The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-02
Drunken hobos enliven Marion.

80 W
Jacob Weber Of BaIfour has made a
good thing raising pumpkins and cit.
rons. .''s3 ~.
Beirut Anderson of Churchs Ferry
reports twenty-four bushel wheat
crop. s.. -. ~: 4ss
j. "A beet with waist measurement of
twenty-five inches is reported at Ell
lott 49,.
/ The Dickinson banks seem deter
mined to reach the million dollar mark
in deposits. %s+
: More than half mile of cement
sidewalk has been laid in Devils Lake
this summer. :
: "A party of tough youngsters are said
to be making life burden for the peo-
pie of Barlow. = x
Steele business men are planning to
boom the gold development in that
part of the state. 81.
A Sanborn man has used macaroni
flour for three years and prefers it to
the regular flour. :;
A Wllliston mine received an order
for twenty-five; carloads of Ignite to
tbe shipped to Milton
N. e. Foss Of Sargent county was
, arrested on a charge Of selling pair
OF mortgaged mules. '''s
Water in the underground wire sys.
tenn at, Devils Lake caused trouble
trouble with the lights. a.:
4: Charles Harris of Denbaugh' was
thrown from a hay rack and received
injuries which proved fatal. 20
: Montana sheep and horses are being
grazed in Stutsman' county before be.
ing shipped onto the market q.
I. 1.-The. homesteaders in shacks' in the
northwestern part.df the state declare
the recent storm was no picnic. i'.'.
!. N. c. Mcdonald finally went to Lid.
gerwqod after all the speculation about
his teaching at Mayville land Ellen
dale. s ~ -;<s.i. y -:
i. Some Eastern spprtsmen are expect.
ed 1nssthe. state for goose hunting
around Devils, Lake. and, Minnewau.
kan. &: ~ ~ ,..,
The ..reports of. the, hail insurance
COMPANIES are being made and the ma.
jority OF them seem to have had light
losses" -:
The threshers who a boarded idle
crews for two weeks will work eight.
een-hour stunts during the good wealth.
er period d.
p, G. Burgess, who was injured at
Edmore by an engine falling on him,
is improving, though his arm is still
paralyzed. -, =.
The difficulty in securing a market
for the tow seems to discourage many
people who would like to, start fax
fiber mills.
Many counties are taking an interest;
in securing good exhibits to send to
the st. Louis exposition, Then There
are others. ''s,'s .s
The necessity Of good roads is pain.
fully Impressed on the people. by the
condition of the" highways: since the
recent floods.
I AT Bismarck the Western Union is
changing the telegraph poles to the.
inside Of the. curbing to- comply, with
: the. ordinance.
Most North Dakotans are consolfng
themselves that the" weather was
worse in some other sections of the,
. United States.
=! D.. E.. Clements formerly a. school
teacher at Anamoose, has been given
good position, in the, general land
offlcs at Washington. '>t.,'*. =.
- DR. Virgo sofyBottineau county had
hard luck. He; threshed his wheat and
. put 1T ini.the granary. The floor gave
way and spilled the grain. -.
a pelican was recently killed i'm the
northwestern part: of the state that is
said to have measured seven feet and
nine inches from tip to tip.
Some Ward county ranchers are
adding trailing hounds to their wolf
and. greyhound packs, and expect to-
e1terminate a lot of wolves this VIM
ter. 49, ~ -, =.
Even with 20 cents difference in. the
price, the people who are getting SO
W lUU per CeuI more maCarOnl imam
other wheat, yields can manage to
worry along
DIR. Martin. formerly of ,McHenry,
recently decided to enter the, ministry,
and one of his friends wonders if a
good physician will be spoiled to make
a poor, preacher. .
One druggist in the state insists
that, most patent medicines are made
from cheap grade of booze. He must
be wanting to boom. the sale of the
stun; during the present booze drouth.
An effort is being made throughout
the state to- have James McCochaney
of Bismarck. who was member OF
Battery A.. and was injured while
firing salute on the Fourth of July,
1902, made custodian of the military
grounds at Devils Lake.
A farmer in the northwestern part
of the state had some ripe uncut flax
when. the storm came The; gale blew
out the ripened seed and the, farmer