The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-26

the division of Ward county--but how
| much it will be divided.
The people Of Bowbells are sore
| over the way contributions to the
sidewalk fund were used.
Towner people are organizing to
head off any efforts to remove the
county seat to Granville.
Some people around Renville filed
themselves up with Canadian booze
and gave wild west show.
, 1t is said 200 farmers from outside
states have purchased farms around
Denhoff, in Mclean county.
Secretary of State Power is at his
Melville home, and fourteen people re-
Gently Joined the church there.
The division point on the 500 may
be removed to Bismarck from Cakes
since the extension of the line.
James Donohue suffered broken
leg in ball game at Bowbells and a
purse was raised for his benefit
Hon. N. G. Larimore is an enthus-
iastic worker in behalf of the Trans
mississippi Commercial Congress.
This year there are no hold your
wheat Circulars but the farmers are
not rushing their wheat to market.
Darlington is nothing if not metro
politan. An electric light plant and a
waterworks system is being agitated.
Darlington is discussing a curfew
ordinance. The curfew seems to be
ignored everywhere it has been adopt
ed.
Loren G. Drown of Renville en-
Il he hot +,
endeavored to assault his sister-in-
law.
A Donnybrook man, named Tracey,
has gone to the coast-but will no
doubt be safe since the killing out
there
The officials at Fargo seem to be
rounding up some of the crooks be-
fore they get into the interior of the
state.
There seems to be an epidemic of
wild wicked affection Of certain North
Dakotans for the wives of their own
brothers.
Frank Konia of jamestown had two
Of his brothers arrested on the charge
OF striking him with gun and other
weapons.
Farmer" Hines of Hannah has been
released from the state hospital at
Jamestown after several months
treatment.
The Great Northern employees at
Churches Ferry resigned because
there was too much work for the linn
tied force.
An unknown woman buried as a
county charge is the brief but sad
story Of the ending of a human life
at Bismarck
A cooking range exploded at Courte-
nay and there was second-ha cook
for sale cheap-after he was dug out
OF the debris.
Ward county people are agreed that
the gophers are the worst pests that
! prevail in that section-worse than
the Pcpuljsts.
North Dakota's population is in
creasins so rapidly that there is al
ready movement on foot for state
census in 1905.
Most men find trouble enough in
clipping with one woman, but the En-
derlin man who skipped with two was
certainly daring.
Murderer Ross, who is to do hemp
stretching stunt early in December at
Bottineau-has been taken to Cando
for safe keeping.
Dudley is now known as Blaine by
the postoffice people-and as Goodrich
by the railroad people-but what's in
| a name-or two?
Ed. Crandall, who enlisted from
Hunter year ago, has been made a
corporal in the coast artillery now in
Washington state.
An imitation palm tree caught on
fire in Courtenay drug store and
, there was a lively time for awhile to
save the pill shop.
A sneak thief was found in an ele-
vator crew at Velva. Hc had taken
$40 from one of the men, and was
thrown off the train.
The great boom in the northwestern
part Of the state causes the denizens
of that section to regard the Red
River Valley as slow.
A spark from G. NJ train started
prairie fire near Buford, which came
very nearly burning odd Bill Num-
by's fifty tons of hay.
Some funny" people in Sargent
County are mixing up the telephone
wires and preventing service. Prose
cutions are expected.
The Wallhalla fire department was
called out to eXtinguish a blaze in a
strawstack and swore-when it took.
700 feet of hose to do it,
r. E. l.. Grubbs has returned from,
Cuba to- Lisbon and is disposing Of
things preparatory to making his per-
manent home on the island
The 500 paid $1,449.s4 taxes at Car.
rington: under protest for school taxes;
for 1900-and action will be brought.
to have the money refunded.
Casselton is; said is be the head
quarters for a tough lot of crooks and
hobos, who work out to the smaller.
towns on the different roads.
The settlers that came into the,
state this spring are SO we'll pleased
that they are sending encouraging re-
ports home to their friends.
A solicitor was arrested at. Grafton
ON charge Of signing different names
for receipts for money. He was work
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