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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04
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SPOKANE. Feb. 4.-Traffic on all
railroads between Spokane and the
coast was paralyzed due to the heavy
storms. and the Great Northern
Northen Pacific anG Milwaukee had
given up trying to get trains through
the Cascades until the storm abates
The s +. Il s., and the O.-W X. &
n. trains between Spokane and Port
land were also at standstill Some
of the passenger trains are still snow
bound in the mountains, and railroad
men estimate that 1t will take from
u to Is hours to bore through the
mountains with rotarfes when the
storm abates sufficiently to permit
workmen to return 70 work.
q. n. Trains In Snowdrtfts.
Trains Nos 2, 2s and a. Of the
Great Northern due Wednesday were
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04

The meeting Of the Boys Forum.
which was 10 have been held Monday
evening at the Presbyterian church,
has been postponed a week on ac-
count OF the snow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04

Russell Chamberlain of Hermston
underwent an operation yesterday at
st Anthony's hospital FOR apnendi
cit'S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04
Linemen Can Stand
on Top of Snow and
Repair the Wires
Al ANY RATE, THIS IS REPORT
RECEIVED HERE by DAN
p. EMYTHE.

= 50 deep Is the snow in the I
= Cascade mountains that tele- I
= phone and Western Union line I
= men are able 10 stand on the
= snow and repair wires at the I
. top Of the poles
= This report with Baron
= Mauchaussen flavor was re.eiv- 4
= ed here today by Dan 2. Smythe I
= while phOning to mis- foreman I
= at Arlington. The report was 4
= in general circulation along the I
= Columbia and indicates the ex- 4
= treme depth OF snow in the
= drifts along the railroad up and
= down the river.
= According to Mr.. Smythe
= early lambing is now underway 4
= at the smythe Bros. ranch at I
= Arlington and the sheep are
= faring well The fambing bands
= are cared for in sheds and with
= ample feed the sheep get along
= all right regardless Of the
= snow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04

The Civic club will meet tomorrow
afternoon at s O'Clock at the council
room In the city hall This is the reg
ular monthly meeting of the club.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04
Library Open Again.

The public library was again open
ed this morning after remaining clos
ed for two days on account of the
/ snow,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04

The regular L and [ club dance viii
he given al Eagle Woodman hall Sat
urlag evening. February 5.
tAdv.y COMMITTEE
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04

son. who lives in this city. had not
heard the report but expressed the be
lief that IL might very well be true MS
his barn was not substantial A shcG
in the rear Of the Hotel Peudletou al
SO collapsed this morning
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04
Raj BLOCKADE Is
PARTIALLY BROKEN
csuo ssBd moII psuuauoo)

O w. The local from Walla Walla
this morning was annulled but other
wise the regular schedule prevails
The motor car and Pilot Rock train
are running on regular schedule.
Another Train From East.
30. Il from the east is expected to
set through some time this after.
noon. At noon it was marked to ar
rive at 4.45 but it will probably be
later than tbs hour before it gets in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04
Raising of Field
Peas Profitable
In This Section
EASTERN OREGON LAND ADAPT
ABLE FOR INDUSTRY SAYS
PROF. SCUDDER.

The raising of field peas is going TO
Necome "a profitable industry in east
,rn Oregon particularly on land
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04
Mrs. Nloyer at Hospital.

Mrs, A, NJ Meyer last evening un.
derwent an operation at St Anthony's
hospital
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04

Recovering From Operation,
Mrs. w. $, Bowlsby who recently
underwent an operation, is reported
TO be improving.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-04
SILK CREPE DE CHINE

9Sc-The best in quality and colorings
and full 40 inches wide Others ask
you $3.50 yard, our price always CSC
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-10

nights stay away from saloons; your
wife wants you at home" Dri look
ed sad as the others had, for this is a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-10

! world Of woe, and the poor, sad men
who are much abused haven't got a
! ghost of a show!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
OLD TIMER RECALLS WHEN
IT WAS SIXTY-TWO BELOW
John Mahon Survived Experience OF Christmas
Eve Thrty-Six Years Ago

What the thermometer achieved in
the way of drop in temperature yes
terday morning, when at eight o'clock
it registered 49 degrees below zero
and quarter af an hour later, at
8:15 dropped another notch indicating
so below, certainly hit the low spot
within the recollection of many who
may properly be classed as old timers.
But John Mahon wasn't t to be induced
to believe that it was the coldest day
that he knew anything about since
coming to the country. He is able to
tell story dating back in the winter
Of 1879-8O, while he was living at
Pembina, when on the morning of
Chr istmas eve, Dec. "a, 1879, the
government thermometer gave low
temperature of 62 degrees below zero.
What enables him to recall the Incl
dent more readily is the fact that he
drove home that morning from ST..
Vincent after attending a party at
the home of a friend The story is
further substantiated by Judge Dorval
at that time resident of Winnipeg,
who has distinct recollection of the
low temperature on that date being 6A
degrees below zero al that piont.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13

The Wales Progress is again unde,
new management, P. C. Glidden OF
Fargo having taken charge of the pa.
per during the past week. The pape,
is still owned by r. w. Schoonmaker,
who with his family now reside in
Minnesota.
Grain shipments of the crop of 1915
from Wales up to January 1st are
shown by figures obtained from Agent
Frazer of the Great Northern as ag.
gregating $50, 600 bushels, or 36e
car loads. There is still considerable
of the crop grown tributary to Wales
to be placed on the market and the
prediction is that nearly another hall
million bushels will be shipped from
that point before spring opens.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
PNEUMONIA IS CAUSE OF
DEATH OF MRS. ERICKSON
News of Passing Away of Com'r S.
G. Erickson's Wife Yesterday
Came Unexpectedly

News of the death of Mrs. S. G.
Erickson at the family home at Elk
wood yesterday forenoon about half
past ten o'clock was a shock which
came most unexpectedly to the many
Langdon friends of Com'r Erickson
and his bereaved family, all quite
we'll known by the people here and
held in the highest respect. The pas
sing away of Mrs. Erickson followed
an illness lasting since the holidays
and during which she had suffered
from pneumonia. The attack of the
disease which terminated so sadly is
now thought to have followed a cold
the deceased contracted while in at
tendance nursing her aged father,
Christian Olson, Sr., whose funeral
was held on Tuesday of last week.
When the serious condition of his wife
| became known the services of a
trained nurse were secured and every
thing possible done by Mr.. Erickson
to win out in the fight against the
grim monster Death. Mrs. Erickson
was confined to her bed and the doc
tors had pronounced the case to be
pneumonia at the time her father died
at New Years. Later the crisis was
reached and the patient thought to be
gaining, hope being held out to the
family that the danger was past and
the wife and mother would be spared
to the home where her presence was
so much felt by all. Com'r Erickson
was in town Monday for short time
comforting with the other members of
the county board on important mat
ters, but hastened home again, though
it was not thought at that time that
a relapse had set in.
A grown family of sons and daugh-
ters, two of the latter being in Mon.
tana, together with the heartbroken
husband are left to mourn and it is
understood that the funeral will not
be held until either Monday or Tues
day of next week in order that all Of
the family and other immediate rela
tives of the deceased may be able tt
':attend the funeral.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13

~. -. Calendar pads for 1916 on sale at
the Democrat office. Order now
Only a limited supply and they won't
last long.
For any pain, burn, scald or bruise,
apply DR.. Thomas electric oil-the
household remedy. Two sizes, 25
and SO cents, at all drug stores.
Alfred Russian has left his farm
home near Osnabrock to take course
IN gas tractor engineering at Crooks
ton during the balance of the winter.
Sarles' first public function in up
wards of month owing to the prevail
ence of sickness is a masquerade bali
tomorrow evening. 1t is to be a big
affair.
Christ. Christo1ferson of Osnabrock.
was called to the family home at St.
Cloud, Mimi, during the holiday
week by the unexpected death Of his
mother.
Nekoma has two students at the
state agricultural college, at Fargo,
who enrolled the first of the year for
the winter term. They are Ed. Man
ley and Ed. Smith.
Wales merchants are making heavy
demands on the advertising space of
the Progress telling of big sacrifice,
price slaughtering sales for the first
two weeks of the new year.
Nekoma is to have farmers short
course school. Three days, February
l, 2 and 3. 1t will be under the
supervision of Prof. Th. II. kristjan-
sen of the better farming association.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
YESTERDAY 1T WAS FIFTY BELOW

Although in the judgment of most
people yesterday morning was by no
means as severely cold as what had
been experienced a week previous,
the local government thermomete ter
gave out new low temperature re-
cord of SO degrees below zero at 8:15.
The record is one that will date back
over period of several years, cover
ing practically all sections of the
northwest. Hannah, another point in
Cavalier county which has instruments
of the U. S. weather bureau at Wash.
ington, D. c., records low tempera-
ture of 54 below and Mt. Carmel So.
All of these records are authentic and
show that the low drop in tempera-
ture at sunrise on the morning of
Wednesday, January 18th, establishes
a record that none of the present day
residents here can recall the equal of.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
PRIZE AWARDS OFFERED
AT FARMERS CONVENTION
List Includes Grains, Grasses and Other Farm
Products Substantial Prizes

In reporting further progress in
the preparations for the three days
farmers mid-winter convention to be
held in Langdon on February 7th,
9Th and 9th, We have been asked to
announce that substantial prizes will
be offered for grains, grasses and
farm products of various kinds as
follows:
Wheat: Macaroni, three prizes
Marquis, three prizes; Fife, three
prizes.
Oats: Green Russian, two prizes
tswedish Select, two prizes; Late
Oats, two prizes.
Barley, four prizes
Flax, two prizes.
Speltz, two prizes.
Potatoes: Early Ohios, two prizes
Irish Cobblers, two prizes; other
| varities, two prizes.
Mangelsy three prizes.
Alfalfa, one bundle, two prizes.
Butter, four prizes.
Loaf of bread, four prizes.
1t is expected that the committee
having this feature in charge will be
able to furnish the newspapers with
the prize list for the above exhibits
next week. They also desire that
announcement be made that a com.
mittee composed of Miss Wood, Mes
danes r. Work, A. Mclean, C. E.
Johnston and r. Binnie will have
charge of the various arrangements
for the womens part of the conven.
tion's program.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13

the Citizens State bank, is likely to
bring the total amount of deposits
we'll within reach of the million dollar
mark as all the statements are maxi
ing a stronger showing than they did
when responding to the last call on
NoFembe: 10th. Both ef sur nationa.
bank statements in the various items
at the close Of business for the year
show what one good crop can do in
making the showing of both the
farmer and the business man pros
porous one. Each of the institutions
have in the past week held their an
nual meeting of the stock holders and
directors and it is but natural that
they have deemed proper to re-elect
for another yea1 the officers and direc-
tors who have looked after their
affairs so efficiently during the past
six months.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
.LANGDON'S YOUNG MEMS
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
New Organization Has Fine Quar-
tiers in Opera House Basement
Forty Active Members

The Langdon Young Mems Associa.
tion, the organization of which was
effected here during the opening week
of the new year is now in perfect
working order and has enrolled in it's
membership upwards of forty of the
older boys and young men of Langdon
and vicinity. In addition to the active
membership of the association quite a
number of business men of the town
have joined as non-active members
and are giving substantial support to
the movement. The officers who were
selected to head the association for
the ensuing year by the active mem
bers at their initial meeting of a
week ago are:
President-Stanley Walker.
Vice president-Kinsell Johnston
Secretary-Wilbert Liebeler
William Stevenson, Jr.
v orking committees have been
named by the president to take active
management of both the business,
social and entertainment features anC
each of the five committees named
follow also the chairman, who with
from three to five members will act:
Athletics-Herbert Schulke
Soeial-John Monnette.
esouse Extention-Art. Robertson
| i,4o II.
schools has acceeded to a reques
made of him to act in the capacity O
instructor at meetings to be helt
Wednesday evening each week whe1
they take up the study of The Man
hood of the Master. -
Langdon's young mems association
has its headquarters in the basemen
of the opera house block, permission
for this purpose having been given b,
the owner A. X. Pruden, of St. Paul
They already have installed a billiar,
table and equipment that has beel
presented to them, also box bal
alley and several games. Herber
Schulke, who is at the head of tn
house committee, states they hav
already plans under way for improv
ing and remodeling their quarters t
take care of the growing membershi
of the aassociation, it being intende
that the association shall include al
of the older boys and young me
tributary to Langdon who may wis
to join.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13

The closing price of wheat here last
Thursday was SLIP and some who
were hauling that afternoon and be-
fore it dropped off two cents the next
afternoon were able to reap the top
price that has prevailed during the
holidays. Of the seventy per cent of
the crop which it is estimated has
been already marketed in the vicinity
of Langdon up to the close of the year
the bulk has been barley and oats,
leaving part of the unsold balance
wheat. Many venture the opinion that
with the approach of spring there will
be steady advance in price. The
opinion is one which many farmers
seem to coincide in as they have a
surplus that is being held back.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
ELECTRIC THEATRE WILL
FEATURE "VAkITY FAIR"
Most Imposing Film Ever Brought
to Langdon Will be Shown on
Monday Evening

Vanity Fair, with Mrs. Fiske,
which visits the Electric theatre next
Monday, January 17th, is by all odds
the most imposing film ever made by
Edison. To engage star so renown-
ed as Mrs. Fiske and to surround her
with a cast of more than four hundred
people is something of feat even in
these days of expensive picture-mak-
ing. Mrs. Fiske, who has played the
role of Becky precisely one thou
sand times consented to do so for the
thousand and first time before the
motion picture camera. Her Becky"
is among the greatest of stage imper-
sonations in the history of the Ameri-
can theatre.
Mrs. Fiske, who was engaged es-
pecially by the Edison company to
perpetuate in film famous impersona-
| tion of Becky Sharp, has some inter-
esting things to say of her experience
before the motion picture camera.
1.-The picturing of Vanity Fair is
especially interesting to me-" says
Mrs. Fiske, because of the artistic
problems that it presents. Every
problem solved in any art means just
so much advancement, of course. In
the picturing of Thackeray's novel the
problems are not of a physical nature
in which direction the makers of
pictures seem to have gone as far as
is humanity possible they are the
far more elusive problems of present
ing emotions, wit and satire without
the spoken word.
81 think that we have accomplish.
ed a great deal in this direction in
the Vanity Fair picture, and that
through the efforts of the producers
and director, the atmosphere of the
time and place has been quite wonder.
fully preserved.
Frankly, l believe that the motion
picture, as q medium of artistic eX.
preston, is still in its formative state
1t is an art that has not yet founc
itself though it has, assuredly fount
its public. Really it has not so fal
found a suitable name for itself--a
witness the various absurd and vague
terms that are used to identify it
When its furthest capacities hav'
been discovered; when its Limitations
have been fixed, then we have in tn.
motion pictures an art form that viii
be, in the full meaning Of the term
superb. Its possibilities reach beyon
the boundaries of the imagination
That is why it is SO fascinating to tn
artist. 1t is a new road, pressing
! further through wilderness of grea
possibilities and at every step one
! likely to meet with some new and de
lightful artistic adventure. - This
, the special Monday night feature fo
, next week at the Langdon Electri
Theatre. Usual prices. Remembe
the date, Monday, Jan. 18th. adv
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
EANGD0N IS the GREATEST
WHEAT MARKET IN STATE
City Gets Record of Being Greatest
Primary Grain Market in State
Over 75o, 900 Bushels

Langdon has the distinction of be-
ing the greatest primary wheat mar.
ket on the Dakota division of the
Great Northern system of railroads.
This fact was brought out in report
which the company has issued since
the first of the year showing the i'm
mense amount of grain that has been
handled during the past five months,
or since the crop of 1915 began to
come on the market.
Langdon was easily the heaviest
shipper of any town on the Dakota
division, total Of 556 cars or almost
100000 bushels, having been shipped
from here since August LIST of last
year to December 31st. The statistics
gathered from this source go on to
show that Edinburg furnished 48l
cars, Wales 364 cars, Dresden 296
cars, Hannah 235 cars, Milton 242
cars, Osnabrock 227 cars.
The Dakota division of the Great
Northern includes the lines from
Crookston to Devils Lake; Grand
Forks to Evansville; Lakota to Sarles );
Larimore to Hannah; Grand Forks to
Grafton; Grafton to Walhalla and
Neche. Over this division a total of
approximately 100000 bushels of
grain was shipped during the five
months which closed with the first of
the year and the railroad company
makes a conservative estimate that
this is only sixty-fve per cent Of the
grain that is to be put onto the mar
ket, the balance being either in the
hands of the farmers or held in the
elevator in storage. This means that
the total grain to be marketed over
the northern part of the state will
amount to in round figures 35, 900, 900
bushels. What is already shipped is
stated to be larger percentage of
wheat, then barley, oats and flax in
the order named.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
PLAIN QUESTION PUT
TO LANGDON PEOPLE
Every One of Our Languon Readers Cannot
Help But Admit the Soundness of This
Logical Statement

Every One of Our Languon Readers Cannot
Help But Admit the Soundness of This
Logical Statement
Would Langdon people recommend
Doan's kidney pills as they do if the
medicine was not reliable? Would
they confirm their statements after
years have elapsed if their experiences
did not show the remedy to be deserv-
ing of it? Statements like the follow
ing must carry conviction to the mind
of every reader:
w. B. Gordon, retired farmer,
Langdon, says: q suffered for a
number of years from dull, grinding
pains in the small of my back, direct
ly over my kidneys. The kidney ac-
tion was irregular and caused much
annoyance. l doctored and tried
several medicines, but was not reliev-
ed until began taking Doan's kidney
pills, procured at E. I. Donovan S
drug store. A few doses brought
much benefit and before long my kid
neys were strengthened and every
symptom of kidney trouble disappear
ed. - Over three years later, Mr..
Gordon said: "From my good expert
ence with Doan's kidney pills, l am
convinced there is nothing better to
regulate the kidneys and correct any
disorders arising from them.'
Price SOC at all dealers. Don t
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's kidney pills-the same that
Mr.. Gordon has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster Miburn Coz, Props. ;,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
LANGDON'S BANK DEPOSITS
NEARING MILLION DOLLARS
Closing of Old Year Marks Prosperous Accu.
mutation of WesItIl of Community

The call statments of Langdon' E
two national banks, the First National
and the Cavalier County National,
furnished to the comptroller of cur
rency on December 31st, the eve of
the new year, show combined vol
ume of business that cannot otherwise
than reflect the excellent condition
generally with the people of Langdon
and vicinity. These two institutions
tits shown carry aggregate deposits
reaching to $656. 685. az, which com.
bined with the depository funds in
Langdon's third fiduciary institution,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
'R'Yz2 442 COUNT.

The St. Hi)aire Lumber Co. has a
new local agent at Sarles in A. N.
Adams, formerly of Minneapolis.
August Moritz and wife of Dresden.
are expected to return home during
the coming week from mid.winter
visit to California.
Several school districts over Cava-
lier county We're closed the opening
week of the new year owing to the
prevalence of lagrippe
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13

House For Rent. Good five room
house on Fourth street. Miss Annie
Kelly. 13
NeFirFiN !
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-08
MUD BAY

Mrs. Lowry is visiting old friends
at Bemis this week.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Chittenden of
Chehals motored over to c. C. Aspin-
wallis Tuesday, returning home
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Benson are
visiting at Frank Barnes this week.
w. d. Cook and R. C. Pierson of
Union Mills were in Tenino and Che
halls Tuesday and Wednesday in the
interests of the Tunglok silo.
Mr.. Charles Bremen has his fine
crop of grain harvested and ready for
the threshers.
The Plainview school opened Tues
day with a good attendance. The
school board was fortunate in secur-
ing the services of John Negly of
Chehalis for the year.
Messrs. George Kelly and Tony
Arnold motored to Taoma Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Charles Starr and family pic
nicked down the bay Sunday
Mr., and Mrs. c. c. Aspinwall en-
tertained Miss Lillian Briffet and Mr..
Sayer of Tacoma and Miss Mosman of
Olympia, Monday.
Mr.. Greenman visited his old
friend Henry Meyers, Tuesday.
Mrs. c. L. Wright and son are Wis
iting at w. D. Cooks this week.
A lively crowd accompanied the
baseball team to Kamilche Sunday to
witness the ball game. On account
of the rain only seven innings were
played and the score stood to 2 in
Kan,ilche's favor.
DR.. Barnes and wife and Art
Barnes are camping at Stilman's
Point.
Mr.. Lewis Goldsmith and family
visited former Sequim neighbors at
Springbrook ranch, Sunday. Mr..
Goldsmith is now located at Yelm,
where he is experimenting the irri-
CATION works
John Warner Jr. and John Meyers
made business trip to Tacoma Sat-
urday.
DR.. Beckett and family of Seattle
visited at the Charles Aspinwall camp
on the bay the last of the week.
county.