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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07
AN INCOME TAX.

The Bisma arck Tribune talks very we'll
on the inequalities of assessment and tax.
alton but falls down over its remedy. It
speaks of the dishonesty of mankind and
the difficulties of getting at invisible
property, and then proposes to tax gross
incomes as fairer way. 1t would be
lust as hard to find out what incomes are
as any other sort of property. Ofcourse
in some cases like that of clerks and such
people it would be comparatively easy,
but with the rich men, whose incomes
are largely but increments of total
values, or investments, in most cases
it would be very hard for themselves to
determine, even if they felt disposed to
give the figures to the assessor. We
heard that one of the richest men of this
northwest said, that during the panicky
times of 1S93,that he had lost SIS, Geo, ,OCO
Simply by the depreciation in railway
stocks that he owned. Now since that
time that same railway stock has not
only regained all that loss but is doubt
less worth many millions more. How
would the Tribune get at that sort of in
come, decrease and increase? The same
thing is true as to investments in lands
or similar speculation. There is no def
mite apparent income and in some cases
it takes long years to determine whether
the investment is gain or loss, yet this
IS income just as much as il a man
loaned his money at interest instead.
1t is much easier to find fault with the
wrongs of assessment than to suggest
rights. Mankind has been working at
the problem for several thousand years
and have not really got any more impair
tial plan than the Turks. There the
higher authorities size up some specified
district as being able to pay so much.
The dnty of collecting is given to SUBJ
ordinate officer who is made responsible
tor the whole amount demanded by the
government. He then in turn sizes up
the amount to be paid by each individ.
tal and if te individual thinks it too
much the Subordinate officer orders him
bastinad until he changes his mind.
The s6AnFes are that even with this arbi-
traHmethod that the Turks are more
sdally taxed than are the Amer ;caus.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

Would circus be of financial benefit
to Hallock? This question has been
put to great many of our citizens and
the city council. We will just take Penn
bina for an example in explaining this
question. Pembina had over 1000 visit.
ors at the circus on Tuesday last. Not
over 500 OF the residents OF Pembina
took in the performance, consequently
Pembina did not spend over $500 on ac-
count of the circus. The visitors, how
ever, arrived there in the early morning,
spent the entire day. Some drove in
from the country while others arrived by
train. Not one of these 4,C0O visitors
got out of Penbina without spending at
least S1.0O with the hotels and business
men of the city, and some of them spen mt
for sport or with the merchants all the
war from SIS to S25 and possibly over.
We think that fair estimate of the
amount of money left in Pembina as a
result of the circus would be about S.
600. This would seem to reasonable
thinker to be fair profit for one days
circus. Pembina extended them cor
dial invitation without any license. Well
done Pembina.-Hallock News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07
HISTORY HUNTERS.

DR.. Nhby of the North Dakota uni
versity and Prof. Fish Of the Wisconsin
university 1t Madison were in the city
from Saturday to Tuesday, They were
in search of historical material of vari-
Gus kinds and found considerable data
of interest which will be added to the
archives of the North Dakota historical
society of which DR.. Libby IS the efiici-
ent secretary. They found some old
poll lists of '73 and IA at the court house
and took copies Of the minutes of some
of the first commissioners proceedings
OF Pe mbina county, which at that time
includes about all of North Dakota
which was at all settled and whose
southern boundary was the Cheyenne
river near Fargo. Another prize was
one of the International boundary line
posts, kindly donated by Mr.. F. c.
Warner who purchased the site of Fort
Pembina and thus came into possession
of halt dozen that had been placed
there by the United States army officers.
The post has been shipped to Bismarck
and will be somewhat of curiosity to
those who have never seen one.
The posts are of cast iron, about nine
feet long, and the words, Convention
OF London" on one side and "October
10th, 1818," on the other, which refers to
the date OF the treaty when the agree
ment was made as to where the bound
ary should be on the 10th parallel. The
boundary line was marked with these
posts every mile, during the years 1874
and 1875, by the mutual measurements
of the British and American engineers,
DR.. Libby and Prot. Fish went to Win
nipeg from here to prosecute researches
in the same line and will go from there
to Turtle mountains to look up Indian
history and relics. They were the guests
OF F. A. Wardwell and wife while in the
city.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

The new laws says that after July Isl
the attorneys, or other interested parties
shall have the power of designating the
newspaper in which their probate notices
shall be published. The old law requir.
1.-THE county judges to designate the pa
per in which to publish such notices, ale
though in practice, our own judges have
in the past generally left it to the choice
OF the attorney in the case, and we pre-
sumo that in the future the notices will
naturally 60 pretty much in the same di-
rections. 1t will however, be burden of
the mind of the judge, as no one can in
the future say that he is partial to this or
that paper, either by partizanship or fav-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07
POOL AND BILLIARDS.

Under the present law now in effect no
person under the age of eighteen is allow
ed in pool room, either as player OF
spectator. This is good law-but if il
good law for boys why not for the old
men? AS matter of fact there are
many pool and billiard rooms so con.
Quoted that they are perfectly proper
places, not only for an old man, but also
for the boy, and for that matter for his
mother or sister.
There is nothing wrong with pool or
billiards as game, any more than with
any other game of skill and really they
are much better than many others, but
like many other good things the devil
has tried to monopollze these particu ar
games and used them as attractions to
things much worse and very objectiona-
BILE. Billiards and pool are too often
found in bad company-and after all the
law is aimed rather at the bad company
than at the games themselves.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

We understand that in the disposition
of the drainage bonds by the commits.
sioners that there was an object in the
sale of the bones Immediately which was
one of the reasons why they were not re-
advertised, which was that the tenders
for the construction of the ditch specified
half cent difference between cash and
warrants. That is, that the contractor
would do the work at 12 cents cash or
12H cents in ditch warrants. The work
is already we'll commenced and present
payments are in warrants, as the people
who bid in the bonds require a large
amount of data as to the methods and
conditions Of the issue, similar to an alb
stract on land sales, and they have just
got the last of them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

Most farmers have been prospering
and thus have had the means to buy ad-
ditional land. Others though prosper
Gus were somewhat in debt and have
taken advantage of the higher prices for
their land to sell out with the idea of GO
ing elsewhere and beginning new with
out the handicap of indebtedness.
| The warmer climate of the Pacific
coast has tempted the removal of some
OF our prosperous farmers, who have
practically simply gone west to settle
down to easier labor for the rest of their
life.
Then the great northwest has been
calling the younger ones to pioneer
life such as their fathers have experience
ed in this county, and they have gone
thither, most of them in far better fnan-
clal circumstances than were their faith
ers in those earlier days, to take home
steads and repeat the process of growing
up with the country.
The loss of population does not mean
the loss of an acre of grain in the whole
county, and it means but little loss of
trade to the towns.
Most of the towns show an increase in
population and in none is there any re-
markable decrease. So far as the towns
and cities are concerned, there has been
but little room for growth in numbers or
in business. Farm trade, which is prac-
tically all the trade of our towns, is
fixture in amount, and various but little
from year to year, except as crops may
be better or worse. But there is hardly
town in the county but which has i'm
proved considerably in ways, that while
they do not show on the census, are real
ly matters of improvement and prog
ress. r.
The relative gain and lfss IN i two
legislative districts into 4hich theR Rounty.
is divided was another qdAstien Hat w
muted. But the returns show dt i, ~
variation. The First LegislatiE di krict
had 8817 people in the 1900 enls and
now has 80s0, loss of 737. 3heSecond
District Dist had $3.50 in 1900 fnow has
1852, loss of 68S. ~,
This will be matter qhterest later
when the Legislature all take up the
matter of reapportionment as it will at
the next session. 1t may possibly result,
through the great increase in the western
counties, of our being cut down in rep
resentation.
But while there are many other inter-
esting things connected with the census
figures, yet this editorial is already too
long, hence we will quit and let the read
er draw his own conclusions from the
following figures which give the census
OF this year along with that of 1900 and
stand as follows:-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07
THE COUNTY CENSUS.

That the county of Pembina had lost
in population during the last five years
was certain conclusion before the CEN
sus began, but the extent of the loss was
a matter Of conjecture, and it is pleasant
to find the final returns do not show a
very great difference between the figures
of the United States census OF 1900 and
the present state census, though of
course it is more than we could wish.
The causes of the loss are various, but
in no case is it an argument against the
county or the country, In the first place
it is quite possible that part of the
shortage may be in the method Of taking
the census. A census taken by assessors,
as sort of side line and additional to
their other duties, who have no officers
above them to whom they account or
from whom to take directions or instruc-
tion, whose remuneration would not pay
for any particular pains in looking up
people who might be absent or some
what inaccessible, and from the further
TACT that most persons are ayerSe to giv-
ing the assessor any more information
than possible for fear il will in some way
add to their taxes, makes it very diff.
ferent lob than that of the United States
census taker, who is paid per name and
per farm, ETC., and is particularly requir-
ed to be very thorough in his count and
! figures. & &
Again, there has been for number Of
years a distinct movement towards the
consolidation Of farms. Two reasons
are behind this one that half, three e-quar-
ter and whole section farms are found in
this land where farm machinery works to
80 great advantage and where one man
means the work Of five horses, 10 be
more economically worked than quarter
sections. Again the man with the small
farm has had his boys grow up around
him and he seeks more land for them,
wirh the result that he either buys Of or
sells 70, his neiehbor who is situated in
E the same way.
u
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

q. 9. Representatives, Thos. F. Marshall.
Al. Gronna.
Senators, H.C. Hansbrough,P p. McCumber
Governor, E. Y. Sarles.
Lieut.. Governor, David Bartlett.
Secretary of State, Il. f. Porter.
State Treasurer, A. Peterson.
State Auditor, II. l.. Holmes.
Attorney General, c. N. Frich,
Railroad Commissioners, e. s. Deisem, ]
ChristiansOn, E. Stagne.
superintendent OF Public obstruction, W.
l.. Stockwell.
Commissioner Of Insurance, &C. Coop.
er.
Commissioners OF Agriculture and Labor,
w. G. Giibreath,
Judges Supreme Court, N. G. Young, D.
Il. Morgan. Edward Engrud.
First District, udson LaMoure, Pembina.
Second District, Albert Garnett st. Thom-
as.
First District, ]. I. Briden, Walhalla,
I. J Chevslier, Bathgate. G, A. McCrae,
Second District, John .Trumner, Cava.
lier, c. Ganssle, st. Thomas, JOS. Wal
ters, Gardar.
Judge of the District Court, Seventh Ju.
dicjal District, w. J. Kneeshaw, Penn.
Clerk Of District Court, A. L. Airth.
COUNTY OTFICERe.
States Attorney, III. Brynjolfson.
Sheriff, Chas. Atkinson.
Auditor, Swain Thorwaldson
Treasurer, Frank II. Anderson.
Register of Deeds, J F. Gill.
County Judge, z. G. Wick.
Superintendent of Schools, F. NJ, Shersts
Surveyor, F. E. Hebert
Coroner, DR.. u, +. Erskine.
Public Administrator, John Halcrow.
BOWesmOnt.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
First District, f. G. Myrlck, Pembins.
Second District, 8. Sigurdson, Gardsr.
Third District, Fred ]. Farrow, Cavalier
Fourth District, J, N. Horgan. Neche.
Fifth Dist, A. T. Cox, Bowesmont.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

More than week ago the sailors on a
big Russian ba,tle-ship in the Black sea
mutinied and seized the ship. Later the
rest Of the Black sea Russian fleet of sew.
eral vessels came to this ship and after
a little while sailed away again. Since
then the mutineers have been sailing
around or anchoring where they choose
without being molested. No incident
could more certainly show the inmate
rotteness OF the whole Russian military
and naval fabric. All that is needed in
Russia to overturn the whole mess is a
leader.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07
tVol. XVIII, No. l." That means

''Vol. XXVIII, No. l." That means
that we start on our twenty eighth year
with this issue, which is pretty old as we
count age in North Dakota. Age i'm
proves some things but deteriorates
otherswe hope that we at least are.
holding our own. And we heartily hope
the same for the many old subscribers
and friends who are growing old with
lisa large number Of them for the full
twenty-seven years, since the paper
started.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

The PIONEER EXPRESS ls sent only on the di-
rect order of subscribers, and ls continued until
ordered stopped and all arrearages paid.
per year. Subscribers paying in advance have
the choice of several premium papers in addi-
ton.
plimentary only, and while we desire them to be
considered as invitations to subscribe they will
not be continued except upon request.
medium in the county, having moregenealr
circulation than any other paper. Card o T rates
sent on application.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

Langdon has grown from 1,1s6 to / ,543
and the Democrat claims a hundred
more people who live across the track.
Milton has 425 and Osnabruck 397.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

The Pembina Photographic studio will
be open for business on the first and
third Mondays and Tuesdays Of each
month.
A. H. ANDERSON,
q Photographer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-07-07

My f.: :::s +: e.: s Is +? e; M: t
that's all there is to it, 1t stops falling of the hair too
and restores color to gray hair II Mass
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-11-15
.?i,lll, SpatiaaI-jpugaa!.
Thomas Griffin,

Was born III P'ckens county. South
Carolina Oh the 28tn day Of A;urcl,
1898, 50 at bis death, near where
he was born. on the 9th day of No.
ypmber 1905, his age was eighty two
wears, seven mouths nu.l thirteen
days by season of str. hgth hi.
years went 10 more than four sc,r.
When he was .bnnt twentv.ni,
years OF AGE he was ,rarriru ip Mis-
Martha &. Craig on the 2Sth uf Octn
h. 1852 She passad away several
years ago. Only two children sur
vive, Airs, Il. B Richard on of LIB
erty, and W. n. G,ffin who resides
on the Home place few miles north
of Pickens.
At the call of his country in 1861, !
ho left his happy, proaptr"us aud |
peaceful homo as n volunteer in tn. !
aolrHsH." ,mman,ied by Capt. Rubt
*':.... a.. in tho fourth II Hilntnt
i" 49," fortunes aud hartshirs
81. !Glc until the bnnutr tf;
t... - D chuqn was fur!td. Then
g.. ':.' 80 1is great energies Of mind
t'" , his cl,'stn 'pu, suit ui
-.:.:.'.... and he VAS soon sur
.' .'a'..o tn peace and plenty and
ing that could add
'. .... tn Of II beautiful country
..": "'' prosperity seemed to il
.: H.r With good cheer and he
1's..' ao" aud pnin,ed h,s frieuds
'u '@r N.'%"r lining OF the darkest
.,w,1
81" '.@% 'lways tower Of streng ,h
'" '1~ &. immunity and snfe and
''.'... .|'.... counsellor III ever, thing
'."' it's welfare.
4 HE member Of Kp0wt q
;"".~" ,'. 70, a. f A., and his
'...' had from Griffin church,
".,..' ".'.. by Rev d. W. Hiott, and
,.'s ....' AS laid to rest by the off.
'''. embels OF Keowce lodge,
''"' ...E to the beautiful nnl IN.
Dr.. 'emoDy OF the order.
o was covered with beau.
re--the autumn flowers
"'' &' fy the death of the dying
>'" his deoth awnkeus the
','-.'.*. ': his love. his kindness, hie
..,,'>'"" and tho joys uptold he
.o.' 20 " Her hearts. Those arc the
.@''',o.@ vels in his immortal crown
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-11-15

h"zoos 1Oc each Muaic Stands =
OGGarnos, PiocoIos, Tuning Forks
al kinds Of Wire aud Gut Strings for any i, etrum mt
IHnos, etc 3
wy 'ihe or Harmunoas or Mouth H"ps il tho nj. TO-
IL the south, consisting Of 40 different kuds &
prices ranging from Co. $5 90 r oh show YOU
styles you cannot ind nusde Of Now York City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21
The Missouri Triumph.

The election OF Colonel William Warner
to be United States senator from Missouri
Is a triumph for better politics. Colo
mel Warner is a war veteran with good
record, and q leading lawyer of Kansas
City. He has had many positions Of trust
He was at different times mayor of Kan
sas City. prosecuting attorney, United
States district attorney. national COM
mander Of the Grand Army and was Of
fered the position of chief of the PEN
sion Bureau under President Roosevelt.
He seems 10 be we'll fitted for the po-
siion. He was opposed by Thomas *.
Niedfinghaus, who was the candidate
Of The politicians. and whose candidacy
was based on the plea that in the late
presidential campaign he collected from
the hseweries a large sum of money
aflFEouri for Roosevelt. He had been a
party WORKER" he had done the party
service and as a reward lie claimed
the highest office within the gift OF The
Legislature It's good TO know that the
deal" fell through II Is good 10 know
that this political bargain, under which
an office was to be delivered in return
for 50 much money collected and paid
into the campaign fund, was not con-
summaied. Thank heaven for every tri-
umph over that species OF political cor
rlIption
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21
THIS DAY in HISTORY
MarcIl42lst. Z.

14e1-Thc new epoch and sncred year :, o.
the Jews cs tabllshed. corresponding
with the first dayFo of Abb "a Nissan y!
HI the day%of Pharaoh s overthrow
15t2-Juan Ponce do Leon landed IN Flor
Ida and claimed the honor OF the DIS
covery, although Sebastian Ga DOT
s sailed along t..e coast In 1481
1673-The castle formerly standing at the
entrance OF Boston harbo acci dentally
destroyed by fire.
5177s-The American ministers, franklin,
Dean and Lee. publicly received at
the French court.
517ss-4A fire occurred at New Orleans by
which en-eights Of the city was
laid In ashes w i555 "a
17ee-Tlie 1onian Republic. formed under
the protection OF the porte. Corfu
Zante and other Venetian isles formed
f the confederation. Is Il
4 sol y. Battle Of Aboukir. or Alexandria. In \
Egypt between the Z French, under
b Menou, and tho British and Turks
under A bercrombic. Tho Frcnc h. de- )
feated with the loss Of 5000 killed.
ss and the standard OF the inylncible reg
ment taken II "a tx VII l9s
4 Gothic House OF Representatiy
passed q bill providing for The protec-ss
ton of American seamen and ships z
by armed forces from the attacks OF
the Bnrbary powers.
v 49, Bonaparte8 entered Paris, the 13our-5
81 bons having previously eva uated i,
on5the news OF his landing from Elba.
1 1929 = Great earthquake in the provinces
e OF Mlircin and Oriheaula, In Spain.
Upwards OF twenty churches and 1000 j
84 houses destroyed, and great numbers
OF the Inhabitants killed. RI 4
1ss4--Votc taken in Congress on propo-3
stlon of Representative Harding. Of
kentucky, forbidding the use Of any
part OF the army appropriation to pay
negro troops.
B1s64-Ncvadn admitted as thirty-slxth
State. 25 s l. ii
tss1--General Joseph r. Johnston died.
819o4--Free trade with Philippines urged
BY Secretary Of, War Taft before COM
mttees bf Congress,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21
TUESDAY. MARCH q. 1905.
Annexation.

nh, Interest which the people OF Ri en-
nond feel in the subject OF anneAt gu
xras again manifested last night III q
largely attended meeting at the old b''ou
Thea tire under the direction OF the ooil't
Committee on Progress. Stirring n w w
dresses were made by repres sentative CIV GU. X
zens. and a committee was appointed 70
/ 4 NEAR before the Council Committee on
Annexation this evening and urge mat
the lines proposed by the Progress COZ Som
mlttee be adopted. We hope that el GU
zens generally who believe in Greater
Richmond will show their interest py AZ.
tending the meeting tonight and holding mol 'e
.s, m tho hands Of the committee appointed
4 at last nights meeting. Il
M washington Is our most beautiful city,
q and tho reason is not hard TO IND
Washington was planned before ,' g, It vas
y built.
Suppose Richmond had not been built;
suppose there were no city here To-Day
and experts with the gift of prophecy were
here to plan the city which they knew
would be, what course would they pur-
sue? They would lay out streets and
I avenues, parks and beauty spots; they
would establish building lines: hey would
not permit lot-owners to Jam their houses
against the sidewalks, nor other houses
to he built in the back yards, and front
on the side streets.6 They would take
in sufficient territory to provide an
abundance Of room; they would prohibit
unsanitary crowding
But Richmond has In a great measure
been already made, and we must take her
4 as she is. We cannot pull the buildings
down and put them up again on different
plans So far as the city is already built
it must stand practically as It Is. but
E Richmond is not finished town. Rich
mond is growing, and will continue to
grow The question which now agitatcs
us, therefore, is how far the city authors
I ties shall exercise control over the build
ing districts Of the future. Shall we allow
our suburbs to grow up as an old
field grows UP In weeds, or shall we an
mex the territory OF the future and see
4 that 1t is built up according to an in
telligent plan? We must look to the fu-
ture 1t is not SO much a question whcth-
CT or not ii. will Pay at this time to take
4 in suburban territory, although The
TImes-Dispatch believes that 1t Is good
business policy right now to expand. But
4 1t is absolutely necessary in the interest
OF health and morals that the municipal
ity exercise control over the suburban
districts Sooner or later all the land
now included within the proposed lines
must be part ard parcel OF the city Of
Richmond and it should be incorporated
before 1t Is built up.
There Is cry from all quarters for
better homes and cheaper homes for the
workmen of the city. The way to provide
for them is to expand.
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