Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-02-17

towns to have a leap year dance. 1t
being given tomorrow evening by the
fair ones of that town.
The Gallo News had to skip an
issue while the town was blockaded
by trains over the 500 being snow
bound the first week in February.
Editor G. D. Arnold and family of
Calvin narrowly escaped taking the
coal gas route from this frozen zone
last week, owing to defective pipes.
Wales has secured State Dairy
Commissioner Peter Miller as one of
the attractions on the program of its
farmers institute to be held March
LIST and End.
Martin Olson, residing five miles
southeast of Gallo died on the Sth
inst, of consumption. He leaves a
widow and family of five sons and
two daughters.
Since the weather and road condi-
tions have improved farmers around
Wales are marketing their surplus
crop at the rate of about 10, 900
bushels a day.
Walhalla maidens make their first
1916 siege upon the tender affections
of their elusive male acquaintance
at a leap year ball to be held Tues
day, the 22nd inst, Westinghouse
birthday.
The farmers club at Calvin con-
tracted for their seasons supply of
binding Irvine and made other timely
preparations for the approaching
springs work last week.
Hannah's lodge l. O.. O. F., have
a social entertainment, which includes
a program and lunch, planned for
W~ashington's birthday, a holiday
event that occurs Tuesday next week.
Henry Thera of Munich is winter
ing at Tampa, Fla. Last winter it
was southern California, but Cavalier
%county's productiveness is what makes
the mild winter climate possible for
the Thera's.
The home of the Great Northern
agent at Easily was a complete loss
by fire, owing to a defective chimney
and stove pipes, during the high wind
and bad storm Sunday afternoon.
Nothing was saved.
A meeting of the teachers of the
rural, graded and high schools of the
western half of the county will be
held at Munich on Saturday this
week, the 10Th inst, under the direc-
ton of Co. Supt. Reher,
A. A. Peters, who left Munich a
year ago with his family to homestead
in Montana, reports the death of his
wife, on the 3rd inst at Chinook,
Mont. An infant son is left in charge
of the bereaved husband.
Munich has decided to reopen and
operate its creamery. The stockhold-
ers last week adopted the plan of
leasing it to a reliable butter maker
for a two year term without charge,
the condition being to operate the
creamery, look after its up keep and
pay insurance and taxes.
John Lamb, a former Calvin resi-
dent who left to locate at Palm City,
Calf, writes that he lost his entire
crop and home in the devastating flood
which swept southern California. The
flood swept through the town in the
middle of the night and victims barely
escaping with their lives.
There were some twenty-four
teachers of the rural, graded and
high schools tributary to Langdon
here Saturday in attendance at a meet
ing of the Cavalier county teachers
association, held under the direction
of Co. Supt. Reher. Poor roads and
the weather condition deferred some
who would otherwise have been here.
Lorentz Fritz, one of the we'll
known farmers of Mt. Carmel town
ship, whose farm is one mile west of
the post office, is removing to the
Canadian northwest this spring hav-
ing sold his real estate interests in
this county, and Thursday of next
week, one week from today, will
have an auction sale Of his personal
property, including horses, live stock
and farm machinery. The sale starts
at one o'clock in the afternoon and
will be conducted by Auctioneer Tony
Kieffer. See bills for particulars
and list of property offered for sale.