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r*' Jit, 1. I VOL. XXXIV. W4 xi I BISMARCK, N £$£*: Beautiful Tribute Paid Soldier Dead Officers and Men in Private Schwan Regiment Write Touching Letter The following letter of apprecia tion and sympathy was sent to Mr. and Mrs John Schwan ,of this city, from Captain Secor Cunningham, Jr., of Co. B., of the Second Training Battalion of the Signal Corp, on be half of the officers and men at Camp Cueter, Mich. It shows the respect in which their son was held by those whom he had associated with since joining the colors and what his death at this time means to them: Company "B 2nd Training Bat talion, Signal Corps, Fort Leaven worth, Kansas, October 15th, 1918. Mrs. John Schwan, Langdon, North Dakota. My Dear Mrs. Schwan:—In behalf of the men and officers of this com pany. I wish to tell you again how keenly every one of us feels the loss of your son. We miss his smile and his good nature and we feel that there is a vacancy in our company which can never be replaced. Your son was one of those men who make friends whererever they go—friends that really are friends—the. kind that last. Every man in this company was a warm friend of your son's and each and every man loved and ad mired him. He was one of the man the officers were counting on as good material for a non-commissioned offi cer and we shall miss him badly when the time comes for advance ment. If there is anything that any of us can do for you at this time, I hope that you will not hesi tate to call upon us. Please con sider us your friends and let us know at any time if we can sssist you in any way. Very Sincerely Yours, Secor Cunningham, Jr., Captain Signal Corps. J. H. Dahl, of Huff, N. D., says that he ia cured of a bad case of rheu matism by Dr. Mellenthin'a treat ment after failure with many others. Dr. Mellenthin will be in Grand Forks, at the Hotel Dacotah on Fri day and Saturday, November 1st and ^2nd Hours: 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. It is important that we raise as'much wheat as possible next year. There may yet be ten to twenty days plowing this fall and with one of these tractors a lot of work could be done. Call On For Information. HARDWARE.,HARNESS, FURNITURE AND FARM MACHINERY t" THE. HOUSE OF QUAL/TV AND\ S£/?//C£ H. Again a military funeral when fully carried out is a devotional pa triotic service. A detachment of soldiers conveys the body covered with the national flag to the grave. When the body is lowered into the grave, volleys are fired and taps sounded. En route to the grave every soldier stands at salute, and each sentry present3 arms, as the casket passes. Last week, while the hearses were passing through Lang don, some men were so devoid of Christian respact for the dead and seemingly so oblivious of the flag, as to stand with open mouths, star ing eyes and covered heads, ', 4H» v' LOMA •:#^LANGDON,.:^ DRESDEN, .. NORTH DAKOTA. COMMUNICATION. Editor Courier-Democrat The bodies of two Langdon boys were' laid to rest last week. The teligous services were private, the commitral to the earth was public, as public as any auction sales that are continually held around Langdon. I use the comparison with all respect and wish to convey this idea: Those boys left Langdon' a short time ago with others to the blaring of bands the waving of flags, and the rhetoric of patriotic speeches. They came back to Langdon, not as "victors from the bloody field, "but better than victors, they were brought back dead.—dead in the service of their country. Only a few persons were admitted to the short service at the Catholic church, but the funeral was for the pubilc, and being in the open air, it could reasonably be supposed that a large proportion of the men of Langdon would be present to pav a last homage to a dead soldier. "One true man dead—dead for liberty, is worth ten thousand men" wrote the poet. I leave it to the few present at these two funerals to say what value was put on these two dead sol diers for liberty? while the hearse passed by. 51 ours Sincerely, A. Farr Downer. Langdon, October 21. 1918. For earache, tooth ache, pains, burns, scalds, sore throat, try Dr. Thomas' Eclcetic Oil, splendid reme dy for emergencies. TEACHER'S EXAMINATION. An examination of applicants for teachers' certificates will be held in Langdon, on Thursday and Friday, November, 14 and 15, 1918, begin ning each day at 8: 00 A. M. FRED J. REHER, County Superintendent. Dated at Langdon, N. D., Oct. 21st, 1918. mm NNMi vm:m Soldier Boy Christmas Gifts Families May Send Gifts to Sol diers.—Through [the co-operation of the war department, the post office and the American Red Cross, arrange* ments have been completed by which men in the American expeditionary forces may receive Christmas par cels from their famlies. Coupons which will be authorized for ship ments, will be given to the men over seas who in turn will forward them to thier families. The Red Cross will upon request, supply the families with the regulation size cartoon in which the articles must be sent. All cartoon wrappings will be in spected before being sent by the pos tal authorities. But one cartoon may be sent to a soldier. All Christ mas parcels must be mailed before November 15th. Is Located Near Orland, Calif. Frank Wohletz left Monday re turning to his home at Los Molinos, Calif., after a stay of most of the time during harvesting and threshing in the vicinity of Nekoma, where he lived up to six years ago and is still the owner of a section and a half erf valuable farming land. Along with his brother, Alois, he has a dairy farm and alfalfa ranch at Los Moli nos. They also now have bearing fruit trees there and are within about twenty miles of Orland, where the Lindstroms, and others from Langdon have re-located of late years Mr. Wohletz. states that his brother has about concluded to return to this county and will look arter their joint interests here, he doing the satre in California, Death Enters Mt. Carmel Home On Tuesday of this week the 22nd inst., death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Witzel, of Mt. Car mel, taking from the midst *»f the family circle their little daughter, Dorothy, who was in her fifth year and is the third child of the family. The sad event followed a short ill ness of a week that is stated as be ing due to a case of blood poisoning. The funeral ia being held from the home this afternoon at two o'clock. The family haveythe sympathy of a wide circle of friends. Mrs. H. Nesemeier, of Casselton, N. D. says that she has been cured of gall stones without operation by Dr. Mellenthin'a treatment. Dr. Mellenthin will be in Grand Forks at the Hotel Dacotah, on Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd Hours: 9:00 a. to 4:00 p. m. Pill MMp LANGDON, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, OCOTBER 24, 1918 Casket Is Draped With "Old Glory" Victim of Spanish Influenza Buried Here on Saturday Military Honors Private Charles L. Foy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Foy, of this city died at Camp Custer, Mich., shortly after the hour of midnight On Tues day, the 15th inst.,from an attack of pneumonia, following Spanish in fluenza. The remains reaching the home here in Langdon on Friday, ac companied by the father, who left here for the bedside of bis son, but failed to reach there before he died. 1 Deceased waB the second son of die family, was about twenty-five years old and was born in Park River. In June of this year, shortly before responding to his call in the military draft lie was married and on July 22nd, with others of the quota of Cavalier conuty draftees bid good bye to his family and friends, leaving home and loved ones in the service of his country. Since going to Camp Custer he was assigned to service in the commissary department and was in line for advancement in rank at the time he was seized with the illness that preceded his death. Charley Foy had .grown up from a mere boy to young manhood right hefe in Langdon and all who knew him felt sure that in military life, as he had while a civilian he would prove himself to be a man, who would bring honor to hia country and flag in the fight which our country has undertaken to espouse. The casket,' draped with Old Glory on Saturday forenoon left the home, wending its way, first to St. Alphor. BUS church, where a short private service was held, thence to Calvary cemetery, where the funeral closed with befitting last sad rites in the pre?.'fnce of quite an assemblage of relatives and friends of one of Uncle Sam's noblest and best, who's name is now on the master roll of our hon ored dead. In addition to the young widow and parents of the deceased there is left a family of four sisters and three brothers. Mr. Patrick Lunney, of this city, is also an uncle of tha deceased. A brother, Bert Foy, who is with the U. S. cavalry in Texas was among those unable to be here at the funeral. Langdon Big Potato Market J. B. Boyd, who is operating the Langdon potato warehouse this week reports that the receipts of the new potato crop, tributary to Langdon this fall is keeping the warehouse running lull time ever since the fall buying season opened. So far his shipments have reached uvar 3,000 bushels, the sample is ore that finds a ready market in the east and con sidering the yield of the potato crop of the United States this year the price is keeping up to a figure that makes the crop a profitable one to the seller, even in this year of good prices. At present he has handled nearly*8,000 bushels, which will be moved before the cold weather sets in. He estim&toa that about 20,000 bushels of potatoes will be marketed here thiB fall. County Agent Haw Leaves Here J. W. Haw, wno has been located in Langdon for the past five years, while in charge or the better farming associaton's deni^/miration work in this county,leaves the city this •reek with his family for Fargo to take a position as general field agent witn the state agricultural college. The offer, wnich necessitates his retiring from his wcrk along better farmi ng lines in thia ioaniy comes in the way of advancement in his career as an expert agriculturalist. Kieffer's Auction Sale Dates Auctioneer Tony Kieffer while in town Friday from Wales gave the Democrat the following schedule of auction sales which he will conduct in different parts of the county with in the coming week. Oct. 24—Loum Towers, Calvin. Oct. 25—Allan Pinker ton. Dresden Oct. 26—Adolph Ettarman, Wales Oct. 28—Emmanuel Fried, Clyde. Oct. 29—George Lachner, Minto Oct. 31—John Strmeich, Hay twp SERVICE STAMPS. If you have a son—a brother—a sweeheart—Use these stamps on your correspondence or they are designed as gifts for those who are e»titled to them. 100 in a ennvelope 10 for cents WmWt. Four Osnabrock Boys Implicated Four former Osnabrock young,men now at Cashmere, Wash., appear to have been implicated in a raid made on an unpariotic resident of that town, who wouldn't buy war bonds or help along the Red Cmss. The victim was stripped to the waist line given a coat of yellow paint and pa raded through the town. The four ex-Osnabrcck young men mixed up in this fracas were C. E. Uecker, S. M. Sim, E. A. Jacobs, and B. F. Pickitt. With several others they were arrested ^d gfVen trial, liuE not found guilty of charges brought Egainst them. County Oversubscribes Quota Figures by precinct of the Fourth liberty Joan drive in this county, which reached a close on Saturday night of last week will not, be offi cially forthcoming until next week. But we have the assurance of County Chairman Sillers that not only Cava lier county, but North Dakota, pnd the entire United States, for that matter went clear over the top. Now the boys who are over there know that we are right back of 'em. It was a drive that showed just how much our people were really at heart in this war. Twenty million 100 per cent Americans bought Liberty bonds of the fourth issue and $750,• 000 worth of them were subscribed for by the people of Cavalier county. It was a big undertaking, but with Archie Sillers at the head of the drive there was nothing to it but get over the top, and she went big. ip lliii InraHHi jJH First National Bank Langdon, N. D. The first NUMBER 14 Today, Thursday, October 24th, welcomes the first covering of snow for the winter season of 1918-19. Has it come to stay? Make Safe Investments protection of principle should be the consideration of every investor. But it's not always an easy matter for the ordinary investor to determine the safety of the issues offered him. The character of an investment, how ever, is usually reflected in the con cern which offers it. Investments offered through this institution war rant your confidence. Safely—Honesty-Courtesy, Service First National Bank Langdon, N.D. CAPITAL $ 50,000,00 SURPLUS $25,000,00 "Ilfti Spgl in a E, Bovs First Anniversary Their Going Away October First Was an Overlooked Event This Year This year Langdon was seriously in default in letting October first go by without the day being given due ob servance as the anniversary date of the leaving Langdon just a yearj ago on that date of the boys of Company E. Had it not been such a busy time of the year and the activities of the loan drive and other patriotic efforts that our people are busy with at this time the oversight of a public obser vance of the day would no doubt have been avoided. We think that many of our boys who are in France recall ed thoughts of the leave taking that had been their pa^t a year ago on that date. By the time that another anniversary rolls around it would now seem that the home coming' would have already taken place and that they will be A?ith us to observe the second anniversary of their going in to the fight fcr a world wide demo cracy and consequent overthrow of 3 autocracy. ssSISkII «lfiS J&S