The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-24
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Alma. Young, Crystal,
Bruce, Milton,
Walhalla,
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HAMILTON.
Two weeks vacation for school, COM
nencing last week of August.
J. H. Lutes west Of town has finished
anew stable and grainary lsx38.
anew school house is just completed,
1924, on Mr.. Alex Ure's tree claim.
Chicken shooting is all the rage j,ist
now and big chicken stories are in order.
Mr.. Thomas Staples has formed a life
partnership with Miss Annie Mcmillan.
May the new firm prosper, is the wish of
all their friends.
Another young man in that vicinity,
we are sorry to relate, has converted into
stable what was formerly intended for
a dwelling house.
Miss Wright, daughter of Rev. w. NJ.
Wright, Of Pembina has been on visit
to old friends in Hamilton and returned
last Saturday in a very joyful state of
mind.
Our Main street is now finished and
the crossings put in and while our
modesty prevents our Boosting yet we
must say that we have the finest business
street in the county.
Frank Lawrence is pushing work on
the P. and H. elevator. The boiler and
engine are now in position and the
mechanics are at work making the
necessary connections.
Mores, Thoms & Sheldon's elevator is
making rapid progress and will be ready
for the machinery in few days. Mr..
Sheldon, who will have charge of the
business, arrived few days ago with
his family and will make a welcome
addition to the town society.
Mr.. ]. R. McLaurin of the County of
Glengarry, Ont, is visiting his daughter
Mrs. T. B. Anderson. Mr.. McLaurin is
one ofthe practical business men Of his
county and is delighted with this part of
Dakota and wishes he was young
again to start anew on prairie farm.
The town has been infested lately with
canvassers for every conceivable article
1fthis gentry would only learn the mean
ing of plain Anglo Saxon mo" it wouldn't
be so bad, but if this thing continues
some of them will get hurt as vigilance
committee has been formed to clear the
town.
Harvest has already commenced in
this neighborhood on Tuesday. Mcssrs.
Burk and Sheahan on the Cavileer road,
commenced cutting wheat, and num-
Der of others will begin later in the week.
by the middle of next week harvest
operations will be in full blast throughout
this section.
In spite of the melancholy foreboding
of few weeks ago the harvest promises
TO be the most abundant yet. Some of
the crops that looked almost worthless a
short time ago, as the result of poor seed,
and want of rain have improved wonder
fully and really inferior piece of wheat
or oats would be hard to find.
A number of Improvements are on the
way not the least of which is an addition
to the driveway, so that teams can now
reach the receiving hopper from either
end of the building. The boiler house is
being lined with brick and sheet iron so
that it will be fre-proof. The office will
in future be in the mill, which will no
doubt be more comfortable as well as
convenient.
Three of our sports went out shootinga
few days ago. After getting out a few
miles they unlimberd for action when
they found that, although they had
plenty of ammunition, the cartridges were
two sizes too large. They came to the
conclusion that it wasn't good day for
chickens and came home, madden as we'll
as wiser men. Moral: Don't count your
chickens before you shoot them.
In this degenerate age it gratifying to
know that there are still some honest
men left. One day last week John Dunn.
better known around town as "Curley"
found roll of bills containing slO2, in a
pool of water in front of the Farmers
Home, about the same time Mrs. S. Arm
strong discovered she was short in her
accounts about the same amount Mr..
Dunn hearing that such was the case, at
once acquainted her with the fact and
you can imagine how Mrs. Armstrong
smiled.
Mr.. NJ. Yerxa of Minneapolis, made us
flying visit on Friday last. Mr.. Yerxa
Is member of the firm of Yerxa
kirkbride and is wheat inspector for
the Millers Association of Minneapolis.
1t should be encouraging to the farmers
fthis section to know that in his journey
from the Dual Cities to Hamilton he saw
no crops that would compare with what
he saw in this locality and like all others
who have seen this county for the first
time he was more than surprised at the
development Of the county and magnifi-
cent crops.
BATiIGATE.
Mr.. Demerest is clerking for Melheim
& Fossuln.