The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-22
News Of IN.
: terest. :
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Breezy Notes of Recent Happenings in
Elickertajldono.

Casselton.
Forman Scandipavians will cele
brate May II.
Kenmare's new school building will
cost $4,000.
Benson county has just paid off
$4,000 bonds.
Wells county will pay one cent each
for gopher tails.
Edmore is preparing for a farmers
institute in June.
Granville Methodists will have
new church edifice.
E. Ertresvaag, prominent resident
of Bottineau, is dead.
New Rockford farmers have organ.
lied an elevator, company.
North Dakota Socialists will nomi
nate complete state ticket.
Grand Forks brick manufacturers
have merged their interests.
Westhope claims to be the largest
town in the state-of it's age.
Westhope Presbyterians have just
Orange Wright, one of the pioneer
residents of Grand Forks county, died
recently.
The railroad dam at Ray is reported
to be giving way on account of exist
ing floods.
State papers have it that none of
Towner county's officials are candi
dates for reelection.
A bunch of incipient veterinarians
were examined for state licenses al
Grand Forks last week.
Over fifty cases of small pox are
reported among Indians on the Turtle
Mountain reservation.
DESERVING soldiers from Forts Lin.
coin and Keogh were apprehendcd by
officers at Bismarck
Mrs. Harrison of Blanchard, wife Of
Thomas Harrison, prominent in state
Masonic circles. is dead
Fifty-seven national banks have
been organized in North Dakota dur.
ing the past four years.
A young Dickinson boy is in the
tolls of the law for wasting his talents
making counterfeit nickels
A Grand Forks man took medicine
to sober him up, and didn't wake UP
again for a day and half
A new town in eastern Logan coun-
t yis reported as springing up like
mushroom in pasture lot.
A big auction at Marion brought to.
gether the largest number of people
| ever assembled in the village.
Grand Forks county will have a
liquor cure establishment in connec.
ton with the county poor farm.
The Pinkerton-Kellogg grain ware
house at Lakota has been destroyed
by fire. Estimated loss, $4,000.
Ex-State Senator James Dobie of
Cavalier county passed away at his
home April 6 after brief illness.
The Rock brothers, accused of wheat
stealing near Bowbells, have been sen
fenced and entered upon terms at the
pen.
John Cook, ranchman living in Nc
Lean county, and two sons drowned
| while attempting to cross Douglass
creek.
Captain Cole and five players OF the
new Grand Forks baseball team have
arrived and are ready for the seasons
activities.
Forty of the forty-two teachers nov
employed in Grand Forks schools
have been offered contracts for the en-.
suing year.
| A discharged convict from Bottineau
county is in the penitentiary again
for attempting to help liberate former
fellow prisoners.
A stranger suicided at st. Thomas
last week. leaving no clue to the cause
of his act. He had over 5000 about
his person when found
An eight-mile railroad will be con
structed between the Portland cement
mines in Pembina county and the
Great Northern at Hensel.
Scandinavian Republicans will have
an opportunity to attend the Fargo
Bauta Stem celebration and the state
convention on the same time.
Linton church people are discussing
the advisability Of holding spelling
match as means of entertainment 10
raise money for their new building, :.
| Some branch lines OF railroad in the
Western part of the state are begin
ming to resume operation after an un-
usually extended period OF blockade
from snow and high water.
Congressman Marshall's bill proyid.
ing for $40, acres to be set apart as
national park at Whitestone hills in
commemoration Of the battle fought
there in 1863, has passed the house.
Jens Jenson. an old settler, residing
three miles from Abercrombie. was
badly injured while handling q Mar.
lin rifle. The weapon exploded, nara.
lyzing the mans hands and injuring,
one eye. ET
Civil service examinations will be
hold Mt Force ES,roud Ur<,.v,n -. s.