss June forecloses.
Linus Koehmstedt and Michael
Urich from Wales were visiting at
the H. S. Bergman home on Sunday.
Michael Druar is numbered among
those who have been on the sick list
for the past few days. Nothing seri-
Gus though.
Quite a few of our young people
were present at the birthday party at
the Chas. Koehmstedt home south of
Mt. Carmel.
Miss B%ernedetta Schneider is at
home for a short stay, while the fam
lily of Mayor Mcintyre are making a
weeks stay in Grand Forks.
Most of our people are intending to
attend the picnic and dance to be held
at Stilwe]l this week by the West
Hope township farmers club.
Who says that Mt. Carmel is a dry
place? We have had some rain each
of the nine days, which have passed
since the month of June started.
Another addition to the population
of Mt. Carmel arrived during the past
week. This time it is a nine pound
boy at the home Of Valentine Schill
William Hutton, who is now loca-
ted at Saskatchewan, although a we'll
known former resident here is for the
present making a stay at the Frank
Fischer home. He is a half brother of
Mrs. Fishers.
The boys and girls of this commun-
ity are planning to have a bowery
dance and some little entertainment
on the Fourth of July, but they have
not as yet decided whether it will be
right in Mt. Carmel or in the A. I.
Koehmstedt grove a mile to the east
of the village. This will be announced
later.
Herbert Hoffarth, who has made a
stay in this locality for the past six
months left on Fridays train across
from Mowbray for the Gull Lake re-
gion of Saskatchewan for the purpose
of acquiring a title to his homestead.
We were all sorry to see him 60.
But anyway there is the satisfaction
of knowing that he bought a return
ticket and that made someone feel
good.
Joseph Shredder has returned from
his trip TO the Canadian Northwest
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17

Peterson, who is hale and hearty and
carries his age we'll. A most enioy.
able evening was spent and the old
gentlemen received many hearty con-
CALCULATIONS.
j.. L. Dearinger, one of the pro-
gressive farmers of North Olga seeded
twelve acres Of alfalfa this spring
with a nurse crop of wheat, seeding
one half bushel of wheat to the acre
and now has as heavy a stand of
wheat as if he had seeded the regular
bushel and peck and the alfalfa has
taken fine. Mr.. D%earinger states that
he finds it is simply waste of seed to
use more than one bushel to the acre
and his experience of several years
past has proven this.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17
and are under the care of Nurse

nicely and are under the care of Nurse
Kennedy.
News from Miss Maria Beauchmp.
who is now at lakewood taking up her
studies preparatory for her life work
OF teaching when she takes upon her
self the vows necessarily to her be-
coming n of the Sisters of the Pre-
%sentation, reports her as being COM
Portable and happy.
A little boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex. Vondal last Sunday evening
but the little one was weak and passed
away the next day. Its brief exist
ence in this world was one of pain and
it was laid to rest last Tuesday in the
cemetery. The parents have our sim
cere sympathy.
Many of our farmers who seeded
rye last fall are rather anxious to
know whether or not the frost of two
weeks ago will injure the crop as con-
siderable of the rye was in blossom at
the time; will not some of those who
have experience give US the benefit in
the columns of this paper.
School closes next Friday and the
commencement exercises take place
that afternoon; several of the pupils
will receive diplomas having complet-
ed the COMMON school course and pass.
ed a very creditable examination. A
very interesting program is being pre-
pared and those attending will be well
entertained.
A large number of friends and
neighbors gathered at the home of
Harold Peterson, n of the well-to-do
farmers and old time residents of
South Olga, last week, the occasion
being the SEVENTEEN birthday of Mr..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17
NEKOMA

M. j. Dunn, at one time a resident
here, paid his brother and family a
visit for several days returning home
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. McDermand and
daughter, Blanche, attended the Shrin-
ers doings at Grand Forks last week
returning home Saturday.
The ladies Of St. Edwards parish
have made arrangements to serve
meals at the Plain building, July 3. n
Miss Ida Bakken, who took a course
in piano music at Minneapolis for
several, months returned Tuesday.
Gus Hartman, who had visited
friends at Minneapolis for a week or
ten days, returned home Tuesday.
Louis Thoreson's little daughter,
Anna, residing a few miles east of
town had the misfortune to break her
arm while playing in the yard Satur-
day.
t. w. Thompson who relieved Au-
gut F%eiraheud as agent on the 500
during the latter's vacation was trans
ferred to Dahlen, N. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Feieraheud,
after having spent several weeks
visiting at their former homes in
Minnesota, returned Wednesday.
Closing exercises will be held at
the opera house Friday evening by the
pupils of Nekoma schools. A large
program will be rendered. Diplomas
will be presented to six 9Th grade
graduates, by S. j. A. Boyd, field
deputy of Cavalier county. Follow
ing are the anne of the graduates
John Dick, Gilbert Gronhovd, Oscar
Dyes, James Manley, Miss Grace
Johnston and Miss Julia Beserud.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17

Geo. Dawson is home from St.
Thomas College, ST. Paul for the
holiday eason and his man. friends
are glad to see him back.
The latest permanent arrival in town
is a bouncing baby boy at the home of
Leo Lundgren on Friday last. Judg-
ing by the gravity of his c]ountenance
we incline to the opinion that Leo
fully enters into the responsibilities of
parenthood. We are pleased to learn
that Mrs. L%undgren and the baby are
doing nicely.
The seats for the new Presbyterian
church were set up on Thursday and
every effort will be made to make the
~dedicatory service on Sunday next as
interesting as possible. DR.. Graham
of Fargo has been secured to preach
and all are cordially invited to attend
the service which will be held in the
afternoon at 800 p. m.
At the ball game at Iona on the
18th the first game was won by the
Dresden boys, the score being 5 to 6.
The second game was in favor of
Iona with a score of 3 to 4. Com
ment was made on the fact that
everybody played ball and also on the
fact that a nice clean game was play
ed and also upon the very friendly
spirit that prevailed throughout the
entire game, and we look forward
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17

with pleasure to the return game ar
ranged to be played at the Dresden
Band Picnic on Monday July 5th.
The annual meeting of the Dresden
band was held on Monday and all the
old officers were reelected for the
coming year. Considerable interest is
being taken in the coming Band pic
mic on the 5th of July and every effort
is being put forth to get ready to en-
terrain the large crowd expected if
the weather is favorable.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17
OLGA

DR.. Mcqueen was here last Tuesday
to attend Mrs. Alex Vondal who is
seriously i'll.
d Mr.. and Mrs. Munson of Twin VAL
ley, Mimi, are here visiting their
daughter, Mrs. X. 2. Brunette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brusseau spent
a couple of days at lakewood last week
visiting their two boys, who are at
tending the lakewood school.
Miss Rosa Langevin, who spent the
winter with her sister, Mrs. ALT.
Baucher of Thorne, returned to Olga
last week and will now keep house for
her brother Joseph on the farm.
Joseph Lepire, ST., who has been
laid up for several days went to Lang
don last Monday to take medical treat
ment. While there he will stay with
his daughter, Mrs. Ed. Rivard.
We regret to hear of the illness of
Elzear Charbonneau, eldest son of
David Charbonneau. Elzear is suffer-
ing from an attack of inflammation Of
the lungs and is under the care of DR..
Cutfe; we hope he will soon improve.
Mr.. H. R. Baker of Easily was a
business visitor here last Tuesday,
coming over in his car to look after
200 acres of land he and G. A. Tenn
breull purchased from Alex. F%alconer
last winter.
Brusseau's new sign for auto livery
and telling the public that he keeps
only the best grade of gasoline and
motor oil for sale is finished and in
place and Sign Painter Laderoute has
a sample of his work before the public
which does him credit.
Peter Moe is now the owner of a
fine new Maxwell car, bought of Nc
Lauchlin & Stranger of Langdon.
Needless to say he will make good use
of it in the future and enjoy some of
the pleasure that many years of hard
work has entitled him to.
Charley Dunnigan came down from
his home at Calvin last Tuesday MAX
ing the trip in his new car. Charley
says he al see his many friends
around here oftener now as distance is
no object with such an efficient means
of covering it in his possession.
Adrian Benoit is clearing and
breaking t%hirty-fve acres of timber
land on his farm six miles north of
Olga and consequently has a large
quantity of both green and dry poles
for sale cheap; anyone needing wood
would do we'll to see him and get a
bargain.
Thos. Cregan's two sons, James
and Vaughn, were badly scalded last
Sunday morning when a pot of hot
coffee was accidentally upset and the
two little fellows being seated near
the stove the scalding liquid spread
over their little legs and the seat Of
the chair upon which they were seat
ed. Owing to having received prompt
attention they are now getting along
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17
Open Tenders Wanted

The board of supervisors of Langdon
township will meet on Tuesday, June
20, 1915, at the hour of two o'clock
i in the afternoon, for the purpose of
receiving bids for the grading of
sloughs at the following locations ::
Beginning between Sections II and
l8; Sections IA and %; and Sections
4 and 9. The right is reserved by
the board to reject any or all bids.
By Order of the Langdon Town
Board.
Peter knehmstedt Clerk
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-06-17

A healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthy man is an unhap-
Ply slave. For impure blood and slug
gish liver use Burdock's blood bitters.
On the market for t~hirty-five years.
81. 90 a bottle.
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a rummer night with une moon ana
stars
But how desolate it looks today,
with the dead vines and the colorless
stones! UGH"
She dropped the curtains. The soft
warm glow of the room came back and
she sighed with relief. Il hate things
that are dead" she said.
At the sound of a soft tread and the
gentle rustic Of draperies, they turned
Ranjab, the Hindu. was crossing the
room toward the small door which
gave entrance to his closet. He paused
for an instant before the image OF
Buddha, but did not drop to his knees
as all devout Buddhists do. Mrs
Brood's hand fell lightly upon Lydia 8
arm. The man turned toward them a
second or two later. His dark, hand
some face was hard set and emotion
less as he bowed low to the new mis-
tress of the house. The fingers closed
tightly on Lydia's arm. Then ne
smiled upon the girl, a glad smile OF
devotion. His swarthy face was trans
figured. A moment later he unlocked
his door and passed into the other
room. The key turned In the lock
with a slight rasp.
Il do not like that man." said Mrs
Brood. Her voice was low and her
eyes wers 61ed steadily ou the closed
door.
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4 should like 10 have Mrs. Desm0na
as my friend, not as my housekeeper," /"
said his wife simply.
by jove, and that's Just what I
should Ike" he cried.
There is but one way, you know"
"She must be one OF the other, eh?"
Precisely" she said with firmness.
In my country, James, the wives Of
best friends haven't the same moral
standing that they appear to have in
yours. Oh, don't scowl sol Shall |
tell you that l do not mean to reflect
on Mrs. Desmond's virtue-or discre.
tion? Far from it. II she Is to be my
friend, she cannot be your housekeep-
er. That's the point. Has she any
means of her own? Can She"
"She has a small income, and an an
nuity which / took out for her soon
after her poor husbands death. We
we're the closest of friends"
Il understand, James. You are very
generous and very loyal. l quite un'
derstand. Losing her position here,
then, will not be a hardship"
No." said he soberly.
Il am quite competent, James," she
said brightly. You will not miss her
am sure"
Are you laughing at me, darling"
She gave him one Of her searching
unfathomable glances, and then smiled
with voguish mirth.
Isn't Il your mission in life tC
amuse and entertain met"
Il love you, Yvonne-Good GCd, how
l love you'll" he cried abruptly. His
eyes burnt with sudden fame Of pas
sion as he bent over her. His face
Quivered; his whole being tingled with
the fierce spasm Of an uncomfortable
desire to crush the warm, adorable
body to his breast in the supreme
ecstasy Of possession.
She surrendered herself to his pas
sionate embrace. A little later, she
withdrew herself from his arms, hel
lips still quivering with the fierceness
of his kisses. Her eyes, dark with
wonder and perplexity, regarded his
transfigured face for a long. tense
moment.
"Is this love, james," she whis
pered. as this the real, true love?"
What else, in heavens name, can II
be-" he cried. He was sitting upon
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you VIII Not Miss Her. ! am sure
the arm of her chair, looking down at
the singularly pallid face.
But should love have the power to
frighten one?"
brighten, my darling?"
"Oh, it is not you who are fright
ened," she cried. "You are the man.
But I-ah, am only the woman"
He stared. What an odd way to
put it, dear" Then he drew back,
struck by the curious CLEAN of mock
cry in her eyes.
WAS it like this twenty-five years
ago." she asked.
He managed to smile. Are you
jealous?" D..
Tell me about her"
His face hardened Some other
time, not now"
"You have never told me her
name"
He faced her, his eyes as cold as
STEEL Il may as we'll tell you now,
Yvonne, that her name is never men,
toned in this house"
She seemed to shrink down farther
in the chair.
"Why?" she asked, an insistent note
in her voice.
ut isn't necessary to explain" He
walked away from her to the window,
and stood looking out over the bleak
little courtyard. Neither spoke for
many minutes, and yet he knew that
her questioning gaze was upon him
and that when he turned to her again
she would ask still another question.
He tried to think of something to say
that would turn her away from this
hated subject.
isn't 1t time for you to dress, dear
est? The Cummings live pretty far up
north and the going will be bad with
Fifth avenue piled up with snow"
Doesn't Frederic ever mention his
mothers name?" came the question
that he feared before it was uttered.
II am not certain that he knows her
name" said he levelly. The knuckles
of his hands, clenched tightly behind
his back, were white. HE has never
heard me utter it."
She looked at him darkly. There
was something in her eyes that caused
him to shift his own steady gaze un
comfortably. He could not have ex
planned what it was, but it gave him q
curiously uneasy feeling, as of i'm
pending peril. 1t was not unlike the
queer, inexplicable though definite
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came to marry him, but-the other
way round. It's the way with men
past middle age"
Lydia hesitated before speaking,
"Mr. Brood does not confide in Fred
eric. l am afraid they have but little
in common. Oh, shouldn't have said
that!"
Mrs. Brood regarded her with mar
rowing eyes. "He doesn't confide in
Frederick" she repeated, in the form
of a question. Her voice seemed
lower than before.
I'm sorry l spoke as l did, Mrs.
Brood" said the girl, annoyed D. her
self.
rs there a reason why he should
dislike his SOM" asked the other, re-
garding her fixedly.
'Of course not" cried poor Lydia
There was a moment Of silence.
Some day, Lydia, you will tell me
about Mr.. Brood's other WIFE"
She died many years ago." said the
girl, evasively.
81 know" said Mrs. Brood. "Still
should like to hear more Of the woman
he could not forget in all those years
until he met me-"
She grew silent and preoccupied, a
slight frown marking her forehead as
she resumed her examination of the
room and its contents.
Great lanterns hung suspended be-
side the shrine, but were now un-
lighted. On the table at which Brood
professed to work stood a huge lamp
with a lacelike screen of gold. When
lighted a soft, mellow glow oozed
through the shade to create circle Of
golden brilliance over a radius that
extended but little beyond the edge
of the table, yet reached to the benign
| countenance of Buddha close by.
Over all this fairylike splendor
reigned the serene, melting influence
Of the god to whom James Brood was
wont to confess himself! The spell
of the golden image dominated every.
thing.
In the midst of the magnifcence
moved the two women, one absurdly
out of touch with her surroundings,
yet thing of beauty; the other blend
ing intimately with the warm tones
that enveloped her She was 1.-THE,
sinuous with the grace of the most Sc
ductive Of dancers. Her dark eyes re-
fected the mysteries of the Orient;
her pale, smooth skin shone with the
clearness of alabaster; the crimson
in her lips was like the fresh stain
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of blood; the very fragrance of her
person seemed to steal out of the un-
known. She was part of the mar
velous setting, gem among gems.
She had attired herself in dull In
dian red afternoon gown of chiffon.
The very fabric seemed to cling to her
supple body with the sensuous joy of
contact. Even Lydia, who watched her
with appraising eyes, experienced a
swift unaccountable desire to hold this
Intoxicating creature close to her own
body.
There we're two windows in the
room, broad openings that ran from
near the floor almost to the edge of
the canopy They were so heavily cur.
tanned that the light OF day failed to
penetrate to the interior of the apart,
ment Mrs. Brood approached one OF
these windows. Drawing the curtain
apart, she let in an ugly gray light
from the outside world.
She looked down into a sort of court
yard and garden that might have been
transplanted from distant Araby. Ut
tering an exclamation of wonder, she
turned to Lydia.
SIS this New York or am be
witched"
Mr.. Brood transformed the old car
riage yard into al think Mr.. Dawes
calls it a Persian garden. 1t is rather
bleak in wintertime, Mrs. Brood, but
in the summer it is really enchanting
See, across the court on the second
floor where the windows are lighted
those are your rooms. 1t is an enor
nous house, you'll find. Do you see
the little balcony outside your win
dows, and the vines creeping up to ii
You can't imagine how sweet it is o.