Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-13

The ladies Norwegian club at Osna.
brock has resumed activities after a
vacation through the summer
A son born on 9Th inst, at the
Osnabrock home of E. E. Amerman,
is the latest addition to the population
of that town.
Munich is having built this fall
new quarters for its fire fighting ap-
paratus. 1t is to be of brick veneer
and 30x22 in size.
The lady pharmacist at Doc. Por-
ter's drug store at Calvin has resign
ed and left to spend the winter on her
homestead IN Montana.
Fred Baderscher, the Wales paint
err, has been getting such a run of
business over at Calvin lately that he
is figuring on moving his family there
and make that town his home.
The funeral was held at Olga on
Thursday afternoon of the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Pelli-
tier, residing in the vicinity of Osna-
brock. The child was less than three
months old.
County Surveyor M. M. Darling
was at Munich several days last week
establishing sidewalk levels. Sever
al property owners there .intend put.
ting in cement walks before winter
sets in.
State Engineer Atkinson from Bis.
marck, was at Munich last week aid
ing in the planning of a water and
sewerage proposition that is being in.
stalled in the public schools of the
town this fall.
DR.. Linder, of Munich, has receiv.
ed notice from the office of the ad.
%jutant general that he will be expec.
ted to hold himself in readiness to
leave for Fort Reilly, Kansas, on Sat-
urday of this week, the 18th inst.
Wheat yield averages in the vicin-
ity of Calvin are estimated at about
twelve bushels per acre and most of
it expected to grade No. 1 Northern,
for which the Farmers Elevator is
now paying So. O8, a few cents over
the list price.
The wheat crop around Alsen is
stated by those who have threshed to
be of a good quality but low in yield,
rye is somewhat better, averaging
about ten bushels per acre, oats and
barley are varying from twenty tc
thirty bushels.
The telephone system at Calvin
was out of commission a day or two
last week as the result of a runaway
in which the team demolished more
than n of the poles along the main
street of the town. The horses be.
came frightened at a passing baby
carriage and started the excitment.
Calvin public schools are in want
of a new principal to take charge
October LIST. Prof. Saterlie, who hac
been re.engaged is now with the of.
fcers training corps at Fort Smelling,
with the probability of being in
France before the end of the school
year.
Last weeks issue of the Munich
Herald made its appearance unde,
difficulties. Its printer had beer
drafted for the war and the new mar
on the job had failed to show up, but
with the aid of Doc. Linder and Car
George, of the Sarles Advocate, tn
Herald was out on time.
Roy Bodner, until recently one o:
the popular young mel around Osna
brock, was married in Grand Fork
last Wednesday to Miss Lillian Hull
For the present the home of tn,
i. young people is at Hoople, although
Mr.. Bodner holds a number in tn,
draft that will cut his honeymoon
short before the end of the month.
} Will O'Keefe's machine threshe,
out 2, 100 bushels of wheat and 4O(
bushels of oats on Valentine Koehm
stedt's farm in one.half day-fron
l p. m. until dark. Mr.. Koehmsted
, got {, 600 bushels of wheat from /:
half section which averaged twenty
seven and a half bushels per acre,
and he vouches for the figures. Thi
is another record : breaker Mint,
Journal.
Tbreshing around Munich is show
ing fair yields of all crops. Whea
varies from eight to fourteen bushel.
per acre, while some farms east O.
Munich. in Gordon tnunshin mako ro