The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13

new bank.
Jessie. Grisss county. gets ! STATE
bank.
Crop conditions IN Towner county ars
immense.
Devils Lake Catholics are to have
| new church.
The summer schools seem to bs do.
ing good work.
'Rolette county school lands may NOT
be sold this fall.
Bathgate people are interested in Q
lighting proposition.
Minot is getting some more pleas
ure boats on the Mouse.
Kidder county has as much rain az
any section of the couatry.
Live fish fell on the Redmond farm
near Hunter during storm.
Kidder county has little court-hav.
ing had no term at all in 1905.
The Foundations for the new 500
depot has been laid at Bismarck.
The summer school at the state
university has large enrolment.
There is trouble at Buxton over
some anonymous correspondence.
County Auditor Stevenson of Rich.
land is being doomed for state au-
ditor.
The promoters Of the county fair
at Valley City are doing some tall hust-
ling.
The Great Northern is doing a lot
of boosting for Devils Lake this sum-
mer.
Sargent county keeps getting to the
front through the diversified farming
idea.
The people of Langdon found light
Ing plant was a white elephant and
sold it.
Small farmers are those most in
terested in improved methods-or
should be.
Bismarck seems to have all the rest
of the state faded on the size of it's
hail stones.
Near Hankinson Fred Carroll was
slashed across the face with knife
by Fred Saluski.
Switchboards have arrived for the
new exchange at Jamestown, but there
is no sign Of the new building yet.
The jamestown Gas company an.
nounces that 1t will be ready to supply
gas to customers within ninety days.
A horse beater was arrested and
fined at Kensel. He was also beaten
up a little by bystander before the
officer arrived.
Capt. Charles Phelan of Company K
at Dickinson Is arranging for his com.
pany to make good showing at the
national encampment.
Plans are being made for a new
building for the Citizens bank at Wal.
halla. It is intended to get the build.
ing finished this summer.
At Crosby there was fist fight in
which blind pigger had the best of
the deal. A warrant was sworn out
for his arrest on a pigging charge
and he skipped.
There are a lot Of complaints in
Towner county over the poor quality
OF the trees received this spring from
certain nurseries-an unusually large
number failing to grow-despite the
fact the conditions have been fine.
There is scrap at Wahpeton over
the selection of the chief of the fire
department. The chief alternates be-
tween the companies and this year the
organization entitled to the honor.
seems to be divided as to the man to
be chosen.
A large moose passed William Sla-
ter's place, in Carlisle, Sunday morn
Ing, and disappeared in the timber on
the Pembina river at McCaffery's
place. When crossing the pasture at
Mr.. Slater's the horses stampeded and
gave him chase, but the moose held
the lead without much effort and when
he reached the fence he jumped over
1t without much exertion and left the
horses behind.
Charles Kaatz of Sheldon is dead
from drinking wood alcohol. Mr..
Kaatz had charge of the town herd for
long time and was we'll known in
Sheldon and vicinity. It appears that
some time ago some one gave him a
bottle OF liquor. He placed it in the
cellar at his house and had about for
gotten about it. when he came across
1t accidentally. He took few drinks
from the bottle aad died soon after.
The largest horse deal ever known
TO have taken place near Williston In
recent years was closed last Satur-
day, when Matthews Bros. Of that city
sold their entire bunch Of percheron
bred horses. known as the Beer Mig
brand, $50 in number, for the consid- &.
Grafton Of $33. $50, or at the rate Of
$75 straight, to Canadian buyers. #
Matthews Bros. have taken pride in 3
breeding up such high-grade horses.