Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-01-04
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

ance OF the week there attending to
business matters.
Mrs. E. Schadwinkel left on Tues
days train for a visit of two or three
weeks in Chicago, the former home
of the family before coming to Lang.
don to go into business.
Miss Laurl Radford was a return.
ing passenger Monday from a visit
during a part of the school vacation
down the line.
T. H. Prior and Albert Cavers
were county seat visitors from Han.
nah yesterday, business OBTAINING
them over night in the city.
The members of the Presbyterian
church ladies guild, had an important
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
homesS of Mrs. ]. D. Milne.
Harry Bowles, one of the Demo-
Gratis constant readers and a valued
old friend from Osnabrock, extended
US a substantial wish for a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
M. O'Hara, a veteran salesman
and collector of farm machinery over
this line for the past quarter of a
century, was here New Years day
from Park River
Mrs. Forkner and family returned
Saturday from their visit of several
weeks at Roundup, Mont. accompanied
by M. l. Forkner, who Christmased
at the family home of his wife.
The official list of awards of the
recent annual northwestern corr show
held in St. Paul the past month con.
tains the name of Frank Lugar, of
Munich, as one of the winners in the
First District of North Dakota.
Paul Dubois and Ray Buckingham
were visitors over the New Year at
the homes of several of their Langdon
young friends, returning to their
homes in Grand Forks on Tuesdays
afternoon train.
Morris Orion left on Fridays train
for the Twin Cities and Chicago and
may decide to make a business trip
over the Pacific coast country before
returning to the city. During his
absence Cy Radford will have charge
of the Electric theatre.
The city council held its first
monthly meeting for the year 1917
on Tuesday evening. Nothing further
than the routine business of the coun-
Gil was taken up during the short
session held. The official report of
same by the City Auditor Sheehan
will appear next week.
Mrs Cora Watson and children
arrived during the week from Love-
JOY Mont, and are enjoying the holi-
days at the home of her parents, MI.
ard Mrs. j. j. Souch. She was ac-
~companied by her brother, Tracy
Souch. who has been holding a posi-
ton at Malta, Mont, the past three
years.
Commissioner Sam Iverson came
round from his home in the south.
western part of the county at Alsen
by the 500 and Great Northern, on
Tuesday to attend the January meet
ing of the county board, owing to the
heavy conditions of the roads since
the snow storms of a week.
Manager D. w. Baldwin, of the
Cavalier County Implement Co., re.
turned to the city after a visit of the
greater part of the holidays with his
family, who have during most of the
past year made their home at St.
Thomas, where Mr.. Baldwin has con-
siderable farming interests.
In the next issue the papers over
the state will give space to the stat.
ments of the various North Dakota
national and state banks at the close
of business on Wednesday, December
9th. The call for a statement at
that time should show the financial
condition of the twenty odd banks
scattered throughout the county to be
at their best.
A subscription list vas passed
around town yesterday afternoon ask
ing the donation by friends to aid in
replacing the loss sustained by Rev.
r. Kersten, the German Lutheran
pastor at Desden, who ''had the mis-
fortune to have his home burned to
the ground on Tuesday of last week.
The loss was practically total with
little or no insurance and no par
ticulars have been learned as to the
origin of the confIagration.