Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-25
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Z Local! Happenings &
Today's wheat-$2. 03.

Today's wheat-$2.O 3.
Help u boys in France by buying
a war savings stamp.
Don't miss the "Merry Musicale"
at the Auditorium, tomorrow, Friday
evening. Curtain at eight fifteen
sharp. Its for our soldiers boys.
The horse exhibit at the county
fair is to have a special class for war
horses The entries will be judged
for awards by a government horse
buyer.
Hope township showed its 100 per
cent grade of patriotism in the war
bond drive of a week ago by subscrib.
ing for more than double its allotment
of the Third Liberty Loan.
Our new serial story, "Rainbo VS.
End" starts this week. 1t is by
Rex Beach, is intensely interesting.
Don't miss the opening chapter this
week on our story page
On Saturday of this week, the
9th. inst. a U. S, competitive civil
service examination will be held at
Munich of applicants fer the va
carcy of postmaster at Clyde.
The Official report of the proceed
ings of TIE board of county commits
s%ioners at their April meeting, to,
rofhor with tho ropor& If +bo ~oo%;no
of the assessors appear on another
page of this issue.
Alsen village along with Banner
and Sto:l:e townships each oversub.
scribed its Liberty Bond allotment
indicating that the people cherish the
privilege of living in the land of the
free and the home of the brave.
Nearly eli the neighborirg towns
have been represented in Langdor
during the week with delegations of
Red Cross workers to receive 8
course of instructions as supervisors
in the work of making surgical dress.
ings.
Mt. Carmel is among the township.
in this county to make a patriotic az
most fattering showing in the Liberty
loan campaign drive of last week.
Its allotment was placed at abou'
81, 900, but the amount of buns sole
o%vertopped Sc. 500, with the jol
completed in record breaking time.
County Agent j. w.: Haw is dis
tributing gopher poison to the vari
Gus townships this week. The cam
paign this spring against gopher
should result in their determination
as one hundred bushels of poisone
oats are being sem out. Two quart
of POISONED grain to each quarter Sc:
ton of farm land under cultivation
Five weeks brings the wind.up O
the school year of 1918 of til
Langdon City schools. An earlier dat
than customary in former years bein
made possible by several extra hour
study each week under the ne,
schedule for the various classes sine
the start of the year. 1t is expecte
that commencement program and grad
uating exercises of the senior and ju
nior high schools will ne available fo
next weeks paper
Peter Reid, senior warden at tn
state ~penitentiary at Bismarck al
rived in the city yesterday for a 8
of a few days with his old Langdo
and Cavalier .ccuaty friends. Tn
Reds heard from their two sons VIII
are in France just before he left Bis
marck, both at that time were vel
but fal been up to the front On NOR
than one occasion. Mrs. Reid is ex
pecting to make a visit with her Lang
don and Hannah friends later in til
summer.
Both the Langdon Commercial Gu
ana the young ladies composing tn
membership Of the Lapgdon Soldier
Aid have in hand quite a comolet
arrangement of plans laid out so thu
the going away next Tuesday to Cam
Dodge of this county's first quota
the second military draft, will be fl
ting I'D appropriate. And we be
lieve that every citizen and tn
friends of the hoys can be depende
upon to do their share to make it
memorable and patriotic affair.