The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-13

III nres OF the reason. q
13ottineads q getting some Of thu
settlers iH the state. ~ 1 ss5
/, HarveysAn the. 500, has put in q new
chemical fire xtinguisher. IN HIGH s
Z Valley City will vote on the prop sl-S.
sti0nsfto establish q public library.
Several Wahpeton people are prepar.
ing to attend the Paris expositio lon Y. a
The postofices at sheldon was en-
|. tered in the night isands some $500 TAX
en-. W. - 80: ~ .i,.s
Richland county requires sixteen cen
sus enumerators.. All are appointed
but one. ~ vi
The annual fair Of Southern Walsh
county will be held In Mimic on July
3. 4 and 5. e & ~, 3.
The advance guard OF; a number OF
Minnesotians have arrived to settle. in
Oliver county (.
Daily passenger train service is soon
to be resumed on the Jamestown &
Southwestern. ,.,l
The officers of the Valley City State
Bank have applied for a. charter for a
national bank.
company to prospect for oil in the
Mouse River, valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Holbrook of
Rugby celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their wedding. VIII.
The survey plats for the Fort, Ste,
| venson reservation have been received
at the Bismarck land Office
The Northern Pacific is paying or
tax certificates against lands in Suits
man county. to clear the records.
Edgely has board of trade, and that.
| body ts Just now devoting it's energies
in support Of the tracing circuit prop
csition.
Sheriff Farrow Of Pembina county
got mixed up with runaway near
Hamilton. and lost several chunks of
epiderHis.' g
The Northern Pacific has decided to-
step leasing hay lands. The lands will
be placed OIL the market ut a reason.
able price.
d. Hadigan, Great Northern brake
man. slipped and fell. under train at
| ST Thomas. and his land was severed
at the wrist.
Capt. James Ulio of the Second in
laptry, has been detailed by the gov
eminent as military Instructor at the
agricultural college. ~
Tie time for receiving bids for build
ing the Benson county court house. has
been extended by the county commits
sioners to April %.
Supt. Andy Laughlin, Of the census
bureau. has received $500 pounds Of
census blanks for use in the work of
enun.erating in this state. :.
While loading cartridges. Albert Il.
Beers accidentally struck one with "a
hammer, causing an explosing which
resulted in the loss Of an eye. =
A little prairie fire in Emmons county
last week gave the residents. there IN
opportunity to timber Up their joints
preparatory to spring work.
John McCabe. the man who was Sc
verely burned while building a fire in
the ,roundhouse at Williston. has been
sent to the hospital at Grand Forks.
While making q coupling on an i'm
migrant train at Glendale, Conductor
John Tompkins was caught between
the cars and had collar bone broken.
The prospects of the 500 building
through Barnes county raised the price
of farm lands. in some instances. to
double the figure at which they We're
held before.
August NIilbrandt, prosperous Ger
man farmer in Sargent county, went
insane over the Boer war. He tele-
graphed President Mckinley to stop
the war at once.
The man named Smith. who was re-
ported to have small pox at LangdOn
and created such a scare, has develop
ed case Of measles, and the excite
ment has subsidized.
Mic Schmid CT Dickey. LaAIoure
county, died from the effects Of the
kick Of a horse. He was one of the
best known and most popular men III
that section of the state.
The authorities of Burleigh county
who are Investigating the Stark MUIR
der case. have found the revolver Sc
creted by Ira Jenkins, and of which he
at first denied all knowledge.
L. ]. Oliver of Ransom county, Just
back from trip to Indiana, says sew
eral thousand American farmers there
are preparing to n igrate and seek
cheap lands in North Dakota.
A party Of serenaders thought they
would have some fun with newly.
welded Stutsman county man. He
came out with loaded shot gun and
made them hustle away p. d. q.
| Oliver Dusocher. man from Onta-
rio. has bought 1000 acres Of farm
lands near toilette, Pembina county,
and will send colony Of French FAM
lilies from Canada to cultivate 1t.
| Some Of the enterprising merchants
Mt Williston have put in soda fount-
aims. and. in the absence Of other bev-
erages, the boys will cultivate the
taste of soda water this summer.
| Gavin Ross. a farmer living just
Geross the boundary near Emerson.
was killed last week by falling from
his sled. striking his head on the hard
ground and fracturing his skull.
George Garbutt, who recently opened
the bottling works at Grafton, Is max
ing arrangements to have winter