Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13

men, when Arthur johnson, left last
week for Grand Forks to enlist in the
army. II
Charley Tierney, the passenger
brakeman on the Sarles- Munich
branch has abandoned his run to be-
come a soldier.
William Beaten, a former Cavalier
county resident who was killed in
France on Nov. 18th, was a nephew
of Mrs. w H. Brumwell, of Sarles.
The Tuesday stock train out of
Calvin last week took six carloads of
horses and live stock, being s.. uped
by farmers to the St. Paul Market,
owing to the scarcity of feed.
TIE prolonged spell of cold wea-
Their that has prevailed since the
first of the month has suggested to
the Hannah Moon the probability Of
installing an ice cream plant in the
end-town.
Two large farm auction sales have
been held in the vicinity of Sarles
this week. One on the 18th at the
Andrew Olson farm and the other for
John Ball, one Of the most noted stock
breeders Of the western part of the
county
There were twenty-five young men
from the immediate vicinity of Wales
either enlisted or were called to the
colors by the draft. They have all
been suitably remembered at this
holiday season by the girls of the
Wales Soldiers Aid.
The information comes from the
Milton Globe that Marvin Green, who
was among the Milton boys to enlist
in Company E. has secured a transfer
and Joined the aviation department Of
the army. Since leaving Camp Mills
he has been sent to San Antonio,
Texas, for training.
The run which Finlay Mcdonald
of Milton is making in the popular
voting contest of the Grand Forks
Herald shows that his vote getting
pr~oclivities should prove to be a val
liable asset to the republican bunch
of this county when they get to work
on their political frame-up for the
campaign of 1918.
The carload of 22O sheep which it
took ]. w, HaW eight days to get
through from Butte, Mont, last
week found buyers in the vicinity of
Hannah as follows: George Porter,
John Bassingthwaite, &C. B. McMil
Ian, Sam Lewis, Archie Sillers, Yves.
Atchison, Magnus Snowfeld, M. S.
Myers and Emil Hanggi.
Prof. A. Satterlie. of Calvin, prin.
cipal of the Glenila consolidated
school, has the commission of second
lieutenant and will soon be assigned
to the artillery branch of the service.
He took a training course at Fort
Smelling during the summer vacation
and is ready to go on duty at a days
notice. incidentally it might be
we'll to state that ever since war was
declared last spring Calvin has been
doing. it's full share in furnishing of
it's men and means for the war.
Sam Thompson, a we'll known res.
ident of the vicinity Of Hannah, re
ceived the news in a telegram or
SW ednesday last telling of the death
of his brother .in-law. William, Steele,
ON the French front on November,
18th. Deceased enlisted with a Bat.
tleford, Sask regiment of, infantry,
going across last March. He was a
young farmer about thirty years ole
and leaves a wife and child at Wilke,
Sask.
Simon Mi ttleho]z of Munich during
the past week r~eceivedthe sad message
through a letter that he got from his
sister who lives in Minnesota, tina
his brother, Edmund, who some tim,
ago enlisted with the Canadian troop,
and had been in active engagement
on the west front had been killed il
November. AS a young man tn.
deceased had lived in Munich for som'
time before removal to the Canadian
west.
j. H. Mclean, the Hannah post
master has received word during the
week that his brother Jim, is now a
home at Shaunovan, Sask., with thei
mother. On November 10th he ar
rived at Quebec, was detained ther'
for five days and then taken to Bat
tleford. Recovering from a sever
attack of trench fever is nervous sys
tenn is badly shattered. The lette
also states that Joe Nicholson, an oil
Hannah boy has recovered from
hand wound in England and gone bac
to the trenches at the front in France
The news was received by Ella
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