The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-01

to properly fence ana care for the vii.
lage cemetery.
Fessenden's Fourth Of July celebra.
ton will be a $1,000 affair, with appro.
pirate trimmings.
The advent Of cement sidewalks at
La Moure is apt to result in needed
anti-spitting crusade.
Mrs., Mary Filbin of Steele. died sud.
denly of heart disease while attending
an old settlers picnic.
The Hamilton Fair association has
appropriated $3.50 for baseball tour.
nament during the fair.
w. D. Hodgson of Fargo, promi.
nent real estate man, is seriously i'll
with acute appendicitis.
Harry Anderson was held to the dis.
trict court from Page under $500 bonds
on charge of burglary.
Wahpeton's M. w. A. baseball team
is said to handle the long willow as
effectively as If it were an axe.
Wednesday nights storm at Cando
possessed some semi-cyclonic features
which threatened to be alarming.
Cass county is said to have more
candidates for sheriff this year than
any other two counties in the state
The contract for Cooperstown's
handsome new school house has been
let, and the price fixed upon at $751;.
TAI.
Ex-County Treasurer wager of Ben
son county has removed to Forsyth,
Mont, where he has business inter.
ests.
A Wild baby is reported to have been
born last week at Osnabrock. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wild are receiving congratula.
tions.
Settlers in northeastern Williams
county are to be served by a mail
route which will shortly be established
from Ray.
Somebody started rumor of prob,
able Indian uprising at Dunseith which
local parties claim is entirely without
foundation.
Wahpeton entertained the annual
convention of Richland county w. c.
T. U. ladies on Tuesday and Wednes,
day of last week.
A Northwestern publisher observes
that none of the worlds fair visitors
| from this state have so far found any
fault with the pike.
Emmons county authorities had a
| prisoner on the trusty list who has
left his happy home" without leaving
! notes on his itinerary.
| A firm of sheep ranchers who are
marketing their wool crop at Buford
| are claimed to have over 10000 pounds
of the valuable product.
Prof. ]. F. Callahan Of Casselton and
Miss Sarah l.. Roberts of Valley City
| have charge of the teachers institute
| now in session at Rolla.
| The anti-noise crusade seems to
| have got started just in time to assure
more Fourth Of July celebrations in
North Dakota than ever before.
Pembina county advocates of drain
age say the recent rains have proved
| an effective argument in favor of some
of the proposed drainage bitches.
An irreligious bolt of lightning
plunked down onto the Bohemian
Catholic church at Wahpeton, but fail.
ed to do any particular damage.
The way the Darlington baseballists
palmed off goose eggs on to rival teams
at carnival time seems to be eliciting
lots of sympathy for the defeated
teams.
Senator D. E. Gear of Glendale. a
former lifelong Democrat, is being
doomed by some Of the Republicans Of
his county as an available candidate
on their ticket.
George Keyes, former Glendale
man, has been advanced to the posi-
ton of head clerk in the superintend-
ent's office of the Santa Fe road at
Winslow, Arizona.
Litchyille business men have laid
in good supply of hand fire extin-
guishers to quell incipient conflagra-
lions until more elaborate fire appa.
ratus can be procured.
The combined attractions of street
carnival, Ringling's circus and bunch
Of farmers excursions are expected to
bring record crowd into Fargo the
week beginning July II.
Hans Peterson of Osnabrock is lying
in critical condition as the result Of
a stroke Of lightning which struck him
while he was entering his barn a few
days ago. At last accounts he was
slightly improving.
The Brietzkes, husband and wife,
who were arrested at Harvey, have
been sentenced to do sixty days time
in the Cass county Jail for conspiracy
to defraud through the use of the
United States mails.
A young man named William e.
Spear suicided at, Fargo by the. use Of
cocaine. He is learned to have been
a deserter from the United States
navy and is understood to have feared
arrest.
"A Rugby citizen wants to honor,
President Roosevelt by the establish