Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-07
Today's wheat-$1. SO.

Today's wheat-$1. SO.
Did you get your hunting license
yet?
Next Monday morning the school
bell will start ringing again.
Mrs. Geo. w. Buckingham, Jr.,
took yesterdays train returning to
Grand Forks after a stay of a week
here with her husband.
Miss Edna O'Reilly left on Satur-
days train returning to Jamestown,
where she has been attending St.
Johns academy for the past year.
H. E. Close and j. B. Boyd took
yesterdays afternoon train for the
Twin Cities and will take in the
sights at the Minnesota state fair dur
ing a stay of a few days.
Labor Day was given loyal obser-
vance as a holiday by the bank and
court house officials. During the
early hours of the forenoon it looked
as though the threshers would be TAX
ing a day off.
Principal H. E. Mcclellan, who
m here as the head of the high
school department of the Langdon
public schools for the ensuing year,
arrived in the city Saturday accom-
panied by Mrs. Mcclellan from Yer
million, S. D.
Superintendent E. L. Kuhnes, of
the city schools, was among the ar.
rivals of Friday from a stay during
a part of the vacation at his home in
Iowa, and is busily engaged in pre-.
paration for the opening of the fall
and winter term, Monday of next
week.
Editor and Mrs. w. H. Francis,
of the Journal at Velva, N. D., were
Monday visitors in the city returning
in their auto from Grand Forks where
they had been the guests during a
stay of a few days of Mr.. Francis
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. F. Allen.
Miss Lucy A. Gordon left yester-
day by way of Nekoma for a visit
with friends and relatives in the west
ern part of the state. Miss Gordon
will also go to Killarney, Man., the
home of her aunt, ::Miss Jennie Stewart,
who is in quite poor health, before
returning to L%angdon.
Langdon was threatened with a
gasoline famine a couple of days last
week, which with the o%verhanging
possibility Of a railroad strike made
owner of automobiles feel rather un-
comfortable until Friday nights
freight with three car load tanks re.
lieved the situation by a supply of
something like 80, 900 gallons.
Druggist Tom Qualley was in the
city Friday shaking hands with a
number of friends. He has been hold
ing a position with one of the large
firms at Havre, Mont, as pharma-
cist. since leaving Langdon about a
year ago, and returns to assist Mr..
H. l.. Francis in the management of
his drug stores, at Osnabrock and
Wales.
Peter Schwartz, in town Friday
from his farm in West Hope, states
that for an "otf' year crop. his Sec
ton of the county, along the boundary,
was pretty certain to show an average,
both as to yield and sample equal with
results from any of their nejghbors.
Many farmers Of West Hope town
ship he states are putting out signs
prohibiting hunters from trespassing
on their land.
Among the number of Langdon
hunting parties that have gone into
camp with the opening of the chicken
season today and will spend al least
a week under canvas are Messrs. j..
H. Balm, Arthur A. Barker, j.. F..
Segouin, Morris Orion, Jas. W.. Ham
ilton and F. w. Mclean. They left
the city yesterday with as complete
an equipment as could be desired and
expect to pitch their tent along the
boundary line near Mazda.