The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-09-01

of this county. Among some circles he
is best known as having occupied the
position of President of the Northern
Base ball league and did it so success.
fully that they wanted him to continue in
that position another year. Of course
this in itself would not mean much to an
anna teur, but we take it that man who
could satisfy eight or ten warning base
ball clubs for year must have some OF
the elements ofhopesty and fairness in
his composition. Here in Pembina coun-
Ity we know Dan. He has grown up
from a boy among us and we have yet to
learn of one mean or dishonest thing
that he has beed guilty of. But to the
people generally he is best known as the
man that took hold OF the school land
department of this state with it's millions
of acres Of land worth millions more OF
dollars and after four years of work re-
tired with the published compliments of
tee state school board and the plaudits
OF almost every newspaper in the state
for his efficiency, honesty and good work
i'll the appraisement and sale of school
lands and investmen of funds derived
| therefrom.
Then there's Mr.. Andrew Sandager of
Lisbon. Mr.. Sandager is not quite so
we'll known in this corner of the state as
the former two gentlemen, but we do
know that he has been prominent as a
citizen, state official and business man
for many years and it would appear from
these that his fellow citizens IN that To-
cality must think considerable of his
ability in all these capacities or else he
would not have become so prominent in
the politics and business of the state. We
think he is banker by vocation, and as
rule such men have good business
reputation.
Last winter somebody introduced and
the legislature passed a bill creating a
capitol commission, whose duties were
to appraise and sell the lands given by
the United States for the special purpose
Of building state capitol building, and
from the proceeds tc plan and build a
state capitol. The three above named
gentlemen were selected by Gov. Sarles
as the board. We do not know the mo:
tives that actuated the governor in his
selection. But the Governor is a neigh
Dor to the Grand Forks University and
if we mistake not has in the time past
| been co-director with Mr.. Bulge, or if
not, he has been thoroughly informed as
to the work of Mr.. Bulge on that board.
Perhaps he naturally thought that a
man with the experience of Mr.. Bulge
in that line onght to make good man
to build capitol with similar land
grant. AS member ex officio of the
State School Board the Governor had
been in intimate official relationship with
Mr.. Laxdal, for it is the business of that
board to authorize and check up the
work Of the Land Commissions and it
would naturally be the thought of the
governor that Mr.. Laxdals experience
in dealing with the state land grant
would make him very efficient member
of. the commission where his duties
would be similar.
Mr.. Sandager would be the choice of
the governor because he had proven him
self successful business man, one used
10 handling money as custodian and as
an investor.
I But it seems that in all this past his
tory Of these gentlemen, the governor
and the people we're vastly mistaken.
Their ways are dark" They 60 back
on the reputation Of a life time, and with
deep, dark, dank designs are plotting
lplotting plotting lin the dark.
Two or three of the big dogs and quite
a number Of puppies are busily engaged
in baying this discovery to the moon.
They also are in the dark, but they have
Ismelled something suspicious and they
bay and some Of them bray and conjure
lspooks and ghosts in the persons of the
gentlemen aforesaid.
The Herald which is always the.
chief "bayer to- the moon" goes SO far
as to tell a story Of an old Niger in the
poor house Of that county who when Civ.
len charge Of the chickens there, pre-
|terred TO ptitiously steal the chicken
feed provided BY the county, rather than
Itake it openly, and then solemly and Ii.