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Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
Langdon's Freight Shipments

Agent W. A. Bolton Of the Great
Northern at this point in his August
report of freight shipments to the
head office of the company in St Paul
was able to show an unusual activity
in both out going and incoming
freight shipment, particularly so for
this early in the fall seasons busi-
ness. Langdon has handled during
August one Of the dullest of the slack
business months of the whole wear.
total Of sixty-fve carloads of freight
without including the way freight, +"
or individual shipments of less than
a carload. Forty-four of these cars
were shipped in here loaded with
merchandise, farm machinery and
fuel, it showing that the largest item
IS that of coal, of which Langdon
dealers received eleven cars or some
thing like five hundred tons. The out
going carload shipment, representing
what Landon has to place on the
worlds market, in all twenty-one cars
naturally was made up of grain and
live stock, there being some fifteen
carloads of the new 1920 grain crop
of Cavalier county shipped out of
Langdon before Sept. 1st, some-
thing that has seldom if ever be-
fore been heard of by the trade so
early in the season. The two facts
that stand out with particular promi-
nence are the showing made that
Langdon coal consumers are being
considerably more thoughtful in stor
ing away their winters fuel and that
his fall the crop is coming onto the
market at least two waeks earlier
than it usually does.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
Was Drowned
On Fishing Trip
Son of Con Jordan Is Victim
Slips In Eagle Creek Falls
Widow and Family

The news came On Saturdays
mail from Everett, WASH, telling
Mr.. and Mrs. Con Jordan of this city
that their son had met death in
drowning accident while on a fishing
trip, The item below telling the
story of the sad happening is taken
from one of the papers at Everett:
"Slipping on the treacherous bank
of Eagle creek, a short distance above
Eagle Falls, Cornelius Jordan, motor.
man in the employ of the local trac-
tlon company, was drowned at four
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. 1t is
not known whether Jordan's body
went over Eagle Falls, but up to
late hour it had not heen recovered
and the coroner and the sheriff have
gone to the scene of the accident to
conduct a search for the body.
Cornelius Jordan, widely known in
Everett, with c. L. Chandler, also
with the traction company, are said
to have left Everett in Jordan's auto
on fishing expedition. Nothing was
heard until four in the afternoon,
when Chandler notified the dispatcher
OF the accident. He stated that Jor.
dan slipped from the bank while fish
ing, Chandler remaining there to as
sist in the search for the body.
Eagle creek, where the accident oc-
Cured. is a short distance above
Eagle Falls. Jordan was married and
has two children and it is said tha.
Mrs. Jordan is patient in a hospi-
tai for invalids, having been there
five years. A brother, Tom Jordan, is
a member of the Everett fire depart
ment, being stationed at headquarters
Deceased had been with the traction
company steadily for three years. -
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
Increases Its Schedule of Rates

The board of railroad commission
ers has asked that we give publicity
as news item TO the fact that on
Monday, Sept. 9th the Lapgdou
Telephone Company will make an an.
plication for an increase in it's sche-
dule Of rates at a meeting of the
board to be held in Devils Lake at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon of that
day in the Ct. Northern Hotel. The
proposed change in the schedule Of
rates is as follows:
Business phone, one party, increase
from So. so to So 90 per month
Residence phone, one party, increase
from $500 to So. 25 per month.
Rural or farm line phone, increase
from 81. so to So. 90 per month,
Parties interested are asked to at
tend and present their viewa. The
argument presented in asking for the
increase is that the present rates are
luadeqnate to meet operating costs,
and to provide for depreciation and
reasonable return upon the invest.
ment by the stockholders Of the Lang
don Telephone Company.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
Electric Re-Opens Monday Eve

Manager N. f. Charter of the
Electric tbestre made definite an
nouncement yesterday that the re.
opening of that popular and up to
date movie house under his manage
ment would occur on Monday evening
the 18th, when the feature film will
be Men, Women and Money one
of the --latest Paramount art pictures.
The evenings program will also
include areel of current events of
the day and a comedy feature The
Electric in the two weeks it has been
closed has undergone thorough line
OF interior improvements and altera-
tlon and may during the approach
ing fall and winter season may be ex-
pected to prove more popular than
ever with the movie picture fans un-
der the new management
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09

Rev. Frederick Hibbard, for ten
years pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Langdon. will be in Lang
don over Sunday and has consented
to. speak at the morning service.
DR.. Hibbard's host of friends, who
knew him in past days here, will he
delighted to have the opportunity of
hearing the popular former pastor
again DR.. Hibbard is now located
IN the thriving town of Crookston,
Minnesota.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
RAINFALL OF GROWING SEA-
SON FOR TWELVE YEARS

Weather Observer R. T. Burke has
furnished figures which ena BILE US tn
give the readers of the Farmers Press
an accurate record of the rainfall dur
ing the growing season of the past
twelve years. from 1909 to 1920 in
elusive, the period of each year in
the growing season being five months,
opening with April 1st and closing
with August 31st. In spite of 1910
being termed in crop parlance extra
dry it will be noted that the 1920
rainfall fell far short of that of the
record breaking dry year of ten years
ago. The figures showing the total
rainfall of each year as furnished by
Mr. Burke, the observer of the local
U. S. weather bureau follow:
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
REMAINS OF WIDOW OF Mr.,
O.. B. ALDRICH BURIED HERE

Alonday's train brought to Lang
don for interment in grave by ths
side OF her deceased husband, the late
OBJ. Aldrich, who died six years ago,
the earthly remains of his widow,
who died Saturday of last week in {
hospital at Rochester. Mimi, where
she succumbed to a case of blood
poisoning after a ceaseless fight
against hopeless odds for ten days.
Prior to this her case had been skill.
fully treated for three weeks in the
the Mercy hospital at Devils Lake,
having been taken there from Eye
land which had been the home OF
the deceased and four of the little
ones since her marriage Of only few
months ago to Mr.. N. D. Jack, an
hotelman for many years in business
at Egeland and one OF the prominent
men of the town.
The sad event narrated above
which terminated the short though
slngularly happy welded life in a
now desolate home at Egeland, ,
brought to the funeral held here en-
Monday several of the prominent re-
s1dents of the town, including Cash
Ter Ellsworth OF the Egeland bank,
an intimate acquaintance of Father
Cory, who officiated at the funeral.
Deceased, a resident of Langdon at
the time that the death of the late
o. &. Aldrich left her widow six
years ago, was in her thirty. fourth
year when death came and had lived
in Neknma and Langdon during the
eight years of her married life with
Mr.. Aldrich. There were five child
rem as the result of this union all ex-
ceptlng the youngest little boy now
SIX years old with friends at West.
hope, have remained with their 20.
ther and attended her funeral. They
are: Myrtle, aged fourteen; Frank,
aged eleven; Harold. aged nine ;AIice
May, aged seven. They were brought
here from Egeland to attend the fu-
neral by auto, accompanying the be-
reaved husband and friends.
On Monday the remains were TAX
en- from the train to the home of Mrs
Levi Hooey to await the funeral held
Tuesday forenoon from St. Alphonsus
church, the pail bearers being Messrs
John j. Power, L. Lorenz, J.. K.
Hamilton, F. j. Stable, Jno Schwan,
c. Tourand, H. E. Dorval and
E. j. Fox.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
Cavalier County
Census Figures
Population of County Shows
About Same Rating With
Balance of State

In the past week the Bureau of
the Census at Washington, D. c.,
has released for publication complete
returns for Cavalier county of the
fourteenth U. s. Census, showing
the population of Cavalier county at
the time of the taking of the census
IN January of this year. The figures
given show the comparative popula-
t1on of each township, incorporated
town and the City of LaDgdon in the
census taken in 1910 and 1900, as
we'll as the census returns of 1920,
covering period of twenty years:
department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
Washington, D. G.
CAVALIER COUNTY,
Fourteenth Ceusus-Preliminary aryAnnouncement
OF fopulation-Subject to Correction.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
An Ex- Co. Com'r Visits Us

Henry Porter, who some twenty
odd years ago was one of the board
of county commissioners, represent
ing the Fifth District was here Mon
day enroute to Minneapolis on bu ST.
ness trip and to visit the state fair
for few days. In late years farm
ing has only been what you woald
call sideline with MIR. Porter. who
now days is at the head of one of
the large farm machinery and hard
ware concerns at Walhalla. His acre
age in crop this year is in excess of
l,5OO acres and he estimates that
the eastern part of the county will
thresh out about half crop this fall
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
LangdOn Schools
Open Sept I4th
Corps of Teachers Named
In Graded and Higher
Branches of School

The opening Of the Langdon public
schools for TIE fall an1 winter term
of the school year of l92O-2l
will occur on Tu esday of next week,
September 18th, in both the graded
and the high school departments. En-.
ro;lment for the high school students
will take place the preceding day,
Monday September 18th, and it is de-
sired that allshigh school students en-
roll on this date and secure their
their needed text books. 1t is asked
by Superintendent Bonar that stu
dents will please note that there will
be no charge Of books. as has been
the custom in the past. Books NAV
be taken from the Office only after
settlement has been made.
The staff of teachers engaged for
the grade departments and their as
signment of work are.
Primary-Miss Ruth Guam
Second Grade-Miss H. Monroe.
Third Grade E. Wade
Fourth Grade-Miss G. Shanks,
Fifth Grade-Miss A. Robertson
Sixth Grade-Mrs. A, Haig.
Seventh Grade-Miss Anna Power.
The corps of teachers in the high
schook and the subjects assigned to
to :hem as instructors are:
English-Miss Agnes Mclean.
Science-Mr. Marcus Smith.
Latin and English Miss K. Byron
Domestic Science-Miss McMahon
Manual Trainjng-H. C. Rude.
Mathametics-Mr. Paulson.
Principal-Mr. A. Paulson
Super rintendent-W F. Bonar.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
Walhalla's String of Fast Ones

The Turf Club at Walhalla has a
string of horses that are entered in
the events of number of fall meet
ings being held in Wisconsin. The
string of horses from the Halla ia
in charge of trainer Jim Alder and in
the month since they started keeping
company with the fast ones have been
going good. Last week Red Arrow
was credited with first money in two
trotting events.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
He Visited Among the Clans

Jim Mcintosh, who up to some fif-
teen years ago was quite prominent
ly identified with Harvey Center do
lngs, social, political and otherwise,
was in Langdon over Sunday enroute
east to old friends in Ontario. He
Is making the trip by the Great
Lakes and has two months leave
of absence from his post as customs
inspector at Portal. where he has
been located for the greater part of
the time since he left this county.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09
"Dockage Buster" Visits Here

Yesterdays schedule through Cava
lier county Of Hon j. F. 7. O'Con.
for, the second choice Of the |. V
A., for governor, included short po.
lltlcal talks at Milton. Osnabrock,
Langdon, Wales and Hannah. His
tour Of the county is being made un.
der the direction of Secretary j. w.
Mahon OF the local unit of the !. VA.
AS a corporation lawyer, with le-
glslatlve record, to which we have
already had occasion to refer,
"Jefty" had to manipulate the steer
ing gear OF his campaign oratory
very carefully in order to avoid
breaking through where the ice was
too thin for the famed "dockage bus
ter of legislative notoriety.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09

Auditor John w. Scott and family
visited the home OF his mother and a
brother in the vicicity of Fargo in an
auto trip extending over a part of
past week
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09

Tuesday afternoon function among
Langdon club women was the social
session at the home of Mrs. M. L.
Sullivan, an event that has annual.
ly marked the opening of the years
program since the first organization
of the Langdon Woman's Club which
now dates back about a quarter of a
century ago.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-09-09

The way in which the rains are
distributed and the way in which the
winters snow fall is conserved when
it goes off in the spring, together
the way in which the land is prepar-
ed for receiving the crop have great
deal to do with how small an amount
of rainfall can be got along with and
still harvest crop, or half crop
for that matter in the fall.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13

Washington will meet at 1870
o'clock this morning at the home OF
Mrs. David F. Houston, wife of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
The committee has arranged sew
eral entertainments for the beneft
of the vocational class of convalesc-
ing soldiers at Providence Hospital,
under the auspices OF the American
Women's Legion. 1t will have a tea
and sale at Providence Hospital
October 20. from $50 to 6 o'clock,
when the patients will offer the ar
ticles made by them under the Vo-
cational training system. The COM
mittee will receive the guests in
the corridor hall of the hospital.
Arrangements will be completed to-
morrow for the concert November 3
with Jean Gordon, soprano. and
Crimi, tenor, as the artists and for
the ball on November II. Armistice
night. for the benefit of the fund to
carry on the Americsnization work
Of all the units of the legion. Mrs.
James W. Wadsworth, jr.. presi-
dent. will head the receiving line.
The tea and sale on October 20 will
be under the immediate auspices of
the Mccoy unit. Mrs. Mccoy, wife
of Judge Walter l. Mccoy. being
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13
BY wINuFRED VAN DUzER.


New York, Oct Eff il is true
that woman's plessantcst place is in
the home, only those women who
live by the wage paid unskilled la
Dor are showing any particular in
terest in agreeable surroundings.
Canvass of industrial and employ
ment bureaus has disclosed these
astounding conditions:
That despite a falling OF OF ap-
rroXimately IS per cent in salaries
paid stenographers, bOokkeepers and
other trained workers. the demand
for positions exceeds the supply by
numbers which show daily increase
Leave Wartime Jobs.
That although factory workers,
operators and those who began 20
take mems places during the war
receive about the same wage as
year ago, so many are leaving
benches and machines, and so few
substitutes are presenting them
selves that many factories are
threatened with necessity of shut
ting down.
That department stores. employ
ing semi-trained women, are driven
to extremities to fill the places OF
large numbers who are leaving to
marry.
A cigarette concern stated that
the lack of help was more acute
than at any time in the history Of
the plant. A manufacturer OF sta
tionery felt that the under supply
OF women workers in his concern
was worse now than during the war.
Domestics Needed.
Domestic help is more scarce than
it has been in the history OF this
city, according to State Industrial
Commission records. Mrs. Elizabeth
Coleman. head Of the free employ
ment department of the commission,
stated there has been a slight ad-
vance in wages offered domestic
servants. She said:
From $50 to $50 per month. with
the latter figure predomiuating.
with their room, board and all
sorts of concessions and privileges
are what households are Offering
now. Only a small fraction OF the
places can be filled. Conditions are
almost the same in our factory
workers department.
But in the department handling
stenogrsphers and other trained
workers things are just turned
around. Less than a year ago the
average salary offered this class Of
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13
Marriage Licenses

Robert l.. H. Webb. - OF 1892 Tenth
street northwest. aud Jessie RaEsdSlo. -,
Of 1873 Q street northwest. The Rev. NJ. W.
Clair.
gett, IS. both Of AnacOstia, d. {. The
Rev. 7. L. COpes.
Arthur Harris. ~. Of 81 Twenty seventh
street northwest. and Margaret Parker, II.
of 1916 DE Sales Court northwest. The
Rev E DOuSe
Y, and Ni-gini1 :. Calvert. 30. Of Florence
Courts west. The Rev. H 5. Smith.
Names Dresuer, 80. and Adele Nerrett. 80,
both Of New Orleans. Ia. Judge K. Y. Mat
tingly
Morris Instine. %. and Anna G. Mervis
%. both of 1000 Filth street northwest.
The Rev. q. Silver>t0ne.
Benjamin Bird. ~. Of 926 Twenty third
street northwest. and Julia Hulet. ~. Of
242ilg SHOWS Court northwest. The Rev.
d. I. Cole.
David =. Hume. 30, Of 636 street south
west. and Grace f. Crawford. SO. Of 1855
Oak street northwest. The Rev. {. NJ.
Hesser
Walter c. Butler IS and Ma title n. Bost-
wick, "a. both Of Richmond, Va. The Rev.
Joseph Mason. 81. and Grao. NJ. Chand,
Ter. 10. both Of Eichmond, Va. The Rev.
John A. Norris. %. Of 1905 Wisconsin
avenue northwest. and Bessie II. Roudab bush,
70, of 512 street southeast. The Rev.
T. g. Smyth
Madison J HattOn. 40. Of l343 CorcOra n
street northwest and Mary !. johnson. Is,
of Oxen Hill, Md. The Rev. T. W. Lane.
William johnson. 70. and Mary Z. Curtis,
%. both Of Summerduck, Nd. The Rev.
T.. II. SVEN.
DR. Ronald F. Alvord. %. Of 1870 Harvs I'd
street northwest and Inez B. Burrows. %.
Of 1850 street northwest. The Rev. K.
l.. Buckley.
Eddy W Persons. 20, and Fannie Oar
row. ~. both Of 2S2I Fourteenth street
northwest The Rev. ]. r. Briggs.
Eertram =. Johnson, ~, and Florence s.
Smith. -. both Of Washington. The Rev.
J. V. ANton.
Isaac E. Martin. 81. Of 1863 Pennsyl mia
avenue northwest. and Clara l.. Given, "a,
of Government Hotel. Judge r. E. Mat
tingly.
James s. league. %. Of New York. y. Y
and Ruth c. Walter, n, Of 40 street
northwest. The Rev. l. Fealy.
William F. Taylor. -. Of 2O2l Thirteenth
street northwest. and Antoinette c. Bacon.
"a, OF 164l Sixth street northwest. The
Rev. W. A. Taylor.
Jack y. Patton. 90 Of San Francisco.
Cal, and Elizabeth A. COtter, -, Of New
York. y. Y. The Rev g. l.. Allen.
Leo F. Post. "a. Of Berkeley, Cal, aud
Marie L. Finley, %. OF Wymore, Neb. The
Rev. ]. W. Austin.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13
HOLD
QUARTERLY CONFAB

The first union quarterly confer
cnce Of the Methodist Episcopal
churches was opened las, night al
the Dumbarton NJ. J.. church. The
churches represented were The
Union NJ Z. the Concord NJ. T. the
Dumbarton NJ r. and tho Tcnnally-
town NJ. Z. The Rev. John r. Ed
wards is presiding
New methods in church work IN
the Sunday schools. the Epworth
League and kindred organizations
will be discussed AT the conference.
The business Of each quarterly con-
ference will also he brought UP for
discussion.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13

Der goth at the Washington Club
in honor of Mrs. George Maynard
Minor. the new president of the ma
tional society.
At a recent meeting of the en-
tertainment committee at the home
OF Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins it was
explained that 1t has been the Gus
tom Of the District of Columbia
chapter of honor the incoming presi-
dent with a reception when the first
board meeting is held. SO as not to
interfere with the larger affairs in
February and out of consideration
for the president general to elm
mate an extra trip to Washington.
Reports were given by Mrs. b. F.
Littell. chairman for the decoration:
Mrs. Clayton E. Emig. for refresh
ments, and Mrs. Gertrude Lyons,
for music.
Mrs. Hodgkins explained there
were only 900 Invitations to be
sent out to diplomatic. official and
residential society. One to each
regent and the regent would ex-
tend an invitation to every member
in her chapter. All the details OF
arrangements are to be completed
by the various subcommittee.
The Child Welfare Society of
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13
Predicts Inndsiide.

In the belief that many Repub
licans will vote the Democratic tick
ct or keep from the polls because
the Thompson faction won most OF
the State nominations. Mrs. Fair
bank feels the Democrats will cap
ture the governorship OF Illinois and
that Cox and Roosevelt will slide
along with it. But then Mrs. Fair
bank is optimistic over the whole
campaign.
Il am convinced we are going
TO carry every one OF the border
States-that is. Tennessee, Ken
lucky. Missouri and Indiana" she
says.
Why are you Democrat" l
asked Mrs. Fairbank.
We'll" she replied, i've only
been a Democrat about eight months
or so. l used to be a Progressive
i am now-and that is why ! am
Democrat" she smilinEly declar-
ed I'm fact, ] was Western woman
manager for the Progressive party
in 1912 and 1916. ] left the Re
publican party for the same reason
Roosevelt did"
Mrs. Fairbank is under the i'm
preston from her trip to New
Hampshire. Boston and New Yor-
that the Irish vote is swinging to
the Democratic party.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13

A boon 10 women troubled with super
huuus hair IL the new phelaCtine proCess.
II is totally unlike the depilatOry, electrical
and other methods heretofore employed for
the removal OF hairy ErOwths. u IL the
only thing that enables one 10 remove tho
hair COMPUTATIONS and uIl-iu ones own
home without the assistance Of an expert.
The result cannot he doubted for the user
sees tho hRir-roots with her own eyes.
A stick Of nhslSctine. with easy directions,
can be had at any drugstore. IL is entirely
harmless Ia child could safely eat itl, odor-
less and non-irritRtinr. IL IL an instIutsne-
Gus method and % thorough that the ska
is left perfectly smooth and hairless. hesr-
ing not the least evidence OF ia former ~
ngurenept-Aov.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-13

Social Calendar.
To-day.

Te0ay.
Miss Ann Craven, a tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. b. Moves,
dinner for the British 'Ambassa-
dor and Lady Geddes and Sir
Roderick and Lady Jones.
Tomorrow.
The British Ambassador and
Lacy Geddes, dinner for the
delegates to the International
Communications Congress.
Friday, October is.
Miss Adelaide futile, a lunch
con in honor of Miss Minna Blair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery
Blair, a dinner at the Cafe St.
Marks for Miss Nina Blair and
her nance, Richard Hollyday. jr.
Southern Society, a reception
for the District Commissioners.
Saturday, October 1e.
Wedding of Miss Minna Blair
and Richard Hollyday, jr.
Wedding of Miss Marian Eliza
beth Kutz and Capt. Lewis Tenny
Ross.
Wedding Of Miss Ursula Harri-
son and Charles Baird. jr.