The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-01-19

Several localities have reported fake.
tree agents.
Mckenzie county is to have a court
house in the spring.
Minor wants public lighting sys.
TEN and more houses.
The fine weather has Topped OF a
lot Of winter all right.
The Great Northern may operate a
seed train this spring.
The business men are already order
ing their 1907 calendars.
New firms are reported In lot Of
the North Dakota towns.
Nicolai Stair died at Kuhn at the
advanced age Of ninety-two
The German Lutherans at Harvey
purchased the Presbyterian church.
Mark Pace, Charged with forgery,
has been released on bail at Towner. 4
Capt. and Mrs. LaTourette of La.
hota celebrated: their golden wedding.
A Minot grocer extended New
Years greetings to the people who
eat. @
Just about the time Leeds man got
so he could live without eating he
died.
Lumber dealers in North Dakota re.
port big business during the past
year.
OF the numerous Wallaces around
Drayton, all have removed to other
states.
A Wilton man lost draft for $500
and did some tall hustling until friends
returned it.
w e. Mansfield of Minot has es-
tablished reputation in California as
(. rifle shot.
The realty men are anticipating the
healthiest business for years when
spring opens up.
Hans Gansted of Medina lost five
horses at the time of the big prairie
fire and finally located four.
The railroad agent at McCumber
was suspended as the result of the rob-
berry of that Office of $1,000.
A Lidgerwood man has fve-year-
old COW that has already produced
six calves in her short existence.
The corner stakes on section lines
in Towner county are nearly obliter-
sted and there is some confusion
George Townes, formerly of this
state, seems to have struck bonanza
in his new paper at Puyallup, Wash.
The proposition to issue bonds for
new school building at Harvey car
vied. There was not an opposing vote.
The cards Of thanks have new duty
to perform. An Inkster man pub
lished one on his removal to Grand
Forks.
Arrangements are being made at
Granville for an election to decide on
the question Of issuing $3,O0Obonds for
system of fire protection.
A stranger at Leeds was taken ill
with blood poison and would not dis
close the address of his parents until
it was thought he was dying.
It is difficult to convince some of the
housewives that their lamps are SO
dirty that it is Impossible to get good
light from the Rockefeller oil.
w. E. Cook has sold his six lumber
yards for $4,000. The yards are To-
Gated at Balfour, Anamoose, Martin,
Harvey, Manfred and Fessenden.
North Dakota had more miles of
railroads built this year than any 9TH
GER state in the Union and raised more
bushels of wheat That's going some
There are a lot of full-grown men
who are doing their smoking behind
the barn and in the alleys while their
swear-off resolutions are supposed to
We observed.
At Ashley the whistle at the -four
mill went on rampage and wouldn't
stop blowing when the engineer really
wanted to. The people thought the
burg was blowing up.
There is q row at Darlington be-
cause the street lights are being shut
off. They appear to cost so much the
city is running in the hole in .endeav.
oring tn, maintain them.
A resident Of Mclean county want
ed to live, In McHenry. His farm was
right on the line and he purchased
some land across the road and moved
his buildings into McHenry.
The date fixed for the state fair at
Fargo seems to be satisfactory to most
people. 1t will be held the week be-
ginning July %, and will be over be-
( fore the farmers reach the busy sea-
son. s.s @
Now that there is some discussion
as to the validity Of the primary cleo
q ton law. the former opponents Of the
/ bill are strongest In their support
Of the measure. Some of the insurg-
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