Courier Democrat., 1915-08-12
Additional Local Items

Jas. Hamilton, who is home from
the dental school of the Chicago uni
versity spending the vacation is as
sisting DR.. Hughes during the time
that Dr.. Smith is away.
Alex Hamilton is spending the
week visiting the home of sister
living at ST. Thomas. His condition
is improving with indications of "a
steady regaining of his former health
and strength.
Thursday last week, with the ther-
mometer showing a maximum tenn
perature of 81 degrees in the shade
was one of the real hot days expert
enced up to date during the present
summer
Assistant Cashier John Webber of
the Cavalier County National Bank,
has as visitor this week at his home
| on north Fourth street his aunt, Mrs.
John O'Donnell, who arrived yester-
day from Jordan, Mimi, for short
visit.
| j. H. Sheppard, professor of animal
husbandry at the state agricultural
college, and one of the board of re-
gents OF the Langdon sub-station
experiment farm spent part of the
week here with Manager Stewart re-
turning to Fargo yesterday.
Norman Mckechney returned to his
Langdon home during the week from
a stay since early spring at Saskatoon
Sask., where he reports the general
business prospect as picking up with
an outlook this fall Of good crops
through that section of the Canadian
northwest.
Rev. D. Matheson and wife who
are here from Las Cruze, NJ Mex,
for a vacation visit with Langdon
friends during the harvesting season
returned to the city yesterday from
two week S visit at the home Of Rev.
| Matheson s mother across the line in
Manitoba.
Peter Schwartz was in the city
Tuesday from his farm in West Hope
township, where he states that over
twenty-five per cent Of the crop viii
be cut by the end of the week. 1t is
the heaviest and best stand of grain
seen in that section Of the county
; since it was settled He states that
the West Hope farmers club will have
= twice as fine an exhibit at the county
fair of 1916 as the one which took
the first prize this year Other farm
ers clubs throughout the county have
due notice that they had better get
! busy if they want to be in the game.
6 Rev. c. P. Drew, in a letter to
o members of the Langdon congregation
writes that commencing with Sunday
! a week of special services will be held
O at this mission conducted by himself
j, and Rev. Whaling, Of Texas. There
will be morning and evening services
= at the Church of Our Saviour on Sun
;, day and an evening service each day
i, during the week. 1t is the hope of
Rev. Drew that the series of Epis-
:. copal service held at the Langdor
), mission during the coming week may
:. result in awakening new interest
:, among the adherents of the church ir
this vicinity.
The Sunday issue of the Crane
e Forks Herald gave an account of the
e sudden death due to a stroke of apo
e plexy of the father of Miss Laura
e Daubenberg, who is Judge Kneeshaw's
court stenographer in this district.
The deceased was in his sixty-seconC
e year and had been an invalid some
J years. He was seized with the stroke
o Friday and died the evening of the
# following day, it being the seconc
# seizure of paralysis with which he hac
it been afflicted in the past year He is
IS survived by several daughters with
It whom he has made his home since the
death of his wife some years ago.