The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
Circus coming 18th, kids.

circus coming 10Th, kids.
Tom Shaw wants hired girl-see his
pathetic and poetical ad. for particulars.
Paul Johnson. the poet and sage of the
sand ridge, was in the city Wednesday
and never called at this Office. Don't do
it again, Paul.
We understand that smallpox has pre-.
vailed in two or more families a few
miles of Cavalier, but that all have re.
covered, or nearly so.
The Langdon Driving and Agricultural
Association hold their racing meet on
June 8rd, oath and have large number
of entrees in prospect to insure some ex-
ce'lent sport.
Prof. Forester is back from his trip to
Bottineau Co., where he conducted an
institute last week; says he had a very
successful gathering of 80 teachers. and
as remarkable circumstance almost
every one Of them were also engaged
in holding down claim. In fact large
number Of them who were we'll qualified
to teach in high schools were out there
holding down claims and teaching in the
SINE or a near by district.
J. w. Skinner, chemist at the Babcock
cement mine west Of Hensel, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head
with revolver. He has been in poor
health for some time, and has been de-
spondent-' On Thursday he left his room,
and took his revolver. with him. stating
thas he was going to shoot gophers.
He failed to return, and the body was
found half a mile from the mine.
with bullet hole in his head. His home
was in Minneapolis.
The c. P. R. has begun to run daily
from Emerson to Winnipeg, leaving EN-.
erson at 6 in the morning and returning
at in the evening, which gives about 4
hours at Winnipeg The Emerson peo-
pie begin to think that they are getting
back to the earth again, with a daily
train on each side Of the river now. We
expect to hear that the Great Northern
Will soon start a train via the St. Vincent
branch to Emerson to connect with the
daily service OF the c. P. R., as that is
the way things have been tending for
some time.
The government thermometer struck
the ~ mark on Wednesday evening.
This is the freezing point, but we have
not heard of anything being hurt. Ten.
der garden stuff in the city appears to be
uninjured. 1t sometimes hap
pens that frost will occur at less than
the freezing point and at other times the
thermometer will go degree or two be-
low for short time and still no frost.
ANYHOW, we are glad to have gotten off
SO easy this time, though the weather
has been anything but comfortable most
OF the week. Crops are reported as look
ing fine all over the county.
A letter from the chairman of the COM
mlttee OF the A. o. U. w. lodges of Win
nlpeg, says; CATER assuring us that they
would be glad to provide train for us,
the c. N. Ry. people now say it will be
impossible for them to do so, owing to
the regular heavy traffic and to the fact
that they are about putting on a new
passenger service between here and Port
Arthur, their equipment will be so busy
that they are cutting out all excursion
business. The c. P. R. IS also refusing
all excursion business, so there is moth.
ing to expect from them. We are very
much disappointed at again not being
able to visit you as proposed, and 1 am
requested to heartily thank your men,
bers and citizens for the very cordial
way in which you took the matter up
when suggested" So there will be no
excursion from the Winnipeg A.O.U.W.
lodges this summer. We hope, however.
that the Winnipeg brethren will keep on
trying and it they can't get here this wear
why come next summer. They will al
ways find warm welcome.
$. s. Convention Postponed.
Txner Ii,na & 1909