Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-21
Local Happenings
Today's wheat--$1.4 7.

Today's wheat-$1.4 7.
DR.. w. R. Porter was a visitor here
yesterday afternoon from Calvin.
Ia E. R. Swarthout, the Hampden
banker was a visitor here yesterday
on a business mission.
Yesterdays light showers in the
forenoon set back the wind.up of the
threshing season for a half a day.
Mrs. F.. j. Evans has been making
a visit of a week at the farm home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Porter at Calvin.
Wheat dropped off in price six
cents Saturday. The local price in
the afternoon, after the quotations at
the markets close had reached here,
falling from 81. SO to S1.44.
Attorney H. A. Libby, a former
we]l-known law practitioner at Park
River and of late years located in
Grand Forks, was here looking after
legal matters in Judge Kneeshaw's
court last Friday.
" Judge H. E. Dorval left the latter
part of the week for Malta, Mont,
to look after matters connected with
the probating of the estate of his son,
Oscar Dorval, whose death occurred
while holding down a homestead in
eastern Montana a couple of years
ago.
Marcus Smith, who has been max
ing his home with his uncle, DR.. Tom
Smith, during his four year course
through the Langdon high school, is
leaving the end of this week for Los
Angeles, CAL, the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Haseltine. where he will make
his home with his aunt and take a po-
sition in the dental office of DR.. Hasel-
tine.
1t is understood N. G.. Crockett is
the purchaser of the property opposite
the city schools at the north end of
Fifth street and known as the Farrell
house. After undergoing quite a line
of repairs it will be the home of the
Crocketts, who are moving in from
the farm for the winter, in order that
the younger members of the family
may have the advantages of the city
schools.
Russell Boyd, son of Editor Boyd
of Hannah, was here a couple of days
the latter part of the week making
deliveries of aluminium ware which he
has sold over several counties in the
northern part OF the state during his
summer vacation. He is leaving his
home at Hannah this week with his
brother, Tennyson Boyd, to attend
the University Of Iowa for the ensu-
ing year.
The younger population of Langdon
more particularly the boys, have their
attention directed to City Ordinance
No. 172, given its final reading at
the last meeting of the council and
which is being given its official pub
LEGATION in this weeks issue of our
paper. 1t bears down good and hard
on such "boyish pranks' as certain
of the juvenile population of Langdon
have been pulling off on Halloween
in the years past. Note there is a
penalty attached. also, the fact that
the new law is no joke and will be
enforced to the letter by the authori-
ties.
Geo. w. Buckingham, who has the
contract of a large number of build
ing improvements that are being
made in Langdon this year, left on
Saturdays afternoon train for his
home in Grand Forks, which place
Mr.. and Mrs. Buckingham left the
early part of the week for a two
weeks trip to Chattanooga, Tenn,
where a national convention of the
Odd Fellows fraternity is being held
this week, Mr.. Buckingham attending
in the capacity of a representative of
the grand domain of North Dakota:
He expects to return about the 9th:
In the meantime his sons are super.
vising the work in progress at the
court house. auditorium and the
Electric theatre block.