Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-03
Additional Local News

Dresden and immediate vicinity re-
port hail on Tuesday afternoon with
q damage to ripening crops varying
from one.third to as light as ten
per cent. Reports fail to show the
extent of the area affected by the
path of the storm. 3
Home grown potatoes, the first of
this years spud crop to be harvested
in Langdon, put in an initial appear
snce on the dinner table of Manager
r. O. Miller of the Cavalier County
Lumber Company last Sunday. If
there is any earlier record around
here we want to hear nf it
Mcdonald Sheehan, the older of
the two sons of Banker and Mrs.
John Sheehan who are attending St.
Johns at Collegevil!e, Mimi, came
home at the close of his second year
with gold medal honors and leading
his class when the results of the f.
nal examinations for the year became
known.
Jabob, Ole and Hans Lien, a stall
wart trio of young patriots who have
lately returned to their homes in
Waterloo township from taking an
active part in the fighting on French
soil during the war, we're passengers
Tuesday to points in Minnesota.
where they will spend some time in
visiting among friends.
George Sturm arrived yesterday
from St. James, Mimi, where he left
Mrs, Sturm when they came from
California LEGS than a week ago,
His stay here will extend over the
harvest and thre shing season looking
after the crop and farm land in
terests in this county of the firm of
Sturm and Price.
Four weeks more and the county
fair with its throng of visitors will
be here. Four weeks is none too
much time in which to complete ar
rangements for their proper enter.
tainment and comfort during the
three days they are in Langdon at
tending our county fair, which gives
promise of being bigger and better
than one and all IF its ten predeces'
!sors put together,
Grant johnson was here Tuesday
and yesterday from Weyburn, Sask.
looking up old friends he left behine
when lie sold out and moved across
the line into Canada about ten years
ago. Grant is certain that bushes!
on this side of the line is more thar
keeping pace with our Canadia1
cousins. He says the signs Of build
ing activity in Langdon this summer
certainly look good to him.
Jules Chaput's large and modern
farm home, 3Ox32 in ground plar
and a two story structure, is looming
up rapidly on his farm south Of tow1
There is not a single detail over
looked by the contractors, Messrs
Jhanke and Moore that could hav.
added to it's comfort and convenienc.
1t will make an ideal farm home ant
Mr.. Chaput is sparing neither tim.
or expense in its construction
Roy Chisholm, son of the late j
M. Chisholm of Pembina, and
nephew of our townsman, Chas
Chisholm, who was among those Sc
r%iously wounded in the closing day
of the war in France has been criti
cally i'll in a hospital at Camp Levi
since brought owe to this countr
about six months ago. His mother i
with him and he has lately improv
ed SO as to be able to walk. Accord
ing to recent letters Camp Lewis j
being closed and young Chisholm i
being transferred to California
until his condition warrants his dis
charge papers being issued by tn
wal department..
Milton Reed is sgined up wit
the emi-professional ball team a
Leeds again this season. a~lternatin
between second base and short sto
in the inield line of the team. Til
box score as it appears in the dali
papers shows "Reedy" is flu,
nishing a good sized quota of tn
winning runs. incidentally Leeds
pretty well up at the top of the pc
centage column, which also reflects I
the playing manager of the team
Milton Reed, who got his start in tt
big national pastime on the vacal
lots back of the elevators across til
CT. Northern tracks in South Langde
.as q b%arefooted youngater now almo
twenty years ago.