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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
T0RPEDOEs ON FOUR WHEELS
Explosive Propelled Toward Enemy
Trenches and Controlled by Means
of Wires Attached to Works.

La Domenica Del Corriere, Italy, re-
ports a new war device, the invention
of an English engineer, STAFFORD Tai
bot. Literally, it is a torpedo on wheels
which may be propelled toward the en-
envy trenches and controlled from the
starting point by means Of attached
wires.
The explosive is mounted on a metal
lie box which rides on four wheels.
Attached to the box is a contrivance
consisting of a dynamo which propels
the wheels. The entire machine is
electrically controlled, permitting the
explosion of the charge at the desired
moment. ,
Two parallel wires connect the tor
pedo with the control station. These
are carried on spools and unwind as
the machine advances. The power is
derived from accommodating batteries
at the starting point. When it is de-
sired to fire the charge all that is re-
quired is to push a button. According
to the inventor the total cost of this
contrivance is about $3.50.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
DON'T FRET ABOUT TRIPLES
Magnifying Petty Mistakes and Trou-
,bles Weakens Ones Ability to
Master Bigger Problems.

Some of us rather overdriven women
get into a habit Of magnifying the pet
ty mistakes or troubles of disagreeable
events of the day, the business day,
and making them out very big and ter
rible. The result is a loss of energy,
for magnifed troubles bring worry and
anxiety, which is a sort of poison to
the mind and even to the body, writes
Jessie Roberts in the Houston Post.
Don't hang on to the mistakes Of
yesterday. Today's will be easier to
manage if you haven't that drag on
you, and by a little more firmness you
can soon get to the point when the an
noyance of the moment gets itself set
tied in that moment and then is drop
ped.
We would think it a fool thing to
feed u body poison, even in the mi
nutest particles; but We feed our
nerves poison, even though it be in
small quantities.. when we deliberately
fret and worry over small things, maxi
ing them huge and important by the
mere turning of them over and over.
These are strenuous days. Don't
weaken your strength by unnecessary
and harmful fussing yer trifles. After
you have done whatever a be done
to remedy what has gone wrong, turn
your mind away from it. Refuse to be
dominated by small mistakes. Few Of
us, by the way, are terrified by a really
big thing. We up and meet it
definitely and firmly, unless we have a
yellow streak. But the small thing
often breaks down our nerves-and
then our nerve.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
BOY ROBBER LOST HIS NERVE
Youth Reported Alleged Visit of Band.
it, But Later Was induced 10 Pro-
duce Stolen Jewe'ry.

A thrilling story of guns, masks ana
robbery, which had stirred Il country
ncighborhood by it's recital. melted into
the make-believe of q yello-back novel,
once Investigators were on the job.
says the Indianapolis News. A talk
between two persons, which is said
to have occurred behind q farmers
barn, led to the recovery of loot in
the form of jewelry and Il confession
from a boy, who reluctantly dragged
from his trousers pocket the remains
of q dollar bill.
Sheriff Coffin was called in by neigh
bors after the boy, whose name is
purposely withheld, Rad. communicated
to persons with whom he lived that
q very dark man, wearing a mask over
his face, had visited his home while
he was alone; that he had been threat
ened with a shotgun and, after rifling
the house, had forced the boy to leave
house, the boy related, the stranger
| gave him 25 cents and told him to
keep his mouth shut" A duck and a
Belgian hare also were taken, the boy
declared.
When the sheriff arrived there was
a consultation behind the barn, and
when it had been concluded the boy
dug the jewelry out of the ground,
told his friends that he had sold the
duck at a nearby grocery for some
money; that the Belgian hare escaped
while he was on his way to the gro
Gerry, and that the masked man was
the creation Of his own Imagination.
"Give him another chance the sher-
if told the guardians of the hayward
boy. "He won't do it again."
The boy nodded confirmation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
WEST HOPE.

The West Hope farm club will
meet on January 18th. Let everyone
come to this first meeting of the new
year.
a The Mazda Red Cross society will
meet at the home of Mrs. D. Patter-
son. on Friday, January 18th. This
branch of the Red Cross has been
very active since the time of it's or
g%anization.
A box social and dance at the Spar
ling farm near Mazda on Friday,
bringing in $64. 90 was quite an
event of the past week. Mr.. Howatt
is proving to be a capable leader in
the Red Cross work of this district
and will have US over the top before
spring.
A joint meeting of the Hope and
West Hope school boards was held on
Tuesday. An agreement was made
about the children attending school
in Hope township and living in the
West Hope district and vice versa.
Mrs. A. Cranston, an old resident
of this township, who Is now living
north of Winnipeg, is a visitor since
the holidays at the home of asher old
friend, Mrs. William Smith.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
FOOD ORDERS ARE OBSERVED
Meatless and WheatIess Menu in Con-
nection With Lord Mayors Annual
Banquet at Mansion House.

At last the gaunt figure Of famine
has stalked into the Mansion House
and edited the menu of the lord may
or's banquet. There, everybody who
knows anything about English history
or about good eating, knows that the
center, the very palate, of gourmand-
Use is situated, according to a London
correspondent.
The British empire is ransacked for
edibles and potables to furnish forth
this aldermanic holiday: And when
the OCCASIONS star guest, the premier,
rises to shake the pillars of the world
with his address,, the guests are often
in such a state of torpor that they
have to scan the morning papers to
find out what he really said. But war
has changed all that. When the time
for this years banquet approached,
London's sensational press began to
shout for a a menu so loudly that
his lordship had to come ol,t and as
sure the reporters of the meatlessness
and wheatlessness of the coming feast.
Another of England's glories vanished !
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Capital Punishment.

Capital punishment prevails in all
the states of the Union except Kansas.
Maine, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Wash.
ington and Wisconsin. In Michigan
the only crime punishable by death is
treason. The death penalty was abol.
ished in the state of Washington IL
1913, in Iowa in 1872 and restored in
1878, in Colorado in 1887 and restored
in 1901. Hanging IL the ordinary mode
of execution, but in Indiana, New York
Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arkan'
sas, Vermont and Virginia electrocu'
ton Is the legal method. In Nevada
hanging or shooting is optional witt
the condemned person.
Inflated stocks also are showing thu.
me Zeppelin theory Is not u success.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

Robert Myers, who left his home
at Hannah some months ago to re-
cruit for the U. S. navy at ct.
Lakes, ILL.,, is now at Charlotte, S.
c. with all indications of the ship
he is with putting to sea for war ser.
vice shortly.
Osnabrock's lodge of the Knights
of Pythias is giving a new start with
the advent of the year 1918 to the
insurance feature of that order. Car
rol S. Bertram, of the state supreme
lodge is introducing the working of
the new system to those interested.
A little daughter at the Robert
Templeton home and another new ar
rival, also a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
Ole Pladsen, are two happening at
the opening of the new year al
Hannah, that brought congratula
tions.
The Crystal City, (Man.) Courier,
of last week had an item which read
"That portion of North Dakot ia lying
south of Crystal City and the Snow.
flake district, is seriously afflicted
with an epidemic of smallpox. Be.
ware!"
Walhalla is establishing a rura
telephone line to extend eastward int
the Wang settlement in this county,
and ~traversing parts of Olga and Ere.
mont township. Temporary service
has already been given a number O
patrons along he route and "a perma
nent equipment is to be installed il
the spring.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Sewing Machines in Arabia.

The sale of sewing machines in
Arabia has increased since the war
begun, owing in>part to the demand
of Red Cross organizations. A recent
shipment of 600 American machines,
according to a correspondent, will be
disposed of as follows: One hundred
in Alden, 200 in Abyssinia, 100 in Red
Sea ports and 200 in the Persian Gulf
district. There is also an increased
demand on the part of the natives.
Germany formerly supplied the terri
tory with cheap machines, but the
stocks of these are low, and American
products now lead. Foot-power sew.
ing machines are in growing prefer.
ence over the hand-opefAted type, but
electrically-driven machines cannot be
sold, as there is no general electric
service plant in Alden. Dust and rust
are difficulties experienced in the use
of the machines in the Arabian eli.
mate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Won Hindenburq a MJunker.n

"Junker' is philologically akin to
~"Jonkheer' and has a quasi-equivalent
in the English Squire" The Junker
is a maA of some birth and of inherit.
ed PROPERTY, especially land, says an
exchange. The word is used to de-.
scribe that large class of Prussians
who come of noble, seminole OF at
least old and good" families and
whose worldly possessions are such as
to give them as appreciate stake in
the government. Won Hindenburg is a
fine example of the Junker; Luden-
dorff, his collaboration, is not a Junker
by birth, however much a n he may
be by taste.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
A THOROUGH TEST
One That Should Convince the Most Skeptical
of Our Langdon Readers

OF Our Ldngd0n Readers
The test of time is the test that
counts. Doan's Kidney Pills have
made thei, reputation by effective
action. The following case is typi-
cal. Langdon residents should be
convinced. The testimony is con-
frmed-the proof is complete. Tes-
timony like this cannot be ignored:
W. B. Gordon, a retired farmer,
residing on Fifth street, Langdon,
says: 81 suffered for a number of
years with pains in the small of my
back, directly over my kidneys. My
kidneys acted too frequently. l got
Doan's Kidney Pills and used them
and they we're just what l needed.
They soon rid me of the trouble en-
tirely. statement given August
81, 1907. II
No trouble since. On November
28th, 1917, Mr.. Gordon said: 81
haven't had any need of a kidney
remedy for a long time. Igive Doan's
credit for my good health"
Price sixty cents at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for a kidney reme-
dy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same kind that Mr.. Gordon had.
Foster. Miburn Co., manufacturers,
Buffalo, New York.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

Leo Wil5 returned to the family
home on the Wi]drose stock farm at
Osnabrock from Camp Dodge for a
ten days furlough during the holidays.
Alex. NORM and Zelas Deschenes,
are two Walhalla boys who got home
from the naval training camp at Great
Lakes, Illinois, for the holidays. The
is a member of Sousa's band
Abe Stait Of Hannah, is laid up. I'M
der the Doctors care from injuries he
received in too close a contact with
a circular saw. His right arm is
badly lacerated.
The school board of Mimic township
is busy with the plans of the new
consolidated school building to take
the place of the one destroyed by fire
early last fall.
Tuesday of this week, the 9th inst,
is understood as being the date of
the sailing from New York of the
party of Red Cross nurses for France,
of whom Miss Lillian Mcknight is
one of the number.
The stormy weather Of New Y ears
night does not appear to have mate
rally interferred with the annual
dance Of the Osnabrock firemen which
Melted them the sum of $145 90.
nnMrs. Gunder Nelson of Osnabrock,
has gone to Camp Dodge, Ia, where
she will make a short visit with he,
son, Leon, one of the first drafted
men from thi county to go into camp
there.
Fremont township regains one Of
its early day settlers in the return
to the old homestead of Napoleon Tet
rault, who for some time past ha'
been engaged in the draying and auto
livery business at Walhalla.
Dresden young people have bills GU
for a masquerade dance to be held o,
+ Friday evening of>this week in tn,
, Woodman Hall at that place. Prize
, are to be awarded for the best cos
tunes and the Lorraine orchestra O
this city has been engaged to furnis
the music. A supper is being serve
in the hall and a per centage of tn
e proceeds 60 to the Red Cross.
Romeo Bruley, of Fremont town
ship, who went with the Cayalie
n county contingent of the draft I
n Camp Stevens, Oregon, last month
n writes of reaching their d~estinatio
e on Christmas eve. He mentions the
'e appear to have got there just whe
"a the rainy season had just started as
n is now raining a little every da,
W This seems to be the only drawbac
o. with the country out there and won
ct long.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
'''f 4t2 County.

The two banks at Wales started
in the new year with a resolution to
close at five o'clock in the afternoon,
The private elevator of Joseph
Heille, at Wales is now equipped
with an electric lighting system.
A dance and supper on New Years
eve at Munich are stated as having
netted upwards of $500 for the
Red Cross.
There are several cases of small
pox reported by the county board of
health in the Daniels set t]ement,~
west of Wales.
Wales gave its commercial club a
new set of officers for 1918 and map
ped out a lot of needed Improvements
at a meeting held A. Monday even
ing.
w. F. Kurtshan, formerly holding
down a job with one of the banks at
Wales is now reported as being
s'somewhere in France"
The Mowbray garage and auto re-
pair shop at Wales, changed hand
the first of the year and is now own.
ned by Otto Platz, formerly of Calvin.
The promised balance sheet of the
Sarles branch of the Red Cross howf
footings of $50, O6, with a neat bal.
ance of cash on hand to start in the
new year with.
Wales now has a total membershi,
in its branch of the Red Cross O
148. That makes a pretty goo
percentage of the population of tina
lively little burg,
On Friday of this week, the lit
inst. Munich puts on a home talen
performance, entitled "The Littl
Politician, 1.-THE proceeds going to tn
school library fund.
A Munich young lady, Miss Stell
Wetherbee was married during tn
holidays to Mr.. Arthur Krause. Til
happy event is stated as having occu,
red in the Twin Cities.
Sarles started in the new year wit
a fire in the barber shop of Da
Gillin, which although put out wi,
the chemical apparatus brought to tt
owner a loss that will only barely |
covered by insurance. 1t is state
that the confiagration started from a
oil stove which exploded. Gillin is no
stsmporarly doing business in the pc
halt
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
Third Shipment of
County Chapter
Continued From First Page.

helmets, 3 mufflers, 2 wash cloths, 13
sweaters
Concrete Branch-3 pairs socks.
Wang Branch-3 pairs knitted
socks, 3 pair wristlets, 1 sweater, 1
scarf.
Iona Branch-8 pairs socks, 2
sweaters, l knitted wash cloth.
Alsen Branch (Mennonite Ladies'
Aid)-7 pairs wool socks, 6 pairs
wristlets, FL pairs bed SOCKS.
Stilwell Branch-3 helmets, 3
pairs socks, and 1 sweater.
Easily Branch.-2 hospital shirts,
13 pairs of socks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST

The following list of uncalled for
letters have been received at the
Langdon post Office for the week end
ing, Thursday, January 10th, 1918.
GENTS LIS
Pankratz, Peter
LADIES LIST
Celhnor, Mrs. C. Delano, Mrs. W.. E.
Young, Miss Edith
Parties calling for any of the above
letters will state that they have been
advertised and be required to pay
a charge of one cent for advertising.
A.. I. Koehmstedt, Postmaster.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
She Dies at Phoenix, Arizona

The last day of the old year brought
deaths messenger to the family CIRCLE
of the Cochranes we'll known early
day residents of Wales, The death Of
Mrs. Cochrane occurred st Phoenix,
Arizona. where or account of con-
stantly failing health she had been
compelled to make her home for the
past few years. The husband and
two of the daughters We're at the bed
side when she passed away. The
family had moved from Ontario to
Park River in 1881, later living at
Crqatal, Milton. La7gdon and Wales
In addition to the husband the deceas
ed Is survived by a family of SIX
grown sons aAd daughters.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
MUCH IN LITTLE

Turn fattery wrong side out and you
have SANDER.
Stones marking the Mason and Dixon
line bear the Penn and Baltimore fam
lily coats of arms.
German inventors have brought out
an automobile which travels on three
sets of movable. runners instead of
wheels.
Current is transmitted through ball
bearings in a new swivel joint for tele-
phone and electric light wires, de-
signed to prevent them from twisting.
Two Crimean veterans, probably the
last in Ireland, have died recently. One
was John Hayes, aged ninety-two, who
was wounded at the siege of Sebas-
topol, and the other Denis Heligan,
aged ninety-four, who had 3S years.
service.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

Slowly, slowly the day is dawning
when men will break away from their
mental masters and boldly. admit that
to work for humanity is the one thing
peedful.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

With the rich man politics is for
profit, with the poor nan it is gen.
orally prejudice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

The agricultural department at
Washington has published complete
reports on the caloric value of every
known article of food. For instance,
n pound Of pure lard would supply all
the calorles that a 200-pound individ.
ual would need In "a hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
HOME-M MADE PHILOSOPHY

The greater the. man the stronger
his ~sympathies for humanity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

face better than they who are de-
formed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10

Turn 1attery wrong side out and you
have SANDER.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-10
GRAIN MARKET

,rected Every Thursday Forenoon.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-11
CAMPS NEED WELFARE WORK.
Coleman Silbert Says Not Enough Men
Are Doing It

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. IL
Present welfare work being done in the
various army camps is insufficient 10
cope with the size Of the task, stated
Coleman Silbert, prominent social
worker of Boston, IN q talk on young
men s Hebrew association work before
large meeting in Memorial hall yes
tcrdaY afternoon. Mr.. Silbert was for
merly stationed at Camp Devens by enc
Jewish welfare league He praised the
work Of the Young Men 5 Christian as
ISOLATION and expressed his appreciation
of the invitation extended to Jewish
workers at the camps
Since permission to build a hut on
the grounds has been forbidden tie
young men = Hebrew association by
the army, the association has planned
to erect one Immediately outside the
/ limits. This type of war work was for.
merly in the hands CT the nationa
Jewish welfare league and has oai1
been taken over by the association
since it has been shown that not enough
was being done for the men. PHILLIP
! Silbert, a prominent worker IN thi
! city, preceded the main speaker with
short address, in which he pledged tn,
support OF other Jewish organization
to the young men S Hebrew association
i'll its new work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-11
PEACE WITH UKRAINIANS.
Bolshevil.i viii Not Recognize Agree
ment Signed by Central Powers.

BERLIN, Feb. ll.-Peaee between
the central powers and the Ukraine was
signed at O'Clock Saturday morning
according 10 an official statement is
sued Sunday. An Austrian official state
mcut received at London also says that
peace with Ukraine was signed ut
Brest Litovsk.
The BolSheyik government probably
will recognize no peace agreement
signed by representatives of the Ukrai-
elan rada. This Is the legislative body
set Up bv the Ukrainians when tSev
declared their independence OF Russia.
and has been opposed by the Bolshev-
tEi MS bourgeois. Attempts To overthrow
TIC Ral4. pH4 establish soljiers InG
@ugkmenN councils as the governing
authority in Ukraine have resulted III
fighting during the last few weeks. con
corning the rg 'ults of which conflicting
reports have been sent out by the tx
raiuiaHa and he &oisncviki, each claim
i'm" decisive military successes
When the peace negotiations Al
/ Brcst-Litovsk were begun thc Bolsne
| Wiki consented to the admission ot
/ Tkrainian delegates, but subsequent,
J discovered that the Ukrainians wer,
! carrying on secret negotiations witt
the Germans and Austrians. The
thereupon repudiatcd the Ukrainian
and sent new delegates, representa-.
the Bolshevik regime in Ukraine, l.
Hrest- Litovs&. The Germans and Aus
trians, however, declined to recogniz
them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-11

anywhere. Getting along on two meals
instead of three may yet be necessary,
and we will do il if we must, but we
ought to get busy and provide those
three meals. If we don t we will admit
a great weakness and put ourselves mo
line for defeat because of the conSe-
qucnt LIBERALIZATION.
The responsibility for any situation
that may arise in the matter of food
supplv does not lie with the farmer,
contradictory as that may seem. The
farmer is doing all that lies in his
power and intends to DO all that he
canr \ large part of the blame must be
laid at the door of the government in
it's derlorable policy of drafting ex-
pcricnced farm help for army service.
Oar district boards should see to il
that men from the farms are exempted
ia order that they may render scrv-
ic" tenfold greater than they can pos
siblv render in the army We have
even reached the point whege farm Ia
Dor should be procured by CONSUMPTION
but there exists not the slightest ra
Of hope that such policy will be adopt
ed
The only means whereby this neeI
can even be partially met is volunteer
labor from vacations not absolutely cs-
sential for winning the war The pro
/ fcssions. with the possible exception
| Of medicine, from which heavy drafts
| have been made, must help to fill up the
gap.
The coming summer will find hun
dreds Of teachers and scholars released
for at least three months service
4 These people must get next to the sol
| on the farms. The men in the ministry
can easily devote AT least four days
in the week to farm labor These mel
are next door TO the farms and there
fore readily accessible. In the opinion
of at least one minister, the Spiritua
ife of oar communities would get
big impetus if our ministers deserte,
their books for hoes during these fou
days of the week. Most of our lawyer
and editors could be spared for hal
OF each week and their profession
, would undoubtedly be materially bcne
fitted by the experience. Aside fror
these, there are many others now oc
cupied in various activities not essantia
to the winning of the war, who shouI
= be making plans to help in productio
this year.
We have had enough of words; W
have come to the day of deeds. lie
us show our faith by our works.
FRAZER METZGER.