The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-01-25
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County News.

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h Ben Newell is talking lots of hail insur-
ance for 1901.
a valuable horse owned by Hugh Raj.
ston died on Thursday.
Mrs. Thordarson and Lille are having
a good time among friends at Gardar and
Thingvalla.
Quite number oflocal farmers attend
ed both tri-county and farmers institute
meetings at Crystal on Monday.
Tom O'Rurke went over to Langdon
again on Monday, in connection with the
preliminary hearing Of the Berry case.
Dolph Baney, Of Lodema, who went to
visit friends at his old home in Michigan.
was taken seriously i'll there. Latest re-
ports indicate improvement, and Dolph
is expected home soon.
Farmers are busy cleaning and hauling
home seed wheat, owing to extensive
sprouting while in shock last fall. Geo.
Creighton who had ~ bushel crop of
Haynes Select Bluestem is selling his
whole crop at 10 cents over market price.
Grand Master Workman Ellsworth, of
Jamestown was present Friday night, at
regular A. o. U. w. meeting. Henry
Halldorson and J. Jonasson offered ma
terial to exemplify some new and inter-
esting work. Visiting brethren from Ca
Waller and Grafton were present.
About every so often the discovery is
made that the Smith family, Jones family
or some other family, have become heirs
to $40, O0O, 600, in London, Amsterdam or
some other dan-it's always two humid
red millions. This time it's the Corey
family, and Geo. Corey of Cavalier coun-
ty is one of the heirs. His portion is al
legged to be 1000, 900, and he don't feel
little bit stuck up either Well, 1t will
be nice if he only gets S., 000,0 600.
The brutal Barry murder case is still
the absorbing question with our commu-
nifty, the general sentiment being that for
cold blooded, cruel murder, it surpass-
es any thing in recent years. No one at
tempts to justify what Barry claims, as
his motive to avenge wrong to his sister,
but very many maintain that no undue
relations ever existed between Mellem
and Miss Barry, and that Barry's fiendish
cruelty sprung from some other source.
Taking in consideration thesarray-of legal
talent employed for the defence, many
fear the ends OF true justice will be defeat
&C, "a contamination all law abiding citi.
zens would deplore.
One can reasonably hope that every in
telligent citizen will read carefully and
ponder we'll in their minds Cashel's Pri-
mary Election bill now before our legis-
#lature; if they do, they will determine it's
confusion, worse confused. Lots of good,
strong argument can be advanced which
would justify that bill in being knocked
higher than Gilroy's kite, and not one
good, sound argument can be advanced
against loa ding down our already cum
bersome and expensive election laws.
Fewer elections and longer terms Of Of
fee. Say four years for all state and
county offices, instead Of two years, and
thus reduce our election expenses one
half would be a more popular slogan to
go before the people. Anyone who reads
reports Of county commissioners pro
ceedin.s, in settlement Of election bills,
will conclude that instead of duplicating
the work and expenses Of election some
thing should be doneto lessen the bur-
den of the taxpayer, and no amount Of
sophistry can make us p1ebians (Who
''pay the freight, ~ believe that we want
an additional incumbrance to our already
cumbersome and expensive election law.
Glorious News.
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