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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
RURAL COUNTY TEACHERS
ORGANIZE AN ASSOCIATION
Meeting Held in Langdon Saturday Organizes
Rura! teachers Association

At meeting held in the auditorium
of the Langdon high school Saturday
afternoon an organization was perfect
ed of an association of the principals
and superintendents of the graded and
high schools of Cavalier county.
Schools in the towns of Hannah,
Wales, Dresden, Langdon, Osnabrock,
Munich, Gallo, Clyde and Huron
were given representation in the body
of teachers attending the meeting.
The meeting was in charge of Super
intendent F. j. Reher and Prof. Troy
j. Wilson, of Osnabrock, officiated as
secretary. The name of the organiza-
tion will be "The Association of
Principals and Superintendent of
Graded and High Schools of Cavalier
County, of which Prof. Troy J..
Wilson, of Osnabrock will be presi-
dent, Miss Clarice Janneck, of Dres-
den, vice-president and Prof. H. A..
Thompson, secretary and treasurer
the ensuing year. 1t was decided that
the annual meetings OF the association
should hereafter be held in the month
of April and the first meeting of this
kind will be held at Munich. The
association will also hold two meet.
ings during the winter term of school,
one each in the eastern and western
halves of the county. Although Sat-
urday afternoons meeting was pri-
marily called for the purpose of
effecting an organization of the asso-
citation there was also a general
discussion of problems that are daily
arising in the rural school, No pro-
gram had been arranged for but a
paper by Prof. Wilson on "The Grad
ing and Promotion of Pupils" was
listened to with evident interest anG
enjoyment. The meeting gave the
teachers of schools from over the
county an excellent opportunity tc
become acquainted and all appeared te
be quite enthusiastic over the organi.
zation that had been effected.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
VANDALISM OF THRESHERS

Herman Wendt was here Tuesday
from Dresden looking up repairs for
his engine and separator, which was
laid up Monday afternoon while
operating on his own farm One of
the bundles of grain fed into the
separator contained an old horse shoe.
This resulted in the machinery of the
outfit receiving such a jar as to put
both the engine and separator out of
businss. Mr.. Wendt is unable to place
the guilt upon any one in particular,
but says that with old iron, claw
hammers and other junk, that has
been put into the shocks of grain
while threshing he has been hindered
on four different occasions during the
season and will have the matter
investigated by the authorities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
MAN CRIPPLED FOR LIFE

Andrew Mattson, a threshing hand
on the Tom Olson machine southwest
of Milton, was crippled for life Tues
day afternoon last week. His shirt
sleeve caught in the belt and pulley
Of the separator, resulting in the arm
being dragged into the wheel between
the pulley and the belt. 1t was
several minutes before Mattson was
freed from his painful entanglement,
when his arm was found to be fright
fully crushed from the elbow up to
the shoulder ioint.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
COUNTY LIVE STOCK AND
BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
Representative Breeders From All Over County
Meet Here Tomorrow Afternoon

At meeting held during the fair
this summer for the purpose Of con-
sider!ng the organization of county
live stock breeders association, a
committee was named to select from
the breeders of Cavalier county a
number of men in whose hands should
be left the making of definite ar
rangements for the launching of such
an organization. The following have
been selected as representing all Sec
tions Of the county as far as possible
and as being representative breeders
of all classes of live stock.
Horses: D. F. Mcdonald, Lang
don; horses, cattle and hogs, c. B.
Mcmillan, Hannah; hogs, j. j. Ma
honey, Langdon; hogs and cattle, C.
B. Hammond, Clyde; horses, Bert
Evans, Langdon; cattle, Joseph Wild,
Osnabrock; cattle, N. c. Crockett,
Langdon; cattle, John Hope, Elkwood !;
advisory, Dr.. Don Mcmahon, Calvin.
A meeting Of the above committee
has been called for Friday, October
22nd, to be held at three o'clock in
the afternoon at the Court House in
Langdon. At this meeting the pre-
liminary steps will be taken toward
the organization of the Cavalier
County Live Stock Breeders Associa-
tion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
LANGDON ICE RINK STARTED

Work is underway in laying out the
open air skating rink that is being
located on the corner of Fourth and
Oak street, the site of the old Craw-
ford store. The ground is being level
ed up and put in shape for flooding
with water as soon as the weather is
right. The rink is to be a place for
public amusement and as the plans
include its being Illuminated with a
large arc light it is sure to become
popular with young and old alike dur
ing the approaching winter evenings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
ANOTHER NEW APPOINTIVE
OFFICE GIVEN TOWNSHIPS
Each Township Will Make Its Selection of a
Commissioner of N0xi0us Weeds

In the proceedings of the October
meeting of the board of county COM
missioners to be found on page three
of this issue is resolution adopted
by the. board which puts into effect
the appointment by the various town.
ship boards of supervisors Of a Com
missioner of Noxious Weeds, as pro-
vided for by an enactment of the last
session of the Legislature. Working
in conjunction with the Commissioners
of Noxious Weeds and the township
boards viii be the two field agents Of
the better farming association, in an
advisory capacity. In the growing
season OF 1916 it is intended to pay
attention mainly to the eradication of
the Canadian and SOW thistles and
quack grass, these being weeds which
at the present time appear to be most
detrimental to the productiveness of
the area of cultivated lands in this
county. With an effective organiza-
tion extending to each of the town
ships and working under the direction
of Messrs. Haw and Kristjansen, the
expectation is that a campaign against
noxious weeds will be started next
spring that will do much to eradicate 6
pest that is year by year lessening
the value and productiveness of Cava.
| lior cnupty farpo lopdo
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
WALES TO HAVE NEW P. M.

Saturday, November 18th, is the
date of an examination of applicants
for the position of postmaster at
Wales, which is about to become
vacant owing to the resignation of
Postmaster Bennes, who is leaving
the town to locate in business at Thief
River Falls, MINI. The Wales office
is in the fourth class and during the
past fiscal year showed a compensation
Of $74S. 90. 1t is understood there
will be several Wales townspeople
write for the appointment as p. m. Of
the Wales stamp FOUNDRY at the civil
service exam to be held on the fifteenth
of next month.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
OUR NEW SERIAL STORY

Next week the Democrat will print
the last instailment of its serial
story, The Master Key which
many readers inform US has proven to
be of intense interest during the past
three months. We have a new serial
entitled Lahoma . story which is
considered to be the hit of the day in
frst-class fiction. The opening chap
ters of this will appear in our issue OF
November 4th. Watch for display
announcement next week.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
ten. Oct. 10th, but little threshine

ten. Oct. 10th, but little threshing
had been completed with a prospect of
winter overtaking some with the
grain left standing in the fields in
shock. Much complaint is being made
by farmers of the control of the grain
market by old line elevators and the
lack of competition among buyers.
Gull Lake has the best crop in its
history, but as the last three seasons
have been way below the average in
yield, it is needed especially by the
newer settlers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
JOE LITTLE A GRANDFATHER

A letter received by Langdon
friends during the week from Joseph
Little, now located at Seattle,
Wash, and some years ago engaged
in the bakery business here in Lang
don. contains the news that joe is
now a grandfather. His second daugh-
ter, Miss V!eda, having about a year
ago become the wife of 0. R. Steele,
a Seattle, business man, and on the
18th of this month Mrs. Steele pre-
sented her husband with a son. The
Little family have number of
friends. both in Langdon and Hannah,
who will take this item as being one
Of interest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
CHICKEN HUNTER GETS SHOT

Eddie Blessner, was in the city
Monday from his home at Dresden to
see the Langdon doctors about a dose
of shot which became embedded in his
anatomy by the accidental discharge
of gun by one of party of chicken
hunters with whom he was ont hunt.
ing the day previous. The shot scat
tered and Blessner was far enough
away from the gun when it went oft
to escape serious injlry.'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
FRIDAYS THPEsHING ACCIDENT

J. B. Halvorson, who has been
employed ON the threshing machine of
Dan F. Mcdonald, east of town since
the season started, met with an acci-
dent Friday forenoon in which the
bones of his upper right arm were
broken in two places and the flesh of
the arm frightfully mangled and torn.
He was at once brought to the Lang
don hospital where the local doctors
are making every effort to save the
mans arm if possible. His home is
in northern Minnesota, near Bemidji,
and brother is expected to arrive
from there today. Until his arrival
the patient is anxious about hav-
ing the arm amputated. 1t is under
stood that Havorson was giving some
needed attention to belt which runs
on pully from the self feeder and
band cutter to the main shaft of the
separator when the accident happened.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND BUSHELS

Alex. Roney, while in town on
Friday from his farm in Loan, re-
ported having just completed the
threshing Of his crop that afternoon,
the total yield Of which aggregates
"a, 600 bushels Of grain His wheat
gave an average of 25 bushels, barley
almost 40 bushels and oats over SO.
1t is the largest all round crop that
he has harvested and threshed without
a single exception in the thirty odd
years that he has been resident Of
Cavalier county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
GULL LAKE HAS BIG CROP

Letters from former residents of
this county now located in the Gull
Lake region of Saskatchewan would
indicate that some of the big yields of
the western provinces of the Dominion
are being recorded from that neigh
borhood. The Democrats correspon-
dent says that wheat in that vicinity
is running from 35 to 55 bushels an
acre and oats from rs to Las bushels.
At the date when the letter was writ.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21

Reinhart Baisei, who was brought
to the Langdon hospital on Monday of
last week from his home in Gordon
township, died at late hour Sunday
evening. The injuries which he
sustained in bad accident about two
months ago had been neglected too
long. The remains were taken by
the mother of the young man to Alsen
for interment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
CLUB DELEGATE TO NEW YORK

Mrs. Mcintyre returned to the city
Saturday. from Minot, where during
the week she had attended the state
federation of woman's clubs, being in
addition to delegate from the Lang
don club, district vice president of the
state federation. Mrs. Mcintyre
forms one Of the North Dakota dele
CATION to the national congress short
lysto be held in New York.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
FATHER OF DRUGGIST CLOSE DIES

H. E. Close was called to Milton
early Monday by news of the critical
condition of his father,~ Mr.. Mark
Close, who was seized with a stroke
of paralysis Sunday evening, which
has since left the patient in helpless
condition. Mr.. Close, Sr., is in his
seventy eighth year, has been in poor
health for some time past, and the
chances are considered as being
against his recovery. Since the death
of his wife several years ago the old
gentlemen has been making his home
with the family of his son, Melburn
Close
Later-Just before going to press
this morning the Democrat learns of
tie passing away of Mr.. Close, at
about half past eleven O'Clock last
night, the deceased having been un-
conscious the greater part of the time
since being seized with the stroke or
Sunday evening Although no def
mite arrangements have been ascer-
tanned it is expected that the funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon.
The family have large number OF
Langdon friends who extend sympathy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
LADIES GIVE HALLOWEEN SUPPER

The Methodist ladies aid desire to
announce that on Saturday evening,
the 30th inst, they will serve good
old fashioned Hallow' en- supper in the
church basement, commencing at five
o'clock. to which the people of Lang
don and vicinity are extended a cordial
invitation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-10-21
Ex-LANGDoN COLONY DO WELL

w. H. Chase, who has been here
several weeks looking after the har-
vesting and threshing of crop on his
farm near Dresden, left on Friday s
train for Malta, Mont, where he has
been located and engaged in the lum-
ber and hardware business since his
removal from the county about five
years ago. Malta and vicinity is the
home of quite colony of ex-Cavalier
county residents, among the number
being Grover Waite, H. A. Johnson,
the Watsons and several others who
went west to secure farm lands at the
time eastern Montana was the Mecca
of seekers of homesteads. Crops were
good there this fall and Mr.. Chase
reports all of the Langdon crowd as
prospering.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23

The New York store will be
closed all day Saturday, Dec. 25th
as it is Christmas day.
Jas Hird and Bud Wade return
ed Wednesday from Buffalo, N. Y,
where they went with a car load of
horses. The horses we're all sold
at fair prices except three which
were left for future disposal. They
expect to buy another car load for
shipment thesfrst of the year.
Mr.. Walton, who lived in Scot
landfor a time. but three years
ago moved to southern Texas,
was in town Monday. He has
moved his family back from Texas,
and they are temporarily living
with his son near Wagner, but ex-
pect soon to move to North Da-
kota. He says he bought 90 acres
in Texas, paying $1,000 for it, but
his efforts to raise crops the past
three years have been unsatisfac-
tory, and he finally sold out for
less than one-fourth of what he
paid. Texas seems to possess a
great variety Of soil as well as eli
mate, and q prospective buyer
would do we'll to spend about a
year in that country before making
a heavy investment.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23

Regular services in the Presby-
terrain church will be resumed next
Sunday for the first time since they
were interrupted last spring on ac-
count Of building operations. The
morning service opens at 10 80,
followed by the Sunday school at
II :45. The evening service begins
at Z 80 preceded by the Christian
Endeavor meeting at 6:45. The
services will be held in the base
ment Of the church. A cordial in-
vitation is extended.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23
Mortgage Sale
Dec.23

Dec.2 6t. Jan. "a.
Default having been made in the payment of
the money secured by a mortgage, dated March
Est, 1915. execut d by Z. l.. Spencer and Emma
Spencer, his wife. ~mortgagors, to Lewis i.
Barde1l, mortgages. and the amount claimed
to be due on said mortgage, at the date of this
notice being the sum of OUR HUNDRED SRv.
ESry and 70-ln0 dollars. notice is hereby given
that said mortgage, will be foreclosed by a
sale OF the i~iorteaged premises. at the front
door of the Court House in the City of TyndaI1.
Bon Hounrie County South DAKOTA ON the Goth.
day Ut January, 1916. at one o'clock p. m.
The following is a description Of the mort.
gagged premises which will be sold, to-wit:
Lot Nine % in Block Twenty COZ in LAWYER
ADDITION to the City of Scotland, County Of
Bon Homri-. State of South Dakota.
Dated this 2oth day of December 1915.
LEWIS J. BARDELL
Mortgagor
WICKS &iQUINN
Attorney for
u LsWAGNER
Sheriff Of Bon Hcmnae County
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23

Perfect womanhood depends on good
health. Natures rarest gift Of. figure
and beauty is desired by every girl.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea clears
he complexion, reddens the lips,
brightens the eye, fills out the hollows.
Starr tonight. 35c Tea and Tablets.
BROCK DRUG & JEWELRY GO.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Thursday, December % 1915

we WISH u readers all the Joys
of a happy Christmas season.
FOR sALE-Big type Poland
China male pigs.-R. A.. Beecher.
Albert Kaye, who is teaching at
Iroquois, is home for holiday vaca-
ton.
Chas. z~olnowsky, who is attend
ing school at Cedar Rapids, la,
came home for his vacation the
first of the week.
Last week Archie Hebbert ship
ped one of his registered Holstein
bulls to a party in the northeastern
part of the state,
Invitations are out for a wedding
to be held this evening, the con
tracing parties being Mr.. R. K.
Cheering and Miss Caroline Much
mel.
Mrs. David church and children
arrived from Murdo Wednesday
and is spending the holidays at the
homes of her sister, Mrs. r.
Clough, and her mother. Mrs. Ed
ward Muehmel.
j. J. Cass returned last Tuesday
from Mott, N. D., where he owns
three quarter sections of land. The
land is rented on shares and Mr..
Cass says his share of the crop
brought him about $1,000, or $500
per quarter.
Mr.. Christopher Suess is quite
sick, and his children from away
hays arranged to spend the noliday
beT- WITT him. Those who arrived
on Tut we're his son, Chris Jr
ftom California, his daughter,
Mrs. Peter Roth, and son from He.
bron, N. D., and Mrs. JOS. Fisher,
OF belmont.
Mr.. Albert Weidenbach, son of
Henry Weidenbach, living south.
east Of town. and Miss Amelia
Harr, daughter of Mrs. Henry
Stoller, were married Tuesday.
The ceremony was performed in
the German Reformed church by
the pastor, Rev. Treick, in the pres
ence of a large company of friends.
The guests then accompanied the
bride and groom to the Henry Stol-
Ter home where a bonntifnl we'd
ding dinner vas served and con-
CALCULATIONS extended, The happy
couple will reside on a farm seven
miles north west of town fitted. up
for Them by the groom's father.
The commercial club held a spe-
cial meeting Monday evening to
consider the question of instituting
q sort Of good fellowship move
ment for Christmas giving, a GUS
tom that is becoming quite com
mon in many communities. A
subscription was started for a fund
to carry out the plan, and soon the
members present at the meeting
had subscribed $1O8. The follow
ing day the paper was circulated
among other business men, and
the amount was increased to $40
Committees were appointed to look
over the town and ascertain as
we'll as possible what gifts would.
be most appropriate, and where
| they would be most acceptable ;
the purpose being to remember
those who would be least likely to
be remembered ia the distribution
Of gifts from other sources. An
other meeting Of the club WAS held
last night, and arrangements made
to distribute the gifts. The pur-
pose Of the club is TO see that no
home ia tho city shall be without
Its christmas cheer. and til remem-
Der The homes that might other.
wise Be missed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23
CHURCH NOTICES

The scholars Of the Methodist
Sunday school will give a cantata
at their Christmas exercises Fri
day night. A good time is looked
for.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
M. B. church will have q "hard
time social" at the home Mrs. w.
q. Brown on Tuesday evening,
December 28.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23

The Christmas Eve. services in
the Presbyterian church will be
held in the basement Of the church
on Friday evening, beginning at
100 o'clock. All are cordially in
vited.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23

Services will be held next Srln-
day morning and evening in the
Methodist church, The sermons be-
ing appropriate for The holiday
season. Ali the people shall call TO
mind the reason for this joyful
season Of the year and betake
themselves to church. "Ilet as
worship tks Lord our Maker
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-23

The o. q. society Of the Presby-
terrain church will meet next week
Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 29th,
ct the home Of MI. and Mrs. Lo-
renzo Herbert. IA cordial invita-
ton is extended to all.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-03
Ordinarily Gentle Gentlemen
Murmur Audibly Over Mys-
terious Grievances and Floor
Walker Is Worried.
ROMERO INSISTS ON
THE READING IN FULL
Fortunately Compilation of the
Laws Was Not Up For Pass
age or Members of Upper
House Would Be At It Yet.
Estate Capital Bureau
(Of Evening Herald.
(3l DE Nargas Hotel.

Santa re, y. NJ. March 3.-Trouble
masked and mysterious but plainly
portentiOus has broken out among the
ordinarily tractable members OF the
two-thirds Republican majority In the
New Mexico state senate. For several
days II has been brewing sufficiently
near 10 the surface for those who run
To read. ana IL now appears that the
difference In the majority caucus over
the terms OF the Hinkic county unit
school tax bin were but the necessary
addition to "a situation already 50
strained ~ 90 cause the break.
Monday night In the senate's first
nights session OF the assembly per-
for Senators Clarke, Page and Romero
voted with one exception against
every dill which Sena or Holt. the ma
ority floor leader. moved for passage.
Yesterday afternoon when the sem
ate met at 3 o'clock a recess immedi-
ateiy was moved until f:30 and the
members ~ the majority went into
caucus. That Is. al of them went in
~ caucus but Senator Clark and SEN
ator PAGE. These gentlemen did not
seem to be in any haste To join their