The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-29
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ing and made my hair grow, u
Mrs. a. Boydston. Atehise
toms. 1t is to be regretted that we should
lose the services ofthis popular officer"
A quarter ofa century later. fellows who
have foAght the old man hard in days
gone by are hoping his legislative days
are not over. That Pembina Pioneer Of
August, 1879, is interesting in the ex-
treme-and Jud was an old timer ia Da-
kota then! How he must laugh at the
bricks so often thrown at him by chaps
like the writer, who were not born when
he was sitting in that shanty capitol at
Yankton thirty-two years ago. But con-
gratulations to the Pioneer Express on
its silver jubilee so cleverly Observed
Sheldon Progress.
Last week the Pioneer Express of
Pembina gave the celebration of its
twenty-fifth anniversary a peculiarly
unique observance by the issuing fac
simile Of the first issue of the pap r,
dating back to August 7th, 1879. Its
old time readers especially the earlier
residents of Pemina county, will preserve
this souvenir as it has an historical value
they are we'll able to appreciate. The
idea of Messrs. Wardwell & Thompson,
the publishers, is distinctly original and
brings them prominence and well earn
ed high regard among their contempor.
aries and we'll wishes of the future. May
the Pioneer-Express long continue to en-.
Joy its large measure of confidence and
patronage among the reading public ot
northern North Dakota.-Langdon Dem.
ocrat.
the Pembina Pioneer Express begins
volume 26. and in celebration Of the
event it issued a supplement which is a
fac simile of the first issue. Strictly
speaking the celebration is few weeks
ahead of time, which fact the paper ex.
plains by the statement that while the
first issue of the paper was published on
August Z, 1879, the newspaper year con.
sists Of So weeks, and as the calendar
year overruns this little, in the quarter
ola century OF its existence the paper
has gained about month. The Pioneer
was started by P. A. Gatchell and M. "A.
Brown, and after several changes it pass.
ed into the hands of the present propri-
etors, Messrs. Wardwell & Thompson,
in 1887, and it has been published bv
them since that time. AS is stated edi-
torially in the present issue, the aim OF
the publishers has been to give the
people good country paper all the time.
In this they have certainly succeeded.
1t is clean and straightforward, and it
has original views on questions of local
and general interest which it is not afraid
to make public. The editorial work OF
the paper has fallen to Mr.. Wardwell,
who is a-good writer and an exceedingly
pleasant man to meet. The Pioneer Ex-
press is the Herald's junior by a few
weeks. In the past twenty-five years
the two papers have had many tilts, some
Of them quite animated, but their battles
have always been fought with good feel
ing, and the Herald expects these pleas
ant relations to be maintained for at least
another twenty-five years. Grand Forks
Herald.
The Pioneer Express is twenty-five
years old, which makes it one ofthe earl
lest established papers in the Valley.
Last week in honor of the anniversary Of
the establishment of the paper Wardwell
& Thompson issued a twelve page paper
two pages of which were given up to a
phpto-engrayure Of the first issue OF the
Pembina Pioneer issued by Gatchell and
Brown on the 7th of August, 1879: This
reproduction of the first paper ever print
ed in Pembina county contains many in
teresting things which makes it of great
historic value, and the copy which came
to the Times will be carefully treasured
with our own early files. The present
editors have owned and operated the pa
per since April 1887. The Pioneer Ex-
press was the only paper printed in Penn
.bina county when the Times was estab-
ilished in June 1882, and since August
1883 has been carefully read by the pres
ent editor Of the Times. While the two
papers have frequently not agreed about
men or measures, there has always been
q most friendly feeling between the own
ers Of the two papers, and the Times
man nj considers the Pioneer Express one
OF its most valued exchang IS, and wish
es Tor II and its publishers another TWEEN
ty-hye years Of sperity and progress,
st. Thomas Times.
Last week the Pioneer Express, of
iPembina, started out on is twenty-sixth
wear having rounded ont IN its Z, fsa,,rs