The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-26

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have pleasant day of it. They start
from the school house Mt 8 o'clock sharp
games and recitations to commence al
eleven.
We are requested to announce that
Rev. Hewitt of Emerson will preach his
farewell sermons on Sunday next. In
the morning at II a. NJ, the subject will
be =" Inordinate care and it's cure" and
in the evening Immortality Of the soul,
seven o'clock being the hour of evening
services.
w. II. JENNINGS, agent for the sale OF
"Huckleberry Finn" Mark Twain's new
book, was in town this week taking
orders for that book. Whatever Mark
Twain writes is readable and this latest
production of his fertile brain in the
form of a recital of the adventures of q
plucky boy who fell in with gang OF
Mississippi river desperadoes is said 10
be thrilling. The book is having {, large
sale.
WE trust that the teachers of Pembina
and Cavalier counties will not only be
we'll repaid in the instruction they re-
ceive at the approaching institute and
the better inspiration for their work, but
that they will enjoy their visit to our
city. We certainly think our city's at
tractive surroundings render it especially
the place for IL summer teachers gather
ing.
ZIMMERMAN is still laborillg with Drawn
and brain to develop his ncwlangled
grader. AS in most other inventions the
idea is only half the battle, SO much labor
is required to adapt the continuance to
practical work. Not few onlookcrs say
it is coming all right and that thinner
mans name is Eli. With this grader it
is claimed that the same amount of work
can be done with much less team power.
TIE lawn social on "Wednesday evening
was not attended by very large crowd.
the evening beng rather cloudy and
cool for such gathering. The strawber-
rles, ice cream, cake, etc., were very
nicely prepared and served up by the
young ladies and gentlemen having the
affair in charge, and every thing passed
off Every pleasantly. The cornet baud
in their new uniform discoursed enlivcn-
ing strains during the evening, the mos
quitoes coming Oh late to swell the chor,
us. The receipts were S45.
TIE public school closed yesterday
and teachers and pupils will have a two
months vacation. The general verdict
seems to he that the several depart
ments have made excellent progress DUR
ing the past term. The fact is our school
has reached a higher point of efficiency
than it ever attained before. The teach.
ere seem to get along tremendously in
their work and to be sevcralIy on very
pleasant terms with their pupils and
withal to have the faculty of keeping
them pretty closely at their studies.
Prof. Ahern has earned a rest and no
less, we believe, Misses Naylor and
Thacker and we trust they will enjoy it.
TIE New Era grader question has been
pretty thoroughly discussed the past few
days, owing not a little, no doubt, to the
presence of Mr.. Turner, the agent who
of course is anxious to sell grader and
who evidently understands his business.
We are decidedly of the opinion, how
ever, that our township should purchase
and own grader, for there will be many
miles of road to build or improve after
this season is over, and much money can
be saved this year by the use of one. III
fact, we have no doubt whatever that the
price of a New Era grader can be saved
this year by purchasing at once and put
ting it in use, instead of letting by con-
tract to be done with the scraper and
plow. 1t is true, the county had q New
Era grader, remaining most of the time
in this town. 1t is also true that our
township might have made the purchase
OF it, but it was net done, and we tiinl.
it would be just us foolish for all the other
townships in the county to refuse now to
purchase q new grader because they did
not secure the old one. Tile question is,
will 1t pay us to buy 4 new grader at
$1,000? 1t certainly will, as the exper-
fence of several other townships already
proves. where the grader has been in
use few weeks. The fact is the
testimony is all i'll favor of the
economy of using these graders. In
questionably, orr township can save the
price of grader this year and still have
it for future use, and we regret the de-
cision of the board on Monday not to
buy one at present and hope it may yet
be reconsidered before it is too late. We
urge this because we favor economy and
because We are with others deeply inter-
ested in seeing our roads improved. The
objections to purchasing grader are
based on false economy. There are
times when it is not true economy to put
your foot down and say no more money
shall be expended for any thing. Let
this matter be viewed from standpoint
Of business and common sense Will it
pay Pembina township to buy a New
Era grader now? We say it will. Let us
not waste a thousand dollars and then
haye to invest another thousand next
year that might have been saved.