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The Halley comet is being visible at 4:20 a m, seen it yet?

Hannah's two banks show deposits amounting to according to their recently issued state­ments. ^

Langdon automobile dealers report j the sale of upwards of thirty machines [ to parties residing in this section of' Cavalier county, so far for the season of j

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Assessor Adam Keid has been at work since the first of the week giving the round of propertys owners in the City of Langdon making the assessment upon which the tax levy for the year 1910 will be based.

The proclamation naming Friday of next week, April 22nd, as Arbor Day in North Dakota was issued by Governor John Burke, on Saturday of last week. With the early setting in of spring it hardly looks as if the date can bo much amiss for 1910.

Munich played its first game of base ball for the season last Sunday on the home grounds, the opposing team being from Hampden. The game resulted in a score of — to — in favor of . Three automobile parties wont from

See Simon Schefter's stock of work shoe.

I You can buy a good hat ftr every day a tot® 0 j UBe jelly's for 49 cents.

$198,022.75 Pure and fresh formaldehyde at the

Langdon to witness the game, "Reidy," playing in the infield with Munich.

Two auction sales, one at the LeBrun Bros., farm, southwest of Langdon this afternoon and the other five miles west of Dresden, when the personal property of the late Louis Domers will be auctioned off is billed for Tuesday of next week. Both sates are being conducted by Auctioneer "Tony" Kieffer of Wales.

Tomorrow, April 15th, finds a largo proportion of the farmers of Cavalier county all through sowing their 1910 wheat crop. This year holds the record of seeding having started as early as March 22—three weeks ago, with scarce­ly a let up of the almost continuous tine -weather since that time. Old timers here are invited to submit data that will beat the record of the spring of 1910.

Tuesday of next week is the date on •which the new city council meets for the purpose of organization. The only -change in the lino-up of the past municipal year will be that Alderman A. E. Harrington of the Third ward will take his seat as successor to A. R. Marsh nil, the retiring alderman. The designation of the various working com­mittees and appointments of the mayor and council will make the meeting one •of mere than usual interest.

Langdon's three banks in their statements published last week show a combined aggregate of business that reaches 81,051,898.57 and therefor places our city in the million dollar class as a financial center. The statements show Langdon's three banks as carrying de­posits aggregating $887,464.68 an •amount of money representing not less than one-third of the entire deposits of the twenty-three banks in the county. An earning feature of.the banks, their loans and discounts, make a combined showing of 8604,399.64, while the item of cash, 8352,388.50 is one they can quite naturally feel proud of. Each of the three statement present a balance sheet indicating a gratifying increase in business all along the line which looks pretty good for Langdon as well as its three prosperous financial institutions.

j Corner drug store. Close & Co.

] J. B. Beauchamp was over here Mon-i day from Olea on a business trip,

j Allert & Winter have plenty of money j to loan on first and second mortgages,

j ^ Mound Citj Paints may cost a trifle more, but ! Plummer & McNiven

Don't have the children go without cloaks when you can buy a good one at Kelly's for 98 cents.

Rev. E. J. Conaty was a visitor here from Grand Forks this week, returning on yesterday's afternoon train.

Miss Alice Reid took Saturday's train north to Hannah for a week-end visit at the home of her brother, Alex. Reid.

Dr. E. I. Donovan took Friday's after­noon train on a trip to the Twin Cities on business connected with his interests at Mowbray, N. D.

Kelly's stock has been moved to the old Wold stand, one door north of the McGruer drug store, and will be closed out at half its value.

Wm. Plummer, of the firm of Plum mer & McNiven, is again up and around after a severe seige of la grippe that has laid him up for oyer a week.

Agent Frank Briggs and wife started on Saturday for Oakland, Pa., whore they will spend part of the summer visiting withe family of Rev. and Mrs. Thompson

The Close & Co., drug store is among the number of Third street places of business that have added to their ap­pearance during the week by a new cont of paint.

Banker Harry Lord and wife ware here Sunday from Cando in their auto, a large National touring car of the latest type. They visited with Dr. and Mrs. S. Kerr durinsr th^ir stay.

Mrs. E. P. Rpillv came down from Dresden on Friday for an over Sunday visit with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. H D. Allert. who returned last week from a two months trip south.

The death is announced as having oc curred quite suddenly at Sarles last Thursday evening of Thomas Jackson one of the pioneer and highly esteemed residents of that section of the county

Kelly pays highest market price for butter and eggs.

Allert & Winter have plenty of money to loan on first and second mortgages.

Mrs. Dr. Smith was a visitor over Sun­day with friends down the line at Milton

Hon. Ole T. Axvig made a round of calls on his republican friends at the county seat yesterday.

The office of the T. E. Burke insurance agency is receiving a number of interior improvements this week.

Miss Eva Souch starts next week to teach a summer term of school in the Krien district north of Osnabrock.

For snaps in shoes go to Kelly's. He can shoe your whole family for about the price of one good high price pair of shoes.

H. Albrecht and A. O. Wold were Langdon representatives at the big state Shriners gathering held last week in Grand Forks.

Mrs. Emma C. Kelly is here this week from her home in Montana to look after the disposal of her property in Langdon and vicinity.

Mahon Robinson Land & Lumber Co., sell No-Co-R» metal culverts, the only kind that will not rust. All township officers are using this kind.

Mrs. M. L. Sullivan returned home on Saturday from a week's stay in St. Paul, where she visited with her son, Frank, who is attending St. Thomas college.

L. A. Weed made a stay over in Lang­don a couple of days the end of the week on his return to Hannah from Minot, where he was called last wek by a death in-the family of his brother.

Mrs. Geo. W. Price and the children, have returned to the city this week from St. James, Minn., where they have been making a visit since the holidays at the home of tho parents of Mr. Price.

DOCTOR MU0AN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ...Office—Over Bo jd,s Store...

Besides General Medicine Special atten­tion is given to diseases of the Ear, Eye,

Nose and Tbroat. Eyes tested and Glasses fitted.

LANGDON, N. DAK.

oooooooooooexxxxsooooooexsoo T. W. Davis took Monday's train for

visit with his father and sister at the former home of the family in Minnesota, expecting to make a stay of a couple of weeks before resuming his duties with the Langdon Telephone Co.

Joseph Hettler and his sons, who first came to Cavalier county fourteen years ago locating in Perry town when its was first settled up are leaving for Brooks, Alberta, where they have located on ad joing claims in a locality where a num ber of their old neighbors have resided for some time, Mr. Hettler himself dis likes the idea of leaving his farm here but goes to be with his sons.

Edison Phonographs Victor Phonographs

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You had the opportunity at our Opening last Saturday to hear these "Princes of Entertainers." They range in price from $17.50 to $200 and for sound have no equal. ,

"j Our New Records—the latest for April-

arrived yesterday.

At the old C. J, Kelly stand, First Nat'l Bank Block,. Langdoq.

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BUBoney to Loan on Farm Mortgages. Lowest rates and reasonable amounts. Pre-pay-ment privileges allowed.

C. P. CETCH ELL, Wales, N. D.

Sam Rice, one of the Perry township old time pioneers left last week with two carloads of horses and machinery for Glasgow Mont., and will locate on the homestead upon which he tiled early in the spring.

Geo. J. McCurdy and wife,residents of the Tyner district, one of the bast known farming sections in Pembina county were here Thursday last week visiting the W. B. Gordon family and other old friends in Langdon.

Simon Schefter is again able to be on deck again at his Star gents clothing and shoe store after being confined to his bed the greater part of last week with a severe cold that threatened to develope into an attack of pneumonia

Abe Montgomery, Chas. Damode, Gust Wilmert, Jerry Roach and A Langevin were a party of Montana land seekers who got back Monday from trip of a couple of weeks through the Montana country, where they all made filings on homesteads.

W. F. Winter was among the Friday arrivals from the south, returning from a business trip to St. Paul. The Winter automobile purchased early, before the season opened is expected to arrive soon and take its place among the large num ber of Langdon machines this season.

D. McKechnie, the Calvin auctioneer and big western Cavalier county farmer, visited a couple of days with his many Langdon friends of years ago. His brother, Neil McKechnie, who of late years has made Pomona, Cal., his home is now enjoying the best of health and prospering financially.

G. W. Mallough last Friday severed his residence as a citizen of Langdon. Ow ing to having been assigned a new terri tory by the wholesale house he lepre sents in this state Mr. Mallough removes from this city to Devils Lake to make his home. Mrs. Mallough will remain in Langdon for a shore while visiting with her sister, Mrs. Robsonand mother, Mrs. Watt. The removal of the Mai lough's from Langdon is a matter general regret.

Dan Shanks was here Friday from Hannah looking after business matters Mr. Shanks was among the earliest the first pioneers to homestead western Cavalier county back m '83 —twenty-seven years ago. He and Peter Murchie were there when there was not another white settler in the locality where the town of Hannah stands to day. They droye across from Devils Lake in the spring of 1883, and in the fall of that year there was quite a move ment toward the settlement up of that section of Cavalier county.

There is no immediate need for the deduction being made that U. Burdick, of Munich, is not a political factor jnst because he has come out into the open and stated that he is not in the running for a congressional state ticket nomination. The determin ed fight the progressives are putting up for republican control over the state gives credence to the report which is now nearly ten days old that the Munich statesman may be in the run­ning at the primaries for nomination for the senatorship of the Eighteenth dis trict against the.present incumbent, Senator Henry McLean, who for some time has been in the field (or re-election,

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Muslin Underwear Sale They Were NeverCheaper Than Bight Now

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Kelly has just received some new goods that are red hot bargains.

If you want a Sewing Machine buy a New Home. For sale by A. O. Wold.

Tho famous "Star" brand and "Walk­over" shoes exclusive sold at Simon Schefter's.

For bargains while thoy last in every line of general merchandibo go to Kelly's now in the old Wold stand.

M. Michlink was a passenger Tuesday to Grand Forks to receive medical treat­ment for a trouble of long standing.

If you nre going to build you ought to see Mahon Robinson Land & Lumber Co's., big stock of white pine and fur lumber.

M. L. Sullivan went down the line as far as the Forks on Monday to look after business connected with the Mc­Millan Machine Co.

Calvin Presbyterians have the founda­tion of a new church laid which will be ready for the opening dedicatory services early in the fall.

W. F. Winter is this week having the stable rebuilt at the rear of his resi" dence lot, replacing the one demolished in tho cyclone of a year ago.

Hunter <& Stevenson are among the business firms of this city who this week have added a ugw automobile to their equipment It is a Maxwell car of a runabout type.

John B. JWagleson, was up from his Osnabrock farm Friday to look over the Belgian stallions and brood mares which Ferdinand Stamm brought with him on his return to Langdon last week from his trip to Germany.

You can buy salt at Kelly's for 75 cents per barrel.

Ladies you really ought to see the new Oxfords and pumps we are showing. Simon Schfcfter.

Horses! We buy hoi^es for ca=h. We sell horses on time. Office, formerly the Langdon Lumber Co., Harlan-Mahoney Co.

Frank ,T. Hodgins was here from Grand Forks on Tuivday and is putting in the week looking after his property interests here and at Sarles.

A new comer who will be in on the count when the census enumerator makes the rounds at Calvin is a little daughter at the home of C. N. Roger's It arrived on the 31st ult.

Dan McKechnie, the Calvin auctioneer is among the latest buyers of auto­mobiles this spring. He was over here this week in his new machine, which is a dandy fonr-seated affair.

Manager Harry Waldron of the opera heuse returned Tuesday from a week's business trip to the Twin Cities, and also found time for a short stop over and visit at the home of his folk who live in Minnesota.

Jos. McNeill while in town Tuesday stated that his brother, Jno. T. Mc­Neill had been heard from since leaving Monday last week for the old home in Ontario. He had stood the trip wall and with his sons and daughters hoped soon to be comfortable settled down.

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Dr. W. \V. McQueen was named by tho board of county commissioners at their meeting held during the past week as superintendent of the county board of health to succeed Dr. Seinple, who tendered his resignation on leaving hero April 1st.

McPhail-Brosnahan Co., have during the week given a number of demon­stration rides in their new 1910 Overland automobile to a number of Langdon peo­ple who since then are likely to get the auto fad. The Overland car is certainly a dandy and Mr. Brosnahan states that they have a carload on the road which should be here this week

An alarm was sound Tuesday fore­noon by the fire whistle in response to a telephone call from the residence of Attorney Jos. Cleary, where a blazing oil stove threatened to do considerable damage. The danger, however, was all over before the department had time to respond to the call. Lately Langdon has been unusually fortunate in having what few fires have occurred put out before they assumed any eerious pro­portions.

Auctioneer Tony Kieffer has bills out announcing an auction sale of the horses and farm machinery of the late Louis Domres, whose death due to a fatal shooting accident a week ago Sunday, conapells the widow, Mrs. Domres, to dispose of the personal property on the farm, she having decided to return to her home east to live with her parents. The sale will be held on Tuesday of next week the 19th inst., at the farm

miles west of Dresden. In all likeli­hood this will be the last auction sale to b* held this spring.

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Saturday evening of this week, 16th inst., the graduation class the Cayalier high school will be over here to present their slass play at the opera house. The production is one the class has put on at several of the neighboring towns and well spoken of. The party will make the trip over here from Cavalier in automobiles and will be accompanied by their teacher, Miss Helen Sullivan, under whose direction the play is put on.

Yesterday afternoon the officers and directors of the Cavalier County Fair Association held a meeting at the court house when the question of the county fair to be held in Langdon on Wed­nesday, Thursday and Friday, July 13th, 14th and 15th, were thoroughly dis­cussed. The matter of additional build­ings and the list of premiums to be offered at the fair were disposed of. Tho fair this year will have a number of additional new features and promises to be a bigger and better attraction than ever. The board of directors named F. W. Bleakley as secretary in place of B. E. Groom resigned.

Guaranteed 40 per cent solution of formaldehyde at the Corner drug store Close & Co.

If you want to buy or sell a farm, call on or write Joseph Power, Langdon, N. D.. offico over Citizens State Bank.

Osnabrock reorganized its fire depart­ment last week. Decided to build a fire hall and will buy some new equipment.

The village board at Osnabrock named A. F. Och as member of the council at the meeting held last week for the organization.

Arthur Forsythe, who recently filed on a Montana homestead, and is a neighbor just across the line in Monitoba, of Pat Shelp,of Maida, shipped a car of horses and machinery and left this week to put in the summer months breaking up his claim.

W. Dryburg, who has held the posi­tion as cashier of the Citizens Bank at HanDah since the time of its organiza­tion seven years ago, has resigned his position and will remove to Grand Forks, where he has considerable pro­perty interests.

The Cavalier County Fair association was granted an appropriation of one-fourth of one mill of the tax levy of the present year by the board of county commissioners at the meeting held this month. The appropriation is one that is provided for under the state law.

The Langdon property onwer who isa't either cleaning up, making garden or doing something else to beautify the home these days is so conspicuous that he is likely to have the census enumer­ator, the assessor or the poll tax collect­or on the war path after his scalp. Get busy?

Co. Com'r Gjevre stated while in town last week at the April meeting of the board that he made a purchase of a 1,100 acre tract of everglade lands dur­ing his recent trip to Florida. He has no notion of leaving his home here, but merely figured that the advance in price of lands down there would soon maKe him a good return on the money invested.

Mrs. David Bell came down the line on Monday's train from the north re­turned to tbe city from a visit with her son near Wales. Mrs. Bell has this spring made a homestead filing on one of the recently surveyed forty acre tracts of government land in the vicinity of Rush Lake, and while up there this week saw after the placing of a house on Her claim. Part pf the land can be placed under cultivation while the balance will make good pasture and hay land.

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