Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-09
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Hannah's band still has vacancies
for several young men and women in
its membership.
One of Hannah's landmarks, the
old Faris store building, is reported
to be in a state of collapse.
Ed. Vogt, of Munich, has Joined
up with the company of the End Reg.
iment of North Dakota that is being
oragnized at Devils Lake.
Melting Bros. lost a horse struck
by lightning on their stock farm ir
Osford township during the thunder
storm of Saturday last week.
Philip j. Poir, we'll known among
the Osnabrock young men, was one OF
the contracting parties at a fashiona-
BILE wedding at Fargo last Thursday.
Last Saturdays high wind is re.
ported as having blown down the stee.
pie of the Lutheran church at Hamp.
den. The building was partly remov'
ed from its foundation.
w. L. Tram, the big Crystal City,
Man., stockman, we'll known on this
side of the line in Cavalier county,
took seventeen prizes on sheep at the
Brandon fair.
The new teacher at the Mt. Car.
mel school when summer holidays
close will be j. N. Backes, for the
past three years engaged as principa.
of the Gallo school.
First reports of harvesting the
1917 crop of Cavalier county in July,
were received from Fremont township.
The straw is stated as being short but
the heads we'll filled.
For any itching skin trouble,
piles, eczema, salt rheum, hives.
itch scald head, herpes, scabies.
Doan's Ointment is highly recommen.
ded. 6Oc a box at all stores.
Coal dealers at Hannah are in.
creating their storage capacity antic'
ipa ting that the wintere shortage OF
fuel will find bins of their patrons
running low before the season closes.
Crops are so poor there will be
no harvesting this fall" is the re-
port brought by Leon Nelson and Free
Poir on their return from .Rudyard,
Mont, where they have homesteads.
Otto Lomen, a product of the "art
preservative' in the Milton Globe
office is now stated as being in bust.
ness for himself running a prosper
Gus paper at Ryder, N d.
Two auto loads of the Balfour fam.
lilies of Hannah made the overland
trip to Bismarck, where the spent
part of the week with Warden anc
Mrs. Peter Reid at the state peniten,
tiary.
One of the sufferers from the in
tense heat of a week ago, was Rev,
James, pastor of the Methodist church
at Hannah, who was threatened will
sunstroke when the temperature wa!
100 in the shade Saturday.
During the summer vacation q
school in the Norwegian language il
being conducted at Osnabroock with
Miss Ida N. Olson in charge as teach
err. There is an attendance of twenty
six pupils.
The editor of the Walhalla Noun
taineer is back on the job. after
three weeks leave of absence ordered
by his doctor. His son, Wilson C
Lee, is now associated with the cole
man.
According to the Osnabrock indie
pendent there were over a Thousand
automobiles On the Langdon fai
grounds the first day of the fair. We
may add that the Brock furnished it
full quota of the ga tisfied throng O
visitors.
Their parental homes at Osnabrocl
are welcoming the return of a mum
Der of young men who have bee
holding down Montana homeste ads
but find the drouth in that state ha
ruined the crop outlook.
Joseph Paulson, who years ago re
tired from the grain buying bushes
at Osnabrock to engage in stock farm
ing at Concrete, has signed up to re
turn to the Brock to operate tn
Farmers Elevator this season. Year
ago he was the p. m. Of that twon.
The state department at Bismarc
has representatives investigating vic
@lations of the auto license law an
the regulation providing for dimme
headlights. Prosecutions are note
as having followed visits of the off
cial to a number of nearby towns.