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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
News Shock to Mrs. Laidlaw

The story was told in last Friday Is
St. Paul Dispatch of how the news
reached Mrs. w. A. Laidlaw, of the
death of her soldier son in France.
1t reads thusly:
"Money contained in lost pocket
book meant nothing to Mrs. W. A.
Laidlaw, 416 Beacon street, St.
Paul, but the last letter from hel
son, William Mckinley Laidlaw,
meant go much she sought to find the
pocket book in which it was contained
by advertising in a newspaper al
Moose Lake, where she was visiting
Wednesday. Just as she was leaving
the newspaper office a telegram was
handed Mrs. Laidlaw, telling her the
son had died in France. Mrs. Laid
law fell in the street. She is i'll from
the shock of the news Three sons Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Laidlaw an
swered their country's call. viii.
liam, the first to 60. senlisted few
days after the war was formally de.
clared in April, 1917. He was with
the Gopher Gunners, One Hundred and
Fifty. First Artillery. On June II he
was injured by an explosion of a CUR
and died in the. hospital June %.
Charles F. Laidlaw is with the One
Hundred and Thirty. Seventh Infantry
now in France. Walter J. LaidlaN
is sergeant in the tank service il
training at Gettysburg. In a recent
letter he said he expected to leave
soon for overseas
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
handing out tested recepies to those
interested in war cookery.
Funeral of Tetanus Victim

Peter Koch succumbed during the
closing hours of Friday night to the
attack of tetanus from which he suf.
fered for over ten days before the
end came at abont ten o'clock. Mr..
Koch was thirty-six years of age.
His death due to tetanus, which had
set in as the result of an Injury on
July 5th, when he was hurt by a pair
of ice hooks while loading an ice box.
The ladder on which he was standing
slipped and the ice hooks, being sus.
pended from rope, caught him un-
der the left arm. After spending a
few days in bed, he was app arently
recovering nicely, up to- Monday a
week ago, when his condition beg an
to steadily get worse, the end draw
ing nearer each day. The deceased
moved to Grand Forks as boy in
1899, from Stearns county, Minnesota
where he was born, and made Grand
Forks his home until about six years
age, when he moved to Hannah, to
work at his trade as butcher re-.
naming here until his coming to
Langdon about year ago. He is
mourned besides wife and four child.
rem by brother. Matthew Koch, a
sister, Miss Barbara Koch. who is a
nurse and his widowed mother, Mrs.
Gertrude Koch, all residing in Grand
Forks.
The funeral was held from St. AL
phonsus church in this city on Sunday
afternoon at one o'clock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
Sixty-Two More Stars on Flag

On Tuesday when the noon south
bound passenger left Langdon it took
sixty-two more sons of Cavalier as
it's quota to the draft for military
service in behalf of their country and
at the same time added the same
number of stars to the county's mill.
tary service flag, which has been
fittingly dedicated within the past
week. The crowd of relatives and
friends that had gathered to see them
off and bid goodbyes numbered all of
two thousand people gathered during
the forenoon from all parts of the
county. The reception to the men
properly had started the previous
evening with banquet at the U. c..
T. Hotel by the Langdon commercial
club. This followed with exercises at
the Court House, when headed by the
band start was made for the depot,
the boys enroute, stopping at the
hotel for a last meal in Langdon be-
fore starting on their crusade in be-
half of freedom for civilized peo-
Pile. The send-off was one of the
best arranged of the many that Lang
don people have been privileged tt
participate in since the war started
Ihe boys are expected to reach Caml
Custer, Michigan, this forenoon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
Capt Ross Transferred Again

In three letters that have been re.
ceived in the past week by the Fred
Kennedy family it is learned the
boys of Company E that are included
in the 116th Trench Mortar Battery
are confined altogether to those of the
boys who went over to France at the
same time. Those detained in quaran-
tine, and who were sent in detail to
Newport News, Va, it would appear
upon their arrival in France, were
attached to other branches of the ser.
vice. Captain Ross made only short
stay with the boys, and bid them good
bye on Memorial Day, and did not
know at the time to what command
he was being transferred. Will Ken.
nedy is still in charge of the Battery's g
line of telephone communication and
has Rudd and Leftwitch with him.
When he wrote the boys in the Bat
terry had not been into action, but
were being gradually moved up to the
front
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
County Woman Defense League

The women of Cavalier county are
being organized for active work under
the woman's committee o. the Council
of National Defense. Mrs. j. j.
Robson OF Langdon, has been appoint
ed county chairman of Cavalier county
Mrs. Tom Smith, chairman of the
Liberty loan committee, Mrs. D. E.
Docksteader, chairman of the food
conservation committee, and Mrs. H.
E. Close, chairman of child welfare
committee. The other department
chairmen will be appointed within a
few days, as it is expected that the
county will be thoroughly organized.
An anticipation of success is felt
throughout the county, as all women
are anxious to do their bit in taking
up this work and carrying out plan 8
of the Council of National Defense.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
Red Cross Acres
Final Drive Starts
Plans Maintaining Expenses
of Branches Give Hopes
to Big Campaign

Some complaints have come from
those who have pledged an acre for
every quarter section, while their
neighbor has done nothing in that
line, or perhaps has only pledge for
half of the land that he owns. And
the same complaints have come from
townships that have made an almost
hundred per cent pledge, while the
township adjoining them has not as
yet made an even fifty per cent pledge
But it is thought no township will
want to be far behind in this work
especially since every township will
have its own money for buyings sup
plies for the Red Cross work during
the coming summer. Each township
has done we'll in buying Liberty bonds
and War Saving and Thrifts stamps.
But that was making a loan to our
government which is the safest in
vestment man could make, but in
this we are giving something away
which will go towards buying sup.
plies for the American Red Cross that
is doing one Of the greatest works to
help US win the war. So far the Ame-
rican people made good on every re-
quest, but if we fail in our voluntary
giving, our government will have to-
conscript our wealth in taxes so that,
our men may be called for and the
victory won and our boys brought
home again. We will have to con-
tinue our part of the work of supply
ing the Red Cross until this is done.
1t may take a year or it may take
five. but we are going to do it. The
township committees will be around
for full pledge from any who has
been missed or overlooked.
Some have said why don't the men
in town pledge but don't you know
more than three quarters of the men
in town are poor men and are having
hard time living and keeping their
families since these high prices start.
ed and they are pledging every cent
they can spare from their living ex-
penses. Some have land in townships
and are pledglng on it and paping to
the local Red Cross branch, trying to
keep it going and believe are doing
all they can. Some are "tight wads"
1t is to be admitted, but most of the
men are truly liberal. 1t is hoped
that every man will respond to the
committee for the number of quarters
that he is farming. And beieve
that if they ask US newt year for two
Acres of each quarters section of crop
that we will give it just as literally.
and if it takes all that we have and
the last drop of blood we have got
to win this war. Let US win it.
John Mahon.
Langdon, N. D., July "a, 1915
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
County Fair Notes
Picked at Random
Biggest and Best Fair That
County Has Ever Held
Since Organized

A feature of the two days racing
progam at this years county fair lies
in the fact that in nearly every event
on the card there were local horses
among the money winners. Doc Ian.
dry. of Walhalla had a trotter and
PAGER here among the winners,
also Banker Halvorson, of Milton, as
we'll as the mare of Mr. Chaput, and
the two horses of ]. F. Ramage
and running horses of M. Liebeler and
R. F. Stevenson. All made credit.
able showing in this part Of the en-
tertainment afforded fair visitors and
did more than divide honors evenly
with the racing stock that had been
shipped in here by outsiders. There
is some satisfaction in seeing horse
win race when you know that he is
owned in the county in which the event
is being held.
The exhibit in the horse barn, though
not as large as that of cattle and
other branches of live stock, more
than equaled the exhibit of last year,
and will warrant the move which the
management plans of more stable
room before another years lair.
There was lacking in the showing
that would be looked for of Belgian
horses, but Mr.. Ferdinand Stamm, one
of the fi1st to import the Belgian horse
into this county, says that he will
have fine exhibit of this type Of
horse here for next years fair. He
says that he was short handed and too
busy with his other farm work this
summer to be able to give attention
to an entry of his blooded horses.
One of the stalls in the Woman 8
building on the fair grounds that at
tracted large number of the throng
of visitors was the display of food
substitutes that are being introduced
into the bill of fare of our homes
since the entering of this country into
the worlds war. The different kind s
of flour, fats and vegetable oils and
their relative proportions of strength
ening properties were shown and de-.
monstrated I'M the making. Miss Doro.
thy Price, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. w. Price, who graduated this
summer in domestic arts and sciences
at the North Dakota agricultural coll
lege. had gathered together this ex-
hibit and was in charge of the stall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25
Railroad Accident Victim Dies

Anton Klemisch, whose accident of
about week ago, when he was run
into on the side track in the Ct.
Northern yard at this point, died of
the injuries he sustained on Friday
about midnight. Previous to the
funeral, held on Sunday, there had
been an inquest held by the county
coroner at the direction of States At
torney Crimson to arrive at the cause
of his death and determine what, if
any negligence had been shown by
the railroad company, or its employees
in not warning the deceased of the
approach of the gasoline propelled d
hand car, which struck him inficting
fatal injuries. Klemish. who is q ute
deaf, evidently was not aware of the
approaching danger, and there is talk
of an investigation. Deceased and his
family date back among the first resi-.
dents of this section of Cavalier
county, and since having quit farm
ing last fall Mr. Klemisch had moved
into town making his home with the
family of one of his sons. There is
left to mourn a widow and family of
| four grown sons. The funeral was
held Sunday at two o'clock in the
afternoon from st. Aphonsus church,
there being present at the grave 6
large number of the old friends anc
neighbors, among whom he was helc
in quite high esteem. He was :
Bohemian by birth coming to this
country as a young man and was il
his sixty-ffth year at the time of hi
! death
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25

For any itchiness of the skin, for
skin rashes, chaps, pimp(es. ETC., try
Doan's Ointment. go cents at all
drug stores.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-25

On the farm of Chris Albers, in
Waterloo township, located one mile
south and three miles west of Dres.
den, on Tuesday CT next week, July
3Oth, Auctioneer Tony Kietfer will
hold a sale of ten head of farm work
horse and eighteen head of cattle as
we'll as full equipment of farm ma
chinery and other personal property.
The sale is to commence at one
O'Clock in the afternoon and lunch
is to be served at noon. Mr.. Albers
has sold his farm here and is remov-
ing with his family to the Canadian
Northwest and will sell all on the
bills without any reserve whatsoever.
J. A. Terhaar. of Dresden viii attend
the sale as clerk. The usual terms
will be given.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-06

tions of from so pounds to 10000
pounds, and the manufacturer recelv-
ing them shall sign his name on the
back of them in the space set apart.
No wholesaler or retailer is to sell sug-
ar to any manufacturer except on the
certificate and then only i'll the guam
titles set forth on the certificate. The
certificate is to be cancelled by the
wholesaler after it has come into his
hands and returned to the state ad
ministrator
The statements to be submitted by
the manufacturers on the basis on
which the sugar certificates are to be
issued should include all sugar pur-
chases made by the manufacturers up
to May 10, and consequently will not
be accepted by the state food admins
tration before that date although ap-
,plication for them should be made be-
fore then.
Mr. Cushing said that manufacture
ers should give this matter their best
attention and should be accurate in
making out their statements of sugar
requirements, for lack of defniteness
or any evasion will result only in de
Law and the inability of the manufac-
turer to obtain sugar as the wholesalers
and retailers as well as the refners are
under strict orders not to make anv
sale of sugar on and after May Is ex
cept in such cases where the duly
authorized sugar certificate is sur
rendered by the buyer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-06
VICTORIA CROSSES TO FIVE.
Only Two of Recipients Have Survived
Deeds Of Valor.

LONDON, MAY 6.-Acts of almost
superhuman heroism characterized
deeds for which five Victoria crosses
have been awarded. Three of the re-
cipients are dead The following in
stances are typical:
Second Lieutenant b. G. Cassidy,
late of the Lancashire Fhsiliers: Dur
ing the hostile attack when the flank
of his division was endangered Cassi-
dv, who was commanding q company in
close support, carried out in the noblest.
manner and TO the letter orders that
he must hold the position to the last.
The enemy came on in Overwhelming
numbers, endeavoring 10 turn the
flank. He, however continually rallied
his men under a terrific bombardment
The enemy was several times cleared
out of the trench by his personal lead
ership. The company was eventually
surrounded, but Cassidy fought on. en-
couraging and exhorting the men un-
til he was killed. His most gallant
conduct held up the whole attack at
this point, and undoubtedly saved the
left flank from possible disaster.
Private H. G.. Columbine, late of
the Machine Gun Corps: Owing to cas-
ualties Columbine took command of 2
gun and kept firing from clock ii
the morning until l in the afternoon
beating back successive enemy waves
An attack by a low flying airplant
finally enabled the enemy to gain {
footing i'll trench on either side TIL,
position being untenable. Columbint
lo.n +l,n 49,
away and, although bombed from eithe
side, he kept on firing the gun and in
| flicting tremendous losses He wa
eventually killed by bomb, whicl
blew up both him and the gun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-06
SLACKERS HIDE
IN MAINE FORESTS
Hundreds and Perhaps Thousands OF
Canadians in the Woods to Avoid
Drafting officers.

BANGOR, Maine, May 6.-Rumors
persist that there are hiding in the for
ests of northern Maine hundreds, if not
thousands of Canadians. who are either
too proud or too timid to fight for
their country and take that way of
lodging the draft officer Most of the
slackcrs are from the province of Que
bee, although few are said to come
from the maritime provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Reports of skulking Canadians in
hiding up north have been coming to
Bangor for months, and IT is known
that military officers have to some eX
tent investigated the stories, but it ts
impossible to hunt out and identify a
man who sees fit to bury himself in a
wilderness that stretches 100 miles east
and west and 200 miles moth and south
without the employment of more sleuths
and the expenditure of more money and
time than would be worth while. An
ordinary French "Canuck is not a
conspicuous object in the Maine woods.
There are many thousands of them,
resident and non resident, in the woods
camps, on the log drives, in trappers
huts and scattered generally through
the big north country. They look alike
talk alike, dress alike, and many OF
them are named alike.
The fact that one of the big lumber
ing concerns has not been obliged to
come to Bangor for its log drivers this
spring indicates that new source OF
labor supply has suddenly been de
vcloped up north, and the driving boss
of the another concern remarked here
the other day that he could get al
the men he needed far up the heal
waters Of the Penobscot-somethin
never known before. Log drivers
wages, which, in proportion with othel
things, should be at least 81 to Sc {
day this spring. are quoted at So t
$3.50. Such is the influence of the un
expected labor supply from over th'
border.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-06
NON-WAR PLANTS
MAY NOT GET COAL
Preferential List to Be Supplied First
Vermont Manufacturers Get
Warning from Jones.

That Vermont manufacturers who do
not take pains to turn their plants to
the production of essentials may be
obliged to 90 without coal next winter
is intimated in the following letter which
has been sent out by II. j. M. Jones,
state fuel administrator:
ION account of present war condi-
tions it is apparent that many manu-
be obliged to re-adiust if not to re-
organize their business. Perhaps some
coal using plants not engaged in war
work production will have to be sus-
pended for a time, at least it seems
evident that they must curtail, on ac-
count of the demands for steam coal in
war working industries and on account
of lack of transportation facilities.
1.-The federal fuel administration pur-
poses to formulate a preferential list
Of manufactured products and to furnish
loo per cent coal TO such industries as
are or may be engaged in producing
the same. Any surplus coal available
after the preferential list has been sup
piled will be distributed among less es-
sential and non-war work industries
As there will, in all probability, be
shortage of coal during the coming
year we earnestly suggest to all manu-
facturers who are not at present en-
gagged in the production of war ma
.tCrial either to burn wood or secure
government, contracts, if possible, and
to re-adiust their plants accordingly
| There is no question but that numerous
1 industries will have to curtail or K
| change the character of their products
if they wish to secure coal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-06

indignation against the inhuman poll
cies of starvation, slavery and murder
which the German government not only
practiced, but officially avowed. Re
turning to America, Mr.. Walcott threw
himself heart and sole into the national
service of the food administration, and
his address will be extremely interest
ing and beneficial.
Rev. Laughlin MacLean Watt, a
Highlander" who has recently re-
turned from the front after three or
four months service and after a leave
of absence, he was transferred to the
Black Watch Rev. Mr.. Watt is in
the United States to give to the Ameri-
can people his observation of the war
and the problem the allied cause is con-
fronting. His address will be one of the
leading addresses of the occasion.
LEIGHTON p. SLACK,
Chairman.
JOSEPH G. BROWN,
Secretary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-06
War Conference on May 10
Designed to Bring Work
ers Closer Together
EVERY TOWN SHOULD
BE REPRESENTED
Is Believed Gathering Will Result in
Better Cooperation with the State
Committee in Important Defense
Work

MONTPELIER, MAY 6-The confer
cncc to be held at the city hall, Mont
pelier, on May 10, is designed to give
opportunity to actual war workers to
meet, exchange views and coordinate
their plans. There is not state that
has held a war conference without
bringing the countries closer together,
injecting renewed efforts into those
counties that were tagging, and without
squirting on to even harder efforts and
better cooperation with the state
committee those which were playing
big part in the state defense work.
This meeting will be held under the
auspices of the national speaking bu-
reau of the committee on public in
formation, assisted by the council of
national defense through the state coun-
ellis section, although the Vermont COM
mittee of public safety will be sponsor
for the expense and largely for the
| practical details of the meeting. il be.
| ing understood, however. that each or.
| ganization will furnish the public safe
| ty committee at this office with in
| formation as to how many delegates
| they expect to furnish. seating ar.
rangements, etc.
| 1t is especially desired that the Yer.
| mont committee of public safety should
be represented from every town and
city. If any committee is unable ia
find delegate because of the expense
we ask each organization to send al
least one representative from there.
All federal war agencies operating il
Vermont are requested to have THEN
representatives present at the war con
ference. The energies of all war or
CARNATIONS, state and national, should
be centered for the time being in thi.
effort.
The meeting will be held at the city
hall IN the afternoon, followed by /
meeting in the evening. The following
speakers viii address the conference:
Major Rutledgc Smith of Nashville
Tenn, who has devoted practically hi
whole time to the work of the council
of national defense, and who is an cner
getic and able speaker, and has don,
most excellent work in the organization
and cooperation OF the work in diff
ferent states.
/, Arthur +. Bestor, who is president o
the Chautauqua institution of Chautau
qua, New York, and who has charge o
the speaking division of the committe
on public information under the score
tary of war and secretary of the navy
He is in close touch with the leaders o
the governmental and private patriot
organizations and his work in conneC
tion with the various state organize
tions has been highly commended
L Frederick c. Wolcott of the food &C
I ministration. Mr.. Walcott 5 exper
cnee in Belgium and Poland while serN
ing with the commission in the attemp
to relieve the suffering in thi. countr
during the German invasion, stirred hi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-06
I'm A BAD WAY"
Many Brattleboro Reader Will Feel
Grateful for This Information.

Many a Brattleboro Reader VIII Feel
Grateful for This Information.
If your back gives out;
Becomes lame, weak or aching;
If urinary troubles set in,
Perhaps your Kidneys are Gin bad
way.
Doan' $ Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Local evidence proves their merit.
Mrs. r. W Cudworth, IA Horton
Place, Brattleboro, says: II was sub
icct TO frequent attacks of kidney
weakness. The action of my kidneys
was too frequent and | knew from
other symptoms that something had to
be done Sometimes when worked too
hard and strained my back, l had pain.
full attacks of baekache. / have had
constant pains over my kidneys and
have felt tired and out OF sorts. This
trouble has always been greatly re-
licvcd by Doan s Kidney Pills which
have procured from the Brattleboro
Drug Co. They have always strength.
cned my kidneys. -
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don t sim
ply ask for n kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Cudworth had Foster Milburn
Co, Mfgrs., Buffalo, a. Y.-Adv.