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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
vas duly accepted and ordered filed.

was duly accepted and ordered filed.
The council authorized Mayor McIn-
tyre to make arrangements with j. F.
Ramage, for the purpose of securing
from him land sufficient for the widen
ing of of Poplar street.
The reports of the city auditor and
city treasurer were received and re-
ferred to the auditing committee.
The council then resolved itself
into a ~canvassing board, for the pur-
pose of canvassing the vote EAST on
that date at the city election. The
canvas showed that in the First ward
John j. Boyd received for alderman of
that ward So votes, and that James
G. Dickson received 25 votes. John
J. Boyd was declared duly elected as
alderman Of the First ward for the
coming two years. In the Second
ward there was no contest, William
Stranger receiving "a votes, being
the total vote cast in that ward.
William Stranger was therefore de-
clared duly elected to the office of
alderman of the Second ward for the
coming two years. In the Third ward
there was no contest, T. B. Hankey
receiving Is votes, being the total
vote cast in that ward. T. b. Han
key was therefore declared duly elect
ed to the office of alderman of the
Third ward for the coming two years.
The council then adjourned as a can
vassing board and reconvened as the
city council.
1t was moved, seconded and duly
carried that the expenses of the cleo
ton boards be paid as follows: Three
inspectors for registration and cleo
ton services, So. 10 each; six judges
of election, two in each of the three
wards, So. 90 each. Six clerks of
election, two in each of the three
wards, $40 90 each. Making a total
in all of $4S. 80.
There being no further business the
council moved to adjourn to date of
the next regular meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
JOHN SHEEHAN,
City Auditor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

A Wonder :
OF the Sea
, 1t Was Seen Near the Mid .
die of the Last Century :
By OSCAR COX
By OSCAR cox


Captain Enoch Nicholson was master
of Il New Bedford whaling ship when
that industry was in its prime. He
was accustomed to go forth on to the
waters. where he would remain several
years. then back to New Bedford to
dispose of his product. On n of these
outings he decided to take his family
daughter. Harriet. aged fifteen. That
was the era of sailships. True, steam
had been applied as a motive power.
but only on the land. and the engines
used were very crude machines. Full
ton had applied steam to a boat on
thought of a ship driven by steam. 1t
was not till about the year 1910 that
the paddle wheel steamer began to ply
the ocean regularly.
Captain Nicholson. always on the wa
ter. knew little or nothing about what
was going on on land. and his family
lived in IA little New England village.
where a newspaper seldom penetrated.
The consequence vas that if they had
ever heard of steam as Il motive power
they were not capable of understand
ing how it could be effected. and it
made no impression upon them.
Captain Nicholson's wife and daugh-
ter went to New Bedford and at
once boarded his ship. the Molly Stark,
and sailed with him the same day on
a three years whaling voyage. They
brought with them the few books they
could gather in that primitive village
in New England. including schoolbooks
for Harriet. The captain had fitted up
a cabin for their especial occupancy.
and they were as well prepared as they
could be at that time to make a home
upon the ocean.
The three years passed with the
usual mixture of storm and sunshine
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

I. o. o. F.-Meets every Tuesday night in
tall over First National Bank.
TED HANSON N. G..
ALEX. HAMILTON, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
Here's a Model New York.
City Auditor.

A model of New York city, twenty
six feet square and showing every de-
tail of the great metropolis from sky
scrapers to>bridges and transportation
lines. is faithfully reproduced at the
Panama-Pacitic international exposi-
sion. Visitors to the exposition will
get the same view of New York rs an
aviator lowering in his machine some
hundreds OF feet above the city. Even
the steamships at the docks and the
statue Of Liberty are shown, and at
night the miniature city will be beauti-
fully illuminated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
lOTFICIAL]
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
LanodOn City Council
LANGDON. n. ID,

~ p" ~ 49,
ing Of the city council of Langdon, N.
D., held at the city hall, or Monday,
April 9Th, 1915.
Following the reading and approval
of the minutes of the last meeting by
the city auditor the following bills
were presented, approved and ordered
paid:
A. Schulke, goods for city
poor , 8 70
A. Schulke, goods for city
poor . 81
A. Schulke, goods for city
poor lO %
a. Schulke, goods for city
poor 8 10
Cavalier Co. Republican,
supplies and printing
election notice. ....... 4 10
Farmers Elevator Co, 1880
pounds of coal and dray-
age, for city poor..... 4 30
Mrs. Radford, four days at
tendance nursing city poor 8 90
John DeLorme, board and
room Pat Madden, for
March ~ w
John DeLorme, board and
room Of Xavier Perron,
for March 20 90
Mrs. Trennum laundry tor
pot MoAIpn fOr three
months. . ......... Z ~
Henry Windemuth, meat for
city poor. 4 O5
c. A. Spellman, prescription
for city poor. l 90
A. J.. Koehmstedt, city
printing and stationery. p %
John Mahon, seven months
rem for city poor IS 90
w. A. Bolton, J cord poplar
wood; ] cord Of jack pine
for city 70
Leo koehmstedt, work on
sidewalks in JAM, Feb. 2 p
W.. A. Mcintyre, money ad-
vanced for transportation
of C. Messersmith family
from Langdon in May,
1914. 81 w
A. E. Harrington, goods for
city poor. w
Thos Carroll, q hours work
on streets $4. 20; hauling
shale, ST. SO; work on
dump ground, 81. 90; total 6 20
Henry Nuella, 5 hours work
on dump ground. ....... l 90
George Barbeau, 7 hours
work on streets. l 40
Ben Underwood, IL hours
work on streets 20
Clement Tourand, 5 hours
work on streets l 90
James Reed, scrubbing city
hall and supplies for
i -. . - =. l. IL
Langdon Light Co., street
lights, $89. so; fixtures,
50. 95; heat for March,
p4O. 90, IoIdl, PILL.
loss for lights out and
fixtures SIS. 45; allowed at lO5 SO
Memo Liebeler, meat for
city poor 2 IS
A deputation of citizens waited on
the city council asking aid for the
city band, with the result that a
monthly appropriation of $25. 90 was
voted to be paid toward the mainten-
ance of the band, the same to be
continued until further action is taken
by the council.
The city fire department handed in
a full and complete report of the
condition Of that department at the
present time. 1t also reported the
election of John Crawford as chief of
the department and Nick Spath as
assistant chief, at the recently held
annual meeting Of the city fire depart
ment. This report after its reading
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

THE EXECUTIVE:
President. Woodrow Wilson
Vice President Thomas r. Marshall
CABINET OFFICERS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.


THE EXECUTIVE:
President Woodrow Wilson
CABINET OFFICERS.
s sserstaTy of of S 5hs Treasury. wil MiiinaG% e. ii Mt blSoo
Attorney General, 49,. Jas. c. MacReynolds
Secretary Seer of ,f Mas:,i ..Llnd a16a nj, Snrlason
Secretary of the Navy ...... .Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Interior. $50. Franklin II Lane
sserstaFy of of eesrl9nefese: Nv. :w Rnxla ); R RsdHe}d
Secretary Il Ni EHEf5i STATES s M5tiam D. wilson
A. J. Gronna Lakota
Ed. NcCunber "ahpeton
CONGRESSMAN.
George NJ. Young Valley City
P. d. Norton Bismarck
FEDERAL OFFICERS.
United States District Judge.....C, F. Amidon
United States Marshal......."n....S.J :. Doyle
Clerk of United States Court..JA: Montgomery
Surveyor General ................E A. Williams
National Bank Esaminer.."..:"ajiEis; Tyler r
Collector of Custom ............Jud Lahloure Or
STATE SUPREME COURT,
Associate Justices-C. j. Fisk, f. T. Burke, E.
B. Goss, A..
Clerk of Supreme Court D. hoskins
STATE OFFICERS.
neutrality-suspicious. H. Frame
Secretary Of State Thomas Hall
State Auditor. Car ". Jorsenson
State Treasurer. ..John Steene
Attorney General. Henry J. Linde
sSup't Public InstEuction:;."...EMi J ] Taylor ay1
Commissioner of Agriculture =. Robert l.. Flint
Commissioner of Railroads.. P. N. Anderson.
W.. H. Mann, w. H. Stutsman
DISTRICT COURT
Judge Seventh District. .......W j. kneeshaw
Court Stenographer. $50. Laura j. Daubenberg
STATE SENATOR'S.
Eighteenth District .........H Henry Mclean
REPRESENTATIVES,
A's,'eon.n John Baisdon and Jas. Moraann
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Auditor. Ole j. Eide
County Treasurer. Work
Clerk of the District Court. C s. Robertson
States Crimson
County Judge. W. Bleakley
Superintendent of Schools. 80 Fred j. Reher
Public Reid
County Coroner Org. Stromberg
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
First Conn District. Nicolson
Second Com'r District Sam Iverson
Third Com'r District..........S. G. Erickson
Fourth Com'r District. ....... Robert Laing
Fifth Com'r District. =. Alex Russell
CITY OFFICERS.
y w n. NnCluIyTb
Aldermen 1st Ward. ..Jno. Power John Boyd
Aldermen End Ward R r. Burke, Nm Stranger
Aldermen 3rd Ward I. b. Hankey. j. Balgaard
Cityy T Auui.or,c J9hn She M
Sity treasurer u. Milne
Chief of Police 49,. James Reed
Assessor Harlan
City Attorney ....,........"....W, b. Dickson
City Justice :. Joseph Power
Police MAGISTRATE n McNuE
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-15

90. F.-Langdon Court, Independent Order
of Foresters, meet in the Workmen hall, the
drst and third tuesdays of each month.
A. O. void. c. r.
j. H. Balm, Rec. Sec'y.
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TO READERS

Readers are requested to send letters
and articles for publication to The Edi-
tor, Home and Farm Magazine Section,
O%regOnian Building, Portland, Oregon.
Discussions on questions and prob
lens that bear directly on the agricul-
tural, livestock and poultry interests of
the Northwest and on the uplift and
comfort of the farm home always are
welcomed. No letters treating of re-
ligion, politics or the European war are
solicited. We proclaim neutrality on
these matters.
Comparatively brief contributions
are preferred to long ones. Send us
also photographs of your livestock and
farm scenes that you think would be
of general interest. We wish to make
this magazine of value to- you. Help
us to do it.
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Page of Editorials for the Home and Farm Magazine Section

tries water power was about all
there was. Then came coal, and in
spite of the discovery of oil and the
inventions that apply electricity to
industries, coal may still be said to
constitute the most important source
of all our motive power.
The production of coal in 1918 in
the United States was sos, O00, 900
long tons, nearly twice that of Great
Britain, our closest competitor. AT
the present rate of growth we shall
soon be turning out as much coal as
all the rest of the world together.
We are not only able to compete
with Great Britain and all the rest
of the world in the quantity and
price of coal for home use, but also
for export. When the last century
closed the total exports of coal from
the United States were 100000
tons. In 1918 this was increased to
q, 900, 900 tons.
The figures answer emphatically
in the affirmative the question of
our ability to compete for the bust
ness of the world in one respect at
least, that of the great motive
power.
Is there any question about our
ability in other respects? To coal
we add fuel oil, and to these two
electric power from our wonderful
streams. AS to capital, we are well
supplied, and our production of solid
money annually is very great. Then
for our population, it numbers today
in our continental territory 100000
600 of the most intelligent, quickest
witted, best-fed and therefore most
energetic people on the earth.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.

WE HEAR a great deal these
w days about the high cost of
living, and it certainly does
cost us a good deal more at the pres
ent time than it did only a few years
ago. But before we groan too much
about what it costs US to live these
days, we would better stop and con-
slider what we are getting for our
money.
You know we have a few things
at the present time which seem to
be necessities, that our fathers and
grandfathers could not afford, even
as Injuries, as only a few years ago
they could not be had at any price.
For instance, there is the tele-
phone. That adds quite a bit to the
high cost of living, but how would
you like to try to get along without
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15
CAN WE HOLD OUR OWN?

MERICA'S opportunity lies be-
n fore her today as it never has
"A lain before. The terrible war
that is devastating Europe has
opened a wide door of opportunity
to us, with a world of conquest lying
behind it. These conquests are the
peaceful conquests of industry. Can
we grasp the situation and do the
work before us?
There are three things necessary:
"A large population, skilled in the in
dustrial arts, an abundant capital
to pay them and also to stimulate
business in foreign countries, and a
plentiful supply of power.
In the earliest ages of our indus
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15
GIVING THE CHILD A CHANCE

THE Importance Of the child is
gradually being recognized by
organized society. The wonder
of it all is that the child has been
neglected for so long. The resources
of the powerful United States Gov
eminent have always been at the
command of those seeking to stamp
out an insect plague, or those desir-
ing to improve the breeds of cows,
hogs or chickens, but how much
time has been given by Govern
mental authorities to improving the
breed of children? And which is the
more important to the coming gen
Grafton, that better grades OF
domestic animals shall be raised or
that a more virile manhood shall
come into its own?
The work of breeding children is
to a certain extent conducted by
state OF private organizations. 1t is
a work that cannot be commended
too highly.
Juvenile courts are aiding now in
dealing with the hayward child.
Child labor" laws have been passed.
Schools have been formed with the
object of teaching girls how to care
for babies schools in mother
craft" Widows pension bills have
been passed by % states. Conven-
tons of physicians now find an i'm
portant subject for discussion in the
welfare of the child. Leaders in
educational work are considering
the training of the child.
Year by year, the demand has be-
come stronger for a square deal for
the child in his right to be well born,
in his right to have good health, a
strong body and proper training.
With a fair chance for the child, the
results are certain to prove of in
estimable value to the country.
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LAZY FARMERS, DON'T READ
THIS.

Editorial in Polk County Itemizer.)
TIME United States Department
of Agriculture, the state boards
and the experts all over the
country are urging the farmers of
America to cultivate every available
acre during the coming year. The
war in Europe assures the sale of
almost everything that can be
raised. Every article that is ex-
ported to feed the soldiers and the
citizens and the stock of Europe
means that just that much less for
home consumption, therefore, even
with big crops of everything, the
price will be high.
If it is not a good crop year the
farmer will at least raise enough
for home use and will not have to
pay the high prices that will pre-
vail. Utilize every available acre
for grain, grasses and vegetables. 1t
should not be necessary, under
proper conditions, to import potatoes
into any agricultural county.
Put the hens and the turkeys to
work and give them a square deal.
Raise hogs, cattle and horses in as
large numbers as the accommoda-
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lions of your farm will justify and
any losses that any farmer, planter
or rancher may have sustained last
year will be more than made good.
The war in Europe may last for
months or years, and while it con
tinues there will be an active de-
mand for everything we produce.
Should the war end this week the
nations engaged will need all our
surplus products for a year at least.
Take our advice, for once, and do
not permit good, tillable land to lie
idle in 1915.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15
WISDOM AND WAR.

AYINE HUNDRED years ago a
u dispute between Modena and
Bologna over a well bucket
began a war which devastated
Europe. A Chinese Emperor once
went to war over the breaking of a
teapot. Sweden and Poland flew at
each others threats in 1854 because
the King of Sweden discovered that
his name in an official dispatch was
followed by only two ct ceteras,
while the King of Poland's had
three. The spilling of a glass of
water over the Marquis de Torey led
to war between France and England,
and a small boy, by throwing a peb-
BILE at the Due de Guise, led to the
massacre of Vassy and the 80 years.
war.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15
IF THERE MUST BE ALLIANCES
-E THERE must he Enronaan al

IF THERE must be European al
liances-though tragic events
have proved them to be danger
ous-we may hOpe-thOugh hardly
expect in view of the bitterness that
will follow war--a new alignment
when peace once more reigns over
battle-ravaged Europe.
Why is it not possible to have an
alliance between France, Germany,
England, Italy and the lesser pow
ers with it's sole aim the beneficent
development of Europe and the
peaceful curling of the less ad-
vanced nations of Europe and Asia?
Not an alliance for the offensive,
not for conquest, not to deprive
Russia or Asia of a "place in the
sum-" not to limit their right to de-
velopment, prosperity and enlight-
enment-but to keep them in check
until they have risen in culture and
democracy to the level of Western
Europe-and to help them rise, if it
is not asking toe much.
1t should be a league for develop
ment, not for repression; for civil
lization and peace, not for barbar-
ism and war.
The bitterness between England
and Germany affects us in America
like bitterness between two of our
good friends and neighbors, both of
whom we love and respect, and for
both of whom there is room and
honor and glory. 1t is not good for
England, for Germany or for the
world.
Such a league, formed honestly
for peace and working for peace,
not hypocriticaliy for peace and
working for war, would help each Of
Its members, would help Russia,
would help the Balkans, would help
the world.
1t would spread enlightenment,
intelligence, civilization and the as
piration for human liberty. 1t would
dispel the cloud of fear that kept
the nations armed and on the brink
of war, and that cast the shadow
of coming tragedy over the fields
and factories and into the homes.
But will international hatred,
born afresh by the war, remain to
make this impossible?
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15
TO ADVERTISERS

Advertisers in this locality who wish
fully to cover all sections of Oregon
and Washington and a portion of Idaho
will apply to local publishers for rates.
General advertisers may address C. L.
Burton, Advertising Manager Home
and Farm Magazine Section, Oregonian
Building, Portland, Oregon, for rates
and information.
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We read that a great many Of the
22-carat European opera singers are
detained in this country on account
of the war. Yet this does not seem
to affect the high cost of music.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15

Noting that the Russians are
throwing "Jack Johnson" shells into
Ossowetz, we may infer that there
is a sitter punch in black powder.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15

the telephone? You consider you
are getting your moneys worth
when you pay for the telephone, now
don't you?
Then almost any sort of a water
system, even if it is no more than a
pump on the porch, costs more IN
hard cash than it did to carry water
from a spring or brook, but it Is a
whole lot more convenient, and you
are willing to pay the price.
1t costs quite a bit more to build a
comfortable modern home than it
would to put up a log house, but we
60 on building our up-to-date homes
lust the same. And it costs more to
furnish our modern homes than 1t
did a two-room log house, but we go
on. furnishing them, adding quite a
bit to the high cost of living.
We dress better than we did once,
and we live better and have more
privileges, and it all costs. We travel
more, entertain more, hear more
lectures, see more plays, read more
books and spend more money on
many things that make life worth
living than we did even a few years
ago, and it all adds to the high cost
of living.
Then there is the automobile. No
one will deny that an automobile is
an expensive luxury, yet everyone
buys one that can afford to, and a
good many buy them that ought not
to, and yet we 60 o complaining
about the high cost of living. Still
it looks as if we were getting our
moneys worth, and if we must COM
plain, why not complain about the
cost of high living? That would
seem more consistent, but really
why complain at all?
Why not live as well as we can
within our income, enjoy all the con-
v~eniences and privileges of this
golden age, and SO far as we can at
ford, pay the price of high living
cheerfully, instead of grumbling
about the high cost of living?
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In the matter of advertising, it
seems to us that the English and
Germans are getting the best of it
out of this war.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15

The only sentiment in Briton's
famous sea song, Rule Britannia"
which appeals to the German fancy
is that part Of the refrain which
runs.
"And he mar-ri-ade a mer-mi-ade
In the bottom of the deep, blue sea-"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15

There will be some demand for
harbor Improvements when the
allies are through with the Darda-
nelles. i
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-15

A learned authority says this will
be the last war. Unquestionably-
for many t"housandsl ,"r~
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The farmer who makes only his
living is said to be losing money, be-
cause he is not making a percentage
on his investment or getting good
wages for his time. Nevertheless, a
mar may toll away in the city day
in and day out and at the end of the
year find he is not anything ahead
of the game, yet he is never spoken
of as failing to make his living.
Isn't there a little inconsistency
here?
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-30
NOTICE FOR SEALED PROPOSALS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received at my office
in Blackfoot, Idaho, up to o'clock ..
m. on the 18th day OF October, 1918, for
the construction of approximately $3.50
square feet of concrete cross walks and
alley crossings within the City Of
Blackfoot, concrete to be mixed in pro-
portion of one part of cement to six
parts clean washed gravel, and other
wise constructed in accordance with the
plans and specifications on exhibit at
the City Hall of said City.
The estimated cost Of construction is
22R cents per square foot, and no bid
will be considered for greater amount
than the estimated cost.
The contract for such work will be
let to the lowest and best bidder, upon
his furnishing bond as required by law
The said proposals will be opened at
8 O'Clock p. m. October 18th, 1915, at
the City Hall.
Dated September 22nd, 1915.
ROY s. DeKAY,
10-14-4t. City Clerk.