The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-12-22
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Dancing schools are being organized
Cor the winter.
Nels Hawkinson sold his lumber
yard at Edmore.
An attempt was made to hold up the
Bottineau doctor.
Postmaster Nelson of Courtenay was
recently welded.
The fremen at Mandan want bet
ter alarm system.
. An Aneta pigger disappeared in
mysterious manner.
Aneta is stocking up on water in an
ticipation of fire.
Teachers with certificates can easily
secure jobs in this state.
There was blind pig raid at Up
ham and two were caught.
With the heavy snowfall there Is no
danger of prairie fires until spring.
Freight trains were few and far be-
tween at Westhope during the storm.
Fanciers are planning to exhibit at
the chicken show In Fargo in Janu-
airy.
Burglars robbed a safe in a lumber
yard Office at Braddock. They secured
$50.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. d. Jones of Kidder
county celebrated their golden wed.
ding.
The 500 is still short on its water
supply in nearly all the towns along
the line.
Farmers who have never seeded
durum wheat will have large acreage
In 1906.
An alleged bootlegger at Sarles was
released as there was no evidence to
convict.
Despite the unfavorable weather
there are a lot of landseekers in the
country.
A Minot man found a gold watch in
the snow and the owner has not turn
ed,up yet.
The heavy snow has spoiled the
plans of the boys who expected to have
fun on outdoor Kinks.
The Esmond niger who SO brutally
treated his white wife pleaded guilty
to assault and battery.
A Starkweather young man went to
Arizona for his health and has organ
tied business college.
James Eldridge, spotter, was con-
victed at Minnewaukan of extorting
money from blind pigger.
1t is likely that some of the smaller
towns in the state will take up the
paving question in the spring.
The 500 surveyors have completed
the survey for the proposed extension
of the line from Kenmare to Crosby.
At Churchs Ferry there was a
dearth of candidates for rural mail
carriers and route may be abandon
ed.
A coon was very indignant at Minot
because of the failure of attendants
in leading restaurant to take his or
der.
An attempt at making a flying
switch is said to have caused the de-
railment of some cars at New Rock
ford.
Many farm houses and barns are be-
ing erected of cement blocks, as they
are cheaper and more durable than
lumber.
Patrons Of the country postof1ices
still remark how the man who never
gets letter is generally first at the
delivery window.
Cattle got into the cemetery at Rolla
and did some damage to the shrubbery.
The cemetery gate is now locked and
uone of the inmates can escape.
There is strong sentiment in Cava-
lier county favoring surety bonds for
all officials in the future, as a result
of the trouble over the Truax mat
ter.
The contractor for the Catholic
church at Cleveland took the job for
less than he could afford to do the
work and the church is not yet COM
pleted.
A Park River man purchased some
goods from mail order house that did
not prove satisfactory and endeavored
to exchange them at local store. He
\ escaped with his life.
While the snow blockade prevented
the railroads from handling grain on
the branch lines it also kept the farm
ers at home and no new loads Of wheat
were taken to the elevators.
Devils Lake merchants are reported
to have signed an agreement not to
support a third paper until the town
reaches 5000 Inhabitants. Until re-.
Gently the town had four papers.
In some towns the business men
claim the volume of business done and
the collections made up to date are
not quite up to the average. and attrib-
ute the fact to the car shortage.
The town Of Fessenden had "a mar
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