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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-16
Ordinance No. So

An ordinance to amend sections three
and eight of division six of ordinance
number five, being an ordinance regu-
lating the issue of licenses.
Be it ordained by the city council of
the city of Pembina, State of North Da-
kota.
That section three of division six of
o ordinance number five be ammended to
read as follows:
Sec. 3. No license shall be required
in the following cases.
For vehicles or wagons, kept or used
by merchants, lumbermen or other per-
sons, for the delivery without charge of
articles or property sold by them.
For the carriage of earth, manure and
hay: for hauling, under contract, in
carload lots wood, coal, stone, brick or
other building material:
For hauling without and beyond the
city: by hotel keepers for the. delivery,
without charge, of the baggage of their
guests: or by the owners and keepers of
livery stables in the ordinary business of
letting teams and vehicles for hire.
| That section eight of division six of
ordinance number five be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 8. All>licensed draymen, cartmen
and carriers of property by either con-
We yances shall be entitled to ask and re-
ceive for the carriage of each parcel or
load, not weighing over one thousand
pounds taken at one time to any one
person, for any distance within the city
not exceeding one mile, twenty-five cents
for any load of greater weight fifty cents
for the delivery of wood and coal at the
rate of fifty cents a cord or ton: such
distance to be measured by the route of
ordinary travel, and no person owning
or driving any such licensed dray, cart
or other vehicle for the carriage of pro
perty shall refuse to convey within said
city the baggage, goods or merchandise
of any person, when applied to for the
purpose, or having undertaken, COM
menced or promised to convey such
baggage, merchandise or other thing,
shall omit, delay fail or neglect to do SO,
or shall state to, ask, take or extort from
any person desiring to have, or having
h ad conveyed to any place in said city,
for any distance not to exceed one mile,
such baggage, goods. merchandise, or
other thing, as the price or rate or fare
for such conveyance, any greater price
or rate or fair than that herein establish.
ed.
Provided: teat when any such licensed
drayman, cartman or the driver of
other vehicle, is absent from the city
with the consent of and by the permits
sion Of the mayor, he shall not be. liable
under the bond mentioned in section 4
Of this article, for the non conveyance of
any freight, goods or merchandise dur
ing such absence.
Passed first readingnApril LIST 1907 by
the following vote:-Ayes, Aldermen
King, Peterson, Felson, Shumaker,
Thompson and Short. Nayes none.
Attest;
+. A. wARDwELL,
Auditor.
Passed second reading on July 9Th,
1907 by the following vote:-Ayes Alder
men King, shnmaker. Felson and Short.
Nays, none. y IN H
Attest: 4s,..,5
]. F. 4. wARDWELL
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Auditor.
Approved this 10th day Of July, 1907.
NJ. H. MILLER,
Mayor.

The lot at the corner of Main and Do
minion streets has been purchased from
Mr.. Christie by the Canadian govern
ment, as the site for the customs Office
and postoffice to be erected at Emerson
at an early date. The property is a
desirable one and the structure to be
built will greatly improve the appear
ance of Main street. The building will
coast in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The purchase price of the lot is under
stood to be $1,000 Emerson journal.
Next Monday, at Racine, Wis, at the
home of the groom's aunt will occue the
marriage of Mr.. Homer Rose, former
st. Thomas young man, but LOCATED
now in Chicago, and Miss Myrtle John
son, formerly of this city but late. of
Chicago. The bride has. grown up from
childhood in this vicinity and is one of
Drayton's most popular and accomplish
ed young ladies. Drayton friends ex-
tend in advance best wishes for future
happiness and success. -Drayton Echo.
Charles Lofgren who mysteriously
disappeared from his home at Warren
some ten days or more ago, was found
by party of small boys who were out
berry picking about mile from town
last Sunday. Lofgren had tied cord
about his neck and had strangled by
suspending himself from the limb of a
tree, his body being partly on the
ground. The body had been hanging
for several days before it was discovered
and was badly decomposed. Deceased
was brother to Mrs. J. o. Bergfelt of
this place. -Hallock Enterprise.
During big storm at Langdon, three
build ings were struck with lightning,
Schultz's department store, Methodist
church and the Tom Heating house.
The last two were not damaged to any
extent but Schultz's store had narrow
escape from fire. The bolt of lightning
SAoSAS0 OSOA VIC 0CACluOIlC dIlu STU lire
to the millinery department. The blaze
was soon discovered and put out in a
few minutes though it had good head
way and had done considerable damage
to the ceiling, walls and stock.
Il On Tuesday the Pembina Presbytery
met. in the city for the purpose of or
ding and ininstalling Rev. Peter Erick.
son, as pastor of the Presbyterian
church of this city. The services were
held at 2 p. m. Rev. Richardson of
Crystal preaced the sermon; Rev. Nc.
Intosh of Park River addressing the
minister and DR.. Mcdonald the congre-
CATION. Rev. Erickson has occupied
the pulpit of the Presbyterian church.
on and off some little time. He is a
very able man and is doing good
work. Rev. Mason of Forest River was
also present at the services.
Eoh@
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Clerk Wanted

Wanted at once an experienced, sober
French Clerk, for . general store. An
unmarried man preferred. Good wages
and steady employment. Address
' Lock Box G, Argyle, Minnesota.
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Notice Of Mortfaee Sale
JOHN RATH,
MOrtgagee.

GEO. PETERSON,
Attorney
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Teacher Wanted

In Carlisle School District No. 9. for
a term of six months. One holding a
second grade certificate required. Ap-
ply stating salary to
G. w. ARGUR
Clerk.
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, Treasurer. Report.

afS00OTSr = NSY0fGs
For school district No. 9, Pembina
county, North Dakota, for the years 1908
and 1907.
ID RECEIPTS:
Cash on. hand at beginning of
school year, July LIST, 1905 ....s "a
Total amount received during the
year from the apportionment of
the state tuition fund 1853 IS
Total amount seceived during the
year from the apportionment of
the county tuition fund. ..... ;. SO 80
Amount received during the year
from taxes levied by the district
school board, includingoutstand-
ing warrants redeemed or endors-
ed in the collection of taxes. /. 1852 OF
Total receipts for the year, includ-
ing cash on hand July LIST, 1906 700 O5
EXPENDITURES:
Amount paid during the year for
teachers wages $50 W
Amount paid during the year for
services and expenses of school
Amount paid during the year for
interest of bonds and WARRANTS 46
Amount paid during the year for
Incidental expenses. -. ...... .l33 30
Total expenses for the year 639 IS
Cash on hand June Both, 1907, go 90
Grand total, expenditure and cash
on hand, to balance above total
receipts. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7OO O5
Approved this 9th day of July A. d.
1907. By order of the district school
board.
Attest: G. w. ARGUE,
Clerk.
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Teachers Examination

The ReXt teachers examination will be
held Friday and Saturday August Both
and 31st, in Bathgate and Pembina.
Applicants living on the Walhalla
branch may take the examination at
Grafton.
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Treasurer's Report


For school district No. IA, Pembina
county, N. D., for the years 1906 and
1907.
Cash on hand at beginning of
school year, July 1st, 1906 -. .s25S g.
Total amount received during the
year from the apportionment of
the state tuition fund. ..... As q
Total amount received during the
year from the apportionment of
the county tuition fund ... AZ "a
Amount received during the year
from taxes levied by the district
school board, including outstand-
ing warrants redeemed or endors-
ed in the collection of taxes .4O6 sc
Total receipts for the year, includ-
ing cash on hand July LIST, 17O6S754 Oh
EXPENDITURES:
Amount paid during the year for.
school houses, sites and furni-
lure Observation-Disclosures. 81 10
Amount paid during the year for
teachers wages -. 300 90
Amount paid during the year for
services and expenses of school
Amount paid during the year for
incidental expenses ............ Y 70
Total expenses for the year -. S439 IS
Cash on hand June 10Th, 1907 :. 3l4 80
Grand total expenditure and cash
on hand to balance above total
receipts .S754 Oh
WIN. sTINsoN JR,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
JEFFERSON DAVIS At RICHMOND


room of a easement The windows are
being barred and eile doors securely
bolted and ironed. Two guards con-
stanty occupy the room with him.
while iH%.the outer room are stationed
a commissioned officer and guard.
Davis is not permitted to speak a word
to any one. Hc is literally in a living
tomb"
FORTRESS MONROE. July rs.
1s65.--Nsw York Herald Correspondent
Davis can never escape. Over all the
state prisoners tho same guard. num-
bering seventy officers and men. Is
now kept to watch over them. 1t may
in fact be said that the great Napoleon
at Elba or St. Helena, the lesser Napo-
leon at the Fortress OF Ham. nor any
other state prisoner Of the centuries,
were not subjected to greater surveil-
lance than that to which jeff Davis
Is subjected here. The great Corsican
escaped from Elba, Napoleon the lesser
escaped from Ham, but no such hope
for Davis. He can never escape. ~.
"The South could raise men and wo-
men to conspire to assasslnate that
noble man-Lincoln-bu she can raise
none to rescue JEFF Davis. that pseudo
! President. and de facto deceiver, robber
| and murderer. The letters that come to
him are full of bitterness and curses
and hate. I is we'll he does not see
L &
worse than tho gallows. But few come
with expressions OF sympathy"
But Fortress Monroe was not to be
| his tomb. An oyerruling Providence
ordered otherwise. God often turns
! the wrath of man to praise Him. Mr..
Davis lives in the hearts of his coun-
| trymen In a mausoleum of undying
affection, He was permitted to live to
know that the South honored him. and
| that his name was revered The op-
pressions of Reconstruction. with Its
drew the Southern people together an
one man. Common sorrows made us
one people--and Mr. Davis became the
| yicarious sufferer for all JIe digniied
4 the cause by the majesty of his own
/ foltitude. No man living would ask
1 for a broaderNtribute after death than
4 that paid to Jefferson Davis by Col.
p. w. Hunt on last Memorial Day
4 at Eatonton. Col Hunt is a Northern
4 man, who came South after the war,
/ But honesty loves honesty.
! Men everywhere. now recognize that
lat was Northern rebellion against the
4 written Constitution that produced
Southern secession.
/ The Macon Telegraph conveys tho
pleasant news that Professor W. r..
A Fleming, of Morgantown. W. Va, ID
4 writing new life of Jefferson Davis.
Z Let tia author picture that wonderful
4 and pathetic scene--J cfferson Davis be-
! fore the Crittenden Compromise come
mittee, pleading for the Union and for
the Compromise; while Mr. Lincoln.
eated with the success of his cam.
! paign against tho South. was at that
livery time writing letters to Republican
, Senators to defeat the ,ompromiso
4 measure--that he had none TO make
with the South. Reputation 81 that
tECompromise was a declaration OF war
s against the South. James Ford
i Rhodes. In his history, praises Linz
ri cola for killing the Compromise,
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Father ana SOMA gain,

Huntington, w. Va, June 81, 1907.
Editor OF The Timcs-Di spatch:
Sir-ln one OF your issues during
the great reunion of eX-Confederate
soldiers at Richmond, ! noticed a state
ment concerning Mr.. Lake and his
son. OF Mississippi. 1t was said Of
them that it was tho only known In
stance where father and son had both
served in the Confederate Army and
were still living.
We have in our town Major b. S.
Thompson and his son, c. L. Thomp-
son, both of whom served four years
in the Confederate Army, and are still
living.
Captain c, L. Thompson was at
Richmond as delegate from Camp
son. owing to his advanced age, did
not attend the reunion, although he Is
quite we'll preserved and in full pos
session Of all his faculties.
Major Thompson Is a grandson OF
Parson John Thompson, whose court
ship and marriage to the widow OF
Governor Spottswood Is mentioned in
Bishop Meades book. His wife, who
Is still living, is granddaughter OF
Colonel Charles Lewis, who was killed
at the battle of Point Pleasant Octo.
Der TO- l7T4. Colonel Charles Lewis
was a brother of General Andrew
Lewis, whose statue is one Of the
group around the statue Of Washing.
ton in the Capitol Square.
Major Thompson and his wife have
been married siXty-five years, and have
three living children. This Is mos
interesting couple, much beloved ant
highly esteemed by wide circle o
relatives, friends and acuuantances
Major Thompson's mother was the sec
| ond wife OF Parson John Thompson
she was a daughter OF Robert Slaugh
/ ter Of the Grange, Culpeper county
1 Va,
If you deem this Of SUFFICIENT inter
4 est, publish, and obllge.
A. Il, SOuTlIWORTH, Il
Member Pages Battery,
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a. ) 4 y 4, . . !.
dier- general about December, 1858, and
Colonel Walter II. Taylor then became
aujutant general Of the Army of NORTH
ern Virginia. which position he held
until April q, 1866.
uni Chiefs OF Departments.
The chiefs sof departments of the
Army OF Northern Virginia who served
lows:
Lieutenant Colonel u. Porter Alex
andcr, chief Of ordnance, June i 1862,
70 November, 1869, briEadier- general
artillery TO April 0, 1865.
northumberland Eriscoe G. Bald
WIN, clier of ordnance, November, 1852,
to April 0, 1885,
Z Lie,ltenant-Coloncl Robert O. Cole,
chief commissary, June /. 4 $50, to April
0, 1865 f
L1eutenant-Colonel James l.. Corley
chief #Guartermaster, June l., 1862, to
April s. 1866.
Surgeon Lafayette Guild medical d.
rector, June 25, 1862, to Aplil9 ., 1866.
Brlgadier- General WI. NJ Pendeton,
ch l!e,. OF artillery, March ., 1863, to
April o,41S6b.
coloncl George w. Lay, assistant. ad \
lJutant and inspectors general, March G.,
$50, to Aprils9. 1866
1utant and Inspector general, November,
1872 to November d 1854; lieutenunt-
colonel assistant adjutant and inspec-
tor general to April .. 1865.
Lieutenant Colonel p. Murray, as
slstant adjutant aud Inspector general,
september. 1863, to Novcmher}A, 1864.
Major Giles B. Cooke, assistant adju-
tant and Inspector general, November 4,
1864, to April ., 1866.
Captain Henry Il. Young, judge advo-
cate general, September. 1863, to No
vember4 q. 1864. and major. assistant nd
jutant and inspector general to April
., 1865.
Lieutenant-Colonel VIM. P. Smith,
chief OF engineers. September, 1868, to
- 1864. 81
Colonel w. II. Stevens, chief of en-
gineers - 1864, and igadier-general
In April, 1865.
Captain Samuel r. johnson. engineer
officer. November, 1862, and lieutenant-
colonel in April, 1866
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07

The Confederate Reunion in Rich
mond this year brought together the
largest crowd that ever attended a
Confederate reunion.
The feature Of the occasion. the CEN
trail idea which formed the nucleus OF
the great rally. was the unwilling OF
the monument to Jefferson Davis.
Thousands upon thousands journeyad
to Richmond to witness tho event
1t was tho tribute OF a great people
to the memory Of him who had been
made the vicarious sufferer for us
all.
In vivid contrast to this occasion.
where affection expressed itself in
pomp and ceremony. celebrating the
virtues OF Jefferson Davis. preserving
his name In n grand monument. such
as commentaries 1llustrious men. per-
INIT an. extract from the New York
Herald Of May 20, 1865:
"laichmond. Va, May %. 1S65.-At
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
so called President OF the alleged
Confederate States was duly but quiet
lily and effectively committed to that
living tomb, prepared within the i'm
lpregnnble walls OF Fortress Monroe.
| Tho twenty-second day OF May. in the
lycar Of our Lord eighteen hundred and
Six ty five. may be said to be the day
on which all the earthly aspirations of
Jeff Davis ceased to be a part OF the
doctrine Of hope or possibility OF ful-
flment.t When the clang Of that heavy
| lock- reyerberated against the door
which. doube-bolted and double-barred.
now separates jeff Davis from the gaze
4 OF the world and all it's amenities,
| either social. moral. or intellectual. he
might as we'll have been consigned to
THAT tomb over whose cato is4written
these words Of consolation to the liv-
Ing who survive the dead; 'Mors .5anua
mo more will Jeff Davis be known
among the masses of men. The poet
lcannot say OF him:
|Those that run may fight again,
| Which he can never do that's slain.
(. His life has been cheat His last
i free act WAS an effort to unsex him
self and deceive the world. Flo keeps
4 up the character. We may say. ir
death, and Is buried alive
| How Davis Took Leave OF His Family
SHORTY after 2 o'clock on tho after
moon of the twenty second. 1t was an
II nounced to Davis that he must pre-.
a pare to take leave OF the Clydefand BIZ
i transferred on board tho steamer s. .
y Pierce for the purpose OF being con
]. veyed to his dungeon In the fortress
!. At the moment OF this announcement
4 the scene was solemn beyond descrip
!, ton 1t was the moment In which thu
/. unhappy and miserable captive was t.
take leave OF his wife and children, t.
see them no more on earth, no mor'
foreverAt to pronounce In their hearing
the parting words, piteous under thu
i melancholy but Just circumstance
4 that controlled the hour.
, "The prisoners, Davis and Clemen
! G, Clay. upon their arrival at the fort
l ress. entered the works by the poster
gate. 81. Davis occupies tho rea
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General Lees first service was in the
western part OF the State of Virginia,
where he was attended at first by two
aides camp: Colonel John A. Wash
ington and Captain Walter Fl. Taylor.
and after Colonel Washington was
killed at Valley Mountain. September,
1861, by his one remaining aide
During his three months service in
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida,
he had with him in addition to his aide,
Capt. Taylor; Lieutenant-C Colonel VIII
liam G. Gill. ordinance officer; Captain
Thornton A. Washington, assistant ad-
jutant and Inspector general; Major A.
j.. Long, chef Of artillery; Captain Jos.
G. Ives. chief of engineers; Captain jos
seph Manlgault. volunteer aide
In March. 1862, when under a spec
ial act OF Congress- General Lee was
assigned to duty at Richmond, per-
sonal staff for the Commanding Gen
eral" was authorized by the said act
and the appointments made by him un-
der 1t were as follows:
| Colonel A., L. Long military secre-
tary, brigadler- general artillery. Sep
tenber Fl, 1863. to April 0. 1865.
Major Walter II. Taylor. aide-de- camp
| Northumberland, assistant Iadiutant
and inspector general, November, 4
| 1864, to April Q, 1865.
Major II. M. r. Tacott. aide-de- camp
4 lieutenant July 25, 1863, colo-
mel, First Regiment, Engineer Troops
April 4. 1864. to April 0, 1865.
Major Charles S. Venable, aide-de-
| camp. lieutenant colonel, assistant ad.
jutant and Inspector general November
| 4, 1864. to April 8, 1865.
| Major Charles Marshall, aide-de- camp
llieutenant- colonel, assistant adjutan1
land inspector-general, November 4
1864. to April .. 1865
June /, 1862. after the battle q
Seven Pines, In which General JOSEPH
r, Johnstolss~as wounded General Let
was assigned to the command OF tn,
i Army Of Northern Virginia, and tool
with him his personal staff as abov,
enumerated, viz: Long. Taylor. Talcott
Nenable and MARSHALL; also retaining
Captain A. r. Mason, assistant adjutan
and inspector general Of General John
stons stnf, who In March, 1863, wa
at hls own request transferred else
where, and Major Walter II, Taylor as
:. sumed his duties.
Colonel Thomas Jordan. assistant ad
ju;ant and inspector general, who ha
lseryed as adjutant- general Of the Arm
Iof Northern Virginia under Genera
IJ5hnston, voluntarily retired with hin
. and was replaced by Colonel r. Il
. Chiffon assistant adjntant and inspec
iorrgenaral. who was psonoted briga
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STAFF OFFICERS
OF GENERAL LEE
list is incompetent
is Desired-Can Confed-
crates Furnish It?
Richmond, Va. June "a, 1907.

N1cH1l1oHu, a., June "a, "l9U7. 3
Editor Times-Dispatch:
Sir-The enclosed list Of the staff
OF General r. e. Lee and the heads OF
departments of the Army Of Northern
Virginia. under General Lee, was pre-
pared at the request Of General Ste
phen ID. Lee, who desires also full
and complete list of the officers OF the
staff departments who served under the
several heads Of departments named
VIII yon kindly request the readers
OF your Confederate Column to sup
ply the desired information. giving the
names. rank, and period Of service OF
all officers known by them, who are
entitled to be included in the record
Yours truly,
r. NJ. II. TALCOTT.
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dispute About n Fence.

In order to settle a friendly dispute
p'ease answer the following In your
weakly Queries and Answer Column:
AswIre fence. running on the line be-
tween A and BIS lands. Is divided into
sections, and each has his part TO keep
up. sold his timber to c 20 be sawed
into lumber. reserving the laps, etc,
for his own use for firewood But
before G cuts the timber B sold the
land to p. reserving the timber right
for c. Well. Csends a lot of trifling
fellows TO cut the timber. and they
deliberately cut five trees across AIS
part OF the fence. knocking 1t down
for a distance OF one hundred yards
or more, breaking tho post off at the
ground. Now will you kindly tell me
who should cut the trees off. furnish
post and put that fence UP again. there
being no contract OF any Kind to in
any way affect the fence question?
a READER
c should pay the damage done to AIS
property through the negligence OF g
or C's agents doing Cs work.
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ever walked up tho aisle OF St. paul's
End Came swirtIy,


But their happiness was swiftly
ended. In three weeks General Pegram
was mortally wounded In the intrench-
mcnts around Petersburg. Fills young
bride. from whose side he had ridden
away that morning procured with diff
Guilty an ambulance and driver to
bring her husbands body from the
trenches to Richmond Sitting down
on the floor OF the ambulance, she held
his head in her arms during q weary
night drive from Petersburg to this
city. But he died before she could
get here, and his funeral services were
conducted from the same church, where
he had so lately stood before tbs althr.
Mrs. George Evelyn Harrison, of
Brandon, Va. came as a war-t time bride
from Savannah Ga, where. as Miss
Gordon, she had been famous beauty
and belle.
Lovely women from all over the
South congregated at the Exchange
and Ballard or at the Spottswood, the
fashionable hotels of the war period.
The Arlington, on Main Street, was n
noted boarding house, and many prl-
vate families crowded themselves to
accommodate the refugees brought
here by the exigenccs of war.
pr. Grattan Cabels house then stood
at the corner of Second and Grace
Streets, on the site now occupied by
the home OF Mr. E. L. Bemiss, and was
brilliant centre of hospitality. An
other attractive Grace Street home of
those days was that Of DR.. Francis
Deane, at the corner Of Seventh and
Grace Streets. now occupied by the
Seventh Street Christian Church. DR.,