The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Bpitomised and Forwarded BY Special
Correspondents ofths Pionser
1xpress, From
Young, Bathgats. Dravton, Park.
town, Walhalla, et. Thomas,
Tynsr and Hamilton.

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town, Walhalls, 0t. Thomas,
Tynsr and Hamilton.
Brown Bros. have purchased new
engine to run their separator this fall.
The game law is not in force now and
ye rustic Sportsman have . fine time
hunting.
Seward Peterson has about purchased
steam tllreslling outfit and intends to
boom things this fall.
A. T. Brandvold left here last Saturday
for st. Paul and Minneapolis, to purchase
his Gall stock of merchandise.
Ike Foster, Batl,gate's popular machine
man, gave us call last Thursday and is
busy talking Minnesota Chief as usual.
]. Mcfarland has moved to st. Thomas
to pursen theological studies. Hereafter
he will give his whole time and talents
to the ministry.
The public school closed week ago
last Monday, and "the barefoot boys with
cheek of tan" will have short rest from
the struggles of school life.
Peter Pl,ilippi and f. Carol were down
at Batl,xate last week and purchased u
complete steam-threshing outfit. They
are intending to do a big falls work.
Bnndvold 4 Haugen, formerly of Fari.
bault, Mimi, have opened out here, and
intend to keep constantly OH hand a
complete stock of general merchandise.
Rev. d. &. Planette, presiding elder of
the NJ. +. church, Grand Forks district,
arrived here on Saturday. He preached
three eloquent sermons last Saturday
evening and Sunday.
A good many young people around
here took in the dance In Brandvold &
Haugen's new store last Monday evening
They all seemed to enjoy themselves,
continuing the dance until the approach
of early dawn.
Never were the indications 80 good for
an abundant harvest. Wars and rumors
Of wars during seeding made the farmers
of this sleepy hollow put in all the grain
they could. Before the elapse of a week,
harvest will Ike almost over. The clatter
Of the mower and self-binder, the sllrill
whistle of the thresllinY engine, tell of
the daily llumdrum life of the farmer.
Our township supervisors and their
satellites have been ,ndulginv in little
irregularity during the past few weeks.
Oil has been poured OH the troubled
waters, and for the present, quiet rcigns-
on the surface. Their speech is now,
"pcace OH eartl,,' but their actions arc
not "good will towards men," "The
wilderness and the solitary place shall be
glad for them" and no doubt ere long,
they will make the wilderness blossom
like the rose.
The "Youny Hickories of South
Beaulieu, played q match game of base
ball on the sth with the Mugwumps" of
Olga. The game was witnessed by quite
crowd with considerable interest. At
the close the score stood "a to q in favor
of the Young Hickories." In the even
ing Mrs. J. Bidlake, Mrs. X. Fleming and
Mrs. A. Melville provided bounteous
supper for the boys. which was mucl,
enjoyed and for which hearty thanks is
hereby returned. The Mupwumps I"
had some picked men from Walhalla, but
the " Young Hickories won the day and
of course, naturally felt jubilant over the
result.
w. Upham, of Nashua n. H., accom-
panied by his assistant. Il. II. Young, of
Minneapolis, stayed here on Thursday
night. They are exploring the Red
River Valley in the interests of the U. S.
geological survey. The have come from
Lake Traverse this summer and are
bound for the international boundary line
via Walllalla and Elkwood. They are
taking level of the country, drawing a
map and writing u botanical, geological
and geographical description of the
valley. The top of the mountains here
are 800 feet above sea level, and we are
3o5 feet lower at the foot. They say that
this is the prettiest part of the valley
that they have seen yet. In coming
from Lake Traverse they. have found
ridges all along the foot Of the mountains;
sometimes fifty miles in length, that were
at one time the beach of lake as large
as Lake Superior. The name of this lake
is called Agassiz named after the eminent
Swiss naturalist, Louis Agassiz. 1t occu-
pied the whole of the present Red River
Valley and its outlet was very big deep
gully, lying between Lakes Big Stone and
Traverse, now called Browns Valley, near
the source of the present MINI II. This
great primeval body Of water was here
as late as the last part of the Glacial
period in the geological history of the
earth.
BATNGATE.