The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-29
The Pioneer Express.
FRIDAY MORNING JULY %, 1898.

Old wheat 70 cents.
County commissioners meet Monday.
From Pembina to Wahpeton the grain
looks grand.
Regular service at the M. E. church on
Sunday evening, Rev. ]. g. Moore,
pastor.
Monday afternoon the thermometer
was $50, one of the warmest days OF the
season.
r. L. Price is identifying this week and
his store is a shining mark of yellow and
sage green.
Drayton is proceeding with the new
pontoon bridge. 1t is expected to cost
about $1,000
Some early barley will be cut next
week. With the present favorable wealth
er wheat harvesting will begin in ten
days.
The grade for the new side track just
beyond the depot is about finished and
when ironed will add much to the yard
facilities here.
City council meeting on Monday night.
Among other business four jurors will be
selected to ill out the 20. names for the
clerk OF courts list
Hay bids fair to be little higher pric-
ed than Tor some years back. 1tsells for
two dollars ton in the "windrow'' on
( lands.
Miss Mary Ferrie of Hamilton closes
her school in district No. II, toilette,
next Friday, with public exercises. She
has been popular teacher there.
The fair at Hamilton is i'll progress as
we write, with a showery and cloudy
morning. We hope that it may clear of.
The fair concludes to-day.
The Bathsate and Hamilton bands
serenaded Hon. N. c. Young on his ar
rival home from Fargo and an informal
reception was held by his gratifed fellow
citizens.
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prominent farmers of Crystal, N. D.,
were looking for location in this neigh
borhood the first part ofthe week.-Hal-
lock Enterprise.
Loyal Legions a picnic had, every
little lass with each little lad. Ice cream
and lemonade, cake and pie, everyone
eat enough to make them sigh, Cant
eat any more now, must wait till by and
by!"
Francis Horr pointed out some dirt on
a bicycle chain that was revolving around
the sprocket wheel on Saturday. He
uses some other finger to point with now;
fortunately he did not lose his finger en-
tirely only badly mashed.
The Foresters and K. of P's had their
annual state lodges last week, the former
at Larimore and the latter at Devils
Lake. Large representations from local
lodges of this county were present at
both places.
Another gay gang of editors, their
wives. cousins, aunts, etc. went through
to take in c. P. R. editorial excursion
to the coast. They were from Michigan
and Wisconsin, and were nice appear.
ing lot of people.
Mrs. John Munroe of Humboldt, Mimi,
was buried last Friday afternoon. The
services were conducted by Rev. ]. G.
Moore of this city in the presence Of a
very large congregation. Her death was
very sudden.
The county drainage commissioners
met in Bathgate on the 23rd. Owing tc
D. Menzie's intended removal to Win
nipeg, he rendered his resignation a:
clerk, and R. w. Ross of Hensel, wa.
appointed to fill that position.
What to do with Admiral Cervera,
he remains in this country is subject o
discussion. Strange, no newspaper ha.
thought to point out to him the POSSIBLE
ties of the lecture platform. Cerver;
would draw bigger crowds than Brya,
did.
Ed Andrews, with the North Dakot;
volunteers on the Valencia, is writin,
home some amusing and interesting let
tiers to G. w. his brother, which are pub
lishedin the Walhalla Mountaineer. w
have : little more fun out Of them tn,
II naost folks, . the peculiar use Of e
trmS and names Of the parts Of the shil
can only be fully appreciated BY thos
& who know tie seai meanings and uses.