The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-14

4; dserly ~ having :; bull ing boom. &
|ptosSs rohbsds y pool room u Do
The Streets .of willow CITY have
bssn sreatly improved. 4.
Mohall ID 70 have 1 two-storya CO.
ment business building.
&, Donbigh business men have organ.
lied . telephone company.
& Lansdon Il boating Of the good,
order prevailing in the city.
The potato rot Is causing trouble IN
some sections Of the valley. 5
A Graftonite II after the autos
which exceed the speed limit.
There Is q Wild scramble for homo
rsteads in the vicinity Of McClusky.
An Unknown man had an arm taken
OF BY q gravel train at Valley City.
People who are not naturalixed bet
ter get . hump on themselves by Sept;
e.
Some Of the hunting dogs delivered
the goods-am then there were 9TH
era.
Some Of the business men Of Max
bass talk Of organizing q racing asso-
citation.
A. Rhodes Of Cooperstown has .
s.steam .plowings outh tswhich*is able to
plow sixty acres q day.
A couple Of farmers living near Ross
are diversifying their farming by ope.
rating cigar factory.
Hankinson has the largest number
Of school children Of any town in Rich.
land except Wahpeton.
Towns on the 500 north Of Minot
are making vigorous protest about
the service given the patrons.
The charter for the commercial club
at Valley City arrived and the organ
tzation is ready for business.
War is being waged on the blind
pigs Of Mclean county and raids have
been made in several Of the towns.
It is claimed that q newly appointed
game warden was caught doing some
premature hunting-near Wheatland.
It is claimed that trains will be
running on the new line between
Aneta and Devils Lake within four
weeks.
Conrad shafer Of McClusky drank
formaldehyde instead of medicine but
prompt medical aid saved the funeral
expenses.
Linton had gasoline famine and
several people who depended on gas
ranges for cooking purposes went to
bed hungry.
The plan Of carrying the mail daily
between Rolla and Dunseith has been
abandoned as there were no bidders
for the contract.
Buxton has a Peeping Tom, and
some Of the citizens are announcing
the fact that they have some double
barreled shotguns.
Small farmers have purchased
small threshing rigs this year as an
experiment and many claim to be we'll
pleased with the results.
The Linton band has been engaged
for the Morton county fair. Clint O.
Smith is the director and the band
numbers twenty-five men.
A McHenry boy got combination
on quantity Of powder and lighted
match and when it was over his moth.
er could not recognize him.
The postoff1ce at Hampton, Emmon3
county, was changed to Hartford be-
cause Of the similarity between Hamp.
ton and Hampden, In Ramsey county.
Miss Helen Sullivan of Langdon will
enter Trinity college at Washington
this fall. She and Miss Daeley Of Dew
lis Lake are the only pupils in the col
lege from this state.
AS result. of the payment Of the
Indians by the government for their
lands in the Devils Lake reservation,
number of bank accounts in that
city have materially increased.
A number Of Langdon capitalists
have become financially interested in
the shock loading machine invented
by I. B. Parsons of Bathgate, and will
put the machine on the market
Among the improvements being
made at Rugby, and on which work
has started, Of is to be started in the
near future, are the new depot, new
elevator in connection with the flour
mill, and a new meat market.
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Considerable new wheat has been
marketed around Hankinson and most
of it is grading No. 2. The average
yield SO far as reported is trifle I'M
der twelve bushels, which is consider
ably below what was expected month
ago.
e Arrangements are nearly completed