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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-12
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DEPARTMENT STORES.

The legislature of Minnesota, has
been wrestling with the question Of
department. stores this winter. The
time WIS, Wien city people smiled at
the Heterogeneous array of miscellan-
eous goods displayed in the country
store, for In the city each merchant
dealt only In particular class Of
goods; but now: the great department
stores of the cities. advertise to sell
everything under the sun. These i'm
mense establishments buy in enor.
NOUS quantities, advertise literally.
sell certain lines on certain days at
cost, or less than cost. in order to at
tract customers, as u part of their ad-
vertising schemes.
The result In the cities is to drive
out Of business large numbers of mer-
chants who deal In special lines, and
store buildings stand empty with
many other bad consequences per-
tanning thereto. These mighty de-
partment stores not only hurt the
city, but stretch out their long arms,
and with advertising IN papers, and
with tons Of catalogues. reach out
for the country trade, and the coun-
try trader feels the effect as much or
worse than the city merchant.
In fact the department stores are
getting to be In results, very much Of
the nature of trusts and monopolies.
While as yet there is no particular ef-
fort to corner or monopolize business,
yet in the massing of large capital, in
the economies produced by large pur-
chases and the system of selling,
which includes large number Of
poorly paid employees, whose work is
utilized to the extreme; the under
selling in particular times, aud the
advertising generally, all these and
other means and methods, peculiar to
the department store, are, as we say,
as productive of monopoly" as far as
results 90, as any of the big trusts in
parGlCul8r lines.
1t is the inevitable tendency of
modern times to centralize all lines of
business. We doubt If any legislation
can stop this tendency. The only
thing that is left US is to check the re-
sulting evils. THIS we believe will be
possible In time to do; meantime the
first thing is to do what the :Minnesp-
ta legislature has - yst ielpg this Win,
ter, find out the actual evil, direct
and indirect, and then 2ndrits proper
remedy. We believe every wrong can
be righted in some way. Every dis
ease has its remedy, but as yet even
doctors don't know true diagnosis of
many common diseases.
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Probate Notice


s"A5s County SSfFs 81 Rsaass SoouSrY
In the matter Of the estate of Lucien Geroux.
Josephine =. aeroux. petitioner, against Al.
phOnsfne Ealbsc, Emir6 LaFrsnce, Delphine
DeFoe, Clemencs eicotte, Alvina Geroux, Fred
Geroux and .yosephins 3. Geroux. aud al other
persons interested, Hspondents.
ty court: To the above named respondents,
You. and each Of yon. are hereby cited and re.
CURED 70 be and appear before the County
Court Of NE GO County sf Pembins in said state. st
the Court House IN the city Of Pembins in said
county, on the 1stdsy Of April A; D. 1897, ct
lend the hearing on the petition Of Josephine E.
Gsroux for the Hrobste Of the last will and tesla.
cauee II any there be why the eaid will should
not be admitted to probate and IN executor ap.
pointed to carry into effect the provisions there.
Of.
Dated March 9Th A D. 1897.
E.W. CoNxY,
Judge OF County Court
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Real Estate Transfers

NeAl Estate Transfers
John Bechtsl to T G Thomp-
son lots l and 2 blk 13 Bech-
tells add to Cavalier. ...... s $50 90
e T Thor son to Chas Severt-
son lots l, 2, 3 and 4 sec 49,
1852 100
w c LelstikOw to Alvin Rob.
ertson e hf lot 8 and W hf
lot 9 blk 8 Cavalier. 100000. Is 90
A Il Howell to Jonathan
Howell W 100 acres Of sw or
sec 1895 ................ 1000 90
Q T Harmon to First Nation
al Bank Bathgate NV or 81.
1867. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. / OO
e d Booker to Emily S Book
er lots 13, IA, Is, 16 Clark's
add Pembina. 100 90
Einar Myrdal to G. johnson
hf sw Or 7 and n hf NV or
ls-l5e-5e ................... 100 90
G H McCabe, sheriff to J d
Trenholme NV or 4-les.5e.. 1873 90
G II McCabe, sheriff to id
Trenholm " hf 22-lel-5s. 2,s1s 10
G Il McCabe, sheriff tod
Trenholm 9 hf ne Or ard sw
or ne or and sc or NV Or II.
1928. .................... 1,7s7 es
Thos Halldorson to Brynjol.
fuss johnson sw Or 19-160.56 800 90
s Messecar to David Horning
lots 6, Z, 8 blk 40 and lots
and 2 blk 43, Neche. ...... 500 90
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No1Dce to CDetlatsrs.

Estate Of William Hley, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given bv tho undersigned ad-
minlshet0r OF the estate Of ssid deceased, 70
against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four months al.
ter the first publication Of this notice, to the
said sdmtnistrator at Carlisle. IN the county of
Pembina, state Of North Dnkota.
Dated Feb. 1st, 1891.
33.8 WMLIAN r. HUFFMAN,
Administrator Of the estate OF said deceased.
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Notice 60 Creditors

Noeloo % Creditors
NOTICE 10 hereby given to the creditors Of the
NesAts Of Kristjsn kristjanson 70 present their
claims with the necessary vouchers 10 the under
Sloneo within four months from the drst publi-
cation Of fthis notice.
Dated st Pembins, North Dakota, FEBRUARY
18th, 1857.
KlIsTJAN, GIsLAsoN,
8e.86 Administrator,
Psmbias, n. d.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-12

The Warren Mfg. Co. on Nov. 21st,
are going to establish a flour exchange
in St. Vincent and keep all kinds Of
our and feed for sale.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-12
Hannah Smith toJ f Camp.
bell lots l3 and Is, main st
1000 co

SSse ASSo Az &ouA 4Ve 100lu SU
DraytOn. 2.OOO
j H Jamison to James Belle
my lot u main vt Drayton Is
Clarence s Brown to ] w
Smith hf ne or 20 and q hf
INV or 21-l6O-51::. .......... 60
Albert Ganssle to Syver Han
sen e hf g ilf 2I.16Ol52 ... 20o
] E Lee to Albert Vellneuve
lot Is blk 10, Neche. ........ 25 {
Sec Imp Co to Erik p Lee ne
or 3l.l59-55 ................ 45O
Arni Gillls to s j Eyrickson
ne or 25-161-55 ............ zoo
P q Donovan to Thos Devan
eY " hf Sc qr14-183-54. 500. 1000 {
Fred Ratz to Henry Schnell
ne or 30 and sw or 29.16l.53 5,1OO {
S W Mclaughlin to First Ma.
tional Bank, Park River W
hf IL and NV or 14.l6l SO. .. 1(
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600 PER ANNUM
s.oR" VS.. "AND."

W1thont doubt the change of the
little word land" to the other little
word Tor" by the legislature during
the last week of the session will cause
more comment by the newspapers and
people than all the rest of the work
Of the legislature altogether.
No other change in the law was
made. Heretofore the law read,
''for the first ofense-shall be
fined not less than two hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars AND
be confined in the county Jail not less
than ninety days nor more than one
year''-''and for the second and every
successive offense-be deemed guilty
OF felony and be punished by imprison-
ment In the pen'tentiary not exceed
ing two years and not less than one
year." By the substitution of ''or" in
place Of the land" it makes the fine
and imprisonment optional with the
Judge. That is. he can fine the man
found guilty. but need not necessarily
send him to Jail.
4 .sEhere is no need of saying that in
this part of the country, the certainty
ola Jail sentence upon conviction,
kept most, comparatively, respectable
people out Of the business. "It is no
place for q gentleman was the ver-
dict of one of the victims.
On the other hand it is argued with
some force, that the law is still in the
hands Of the judges, and is as capable
Of extreme force as before. 1t is
doubtless true that many of the legis-
lators from the western and otne. To-
calities Of the state, voted for the
change On the ground, that in their
localities, under the absolute imprison-
ment clause 1T was impossible to gee
tlries to convict, but when it is only
squestion Of money ,con victions would
come easy.
II the judges in the prohibition dis.
trlcts will use their. discretion" with
power and the judges In the other
distticts use their power with discre-
tiOn, 1t may make things better ali
around; by which We mean a better
observance Of the law, especially In
those localities where at present IL is
absolutely ignored. :.
(, Financially it ought to result in
yA<dg the expenses Of enforcing the
law and thus take away the ars ument
that the enforcement of the law costs
SO much. for 1t will very possibly be
the policy, to "salt" the richer blind
piggers and put lower fines. with i'm
prisonment ii they don't pay. on the
poorer ones.
But we shall know more In the fu-
ture whether the change ls for the
better or the worse. A great deal de-
pends on the judges, aud largely on
the conduct Of the judges In this par
ticular will depend their next elec.
: tion. and they will find it difficult to
ride both horses.
At this writing, Wednesday, the
governor has not yet approved the bill
and many kilograms are being sent to
him asking him not to sign 1t. The
governor however is resident of the
region where the prohibition law is ig-
;, nored, and he is quite likely to think
that for that section the ''or" would
do work that the ''and" seems utter.
lv tn fail in accOmnlislinr.
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Building and loan Report.
1Ving and Loan Association March lst, 1887.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
BORN BLIND,
And the Young Man Was Wild With
Joy at His First View of
the World.

BALTIMORE, March 31.-The physi-
clans in the eye and ear department
of the Maryland General Hospital
have just concluded a case that will
go on record as one of more than
usual interest. About two weeks ago
Thomas Blue, young man % years
old, from Hoffman, Richmond County,
North Carolina, who was born blind,
was brought to Baltimore and operat-
ed at the Maryland General Hospital.
Yesterday the young man had so
far progressed that no was able to
actually count fingers at distance Of
more than 20 feet and notice small
objects near him. When the bandage
was removes from his eyes he was q
most surprised-looking individual,
and the doctors enjoyed his amaze
ment. 1t WAS the first time he had
ever seen the light OF day.
To describe his Joy when he real
lied his good fortune would be inn
possible. Again and again he went
around thanking everybody. He said
he felt as though he was entering In
an entirely new world, Yesterday
afternoon the doctors took him out to
the park, and then he was shown
about the city. To-day he returned
home, and he will at once 60 to school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08

IT is amazing how quiet the United
States Senate has been under the new
administration and during the extra
session. We have not heard a war cry
from any of our warlike senators since
the meeting of Congress. 1t is true
that in Cuba there has been no such
incentive to- senatorial excitement of
late, the action of the Spanish author
tiles in that island being very decided
ly modified by the incoming of the new
administration. Mr.. Mckinley has
done nothing about Cuba, but evident
ly he has his eye upon it, and the
Spaniards are treating Americans
there with unaccustomed courtesy.
But then the warlike member OF the
senate might have found something to
shrek about in Crete, where the ports
are blockaded and American ships are
not allowed to enter. OF course it
would cut no figure that American
ships never did enter any port in Crete
and may never want to enter. The
senators might howl all the same, if
they had not become strangely pacific.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
Missouri Wheat Crop.

The Missouri wheat acreage this
season is estimated by J. r. Rippey,
of Columbia, Mo-, Secretary of the
Board of Agriculture, to be about the
same as last years, but he estimates
also that 20 per cent. of 1t will have to
be plowed up and that the condition
of the crop on the 73 per cent. left is
only "a per cent. Ga tie normal ut this
season. George FL. Morgan, Secretary
of the Merchants Exchange, received
the following telegram from him yes
terday:
"Wheat acreage same as last sea-
son, 1,271 900. Twenty-seven per cent.
will probably be plowed up. Condi-
ton, 64."
Mr.. Morgan sent an inquiry asking
IL 81 represented the percentage Of
the growing crop, exclusive of the
wheat which would probably have 10
be plowed up, and received the fol-
lowing reply:
olive wheat, 81. Large tracts un-
der water; other localities, upland OF
prairie, reported dead.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
He Left a Note.

OF late Mexico has had on hand
from day to day an unusual supply of
the genius "hobo." "Hobos" are
something which frequent the cities
during the winter months, but when
the earth puts on its mantle of green
in the spring they become restless
and with the fever of emigration
upon them sally forth into the high
ways and byways and seek for those
whom they may edo"
A few days ago there happened to
hit the town one of these "Sons OF
Rest" who CHANGED to enter into
the hospItable gate of South Mexico
lady. Now this lady is a most
tender-hearted woman, but she does
not believe in encouraging idleness,
and so when this great able-bodied
bum came in and asked for his break
fast she told him she would give II
to him if he would saw some wood,
He said he was willing to do that, but
asked if he could not have his meal
first, as he was quite hungry and
thought he could saw better if he ate
first. The lady agreed to this and
sat the tramp down to such a meal
as only she can prepare.
He did full justice to it and when he
had finished took the saw and went in
the direction of the wood pile. The
lady did not pay much attention to
him at the time, but little later, on
going out to see how he was progress
ing, she found him gone. On the
ground lay the saw, with note fas-
tened to it. This she opened and there
read:
"Just tell them that you saw me
but that you didn't see me saw"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
THE YAZ0O DELTA.
Description of the Splendid Country
Being Inundated.

GREENvnLE, Miss, March 31.-The
Yazoo, Mississippi, Delta is formed by
a line of hills which commence Just
south of Memphis on the bank of the
Mississippi river and run thence
southeasterly to Greenwood, Miss,
whence they take a southwesterly
course, intersecting the bank of the
Mississippi river at Vicksburg. This
line of hills connecting with the river
forms figure exactly in the shape Of
the Greek letter "Delta," whence the
name of this valley. The Delta is
composed of the counties of Quitman,
Coahoma, Bolivar, Sunfiower, Wash
ington, Sharkey and Issaquena and
parts of Tunica, Tallahatchie, Lefiore,
Holmes, Yazoo and Warren counties.
The valley thus formed Is one of the
most fertile in the world. 1t is $50
miles IN length, with an average
breadth of rs miles. 1t embraces mill
lions of acres of land. The portion OF
this region subject to overflow from
the crevasses now pouring into 1t are
all the country lying south of Austria
lia, in Bolivar county, eastward to the
Yazoo river, or about two-thirds OF
the entire valley. The population of
the Delta is about 200, 900 people.
There are scattered through it some
500 prosperous towns, of which this
city is the largest, numbering 10000.
The Delta is traversed from north
to south by the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railway from Memphis to
Vieksburg, and the same road also
runs loop line from Clarksdale, Goa
homa county, south to Rolling Fork,
in Sharkey county. The Southern
Railroad crosses the valley from this
place to Greenwood, Miss., thence
easterly into Alabama
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08

tives of any man who favored the
Endowment Bill. I have simply
given it from my standpoint and from
that standpoint could not have act
ed otherwise than as 1 did-vote
against the Endowment Bill.
1t was charged that men who op-
posed this measure were ignorant and
opposed to education; were enemies
of the institution. I somehow admire
that ignorance that recognizes the
plain provisions of the Constitution
and knows nothing of the shams and
tricks resorted to by men in higher
stations. somehow love that educa-
tion that recognizes the fundamental
laws of the land and teaches that
moral rectitude of citizenship as exc
cutes the laws and fulfills faithfully
its pledges to the people. 1 am proud
of that institution of learning that
lays its foundation upon the solid
rock of truth and has for its sublime
lessons honesty, uprightness and in
tegrity. But hold in contempt that
institution, however great it's claims,
that depends upon tricks, deception
and fraud for its support. If the
University cannot be maintained by
an honest vote and lawful support
of the people, it cannot be great in
stitution.r-If it is~to be endowed by
G1 0En n0n lot If l,o dana hopootI.y o,,I
by a vote of the people. I asked the
President of the Board of Curators,
Mr.. Woodward, why he did not sub
NIT the question to the people. He
said: "We have not time; this is an
emergency; something must be done
and done now." said: "But you knew
this was coming a year ago; why did
You not propose it in the canvass?"
His reply was that "that is all past
and you must vote for the $2,000,000
endowment or issue bonds; which will
you do?" My reply was that would
do neither without the consent of the
people. 1 could not and would not
give my consent to vote debt of S2,-
100000 upon my people when they
are SO oppressed by taxation and
bearing so many burdens without
their consent. When the lobby was
pressing and resorting to every means
possible to carry that bill, said to a
Representative that the people whose
votes sent us here were at home la
boring to pay their taxes and their
honest debts. They had no one here
to lobby for them and that if we did
not stand for them they were gone.
/ said that while the University should
be sustained, yet it should bear its
proportion in the general depression
and share with the people in the losses
sustained. cannot agree to support
one institution in extravaganza that
only represents, out of all the boys in
this great State, 700, while the re-
naming thousands are being robbed
to pay the tax. If the people of Au-
drain condemn me for this, be it SO.
l shall always feel that 1 did my duty.
JAMES BRADLEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
! The Same...
Old Sarsaparilla.

I That's Ayers. The same old
( sarsaparilla as it was made and
sold by DIR. J. c. Aver so gears
ago. In the laboratory it is
! different. There modern apph-
! ances lend speed to skill and
experience. But the sarsapa-
rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
that made the record-5O years ,
! of cures. Why don'twe better
] it? Well, we're much in the
condition of the Bishop and the +,
I raspberry: Doubtless" he
said, "God might have made
better berry. But doubtless,
also, He never did" Why
don't we better the sarsaparilla9
We can't. We are using the
| same old pIans that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. 1t
has not been bettered. And
since ,ce make sarsaparilla COM
pound out of sarsaparilla plant,
! we see no way of Improvement.
Of course, if we were making
some secret chemical compound
we might 80. But we're not.
We're making the same old sar-
saparilla to cure the same old Z
diseases. You can tell it's the I
same old sarsaparill6 be-
cause it works the same old
cures. It's the sovereign blood /
purifier, and-ft's Ayers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
MAY NOT ACCEPT.
DR.. Vlncil Undecided Concerning His
Appointment as Curator of the
State University.
From the st. Louis Re

From the st. Louis Republic.
DIR. John d. Vincil has been ten
dered the position of Curator Of the
State University left vacant by the
resignation of DIR. G. NJ. Woodward.
Governor Stephens announced his
choice Tuesday. night. The appoint
ment was complete surprise to DIR.
Vincil, who had just declined a posi-
ton on the Board of Regents OF the
Cape Girardeau State Normal School.
He is undecided whether to accept.
His hesitancy is due to the same
cause that brought about the resigna-
ton of DR.. Woodward-he realizes
the impossibility of running the Uni
versity on a proper basis with the
financial provision made by the Leg
islature.
81 do not wish to assume the duties
of the incumbent upon this position" !"
said DR.. Vincil. SIN the first place /
have not the time and then I hesitate
to attempt to assist in the manage
ment Of the institution in its present
crippled condition. Yet I dislike to
refuse Governor Stephens, who is a
personal friend and whom I regard as
a most excellent official. 7 shall not
make.a decision until have seen and
talked with the Governor"
DR.. Vincil was formerly q member
of the Board under Governor Phelps.
He declined reappointment when it
was rendered him by Governor Charles
Hardin,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
WILL NOT BURY HER HUSBAND.
A New Orleans Widow Refuses to
Leave the Side Of Her Aged
Companion.

NEW ORLEANS, March 29.-Ran-
dolphe Seig died Friday night, and
ever since bis widow, stricken with
grief, has remained at the bedside, re-
fusing to leave him and declining to
allow the remains to be buried.
She permitted the undertaken to
embalm the body, but has persistentiy
refused to leave ihe body or make any
arrangements for the funeral. The
doctor and friends who have called to
ask that the body be buried have been
repuised.
The widow remains by her husbands
side, weeping the entire time. He
was II years Of age.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
The Suns Heat,

NEW YORK, April 1.-CharleB E.
Tripler says he has discovered a way
to utilize the heat of the sun in pro-
ducing power. His intermediary, he
says, is air. First, he liquifies the air
and then utilizes the pressure caused
by its evaporation, just as the pres
sure caused by the boiling of water is
utilized in a steam engine.
Edison says that if Tripler's ssate-
ment is true it upsets the universally
accepted theory of the conservation
OF energy and all theories of themo-
dynamics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
Luke Emerson Sued.

BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, April IA
S., 900 damage suit was filed in the
Circuit Court to-day against Luke M.
Emerson, the famous importer of
Spanish Jacks. Justice E. B. ONO
hundro is the plaintiff, and the ground
for the suit is an assault made up
on Omohundro by Emerson on ac-
count of a judicial decision rendered
against the latter. Clark & Dempsey
and jeff D. Hostetter are attorneys
for plaintiff. A large lot of Emerson's
property has been attached.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-08
Just Straight Democrat.

From the JenefsOE Olty IFluuue'
Bob White, in his excellent paper,
the Mexico LEDGER, hits the nail
squarely on the head in the following:
"We have too many Democrats iu
this country who qualify the name.
We want good, old-fashioned, pisin
Democrats without any adjectives in
front of the name or any foolishness
in their platform"