Courier Democrat., April 08, 1920, Image 1

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VOL. XXXV.
Langdon
Oil Gushers Run
Big at Roundup
First Hand News From OH
Field of Montana Backs
Up First Claims
George Agar, who accompanied the
remains of his sister, Mra. Ida Mc
Chesney, here from Roundup, Mont.,
fcr interment last week, left on
Friday returning tn hia home in the
west, -lust at the present time Mr.
Agar states that Roundup and vici
nity is undergoing quite a boom, ow
ing to the sensational discoveries of
oil. In the vicinity of where hds
farm lies some ten miles to the south
of Roundup, there is quite an oil
field, with wells in various stages of
being operated and outfits are being
moved in every few days. Right now
there are being operated three wells,
the largest of which lies only eight
miles from the land owned by Mr.
Agar. One is a gusher and the other
two are what are termed flowing
•wells. Stock for the promotion of
companies for development of oil
wells on land where there has been
found a flow of oil are being sold in
Roundup, to which place oil specula
tors have been flocking from Texas
and elsewhere since the first well was
put into operation. He says that the
oil wells found in the Roundup dis
trict have made for that entire re
gion of Montana a future that will
place it safely out of reach of the
^lalignerB, who braud the state as
being in the arid, or dry belt. Men
tanai is now being sought by people
from all over the United Slates. Mr
Agar is not getting excited over the
oil wells that are being drilled on
land all around him and although
he has had offers to lease land he
ownB will keep right on farming un
till he sells outright or is ready to
put down a well of his own. He says
that Montana oil is one of the big
developments of the state and wilt
mean much to the future of one of
the best and richest states in the
Union.
Harness
This Is What Every Farmer Is Thinking
About at This Reason of the Year
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Where the E ST harness is to be
bought—the md that has behind
every strap tLx, guarantee thatmakes
your harness investment perfectly
safe.
The Scotch Knocker and Gopher Brand
Harness are the best—skilled workmen and the best material are
the two essentials in the making of the Best harness.
The Scotch Knocker and Gopher Brand—both are
One way to relieve hahituul cons- of th« winning ticket will take ilii*
.Jipaton is to take regularly a mild colt home with him. There rhotild
laxative. Doan's UegulotH are re- he a large attendance and the draw
commended for this purpose. UOo a Ing is sum to ha one nf (hit lijg at
box al all drug stores. fractions of (he evening
built to meet every requirement of the farmer, that is looking for
QUALITY HARNESS.
The BEST Harness at the BEST Price.
Home Implement Co
County Agents for The I. H. C. Auto Truck
Loma
What Dohman Thinks of Texas
Herman Dohmann and wife, ac
companied by their daughters, isess
Teresa and Margaret Dohmarv were
arrivals Saturday, returning from a
stay of the greater part of the
winter in the Rio Grande region of
Southern Texas. Mr.. Dohman Btaiies
that he WSB the greater part of the
time during his stay with others who
have been down there for the winter
and although he jdid not decide to in
vest for himself spent an enjoyable
winter and left the rest of the Lang
don colony around San Beoito and
Brownsville well and quite contented
Ullyot's Sale of Pure Bloods
"One week frtim today. Thursday,
April 15th, is the date of a farm
auction sale being held by Ambrose
Ullyot in the Harvey Center settle
ment. A feature of the sale will be
an offering of twelve hear! of pure
bred Percheron horses, mares and
promising young colts all of which
are registered stoek. The sale of Mr.
Ullyot's farm property is occasioned
by his selling the half section on
which he lives and moving eway ow
ing to the poor health of his wife
The purchaser is Mr Fred Rylance,
who has sold his place near Mona and
is moving nearer to a Langdon mar
ket. The pr'ce paid, $70 per acre,
is a figure farm values tributary
to Langdon can be baaed on from the
present time. A complete list of
the personal property to be offered at
th* Ullyot sale next Thursday can
be found on another page of this
paper
State School Land Leasing
Next Thursday April 15th, is
the date of the leasing of school and
state lands of Cavalier county, to be
held at the court house starting at
half oast ten o'clock in the fore
noon. The leasing will be for lands
exclisively for grazing and haying
purposes and for a period of five
years upon the usual terms. The
leasing will be conducted under the
directionof State Land Commissioner
A. D. Gunderson.
The Catholic ladies aid of Loma I
Dresden Wales
GOPHER POISONED OATS
KILLED EIGHT HORSES
Henry Spenst, one of the well
known farmers of the Moscow town
ship settlement, west of Langdon lost
eight head of horseson Sunday. They
poisoned themselves by eating .part
of a Binall sack of grain that had
been treated for poisoning gophers.
The poisoned grain was in a granary
and thought to be safe from any risk
of the horses or live stock on the
farm being able to get at it Mr.
Spenat had nine bead of horses and
only one of them recovered from the
effects of the poison and this one of
those he had had since first moving
into &he country and had advanced
in age past the working stage. The
loss leaves Mr. Spenst in bad shape
right «t the outset of the seeding
time, tout a number of his neighbors
and old friends propose to give him
a lift through putting in the crop
this spring.
Wales Couple Wed in Langdon
Mr- Frank Smith and Miss Lucy
Halls welil known young people of
Wales and immediate vicinity were
the contracting parties in a wedding
at St Alphonsus church in this city
yesterday forenoon, the party being
attended by several young friends
from their home town. The absence
of Fr. Van Meer, priest in charge of
the Cathoilc ehurch at Wales made
the trip of the contracting parties
to the county seat necessary.
Coming! "The Arrival Kitty"
"The Arrival of Kitty" a home
talent production which filled the
Auditorium to capacity at the time
its presentation about three years ago
is to be stagfd here again during the
last week of thi* month and we are
tically as at the time of its first
production.
are to give a supper and dance on I Five car loads nf settlers fleets
Saturday of next week, the 17ih urriveil in Langdon on Monday's
inst. It is also stated that at this I freight. Four cars wtre shipped in
time the drawing will take place for hereby M. I'. Clurkc, who is moving
the Itelgian stud colt, Jupiter, No, ionto a half neetinn which he pur
|11!)79, donated by Mr Ferdinand
I Stamrn, of that place The holder
Five Cars New Settler Effects
ehu*ed in Manilla township lust fait
The oOier I'tir contains the
LANGDON, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920
New Officers
For Go. Fair
A Line-Up Formed Predicts
County Fair of 1929 Is
Big Event In July
At the directors meeting of the
Cavalier County Fair Association,
held on Thursday afternoon at the
office of the secretary, B. E. Groom,
the machinery was set in motion to
ward making the county fair to be
held here in Langdon during the laBt
week in July one of the biggest and
most successful events of its kind
since the first organization of the as
sociation twelve years ago, iu 1908.
The dates of the twelfth annual
Cavalier county fair are July 26th,
27th and 28th and at the time the
schedule of dates for the circuit was
arranged at the meeting of fair mana
gement held in Fargo recently the
racing program for the two days
was decided on and contracts closed
for concession and attractions to be
given privileges on the
fair
Horses—Dan J. Porter.
Cattle—John 3- Robion.
Sheep and Hogs—C. Jorgenson
Grains and Grasses—T H. Prior
Poultry—Mrs. George Armstrong
Speed Events—C. A. Olson
Art Exhibit—Mrs. Docksteader
Domestic Art—Mrs. Ober
Educational—S. J. A. Boyd
There is also a place !to be given
in the premium list of this year's
fair "for exhibits made by the boys
and girls of the schools over the
county who have undertaken the rais
of garden and field products and
ing caring .for horses, live stock and
poultry on the farm. The fair asso
ciation is appropriating $250 for
awards in this new department of
of exhibits at this year's county fair
The board of directors wii'l holts an
other meeting in May at which the
question of needed improvements at
the fair grounds will be taxen up.
New Chef at Restaurant
The restaurant at
sanatorium, for some
operated by Pat Crow,
tu change hands on the
the month, when J.
8triiik
given to understand that the cast of for ^racij engagement* during the]
the come will be the same prac-,
a
I
nutlii
nl'
W. II. Mt'lnl'ith whi in irtuniiiig
to Nii'th lliikft Hiiitiluli',
Muni,, wh«*n» !r|HMitid crop lailurtM
,front drouth IwiYt' brought iird*hip«
to farmers genera' ly.
HIGH SCHOOL
ground,
in which air piano and other speeiaS
acts will feature.
The vacancy on the Ipoard of direc
tors of the fa "r associatioii occa
sioned by the death of E, D. Stewart
was 'filled by the naming of Donald
McLauchlin and the retirement of
John Reid from the board found a
a successor in G. Goodman of Mil
ton. The annnai election of officers
resulted in the following being
ed for the present year:
President—Donald IvicLauchiin
Vice President—Joseph Wild
Secretary—B. E, Groom
Treasurer—J. D. Milne.
Few if any changes were riade by
the meeting of the directors in the
the heads of the various departments
of th? fsar, excepting those in the
superintendents of the department
of horses and sheep and hogs in,
which vacancies occur owing to the
deaths of E. D. Stewart and Joseph
Webster. The Superintendents of
the deparments of the fair follow.
the Langdon
months past
is announced
fiftesnth of
Weyrens, of
Devils Lake, will take charge as
ehef Dr Wold in securing the ser
vices of Mr Weyrens is able to as
sure his patrons and the pub'.ic that
their wants will be catered to i'i a
strictly first c'ass and op to date
manner. His experience as a restau
rant man haa included the manage
mentoff-ome of the besc known
places in Devi's Lake, Fargo and
Grand Forks, where the service has
proven to be popular with the travel
ing public as well as the home town
trade Mr Crow retires to give his
entire time to the training of hi«
pacing and trotting horses
meetings in this state and Min-
ne«)ota
Young Folks Party at Rectory
VS.
1
during the summer season,
The new rectory of St Alphonsusj
church was the scene pleasant:
social Kuthering of Langdon yiium
people on Tuesday evening when Kev.
Father Coiry entertain, the nisi
and others participating in the pro
ducticn of "My Irish Kuse, "an Irish
coined) ilranu stuged at the Auditor
ium on tlie evening of St. Patrick
Day. Supper was served at half p««t
1
I. IU,win ly evering if suciol
liVfrei'ifi in which card* and other
guinea leatured.
WOMAN'S
CLUB IH SPELLING CONTEST
The spelling contest to be held on
Monday evening next, April 12th in
the assemby room of the Langdon
High school, in which the contesting
team represent the students of the
high school and members of the
Langdon woman's club is among the
local affairs that have been given a
prominence by Langdrn people since
the past time that the idea of an old
fashioned spelling contest
itBelf some weeks ago at
winter informal party of the club at
the Masonic Temple. The spelling
match of course is the big number on
the evenings program, which starts!
at eight o'clock but is to be supple
mented by varied musical numbers
both vocal and instrumental by local
suffeested
talent. The spelling contest is to be jthe
both oral and written and the pro
ceeds go toward furnishing needed
equpiment in the high school. There]
will be an admission of twenty five
cents charged.
Club 'Smoker" To-Night.
membership ot' the club, and all in-
1
ment of Langdon and surrounding
community are expected to be present
and participate. During the evening
light refreshments will be served
and an informal smoker follows.
President Fred A. Thompson and the
officers of the club urge that as many
ao can arrange to do so, help make
this re-organization of the Langdon
commercial club for 1920 as big a
success as possible.
The commercial club of Langdony°un& people composing the circle
has a meeting called for tonighct at acquaintance in Fargo.
at its club rooms in the Auditorium,
when a thorough discussion will breakfast at the home of
be had of public improvements which
it is planned to put tiiroug in Lang
don during 1920. It is to be an open
meeting, in nowise restricted to the
Jaidge Kneeshaw's Big Option
Juage Kneeshaw left yesterday for
Bradenton, FJjrida, to look over an
eight hundred a^re tract of land that
he has the option on. The land is
located on a stream said the judge
that is navigable and most of the'
land is heavily timbered. It is his I
intention to subdivide and have it
cleared off and planted to grape fruit
and oranges. The judge expects to
be gone ten days,—Pembina Pioneer
fExpress
Mrs. A McKnight closed deals
during the week in which she dis
posed of her Langdon property, two
desirable residences on Fifth street.
The purchasor of the house that |ha*
been vacant since Dr.
occupied as a tenant for upwards
a year past These two homes
south Fifth street have a location
and interior arrangment that found
plenty of waiting buyers as soon as
it was known that they were on the
market. On Saturday Mrs. Mc
Knight is having a sale of her furni
ture and
Household
1
J.
W. Towey
left Langdon last fall, is Dr. E.
J.
Hughes while Manager Tolen of the
Farmers Elevator Co.. has
the McKnight home, which
LANGDON,
C. B. McMillan, President
J. H. Bain, Vice-President
S
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NUMBER 38
Langdon Girl Is
Wednt Fargo
Lillian Horgan the Bride In
Easter Week Leap Year
Nuptials In Fargo
The weddine of Miss
Lillian Hor-
the mid-' ^an' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
J. Horgan of this city, and Mr.
Claude Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs.
1
W. O. Craig, of Austin, Minn., oc
curred on Tuesday morning of this
Week at eight o'clock at the resi
dence of Rev. Father Thos. Egan,
vicar general of the Fargo diocese of
Cathoic chnrch who read the
vice
bought'^6 Present day prices making the
he has
saleB
0f
on
goods prior to
leaving for an extended visit at the
homes of her son and daughter in
Idaho.
aer-
Miss Helen Horgan of Lang
id Lionel Sweeney of Fargo
I were the attendants upon the bridal
couple when the ceremony was per-
..
formed in the presence of a wedding
and in
timate friends of the bride and
party composed of relatives
groom from out of town as well as
mory
waa
ea®t,
terested in the progress and develop- their friends in Fargo after May 1st
The cere
wedding
the bride's
on» College
followed by a
aunt-
Mrs. J. E. Horgan,
street.
Mr. Craig and his bride will en
joy a short honeymoon trip to points
expecting to be at home to
in a suite of apartments
Operators Herald block,
who is a Langdon girl,
Fargo resident for about
in the Co
Mrs. Craig,
has been a
a year and
half, and for some time previous
made her home in Duluth. Until re
cently she has held a position as.
stenographer, with the Knight Print
ing Co. Mr. Craig since becoming a,
Fargo resident some years ago has
held a responsible position with the
Spaulding Supply Co,
Kartes Sale Netted $9,000
Auctioneer Tony Kieffer was in
Langdon yesterday returning to his
home at Wales from the John Kartes
farm sale at Mt Carmel, which
footed up to a total of over $9,000
and was largely attended despite the
unfavorable weather conditions pre
vailing. It was one of the largest
and best buying crowds that he has
had at any sale held this spring. He
says the first four horses brought
out of the barn and put up for sale
were sold at over the $250 mark.
There were milch cows that sold at
a higher figure than $110, none be
ing bid in for less than $90 each.
Of the farm machinery Auctioneer
Kieffer says the display was an at
tractive one and made quick selling
nettee by Mr. Kartes being in
most cases as much as he had paid
for it when he bought it new. There
was hothing left when the sale closed
it being the most satisfactory to
both buyer and seller of any that
l^pny has handled in all of his ex
perience as an auctioneer in Cavalier
county.
KIEFFER'S AUCTION SALES
First National Bank
No. 4802
April 15 Ambrosn Ullyott, Harvey
NORTH DAKOTA
L. L. Gardner, Cashier
J. L. Schwartz, Asst. Cashier
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