Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-23

The weather of the past week has
been ideal for both harvesting and
threshing.
Mrs. Miles Kessler was a passen.
ger yesterday to Milton intending to
visit during the balance of the week
there with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Green.
Henry Windemuth. of the Langdon
sanitary meat market, left yesterday
for the South St. Paul market to look
after the sale of a shipment of five
carloads of cattle and hogs that he
loaded on Tuesdays early morning
stock train.
Mrs. Robert Mercer, who has been
a guest of Miss Tessie O'Brien while
renewing the acquaintance of a num-
Der of Langdon and Dresden friends,
left Monday returning to her home in
Chicago. Mrs. Mercer is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. KERN, former
we'll known Dresden people.
Langdon's street sprinkler has been
out of commission since Monday due
to the engine of the Great Northern
pumping station at the reservoir not
being in working order. With the
strong wind Tuesday and yesterday
the dust on all of the down town
streets was a source of considerable
annoyance to everyone.
Judge w. ]. Kneeshaw has a son,
DR.. R. S. Kneeshaw, who until re.
Gently has been in charge as superin-
tendent of the Chicago & Milwaukee
railroad hospital at st. Marias, Ida.
no. Some months ago DR.. Kneeshaw
offered his services for enlistment in
the medical corps of the U. S. army
and has received orders to report at
Fort Reilly, Kan. He is now on his
way east making a short visit with
his parents e%nroute.
Jos. Power, local agent for the
National Surety Company, was ad-
vised yesterday that he is one of the
Company's leading two hundred agents
in relative amount of business produc.
ed so far this year in all parts of the
United States. The company gives
cash bonuses to the 200 best pro-
ducers among its 5000 agents. 10
agents in our state are at present
leaders in the National Surety Com.
pany's nationwide contest.
John Fischer and Henry Bergman
were returning passengers Saturday
from a trip taken the earlier part of
the week to the South st. Paul stock
market, where they disposed of a
shipment of cattle and hogs from the
Mt. Carmel settlement at top prices.
Cattle have been advancing steadily
during the week, nearly keeping pace
with the hog market, which reached
a record breaking price Friday of liz
cents a pound live weight.
DR.. Stromberg is expected to re-
turn by the end of the week from his
months vacation to his home in Chi
cago. 1t is understood that the doc.
tor has taken the examination for en-
listment in the medical corps as an
army officer, which means that an
other Langdon M. D. is shortly to
leave his home here in response to
the country's call for active service
with Americas fighting men in
France.
Ole S. johnson, a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. M. Johnson, south of town,
who has had the job of second man
with Manager John ]. Power, at the
Langdon Farmers Elevator Co., late
ly resigned his position and has gone
to Mimic where a position as grain
buyer for cooperative farmers ele-
vator has been offered him. Ole
johnson is a Langdon high school
graduate of three years ago and the
advancement in his chosen work is a
source Of satisfaction to his many
friends among the young people of
Langdon as we'll as the immediate