Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-07-05

C. S. Dustin was here from Clyde
to attend the school officers meeting.
W. G. Mcbride was here from Mill
ton the latter part of the week to at.
tend the meeting of the school officers
association.
Merchant Ted Hanson, of Munich,
was a visitor Friday greeting a mum.
Der of acquaintance and old county
seat friends.
j. D. Milne took Saturdays after
noon train for Calgary, Alta, where
business interests will require his at
tention during a two weeks absence.
John Boyd was in town Thursday
from Milton where he says all lines of
business have wonderfully improved
since the crops got the much needed
June rains.
Andy Laing spent part of the week
visiting with friends in the vicinity
ofLangdon and attending the teachers
institute. He returned Saturday to
his, home at Milton.
Mrs. Neil Macdonald, of Hannah,
and daughter, Mrs. A. H. George, of
Winnipeg, were here spending a part
Of the week with several of their
Langdon friends.
Messrs H. E. Fay, j. p. Sehwing-i
hamer and E. Schadwirke3 accompa-'
MED by their wives were included in.
an auto party that enjoyed the week:
end in a trip to Fish Lake.
Mrs. LaValley and little son, who
have been guests at the Mr.. aud Mrs.
W. F. Winter home the past~ten days,
were returning passengers Monday to
their home in Fargo.
The board of county commissioners
have convened this week for their reg.
ular July meeting. Before adjourn.
ing they will equalize the assessment
of 1917 taken up by the township
assessors this spring.
John Heating, a younger son of
B. Heating, left on Tuesdays after.
noon train for Rome City, Indiana,
in response to a message stating that
the condition of his father was very
serious.
c. A. Spellman is receiving a visit
during the week from his father, G.
F. Spellman, who arrived on Mondays
train from Montevideo, Mimi, intend
ing to remain until the end of the
week.
P. Scully, Henry Krein and Geo.
VanAckern composed a trio of farm.
ers from east of Langdon who were
here a couple of days the early part
of the week to take up the matter of
road making with the board of county
commissioners.
DR.. Judd H. Kirkham accompanied
Mrs. Otto Dettler, who left on Thurs.
day for Milwaukee, to undergo a crit
ical operation in a hospital there.
Mr.. Dettler accompanied his wife
and many friends of the patient were
at the depot to say good bye.
Palmer Berg, lineman with the
Langdon telephone company, spent
part of the week visiting the home of
his parents at Hillsboro. He is also
understood as having enlisted during
his absence at Fargo in the United
States army and will be assigned to
service in the signal corps
Miss Elenora Power, second daugh.
ter of Joseph Power, who for two
years past has been at Hnmbolt,
Sask., making her home with her
uncle, Archie Power, while attending
school, is home to spend the summer
holidays. Mr.. Power met his daugh-
ter with the auto at Winnipeg return.
ing Saturday afternoon. The Misses
Eliene and Mary Power, daughters of
his brother, James Power, at Winni.
peg. made the trip with them intend
ing to remain until after the fair.
VIM. N. Wright, while here from
Fremont township last week to attend
the annual meeting of the Cavalier
county school officers association.
stated that alfalfa is showing its
great superiority over all other hay
crops this dry year. He has already
cut his first alfalfa crop and present
conditions point to possibly two more
before the season closes. The wild
prairie hay as we'll as timothy and
other tame grasses threaten to be al.
most a failure owing to the continu,
GUS drouth.
The Opie photo studio in the past
week has added to its facilities fo,
turning out a high. class of artistic
photography by securing the services
of Mr.. Victor Nelson, an experienced
photographer, as retoucher and finish.