Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-12-07
Today's wheat-$1.7 2.

Try M of POLES specials q real
"Merry Widow"
A. Sparkling left on Tuesday to join
a representative party of Overland
automobile dealers from this state,
who are making a ten day trip to the
factory head quarters of the company
at Toledo, Ohio.
Wheat went up in price four cents
on yesterdays market. leaving the
quotation for the day. u cents.
There has been a steady fall of prices
for wheat in the past ten days of
about twenty-one cents.
Sunday was one of those ideal De-
cember days when a lot of pleasure
and enjoyment was to be found out of
doors, either afoot or in automobile
travel. The only thing that you
could call it was Indian summer
DR.. j. F. Stromberg had his new
car of the latest type of Buick road.
ster in commission for the first time
on Monday. 1t is the latest thing
that the Buick company have %tplaced
on the market for the season of 1917.
j. H. Harlan spent part of the
week in the Twin Cities attending to
business matters, leaving Monday in
company with his sister in law, Mrs.
C. j.. Harlan, who is returning to her
home at Plainview, Mimi, after a
visit of a month here.
Fred Borusky was among those
leaving Tuesday. In addition to maxi
ing a visit to his old home in New
York state he will make a stop over
on his trip east in Chicago and take
in everything worth while at the big
international stock show.
J.. F. Shea, who formerly held the
appointment Of U. S. marshal in this
state for a number of years, was an
arrival Monday, and while making a
short visit with friends in 'Langdon
will also attend to matters connected
with his farming interests in the
western part OF the county.
C. w. Andrews, who has not beer
a very frequent visitor with his old
Langdon friends since his illness OF
last summer, when he suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis, was in the city
over Sunday from Walhalla. Friends
here will be glad to learn of his com
plete recovery. from the effects Of
the stroke.
Jno. j. Robson, j. w. Haw, TIL.
H. Kristjansen and John Witzel made
up the early contingent Of stocl
breeders from this part Of the county
who took the train from Langdor
Saturday for the International stocl
show at Chicago. At Grand Forks
they boarded the special train made
up of farmers and stock breeders O.
North Dakota, which went through t.
Chicago.
Grain prices have been going
downward quite steadily since Sat
' urday, when the first drop in wheat O
two cents was experienced, Monda,
the market went off another fou:
cents and Tuesdays quotations show
ed a further slump in the market O
six cents. The control Of the marke
by the bears seems to have EXTENDED
to barley, oats and other small grain
all of which have taken a big drop il
price. In the three days Macaron
went down the toboggan to the ex
tent of eleven cents.
Dan Mcleod, who along with hi
brother Charles, used to operate tn,
Mcleod Bros. store on the Beaulie,
hill of the First Mountain, back il
the early 'SO's is now the genera
manager of the Moline Plow Co., a
Winnipeg. He first landed in tn
west at St. Vincent, Mimi, in 1879
a mere boy just out Of college. wit
one lone twenty-five cent piece in hi
pocket. In the years that followe
his wanderings took him through tn
Rocky Mountain regions, aroun
Edmonton and Calgary, locating i
winnipeg about ten years ago.