The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11

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Mrs. Chas. Full who has been quite il
this week was able to sit up Yesterday.
Tuesday, December 18th, at Postmast
er Cavileer's. the Guild of the Episcopa
church will give Xmas entertainment
An interesting social time may be ex
pected, as we'll as a sale of Christmas
gifts.
Court at Langdon this week with Judge
Kneeshaw in charge. He will go thru
the regular calendar. In any further pro.
ceedings in reference to the Barry case
Judge Cowan will preside. In the latter
case Judge Cowan refused to allow Bar.
ry to go out on bail, and it is quite prob
able that this question may be appealed
to the supreme court.
On Tuesday evening the members of
the Episcopal church will give an Xmas
entert lnment at Postmaster Cavileer's.
Christmas program and music, by local
talent, assisted Ivy friends from across
the Iine," and Minnesota. A table of
Christmas gifts-and later, refreshments.
The High School Orchestra will be in
attendance. All are invited. Doors op-
en- at Z O'Clock. Admission Is cts.
Tommy German, who has been work
ing at Ben Taylor's barber shop for some
time. has gone to Emo, Ont, where he
will go into business for himself Tommy
is good boy and good barber and his
friends here will wish him success in his
new home. Tom Prittie, John German
and Mr.. Pierce are at Emo this winter
operating saw mill with Mr.. Prittie's
threshing engine, with good prospects.
The weather for the week has been of
a decidedly mixed variety, changing al
most hourly; snow, sunshine and biz.
card following each other, but withal not
very cold and most of the time so we
could get around. Tuesday afternoon
there was blizzard from the south all
the afternoon, clearing off in the evening,
followed by a north wind blizzard We'd
nesday morning. A blizzard from the
south for that length of time IS a rare &C.
currrence in this country.
An audience which filled the Grand
Forks opera house assembled last Sun.
day in response to the invitation of the
Lodge of Etks to attend lodge of sor-
row for their deceased members. There
are thirteen of such members, of whom
our late county treasurer Murphy was
one OF the last to die. A. ]. McFadden
and other relatives from Neche were in
attendance. The services were very SOL
emn and impressive and the addresses
very appropriate and eloquent.
Postmaster R. ]. Currie of Tyner was
pleasant caller on Monday. He tells US
that he has sold his farm at Tyner and is
looking for another job but is not settled
in his own mind what it shall be. He
has some thought OF going to the west
ern part of the state and raise cattle and
sheep, but may decide on some business
nearer. We, with many others of the
old timers, will wish that he may find
something that will still keep him within
the county. 1t is always with real pang
OF sorrow that we learn of the tearing up
of the roots of one of our old "first
ones" like Currie.
The proceedings" of the city council
printed in this issue have general inter-
est to all taxpayers of the county and are
OF particular interest to the citizens OF
Pembina. Undoubtedly the county board
are given much latitude in cases of this
sort and lift proves in court that they
have the right to thus change assess.
ments and lower taxes at their own
pleasure then it is plain that the law
should be changed. There at least should
be an opportunity for the municipalities
to whom most of the tax is coming to
have something to say in the disposal Of
moneyiwhich is collected for their bene-
fit and with which the county has moth
ing whatever to do. There are many
cases in which it is right to reduce the
assessment and taxes, but in no case
ought it to be right to reduce assess
ments Except in cases Of plain clerical
error) without hearing both parties at
interest.
Marriage Licenses.
Norris a. Cox and Hattie Loyer cava-
lier.
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