The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-04-20

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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1900.
Local.
Free With The Pioneer Express
The Farmer.
The New York Tribune.
The Twice-a-week Minneapolis Tribune.
The Grafton News and Times came
with prettily colored Easter cover last
week.
Coleman Bell OF Bathgate was brought
over this week to be examined for in
sanity. He will probably be sent to
Jamestown.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Tucker,
at LeSueur, Minnesota. March 18th, a
daughter. We regret to learn that Mrs.
fuckers health is not as good as could
be desired.
The Easter edition Of the St. Paul Dis
patch was a 32-page paper, full of bright
colors and illustrations. The Dispatch
is a splendid newspaper every day in
the week for that matter however, and
its news service is the best obtainable.
The annual congregational meeting of
the Presbyterian church will convene
this Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the
church. Reports of the various depart
ments of church work will be given.
Members, adherents and friends cordially
invited.
We ask the attention Of the city tax
payers to the editorial on city taxes pub
lished on the first page in this issue.
Our city government is largely a finan-
cialtmatter and everybody knows our
taxes are high, and we try in the editorial
to show why they are high.
The Doukhobors who were sent back
to Emerson on the ground that they were
contract laborers, came back again last
week and have remained here since,
pending department proceedings. 1t is
probable that the case will be fought
hard by the railroad company.
The city bicyclers are arranging for a
run to Emerson this evening. Good
roads, good weather and no mosquitoes
make bicycling an ideal outing pleasure
this spring. Everybody invited to join
the procession tonight. Start from the
bank corner at 7.o'clock or as soon
thereafter as can get together.
F. A. Hart and an assistant have been
driving logs down the Pembina this week
having got as far as Welfords yestrday
The logs are intended for piling for the
new approaches of the Pembina River
brilge in this city. The new approaches
will have iron beams and be in keeping
with the rest of the bridge. Work will
be commenced soon.
We expected to have good item this
week to the effect that the N. P. depot
at this point would be doubled in size
and stone foundation put under, as
three car loads of stone arrived last
week, but the high powers Of the com.
pany went back on the original intention
and the work will not be done this year.
Before closing it is pertinent to re.
mark that one of the busiest men con.
nected, with the conference was the
secretary, Rev. John G. Dlngle, of Penn.
bina, who was reelected for anothe year.
With all his many duties he always had
time to answer numerous questions and
The Herald is under obligations to him
for numerous courtesies extended
Grand Forks Herald.
The supper and entertainment of the
Presbyterian Ladies Aid on Wednesday
evening brought together good sized
I hall full Of people, who were RECALLED
with an excellent supper and fine mu
steal and literary program. The latter
in brief being: piano, Miss Full; violin
and cornet. Messrs. Weber and Goats
song, Nj. Livingston; reading, Miss
Christopher; vocal duet, Miss Nelson,
McQ Quinn; solo, Mrs. Feldman; sole
and ohligato, Miss West and Nj. Weber
u piano, Miss Full; song, Mr. McQuinn
violin and cornet, Messrs. Weber and
NJ Several AZ the numbers werl
/. I'D and an zen appreciatiye