The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-01
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Bismarck K. P.'s installed. new
lodge at Dickinson.
An electrical storm stirred things up
1T Milton in lively shape.
jamestown will get next years G.. "A.
r. encampment for this state.
The Casselton Reporter office mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire.
The Kindred band has secured DR..
G. S. Putnam Of Fargo as director.
Milton claims the largest and best
orchestra in its section of the state.
A Rip Van Wrinkle performance I'M
der canvas is doing some parts of the
state.
Grafton citizens subscribed $1,26O
for the site for the new Carnegie H.
brary.
The regular June term OF court for
Walsh county, has been adjourned to
:u'y IL
The state conference of Norwegian
Baptist churches was held at Park
River.
McHenry, Portal and Walhaua post
offices have been raised to the presi-
Dental class.
The government has let the contract
to supply Fort Lincoln with $1,050
worth of screens.
The carnival in progress at Lisbon
Is claimed to be the best celebration
ever held in the city.
Vliet Quackenbush, long prominent
in Pembina county business and po-
litical circles. is dead.
An employee in Fargo livery stable
got word that he had fallen heir to a
$4,000 estate in England.
Sheldon people have gone after a
creamery and propose to have it in
full operation by July Is.
Dickey county commissioners will
cause the construction of three new
steel bridges this summer.
| Capt. Thomas Mariner, well-known
steamboat man of the Missouri river, is
very low at the Bismarck hospital.
The Growers club at Bismarck is to
have commodious and well-equipped
clubhouse in the residence district.
The village of Tagus, in Ward coun-
ty, is said to have many attractive in
ducements to offer as summer resort.
Monango vicinity, in, Dickey county,
is one of the first sections to report
crops damaged by the hail this sea-
son.
Hannaford people claim to know a
500 line news agent who hands out
booze on demand accompanied by the
price.
The Devils Lake Chautauqua assem-
bly, has secured q Japanese orator
among its attractions for the season
just opening.
A Park River man has sixhorse
power automobile of his own make,
that has already been tested with sat
isfactory results.
The Lisbon baseball team has given
good satisfaction to it's hackers, having
won three games out Of four played up
to last Thursday.
The Fargo street railway is expected
to have cars in operation to take farm
ers to the agricultural college during
the July excursions.
| Churchs Ferry residents turned out
en- masse with the local band to honor
a fellow townsman who had been NOM
mated for the legislature.
The Grand Forks Gas and Electric
company will make 100000 worth Of
improvements, doubling their power
and erecting new building.
Two men were arrested at James
town on suspicion of being implicated
in the robbery of some diamonds that
were taken from a safe at Billings,
Mont.
! A Casselton auctioneer has a pros
pective contract to sell five hundred
horses for a firm which is planning a
series of sales in the northern part Of
the state.
Charles Dryer has been appointed
special agent of the United States land
Office for the Minot and Devils Lake
districts, under a new ruling which
will take eject Aug. !.
Work has been commenced on the
extension of the Washburn branch of
the 500 line beyond its present termi-
nus at Underwood. Minot people un-
derstand it will be extended to that
city. =,
Samuel Hager of Jamestown died
suddenly during his sleep while spend
ing few days at the home of friend
near that city. The deceased was
born at Hagerstown, Nd, eighty one
years ago.
James w. Campbell, convicted on the
charge of raising postofhce money Or
ders at Crary while acting as deputy
postmaster, was sentenced to two and
one-half years in the Sioux Falls peni-
Tertiary. HUI
"A colored hobo terrorized family
near Sheldon last week with threats
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