Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-04
Today,s wheat-$2. o..

Today's wheat-$2.O w.
Help our boys in France by buying
a war savings stamp.
Editor P. C. Gliden, of the Prog''
ress was a business visitor In the city
on Wednesday from Wales between
trains.
Schools in Hay and Osnabrock
townships are reported as putting OF
a hiphlv successful war savings stamp
campaign.
Miss Maggie Kelland during the
mast week started in on u summer
term at the consolidated school in Ne
koma az teacher of the primary grades
Several of the Langdon boy scouts
had a hike on Good Friday in which
their tour covered a number of points
of interest through the western part
of the county.
Herbert Schulke was a passenger
south yesterday going from here to
the Twin Cities for q short stay be.
fore guing to-the family home at New
U)m to spand the greater part Of the
ummer.
Miss Irene Murphy, who has spent
most Of the past winter in California
was an arrival Tuesday. While in
Iangdon she is making a few days
stay at the horne of Attorney and
Mrs. e. E. Fletcher.
The board of county commissioners
has been in session since Tuesday and
in spite of work at home on the farm
confronting them, find an accumu)a,
ton of business that will lengthen
their Langdon stay into the coming
week.
There would appear to have been
welcome Easter letters from nearly
all of the Osnsbrock boys who are
with Company E Somewhere in
Frcane,' during the past week. The
Thielbar Krein and Bowles families
all having got words Of cheer from
their sons who are at the front fight
ng in France.
According to the Osnabrock indie
pendent, a letter has been received
from Corporal Art Krein, who is with
Co. E. in France stating that he anc
Dewey Delling had been detailed in
stalling an electric lighting plant fol-
army headquarters, not far from the
battle front. The letter was under
date of February 25th and said tina
all of our boys over there were in the
best of spirits.
The Langdon denial offices of DR..
Tom Smith, in the Donovan block anc
DR.. E j. Hughes, in the Schulke.
Bradley block, make announcemen
this week that their Offices will CLOSE
on Saturdays during the summel
months at noon. The new change
becomes effective with Saturday o
this week and continues until the fall
busy season opens.
Jas. Lindsay states that Saturday.
mail brought a card to the famil,
from Washington, DC, bringing tn
official information that their san
Tam. who last fall enlisted with tbt
United States Marines had safely ar.
rived in France. 1t was knawn b,
the family about a month 40 that tn
company of marines to which Tom be
longed had left their training cam
at Paris Island, South Carolina. TO
the trip overseas to France.
Charles Lothspeich while ia IT,,
city on Monday from his farm aortI
of I.angdon stated that within the pas
week he fa1 received letters from
both Of his sons, Charles and Ben
who are with the bcys of North Da
kota who are fighting in Frame Be-
the younger of the two, who wen
earlier than Charles, leaving Graf
ton with four more Langdon boys
who enlisted in Company C. of Graf
ton. tells his father that when r.
wrote. in February he had twice lee
at the front, in the trenches. So ia
the boys have not seen each othe
since leaving this country. They writ
that they are we'll and in fine spirit
and that home letters are the bigges
treat that all of the Sammies ove'
seas look for. IT