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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
POTATOES SELL At $1.75 PER BUSAEL
Iubers That Are Grown at Mandan Bring Highest
Market Price-North Dakota Land Com
pared With East

sion. North Dakota produces them
sabundantly, and of the best quality
and variety.
The soil of this state produces so
bountifully of all kinds of grains,
grasses and vegetables that it is i'm
possible to gather all the crop.
1t is not so much question of
yield as it is question of help. This
state Is unfortunate in this respect.
"a laborer is worthy of his hire"
but it is something astonishing the
wages that are paid at the present
time for day laborers. Whether it is
due to the fact that so many of the
laborers go to work for themselves
soon after coming here, or the de-
mand is greater than the supply Is a
problem for solution. If the reader
will peruse some of the letters from
farmers he will be able to decide for
himself why the men prefer to work
for themselves rather than for others.
Among the many reasons why we
ask settlers to come to North Dakota
and locate, we enumerate a few:
1t is the best country known for the
man of moderate means.
Its lands are reasonable and its soil
rich.
Its lands are certain to produce ex.
cellent and profitable crops.
1t has soil that will yield as album.
dainty as can be found elsewhere.
! 1t offers opportunities for profitable
investment of capital.
Its climate is as healthful as can
be found on the face of the globe.
Its educational advantages are SUI
perior and its moral influences excel.
lent.
Its new railroads will extend to all
/, parts of the state and new towns and
industries will spring up daily.
1t has government land for the
asking and other lands at reasonable
! prices, which in few years will be
withdrawn from market.
If the thousands of small farmers
and merchants really knew of the
varied and superior chances this
state offers, then there would be an
increased immigration to North Da-
kota that would surprise the world.
The only logical reason assignable
why the influx to this state is not
greater is because the people do not
know what this state is and what
advantages it offers.
1t is true that in this state there
are persons who have made failures
as farmers, as merchants and as pro.
fessional men. But the percentage is
| far less than in any other state.
1t is also true that we have plenty
OF persons in this state who discour.
age immigration and are resourcefu]
in preventing others coming to North
Dakota. These men are known in
the common parlance Of the day as
"knockers.' In almost every instance
you will find that these men have
grown wealthy here and fear an en-.
croachment upon their pre-empted
territory. immigration tends to cir.
cumscribe their field of operation and
confine them to a more limited scope,
thereby reducing their revenues,
These men exist in your state as well
as in this, and you should be able to
judge of the North Dakota "knocker''
as you have sized up this class of men
in your own community.
! Commissioner Of Agriculture,
| w. c. Gilbreath
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17


has uplands, prairie lands, and bot
tom lands. 1t has a great diversity
of crops. Winter does not consume
what summer produces. Health I'M
surpassed by any state. Prosperous
communities and God-fearing people.
Public schools and churches in every
community. Higher education af-
orded at it's colleges, university and
formal schools.
AS has been previously stated the
wheat yield is enormous. Oats does
as we'll here as any place on earth.
Barley and rye thrive all over the
state. Alfalfa, speltz, timothy and
clover are bountiful crops. Corn can
be grown all over the state if the
same attention and methods are EN-
ployed as in the corn-growing states.
German and cat-tail millets can be
produced in large quantities.
Vegetables of all kinds can be and
are raised in abundance. Every farm
home has it's own garden. Potatoes
yield prolifically and are of a SUI
perior quality. 1 am to-day in re-
ceipts Of the following letter, which
will give the reader some idea of the
potato yield in this state:
Dickinson, N. D., Oct. 80, 1905.
"Hon. w. c. Gilbreath, Bismarck,
N. D.
Dear Sir: I have just been to
Mandan to see my crop of potatoes,
and to give you an idea of the size
and quality I am sending you a
sample by to-day's express. You
will find the flavor most delicious
and think we have the smoothest
prettiest crop man ever looked at
We had about twenty acres. Our
early potatoes made a fine yield, but
as We had sold good many from this
patch, at as high as $1.75 per bushel
We could not get a very correct idea
of the yield Of these. Our Burbank
(late), made about two hundred and
seventy bushels per acre, and it is NO
trouble at all to pick up twenty-five
to thirty-five that weigh sixty pounds
and every one is sound and fine
Yours TRULY. j. S. Green"
The samples received are certainly
fine specimens and are pronounced
by those who tested them as posses
sing excellent flavor and of superior
quality. These are not irrigated pota
toes; the only moisture they received
is what nature supplied.
There is a ready demand for such
quality of potatoes. l wish the read
er would take a piece of paper anl
pencil and figure out how much he
would receive for cultivating twenty
acres of ground that would produce
270 bushels an acre, at 40 cents {
bushel (Which is low figure for sucl
potatoes), and ascertain what ht
would receive for his labor. ever
though he did nothing else during the
entire year.
Does your $50, $1OO or 5000 East
ern land yield You such profit?
l do not know what this land, OF
which these potatoes were raised, i:
selling for, but 1 venture the asser
ton that it is not held at the presen
time, higher than $40 an acre. prob
ably less.
l have heard of the assertion made
that tomatoes were not grown in thi:
state. What an erroneous impress
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
TO BUILD INTERURBAN LINE.
Road From Winona to DEBORAH o
Cresco in Iowa Is Projected.

Winona, Mimi, Nov. 15.-Ohio cap
italists with engineers are here max
ing personal inspection and investi-
cation into the feasibility and practi-
cability of constructing an electric
road south from this city into Iowa.
The nmaes of those interested could
not be learned, but it is known that
they are inspecting the routes out of
the city. AS soon as one is chosen it
is said that the project will be publicly
launched. The proposed line is meet
ing with much encouragement from
the farmers, and it will not be diff
cult to secure the right of way. The
line will run from Winona to either
DEBORAH or Cresco, Iowa, and will pass
through rich agricultural country.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
TWO CREMATED IN JAIL.
Prisoner Starts Fire Which Burns
Himself and Another.

Lake City, Iowa, Nov. IA. - George
w. Buttricll and William Jackson
were burned to death yesterday after
noon in the city Jail by a fire started
by Buttricl. These, with J. I. Nipple
and Isaac Allen, were arrested for
carousing on the streets. Soon after
being lodged in Jail smoke was seen
issuing from the cell occupied by But
trick and Jackson. Marshal Miles ar
rived in time to rescue Nipple and
Allen, but the other two were dead
when the officer reached their cell.
Before the discovery of the blaze some
boys heard Allen yelling that Buttricz
was trying to fire the Jail, but thought
it a fake.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
FALLS OFF LIFT INTO MINE.
Timber Boss Is Killed While on Way
to Surface,

Eveleth, Mimi, Nov. 15.-Joe Ker>
sonitch, timber boss in the Adams
mine, was killed by falling a distance
of 100 feet down the timber shaft at
No. 6 shaft yesterday morning Ker-
sonitch and other timber men had
finished their nights work and were
returning to the surface through the
timber shaft. When loaded the lift
at this shaft rises slowly and it is Gus
tomary for the men to help it by lean
ing their weight on the timber sets,
thus relieving the counter balance to
that extent. Kersonitch missed the
sets and his weight threw him over
the edge of the lift and he fell to his
death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
HUNTER FOUND DEAD.
Is Shot While Climbing Over Wind.
fall

Is Shot While Climbing Over Wind.
fall.
Washburn, Wis, Nov. 14.-The frs,
casualty of the hunting season for this
county occurred about eighteen miles
from this city Saturday, when Peter
Ebenson, resident of Merrill, this
state, accidentally shot and killed HIM
SELF Ebenson had gone out hunting
with a party of friends. The party
separated and as he failed to return in
the afternoon the rest of the party
started in search for him. His body
was not found until yesterday morn
ing. He was lying over a windfall
with a bullet hole through his head,
the gun having accidentally dis
charged while he was climbing over
the windfall.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
BOY INSTANTLY KILLED.
Gun careIessIy Held by Companion Is
Accidentally Discharged.

Annandale, Mimi, Nov. 15.-A fatal
shooting accident occurred near here
yesterday. Six boys, to IA years old,
while out hunting, began throwing up
their hats to shoot at. Samuel, a son
of Nels Sather, failing to catch aim,
lowered the cooked gun, and was talk
ing to his companions, when the gun
was discharged, shooting Philip, son
of Emil Hendrickson. in the abdomen,
killing him instantly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
Plan War on Wolves.

Sturgis, S. D., Nov. 14.-From Bixby
It is learned that coyotes and gray
wolves are becoming numerous in that
vicinity, and are killing much stock.
United action for their destruction BY
cattlemen will be begun at once.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
BLOW UP "RATTLERs."

Already Two Men Have Killed Seven
ty-Three Snakes in Den.
Sioux Falls, s. D., Nov. Is rattle
snake den has been discovered in the
southwest portion of Gregory county,
and it is planned to use dynamite in
the effort to exterminate the reptiles
before they scatter over the country
next spring. Information In reference
to the discovery OF the den was fur.
nished by Theodore Musch. According
to the last report two men have killed
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
SAYS FlANCE BROKE WORD.
Girl Sues Manufacturers Son for
Breach of Promise,

Racine, Wis, Nov. 14.-Miss Jessie
II. Mcpherson, a society girl, has
brought suit for $4,000 against Walter
A. Wood, son of Lyman Wood, manu-
facturer, for breach of promise. Misc
Mcpherson alleges that they were en-
gagged in May, 1899, and that the we'd
ding was set for the fall of 1904. In
October, 1904, she says, she received
letter from Mr.. Wood in which he
asked to be released from the engage
ment as he could not consider it
longer"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
CHILD DRINKS DEADLY ACID,

Prompt Efforts Of Physicians Save
Life of Two.Year-Old.
Moorhead. Mimi, Nov. 14.-Mrs. OF.
Hides two-year-old daughter secured
bottle of carbolic acid and drank
from it. The mother rushed into the
street calling for help, and the ply
sicians by prompt work saved the life
of the child, though there is still
danger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
SAFE BLOWERS KEEP BUSY.
Crack Butchers Strong Box and Get
Away With $50.

Helena, Mont, Nov. H. - Burglars
evidently experienced in their line, as
they used nitroglycerin and complete
ly wrecked the safe. cracked strong
box in J. P. Schmite's butcher shop in
Townsend, twenty miles east of Hell.
ena, getting about $50. They are be-
lieved to belong to the same gang that
has been operating in other parts OF
the state during the last few weeks.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

The farmers who are mixing up
things little and raising few cat
tie to eat up the cheap grain appear to
favor the Shorthorns for that purpose,
though the cattlemeE on the ranges
find the white faces" and other breeds
as good or better. s!I555 .s 4
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17

Football May Prove Death Of Iowa Lao
Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov. 14.-Ran-
dali Mcleod, left end of the Hampton
high school football team. was prob
ably fatally injured Saturday in i
game with Marshalltown high school
His intestines were ruptured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
PRISON ovERcRoWDED.

Many Inmates at saltwater Pen Sleep
in Corridors.
Saltwater, Mimi, Nov. Is. There
are now TIA prisoners at the peniten.
tiary, and owing to the crowded con.
dition, many have to sleep on cots in
the corridors. E. E. Buck, who was
brought here from Mankato to serve q
term of six years, is working in the
laundry while suffering from an in.
jured ankle. When able he will By
given other work.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-17
JUMP FOR PILOT is FATAL.
Railroad Carpenter Misses Footing and
Is Run Over by Train.

is huH OVeT by ITdIh.
Two Harbors, Mimi, Nov. 15.-John
Hammerson, a railroad carpenter en-
ployed at construction camp two
miles east of Mitchell on the Messaba
range, was killed by being run over by
an ore train on the Duluth, Messaba &
Northern road He was walking on
eight cars approached. He attempted
to jump on the pilot, but missed his
footing. The locomotive and all the
cars passed over him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Yeu CAN INTEREST MIN.
Any Man over Fifty.

You can interest any man over fifty
years of age in anything that will make
him feel better, because while he may
not as yet have any positive organic
disease, he no longer feels the buoy
aancy and vigor Of twenty-fiye nor the
joyed in earlier years. and he very nat
urally examines with interest any prop.
osition looking to. the Improvement and
preservation Of his health.
He will notice among other things
that the stomach of fifty is a very diff
ferent one from the stomach he pos.
sessed at, twenty-five That greatest
eaten and how much of it, and even
with the best of care there will be in
creasing digestive weakness with adj
vancing years. 1920. So.
A proposition to perfect or improve
the digestion and assimilation of food
is one which interests not only every
man of fifty but every man, woman and
cret Of good health, good blood, strong
nerves, is to have stomach which will
promptly and thoroughly digest whole
some food, because blood, nerves, brain
tissue and every other constituent of
the body are entirely the product OF
digestion, and no medicine or health
food can possibly create pure blood or
RESTORE Sudky uSIFSS, NuCu "ooh
stomach is replenishing. the daily wear
and tear Of the body from a mass Of
fermenting half -digested food.
No, the stomach itself wants help,
and in no roundabout way, either; it
wants direct, unmistakable assistance,
such as is given by one or two Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal.
These tablets cure stomach trouble
because their use gives the stomach a
chance to rest and recuperate; one OF
Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets contain d.
gestive elements sufficient to digest
5000 grains of ordinary food such as
bread, meat, eggs, etc.
The plan of dieting is simply another
name for starvation, and the use of pre-
pared foods and new-fangled breakfast
foods simply makes matters worse, as
any dyspeptic who has tried them
knows
AS DR.. Bennett says, the only reason
I can imagine why Stuart g Dyspepsia
Tablets are not universally used by
everybody who is troubled in any way
with poor digestion is because many
people seem to think that because a
medicine is advertised or is sold in drug
stores or is protected by a trade mark
must be humbug, whereas, as mat
ter of truth, any druggist. who is OBJ
servant knows that Stuart s Dyspepsia
Tablets have cured moro people of in
digestion, heart burn, heart trouble,
nervous prostration and rundown con-
dition generally than all the patent
medicines and doctors prescriptions for
stomach trouble combined.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
MOODY IS SUMMONED
WITH ROCKEFELLER
New York Sun Special Service.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Attoney Gen
cral Moody. Controller of the Currency
Ridgely and John ID. Rockefeller have
been summoned to appear in a Chicago
court to testify for the defense in the
case of L. A. Gourdain and j. n. Dali
ton, who are charged with sending lot
terry tickets thru the mails. Neither Mr..
Moody nor Mr.. Ridgley know either of
the defendants, nor anything ut all
about the case. The United States
marshal who served the subpoenas on
them, gave eachsof them 5000 to cover
his expenses to Chicago and $3.50 for a
witness fee. Mr.. Rockefeller's time
was considered more valuable. He was
given 5000 for his expenses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Since her arrival in this port the
Minnesota has been visited by thou
sands curious to inspect the big liner
at close range. A week ago she had as
guests Governor Mead, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Coon and the members of the
state legislature, which adjourned for
a day to afford the members an oppor-
tunity to inspect her and dine on
board as guests Of the company.
The accompanying photograph shows
the Minnesota taking coal for her voy
age at the marine coal bunkers of the
Pacific Coast company. The ship-load-
ing towers of the bunkers stand 800
feet out from the sea wall, on a pier
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
STOLE A RAILROAD, BUT
COURT SAYS mo THEFT"
New York Sun Special Service.

with bodily stealing a railroad. Henry
Kline faced the Judges in criminal court
today and was afterward discharged,
the court holding, altho Kline admits
taking the Railroad that man could
not be tried for larceny for plucking a
railroad off the ground, and carrying it
away any more than he could be for
carrying off house.
Kline took the railroad, an abandon.
ed single track one, and cast it off his
land as the company showed no inten-
tion of doing so. A score of neighbors
aided him. The court said it was a
case for the civil and not the criminal
court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Special to The Journal.
Seattle, WASH, Jan. 27.-The new
Great Northern oriental liner, Mime
sofa, completed loading her cargo for
her maiden voyage to the orient and
sailed with $4,000 tons of mer-
chandise for the ports of China,
Japan and the Philippines. She car
ries as passengers large umber
of prominent business men and other
citizens Of Seattle and Of eastern cities,
tho her passenger accommodations are
not by any means all taken. Her car
60 space was practically all sold out
for the first voyage prior to her arrival
here, Dec. 20.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
FOUR MEN KILLED IN
UPPER MICHIGAN MINES

Calumet, Mich, Jan. 27.-Blasting
caused the almost instant death of four
Finnish miners in local mines yester-
day.
Henry Aho and John Reini were killed
at the thirty-seventh level, No. 5 shaft,
Tamarack mine. A charge of dyna,
mite exploded while they were rechar-
ging the hole.
John and Jacob Kostunen, brothers,
died as the result Of a premature ex-
plosion of a charge in the eighth level
of the Champion mine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

which is $50 feet in length. As may
be seen in the photograph, the towers
are still well forward of the midship
section of the big steamship, and the
vessel extends out more than 100 feet
bevond the outer end of the bunker
pier.
Lying alongside the bunkers is the
steamship Cottage City, one of the
larger vessels of the coastwise and
Alaska fleet running out of this port.
The Cottage City is over $50 feet
long and carries 800 passengers and
1000 tons of cargo. But she is dwarfed
into insignificance alongside the big
oriental liner. ~. .-.a.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Central brakeman. slipped on the ice and fell
under the wheels Of his train. He was instantly
killed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

SIOUX CITY, IoWA.-Miss Eugene Uhlrich
well-known Roman Catholic writer and editor
is dead at Limoges. France. Word has been
received by her parents here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
G0I,DBERG'S
GA HsnnepIn Ave.
SneeiaI for SATURDAY.:

Best creamery butter, in jars, lb. 29c
Fresh eggs, candled, doz: :...... .l9c
Jersey sweet potatoes, lbs for. e. 22c
Dill pickles and kraut, ct. :....:: &c
Goldberg's patent flour, 90 lbs. 1926
Fresh corn meal, 10 lbs. .......... 15c
Rolled oats, fresh, 10 lbs. ....... zoe
Whole JaDan rice. T lbs. 26c
Seedless raisins, bulk, lb. .:....... DC
California prunes, new, 3 lbs for. 1Oc
Superior parlor matches, 15c pkg. 1Oc
Swift g Pride Soap 8 bars for. 49,. 25c
Macaroni, sphagetti, lob boxes. soc
Hand picked navy beans, qt........ &c
Tapioca and sage, ID .'.........: &C
10 S. & H. trading stamps with one
pound can Rumford baking powder, 25c.
Above prices good for Monday. De-
liveries to all parts Of city. Remember
we give the genuine s. & H. trading
stamps with cash and G. o. D. orders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

NEW ULM M1NN.-Patcr SchOfka found
frozen stiff in lonely hut near Cottonwood river
He evidently stricken with illness. which
prevented him summoning help.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-25
THEIR REPORT FOR JUNE.
This Question VIII be Determined by
the Statistical Board Wednesday.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, July 24.-The delega-
ton from the American Cotton Manu-
facturers' Association, appointed at
the recent meeting at Charlotte, n.
c.. to take up with Secretary Wilson
the question of issuing a new June
cotton acreage report. called at the
Department of Agriculture today and
were in lengthy conference with the
Secretary.
At the conclusion of the conference,
Secretary Wilson gave out the follow
ing statement:
1.-THE Department of Agriculture
has determined that the statistical
to consider whether revision of the
June cotton acreage should be made
from existing data or from a new in
spection, and to make public their
findings or estimate at IL o'clock on
that date or the earliest convenient
date thereafter.
The cotton men informally discuss
ed the question of ordering new re-
port. No representations of inaccur-
acy were made against the June re-
port, and the members of the dele
cation appeared satisfied with the de-
ciSion of the Secretary, announced in
the statement issued. The sugges-
ton was made that a weekly report
of condition of cotton should be is
sued. but it was not urged uDOn the
department 1t was said that most of
the cotton men realized that more
frequent reports cannot be had under
the present appropriation for gather
ing crop statistics.