The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-12-26

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Uranium papers.
Local.
II 4 Frank Pocock managed a pigeon shoot
/. at Emerson on Christmas day.
A social dance was held in lcelandic
Z Hall on Friday evening in honor Of some
visiting friends.
The new county officials take office on
4 January 9th, except the auditor, who
holds OH until March.
There will be an open meeting OF the
sly" at the home of w. c. Short, Tues
day evening, at o'clock.
The Merch ,nts Bank issues very
pretty aluminium calendar, which is
). nice size for and would be ornamental to
any parlor.
The football and baseball New Years
ball promises to be the affair Of the sea-
son. The boys are making great pre-
parations.
Parties going 10 Canada on winter
visit can get their addresses changed on
the Pioneer Express with very little
trouble to us.
There is rumor that President Hill
has given orders to run the G. N. freight
via St. Vincent and tine Canadian North
ern.
The rink will not be open Christmas
and New Years in the afternoon but on
tue Friday afternoons succeeding. 1t
will be open every evening as usual.
Emerson, Which has been governed
for the last six years or SO bya "receiv-
er" appointed by the Manitoba govern
ment, is getting restless and wants to
get back to the municipal form again.
The asylum for the predetermined at
Grafton has the brick work completed
and doors and windows in. The cost so
far $4,000. 1t will take another similar
appropriation to complete it.
A general term of District Court has
bsen called for January 9th, 1903 Jury
ordered for January 7th. Jurors were
drawn "Wednesday, the 24th inst. No
grand jury has been petitioned for.
The Right Rev. DR.. Cameron Manu..
Bishop of North Dakota, is expected to
visit Grace Church, Penbina, on Sun
day, January 4th, 1903, and Drayton and
Bowesmont on the two following days.
Teams are busy hauling long dry pop
lar poles from the Roseau country. 1t
takes from three to four days to make
the trip and tour-horse team can bring
from FIVE to six cords. The loads bring
about S. cord.
The Emerson Journal made an an
rouncement last week that it would not
be issued during the holidays. Its edi-
tor proposed to celebrate Christmas, and
that several curling games were on the
program and he required practice, there
fore the Emerson Journal will not be
published this week.
A three months course will begin at
the N. D. U. on January 9th for the es-
pecial benefit of teachers and those ex-
pscting to become teachers. 1t will be a
training school, mostly instructing in
methods. Weithink it would bea good
place for many young, and some old,
teachers to go.
The growth Of ST. Vincent and the
probable added business by the railway
connection to Emerson makes the Gus
toms Office there of much more import
ance and more men will be needed at
once and there is talk of making it a port
OF entry for immigrants, which will ne
cessitate an immigration inspector. II.
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Merchants report i good Christmas
trade. This week the ads. are mostly
changed in form and wording. Now
comes the time when merchants are viii
ing 70 sell cheap. They want 70. clean
up winter goods As far AZ possible and
9get their goods changed into cash Be-
fore The January stock-taking time. This
n lie time that The rise buyer takes 8
vslk arcnnd the' stores.