Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-07-18
Today's wheat-$2. O3.
Buy a war savings stamp.

Today's wheat-$2.O 3.
Buy a war savings stamp.
The Daniels picnic of Yeomen, a big
annual event held last week, handed
over its receipts to the Calvin bran CHI
of the Red Croes.
Orangemen of western Cavalier
county participated in a Twelfth of
July celebration at Rock Lake,
Manitoba, last Friday.
All flour mills of the dominion of
Canada have been ordered closed
down until grain is available from
the new crop, about Sept. LIST.
Munich expects to have a municip.
al electric light plant in operation
this fall. Favorable action on this
public improvement was taken by the
town at it's last meeting.
The town of Starkweather pulled off
it's second Red Cross auction sale on
the Fourth.of July. Eight a%uctioneers
w#et.e.taking their turn at the sjcb
through the. day and the net receipts
are stated as being overr$lO,o0O. :
Walhalla's chautauqua assembly,
Just closed. was the most successful
the town haszever held. Tho receipts
of the ten days wereS$l0. 634 SO and
total expenses only about 81, 600,
leaving a cash balance of over So, 600
Calvin's gasoline sales averaged
3, 900 gallons weekly since the sum-
mer reason auto travel started:
With the threatened control of oil
consumption by the government its
most time for the Calvin car drivers
to begin to practice economy.
Ed. Godfrey has again heard from
his son, Joe, who after spending a
week at a rest camp in England was
sent across the channel to France.
Indications are that the Signal Corps
he is with is being rapidly advanced
up to the firing line on the western
fighting front.
The state law, Compiled Laws 1913,
Sec, 1887, p.ovides that the owner
of adjoining premises who shall cut
weeds along the road side, not earlier
than July 18th, nor later than August
9TH, shall be credited on his road tax
the same as for other road work.
This is a chance to have a clean roac
side, and at the same time to Re
paid for it.
Fridays rain, end the measure
ment of the local weather observers
showed a little over. an inch, brought
salvation to much of the drouti
stricken crops of the south ant
southwestern parts of the county,
The rain was quite general and far
mers mother sections are smiling
and on Easy street with prospect
of the best grain and fodder croK
in years.
st yesterdays organization o:
county central committees the demo
Gratis reelected John Mahon as chair
man. The league named H, j. Bowles,
of Osnabrock, as chairman of the re
publican county committee, but it i!
understood that the old guard of tina
party will maintain a separate organ
ization with B. f, Groom at it:
head as boss. Indications point to
lively fall campaign, with the legis
lative ticket located in the storm
center of the political war zone.
Tuesdays papers brought the new!
of the counter drive having beer
started by the Allies on the western
front with soldiers of Uncle San
leading the drive along the liz.
and making the capture of severa
hundred prisoners. No doubt there
will follow news of casualties, tina
bring home the fact that we ar
in the war and that to win ia sure tt
mean a sacrifice of life, but it is be
ing made that the world may be mad
safe for humanity and oppression
crushed to the earth for all time.