The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-13

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ed last Friday by prairie fire and sever.
al stacks of hay. No one occupied the
buildings.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. T. Cockburn of Dray
ton were visitors at the parental home in
this city over Sunday. They report tina,
their business and social relations in their
new home are all they could desire.
1t is pretty sight to walk into Full's
store these days and note the fine dis.
play of fall and winter wear. MIR. Full
carries stock that would do credit to
stores in the large cities, and the Gus
toner is almost sure to find just what is
needed from SO large an assortment.
In the fighting over which town should
have the name OF Sarles the Sarles on
the Great Northern won. The inhabi-
tants on the ''Sarles on the 500" have
voted it "A damshame," and that it
may ever be kept in memory are inclined
to use an abbreviation of that expr ession
and call it adam s."
Rev. MIR. karr left on Monday morn
ing for Milton, by team, from which place
he leaves for the state Methodist confer
ence which opened at Fargo on Wednes-
day morning. The appointments for the
ensuing year will be made at this confer
ence, and PROBABLY given out on Monday
morning next
Social matters are few and scattering
these weeks. Guess everybody is saw
ing for the grand ball with which the
committee have promised to open the
new hall. Besides that, after a long
famine Of entertainment of a public
nature, it is expected that the hall will
furnish considerable the coming season.
While threshing at Chas. Kern's place,
near the city, on Monday, sparks set fire
to the setting, and it took lively work to
get the separator away in time to save
1t. The crew worked diligently enough
to save two of the four stacks of wheat.
fortunately having two full tanks of
water,
N. Dure of Hallock, an old resident,
was in the city this week. Mr.. Dure
owns one of the most valuable farms in
ki;tson county, adjoining the village OF
Hallock, and he expects to sell the same
at auction, AS per advertisement in this
issue. We do not know of a more de.
sirable farm in the country
Why don't you pillow that fire break?
We saw hundreds of tons Of hay on Joi-
cite prairie last week, with nary a pillow
streak about them, and lots of heavy
grass all aound. Strange that man will
work several days to put up d stack of
hay, and then leave it to the mercy of
fire for the want of about ten minutes
work with a pillow.
The football team of the N. D. N. U.
went to Minneapolis last Saturday and
played with the University OF MlnLesot
eleven. They held down the big team
to 45 points which was all they expected
to do. "Chick" Conmy, who was with
the North Dakota team was highly COM
plimented in the reports by the Twin City
papers for his brilliant playing.
An interesting case came up before
Justice Aylen the other day, where a
transient sewing machine agent seized a
sewing machine from an old lady who
was delinquent in her payment, after
having paid over fifty dollars on the ma.
chine. Some OF the citizens, after they
found out the circumstanced, raised a
purs,-, and paid off the ''balance' and
the machine was returned to the owner.
Harold Jarvis, the noted tenor, is an
nounced to appear in concert at Emer-
son on the evening OF October 18th, to
be assisted in high class program by
Wallace Graham, talented reader from
Toronto. Mr.. Jarvis is the foremost
singer before the American public today,
and number from Pembina will no
doubt avail themselves of the opportun-
ity to hear him. See advertisement
elsewhere in this issue.
One of the threshing crews belonging
to Fred Shannon's machine, at toilette,
was paid off this week and went to no.
tel where he was put to sleep in room
with another man who had also been al
work on the same machine. In the
morning the first man found the other
fellow gone and that he had lost fifty
dollars. He came to town and reported
1.-The matter to Sheriff Atkinson, who wen,
to st. Vincent while the owner of the
money took the G. N. train south. Al
Humbolt he met his man. who admitted
his guilt. returned the stolen money anr