The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-06-15
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Jamestown will have summer band
concerts.
Morton county attracted lot of set
tiers this spring.
The Congregationalists dedicated a
church at Lakota.
There are lot of improvements be-
ing made at Sheldon.
Sheldon has fine artesian we'll at
least $50 feet deep-and the citizens are
happy.
The farmers bought the Heising
elevator at Turnbridge and will oper-
ate it.
The three Grand Forks boys who
ran away from home were arrested at
Everett, Wash.
Two boys at jamestown were held
on the charge of breaking windows in
an N. P coach.
A deaf ard dumb" fakir got an
overdose of booze at Bottineau and
talked like sewing society.
Dean Collins is having many i'm
provements made around the Catholic
church grounds at Mandan.
An organization to be known as the
Dickey cornet band has been formed
with about twenty members.
A resident near Wolford was report
ed dead, but he only had felon on his
hand and bobbed up serenely.
Wells county will vote on increased
jurisdiction for the county court at
the same time as the primary election.
Wolf hunting in some counties is a
popular pastime. Some pay bounty
in addition to that offered by the state.
Devils Lakers want 20 plant more
tees and escape the criticism that is
aroused by the treeless condition in
that city.
The city Jail at Minot was scrubbed
one day last week for the first time
within the memory of the Oldest vag
in that district
The German Lutherans of Armenia
want preacher to be half and half
with sermon in German one Sunday
and English the next.
r. T. Walker, who was jailed on
charge of writing obscene letters to
Balfour girl who married the other
fellow, has finally secured bail.
A thief at Minot attempted to steal
a rocketbook from Mrs. Kulaas, but
the lady hung on and screamed so
loudly the fellow took to the woods.
The summer farmers institutes in
North Dakota promise to be decided
success. Great interest is being arous-
ed at the points at which the meetings
will be held.
Lloyd West, young settler from
Missouri, became insane at Pingree
and took the train for Valley City,
where he was placed under arrest and
sent to the asylum.
Besides the pardoned ones, twelve
pen birds will be freed this month on
the expiration Of their terms. War
den Boucher doesn't seem to fear his
place will be tenantless, however.
It is fact of which every true North
Dakotan is justly proud. that our state
has one of the finest public school sys-
TENS in the land, and one which is
handsomely provided for financially.
Not satisfied with one horse thief
case that he's cost lot of money the
La Moure county officials have re-
Gently returned with another pair,
one caught in Montana and the other
in Wyoming. Both the last prisoners
are twenty-three years of age.
Each year the poultry business is
becoming more lucrative and now as
sumes proportions that will soon rival
any branch of farm industry. Farm
ers are forced to acknowledge that the
old hen can lift her own weight in rails
ing mortgage from the farm.
The superintendent of schools in La
Moure county is of the opinion that it
is bad policy for school directors to
postpone hiring teachers for the next
winter term until just before school
opens. He believes the board should
engage the teachers early, the same as
is done in the towns.
Peter Alderman of Steele had very
narrow escape from death by lightning
early Sunday morning. He was milk
ing the cows, and had just finished one
and had moved over to the other COW,
when lightning struck the barn and
killed the COW he had just mtlked, in
stantly, and did considerable damage
to the barn.
Some two or three weeks ago a cy-
clone struck Williams county and
passed over Mr.. Romanson's claim.
Mrs. Romanson, her sister, and the
baby, were in the shanty at the time
and it is almost a miracle that they
were not all killed. The house was
carried some distance and completely
wrecked. Mrs. Romanson was slightly
hurt and the baby was burned on the
face but not otherwise injured. Mrs.
Romanson's sister did not fare so we'll.
She was badly bruised and cut but will
probably recover. One person was
killed outright and two others died
OF their injuries.