Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-20
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which will enable it to purchase a
victrola.
Andy Madsen has left Wales for
Hutchinson, Mimi, to accept a posi-
ton as agent for the Luce Electric
Short Line railroad company.
Milton youngsters are having trou.
bles of their own. The mumps have
become epidemic, the school having
closed several days in consequence.
P. P. Schneider was a north bound
passenger on Fridays train returning
to his home at Wales from a visit
through the holidays at the old home
of the family in eastern Ontario.
The eight year old son of Merchant
and Mrs. A. H. Pung, of Gallo, died
last week of d%iphtheria. There were
six of the family taken down with the
disease, but the others are reported as
being on the road to recovery.
The Potato Co. at Walhalla, ship
ped two carloads of "spuds" to mar
kets east during the cold spell last
week. The price quoted below at the
present time is about $1.25 per
bushel.
The two statements of the banks at
Wales made good front page matter
in last weeks issue of the Progress.
The two banks make an aggregate
showing Of deposits amounting to
$248, 252. Is.
Osnabrock is the distributing point
for Cavalier county points for the
Bartles Nothern Oil Co. Quite an ex-
t%ensive ware house and plant has been
put in at the Brock during the past
month by the company.
Tom Catherwood, one of the resi-
dents of different towns in this county
back in the pioneer days is making a
visit of a couple of weeks with friends
at Hannah and Milton. He is now
engaged in business at Dallas, Ore.
In the cold spell of last week, the
low record reached, at Wallhalla on
Wednesday, January 18th, was 80
below zero. Quite a difference between
that place and Hannah, where the
official record showed 81 below.
Mrs. c. o. Trytten, the wife of the
principel of the public school at Han
nah, is reported to have passed away
Tuesday quite unexpectedly. Deceased
recently underwent an operation for
appendicitis, but was thought to have
passed any chance of a relapse.
Mrs. Lille B. Bowers field worker
of the state w. c. T. U. movement,
has since the first of the year given
illustrated lectures at several towns
through the western part of the county
on the tobacco and liquor evil.
Tomorrow night the annual Wood
man dance and concert, with music
for the occasion furnished by the Fin
ley orchestra of Grand Forks, will be
an event at Osnabrock that a large
number of Langdon young people are
pretty sure to attend.
c. S. Iverson, at one time identified
with the Osnabrock Independent and
Fairdale Times has disposed of his
more recent newspaper venture, The
Valley View of East Grand Forks, but
remains with the paper in the capa-
city of manager of the job depart.
ment.
Munich claims Math Thorinnson,
one of the successful debaters of the
North Dakota agricultural college
team in its debate with the Oregon
college, as having received his graded
and high school training in that town.
He is a son of Peter H. Thorfinnson
of that place.
Charles W. Fait, a professional ball
player who vas with the Clyde and
other teams of the Cavalier county
league during last season, and since
leaving here got into trouble at Aber-
deem, S. D., on a white slavery
charge, has been adjudged and ordered
to be confined in the national insane
asylum at Washington, D. C.
j. c. Halbrock, who up to the close
of last fall for several years has
operated the Huff stock farm hear
Olga, will continue to be a Cavalier
comfy resident. Last fall he sold out
and went to Montana to locate, but is
back again. He has leased one of the
large farms of Senator Plain nea,
Easily and is moving his family there.
P. G. Glidden. the new editor of
the Wales Progress, says that he has
it all mapped out to give the Progress
readers a strong, clean non-partisan
paper. That need not necessarily be
taken to mean that the Progress is ar
organ of the North Dakota non parti
sian league, but the term is one thai
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