The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06


st. Michaels Catholic church at
Grand Forks burned on Sunday morning.
Cause is not known. Loss about S4O,-
600, insurance about $4,000. 1t will be
rebuilt at cost of 100000.
Bert Fowler has severed his connec-
ton with Fulis store and entered the
service of the Northern Pacific at the
station here, succeeding Tom Shumaker
who resigned to attend school.
The school board met Wednesday af-
ternoon and opened bids for supplying
fifty five tons of Hooking Valley coal to
the district, and the contract was award
ed to the Monarch elevator company at
Sc. 40 per ton delivered. There were four
tenders submitted.
Mr.. d. E. Morden of Wahpeton, and
others will make an effort to secure a
pardon for Joseph Till, at the ensuing
session of the pardon board. The
Grand Forks Herald speaks of Till as a
"Pembina County" man. He had been
in this county only a few days when the
murder was committed for which he was
found guilty.
Geo. Leibinger returned from month
visit to friends in the Estevan country.
, in southeastern Saskatchewan. He re-
ports the crop conditions not favorable
and that the frost of two weeks ago as
doing considerable damage to garden
stuff but the grains did not show any no.
ticable effect. The country is we'll set
tied and immigration subsidized.
Miss Grace Parker, one of the last
years teachers in the city schools. and
who has been re-employed for this year,
will be home Friday. She has been
teaching the summer school at Lake
Wenatchie. Last Friday a dance was
given in her honor at the Bates hotel,
and it is said that the affair was one of
the pleasantest ever given at the lake,
Wenatchie fWash.) Republic.
The nimrods were out bright and early
Monday morning. Some of the more
enthusiastic left for preferred places the
day before in order to be on deck the
first ones. The results were not salts
factory in most cases. Those who went
after ducks had more to show for the
time spent than those who looked for
chickens. Messrs. Spiller and Gill bag
ged some fifty ducks and few chickens.
$50 fine for riding or driving faster
than walk over this bridge" are notic-
es posted on b. tn ends of the Pembina
river bridge this week 1t has been the
habit of some that ought to know better
to trot their teams every time thay cross
the bridge. which puts the structure to
unnecessary strain. Marshal Akers has
instructions to enforce the law and fine
or two will probably put stop to it.
A telegram from Winnipeg announces
that Einar Hiorlefsson, the renowned
1celandic author and public speaker
will lecture here on Saturday evening,
the 7th inst. Mr.. Hjorleifsson is making
a tour of America in the interest of indie
pendence of the home country, inter
spersed with other subjects dear to the
1celandic nation. and the lecture un-
doubtedly will he interesting. An ad-
mission fee of s. cents will he charged
to defray expenses.
The proposed new time schedule re-
ported in these columns two weeks ago
did not materialize, but slight change
takes place next Sunday. The train
from the south will arrive here twenty
minutes later, 11:42) and the train from
the north at the same time. A new main
line train from the Twin cities will form
part of this schedule and it is proposed
to run this train strictly on time. The
south bound freight will leave Pembins
at seven in the morning, and will proba
bly, carry passengers between loca
points.
A surprise party was given F. F. Nor
is Thursday evening by the members oil
the band and his own folks jointly. The
band rendered several selections after
which they all sat down to sumptuous
spread in the spacious Morris residence