Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-01-18

thursday, JANUARY 1S, 1917
Try n of Polie's specials.
For farm loans at lowest rates see
Jas. G. Dickson.
Ignite coal, a cheap fuel the year
round is sold by the Langdon Wood
Yard.
Simon Schefter was out and around
again Monday after spending the
greater part of a week, confined at
home with an attack of the la grippe.
March LIST. a new rural delivery
route will start giving service to
residents north and east of Osnabrock.
The route will serve fifty.nine farm.
ers and give a three times a week
service.
Auditor Caswell, of the Standard
Oil Co.. with headquarters at Fargo,
and we'll known by many Langdon
people, has since the first of the year
gone to Florida for a we'll earned
vacation of a few weeks.
Frank Green, Jr., was among the
departing passengers on Mondays
south bound passenger in the after
noon, expecting to spend some time
in Fargo and the Twin Cities during
an absence of a couple of weeks.
The Langdon public library has
secured new quarters in the auditorium
and will shortly remove from the suite
of rooms occupied in the Schulke
block since the library was first es.
italicized by the Woman's club over
ten years ago.
w. f. Winter was among the ar.
rivals Tuesday, returning from a
months trip east to Kingston, Ont,
and points in New York state, where
he has been making a round Of visits
with relatives of the family and old
acquaintance since the holidays.
Cold" the serial story now run.
ming in this paper is drawing to its
closing chapters. 1t will be followed
by 1.-The DAREDEVIL which promises
to be one of the best continued stories
that the Democrat has been able to
secure for its readers for some time.
Sheriff Fred A. Thompson took
over the duties of the office of sheriff
as the successor of Jerry Kelland on
Saturday, last week, the 18th. The
date of the month being the same as
that on which Mr.. Kelland took over
the office from his predecessor four
years ago.
j. w. Haw spent a day or two the
early part Of the week at Milton in
conference with his co%-laborer, TIL.
H. Kristjensen, in planning the de.
tails of the program for the Mid
Winter Farmers convention to be
held in Langdon during the last week
of February.
Jake Spenst was in town Friday,
arriving home from Bismarck on the
noon train. He had been looking the
ground over with a view to getting a
legislative appointive plum, but states
the crop this year is only a small
one, and there wasn't just what he
wanted anyhow.
Monday evening, February 9Th. is
the date of the next number of the
mid-winter lecture course, given here
under the auspicies of the Langdon
high school. Albert f. Wiggans, the
widely known lecturer. will be here
that evening with a highly interesting
subject to entertain Langdon people.
The $40, 900. 90 stock reducing
sale at the Boyd department store,
which opened last Thursday, the 18th,
has been confronted with a blockade
4 of bad roads and stormy weather that
= demands a further announcement of
| the time limit of the sale. See MIR.
> Boyd's announcement of this change
elsewhere.
Ex-County Commissioner S. G..
Erickson was in the city Monday from
his home at Elkwood, taking the train
in the afternoon for Decauter, Mich,
> where he will spend some time in a
visit with a sister whom he has not
= seen since coming west over thirty
: years ago. He also has other rela.
tives and old friends in the east that
: he expects to look up before return
ing here in the spring.