The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-09

Cass county built court house
without bonds. La Moure might try
the proposition.
Kenmare is to have bigger depot
Ia order to accommodate the constant
ly growing traffic.
= Denhoff has 175 immigrants in sight
for this spring and the people are
reaching out after more.
The LehiRh coal case has been be-
fore. Judge Winchester some more.
The blind piggers of the valley coun-
ties have taken to chicken stealing.
Probably wanted the mfor cocktails.
Congressman Gronna is making an
effort to get good roads train through
the state along the Great Northern.
A boarding car was burned at Good
rich and made SO much smoke the
people thought the whole town was
burning.
With automobiles trying to make
two miles minute, the horse that
goes mile in two minutes doesn't
seem so much.
The people who attended the grain
growers convention in Fargo are still
saying kindly things about the meet
ing and Fargo.
The Northern Pacific has started
condemnation proceedings against
some hand at Sterling, wanted for res
ervoir purposes.
A Bismarck man contracted tuber-
culosis from mending milk cans. 1t is
not said what the people contracted
who drank the milk.
Lakota fremen sent contribution
to the fund for the family of the fire.
man who lost his life in the West no
tel fire. in Minneapolis.
There Is considerable mystery at
tached to the destruction of the farm
ers' elevator at Hannaford. The orr
gin of the fire is unknown.
The shooting at Ashley seems about
the only one that has occurred in the
state for months in which neither
women nor booze was the cause.
The school children of Grand Forks
county did not enthuse much over the
corn contest. Another effort will be
made this spring to create interest.
At Osnabroclz, Mrs. Gunder Nelson
stepped out of the door Sunday after
noon and was struck in the hip by
bullet, probably fired by some one af-
ter rabbits.
A long missed and much, wanted
man at Lawton was reported in that
neighborhood recently. and there was
a great deal of excitement, but the
officers failed to locate him.
Charles L. Chapman of Berlin has
patented device for stretching wire
which is said to be an Improvement on
other appliances for this purpose A
company has started manufacturing
the tools.
The people of Bathgate are pleased
to know that the trustees of the blind
asylum have decided to go ahead with
the construction of a s25,OOO building.
Operations have been SO long delayed
that doubt of building ever being
constructed was beginning to be enter
tanned.
The Great Northern now has 500
men at work making reservoirs at
Granville, Ray. Leeds, Churchs Ferry
and Michigan City. The idea is to pipe
the water in the spring from the sur
rounding country to reservoirs near
the track, from which water in the
summer can be pumped into tanks.
Physicians have been engaged to look
after the health Of the workmen.
Postmaster Nelson of Courtenay has
been appointed to his present position
three times in one year. Soon after
he was selected to fill the vacancy the
name of the office was changed from
Courtney" to "Courtenay." and Mr.
Nelson had to be reappointed. The
Office was then raised to the third class
and he has just got new commits
sion. from the president this time.
The Forman school board consid-
cred the petition to call an election to
vote on bonding the district for $1,000
W UuAiU y AoW SCIlOOI house. u ne
amount asked exceeds the debt limit
of the district, SO 1t was denied. It is.
probable the matter would have been
voted down II 1t had been submitted.
as the general desire is to wait until
a better building can be erected than
could be with $1,000
4 The state Legislative manual has
been issued. The volume Is consid-
erably larger than it's predecessors, as
# includes good deal of matter that
was not included in the others. One
lof the features Of note is the spublica-
ton Of the great charter granted by
King John at Runnlmede, which docu-
.ment p0sgesses great historical inter
EFT for the people u q The United
States. "a its sign ature sFaa one ~ the
most imp ftant stSps 81, the recoEni.
ton q ,optlar berty hich later
found sxrfsssio aDslf o y a ~ ion1I
conn ~ D 81!