Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
James Fyfe, a resident near Han.

James Fyfe, a resident near Han
nah during the past week., received
official notification that his son, who
is with a Canadian Northwest contin.
gent in France, has been a German
prisoner since June 18th.
The old Faris building, one of the
few remaining early day land marks
of Hannah, that of late years had be.
come an eyesore to the business CEN
ter of the town, collapsed last week.
forestalling plans under way for its
removal.
A sister of L. A. Weed, the Han.
nah life insurance man, died quite
unexpectedly at Los Angeles, Cal.
Deceased was a practicing physician
and surgeon and located in California
shortly after graduating as an M. D.
some twelve years ago.
j. V. Fowler, the Great Northern
agent, and Harold L.. Snyder, the
foreman of the Herald, were two
from Munich who responded to the
draft who passed the physical exami-
nation and did not file any claim for
exemptions.
Yesterday the Milton ladies Red
Cross had an afternoon exhibit at
Plains hall of work completed. They
ask the loan of more sewing machines
and are having lockers installed in
their headquarters in which to store
their finished work.
The sum of $92 90 was raised by
the Wales auxiliary of the Red Cross
and the younger girls of the town at
an afternoon and evening social event
of the past week. This is the start.
er of a fund for the Co E. boys, to
be maintained for their use while at
the front.
Clyde furnished one of the contend.
ing teams that met up with the semi.
professionals of Devils Lake in a game
played on the Chautauqua grounds on
Sunday of last week. Clyde was un-
der the disadvantage of two of its
best players in the line up of the
team being away, resulting in the
game being a one-sided affair of 8
to l.
Mona is to be the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. A. johnson on their return
from a trip to points in Pembina
county following their wedding on
July 28th. The ceremony being per-
formed at Mountain by Rev. Olafson.
The bride. Miss Mary G.. Benson,
whose home is north of Milton, has
attended school and been popularity
known there for a number of years.
Ferdinand Stamm, the breeder of
thoroughbred horses and live stock
whose farm is in the vicinity of
Iona, while in town Tue sday told
the Democrat that in the past week
he has placed at the head of his herd
of red polled cattle a pure blooded
two year old bull, purchased in a
trip he recently made to western Mon
tana. MIR. Stamm is finding that a
poor crop season, such as this year,
is making more farmers give closer
attention to raising blooded cattle
and thoroughbred horses as a means
of farming at a profit.
Returning from a. 2, 600 mile auto
trip which Included visits to points
in both Saskatchewan and Alberta,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Watson, of the
immediate vicinity of Milton, report
having renewed the acquaintance of
j.. R. Mears, former land lord of the
Northwestern Hotel, John Harght,
who left Milton to accumulate wealth
in the real estate business at Sw lift
Current. Sask., Rev j. G. Sykes, a
former Presbyterian minister at Mil
ton who is now farming Is quarter
sections of land within % miles of
Swift Current and a number of other
Milton old timers who have found it
to their financial advantage to locate
in the Canadian Northwest.
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