Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-14
Local Happenings
Today's wheat-$1. 81.

Today's wheat-$l. 81.
Miles Kessler was a passenger
Tuesday down the line as far as
Milton.
Banker B. Prom was here Thursday
between trains from Milton on a bust
ness mission.
Thos. Cregan, and Merchant N.
Robillard were Olga visitors in the
city SATURDAY..
Miss Marie Hankey returned Satur-
day from a stay of part of the week
with friends at Milton.
Father Garland was a visitor Friday
from st. Edwards parish at Nekoma,
autoing over in the afternoon.
Finlay A. Mcdonald was here Satur-
day from Milton in his official capa.
city as justice of the peace at Milton.
Miss Alice Robertson has this week
taken a position as lady attendant in
the dental offices of Drs. Smith &
Hughes in the Donovan Block.
G. johnson came to Langdon on
Monday from his home northeast of
Milton for a visit of a few days with
his son, Attorney P. G. Johnson.
The Great Northern railroad COM
pany has had a repair crew here do.
ing carpenter work on their Langdon
property during part of last week.
Editor Sam T. Scott, of the Law.
ton Republican, made a short visit
with his many Langdon friends while
here with an auto party from Lawton
during the afternoon of last Sunday.
Judge r. M. Pollock is here spend
ing a part of the week at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. F. j. Hubbard,
coming from Fargo to join Rev. Hib-
bard and others of Langdon in a day
or two's chicken hunting.
Auctioneer Tony Kieffer was a
county seat visitor on Monday from
Wales and before returning arranged
the dates and other details of several
big sales of farm property he will
have in this party of the county just
as soon as the threshing season is
over.
Judge Kneeshaw has ordered a cor-
tlnuance of the September no-jury
term of district court called for
Tuesday of this week the 18th inst.
The calendar of court cases for hear
ing is very light and consequent to
the fall season a continuance was
taken.
Doc. Porter of Calvin, and 0. r.
Daniels of Grey township, were north
bound passengers Friday, returning
from Grand Forks, where Stacey
Daniels, Mr.. Daniels Oldest son, was
operated on the day previous for APP
pendicites, from which he had been
suffering for several weeks.
Ad. Matthew is making the rounds
over the county with the auto truck
of the Bartles-Northern Oil Co., un-
der the direction of Manager M. O.
Strom, and during the fine weather
and consequent good roads this fall
has no trouble in making a trip
around the entire county each week.
Langdon city schools reopened for
the fall term with a total enrolment
of 337. Of this lOS are pupils in
the four upper high school classes and
one-third of these are non-residents
who have enrolled in the Langdon
high school in order to avail them
selves of the facilities here afforded
for an education.
Jas. Balm, J.F. Segouin, Morris Or
ton, A. A. Barker and j. w. Hamil-
ton made up a returning party of
Langdon hunters, who have been in
camp near Mazda since the opening
of the chicken season. They got back
lust in time to avoid the heavy rain
which set in yesterday at noon and
has brought threshing to a standstill
for the balance of the week as we'll
as interrupting the sport of the hunt
ers, who now have to give the chick
ems a day or two's respite in their
slaughter.