Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-21

A recent new arrival at Alsen is a
little baby girl at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Willis.
o. A. Drews of Munich had two of
his thoroughbred dogs at the Mime.
apolis state fair last week. Both were
winners of several first prizes.
The threshing season reached a
wind-up in the vicinity of Osnabrock
after a run of less than two weeks this
fall. The outfits of A. l.. Morken
and Joseph Slama pulled in last week
after running about ten days.
Two grandaughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Napoleon Dame of Walhalla, have
joined the Juvenile Bostonian opera
company at Seattle and will tour the
United States, Canada, Alaska and
the Hawaiian Islands under a wears
contract.
The vacancy in the office of postmas.
ter at Concrete, is to be filled by an
examination to be held at Cavalier
on Friday, September 22nd. The
salary of this office for the past fiscal
year was 1864. 90.
Milton is the source of supply of
eight lady teachers who leave their
homes there this fall to accept posi-.
tions in schools of towns over the
state. This is a record that speaks
we'll for the product of the Milton
town school.
Christ Seivert, of Seivert township,
has put into commission this fall as
part of his threshing outfit an Inter-
tionial auto truck with a carrying
capacity of !, 500 pounds. 1t will
also be put into use for hauling grain
and other practical uses about the
farm.
Several harvest hands got badly
cut up in a box car fight Sunday at
Gallo. 1t was over a game of poker
in which a couple of gamblers made
an attempt to clean up the bunch but
got decidedly the worst of it in a free.
for-all fight in which knives played
an important part.
Monday, September 25th, is the
date of the opening of the Nekoma
consolidated school for a nine month
term with Prof. P. C. Parker as
principal for another year. Two
years of high school WORK is to be
taken up. The faculty includes a
corps of five teachers.
Felix Verville, of the Elm Point
region of Fremont township, and his
bride are at home on the farm after
a protracted wedding trip of upwards
two months during which they have
visited several of the eastern states
and the province of Quebec. Their
home coming was the occasion of a
Warm-hearted welcome.
Miss Eunice Olson, a former Mil
ton teacher, immensely popular with
the people of that community was
married last week at her home in
Grafton to Mr.. A. Nahseth. Their
home will be at Van Hook, in this
state, where the groom is manager of
a lumber yard.
P. A. Anderson, who recently pur.
chased the Milton Farmers Store, is
to start work on the erection this fall
of one OF the finest residences in that
town. He closed a deal last week for
a building site which includes twenty
one lots. The home will be modern
in plan and surrounded by spacious
grounds.
Grimsi Goodman has one of the best
equipped farms in the southeastern
part of the county. 1t is seven miles
east of Milton. The latest improve
ment is a large silo of a hundred ton
capacity. Last year he built a large
modern farm home that is electric
lighted and equipped with every up
to date equipment.
The board of supervisors of Hen
derson township have served notice to
owners of property and renters of
same that all weeds and grass grow
ing along or upon public highways in
the township must be cut by October
LIST, or they will be subject to penalty
of the law. Henderson township sets
an example that should be followed
up by every township in the county.