The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-07

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tween St. Thomas and the local team on
the Pembina grounds. The ST. Thomas
team claims the championship OF the
county and the Pembina girls have been
anxious to meet them. The struggle
will doubtless be OF the strenuous order
and will be watched with much interest.
Mr.. Wilder, representing a firm who
manufacture apparatus for furnishing
gas from gasoline. from central plant
and piped throughout the town, was in
the city this week trying to interest our
people. The plan looks feasible and the
rates to consumers seem to be even less
than kerosene. The first cost of the
plant, some "a 900 or 5000, is ii e hard
est proposition to figure ON.
Fred Farrow, of Cavalier, was over on
Thursday making arrangements to con-
vert the furniture store building owned
by I. L. Price into bowling alley. Mr..
Farrow will be in partnership with D. L.
Stewart, also of Cavalier. They expect
to be open for business tou: the LIST of
September. Bowling is cui a fad in
the neighboring towns nd the gentle-
men promise to run tn pla in the very
best style, with 'nolhinr 70 .tfend and ey.
erything to attract.
Old lew, Peter Pluvius, heard of our
Gala Day and came in the early: nom.
and as soonlas he got here began to
shower as is his fashion, and in conse.
quence the whole thing had to be called
OH. The day cleared somewhat during
the forenoon, but occasional squalls and
lots of mud, proved the wisdom of the
committee in telephoning the visiting
clubs not to come. 1t was great disap.
polntment to our citizens, as the arrang-
ments made by the committee had pro-
vided for fine program of base ball,
basket ball, and other sports, while ad-
vices from other towns are to the effect
that we would have had large attend.
ance. Owing to harvest season being on
1t was thought better to postpone indefi-
nltely, as it was too late to fix another
date this season.
The rains the first of the week DELAYED
the haying considerably and interfered
with the cutting of considerable early
barley and oats. A few fields of wheat
will be ready for cutting as these lines
are read, but wheat harvesting will not
be general before week from Monday,
In this corner of the county wheat is
looking like an average crop, running
from Ii to 25 bushels to the acre. The
rains will bring on some of the late sown
barley and flax that otherwise would not
have been cut. But some of it is so late
that unless we have very late season it
will not amount to anything anyway. AS
we write on Thursday, the wind is from
the north and there is great danger of
frost tonight, unless the wind changes,
1t was very close to the frost line last
night.
The Drayton basket ball team conclud-
ed to risk the weather and come and plav
our locals on Tuesday, and very fine
game was the result, at the ball park, af-
ter supper. The Drayton team was COM
posed of Misses Flossie Mussel, Flora
Lynch, Lena Olson, Alma I Woods,
Brownie Jameson. The Pembina play
ers were Misses Lucille Switzer, Ella
Wallace, Mabel Wardwell, Cora Felson,
and Freda Arnison. The score was four
to one, in favor of the locals. All the
scores were made on fouls. Drayton had
but few opportunities Tor field throws,
and while the ball was thrown many
times for the baskets by the Pembina
girls it fell outside every time. Perhaps
this was owing somewhat to the guarding
OF the Drayton team, and luck as well.
The team work of the Pembina five was
very fine, as was the guard work OF the
Drayton girls. An unfortunate accident
marred the sport Of the evening. The
centers, Lena Olson and Mabel Ward
well, in running for the ball, collided and
tripped, falling together, and the combin-
ed weight of both girls came on the
point of Mabel's shoulder, which was too
much tor the collar bone to staud and it
was fractured. The accident occurred
nearly at the last of the second half and
her place was taken by Mary Mcleod.
Mabel is doing as well as can be expect.
ed but will have to remain pretty quiet
for week or so.
Just About Bedtime
take a Little Early Riser-it will cure
constipation, bilousness and liver trou-
|bles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
different from other pills. They do not
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