The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-08-22
Editor PIONEER Exrssss:

BY . recent hail storm and In talking ON
The matter with 1Arsners and making In.
quiries on the subject Of hail insurance
companies and bow they wero conducted,
aud after thinking over the matter II Up.
peazsd 10 me that . mutual insurance
sompsny lDr that purpose could b. we'll
sslabliahsd a,,d worked BY the FARMERS Of
every county in this Territory IN such .
msuner - would DO perectly safe for
their own interests aud altogether under
their own control and management, and
IN very short tune 10 ulade . source Of
revenue for other purposes to advance
the farmiuS interests Of each count,t
There IL class Of ~ intelligent melkd Lar
the farming community can be fbent in
in any country. men Of good pract receive
business capacity and sound sense. coaehe
say thore is in this county three tho nnsna =
substantial farmers who can afford saoe'
into . general fund ton dollars; ID .s o.s
oo@nty W "!ssoeo mo nVe lnsufahS hotel
tricts. each district electing from a IN
themselves two trustees; this would greete
an aggregate often and from thes& ova
would be elect.sl a chairman, trea route
and secretary. The board Con
be formed into q mutual insu
company for the county and proceesr
make their bylaws and all required rules
for aud management of tie company.
The ton dollars TO be paid by each Of the
5000 farmers would constitute each one
go paying life member who would have a
vote in elccting the board of trustees,
which election might occur after the
first, say every five years, or whatever
time would DO liked by the bylaws.
Then in addition to the ten dollars, to
constitute membership which would
give fund of thirty thousand dollars,
each member might be assessed ct five
bushels of wheat each year, to he sold
for cash and the money 60 into the
general fund, which would always keep
on hand sufficient capital for the work
ing of tho institution, and would not be
Ia heavy tax on each member. Persons
who did not become members of the
company would be allowed to insure
with the company but would have no
claim on the profits. Every two years
the books Of the company might be made
up, or oftener, and dividend declared,
which could be paid to the subscribing
members, or used for establishing asri-
cultural societies in each township, or for
any other purpose the members might
agree upon.
The above suggestions are made hoping
that from the united action by those
most interested may be brought about an
effort for self protection to class OF our
Citizens who have been SO much at tho
mercy of outside spectators, rings and
other influences. E. ARMSTRONG.
Pembina, August Il, 1884.
Fargo Republican,
1t is an easy matter for the irreverent
to scott at religion and it's devotecs, but
this would be hard world if We were to
eliminate the Bible from our civilization.
The cholera ravages of France have been
of such frightful character as to have
stricken whole communities with panic,
and in the hasty flight of the terror
stricken inhabitants from the fell.destroy.
er, the dead and dying have been left to
care for themselves. Our daily reports
from that infected region make no men,
ton OF Voltaire societies staying by their
afflicted fellow-creatures to minister to |
their wants; no clubs Of ''Advanced}
Thinker" imperilled their own safety in |
the noble sndeaver 10 aid their neighbosi
in distress. This work was lelk Sor the
acclesiastics and their deluded follower
10 perform. All through this terrible Of
deal the archbishop, his subordinate
priests and the Sisters of Charity, have
shown devotion to the religion they
profess, and which makes US long suffer-
ing and kind, by caring for the eick and
the bereaved, and cheerfully giving up
their own lives at the call of a Master
whose cause they serve. Religion NAV
be treated with ribald scofing; but until
can show such sanctifying ser
vice as thiA it must not ask us to renouuceI
all regard for its sacred offices, and cast
aside an influence which stirs into active
being the higher impulses of life.