The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-08

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professional skill. He keeps a drug
store also.
H. L. Crandell conducts a land, loan,
conveyancing and collection business.
We have two good blacksmith shops
conducted respectively by Harry Boul.
ding and the McQuinn Bros.
Our furniture business is conducted
by G. A. VanCamp, lately Justice Of the
Peace.
Drayton has an efficiently managed
school, under the principalslip Of T. N.
Henry. Esq.
Olga.
- Olga is situated IN section 5. town.
ship l6l. range 81, in the township of
Beaulieii. on the top of the second
bench of the Pcmbina mountains,
about two miles from the edge of the
bench. On the north, east and south.
east 1t is snugly sheltered from the
winds by poplar groves. 1t has splen.
did water which is found ut from four.
teen to thirty feet below the surface.
Olga was first settled by Father st.
Pierre, who came here from Bale st.
Paul, Manitoba, where he lost every.
thing by the floods during the year
1880 and 1881. He erected his tent on
the lot where the Hotel de Logue now
stands, OH the 2Sth of April. The half
breeds built him sllanty l4xl6 of
logs and sod roof. He lived there all
that summer, sometimes having as
many as eighteen dodgers in the slianty
III one night. When it rained he had
to pile books and papers UP and
PUT table Oh top to keep them dry.
He began the erection of log church
22x6G in June. 1882. and held first mass
in September, same year. The con.
aggregation now numbered one hun.
drcd families. He remained in that
building all winter and in tho spring
sold it to ]. B. Cllale for $500. With
this and some borrowed money lie
built the present church 3Gx8O, and
purchased fine large bell, weighing
l,0lO lbs.the church costing $500 and
the bell $40. There are now three
mail routes for which Olga is the dis.
tribnting point, a daily from Nccl,e,
arriving and departing each day, a tri.
weekly mail to and from Mona, Lemon,
Elkwood and Mazda, and u semi.week.
ly mail to and from Ridgefeld, Easily
and Osnabrock. A fine school will be
erected this summer to he under the
supervision of Grey Nuns, exclusively
for Indian and half breed l,oys. Rev.
Father st. Pierre has sent away u
large number of half breed and Indian
children to he educated. &c girls to
Milwaukee, Wis.,, % boys to Clontarf,
Mimi, % girls to Avoca. Murray Co.,
MIMI, and 20 girls to Denver, Colora.
do, at the Good Shepherd. Making a
total of &c children, all taken from his
own Parish and from parents who are
either unable or unwilling to give
their children al education.
The town is partially laid out in lots
5Oxl4O feet. j. Is. Chale is the owner
of the surveyed portion and all who
wish to invest in this future county
seat should do so at once.
The following is a list of the bust.
ness houses: 2 general stores, l black
smith shop, / slinglc factory, l car.
riage shop, ! paint shop, ! photograph
gallery. temperance hotel, milliner
shop, l wind mill chopper, 9 land, loan
and notary public Offices, j. p. Office,
saloon, distributing post office, l
r. C. church, and 90 dwellings and 2
agricultural machinery agencies.
J.B.Cllale, general merchant, carries
a stock of 5000, which lie turns over
several times in a year, as lie does q
cash trade of $1,000 annually. Mr..
Chale is also post master. lie is a
French Canadian and is thoroughly
upright in all his dealings, to which
he owes much Of his large business.
w. Gautl,ier came originally from
st. Jerome, Quebec. He has q large
stock of general merchandise amount.
ing to $1,000. and does a heavy and
safe business.
II. Edward Dorval has u land. loan
and conveyancing office and can always
lie found ready to afiix his seal to any
document you may wish to acknow.
ledge.
Hotel de Logue is managed by the
affable AMI efficient Mrs. Watkins
from Philadelphia, Penn. The best
of accommodation can I've had ut this
house at low rates. They are increas.
ing their stabling capacity by erect.
ing fine log barn 2sxGO feet.
Photograpl,ing is presided over by
our enterprising friend Harry Bowles,
who has resided in the Northwest for
over ten years.
Mr.. LeMeyer, general blacksmith.
has erected wind mill next to his
shop for the purpose Of utilizing its
power to fan his fire, cut up his fire
wood and make poplar shingles, which
lie hopes will he popular. He is q
French Canadian of rare ability in the
mechanical line.
Cavalier.
Cavalier, is a thriving village with a
population of $50, besides large tran
silent population. It is situated on the
banks Of the Tongue River. 20 miles from
! its confluence with the Pembina River,