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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-31
CALL FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that the School BOARD
OF Olga School District will receive sealed bids
up to two O'Clock p. M. on the 10Th day of Ser
TENDER 1916, for the building of a school house
and the furnishing of all material for same on
the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quar-
ter (SW4 SW4l of Section Eight, (Sec. 81
Township One Hundred Sixty-Two. G62) Range
tifty.seven, SD in accordance with plans and
specification on file in the Office of the School
Clerk: at Olga, North Dakota, where said plans
may. be examined. Each bid must be accom-
panied by a certified check in a sum equal to
five (3) per cent of the amount of the bid, pay
able to Olga School District as a guarantee that
the bidder will enter into contract should it be
awarded him and furnish a bond as required by
law, The board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids
BY Order of the Board of Olga School
District,
THOS. CREGAN, School Clerk
Dated at Olga. North Dakota, this 23rd day
of August a. D., 1916. 6.lO
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-31

Cornelius P. Heide.
Petitioner.
Agath, uo;do Do.a. CITATION
Ha;da iiar;a - IL HEARING
de, Abraham p. Hell ,ppoT
de, Agatha Dick and
the County Treasurer An,,Sf
Of Cavalier County,
North Dakota,
Ihe State of North Dakota to the Above
Named Respondents and All persons Interested
in the Estate of Peter Heide, Deceased
ron and each of you are hereby notified that
petltloh PRAYING that letters of administrator
upon the estate of Peter Heide, late Of the
to"nshlpof Midway, in the Couuty of Cotton
wood and State of Minnesota, DECEASED. ~
G Ee1itieu, TO TO I In Devaney, and that said
this Court on Friday, the 18th day of Septemb.
er, A. d.. 1916, at 10 o'clock in tile forenoon of
mat DAY, at the Count Rooms of this Court, in
the County Court House, in the City of Lang
Dakota, and you, and each of you, are hereby
clted 70 be and appear before this Court at
SAID time and place. and answer said petition.
and show cause, if any there be. why the
prayer OF SAID petition should not be granted.
dated tins Ind day of August, A. D, 1916.
Iy the Court:
lSEALl F. w. BLEAKLEY,
Judge of the County Court.
Let service of the above Citation be made bv
PUBLISHING same IN the Courier-Democrat, a
Weekly he"spaper, printed and published at
L;angdon. North Dakota. according TO law, mn.
less service of said Citation is admitted nr
waived. y"
LoEALl +. W. B~LEAKLEy,
Judge of The County Conrt.
THOMAS DEvANEY,
Attorney for Estate,
Langdon, North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-31

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TREASURER'S REPORT FOR
Moscow School District

County of Cavalier, State of North Dakota
for the year 1856
RECEIPTS
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-31

Cor superintendent of Public Instruction
N. c. MACDONALD.
w. h.. HOOVER
! For Comfy Superintendent Of Schools
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NOTICE AND CITATION HEARING PETI-
TlON FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADMIN


STATE OF NoRTa ~DAKoTA,ls II r
County of Cavalier; IS. III county court
Before Hon. F. w. BLEAKLEY, Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of Peter Heide
DncnaSa1.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-31

For President:
WOODROW WILSON,
For ice President:
THOMAS MARSHALL,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-08-31

Nhis. CaValeeI SalQ Iney were very
quiet, grazing as oxen, except in case
of q stampede, when they would seem
to lose all animal caution and rush
bllndly over a precipice or what ever
happened to confront them. She
spoke of the wasteful slaughter of the
buffalo, not for their needs alone but
for the excitement of the chase. The
carcases were left wasting on the
prairie after the hides and the choice
cuts of meat had been removed. Then
with a happy reminiscent look on her
face she told US Of a hunt of which
she was a witness when she was a
bride here sixty years ago. At the
time they were living at Walhalla,
and her husbands party of half breed
hunters had driven one hundred carts
ladened with hides to St. Paul and
were returning with provisions and
settlers effects. The party had travel
led about half way Gro Minnesota
M afternoon when they were forced
to make camp. II was here they
sighted a herd of what would appear
to be at least a million buffalo. The
prairie was black as far as the eye
could reach. With her hand she un-
dertook to demonstrate the wavy
motion of the mass. 1t was, she
said, like the pillows of a sea as they
surged ahead in their leaps all in one
direction. The party quickly placed
the carts in a circle and inside of this
the horses and tents. The teamsters
The state herald., 1916-01-14

rule" goes by tee board to join the 'sa
cred ratio"
Two points on which emphasis was
laid were the presidential primary and
the one term pledges. Both these were
solemnly taken in the name Of democ
racy and on them the nominee. now the
president. took his stand Ribald scott
ers were put to scorn by the sincerity
with which the nominee and his sponsor
asseverated the sanctity Of these planks
And the voters beloved theml The
platform was built to stand or. Nov.
look At the derred thirg!
Il is difficult in this connectiin to re-
frain from reccallirg the fact that Mr..
Bryan was chosen delegate TO the Bal
timore convention by II refert ndum
through which the voters also expressed
their preference for Champ Clark as a
presidential nominee. and that this In
struction was no more followed In let
ter or spirit than the platform which
he imposed on the party.-0maha Bee
The state herald., 1916-01-14
Why a Platform?

Chairman McCombs Of the democratic
NATIONAL committee. mas just writer
the Arkansas demeocrs,is that the Bal
iimore presidential primary plank Il
merely = suggestion" and not binding
OH the party. Which raises anew th'
old question, "Why 10 . plaiformf
The Baltimore document was lsborsd
over very earnestly and very patiently
by Mr.. Bryan, who produced II as
masterpiece Of political buneombc. full
of promises and recommended ~ bind
inr for what Il contained ss well As ioI
what I, omitted. Il has since been
radely buircted. and in its present bat
tered condition bears but slight rescm'
blanee to the carefully polished produc'
ton 90 whoopinGly adopted as an expre'
sion Of purpose and confession Of faith
by the democrats. One by one its most
important planks have been splin'crcd
by those pledged To their preservation,
until now tho dogms Of ''let the pespu
The state herald., 1916-01-14
Taft for the Supreme Bench

The death Of Justice Lamar has nstur
ally excited conjecture Ms to whether
the President would offer the vacsnt
seat on the Supreme bench to ex Presi.
dent TAFT. not alone on the ground Of
his conspicuous fitness but as in the cir
cumstancrs the man In public life logic
ally best entitled to the honor. The
fact that Justice Lamar. = democrat.
owed his appointment to Mr.. Taft
would make the latter's appointment
by = democratic president an equally
happy subordination Of partisanship to
public policy.
Mr.. Taft's competence for any judi
cial office needs no encomium. When
Frederick N. Judson published In 1905
his treaties on the Interstate Commerce
Law, he dedicated It "to Honorable
William Howard Taft. l. l.. D.. some.
time Judge Of the Cireui, Court OF the
United States, whose name is written
large on the pages Of the judicial his.
tory Of interstate commerce" II that
high tribute was deserved at the time.
hs eleven years that have elapsed have
fully confirmed the estimate Of Mr..
TAft's fitness for tho highest judicial
duties. To his earlier fame rs m up
right. just and progressive judge he has
since added the experience OF Governor
General Of the Philippines, Secretary
Of War and President Of the United
States. Probably no living American
hss profounder acquaintance with the
administration Of the law in all OF It's
aspects.
Mr.. Taft's qualifications for su-
prsme Court Justiceship are so obvious
that the question would seem to bc lefs
one Of his appointment than Of his nc
esptanee. Certainly tho name Of no
The state herald., 1916-01-14
Big Denver Show.
January Event win BE First Big Ex.
position in Two Years.

II is expected now that the Denver
stock Show In January will cele.
brate the end Of the foot and mouth out
br,'ak and will be the big show of the
county, for this season. All of the 9th
or shows have been abandoned or held
only in part. and the big breeders Of
the country Al e looking forward to the
Denver show as he first opportunity In
two years to ge, tog s,her in competition
All the big herds o. the country are
planning to come TO Denv,'r, and as the
loot and mouth con,agion is practically
ended, there will be nothing In The way
oil the biggest show the west has ever
seen. The show management Is max
ing preparations for the biggest event
IN It's history. and there Is no question
but that all ths facilities will be taxed
to their utmost. Plans are being made
for additional buildings to tase care OF
the increased exhibits.
The passing OF the show at Dsnvcr
last winter was a big disappointment ia
s'ockmen all over the west. and there
has been constant fear that disease
conditions might compel Il TO be aban.
doned again. but the outlook now II
that the show can be held with pcrfcc,
safety. Ihl only contngI9n spot left
in The country Ia In Illinois, and the In
fcc'od area 10 ftrowing smaller every
lGiy II Is believed hat By the frat OF
December all t',e quarrntines will have
bt,n raised and the cont aglon will be n
matter Of history. In the meanwhile.
,brranrcmcnts for the bR Denver show
are vigorously being pushed
The state herald., 1916-01-14
Worth Of Space in
Country Paper

A Hartford. Wisconsin, publisner has
been sued for $4,000 for refusing to
let milwaukee, merchant have sdver.
tising space In the paper. The fellow
was sndesvoring to protect his home
merchants and the Milwaukee mer'
chant thinks his losses we're nt least
s5, 900 and he wants $4,000 punitive
damage. He has placed = value on
country newspaper advertising that thu
local merchants would staggsr at. but
II merchant twenty miles away car
lose So. 900 4 year from not being sb's
to secure space. what 10 Il worth to thu
local merchants. .-LsHarper, tlll)
The state herald., 1916-01-14

President Wilson'S first round with
congress was quite . victory for the
President The "big stick" brought
the democrats into line and the Wilson
legislative program was put through
without u break and the democratic
press made much noise over Presiden,
Wilson'S success ss a legislator.
President Wilson now has his second
congress on his hands and from the way
some Of the democratic congressman
are beginning to talk. 1t looks very
much as though the ''big stick" would
very likely prove too abort to reach
some Of them and that means trouble
for President Wilson and the democrat.
ic machine program.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

The democratic press 10 SO badly tcsI
Ell over the coming campaign for state
officers that desperate effort 10 being
M ~, y msks 1t appear that there viii
he split in the republican party over
the nomination for governor.
There is no split In the republican
party and no amount Of wind work BY
the democratic press can bring sbou,
such results. When 1t comes to the o
pening Of the campaign. the republicans
will all be found in line and that means
victory for the republican ticket.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

You can read the Herald
and the Orange Judd Farm.
er for one year for $50 and
If you are already q subscrib-
or for the He, aid and will pay
your subscription for the Her
aid one year in advance you
can also have the Orange
Judd Farmer for one year
The state herald., 1916-01-14

The high school pupils played "Th,
Kingdom OF Hearts C,ntent" at the
auditorium Friday evening A caste of
characters was given in recent mum
ber of the Herald. The play as given
is pronounced one of the best ever Civ
en- by high school talent in Holyoks.
The young people certainly did we'll in
rendering the play and the entertain
ment was credit to both pupil and in.
structor.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

Americans are still losing their lives
In Mexi % and when 1t comes to sixteen
at . time being slaughtered without
projection from the Mexican recognized
government, it begins to look a. though
it was about time for the Wilson policy
Of "watchful waiting" to be changed
for something better
The state herald., 1916-01-14

Congressman Undertake Of this dis
|trlct has introduced bill providing for
|pernitting native born minors 18 years
|of Of age to file on government land
and make final proof on the same on
reaching the age Of 21.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

Farmers know u good thing when
they see Il and They are coming TO the
Herald office snJ say ing. ! wRnt tho
Herald and the OrHnIzo Judd Farmer
for one year at the re- yular price ol the
Herald"
The state herald., 1916-01-14

The mail ordc; hou4fi never 90. down
their advertising 10 q piAtEor OF rconn.
my for they know that there Ia never
amy economy In cutting. out their adver
Liaing.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

Champ Clark is reported to be seri-
ousiy considering the matter of casting
his hat into the ring as candidate for
the democratic nomination for presi-
|deut,
The state herald., 1916-01-14

The progressives will hold their na-
tional convention IN Chicago on same
datr of the publican convention.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

other man occurs whose selection would
accord 50 well with the dignity and ira.
ditions OF the worlds greatest cour..-
New York Word
The state herald., 1916-01-14
Get your Job work of n, lIit,t

All eorrer. ss.:isnee should reach THE
Office not later than Wednesday Of cae,'
week.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

Every dollar kept at home cnrieher
the community just that much. buy
at home.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

For aple. ton ncr OF land near llol-
yoke. Inquire st the Herald Office.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

The national conventions have been
located and the presidential campaign
lis ruw on.
The state herald., 1916-01-14

The news all the time tho HERALD
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-23
0LD-TIMERS IN THE
CATTLE BUSINESS

day rancher has some difficulties to
meet that We knew nothing about in
the Civil War period and during the
fist fifteen or twenty years that fol
lowed it.
such a thing as fence on the
range was unheard of in those days
and there was more grass then than
now because there were fewer cattle
and horses to feed upon it, Altho
there We're some Indians in this part
of Colorado when l first came here.
they were for the most part peacabiy
little trouble They made no at
tempt to kill or run of stock and
we got along fairly well with them
During the first few years after The
war there was considerable cattle
rustling" here. but it was done by
white men.
Fremont county ranchers. when l
first came here. did not have TO put
up hay in the summer months to
feed their cattle during the winter
There was plenty of rich, dry grass
on the range from October to June
on which the stock fed and grew fat.
1t was an easy matter during any
month in the winter to go out on the
range and shoot fat seer for beef
and the ranchers obtained their meat
supply in that way.
Fifty years ago Kansas City was
the market for all of our western
stock Denver was a small place and
but few ranchers thought of trying
to dispose of their stock there as
there were no regular buyers and the
demand for local consumption was
such as TO make sale uncertain. As
rule the pioneer stock growers of
Colorado got along very well AID
We're greatly interested in their bust
ness. a man who has familiarized
himself with the range and its pos
sibilities for stock raising is always
Interested in it and the men who de
vote themselves to it as a means of
! livelihood"
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-23
FREMONT COURTrS
CATTLE INDUSTRY

y Comparatively few people -
* have any adequate idea of the x
* importance of the cattle raising x
y industry in Fremont county or -
=: of the amount of money invest *
x ed in il. Thousands of head of -
:. stock are shipped from Canon =
y City 10 Denver, Kansas City and =:
y other markets every year and y
y large amount OF money is placed =:
Z: in the pockets of our people by x
y il. The cat,lemen are good -
= spenders and much of their *
:. money finds its way into all of x
:. the channels OF trade; helping y
y the entire community by its ex- -
y penditure- *
:: The tax assessors books for =:
~ 1916 show that there was y
y total of 1874 head of cattle in y
y Fremont county in May of that -
y year, having an assessed valua- -
Z. ton of S6O2.495. They were x
y classified as follows: 12.sO4 *
* range cattle, valued at $685. *
- 235: 1900 dogas. or Mexican x
y cattle, valued at $4,000 and $40 y
- MIX COWS. valued at $4,000 .:
y In 1915 the assessment rolls x
= showed a total of J3457 cattle in x
* Fremont county. having an ag- =
y gregate assessed value of s4s2.- =
y 4s0. The classification made by =:
= the assessor. was range cattle. =:
:. l1.5S4. valued at s405.440; =
x Dogas. or Mexican cattle 1.012. X
u valued at s25.so0; Dairy cows =
= SCI valued at $5i.740. =:
q The gain in the number of x
= cattle in Fremont county during =
. the last year has been marked =;
= and the possibilities CO the de- =
y velopment of the industry is. as x
= yet. only just begun. The gain =
3 in the value of the herds from =:
s year to year is no less notable =
q than the increase in the number :.
= of its individuals. for the quality e
. OF the stock is improving all the =
!. time. There are approximately g
= three hundred men in Fremont -
w county that pay taxes On range =
x cattle. e
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-23
LOCAL STOCKGROWERS'
ASSOCIATION IS BEST
KNOWN IN COLORADO

The Fremont County Stockgrowers-
association is one of the Oldest and
best known organizations of its kind
in Colorado. Its reputation among
the cattlemen of the state is second
to none and its influence reaches to,
every quarter where the industry isz
carried on 1t has at present about
seventy-five active members and is
recognized in Denver. the principal
the most efficient organizations OF
its kind anywhere in the country
Dudley P. Van Buskirk is its presf-
dent and Ernest c. Stump is its sec
retary and treasurer.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-23
EXPENSES ARE OVER 500 E&~
elusive OF DONATIONS
GREAT CROWDS ATTEND THE
DANCES IN THE EVENING AT
WHICH TWO oRcHEsTRAs PRE-
SIDE.
STOCKGROWERS
GO HOME TIRED

Well. it's all over and all afternoon
the Cattlemen and their families
have been starting out on the long
trail for home. The Barbecue was
a big success and everyone enjoyed
{, especially the Cattlemen.
According to a fairly accurate es-
innate little over $500 people were
fed by the cattlefolks, altho it took
about all the available food in town
10 do it
Figuring up today. the whole affair
considering every detail cost the cat
-lemen about 500. This of course
does not include the donations of
neat and other eatables $1,000
wouldn't cover the expense if they
were counted in
The crowd at the two big dances
last night could hardly be accommo-
dated il was so large. From to 9
o'clock Fink's orchestra of Colorado
Springs gave concert in Annex haIk
and at o'clock they went to the
Woodmen hall where they played for
The dancers until one O'Clock. Hum
mers Orchestra played in the Annex
all after nine o'clock. Everyone
seemed to have a jolly. tho crowded
ime
Dudley Van Buskirk. president or
re Stoekgrowers' Association and
Earnest Stump. secretary. had not
completed all the little details of
closing up the affairs late this ar
ternoon. and they said they had al
NOS. as much 10 do today as they
did FRIDAY.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-23

Among the old timers in the cattle
business in Fremont county. most of
whom are now dead or have retired
from active connection with the in
dustry, may be mentioned r. NJ.
Pope, Henry Beckham, T. Witcher.
Alex Sommerville, w. NJ Gribble.
Ali Rowe. W 4. Watson, John Witch
er, Jesse RAIDER Charles Pauls. Geo.
Green, w. 4 Stump and Geo. Griffin.
The;e are doubtless others who are
entitled to recognition in this list.
but we are unable to recall their
names at this time.
of those enumerated John Witch
er. Alex Sommerville. w. NJ. Gribble,
Jesse RAIDER and George Green are
dead and r. NJ. Pope, Henry Beck.
dead and R. N. Pope, Henry Beckham.
W. A. Stump and Chas. Pauls have re
tired from business. T. Witcher. ALI
Rowe. Geo. Griffin and W. A. Watson
are still associated with the industry
altho in one or two instances they have
to a large extent. at least. given
over the management of their inter
ests to their sons.
r. NJ. Pope and Henry Beckham
came together to Colorado from Jack
son county. Missouri. in 1863. and set
tied temporarily in Pueblo. W. A.
Watson. also from Missouri. came
west the same year and the three
men We're Intimately associated in a
social way in Pueblo before coming
TO Fremont county. In 1856 Mr.. Pope
and Amos FIourney, now living in
California. purchased the Castle Rock
~anch between Canon City and Flor
enee where they resided for many
Tears and where his experience as a
western cattlemaa began
In speaking this morning of ranch
ing in early days in this county Mr..
Pope said: There were some prob
lens connected with the stock rails
ing industry in this section fifty
years ago that are unknown now,
and. on the other hand. the present
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-23

great deal Of credit should be theirs
The method OF serving the people
was clever one and because of II
four hundred were enabled to be
served at one time. OF course IL
was cafeteria style. or rather chuck
wagon fashion. because the cafeteria
way is only an elaboration of the
end-gate manner of serving ones SELF
as originated by the cowboy in the
early days of this great west. Just
as sidelight. IL is interesting to
note that the popular method OF eat
quick lunch and selfserve restaur-
ants of the east first had its iacep-
ton thru the rough and ready sons
of the range on their round-ups.
All around the room were spacious
tables upon which were placed the
meat. nicely sliced, and also the 9TH
er eatables. The people were first Civ
en- paper plates which were then near
ly overloaded by the hospitable ladies.
When the plates were filled the peo-
pie were ushered to narrow tables
in the canter of the room where
they stood up and ate. This latter
accommodation was really an enter
prising piece OF forethought for what
is mere exssperating than to hold n
plate OF victuals in one hand and a
cup OF coffee in the other and then
try to eat? The man, or woman. who
suggested this improvement over the
usual method undoubtedly has been
at barbecue. or at least picnic
before.
All during the serving an orchestra
concealed behind a curtain of fes-
toms upon the balcony played appro.
pirate music. and played 1t we'll.
Nothing seems to have been left un.
done. not even the smallest detail.
looking toward the comfort and the
pleasure OF the guests.
In the receiving line at the door
were some OF the representative
cattlemen of the county. Among those
noticed were: Messrs. Dave N.
Walker. VIM. II. Smith. All Rowe. w.
A. Chapson. Tol witcher. J. C. Hys-
song. Robert L. Pope. willard Bid.
dix. Lon Gribble. and Frank Hig-
gins. They greeted the guests us
they came in and assisted them in
every possible way.
Tonight comes the dancing. 1t
will be cattlemen's dance. lively
but orderly where merriment and
fun will reign supreme. Aad of
course everyone is invited
1t can be truly said. after viewing
all that has come to pass thus Car
today. that the cattlemen have paid
their debt OF gratitude many fold and
with plenty OF payment TO spare.
but then that's the way they always
do it-with a fres hand and happy
heart.