Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-15
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Today's wheat-$2. O3.

Today's wheat-$2. O3.
Buy a war savings stamp.
Mrs. Frank ]. Schwartz returned
yesterday from a visit of a couple of
days with friends up the line at
Wales.
Since the first of the week the
weather has been of the kind that
would almost tempt the grain specu.
lator to start a rust scare.
The board of county commissioners
are again in session this Meek taking
care Of an accumulation of routine
business since their regular July
meeting.
j.. H. Harlan returned to the city
on Mondays train from a trip, to
points in the south end of the state,
where he spent the week: in making
adiu stments of hail assurances Losses
:. AThe numerous other duties of j.
w. ,Haw, and other county agents
over the state have recently been
added to. by the handing down of
gratituous appointments as state
seed inspectors.
immigration Officer H. l.. Brink
was here Monday from the boundary
line at Hannah to investigate suspect.
ed cases of aliens who r alleged to
be crossing from the Manitoba side to
points in this county. :.
In his address at Walhalls the other
day C. w. Finwall is stated to have
insinuated that some of the towns
people there were importing booze.
, The Mountaineer sententiously says
if its so it's time they cut it out.
List of the awards made at the
county fair in all divisions, excepting
the Home Department, of which Mrs.
Ober was superintendent, appears this
week. We hope to have space to
wind-up this delayed feature of news
next week.
Friday afternoon and early in the
evening there was apparently immi-
nent danger of this section of the
county having visitation of hail, but
phone messages received afterwards
from over the county Indicate; the
amount of damage t, be sustained
as to not in anywise seriously affect
ing the crop prospect.
These days the city authorities are
finding it to be an impossibility to
keep. up with the new water works
and sewerage system, which already
-ahsasdemenstrated itself to be work.
ing ina. most satisfactory manner.
Already forty odd property owners
have their applications filed to be
connected up with the mains.
M. Liebeler is again after the re-
cord this fall gof being the first
to get his threshing outfit to work.
A start was made yesterday afternoon
on his farm east of town on fields Of
early sown oats and barley. The
completed job is expected to show 8
good average yield, while the sample
is better in grade than of the pas
two seasons.
Hon. John Cameron, of Calvin
who was given the republican nomina
ton for state senator by a marrow
margin through securing the non "a
tisan endorsement, was among those
here from the western part of tn,
county on Friday to attend the meet
ing of the weed commissioners hell
on Friday afternoon in the court roon
at the Court House.
Space on another page is taken thi1
week by a list of the shipment Q:
work done by the various branches O.
the Cavalier county chapter of thu
American Red Cross during the montl
of July! The list of itself shows tina
there has been little if any let up ii
the activity of the workers during the
summer months as the shipment is one
of the best sent forward since the
first organization of the chapter.