Courier Democrat., 1918-02-21
Teachers examination to day and

Homaid'' flour, manufactured by
the new Midget. mill of Langdon,
sold by Fred Alpstag.
Ole j. Romfo was visitor here on
Tuesday, coming up on the train from
Osnabrock.
DR.. A. H. Backus was Wales
visitor to the county seat yesterday
for short time between trains.
Mrs. Anton Clodt went north on
Tuesdays train for visit with rela.
tives of the family near Dresden.
Dan c. Hart was among the Mimic
township farmers here to take in the
Eddie Evans auction sale held yester.
day.
E. E. Leek, who about a month
ago was called east by the illness of
his father was among the arrivals on
Tuesday.
Carl Buchweitz, one of the Demo-
Gratis old subscribers up at Dresden
favored this office with call while
in town Tuesday for short time.
A. Sparkling took yesterdays pas.
senger to Grand Forks and helped
to swell the number from Langdon
attending this weeks big auto show.
Mrs. Louis Fischer came down from
Wales Tuesday and is making a visit
|of part of the week at the home of
her friend. Mrs. A. I. Kaehmstedt for
ia few days.
Attorney Moellring who has spent
over week here while looking after
farming interests he owns in this
county, returned yesterday to his
home at Ray. N. D.
Fred Baldwin took yesterdays train
for Winona, Mimi, where he intends
making visit with his sister and
number of old friends until the opening
up of springs work.
The spring auction sale season was
inaugurated in the immediate vicinity
of Langdon yesterday by the big sale
held at the Evans farm by Eddie
Evans, who is planning to remove
early this spring tow Western Canada.
Mrs. E. Godfrey and her daughter,
Mrs. Zeise were passengers to Grand
Forks Tuesday, accompanying the
formers son, Joe Godfrey, that far
on his return to Camp Dodge after a
short visit with the family here.
Auctioneer Tony Kieffer came down
from Wales on Tuesday to preside at
the big auction sale of yesterday at
the Evans farm east of town. Des.
pite the inclemency of the weather
the attendance was quite good.
Two more carloads of hard coal
during the past week, which Langdon
was fortunate enough to secure, may
be rightly credited up to the timely
Intervention with the authorities higher
up by the local fuel admi nistrator, City
Attorney Thomas Devaney.
On Thursday of last week, Saint
Valentines Day, license to wed was
issued by Judge Bleakley out of the
county court to Mr.. Gordon G. Camp.
bell and Miss Julia Heron, both of
the contracting parties being residents
of the Immediate vicinity of Fairdale.
A. A. Krohn, the youngest son of
Abraham Krohn, of Waterloo town.
ship, left on yesterdays train fo1
Fargo. to offer himself for enlistment
He is one of the registered young men
of this county who instead of waiting
for the draft has come out and offered
his services toUncle Sam.
1t is noted that Miss Jennie Ma
honey prominent in nursing circles in
Grand Forks and who has quite a
large number of friends in Langdon
is leaving early in March tor service
with the Red Cross in France. Miss
M ahoney is at the head of the associs.
tion of graduated professional nurses
in this state.
Langdon's high school bask ct ball!
team was to have made a trip in
which out of town games were to
have been played at Michigan, Lakota
and Devils Lake during the last three
days of this week. The trip had to
be abandoned when it was learned
that both Michigan and Lakota high
schoos have abandoned their basket
ball teams for the season.
Co. Supt. Fred w. Reher went
north Friday to Wales, from there
making the trip to Minto's consoli-
dated school, where plans were gone
over for the new school to be built
this summer to take the place of
their loss by fire during the early
part of the winter. 1t is expected
that the new building will cost in
the neighborhood of $11,OOO