Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-07-12

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one of the buyers of a new car this
season. On the Fourth the family
had their first ride in an eight cylin,
der Olds shipped in from Minneapolis
by the Moen Auto Co., at Osnabrock.
The Cqffey restaurant at Munich has
been leased by the proprietress, Mrs.
Mary Coffey, who is leaving for the
home of her parents across the line
in Manitoba. The new landlady is
Mrs. Hannah Halberry, until lately
operating a restaurant at Lawton.
c. P. Nelson and Frank Smith,
former residents of Osnabrock and
Immediate vicinity, who several years
ago located at Cashmere, Wash, are
making a visit with old friends in
this county. They arrived during the
past week making the trip by auto.
John Helten, one of the younger
farmers of the Trier township settle.
ment, made a purchase of two quar-
ter sections of land on the White
Earth Indian reservation during a
months trip from which he has just
returned through the western part of
this state and across the line into
Montana.
Many residents over Cavalier county
who hail from different parts of Can
ada will participate in the celebration
of the Twelfth of July, which is be-
ing held at Morden, Man. A special
train will from Snowflake, laav-
ing at 1856 a. M, returning at 900
p. m.
Calvin was represented at the Wal
halla chautauqua during several days
of the past week by Dan ]. Porter,
his mother, Mrs. w. R. Porter, and
a sister, Mrs. George Fleming, and
the latter's little daughter. All the
party have acquaintance and business
interests in that vicinity.
From comments made generally by
papers over the county it would ap-
pear that the article written by Mag
nus Snowfeld. of Byron. in the Han
non Moon on "Weed Eradication
under the plan provided for by the
law, which authorizes the appointment
of a township weed commissioner,
had been pretty generally read.
The Osnabrock Independent last
week notes John S. Gogin, of the
Nora Farm, as marketing a wool clip
that netted him upwards a thousand
dollars. Pretty nice to have a thous-
and dollar wool clip to draw on in the
middle of the summer, especially
when grain and hay crops are not
looking just as good as they might.
j. H. Gislason, a resident of the
lcelandic settlement southeast of Mil
ton since 1885, died at his home in
East Alma township last Saturday
after a lingering illness of several
months. Deceased was fifty.seven
years old, came to Wisconsin when
thirteen years old from Iceland and is
survived by a wife, seven daughters
and two sons.
Sarles is another Cavalier county
town where there is considerable &C.
tivity this summer in the scrap iron
market. Price quotations last week
were $40 per ton and up. Unless
scrap iron is pretty soon protected by
the state game law it is likely to be-
come extinct in North Dakota
or as hard to find as the buffalo of bye
gone days.
Tony Keiffer, with others from
Wales and Mt. Carmel spent a part
of last week in camp on the shores of
Rock Lake. They returned with a
fish story of having caught s~ixty-eight
fish, n of which is stated as having
weighed nine and one-half pounds.
Tony told the story, but as he showed
the fish to the. Wales Progress man
perhaps its so.
Wales is billed for ar anti.non-
partisan meeting to be held at the
Fischer hall Saturday afternoon this
week at two o'clock. Banker George
H. Johnston is to be the speaker and
the subject on which he proposes to
talk is"Fixing the Price of Wheat -
or a reply to Socialist Bowen. Mr..
Johnston asks the public, particularly
non p%artisans, to attend and hear the
truth as he ices it.
June 30th was the close of the
fiscal year in the business school dis.
tricts yer the county. Treasurers &C.