Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-08-15
Additional Local News

Additional Local News
You that wish to buy a piano or
ewing machine can ave money by
eeing A. o. Void & Co.
J auditor Eide. who also fills the
dual role Of secretary of the county
draft board states that next week he
will make announcement Of the list of
precinct registrars, VIII, will ibe in
charge of the registration to be held
for men who will be enrolled for the
military draft in September. AL
though as yet not officially announced
it is definitely expected that this will
be during the first week in Septem-
Der and that the men to be drafted
will be from eighteen to forty five
years of age.
Neil Reid, another boy, who is
claimed by both Langdon and this
county as one of its men at the front,
is again Fin service after six weeks
in hospital with wounds received by
the bursting of a %shrapnel. His last
letter to his n other at Bismarck dated
July 9th, told of. his being in action oa
the Fourth of July, when to use. his
own expression, the other fellows got
more American fireworks than they
ever expected to'see. He is still quite
deaf on one side of the head from the
wounds he, received during: the, early
spring drive. -.
The rainfall during,,the heavy cleo
tricai and windstornisof early Monday
morning. which in fact. broke iover
this section at about midnight Sun
day. is reported as being 84.1o0ths
of an inch. Some of the heavier crop
is reported as considerably lodged,
but the hail, which accompanied the
rain for a short time is not thought
to have done damage to- any extent.
Two hay stacks we're set afire by
lightning on the Stremich farm south
of town, while Martin Moore, on the
Dickson tarm, in the Elkwood settle
ment, is said to have had a large hav
stack burned to the ground from the
same cause.
The remains of H. G. Ritchey, who
died at an early hour on Friday morn
ing of last week, following a pro-
tracted illness of Bright's disease,
were shipped on the afternoon train
of the following day, Saturday, to the
former home of the family at Belle
Center, Ohio. There was a short SER
vice at the home, six miles southwea at
of Laugdon and many of the friends
and neighbors of the bereaved family
were present at the depot when Mrs
Ritchey, left on the sad journey to
! the old home in the east. She returns
! later to close up the farming aac
) other interests of her late husband
: in this county.
Banker Archie Sillers, of Calvin
and Mes srs j. D. Milne, j. H. BAR
and Geo. w. Price OF this city madE
up an auto party leaving here yester
day afternoon to attend a +di 'tric
meeting of the state organizers of tn:
Fourth Liberty loan bond issue tina
will be subscribed to in the periot
covering the closing week of Septe,n
Der and the first two weeks in Octo
n Der. AS the loan to be subscribe
at this time is stated as being abou
Sc, 900, 900, 900 it is likely that Ca
Waller county's quota this time viii
be somewhat larger than that of othe
issues, consideration also being givel
to the fact that other parts of TIL
state have a lighter crop than aroun'
here. The apportionment will be mad
at this meeting.
In recent letters which John Rob
). %ertson..has sent to his mother and mem
i; bers Of the family here from the from
- in France, it is learned that he ha
come safely through something like
whole months fighting. When he re
turns he will ba able to tell som
- thrilling stories of life among tn
!. wounded and dying in the front lin
of trenches-thir 6 that don't get b
= the censor. That he has faced som
20 of the dangers is judged from VIVA
he says of more than a month at tn
front without a change of clothing O
a chance to take a bath. A brighte
,r vein is shown however, when he tell
;. of later, on July l4th. being anon
the troops that took part in the pa
y rads celebrating Frances Day Q
Independence held in Paris.