The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-12-22


pany after the first Of the year.
Attorney BlaisdeH of Minot has
Ward county town named after him.
The Lutherans at Crosby. raised $500
and extended call to minister.
A pair of thieves at Harvey were
arrested two hours after their crime.
Russell is to have telephone con
nections and an exchange at an early
date.
Some snowbound travellers report
great poker and whist games at the
hotels.
The old lire lumber companies have
a way of absorbing the independent
concerns.
There were several cases of typhoid
at Leeds. Bad water is thought to be
the cause.
Grand Forks and Larimore each
seem to have men who prefer Jail to
their wives.
The fellows who knock their towns
and the state are getting 1t in the neck
from all sides.
The heating boiler in the residence
of Hon. Ole Axvig of Cavalier county
froze up and busted.
R. S. Albee of Mayville has accept
ed a position in the department of ag-
riculture in Washington.
The card plan for the telephone di.
rectory at Harvey has been abandon.
ed for the book system.
The general land office is reported
to have cut off the winter leaves OF
absence" for homesteaders.
The great development of the rural
telephone industry in North Dakota is
matter of comment by builders.
North Dakota teachers are anticipat-
ing great time at the state meeting
at Grand Forks during the holidays.
Some old settlers in Towner county
have made their pile and are return
ing to Missouri to make their future
homes.
Bismarck is evidently planning to
hold the state capitol, as stories were
sent out. about finding gold in the
streets.
Henry F. Mosher of Brazil has in.
vented a roller attachment and Job
Smith of Hope gets a patent on an
egg crate.
A young homesteader near Flasher
was lost in the storm for short time,
but managed to locate the home of 4
neighbor.
Mayor-bankers have troubles OF
their own in North Dakota Denny of
Williston and Jones of Rugby are H.
Illustrations.
The postoffice at Brocket was en-,
tered by thieves who stole SIS worth
of stamps. The guilty parties have
not been located.
Petersburg residents got some OF
their mail on the half-shell as the re-
suit of the sack falling under the
wheels of the train.
The snowy weather has had the ef-
feet of increasing the price of coal on
the other side of the Missouri, where
Ignite. now sells at So at the mine.
+ A colored resident of Dickey county
has gone back to old Kentucky to in
duce brunette lady friend of his to
make her permanent residence in this
state.
s. j. Gravelle of Grand Forks is
suing F.. P. Williams, prominent SUI
perior, Wis, doctor, for $1,000 dam
ages. caused by the alienation Of his
wife's affections
Notices to. property owners to Glenn
the Snow of their walks are being
published in the jamestown papers
and those who fail to heed them may
get into trouble.
The states attorney Of Wells coun,
ty. who is German in a German
county, is making a general raid on
the blind pigs and a great exodus OIL
piggers and gamblers has resulted.
Pat Gunville pleaded guilty at Rolla
to disposing Of mortgaged property,
but disappeared before the time for
imposing his sentence arrived. His
bond was forfeited and bench war
rant was issued for the man with the
dangerous name.
The supply Of cash on hand In thA:|
Stutsman county treasury has bsen
used. and, the county ID obliged to ID.
sue warrants In payment Of bills. AZ
the warrants draw per cent the con-
ditions are somewhat unsatisfactory.
The shortage ia temporary, merely.
and 10 caused BY the large number o.
improvements which the county has
made in and about its buildings this
year. & 3s & N II, j5
Il Is claimed that elevator agents
on the Great Northern bribed some
trainmen to forget three cars At one
station which were intended for "a.
other, and manaEeds 70 Est soma relies.