Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-13
Today's wheat-$1. Is.

Today's wheat-$1. IS.
John Robertson, the Hannah con-
tractor and builder, made a visit
among "a number of Langdon old
friends and looked after business mat
tiers while down the line Thursday.
Yesterdays quotations on the local
grain market brought the top price
for wheat up to 81. Is, flax 1920,
barley S .56 and oats $.36. The Min
neapolis quotation for wheat yester-
day of $1.3Oa was the highest since
the crop of last fall came on the
market.
Judge Kneshaw and Court Ste
nographer D~aubenberg were passen-
gers On yesterdays belated train from
Grand Forks. The judge comes here
60 dispose of several court cases con
sinueG over from the December term
and expects to remain until the end
of the week.
On Thursday of next week, January
10th, between the hours of l:55 and
1924 in the morning there will be an
eclipse of about o~ne.seventh of the
moons surface. To those who are not
abed it will be visible to the naked
eye in all sections of the northwest,
providing Of course if the weather
should be favorable.
Mondays passenger was preceded
by a snow pillow, which is reported as
having encountered heavy drifts in the
Easily cut and between Dresden and
Hannah. 1t was the first time that
the Great Northern has experienced a
snow blockade that required a pillow to
clear the track on this branch since
the winter Of two years ago.
A full page Of this weeks issue of
che Democrat is occupied with the an
nouncement of the continuance for one
week longer of the great annual clear
ance sale of the Boyd department
store, which is a yearly feast for bar
gain buyers of Langdon and vicinity
just before the taking OF stock in that
establishment. Price quotations in
nearly every line of stock make re-
auctions that cannot otherwise than
be attractive to purchasers.
Peter C. Olson is quite i'll and I'M
der the care of a doctor at his Elk.
wood home suffering from an attack
of ~pleurisy following a bad cold he
contracted during the illness Of his
father, whose death occurred the be.
ginning of the new year. In addition
to the illness of Mr.. Olson his sister,
Mrs. Erickson, and another brother,
Martin C. Olson, of Grand Forks,
were also unable to attend the funeral
of their father through illness at that
time.
A dispatch in the papers from
Washington. D. c., during the week
reports the making permanent by the
government of the appointment of w.
T. Windegate, as a United State:
customs Inspector at Windygates,
Man. The appointment made last fal
of this official vas only temporary,
but at the recommendation of the de.
partment. upon reports of that port Of
entry since it became a market TO,
Cavalier county grain has resulted il
che making permanent of the job helc
by Customs Inspector Windegate.
The Cavalier county fair association
as holding its annual meeting thi!
afternoon at the court house, when il
addition to holding an election o:
officers and passing upon the financia
affairs of the association, the stool
holders will start laying plans for it,
county fair of 1916. The association
now has a footing that permits of IN
dertaking whatever steps it may deem
expedient along lines of progress ant
we predict that when the Cavalier
county fair of 1916 is held it viii
outshine and surpass all of its prede
cessors in those things that go t.
make a county fair the biggest posi-
BILE success in every way.