Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-11-07
Today's wheat-$2. O3.

Today's wheat-$2.O 3.
Our doctors are still kept on the
jump night and. day.
Get ready for the United War
Workers Drive, November lit h.18th,
Get the epidemic of Spanish flu out
of the way and the season will be
here for church suppers.
1t is now announced that the Uni
versity of North Dakota will reopen
on November 18th. 1t was to have
started up again on Tuesday of this
week.
Since the first of the month it is
generally admitted by dealers that
the northern part of the state, Lang.
don included is facing a serious hard
coal shortage.
North Dakota's next loyalty cam.
paign is from the 18th to the 18th
of this month, when funds are to be
raised throughout the nation for the
United War Workers.
A late bulletin from the expert.
mept station of the Fargo agricultural
college at Fargo says that the best
time to kill quack grass is just be.
fore freezing up time.
From reports made by the doctors
and what news comes from the south
end of the county the towns yer on
the 500 are practically immune
against the prevalent epidemic of
Spanish influenza.
According to a ruling of the food
administration, effective the first of
November the sugar ration for each
individual ia raised from two to three
pounds each month. with the privi-
lege of a family buying a months
supply at one time.
Farm loan bonds in the future will
bear only d per cent interest instead
of 5 per cent. carried by the last
block of more than $50, 600 offered
last May. Since these bonds, to be
issued soon, will be absorbed entirely
by the treasury, however, the reduc-
tion will have but little effect or
the financial market.
Official notifcati on was received
during the week that all teacher
institutes in the state have had rhei,
dates cancelled, because of the pre-.
velance of the Spanish flu epidemic.
The meetings of school officers anc
the annual gatherings of the state
educators to have been held the com
ing week have been indefinitely post
poned for the same reason.
Miss Helen Sullivan was home
from Bismarck a day or two the fore
part of the week to participate in the
election in behalf of Hon. N. c.. Nc
Donald. the present incumbent of the
office of superintendent of public in
struction. The effective work done
by Miss Sullivan is shown when con
sideration is given the opposition
which has developed against MIR. Nc
Donald in his home county.
q On Monday Governor Frazier W.
here for a short time during the for
noon, meeting and comforting will
his supporters and others prominen
in the councils of the non partisan
league in this county. Health regula
tions over the state have made
speech making campaign an impossi
bllity this fall, but just the sam'
the visit of the governor to Langdon
eve though for the short space o
a few hours enabled his being able
to meet while here many whom h
had know in fomer years. long before
the beacon light of politics had luret
him from the farm, or that vision
of the gubernatorial chair at Bis
marck had taken the shape of a dream
of political ambition. Here in Lang
den there are several of the alumni
of the state. university who wer
class mates of the governor when h
was a student at that educationa
institution.