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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
! Local Happenings &
Smoke Little Council cigars, Sc.

Smoke Little Council cigars, Sc.
Boyd's elevator will have a car of
corn on track the last of this week.
Weber's "Co-Operator" cigar
Plain, but there with the goods.
Merchant Dan Shelley was in the
city Tuesday from Iona on a business
mission.
Jno. S. Gogin of the Nora farm at
Osnabrock was in the city ~transacting
business for a short time yesterday.
Harry Bowles, one of the old pio-
neers north of Osnabrock, was here
attending to business matters between
trains last Friday.
Place your order at once for spring
water ice with ODER Bros. Their
wagon is making its first delivery of
the season today.
DR.. Schwinghamer has a new car
this spring, having disposed of the
n that he had last season. "Doc'
will run a Ford of the latest type this
summer.
Frank j.. Sullivan took Saturdays
train for Darlington, N. D., where he
has a position with an insurance COM
pany and expects to remain during
most of the coming summer.
John Weber, assistant cashier of
the Cavalier County National Bank
has leased the j. G.. Currie residence
property on Fourth street and expects
to nov in with his family next week.
Mrs. Fred Borusky was a passenger
Saturday north to her home in the
vicinity of Wales from a visit to the
home of her parents at Walhalla,
where her mother has been very i'll
the greater part of the winter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

George Schill and wife autoed down
from Wales Tuesday. They were
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
Terres. The party report the roads
between Wales and the county seat
as being in excellent shape for the
trip.
Elias Porter, ex-county commits
sioner and his brother, DR.. w. H.
Porter, were here Friday evening
from Calvin to attend the reception
rendered the retiring county auditor,
j. K. Hamilton by the county officials
and the people Of Langdon.
Cashier Jas. Terhaar and l. Dawson
were business visitors in the city
Monday from Dresden, making the
trip to the county seat by the auto
route. That section of the county
they report will have a large wheat
acreage seeded by the end of the
present week.
Ed. Wienecke, %ex-county commits
sioner for the south end of the county
came over from Iona Friday to be
one of the old time officials to partici-
pate in the send-otf which Ex-County
Auditor ]. X. Hamilton was rendered
by his|friends of Langdon and through
out the county that evening.
DR.. Tom Smith went down the line
yesterday as far as the Forks, being
accompanied on his return to the city
yesterday by Mrs. Smith, who has
been making a visit with relatives OF
the doctors since the operation which
she underwent there about six weeks
ago for ear trouble. Friends will be
glad tos,learn that the serious opera.
ton which Mrs. Smith underwent has
resulted in a complete restoration OF
her health.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
DrS. Smith < Hughes
DENTISTS
OFFICE HOURS: Every Day Except
Sunday: From 8 to 12-1 to +
Donovan Block

S. G. Montague is here this week
in the interest of a Twin City tomb
stone company. He is an old acquaint-
ance with a number of Langdon people
having made this territory as a sales
man the greater part of the past
twenty years.
J. B. Mooney, who has spent the
winter in California and returning
made a number of ~stop-overs in the
south, was a Saturday arrival and
will spend most of the summer look
ing after his interests in Langdon and
elsewhere over the county.
Frank Bata was a departing pas
senger Monday, returning to his home
at Racine, Wis, after a short visit
here with his brothers, Joseph and
Charles Bata, since being called from
his Wisconsin home to Langdon by the
unexpected death of his mother, Mrs.
Josephine Bata, which occurred on
the End inst.
John Reid was here from Beaulieu
last Thursday to attend the meeting
of the Cavalier county fair association
and stayed over until the following
evening to attend the farewell recep-
ton the court house officials rendered
j. K. Hamilton upon his retirement
from office as county auditor. Mr..
Reid is one of the ex-members of the
Cavalier county board of county COM
missioners and numbered mons the
out of town guests who attended that
event.
Mrs. c. E. Johnston was a depart
ing passenger Saturday for Minneapo-
lis, where she is spending the week
attending a meeting of the North
western district of Baptist women,
she being the recording secretary Of
the association. The district includes
North and South Dakota, Minnesota
and Wisconsin. Enroute to the Twir
Cities Mrs. Johnston made a short
visit over Sunday in Grand Forks with
her friend, Mrs. G. E. Tingley, ant
returning stops in Fargo for the pur'
pose of participating in the spring
rally and board meeting of the Nortl
Dakota Baptist women.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

If you want a really good time go
to the band boys benefit dance tomor-
row night.
Mrs. j.. H. Harlan returned to the
city Friday from a visit in Grafton
with her mother, other relatives and
old friends.
Allan Mcdonald, who now ranks as
one of the retired farmers Of the
south end of the county. was here
Saturday from Milton between trains
looking after business matters.
Joseph Stremich, living south of
Easily, has as visitors this week at
his farm home Mrs. Caroline Stremich.
and Mrs. Anna ~Stephrin, the former
a sister-in-law and the latter his SIS
ter, who arrived last Friday from
Chicago and will spend a part of the
summer here visiting.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
,moke''La Concillia' cigars.

Smoke La COnclllla cigars.
Ben Kitchin, of Langdon, who has
been visiting with his brother in this
place, left this week for Arcola, Man.
-Pembina Pioneer-Express.
August Kuchne is among the first
in Langdon to start building improve
ments this spring and has carpenters
at work remodeling his home at the
south end Of Fourth street.
Miss Mary J. Power, of Picton,
Ont, arrived on Saturdays train and
will make a visit during the greater
part of the summer here at the home
of her brother, Joseph Power, and
family.
Christian Deutchlaender, who is
working on d farm in the vicinity Of
Dresden, came to Langdon Friday to
have the doctors reduce the fracture
of his collar bone, the result of a bad
fall from a wagon in a runaway.
Chas. Dunnigan was a Langdon
visitor on Monday for a short time,
returning to his home at Gallo from a
short visit with relatives of the fam
lily at Beaulieu, before entering upon
the activities of the seeding season.
Miss Sophia Godfrey came down
from Hannah on Tuesdays train for a
visit at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Godfrey. She has a
position as trimmer in the Quick mil
linery establishment at the end-town.
E. A. Wadsworth, the land mar
and stock breeder, vas a returning
passenger to the city Thursday last
week. The past couple of weeks he
has spent in touring southern Mime
sofa, Iowa and Illinois and as a result
predicts there will be quite an acti-
witty in the sale of farm lands in
Cavalier county the present summer.
J. Bresnahan, who is the immigra-
zion Inspector of the United States at
Hannah, went through to Grand Forks
on Tuesday in hopes of finding trace
of two men who had made their way
across the line from Manitoba in vio-
lation of the immigration laws, which
! at the present time + being given
close attention.
Jas. MCLAUGHLIN, William Stranger
and Mark O'Brien were passengers
down the line Saturday to Grand
Forks and Fargo making the return
trip overland with a trio Of new
autoes for customers of the McLauch-
lin & Stranger garage. The cars they
brought back with them We're Max.
wells and Bucks, arriving here Sun.
day evening, reporting the condition
of the roads as much better than anti
cipated for this time of the year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
Smoke Council cigars.

Two good steam heated rooms for
rent. Inquire of E. G. Dedrick. If
Olaf Stake returned to his duties
in the Citizens State Bank on Monday
after an absence of several weeks at
Mowbray working in the bank there.
Colonel H. E. Burritt was a pas
senger north to Hannah last Saturday,
where he is spending a part of the
week in visiting with the family of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robertson.
The Langdon students at the state
university, including Miss Hester
Sparkling, Miss Laura Alpstag and
Miss Ella Bleakley, the latter of the
teaching corps at the Wesley college
conservatory of music, were passen-
gers on Monday, returning to Grand
Forks, after a visit at their Langdon
homes during the ten days vacation at
Eastertide.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

Every day is now the farmers
"busy day..
Mrs. B. Prom was here Thursday
from Milton for a short visit with her
Langdon friends.
Thos. Cregan, cashier of the First
State Bank of Olga, was a business
visitor in the city on Tuesday.
Sam Cross was here yesterday from
Olga to attend the meeting of the
county assessors at the court house in
the afternoon.
Today, April 18th, the new ice
wagon of ODER Bros, is making its
first delivery of spring water ice to
its town customers.
Miss Nellie Falconer has returned
home during the week from Fargo,
where she has been spending a month
visiting with her sister.
Joseph Heille, manager of the
Farmers elevator company's inter-
ests at Wales, was giving business
matters here attention Friday.
Jos. D. Fischer is making quite an
attractive improvement to his home
in the Fairview addition this spring
by the building of a veranda.
Rev. F. j.. Hubbard was at Dresden
on Tuesday between trains on business
connected with the recently completed
Presbyterian church at that place.
Mrs. Will Kitchin, who has been
under medical treatment in a hospital
at Grand Forks for several weeks, re-
turned to her home on Saturdays
train.
Chas. Green started building opera
lions last week on the property which
he purchased some little time ago of
j. F. Ramage, adjoining the townsite
at the north end of Fourth street.
Miss Jessie Swinburne, a former
teacher of the Langdon high school,
left Friday returning to LaMoure, N.
D., after a visit through the Easter
vacation here with Miss Juanita
McGruer.
Charles Marcelin and wife were
guests over Sunday at the home of
Judge and Mrs. H. E. Dorval while
here from Olga. They also made an
enjoyable visit at the Medric Chaput
home before returning to Olga.
Alex. j. Wier and his sister, Miss
Lizzie Wier, left on Mondays train
returning to their home at Dawson,
Mimi, after spending a week here
visiting with the family of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. B. Radford, at their home on
north Fourth street.
Roads in every direction are now
thoroughly dried and automobiles are
spinning along over the grades in
every direction at a lively clip.
Autos have made their appearance
this spring at an earlier date than
they have done in any past year.
Mrs. Arthur Waldner and her
mother, Mrs. M. ]. Horgan, went
north Thursday to Hannah, from
which place they drove to Mowbray
where Mr.. Waldner has a position
with the Donovan Mercantile Co., and
the family will make their home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

Today's wheat-$1. 43.
Isn't it about time to organize a
base ball team?
Wheat made an advance of two
cents in price on the local market
Monday.
Remember the band boys benefit
dance tomorrow night at the Odd
Fellow hall.
The past week has been house NOV
ing time with quite a number of
Langdon people.
Langdon farm implement dealers
are all able to plead guilty to having
been busy this week.
Elgin township voted by a good
majority at the election held Tuesday
in favor of the purchase Of a road
grader.
Saturday of last week is announced
as being the date of the arrival of a
little baby girl at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Lothspeich north of
town.
Up to date the month of April has
shown it's ability to dispense belated
March winds with an equally liberal
hand to what it has furnished us with
April showers. Last Friday it blew
great guns, and the day would have
been a regular dust blizzard had the
land been a little drier.
Langdon still has a number of auto
mobilists who will need to change
that last years yellow license tag for
n of the 1915 kind, the color dis
tinction being green for this year.
Today is the first day of the early
closing arrangement of the Langdon
banks. Until further notice the banks
close at four o'clock p. M, each day
excepting on Saturday.
The Rosa Lake ranch, the stock
farm of E. A. Wadsworth, east of
town, has a new tenant this season in
C. j. Paulson, who during the past
week has arrived with his family
from Clarion, la.
The meeting of the county assessors
held this week and the consequent
rush of business at the auditors office
delays the printing of the minutes of
the April meeting of county commits
ssioners until next week.
Next Monday is the date for the
letting of the contract for the build
ing of the new church in St. Mary's
parish in Grand Forks, where Rev.
Father O'Driscoll has been assigned a
field as pastor since leaving Langdon
within the past year.
Langdon friends will be interested
in learning of the birth of a little
baby girl on Good Friday to Mrs.
O. j.. Tallion, of Fort Williams, Ont,
formerly Miss Rita Dixon, who grew
up to young womanhood as a Langdon
girl, the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. K.
Dixon, now residents of Hannah.
Spring is moving time. Among the
moves made during the week is the
one made by the Ct. Northern depot,
which is now located about a block
west from its old location and is now
a next door neighbor to Jim Hills
water tank. Its a long, long way
from the steps Of the Ct. Northern
platform at the Third street crossing
to the new location of the old depot
building, but with the prospect of a
real new up to date Ct. Northern
depot to be built this summer, the
Langdon citizen who would kick about
wearing away a little shoe leather in
the meantime would be a first class
chronic croaker.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
COMING EVENTS

May 7-Arbor Day
May l6-Langdon Band Benefit Dance,
May N-Memorial Day.
July 1S-Opening Day of C~hautauqua
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26

At the morning session the court dismissed the case of Chief of Police Thomas E. Brown vs Frank Murano of Tower street, charged with keeping for sale, a plea of nolo being entered for the defendant by shis attorney, John J. Dunn. This action was taken on the defendants promise to stop the practice of selling. Judge Sweeney warned MuranO against breaking the law and said that further trouble for this cause would result in a jail sen tence.
 A plea of noIo was entered by the defendant in the case of Thomas E. Brown vs. Angela Guarino, ccharged with committing an assault upon Vim cenzo Cappucio. She was dismissed on the payment of a fine of $1 and costs.
 The jury empanelled in the case of Vincenzo Cappucio vs. Angela Guarino was chosen as follows: Herbert T Kenyon, foreman, Westerly; Charles F, Whaley, Charles S Adams, George H Sheldon, of South Kingstown; Napo- leon Magnant, Isaac H. Cook, Gideon C. Gardiner, James K. Wilson and James McConnbs, of North Kingstown: James Crockett of Charlestown; John H. Gardner of Exeter, and AlOnzo V. Tucker of Richmond
 The jury in the Chase-Brown case came in at 5.1O Thursday afternoonf after being out for about an hour awarding the plaintiff $250 damages. The suit was for $500.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26

leyville, where he resided nearly all his long life. He was successful in both farming and numbering and at different times he served his township acceptably as constable and school di- rector. He never joined any society, lodge or church. He was twice mar ried. The first wife was Miss Phebe Justin (who has accompanied him on visits to relatives in Plainfield). who died about six years ago. The second wife was Emma Walters, whom he married in December 1918. who only lived about six months. He is sur vived by two sons-Daniel, who resides near the old homestead, and Harvey, who lives at home Also six daugh- ters, Louise, Mrs. John Swingle of Cornings: Eunice, Mrs. $. J. Wilmot of Rileyville; Addie. Mrs. George Had den of Rileycille; Jennie, rMs. Melvin Crouch of Rockville: Clara, Mrs. Frank Scudder Of Cold Springs and Mary, Mrs Joseph Murphy of lIonesdale. An older brother, Reuben Brown, still re- sides on the old Massachusetts home stead; a sister, Chloe, Mrs. Daniel Greene. who is 9S years of age. lives near Gainesville. Ohio: and another sister is Mrs. Clara Taylor of WilH- mantle, Conn"
 Only last fall MT. Brown, with his daughter and family came east by automobile and visited relatives in
 harlton, Mass, also in Willimantic, Norwich and Plainfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
 CHINA AND JAPAN.
Conferences of Representatives Pro-
 gressing Toward a Compromise.

Picking, China, Feb. 25.-The outlook for an adjustment of the differences which have arisen between China and Japan has improved distinctly. The conferences between representatives of two nations aptly are progressing toward a. compromise.
 The most important step taken in this direction was disclosed here to- day. The Japanese government has given indications which are regarded as definite that it will not insist for the present upon the group of general demands which it presented These in clude the chief points upon which China based her resistance to the rep resentations from Tokio. The princi- pal demands which Japan is reported thus to have waived for the present are outlined as follows:
 The Chinese government shall con suit Japan before choosing foreign ad- visers in political military and finan- cial matters. and if such advisers are employed, Japanese shall be preferred.
 China and Japan shall police jointly important places in China, or Jaanese shall be preferred in case foreign po- lice advisers are employed.
 China shall purchase from Japan at least one-half the arms and ammuni- ton it uses hereafter: otherwise an arsenal shall be established in China, employing Japanese experts and mate I4f1lS-
 Japan shall have special privileges in the province of F'ukien and shall be consulted first in case foreign capital is required i'll the province for railroad construction, shipbuilding. mining and harbor improvements.
 Japan shall have the same rights as other nations to establish missions, schools and churches throughout the country, with the privilege Of propa- sating Buddhism
 Japan shall enjoy certain enumerated rights in connection with the cOnstruc- tion of railroads.
 There are left for consideration only the twelve demands which China al ready has agreed to discuss, concerning which it is felt a compromise will be reached.
 Notwithstanding this prospect of an agreement, official press despatches state that excitement continues to pre-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
WIILIMANTIC

A match between Benoit and Madsen, two local pool experts, featured the gathering at which prizes for the recent pool tournament of the mem bers of the council were distributed. Lunch was enjoyed during the evening, and a general social time resulted.
 Street and Water Superintendents
 Busy.
 Superintendents Sumner and Moul- ton of the street and water depart ments are kept busy these days, re- pairing breaks and otherwise looking after the welfare of the city's pipes and streets, as there have been a num- Der of cases where work has been necessary lately. Thursday g, break was reported on Mansfield avenue, and a force of men was at work there all day, but up to the late afternoon had not discovered a break, and it is sus- pected that more or less water from the springs in that locality follows the line of the ledge of rock down to the recently construed trench, and then follows a long the pipe, until it backs up at some of the manholes and over flows. As the pressure was down five pounds at the pumping station in the morning, however, a leak may exist somewhere along the line of pipe, but the surplus water makes it difficult to locate the exact spot.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
COLCHESTER
Good Advice in Paper Of 1875 Found While ShingIing Roof-Written by Rev. Charles H. Rogers-Mrs. Ran som Recovering,

The following is a copy of a letter
 found nailed under the ridgeboard of shed on the premises of Misses Elizabeth and Sarah Bigelow on South Main street, formerly owned by the late Charles H. Rogers. It was found by Elmer BigeIow. who was shinglinS the shed:
 Colchester, Conn. April 2O 1875, This roof is shingled with the best quality of shaved cedar shingles, fas-
 tened with galvanized nails with the intention of making as good a roof as can be made of shingles. I have
 laid them with great care, and trust they will do service long after my body has returned to dust. May the finder of this remember that while
 we are enjoying the fruits of others labors, we too should be doing some
 good for the pleasure of those who come after us. We set fruit and or
 namental trees. and our successors
 reap the benefit. Let Us be kind to all we meet, for they all are the off spring Of some affectionate mother
 and it will return to our children who
 will at some time fall among strangers May the finder of this writing meet
 me in the next world and report this
 world better than I leave it. When
 this is found I shall know what vOu
 cannot until you too go beyond the vail Be good. do get good. Strive to live so that the world will be better for your having lived. Accept the kind
 wishes of the writer and give this to
 some of my descendants, if there are
 any living.
 Respectfully. CHARLES H. ROGERS. (Charles Howell Rogers) I have but one child, Charles Car roll Rogers.
 MT. Rogers son died several years ago. The paper is in 3 good state of
 preservation.
 Short Paragraphs. A. H. Johnson of WiIlimantic was 8. 1 Colchester visitor Thursday. Mrs. Emmeline Ransom, who fell and broke her hip last Fall, is able to go out for a short walk daily. William Cavanaugh of Beacon Falls 1 is visiting his parents. MT. and Mrs. | P. F. Cavanaugh, on Norwich avenue. Wesley Brown of Salem was a Col 1 chester caller Wednesday. Patrick F. Cavanaush was visiting l in New Haven Thursday. 1 Mrs. Ernest Bump of Hebron was l the guest of her parents on Myrtle avenue Wednesday.
 l Mrs. c. C. Barton and two sons, of l Rocky Hill, have returned home after 1 a few days visit with Mrs. Barton's 1 mother, Mrs. Ida Wagner, on Main 1 street.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
Brief Mention.

Mrs. E. c. Russ spent Thursday in Norwich
 A. W. Buchanan was in Norwich on Thursday.
 Clarence Foster was in Colchester on Thursday.
 G. w Morrison was in BIiddletown Thursday.
 J. P. Carlson is in Boston for a few days.
 Mrs John Murphy spent Thursday in Amston.
 Dr. D. H. Ross is in New York for the remainder of the week.
 F. J. Loomis of East Hartford spent Thursday with local friends.
 Benjamin Phillips is in Boston for the remainder of the week.
 Don Curais of Fall River called on friends in this city Thursday.
 Miss Mary O'Hara of Andover spent Thursday. with local friends.
 c. E. Armour of Providence was in this city Thursday on business.
 Miss Lulu Teevans is visiting Tn Providence for the remainder of the week.
 MT and Mrs. Michael Healey are visiting in Putnam where they former ly resided.
 John Keegan who spent the past week with relatives here has returned to Hartford.
 Mrs. T. F. Downing of Hartford is in this city to spend a week with her parents, MT. and Mrs. W. H. Smith
 Mrs. H. s. Horwitz of New Britain is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Hyman Israel of Natchaue street.
 Miss Elizabeth Heating who has been the guest of Mrs. Henri Mathieu returned Thursday to her home in South Manchester
 Hartford visitors Thursday were R. Nj. Hyde, James Twomey, c. H. Saw age, A. c. Gully, Miss Elinor HiII- house, F. C. Spring, A. R. Sharpe Mrs, Belle Riggleman