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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
In Far Northland
7id-Bits Of Ne.0s for Scandinauiians.
NOT a NEW PARTY.
Norwegian Government Would Not
Dissolve Old Organizations.

Norwegian Government Would Not
Dissolve Old Organizations.
Foreign Minister Loevland gave a
detailed explanation of the govern
ment's position in relation to the
coming elections for the storthing at a
recent meeting of the leftist and the
democratic workingmen's association
at Stavanger. While the ministry
asked for the support of all parties,
it had no intention of forming a fusion
party or of dissolving the old parties.
1t was proper that the old party or
CARNATIONS should be retained On the
other hand. the present coalition min
istry had responsibilities which It
could not shirk. Complete unity ex-
listed, and until certain important
questions have been solved and the
ship of state had been fairly brought
into safe waters. it was the duty of
all loyal Norwegians to support the
ministry.
Therefore, when leftist who was in
sympathy with avowsa program of the
government was nominated, the right
lists should Tot put up candidate in
opposition. When a former rightist
was willing to stand by the present
government, the leftists should not
make contest.
The three leftist members of the
ministry, namely, himself, Arctander
and Bothner, had been criticized for
not resigning from that body, but
there was no reason why they should.
The ministry had been formed for a
definite purpose and its object had
not yet been attained 1t was in real
ity simply a business ministry and
political questions were not involved
at the present time.
Mr.. Loevland then outlined in detail
what had been accomplished and what
still remained to be done before the
government could consider that its
work was ended.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
Terrific Heat in Stockholm.

Stockholm is at present mostly
given over to the tourists. The Stock
holmers who can afford it-and some
of those who can't-are cooling them
selves on the coast or drinking some
vile-tasting waters at some health re-
sort to prepare themselves for the
winter campaign.
The royal family itself is spread all
over the country. King Oscar is with
his yacht in Marstrand, the Madeira
of Sweden, where he goes every sum-
mer to battle, sail, listen to speeches
and receive the homage of the same
people who have spoken. bowed and
curtseyed year after year.
The crown prince is in the south Of
Sweden somewhere. when he is not
playing tennis at Saro. another sea-
side resort near Gothenburg, where
also Prince Charles and Princess In
geborg have taken up their abode.
Princess Margaret has gone to Eng
land with her newborn SON to visit
her parents, the duke and duchess Of
Connaught, and her husband. Prince
Gustave Adolph. will soon Join her.
Prince Eugene is motoring in the
country. AIS
The heat In Stockholm is terrific.
the greatest known for years. and, un..i
less we soon get some rain, there win
be damage done to the crops. which
otherwise promise to he one Of theS
finest ever seen In this country.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24
oLAF's SUNBEAM.
His Estate on Goeoe Is Very eeauti.
full.

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His Estate on Goeoe Is Very eeauti.
full.
The story of Sunbeam (SolstraaleD
island, which Miss Ada Musgrove has
presented to the little Crown Prince
Olaf of Norway, is one the the curious
interest.
Sunbeam island, or Forth Bras, as
it is now going to be called, is about
&c, 900 square yards in size, and is sit
uated in the lovely Godoe sound, a
famous summer resort three hor/s'
sail from Bergen.
About fifteen years ago John Mus
grove, an Englishman, spent the sum-
mer at Godoe sound and bought the
island, which was then a complete
wilderness. He imported new turf
mold and worked hard until the island
had a wood of about 1000 trees.
He also built a comfortable, roomy
house and a small waterworks. The
garden of the house is beautifully ar
ranged with small ponds and greens.
Mr. Musgrove lived with relative
on this fairy island, the views from
which are impressive and romantic,
until few years ago, when he pre-
scented the property to Miss Ada Mus
grove.
Miss Musgrove wrote to Queen Maud
and asked 70 rpermission to give the
island to her son, and on their males
ties visit to Bergen the necessary
documents, as wen as q series Of pic
lures Of the island. photographed by
Miss Musgrove herself. were delivered
to the queen.
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SUSPECTS A RUSSIAN TRICK.
What Do the Latter's Activities at
AIand island Mean?-A Strange
Eilihusterinn Storv

AIand Island Mean?-A Strange
FiIibusterin0 Story.
In spite of the fact that Russia is
at present so much occupied with her
internal troubles. there are people
who think that she is finding time to
look after interests beyond her own
dominions. Therefore it has created
a certain amount of unrest in some
quarters that a Russian military force,
as yet very small in numbers, has
been placed on Aland, the island in
the Baltic half way between. Sweden
and Finland.
According to the treaty of Paris,
1856, Russia undertook not to erect
any Notifications on this island 4or to
build any military or naval establish
ments there. The question which
arises now is If the present military
activities on Aland can be termed a
violation of the treaty. AS your read
CTS will remember negative answer
to question asked in the house of
commons has been given by the Eng
lish government AS far as l have
been able to ascertain it will be very
difficult to class them as military or
naval establishments. which is the
term employed in the treaty and by
which must be understood arrange
ments of a more or less permaaet
kind. AS yet there are only 500 men
and their housing is of the simplest
and most casual nature. Torpedo
craft are constantly securing the
waters in the neighborhood archipel,
ago, but this is explained by the Rus
SLAMS as we'll as the troups on shore
as necessary precaution against tine
continued smuggling of arms into Fin
land.
Whether the wireless telegraph sta
ton, recently constructed ON Aland,
can be considered a military estab-
lishment" in the meaning of the treaty
or not, is question perhaps not so
easily solved. Such a thing. of cour\e,
could not have been foreseen by the
signatories of 1856. A great many
sensational reports are circulated
about this matter. but I am able to
state that in leading circles one does
not view these arrangements as far as
they have yet proceeded with any ap-
prehension or alarm. 1t would be an
other thing if uRssia should show any
desire to extend them and make them
permanent. 1t is therefore matter
of course that everything connected
with it is followed with the grea test
interest here.
1t is also a matter of course that
England must attach the greatest inn
portance to it and watch over the
!Aland incident. If Russia really should
intend to create naval base on Aland,
from which to strike a blow against
Sweden, this blow would in fact only
be directed against us as the shortest
cut to reach Norway and thus all At
lantic ice-free port. Sweden itself
would be of no great advantage to
Russia, even if it could be taken,
which is very unlikely with it's pres
ent navy and army, and of Baltic
ports Russia has as good and better
than Sweden.
But an outlet on the Atlantic is an
other matter.-Vallentin in Minneapo-
lis Journal.
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Fighting King Alcohol.

The eleventh international anti.alco-
8hol congress win be held In stock
holm July % to Aug. 3. 1907 Bishop
Won scheele. Curt Wallis and Inward
Wayrinsky. grand chief of the su-
sprsms lodge of the Order q Good
sTemplars, form = mlttee hayins Il
charge the arranG stnsnts for tie meet.
3inS rhs sovernhias alt usdae @
TappsopIi asio Gs Is ctosns ,ssesl
Nm nm " dsie sSs
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-24

George N. Brown Of Antewerp, with
4 thirty.horse power engine. has
broken this season over 500 acres ~
T275 acres Of which was turned over,
rolled twice. drilled and seeded in
twelve days. During this work the
engine pulled sever plows. y big iron
roller that double Tapped, q drill. and q
plankerand npons the 225 acres. which
was not seeded. the engine drew eley-
en- ploWs. 53i. 4. ~;
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poison contracted. ABOUT Two weeks
ago, at which time he received q flesh
wound in the leg above the knee. The
poison germ was allowed to remain,
it spread through the system, being
followed by q fatal illness, attended by
much pain, s .Ft.5 !.
At Page lightning struck the Meth
odist church, and, running down the
spire, tore big hole In the roof. "a
reside nce was also struck and badly
damaged the total losses due to the
storm amounting to several thousands
of dollars. IA The heavy rain which 40
companied the storm H also hit the
farmers sshard, knocking down the
wheat and lodging q Considerable
Quantity q it.,8 3s7s; Il
There afie! those Who believe the
|Stest range country IL the world Is be-
Ing spoiled in the Western part Of the
state t6 make . doubt fnlS farming Re.
hon mt from the r III, at of the crops
(ifn th1tsse cals It'll this sum.
mar etark billings ana ~ hsirs com.
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+, lCA0 81 AAutAldSCu alAlOy Wei " Al sA4auy
instances indecipherable.s
The verdict Of the jury in the U, s.
{ court In the Dickey county damage
! case shows that It's all right to shoot
hired men in the open season. n
The farmers Of Tdgeley have organ
keda telephone company&to be known
as the Pomona Valley Telephone Cd,
and have incorpo rated' for $50, 900. ss a
While playing With the rope which
!. was tied to = calf 9 two-year-old son
of Andrew Strand became entangled
In the same and had 4 LEU broken.
Williston Is practi ideally without an
+ opera house. The news land Nee has
Y been located In the Bruegger opera
house. which Is being reno deled for
ONCE rooms. 81
/ Asyoung mems athletic duh ~ May
& vile has finally got !: u start III Oh:
4 5ect 10, III stated Ia the cone titution
which II has adopted; This lrDmotlons
of afhletics, ocial relat ions,} ana Whist
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22

his lonely state, perhaps sometimes the
money king says with that other king:
Heaven knows
BY what bS-paths and indirect. crook d
ways
met this crown and myself know we'll
How trouhiesome It sstSspoR my head.
1.-The American raepey king mas all
the material world @ean give him
There is nothing saloFss there for him 10
achieve. But. looking at the iron mask
behind which he bides.s one wonders if.
sometimes. he would not give at least
half his millions TO wear such a face
and feel such joy at Christmas as enc
CT the sweet children IN tbs picture.
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the Christmas of 1906 is that of the
gentle young queen of Holland.
q y
In fear of their lives and the lives of
those dearest to them sit two other
royal ladies this merry Christmas.
Longing to be a crowned queen a few
months ago. the English Princess Ena
became the bride of Alfonso of Spain,
Now, it is said. the dread of anarch-
lists has become almost a monomania
with her. Let US hope it is not true,
but they say her fair, comely face
wears always a strained. anxious ex-
preston and that her nerves are all
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Come to think of it, the children and
the engaged girl seem to be almost the
only really. bnssfully happy faced pe3-
pie at Christmas. Queens? Look at
the recent portraits of Wiihelmina of
Holland. Little Wilhelmina.'' her peo-
pie call her. Not many years ago she
was as happy an engaged girl as ever
got costly Christmas gem from a
gallant seeming lover. Her pretty face
was round. rosy and merry. Matri-
ny-disillusionment. Now poor lit
tie Wilhelmina is thin, melancholy and
sailow. Christmas has no joy for her,
because eff disappointed hopes. One
CT the saddest faces that looks out on
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be hedged about with guards to keep
off importunate beggars. possibly an
archists. Then, even more than usual.
newspaper reporters spy on his every
movement Is write It up' if ne 50
much as crooks 4 finger.
Nobody can BAY or make for the bill
.iaaaire any Christmas Erssent that he
would value for does Re not already
hold in MS grasp an income that would
support comfortably a thousand famf-
:eS2 Maybe it's not 50 much fun
wearing the crown ce Millionaire
after all. This chances are that ne is
not up in ShakeST care. put If he Is
then on Christmas morning. sitting IN
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z An sorry 10 tell YOU that the
gambling craze is spreading
81 among women
y The reason is not far to seek
Your modern woman cannot bear to go
without things.
And the number Of things q woman
thinks she ought TO have is increasing
daily.
Husbands are SO unsynpathatic tool
only the other Cay I road Of a divorce
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Well. let them drink to he FIJI Of The
cup of joy and gladncss at Christrlas-
tide. both the girl and the children.
y =
The Christmas face of the money
king IS the face of The man in The iron
musk No more nobility Of light is in
MS eountenance than if it were made
of iron. He may have gwen away a
million dollars IN Christmas morning
Does he feel the happier for e.? Doubt
full There is no change. ma brighten
ing up in his countenance. rs is an
iron faced Id man the year rocnd.
Especially at Christmas time ne must
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That trite old "motherly'' axiom-ah,
let it be decently inferred. 1t has
worked enough harmi
Let me whisper a secret in your ear.
Some up to date women, otherwise
alert along dressmaking lines. are
learning how to sew fur.
Why not. when a pirate of a fur
dealer charges you $50 to put a tiny
bit of fullness in the top of last years
sleeves?
En-. mon. tits a great thing to be
independent
Do you know one thing-if we all
learned how to be clever shopkeepers
they wouldn't have the nerve to charge
such prices.
They would have to offer US induce
ments to come in and buy.
Am talking of the millennium?
Well. perhaps.
In the meantime we continue to pay
$500 for tiny fur boleros and $40 for
hats decorated with a single feather.
In other words. we pay the rent and
the electric light bill Of the tradespeo-
pie and cannot meet our own.
Well, it's a great world.
To take a big conversational jump
have you ever tried alligator pear
salad7
Perhaps you have no alligator pears
in your town, In which case you Will
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with one of the junior members en-
plcyed by such a firm and, thanks to
the information which he is in a po-
sit4on to get. to make more than one
neat turn. 1 haven't the slightest
doubt. however. that in such transac-
tons he gets more than his half-it is
easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a stock
broker. etc.-but as long as she keeps
on winning she will close her eyes TO
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Iected and miserable, whereas some
lady who never sewed a button for her
husband in her Hfe-weu. we know how
that kind usually gets adoredt
My friends, there is no parental feeling
in matrimony unless 1t refers to the
fact that you can educate your hns-
band up to your standards if you have
sufficient energy and patience to go in
for that sort of stunt
But if there were any such feeling
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am strongly in favor of cultivating
"fatherly" one, don't. you know, one
that would make your husband look
out for your little comforts and all that
sort of thing. Really. it is more be-
coming to see man skipping around
and making himself useful than wo-
man performing the same stunt around
a man - ---.-.--.
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studio OF a well known woman sculptor
Twice week there us a gathering
there. and quite bit Of money changes
hands. Some of the women 60 there
because they absolutely need the
money One pretty little blond know
has a millionaire husband WIZ only
allows ner So 8 week spending money!
Others CONS. for the excitement. still
others because they have it in the
blood. inherited from specuiating IA
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wardrobe ana to her amuse.nen.s-a
pink coral pendant roday a saddle
horse tomorrow, a box At the opera the
next Gay. And she Goes not have to
worry her husband about them. All,
it may be more blessed Il give than 10
receive but il is mare blessed still not
to have to ask
And the woman who has n = capital
to work for her? My friends. she plays
roulette.
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ttSe IA WhiC \
he lady's griev
nee seemed TO
he that her hus
band invested ali
Of his surpluz
money in his
business.
Now. you can
readily see that
where a nus
ban IS hobay is
accumulatfng
money and a
wife's is spend
ing it there is
going to be fTic-
ton.
How are you
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u ONES xho take habtuaI going to get
fieJ-s iH copper around that
state of things -?
By- demonstrating 1t won't do any
good. BY divorce? Possibly. but that
involves. according to modern ideas.
getting another provider immefi ,i,.l,,'
and he may be as close as the first.
No; the remedy is making a little
private money of ones own on the side
Now. that's all very we'll for those
women who have business ability or
some special talent. There are plentv
of shops run by society women that no
one knows about. for instance. But
what about those unfortunates who
have only been brought up to be pretty
and attractive and useless? Wen. they
gamble.
Opportunities for this sort Of tbing
are not lacking There is bridge Of
course. but / am not referring TO thar
because ones gains and losses are
made TOO public thereby. and most va
men don't want their husbands to
know.
But there are two forms Of gambling
which may be kept a profound secret
one for the woman with a little cant
tai the other for the one who only hes
pocket money. I refer to copper stocks
and roulette.
II IS a mistake to suppose that only
bucket shops have female customers
and that these same female customers
always get "stung-"
That day has practically gone by.
some of the biggest firms on the street
have reputable women customers. who
take habitual fliers in copper and other
curb commodities 1t is no unusual
hing. either, for a woman to be partner
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discrepancies. and he on his part will
take mighty good care that she keeps
on making money. as it is to his inter
est. Therefore both are satisfied. the
woman with the profits she never could
make by her lonely. the man with the
chance he has of making a little more
than he would by a male customer.
And 50 madam adds gradually to her
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lunch OF Tee cream coffee (whatever
that may be:) and ladies fingers. and
behold when l turned around to look
the owner had a retreating chin.
AS matter of fact, what else could
have expected?
near lot about that motherly feel
ing which Il am quoting from the idiot
who first said it, every good woman
has for her husband"
Ye gods and little fishes! What
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crimes some people are responsible for!
have known unfortunate, misguided
women who logged through life on that
principle, 'nothering" their husbands
and devoting themselves to their COM
fort and the husbands took it all as
matter of course like the parlor rug
and the house cat.
And the women ended by being neg.
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Pray don't be shocked. It is done so
nicely no one knows about it, You pay
so much subscription to belong to a
ciub-aIl composed of perfect ladies'"
mind! They are strong on social po-
sition. those clubs. and you meet at
different studios of private houses TO
try your luck.
J know Of one wheel in the luxurious
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theirs and stock jobbing grandfathers.
You can talk all You want, believe
in heredity.
Anyway, gambling is the vice of the
age. ana the women have it as well as
the men
Don't tell me you can't read a wo-
mans character by what she eatsl
heard a voice ordering a sumptuous
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unstrung At any rate. her latest
photographs show that little happiness
will be expressed in the Christmas faco
of Queen Victoria of Spain.
Guarded by a thousand men. her
precious son-hsir to the throne he viii
probably never occupy-held to her
heart not knowing what day may
mean the end OF the world for all her
family hapless Czarina Alix of Russia
looks forward in terror not only to
Christmas. but to each day Her pic
lures present a face full of mortal sad
ess and anxiety.
Even the few queens whose husbands
are good husbands and whose lives are
comparatively happy one must think
cannot avoid the passing thought that
the Christmas pomp and festivities In
their palaces will offer a good occasion
for soma iuaattc to take shy at them
with 4 bomb. On the whole. 1t is rather
safe ami agreeable not to be a queen
Among American women at holiday
time the tired Christmas face is the
commonest of all. The gift bringing
custom has grown to SUCH enormous
and unreasonable proportions that to
satisfy the insatiate monster wears
women folk to the bone Everybody
expects something therefore woman,
It
mus- kill herself to crafty expectation
She scurriss around bargain hunting.
she sits up nights to sew things: she
goes without eating; she collapses
finally under the strain of Christmas
preparation. The Christmas face Of
three out of four American women is
worn and weary and expressive Of
nerve rack
y y
Did you ever walk past Christmas
shop windows blazing with light and
filled with beautiful toys and sweets
and see standing outside a crowd OF
poorly dressed. underfed children look
ing with longing yet utterly hopeless
ewes at the beauties in the shops2
Theirs are the saddest Christmas faces
of ALL The pathos of them haunts one
who wakes in the night and thinks OF
them.
Many men and most women wear
masks. 1 suppose they have to. An
Arab song says:
Nobody but God and
Knows what is in my heart.
This is put awkwardly. but 1t is true.
Christmas is the time when for the
sake of others we should wear the
mask of happiness and joy. no matter
how little glad we are at heart. All
the world has its own tragedies to
pass through. For the sake of others
let us put up the brave bluff that we
are merry and happy at Christmas.
Let us keep UP the bluff all the year
that. too for the sake of others. It
will strike in on ourselves by and by.
So
A merry, thrice merry Christmas to
all!
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rich" at res Madam adds 0radudlIv q
tauranr once, her srardrobe
and the waiter
tiptoed around with his napkin stuTea
in his month!
prime is very squashy and full OF oil.
You serve It cut UP in small pieces
with lettuce and sharp French Dress
ing.
Try it,
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have to create a
demand for
them. but they
are pretty plen-
tiful in all the
larger cities
now.
A tropical prod
uct is the said
pear, larger than
the d 0 m e tie
fruit it -resem-
Bile s. a n d 1t
8 h Guild ever.
yer, never be
eaten as a des-
sert.
l saw it done
by some newly
rich" at a res