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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. Juneau, Alaska, September 29, 1921 Y- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tha Harry Musgrif of Hoonah, Alaska has submitted final three year proo m support of his homestead entry serial 04161, made in the United States Land Office, at Juneau Alaska, on January 20, 1920, fol lands embraced in H. E. Survey 132 new series No. 1854, situated F mile south of the mouth of Game Creek, Port Frederick, Chichagof Island, in Lat. 580 04 N. Long. 135' 28' w. and more particularly de scribed as follows:
 Commencing at Cor. No. l,
 M. c. on the line of ordinary
 high water of Game Creek,
 whence U. S. l.. M No. 131,
 F. S., bears N. 4' O3' E. 3718
 chs, and w. c. cor bears s. 390
 15' E. OPP chs, Thence S. 39'
 15' E. 6.20 chs. to Cor. No. 2,
 thence S. 45" 15' w. 11.02 chs.
 to Cor. No. 3, thence S. 72' 32'
 E. 12.36 chs. to Cor. No. 4,
 thence s. 24o 41' w. 22.95 chs.
 to Cor. No. 5, thence N 40'
 49' w. 3.48 chs. to Cor. No. 6
 M. c. on the line of ordinary
 high water of Game Creek, thence meandering Game Greek
 as follows: CD N, IF 00' E.
 3.90 chs. CD N. 53' 0O' w.
 $40 chs (3) S. SSo 45' w. 4.10 chs. (4) N. 30 OO' w. 4.8O chs.
 t5) N. ssa 15' E. 2.sO chs. (6)
 N. 48' 45' E. 4.5O chs. CD N.
 17' 15' E. 3.9O chs. (S) N. 43'
 43' w. 3.S0 chs. (9) N. 49' 0V w. 4.40 chs. (10D N. 35' 45' w. 500 chs. CID N. 5O' 45' E. 500 chs. CPD s. 84' 15' E.
 $50 chs. 13) N. 47' 57' E. 4.26 chs. to Cor. No. the place of beginning, containing an area of 32.6S acres. Magnetic variation 29' 4S' F..
 FRANK A. BOYLE, Register. First publication. Oct. 12. 1921. Last publication. Dec. 12. 1921.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

The termination of the various sensational murder trials that simultaneously in progress throughout he country show that Juneau juries not the only which convict when the evidence it. A half-dozen convictions in week a pretty gcod record However, Juneau beat the others in he speed with which her murder trial handled
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Here's a Good Man With a Bad Name

(Owen County (Ky.) Democrat)
 There was quite large congrega- ton at all the services at the Bap- tist Church Sunday. The pastor, Rev c. D. Booer, delivered some pow erful gospel messages.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
That Held Him

Ut says here toads in India are SO used to snatching at objects that they have been known to snap up and eat red-hot charcoal. Can yCu beat it?" exclaimed MT. Boozem.
 Yes I can," snapped Mrs. Boozem You are so used to drinking that you will gulp down anything from vanilla extract to wood alcohol
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Diary of Miss Opportunity

Wednesday, November 10.-Saw A. Chump yesterday. Thinks I am a piker He's looking for something for nothing. Provides palaces, autos, and diamonds for the con men while friends feed his family. Optimist of first water, but Associated Charities will bury him. Something for noth- ing! Bah! There ain't no sich animal
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

nous old citizen. "The moderate drinker?"'
 Virtue may be it's own reward, but evidently the reward is not big enough to attract some of our high liyers.
 It is not the moonshine that causes
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Made Him Wobhly

What has become of Gert's steady" asked the First Shop Girl.
 ''They were going for a moonlight walk, but when he arrived he was so unsteady she tumbled to him and told him to go back to the moon shine" replied the Second Shop Girl.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Fool Questions

w. J. asks: Why do they call a saxophone a musical instrument? ?" Nobody knows, w. J., any more than they know why crow thinks it can sing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
The Limit

I've stood for Volstead prohibition, But one thing l will never stand; When l am called unto my fathers, I'll go without monkey gland!
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

Zion City is to tax roosters. On sliding or trom-
 bone scale. doubt the earlier in the morning a rooster that he has brought is about bring the sun above the horizon the higher he is taxed--( New York Herald.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Just a Memory Test

Can you remember when Carrie Nation was the target for all the shafts that are now being hurled at Vic Volstead?
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Happiness Never Associates With
 Taxes

Riches never bring happiness, quoted the Deacon.
 The reason they don't is because they bring so blamed many tax col lectors with them," growled the Mil lionaire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

Despite the newspaper suggestion that the miners and operators get together in West Virginia discre- ton would seem to favor some step to keep them apart Lexington Herald.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

The Prince of Wales according to dispatches. plans to take 25,000 quarts of wine with him on lis hunting trip to India. Has 25, 900 quarts and fig still hunting? Great guns!- Nashville Tennes- sean)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

DAnnunzio is now busy engaged in compiling ah Italian dictionary This may be necessary u include the words said about him while he was despot of Fiume.-( Pittsburgh Gazette Times)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
aSS1SSSfess E VEVVUR % E ~
 SAM HILl-,
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant

l kin remember when the sheath skirt. that revealed a tantaliing glimpse of a woman's leg through d slit in the side, gave the public an awful shock.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

VcT.tcT PdT1cIS. TIC IUCK rail comes at the height where most hard wear is received. The door in the home presents an unusually attractive additino to the interior. We manufacture sash. and trim. as we'll as other style doors. Send for our catalog Rovia
 222s Fira Avenue S.. Seattle. Better Millwork''
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
News of the Names Club

You have heard of the lilies of the field, but did you know A. Lillianfield lives at Owenton, Ky? Well, he does.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
if 1t Fits

Now and then a great statesman finds it easier to damn the public than it is to dam public opinion.
 Self service may be comparatively newin the public restaurants, but ii is old stuff in many homes. 1t usu ally is installed soon after the honey moon is over.
 The country does not need any more dollars, being the richest nation in the world, but it does need pow erful lot more sense..
 About the only record some men will not allow played on the family phon0graph is the wedding march You can guess the reason.
 It has been our observation that the birds who are short of money are usually long on nerve.
 After having his family tree looked up, many a man feels he has right to look down on his ancestors.
 Whoever said the glory of wo- man is her hair was not looking at one who had just had hers bobbed.
 After looking over some of her old photographs a woman cannot help but murmur, "Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?"
 Some men marry for love. some for money, but the only reason some of the others marry, SO far as we can see, is because they are just crazy. ~.
 The old Spartans used to make their youngsters take a cold plunge to harden them, but the only plunge the hardened youth of today takes is over the bank in fathers new car
 On cold day nothing can make a big, husky man. who is all wrapped up in fur coat. muffler and ear muffs, shiver more than to see 3 mere chit of woman, who is clothed mostly in a pleasant smile, tripping along as if it was the middle of July
 What we saved during the dayligh. saving period We now can spend pay ing for the increased light bills for the long winter evenings.
 And what has become of that ia
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

Strikes. bringing more business depression, not good cure the business depression that already 2Gsts.-(Chicago News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10

One why detectives fail to catch burglars is because they hold their jobs anyway.-( Balt- Sum-
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Daily Sentence Sermon

There is no better cure for rest lessness than to rest less.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-10
Ho, Hum!

Ho, Hum! The naughty little bird in Nellie's $ hat Has found his eohyefsation growing No longer can he prate Of Nellie limbs &ste. f1. kt F Or gossip spread of Nellie's low cut vest; All other girls like Nellie now are dressed And that poor bird must take to singing hymns
 Cincinnati Enquirer We know full well that tattling bird was stuffed, We also know that Nellie had him bluffed,. She threatened banishment if he should tell Of her expedients with excelsior Or other helps to shapeliness, and Tor! The secret rested, 'twixt himself and Nell.
 Newark (Ohio}; Advocate. t-
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
u. S. MARSHAL is HERE
ON BOOZE PEDDLER HUNT


Yesterday there was a deputy us.
Marshal in the city from Fargo look
ing for an illicit booze peddler who
10 travelling from town to town
over this part of the state under the
guise of selling line Of automobile
accessories. He is known to those to
whom he dispensed accessories as
Mike Mccarthy, The deputy U. S.
marshal came down from Wales, to
which point he had traced the elusive
Mike, who it would appear got tip
that Uncle Sam was hot on his trail
and at once sought refuge across
the line in Manitoba. Mccarthy in
making his trip to towns along this
and other branch lines has got
to be quite well known as a violator
of the Eighteenth Commandment and
for several months has been getting
by with it,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
HERMAN PULz DIES AFTER
MONTH OF HARD FIGHTING

Herman Pulz, who since coming to
this county from Germany about a
dozen years ago haa been engaged in
farming north of Dresden, died at
about eleven O'Clock Monday fore
noon, the end coming after an illness
that extended over the greater part
OF the past two years. Mr.. Pultz
spent nearly all of last winter in St.
Michael's Hospital at Grand Forks,
and underwent, several operations for
stomach trouble. He returned in the
spring in weakened and invalided
condition that left little hope of any
permanent benefit resulting. Signs of
final dissolution became apparent
early in June and since then the fight
has been losing one He had no
immediate relatives in this country
but was fortunate in living in a
settlement, which included many of
his old friends in the Father.
land, by all of whom everything was
done to allay the pain and suffering
of his lingering illnsss. Deceased was
was single man of about thirty.
five years of age. The funeral held
yesterday forenoon from ST. Alphon-
aus church was conducted by Father
the details being arranged by the
Knights Of Columbus of which order
the deceased was member,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
| Langdon Girl Is
Wed at the Forks
Lindsay-Schmidt Nuptial On
Wednesday Out-of-T Town
Happy Surprise

The wedding of Miss Margaret
Lindsay of Langdon, N. D.. and Mr..
John Schmidt of Gardena, N. d. was
solemnized on Wednesday morning,
August 3rd, at st Mary's Catholic
church, Rev. Father Fletcher officiat.
ing.
The bridesmaid was her sister Miss
Ella Lindsay. and Thomas Lindsay,
the BRIDES brother, was best man
Mrs. Schmidt wore her fall travel
ing suit of blue, with smart fall
hat, and a bouquet of sweetpeas.
Ophelia roses and maidenhair fern
The wedding breakfast was served
Immediately following the ceremony
in the private dining room Of the
Hotel Dacotah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schmidt have gone
to DETROIT and later will go to Min
neapolis and points further east.
The bride is a graduate of the
Langdon high school and the Mayville
normal school. Mr.. Schmidt has
finished his studies at St john g
University. Both young people have
many friends throughout the state.
After September lat. Mr.. and Mrs
Schmidt will be at home to their
friends in Gardena, where the former
is cashier of the Gardena State Bank
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Stay at COblenz
Another Year
Helen Sullivan Signs Up For
Another Years Service
In Military School

!, + ! =
Misa Helen Sullivan, who received
her b. a. degree from the University
Of North Dakota in 1906, is now in
charge Of the general and commercial
school which is conducted by the
United States army of occupation in
Germany, accor51;-sto the Amaroe
News. the official paper or u. s.
forces in Coblenz, Germany, copy
Of which has been received here
Miss Sullivan ia a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Nj. 4. Sullivan, and her
educational work includes tenure of
two terms az superintendent Of
schools Of Cavalier county and at one
time was assistant superintendent Of
public instruction for North Dakota.
The Coblenz paper has the follow,
ing to say I'll
Miss Helen Sullivan, B. A.
University of North Dakota. formerly
assistant superintendent Of public in-
struction for North Dakota, il par.
ticularly well fitted for the post Of
principal Of the school which she has
filed for the past year. Before cora-
ing TO Coblenz she had spent q year
as directress Of the Etoile Service
Club. N. G. w. c., Paris. and same
to the school with q knowledge Of the
soldiers problems and desires. This
with her wide experience in educa-
tional work, combined with an unuss
nal amount Of executive ability made
the school ia 4 large measure the sue
cess it iia. & Il.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Lightning Bolt Fatal to Team

Two horses belonging to Lars
1Christianson, whose farm is about
two miles from Wang were struck and
killed by lightning during the heavy
electrical stormsof Thursday. A son
of Mr.. Christianson' was leading a
four horse team from the harvest
field at supper time whea a binding
fash OF lightning accompanied BY the
IdeafeniDg crash Of thunder bolt
knocked the four horses and their
driver 70 the ground Two of the
horses were killed outright, while it
was some little time before young
Christianson and the other two horses
came out Of the stupor attending the
electrical 1hock they sustained They
were in the open field and not seek
ing shelter from the storm.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Crawford Mill Turns Turtle

Thursday EVENING" 9 heavy wind
came near demolishing the old Craw.
ford mill building, which for some
time has been in an unsafe condition
The building now is tilted over to-
ward the east at an angle of about
forty.five degrees with the roof rest
ing on the top Of the engine house.
The building has been condemned and
a menace to public for some time and
the next heavy wind may be expected
to complete the leveling to the
ground Of this Gid land mark that has
steadily been going to wreck and
ruin for the past twenty years.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Funeral Of Mrs Henry Kirby

The remains Of Mrs Henry Kirby,
whose death at the asylum in James
town, on Monday August Let. was
reported in these columns last week
arrived on Thursday g train. The fu-
neral was held from the Presby-
5terian church. Rev. Faucette. the
pastor, who officiated taking his text
from Psalms n 20. Interment fol-
lowed in the Harvey Center cemetery.
The deceased was in her eightieth
year at the time of her death and the
mother of a son and daughter. Francis
Harry Kirby, Of Langdon and Miss Ida
ellison Kirby, Of Thernbury, Ont, !,
both Of whom survive, there also sur
wives her husband. who for some
years past has been q resident at Or
land, California Both nf the latter
were unable to attend the funeral.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Threshing Started July 80

According 20 the Ssrles Advocate
come OF the earliest threshing Of the
season was dome in that vicinity on
Saturday, July 3Otb, when Martin
@. Olson threshed crop Of rye. the
yield Of which varied from 10 TO IL
bushels per acre.
Threshing started up in Storlie
township Monday. August Lat. when
u fine sample Of rye was turned out
at the farm Of August Swanaon It's
average yield was shown to be fif-
teen bnshels per acre. while the SAM
PIE commended the TOP price when
marketed at the Farmers elevator at
Hampton direct from the machine
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Highway Project Turned Down

The County Commissioners at their
July meeting refused to designate the
Sunshine Highway as county high
way in spite of the fact that great
many from the western part of the
county were at the meeting and ask
ed them to do 80. In view of the fact
that the towns of the western part of
the county have already expended a
great deal of money on the prelimin-
ary work of the trail and because the
trial would supply a feal need, con-
siderable disappointment was exper
fenced. by their refusal at this time
to make the designation the county
is quite apt to lose the federal aid
that otherwise would have been ap-
propiated for this purpose by the fed.
leral government.-Calvin Times.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Trip Via Auto to Milwaukee

DR., Tom Smith closed hiss dental
Offices here Saturday and during a
vacation until the 29th Of the
month will spend the greater part of
the time in Milwaukee at a national
gathering Of the American dental as
sociation, but expects to find time for
q short visit with relatives Of the
family in G Chicago before his return.
The trip il being made BY auto, Mrs.
Smith and Doc JrS, going along.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11

Mrs. Anton clodt and three daush.
ters. accompanied BY Mrs. Konanx.
the aged mother of MIRA. Clpdt. al
rivsd on Tuesday " train from Fostus
ma, calif. and will again make
Langdon the home vi the family, wha
witAin thu past few weeks haye snfs
fsEsd gssat bereavement oeeasionssl
BY the dsasb ef shs lnle Aplen clodt
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Signs. Up Coblenz Job Again

A letter from Coblenz, Germany,
received during the week by the
NJ. L. Sullivan family. states that
Mrs. Sullivan when she starts on the
journey home to Langdon in Septem-
ber will not be accompanied, as had
been expected. by her daughter, Miss
Helea j. Sullivan, who has contract
ed to remain there for another year,
at a considerable advance in salary,
as principal of the general and com
mercial school of the American
forces in Germany. In the year that
closed June 21st more than 900 sol.
diers had passed through the
school, which at present has an en-
rollment of 246 who will continue in
the clerical and business courses
when the school reopens October 1st.
/: In the teaching corps Miss Sullivsn
has twelve American young women
associated with her.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Tin Lizzie Ger On Rampage

Thursday afternoon while trying
TO negotiate q turn at thef corner Of
Spruce and Seventh street the Ford
car Of the Home Implement %. lost
d front wheel when 1t ,sskiddad or
tha erpssinG and parked On the lawn
in front Of the Presbyterian snansa.
The incident would not have happen
ed had The ssf not not been facing
tho driving hailasofm III the time.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
j. Plnvius Makes Another Call

Friday night Mr. ]. Pluvius again
made another generous donation 10 the
August rainfall. 1t did three things: j:
It gave harvesting bad set hack,
was q dampener TO the library bene-
fit at the movies and also proved d
disappointment TO those who had
nlanned 90 attend the barn dance at
the Ole Narseson farm south Of town
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
|HaiIstorIn Sweeps
A Wide Pathway
Thousands of Acres of Cava,
lier County's Best Crop
Thursday Evening

Reports that come to hand of the
of the hailstorm that covered quite a
wide path through the middle of the
county Thursday afternoon, travel.
ing eastward from the western boun-
Diary of the county it would seem that
the loss in crop and area covered com.
bine in making it the most disaster.
GUS hail storm that has visited Lang.
don in several years. 1t is also note.
worthy that the storm in its path
way caught much of the best stand of
unharvested grain crop that could be
found anywhere in the length and
breadth of the county.
John F. Ramage was among those
who suffered heavy loss in the
hail storm that passed over quite a
sized area of Cavalier county Thurs
day afternoon. Mr.. Ramage had q
Quarter section about four miles west
of town that was badly hit by hail
that was cropped to wheat this year
and promised the best yield of any of
the large acreage he farms in the
county. 1t is practically a total loss.
| Jake Risenius while in town Satur-
day reported that the hail storm OF
Thursday afternoon practically wiped
out his crop, one of the finest he has
lgrown since becoming resident OF
Loan township some twenty five
years ago. He is apparently on the
edge of the wide strip through which
| the storm swept after it struck the
edge of the timber along the Penn.
bina river, within which every quar-
tier section suffered more or less Of
q loss. There is such crop acre.
Iage affected that adjusters can hard.
1 " arrange settlements before the in.
sured will need to get busy and save
what may be left after the hail.
| Levi Hooey made a. trip through
the eastern part Of the county to view
1 the esdestruct1on wrought to growing
crops by the hail storm of Thursday
| afternon. He reports nearly all o,
the uncut crop Of Olga and Fremont
Townships as being total loss. Hi
his brothers, Frank and Exc Hooey,
both have farms between Olga anc
Walhalla and suffer the loss of about
a half section of fine looking crop.
Crop reports on the eastern county
line running through Olga and Wal.
halla townships to the Manitoba
boundary, indicate much of the
heaviest and best crop as lying fla,
on the ground since the hail storm o,
last Thursday afternoon.
Campers who have returned during
the week from Rock Lake report tha,
|extending southwark from Rock Lake
on the Manitoba boundary to Stark.
weather. there is a strip ten mile.
wide in which the crop was total J
hailed out one day last week.
/ Early harvesting saved much o,
4 the best crops of Olga and Ere
mont townships from being caught il
the severe hail storm that passed ovel
that section of the county last week
AS usual harvest there was started
almost week ahead Of here on the
second ridge of the Pembina Hills.
owing mainly to the lower alti
tude and the lighter soil Of what
lie known as the sand ridge, or th,
4t first mountain. y
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Visited the Boomgardsn Family

Visited the Boomgardsn Family
Albert Myers and wife, his brother
M. Myers, Of Calvin and neice,
Miss Hoover, returned on Thursday
of last week from an auto trip to
points in MINI. They made quite a
pleasant visit at the Alexandria.
Minn., home of Frank Boomgaarden
on the way home. Since leaving
Langdon few years ago MIR, Boom.
garden and family have located on
a dairy and fruit farm at alexandria.
where they have comfortable home
and are doing we'll.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Union Services Here SUNDAY

Union services next Sunday: At
the Presbyterian church at IL 100 a.
M, and at the Methodist church at
500 ps M, with Rev. VIM. C.,
Faucette conducting the services.
The Sunday afternoon service at the
Methodist church of Harvey Center
at $500 p. m., will be conducted by
Rev. A, E. Combe of Milton.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Langdon Bread Line Aided

The City Bakery is again supply
ing the bread line" and as an
nounced last week by the new pro.
prietors, Messrs Carpenter & Schnei.
der. will formally reopen for business
on Monday the 18th inst. At present
the wants of the trade are being
looked after by Mcdonald Sheehan
and Neil Stevenson.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-08-11
Chicken Season Opens Sept Is

The next important event on the
calendar will be the opening of the
hunting season for shooting prairie
chickens and wild ducks, which un-
der the state game laws of North
Dakota will be on Monday. septem-
bet Is The opening of the chicken
season isn't the attraction that it
was prior to the enactment that for
bids the taking of hunting dogs into
the field.