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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-09-11
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Chiropractor and Optometrist
Licensed to Practice in North
Dakota, Montana, Washington,
Oregon and California.
LANGDON, N. OAK.

Langdon and vicinity were repre-.
sented at the second annual meeting
of stock holders of the Pan Motor
Company, held at Saint Cloud, Mimi,
last week were Louis F. Bimler, his
brother, B. R. Bimler ano E. W.
Meyers, ali of whom are actively en-.
gagged in pushing the sales of Pan
Motor cars in Cavalier and the ad.
joining counties. They were making
the trip in a new Pan car, Model A.,
which has the distinctive feature of a
sleeping berth. Enroute during the
trip they had as luxurious and COM
Portable quarters. as though occupy
ing the lower berth in~a sleeping car
or the finest room of a first class
hotel-and as they put it-minus the
charges and u~neasiness of being NOV.
ed out of their room during the night
by some %unfeeling landlord.
R. F. Murphy, the promoter of the
Northern Live Stock Co., which has
a ranch of 5, 900 acres of we'll water.
ed pasture and graz ing land lying in
the sheltering timber of the Pembina
river, reports that he has some fiji.
teen statesmen of stock in the field
this week canvassing this county and
the ,western half of Pembina county,
The company has been capitalized
in the sum of $3.50, 900 and several
large blocks of stock, aggregating
upwards of $75, 900 has already been
subscribed by business men. bankers
and others of fnacial means in towns
over the county. The ranch at the
present time is stocked with a fine
herd of Aberdeen-Angus cattle with
several fine pedigreed sires at their.
What the ranch of the Northern Live
Stock Co., means to the eastern part
of the county is shown by the ad-
vance in the values of adjoining and
nearby farm lands.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09

to treat land as capital from which a money Income is to be gained rather than as a source of subsistence for the human race. Ownership by ab- sentee landlords and cultivation by tenant farmers Is on the increase.
 A land policy Is needed which will encourage the tenant worker to hope to become an owner worker. The divorce of land ownership from land workership should be annulled. The nation will be the gainer when the men who work the land are the men who own the land.
 As Pope Leo XIII put 1t. Men al ways work harder and more readily when they work on that which be- longs to them; nay, they learn to love that very ssil which yields, in re- sponse to the labor of their hands not only food to eat, but an abund- ance of good things for themselves and those that are dear to them. That such a spirit of willing labor would add to the produce of the earth and to the wealth of the community is self-evident"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09
CLEAN THE BLOOD

Taken from The wild and baks that into the composition the oldest and best known blood mostly gathered by the Indians reservations brought shipped Perces Laboratory Buffalo, N Y Over fifty years ago put up alternative tonic without the alcohol that became known all over the world
 The spring the time of the should put house in order. after hard after colds caarrh It's take Dr. Perces Golden Medical Discovery purely vegetable alcohol narcotics It will search impure poisonous and drive from the system. Buy it mo0 in tablets or liquid ~.~~ = =
 sn eczema pnples rash, blotches will dry disappear bo carbn and other evidences of tainted blood will pass away, to appear again.
 Dr. discovered years that Nature has provided children laboratory Queens Stone Black Cherry combined and without Golden Medical DsoVery, constitute the certain oni aerave and tssueebudng remedy the public.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09
TODAY's ANNIVERSARY.

The first pony express service was established fifty-nine years ago today, its purpose being to transport the mails across the plains and noun tains between St. Joseph, Mo, and San Francisco. Two pony couriers started on the same day, one from the Missouri city and one from San Francisco. The 1900 miles were covered in about seven and a half days. Twelve miles an hour con- stituted the schedule, without rest
 there being frequent relays. The service was severe and dangerous, the riders suffering much from cold, hun ger and fatigue, and being constantly exposed to attacks by the Indians The weight carried was not to exceed ten pounds, and the charge was S5 for each quarter ounce. The riders were paid s1, 200 a month. The pony express was continued for two years, when the telegraph took it's place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09
PROHIBITION
 LOSES IN HOUSE
Unfavorable Report Also on Bill to Pension Bridgeport
 Library Employees.

Hartford. April 8-After apparently adopting the resolution from the 1917 session, which proposed a constitu- tional amendment for statewide pro- hibition, enough members switched their votes to reject it, so that the resolution failed of passage in the House today by two votes. The vote was: Whole lumber, 219; neces- sary to carry, 146; yes. IA; no, 75 Lost by two, as a two-thirds' vote is necessary to carry a proposed con stituticnal amendment.
 The woman suffrage committee sent to the Senate a majority favorable re- port to grant women of the state the right to vote for presidential and vice presidential electors.
 Unfavorable reports were made on bills to allow the directors of the Bridgeport public library to grant pensions to employees of that institu- ton at the expense of the city,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09
Coroner Declares T0kach and Reilly
 Deaths Accidental

The death of Louis Tokach, who fell from a motor truck in this city on April l. was accidental, Coroner Phelan declares in his finding given yesterday.
 It was found that the boy was riding on the truck and fell under the rear wheels as he jumped off The fatality happened at Fairfield avenue and Orland street. The truck was owned by the Modern Grocery Go. of Norwalk and the driver testified that he slackened speed to allow the boy to alight.
 In the case of John Reilly, who died from injuries received while working at the Housatonic Shipbuild- ing Co. plant in Stratford, the cor Oner also finds death was accidental. The ruling stated that Reilly was working on a scaffold when a clamp
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09

The people who are going to over throw the government may have suc- ceeded so far in tipping over the pitchforks some Of these nights when they aleep ia the halH.e-A---~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09
GIVEN DIVORCE
 FROM MAN WHO
 CUT HER THROAT

On the ground that her husband was sentenced to states prison for slashing her throat with a razor, Mary KOvacs of this city was granted a di- vOrce from John KOvacs by Judge Curtis of the Superior court today Kovacs was sentenced to serve from four to five years in the Criminal Su- perior court last December. His wife testified that he attacked her with the razor while she was sewing. Her throat was so badly injured that she can talk only in a whisper.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09

Now that the government has called for 50,0OO volunteers to go across, some of these fellows who were so bitterly disappointed that they could not go, have found that urgent duty
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-09

slipped and pushed him to the ground, 22 feet below. Reilly sus-
 1 tained a fracture of the skull and 1 died on April 1, the day of the ac- ] cident.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
RECORDS OF THE FIRST
 MISSION SCHOOL BURNED
School Founded in Cornwall Was Attended by Many
 Indians

Valuable antiques and the original records of the foreign mission school of Cornwall, the first mission school established in the United States, were lost in a fire which completely destroyed the residence of Frederick Loomis, situated one-half mile west of Winchester Center, with its con- tents at o'clock Thursday morning says the Winsted Citizen. An over heated chimney is believed to have started the blaze, which caused a loss estimated at $5,000. Insurance was carried, but not sufficient to cover the loss. MT. Loomis, who is S5 years old and MT. and Mrs. Alon- 20 Keep, who cared for the octogen- arian, escaped lightly clad.
 MT. Loomis' father, Nelson Loomis was steward of the foreign mission school of Cornwall, which was esrab- lished in 1861 by Rev. Herman Dag gett, D. D., and Rev. Amos Bassett, D. D., with an enrolment of F pu- pills. In 1922 the school had "A pupils, representing the leading Indian tribes in the United States and the Pacific islands. The school was closed in 1926 as the result of two of the Indian students marrying two prominent Cornwall girls. Nel- son Loomis before his death gave the school records and other mementoes of the school to his son, Frederick.
 MT. Keep was awakened by the strong odor of smoke and, investigat- ing, found the ceiling and one end of the sitting room in flames. A box of papers owned by MT. Loomis and a few kitchen utensils were the only things saved.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
BAILEY AND HART IN
 THE PITTSFIELD JAIL
Notorious Characters Again in Tolls for Stealing
 Chickens

Henry Hart and Robert Bailey, two notorious characters residing near New Marlboro, Mass, were ar rested last Thursday night on the charge of stealing chickens. The ar rest was made by Deputy Sheriff Wheeler and Superintendent of Police Slocum of Winsted assisted by officers from Norfolk and Massa- chusetts.
 Hart drove to Norfolk with twen- tJ-five chickens which he attempted to dispose of to P. c. Holleran,, about ten o'clock at night. The Norfolk authorities knowing Hart's reputa- tion, became suspicious after dis covering that he had chickens to sell and later investigation showed that he took them from a farmer named Ellis, who lives about three miles from New Marlboro. Twenty-one of the chickens were dressed and it is said that several more were left behind.
 Implicated with Hart was Bob" Bailey, a notorious character, who it will be remembered nearly put Constable Rhoades out of business with q club few months ago. Bai- ley was found at the home of Floyd Canield. When the officers gained admittance to the Canfeld house, Bailey met them with club, but the officers drew their guns and Bailey went with them quietly. Both men were delivered to the Massachusetts authorities at Clayton from which place they were taken to the. Great Harrington police station.
 The prisoners were charged with the larceny of fowls belonging to Charles Ellis and were given a hear ing last Friday morning. Their cases were continued until February 23 and bail was fixed at $500. As neither of the men could obtain bcndsmen they were taken to the Eittsiield jaih~to await trial.
 It is said that Bailey's and Hart's desire for cider, which they tried to secure from a farmer by the name of Taylor, at twelve o'clock at night, connected them with the theft of the chickens.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
NEW BRIDGE OVER
 THE BLACKBERRY RIVER
Will Be Three-Span Concrete, 97 Feet Long, 23
 Feet Wide

Bids will be received until Friday, February 18th, by the State High way Commission at Hartford, for q three-span reinforced concrete 'T'' beam bridge to be built across the Blackberry River on the Canaan Lakeville road. It is said the bridge will be about 87 feet long and 23 feet wide and will cost in the neighborhood of $15,00O to $20,00O.
 The bridge which now spans the Blackberry has been in very poor condition for some time and until repaired last fall, was deemed un- safe for heavy traffic. Besides being unsafe and in poor repair, it is not wide enough to allow two automo- piles to cross at the same time and that no accidents have resulted has been the cause of more or less com ment. With the new state road near ing completion, which still leaves a considerable grade on the west side of the bridge, the old structure be- comes still greater menace to auto ists.
 It is reported tbat the state pays one-half of the cost of the bridge and the town the other half. Work will be started about April 1st pro- vided nothing unforeseen happens.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
CT. HARRINGTON MAN IN TOLLS
Arrested in Torrington for Cohabit-
 ing With Woman

Another West Torrington romance came to an untAmely ending when the police visited the Barber farm and arrested Harry Dearing, 27, of Great Burlington, Mass, on a charge of deserting his wife and cohabiting with another woman. Bertha Ben nett, 21, was detained as material witness.
 Dearing was employed as a labor CT on the Barber farm. He repre- sented the Bennett woman as his wife and was paying for her board at the farm. They had been there since January 18th. Nobody sus- pected that anything was wrong un- til few days ago when the police received an anonymous communica- tion in which it was stated that Dear ing and the young woman were not man and wife.
 Chief William Nevin investigated and it was learned that Dearing had a wife in Winsted. The truth of this allegation was admitted by the farmland who claimed, however, that his wife was mentally deficient and that he could have the marriage annulled any time he wished. The Bennett woman, it is alleged, was aware that Dearing was married but was infatuated with the man.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
SALISBURY MAN GUILTY
 OF BRLBING VOTERS
Merrill C. Fenn Is Fined S25 and Costs on Six
 Counts

AS the outcome of attempts made lat the last election to buy votes, Merrill G. Fenn of Lakeville pleaded guilty to the charge in the Superior Court at Winsted Tuesday and was fined $25 and costs on each of six counts. There has been consider able talk about the matter in this vii cinity and many believed that others would be implicated with Fenn.
 The complaint charged Fenn with trying to procure the votes on Nov. , of Paul and Richard Cleveland, Frank Silvernale, Arthur Holmes, Henry Tallerday and Louis Bryant by offering each $3 or bottle of whiskey or both. Fenn said he was guilty of offering $3 for the votes but not the whiskeys that ''there was nothing doing about the whiskey."
 Fenn says he was working for the election of the democratic candidates for governor who was Hon. Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford. The re- publican candidate was Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb, who was reelected.
 State Attorney Walter Holcomb who, by the way, is brother of the governor, said it was the desire of the people of Salisbury to suppress the practice of vote buying that had grown up in that town. He said that Fenn was but a tool of some one else but he was unable to pro- cure evidence against the other party or he would do so. He said Fenn was not a man who had money or whiskey to pass around, that he had wife and three children to sup port. The attorney thought that the prosecution of Fenn would be such a rebuke tosthose who had practiced vote buying that it would break it up. Attorney Edward M. Yeomans of Hartford who, it was said, is a law partner of MT. Spellacy, agreed that Fenn's case was not an isaloted one. He thought Fenn had learned his lessono and would not offend the law in that direction again.
 Judge Burpee said that Fenn had pleaded guilty of attempting to bribe the votes of six different indi- viduals. It was not for his own ad- vantage. He was not candidate and was not to be benefited by the election of the ticket he worked for Judge Burpee said that there was too common knowledge that such prac- tice was going on. It was not only against the laws of the state but also of good morals. He considered Fenn was nothing but tool. He said the maximum penalty was a fine of $1,000, or two years imprisonment or both. He then pronounced the sentence of a fine of $25 and costs OH each count. It was expected that some friend would advance the for Fenn.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
SUCCESSFUL BANQUET
 TO FATHERS AND SONS
Excellent Supper, Speaking and Music Feature the
 Occasion

About one hundred and twenty six men and boys gathered in the dining room of the Canfeld last Wednesday evening to attend one of the most successful "get-togethers' for old and young boys ever held in this community. Not only was the dining room filled to its capacity, but it was found necessary to place long table in the hall to accommo- date them all at the same time. AS the odor from the kitchen per vaded the atmosphere and the hands of the clock passed the 6:3O mark, both men and boys shifted uneasily. When supper was finally served, about seven o'clock, all par took of their portions with zest which would have made a French chef smile. As will be seen from the following menu, a most delicious repast was served:
 Soup Crackers
 Fricasseed Chicken
 Biscuits
 Scalloped Potatoes
 Dreamed Onions Jelly Pickles Rolls
 Ice Cream
 Coffee
 Continued on page
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
INCOME TAX MAN
At Winsted for Benefit of All Who
 Wish to Consult Him

Get ready for ~> the Income Tax man. He will arrive in Winsted on Feb. 24 and will be located at the postoffice where he can be consulted without charge.
 "Bring your figures, your prob lems, your doubts, and your ques- tions", is his invitation contained in the announcement of his coming visit. Collector of Internal Revenue James J. Walsh, is sending one of his Deputies solely to help people in this vicinity to determine their indi- vidual liability and to comply with the laws requirements as to 1918 incomes.
 His office hours will be from 8:3O A. M. to 500 P. M. each day, and he will remain in town until the close of business on March 15. "This free advisory service" writes Collec- tor Walsh, "is planned for those who are required for the first time to consider their liability and to make sworn returns. "Many thousand who were not affected by the prior Fed eral laws taxing incomes mustt this year file returns. Here are the re- quirements:
 "Every unmarried person who had a net income of $1,000 or over during 1918; and every married per son who, together with wife Cor hus- band) and minor children, had net income of $2,OOO in 1918."
 "The advice and services of the Deputy Collector are entirely free, and he is authorized to administer the oath required on returns, free of charge. Persons who are taxable should make payment when filing their returns by attaching check or moneY-order.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
INFORMATION WANTED
Regarding Next of Kin of Ella Ste.
 vens, Formerly of This Place

The following letter is self-ex. planatory and it is hoped may be read by, some one who can give the information desired:
 February 21, 1919. Conn. Western News, Canaan, Conn. Gentlemen:
 1 am trying to find the next of kin of Ella Stevens. She was mar ried in 1872 to William F. Simmons at Eastford, Conn.,, and then stated she was a resident of Canaan. If you will publish this letter it may come to the notice of some one whi is related or who can give some information concerning the family.
 Yours truly
 John M. Real,
 Il South 10th St.,
 Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
County Leaders Meet at Hartford to
 Discuss Plans

County club leaders from the farm bureaus of counties in Connec- ticut met at the Capitol to consider plans of development of the work for the coming year. The project this year will be called boys and girls club work, instead of having the title of junior food army, a name which was given last year. The need of leadership and the training of leaders were considered. The county club leaders are planning to develop a program by which the needs of individual towns will be first considered, then the counties, and finally the state. A. J. Brun- dage of Willimantic, state club lead CT, presided.
 At the request of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, the Con- necticut Agricultural College some time ago took over the work of the junior food army, and the county farm bureaus are cooperating with the college.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
Daylight Saving

The daylight saving law goes into effect on the last Sunday in March (March 30). The law provides "That at 2 o'clock ante meridian of the last Sunday in March of each year the standard time of each zone shall be advanced one hour, and at 2 o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in October in each year the standard time of each zone shall, by the retarding of one hour, be re- turned to the mean astronomical time of the degree of longitude gov erning each zone respectively"
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
Mountain County Pomona Meeting

The regular meeting of Mountain
 bounty Pomona No. 4, will be with
 ;awassa Grange in Collinsville, on
 Wednesday, March 5th.
 The morning session will be de-
 oted to reports from officers and the |onferring of the Fifth degree. Dinner will be served by members f Cawassa Grange.
 Afternoon session in charge of Worthy Lecturer, Ida E. W. Davis, l nd good program is promised. Make an effort to Jet as many as
 ossible from, your Grange to attend Ind extend your acquaintance. Let us begin this Grange year and |aake it a banner one in both deeds l nd membership. Who will you get b join from your Grange? N. s. Stevens, Publicity Committee.
Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
CURT ADVISES SUIT BE
 BROUGHT BY RECEIVER
ounsel Alleges Use of Part nership Funds for Pri-
 vate Purpose

In the case of Eugene A. Benja- lin of Stockbridge, Mass, vs. Ralph
 Farnum of Canaan for the disso-
 tion of partnership in the drug
 hsiness which they formerly con- |hcted in Canaan on motion of the aintiff's attorney, J. c. Roraback, 3r judgment, Judge Lucien F. Bur Re at the short calendar session of {e superior court in Winsted Friday Rvised counsel that the receiver, lillian J. Reel of Canaan, should ! ake motion. for authority to ring suit against Farnum to collect hy claim that the partnership firm lad against him and that if the re- liver failed to do his duty in this d. kction, he should be removed. Attorney s. A. Herman said the kceiver was ready to bring such a lit and it is expected the motion br permission to do so will be filed kth the court at once and hearing h the motion held within few hys. Attorney Roraback said that [r. Farnam had used partnership bnds for the payment of his own ersonal bills and he thought there hould be an accounting which the kceiver had failed to obtain and bllect. It is understood the amount bns up to about $6,000. Attorney J. Nickerson for the defendant bought the question of the account (g should be left until the last thing efore distribution when the receiver hving the assets of the partnership hand, the court could then decide hat amount should be apportioned each partner.
 Judge Burpee suggested that the opposition did not go far enough, lat the receiver should first collect le claims due the partnership. It las reported that there were num- er of small accounts that would cost
 ore to collect than could be real ed if collected and the receiver as authorized to report them un- ollectable and charge them off, itizen.
 When interviewed by represen- tive of the News, MT. Farnurn ,ated that such charges were ridi- llous and that he would fight them , the highest court in the land.