Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-24
the whole countryside participated.

the whole countryside participated.
A class in music has been started
at Hannah by Miss Pearl Shanks.
The small pox quarantine on the H
E. Krom home at Sarles for small
pox has been raised.
There has been a government buyer
of horses at Wales and Hannah for
ten days with the result that two
large carloads of war mounts were
shipped last week.
August. Kuball, who is at Camp
Pike, Ark, with the draft, writes to
friends at Wales that he has been
quite i'll in the hospital there but is
now no longer in a serious condition.
DR.. A. F. Elliott, the Milton
''vet''is the owner of a horse that
holds a worlds record In Cou ntry
2:09a. This horse holds the record
for trotting under a saddle.
John ]. Schragg, the Alsen law
maker. boarded Jim Hills flyer, at
Munich to join Cavalier county's
legislative delegation which mes
at Bismarck this week
Weaver started a Red Cross mem.
bership renewal drive with the
start off of the new, year. M. c..
Hunter solicited the fees, which ag-
gregated about $40. 90.
Sarles is to open its new school
building next week. 1t is being com.
pleted at a cost of upwards; of $50, K.
900 and has been built since the fire
of less than four months ago.
Two families by the name Of South
who reside in the vicinity OF
Sarles have their homes quarantined
for small pox. Folks out that way
will have to quit going south.
Even the little town Of Brockett
has raised upwards Of $500 for the
Red Cross in entertainments that
have been gotten up since the setting
in of winter.
Friday night of this week, which
by the way is the anniversary of the
Scotch celebration, there is to be
a big dance at Wales. Better go if
you want to have a good time.
l. "Bobbie' Burns birthday. to.
morrow is to be the occasion of a big
entertainment by the Red Cross ladies
at Sares who expect to go over the
top with not less than $3.50.
Wednesday of last week the snow
and weather conditions resulted in
what the papers of the western part
of the county undertook to describe
as ga raging BLIZZARD"
Mrs Valentine Schill, accompanied
lby DR.. Backus took her little son tt
Grand Forks last week, where the
child underwent IN operation for ap-
pendicitis. The operation was per
formed at St. Michael's hospital.
Wesley Mowbray, who was one Of
the Company E. boys who was left
behind in a hospital at Hoboken N. j.
when the l16th Trench Mortar Bat
terry started on its voyage overseas,
has ~telegraphed mis- parents at Wales
that he is now up and able to b.
around again.
Two young Hannah girls, Mis-
Grace Balfour and Miss Sara McNivel
have enrolled as students at a Crane
Forks business college with a view
when properly equipped of enIisting il
the service of Uncle Sam for govern
ment positions formerly held by me
who have gone to the front.
Samuel Balfour and family O
Hannah have received a letter fror
their grandson, Neil Reid. a son G
! Peter Reid, of Bismarck, in whic
& he tells of having reached France Q
Z December 10th. He is along wit
{ Robert Work, Of Langdon in the sig
Z nal corps of the 10th infantry.
{ The annual meeting of the Grea
z Northern Life Insurance compan
z held at its head office in Grand Forl
z last week in its election of Officer
named John Wild of Milton as one {
z it's vice presidents. Mr.. Wild hi
sheld the office since the organizatic
Z of the company.
81 1t is noted in the change of hand
of the Larimore paper, which too
e PLACE during the week that the pu,
chasers are William Roach and H.
Goertz, of Inkster. The former
, the owner of the Inkster Tribune al
Mr.. Goertz has been associated wi
him since leaving the Cavalier C
Republican some four years ago.
In the settlement of the Rush Lal
land dispute which the other d;
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