Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-05-16
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Today's wheat-$2. O3.

Today's wheat-$2.O 3.
Nomination petitions for candi
dates at the June primaries are ION
ga e at this office.
Friday of next week, May 24th, is
Inspection Day. Clean Up! Paint Up
and Repair! Help to make Langdon
more beautiful.
County Auditor Eide took Tuesdays
train to Grand Forks, where a state
meeting of the county auditors is be-
ing held this week. '*"I Vo -
The county board reached an ad-
journment On Tu esday of the special
meeting, which has heen in session
during the past week.
Henderson township has a special
school election ON Saturday of this
weeksto vote on a new school house to
be located on Section IL.
The city council held a special
meeting on Monday evening at which
business transacted was principally
confined to municipal improvements.
The address at the commencement
exercises of the graduation class of
the Hannah high school il to be given
by Rev. Edwin A. Foley of the
Langdon M. E. church.
The thirteen drafted men who left
here Saturday to take up military
training, are reported as having safe.
ly arrived at their destination, Camp
Logan, Colorado, at three o'clock on
Monday afternoon.
Alvin Pilot, who formerly held a
position here as prescription clerk in
the Spellman drug store left Friday
after a stay of a few days dur
ing which he locke d up his status in
the selective military draft, being
located here at the time of the regis
tration of last June.
A Washington D. c., dispatch of
last Friday states that forty per cent
of the registered men in Glass One
will be called in the draft this year.
The total thus available being e..
OLE, 1875. In North Dakota there are
Is, 1878 men in Class One and of these
6.3O7, are included in the second
draft quota.
City Assessor Kopriva states that
there are still a number of men in
Largdon who have not yet registered
as voters. He says that all names
of qualified voters of Langdon city's
three seprecincts must be registered
before June frat. in order for the
party to be able to participate in the
June primaries.
At Munich people have been pest
ing up on public affairs of the day il
good shape this week. Monday even
+. ing a patriotic address was made b.
Hon. Fred Sears, a speaker touring
the state in behalf of the government
Last night thare was a non-patrisal
league meeting addressed by N. S
Randall and local candidates.
High winds, accompanied by cloud
of dust that pretty we'll eclipsed tn
light Of day and an early mornin'
temperature considerably below tn
frost line is what the weather ma,
has dished up several days of the pas
week. 1t has hardly been of tn
brand known as "just what the doc
tor ordered'' either for advancing
the growth Of the crops or individual
comfort.
Major G. w. Anderson, who ha
seer service at the Somme, and othe
points on the western front with thu
Canadian fighting forces of the Al
lies, was here Saturday to take u
work in this county under the dlree.
ton of the Cavalier county chapte
in it's drive for the Red Cross. Maj
Anderson spent two days in thi
county and it is stated addresse
rousing meetings at branches of t!
Red Cross at Wales. Osnabrock. Cal
win and Sarles.