The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-13
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

da'c thcy nave lodged complaints
against three retail dealers, and have
the papers ready to serve on several
Others.
Capt. John II. Dutch, Taulk
county member of the l;,st lc.isla
turc, died while visiting in Illinois.
In Il warmly contested election for
three directors for the Canton City
school districts, Judge Carter. II. II.
liichborn and ]. W. Hewitt were the
successful candidates. This war;
rants ~ change in prinripnlship of
the public schools. The ln,lirs turn
ell out eli massc and cast tlrirvotcs.
There will I've no cncampmcnt of
the national guard of Dakota this
year. Funds available for the pur-
pose are wanting. and the territorial
militia must waste its energy upon
local drills and Indian sc,rrs.
A colony Of locnn,lcrs has located
near Pcmbina. While they are well
educated, they are said to have no
push ar energy, am'lto know nothing
about farming. On TIL" whole they
ire better scholars than farmers.
A man at Mitchell has on cxl,ibi-
tion I'M invention which is IL bonanza
for stock men. II is an nutomati.
watrrer and is so constructed that
tho animal by the act of drinking
causes the water to flow into the
trough and when it ceases to drink
The water is at once shut Off.
II seems to he rather dangerous
business to be Il barber in Sioux
Falls. Three have died tragic, ,,....,.
sam Bryson committed suicide by
taking Rough on Rats, George Dig
n!r died in Il manner that lca,lsto the
l"lcf that h. w;,s murdered, and
'"ninmin +. Smith died of heart dis
1,sr. Queen city l,,rlmrs don't rank
very high with life insurance agents.
Some Of tho taxpayers ofDry Run
township. llughrsrounty, arlirking
nn The projected nrtcsi;,n well in that
township ON the grounds that the
benefits arising tlmrct'ronl will in no
wise balance the expense.
The auditor of Barnes county has
thus i;lrin the season takrnin 81. 900
gopher tails at 3 cents cach-$2, 100.
4 bonanza for the kids.
4 man namc,l T.. S. Rice. after SOW
rr:'l unsuccessful attcmptsto hugo
various enterprises in Iankton, de-
parted lravin" the hotel man in the
hole for $50 in cash and AZ $50 hoard
hill. Tho hotel man has sent pressing
invitations all over the country by
telegraph to have thcgrntlcm,n come
back.
a heavy. quiet rainfall has contin-
u"d throughout the james aud Mis-
souri, valleys in Central Dakota. The
amount of rainfall is unprecedented
in the memory of the oldest residents.
Large crops are now Thought To be
assured throughout the region.
Cass is the largest wheat county in
Dakota and has most of tlcl,om,nz;l
TURNS, hut Mr.. Fcnton, one of the
leading farmers, in the following. in
dIatcs that other productions are
being taken up considerably. lie
says: the wheat acreage is about IL
per cent less than usual. Oats and
barley increased Is per cent. Corn
increased at least lao per cent. 20
tatoe, increased 100 per cent. There
has been IL large amount of millrt
seeded for hay this spring. Hay has
been and is now very scarce: worth
$40 per ton. Oats are scarce. am
selling oats at 40 cents per busllcl at
my granary to my farmer ncighbors.
Grain of all kinds is looking fairly
we'll.
Quite an industry has recently
sprung up from the demand of Iowa
and Nebraska parties for Black Hills
spruce trees. One man claims he has
shipped nearly 5000 within the last
few months and has not yet filled all
orders.
The school officials of McCuok
county will refuse to pay for the
mathematical maps that they were
injured to order, claiming that the
ORDERS were secured through fraud.
In jamestown IL subscription has
been started to purchase for the city
il double basin zine fountain, to bc
six feet high and s,irmountcd by the
figure of IL child holding thr nozzle
from which the spray is thrown.
Tho cost of the same will he about
$l1o. and il will be presented to the
city as IL gift.
Father Conaty, of st. Miclacl's
church, Grand Forks, was made the
recipient of II handsome gold watch,
gold llcade'lcanc anda dictionary. by
nrmlDr,s of his congregation. The
presentation WAS made by Il. W. Ne
viii" and responded to by the rcvcr-
end gentleman.
Dridwoo,l is somewhat srandalizcd
over the treatment oftw0 or three
inrurnblc insane women. The coun-
ty has no facilities for caring for
these women, and they were turned
over To II Mrs Bernard to look after.
Onr died recently, and the occurrence
brought public attcntionto the n,un-
neg in which these unfortunatcS are
l"ing treated. The county poor farm
will soon he ready, it is said, and the
inrilrable insane will then be more
properly handled.
The Dakota Baptist Sum,dayscfool
convention was held at jamestown.
About thirty delegates attended.
Election OF officers for the ensuing
year resulted: President. Rev. George
Kline, Bismarck: first vice president,
i. a. Houston, jamestown; second
vice president, Rev. J. II. Davies, Lis
bon: secretary and treasurer, Rev. W.
II. Travis, Page.
Brief slough is turning ont fully ten million
feet of logs Il day, and the rafting works
never worked better.
Th" nnrNy"ar-uld adopted sou of 4. n.
ih'trh nf Fast Enrhrstcr. Mimi. died recently
rom t;iStin@ II pIrkag" of stryrliuu, that
l''d ';ill"n from high shelf wit hin his reach.