Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-13
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Don't miss the home talent Christ
mas week production Of the high
school by Charles Dickens GA
Christmas Carol" 1t will be we'll
acted, %superbly costumed and staged
with special scenery
Judge Kneeshaw was a Monday
arrival from his winter home in Grand
Forks, getting here in readiness for
the mid-winter term of district court
which opened Tuesday and in all prob
ability will reach an adjournment oy
the end of the week.
Tomorrow's matinee and night per
Torrance at the Electric theatre,
when "IAtolerance'' will be the bill,
is the biggest thing in the film world
that has eve been brought to ang
don. 1t is best given expression Of
what Intolerance" really repre-.
sents when it is said that it makes a
four ring circus look like a side show
' IdNl'S lSCclVSu LU luIIllGE llSlIuC
tions as to when the contingent of
drafted men will be sent to Camp
Dodge, County Auditor Eide, of the
Cavalier county exemption board, is
getting ready to send out the question
naire to the registered men Of the
county, The local board has received
a consignment of these books of
questions, which every registered man
will be required to fill out.
Mrs. w B. Gordon received the
news from Victoria, B. c., in a mes.
sage which reached here Sunday of
the death of a brother, who for a
number of years past has been maxi
ing that city his home Deceased
was in his eighty first year and had
the acquaintance of quite a number
of Langdon people, having visited at
the home of his sister for some time
a year ago last summer.
The aggregate deposits Of Lang
don's three banks, as shown at the
time of their call statements on No.
vember 10th, foot up to ST., l8I, $50
considerable over the million dollar
mark. This is a much better show
ing than was to be expected when
the drain on surplus capital by the
Liberty Bonds and other claims on
money occasioned by these war times
are taken into consideration.
Merchant Henry Raffenbeu], of
Dresden was a county seat visitor on
Monday for a short time between
trains. On another page of this is
sue will be found the announcement
of a big stock reduction sale which
opens at. his store. in Dresden on Sat
urday of this week and will continue
until January LIST Sacrifice prices
are offered on ali staple lines, in.
Guiding groceries, during this sale by
Mr.. R%affenbeul.
Roy Horgan and Albert Drury are
two more Langdon boys who have left
the American seaboard within the past
week with others of the u. S. Marines,
who have been in training for several
months at Pine Island, S C. Letters
to reach here indicate they boarded
a transport on the Atlantic coast la st
Friday for France. They are with a
machine gun corps and were under
orders packing the company equipment
at the time they wrote last Thursday.
Indications that they would make
a couple Of days stay at Philadelphia.
Their next letter to the home folks
will be n Of considerable interest.
The outfit of the John E. Hag.
CART Construction Co . shipped here
from Fargo within the past ten days
for work on the city waterworks and
sewerage contract. shut down on
Saturday after having made a star,
on the job of excavating the ditch
for the line Of sewer pipes Work
was abandoned owing to the, setting
In Of zero weather, which togethe.
with the fact that tho machine is
striking considerable rock has made
necessary the Abandoning Of further
work on the contrast until mex,
spring 9.