The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-11-30
Make Your Wills.

Last week We called attention to need
cd improvement for simpler and cheap
ser settlement of decedents's estates.
One Of the strongest arguments used by
lie insurance agent is the strong proba-
mp Q mans estate at his death. leaving
shis wife and children beggars. Ifhe has
ample insurance in favor Of his wife, she
IN rave it from the clutches of lawyers.
There are many other ways by which
i ates can be put In . suref condition
I; N is usually the case. To think of
n th is serious matter with many per-
a ,, and some are reluctant to do any
4 ~ in . temporal way to prepare for
kh. One important matter is
&Aave ell accounts settled and all debts
And as death comes as thief in
se night, or like the pestilence that
i, teth at noonday, the only way to be
t1er prepared is to be on no mans
I'D or note. This is one way to aid in
ine the earnings ofa lifetime. The
StfAOur own direction and that OF your
ritual adviser.
l1t another thing is important, in
oY cases. It is probable the laws are
.Ged. as far as human wisdom can aid,
etribute ones estate impartially.
And yet il fails frequently in reaching
G1l equitable casee. 30 we would urge
ut class, for whom we write, to make
I stheif Wills. Writin9 will is plain and
t1cal matter. It requires no large
bunt Of legal lore. Any man who
sWrite and frame language 80 as to
Sey tho idea intended. can write q
la which can be easily understood.
~ are seldom set aside by courts for
q mt of legal form or grammatical con-
\ Skuction. So that the court can fully
derstsnd what was intended by the
sstator, it is enough. Many men and
their wills, but put il of, as it lis &C.
rious matter, to be thus making fprep-
Saration to submit to the king of terrors.
Most minds revolt at esuch work. And
yet frequently it saves much trouble,
and does an honest act which was al
ways intended to be done, in giving q
little more than the law provides to one
moro deserving, or more dependent; or
in arranging for keeping all Of the
estate together until certain matters
are accomplished. Sometimes q son or
daughter have stayed at home at q
great sacrifice and taken care of the old
folks, for whom the law would fail to
provide. And We might instance doz-
On cases or conditions where justice
would not be done without will. And
it is right, and an honest duty to previde
for those contingencies while strength of
rect In rendering justice to those who
have been faithful. So We advise that
this matter be attended to. and have the
will made before it is too late.
It is not really necessary to have q
lawyer to aid In making q will, yet in
most cases it is best to havelegal advice.
And yet man Of good common sense,
who understands the use of language,
and has some practice in drawing up in
struments Of writing can draw up will.
So the farmer can generally select q
neighbor, if he cannot do it himself,
who can draw up an ordinary will. It ID
merely statieg who shall have your
property and how much, after you are
done with 1t. It must be witnessed by
two disinterested persons, who receive
nothing by the win. 1t Is not necessary
the wltnesses should know the contents
OF the will. The person making the will
can state to the witnesses that the docu.
ment before them is his last will and
z testament, and that he wants them to Wit.
neO It. The witnesses write their names
across each sheet OF paper containing
s tho will In way that they will know 81
any time after that IL u the villwhich
he acknowledged. When thus witness.
Cd, tt can bo scaled up. and endoreed
ON The back that IL d the viii Oh
! ard dled with the clerk OF the court
AWho will pressryo IL until fhe death 81
NJ leeeotof, or bo demands &c earlier. 4
heeaase III simple matters, and 4
Gq IN IA tlme will frequently sayl
md d111der Justice