Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-22
Today's wheat-$2. O3.
pm a NOR a-nu;nna atom.

Buy a war savings stamp.
"Shcck or Knit is the war time
slogan at Osn abrock these days.
Sarles still has one or two isolated
cases of small pox under quarantine.
Upwards Of an inch of rain is esti-
mated to have fallen wei the south.
end of the county in the Sunday night
storm of the early part of the month.
In the electrical storm of a week
ago Sunday night, Fred Roy, of o.
brock lost a ten ton stack of hay.
Three years ago he lost a hay stack
at the same location under similar
conditions.
During a two weeks vacation the
grain buyer of the Northwestern ele.
vator at Milton has gone out among
the farmers to help in shocking the
crop. That stunt ought to bring a
pretty good return.
Wednesday of next week, August
28th, is the date on which the quota
of thirty-two drafted men from Cava.
lier county will entrain from Langdon
for their training cantonment at
Camp Lewis, Wash.
Red Cross branches of the Cava.
lier county chapter have started on
their fall drive for a renewal of
MEMBERSHIPS. 1t being a year ago
since the organization generally was
effected yer the county.
John w. Haw is one of the busiest
men.in the city handling the farm la
Dor problem covering the entire
county. He was down the line yester.
day to the Forks to investigate the
labor movement from the large centers
to the towns along the branch lines.
Readers of the Osnabrock 1ndepen.
dent found in the columns of last
weeks issue of that paper an excel
lent half tone cut of George Leslie
Rourke, of Easily, who was killed in
action in France on July End. The
picture is from a photo taken just be.
fore leaving home. about a year ago.
In these h. c. of l. days when ter
dollars 6nly has the purchasing power
that six dollas had five years ago it
is a satisfaction to know that a re.
duced freight rate on Ignite coal viii
make a local difference Of from forty
to sixty cents per ton at points herr
over the northeastern part of thu
=. state.
i T b Fourth : ,;1tilL Liberty Loan camp
will begin. Saturday, September %
and eloSsr October Is. M Asnerica'
s. doubts:it success no good America,
viii sfsil4toscontribute to. it, success.
'The blood: Of our men fallen in Enrop'
calls, TO- us: q answer must bs. an
will be worthy 1T. them and. oa
COUNTRY; 9 =azz.''
1t 10 reperted to the county T. ~
thorities thst . >seconda<attempt ha
been made bSyy IRE bugs to burn to tn
ground the farm home Of Andrew
Stoke. ia ths1ssvicinity Of Milton.
1t il less. than three weeks sine
the first attempt was made. viii
parties in the neighbori . ID ar
under suspicion '.>'r4ets j,
Agent Bolton at the Ct. North err
'depot~says that the daily shipments
Of cream from this point for tn
month Of August will over reach. tn
two hundred gallon mark, The cream
checks, which zfarmerssin the .vicinit,
..of: Langdon are receiving this seasol
mean something in TIE way of cas-
for store bills.
The clean up If the weather of tn
past week, which dates only iron
today would seem as if we ha,
got from under the 'moistening in
f1uence of harvest MOON. Harvest
ing in consequence is making anothe
start and Langdon's shocking squa
can be expected to respond to q draf
to the fields of ripening grain any day