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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11
DEPENDENT INDEPENDENTS.

When we asked the Grand Forks
Herald last week to say whether it was
a Republican paper or an independent
journal politically, we did not expect it
not.
There are several other papers in the
state that are in the same box. They
claim to be Republican papers and want
all that's politically coming to Republic
can papers, but want to take the privi-
lege of supporting any part of the Dem
ocratic ticket, Notwithstanding.
The Pioneer Express is perfectly
willing to give these the right to be as
independent of the party as they please,
but if they are independent Nt them say
say so honestly. When man or paper
goes into Republican primary of any
sort, and participates in the voting and
deliberations of that primary, he is NOR
ally bound to stand by and support the
decisions of that primary, except unde,
very extraordinary occasions.
But when man or a paper says II
will act and vote with the Republican
party only SO far as the party pleases
me" then that man or paper has no bust
ness in the preliminary deliberations OF
voting, because he comes there on ar
entirely different basis from the other
participants. He tosses his penny with
the remark"heads / win, tails you lose. .
Understand, we do not dispute the right
to act with, for, or against, any political
party, or to part the political hair in the
middle, but we do deny the right of the
latterto call themselves partisans ;and
arrogate the rights of partisans.
When man is so dissatisfied with
one OF more. Republican nominations
ana therefore supports one or more
Democrats, he is no longer wholly Re
publican. When he says before the
nomination that he will not support this
or that candidate If nominated, he is moi
wholly Republican, and is therefore ar
independent. For he has declared him
self independent of the majority rule
and without the majority rule there
would he no party organization-and
therefore no party.
But the .LaMoure Chronicle, while ii
admits supporting Democratic eandi.
dates, Mhines because it got no insur.
ance statements.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11

Quite a number of the towns are be-
ginning to figure onl the possibilities of
the manufacture of denatured alcohol.
We understand that the Agricultural
College at Fargo and the Agricultural
Department at Washington are expert
menting. The making of alcohol is pri-
marily about as simple as boiling tea
kettle; in fact that is the process, just to
boil the starchy substance from pota-
toes, corn. or the like and then condense
the steam, and the product is alcohol.
But like any other business it will take
some experience and knowledge to make
a good article and machinery to do it
economically. We think it probable
that in time, the manufacture will be
done in town or central points by some
one who has the machinery and still,
who will make it on shares, or buy ma
terial outright from the farmers. Some
thing the same as sorghum molasses OF
cider is made in the middle states at the
present time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11
1t is regrettable to see the spirit which

1t is regrettable to see the spirit which
so many of our exchanges have discussed
the wheat ''draWback" matter. Sc
many of them are so afraid that they
might possibly indorse the action OF
Senator Hansbrough that they do not
discuss the real merits of the qnestion
itself. Because Secretary Shaw and
Hansbrough disagree, they just jump on
Hansbrough. Mr.. Shaw himself, def
nitely admits, that according to- the
actual and plain wording of the statute,
that the admission of Canadian wheat
to be mixed with American wheat is not
lawful without the payment of duty, and
it was was never SO admitted until Mr..
Shaw decided that other evidence than
the product itself, as provided by law,
could be taken to prove the amount
used. This is not case of "Shaw VS.
Hansbrough" but, ''The Minneapolis
Millers VS. North Dakota Farmers" and
it ought to be discussed on it's merits.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11
MAcARoN, WHEAT.

ID. V. Jones, crop expert and editor OF
the Commercial West, explains the dur
um or macaroni wheat situation as
follows:-
"If anyone is to be blamed for the
unsatisfactory price of durum, it should
be Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
department at Washington. 1t is un-
reasonable and unjust to accuse the
millers of unfairness. They pay very
high prices for No. northern, as com
pared with winter whea:., to keep the
wheat from going to other markets-to
keep other millers from getting it. The
ingly. Now the millers do not pay a
high price for durum wheat. Hence it
requires no logic to arrive at the conclu-
sion that the millers are more than will
ing someone else should buy durum,
They certainly are placing no price bar
riers in the way. Will the secretary OF
the North Dakota Bankers association
please deliberate on this phase of the
question, and see if the reasoning is not
sound!"
Besides the durum wheat question as
stated above, there incidentally comes
proof through very high authority in
reference to the argument of this paper
as expressed last week, and other times
of the real value of hard wheat in com.
parison with other varieties. Particu.
larly does this apply to the admission OF
Canadian wheat to be ground without
payment of duty. ''They pay very high
prices to keep the wheat from going tc
other markets. The farmers of the
northwest profit accordingly" says Mr..
Jones. But if the door is opened wide
enough and the Canadian wheat pours
in, what will become of the profits te
the northwest farmers?"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11
AN INTERNATIONAL
WHEAT PROBLEM

It begins to look ;as If the 1907 wheat
harvest wasof more concern to deficiency
nations than the surplus countries have
been accustomed to meet with in many
years. Under normal agricultural re-
turns importers have had :the benefit OF
"a pressing ssarplus. The shortage this
year is SO great that the seller should
have the price advantage in the inter
national market. )
Wheat prices advanced last week ON
the general enlarging Of the cash wheat
demand. Europe was an urgent buyer
and domestic millers were more active
purchasers. The narrowing of the diff
ference between the near and more dis
tant futures indicated q legitimate
strengthening of the price position. OF
especial significance were the sale of No.
northern wheat from Duluth for di-
rect export and the more marked ad-
vance in the northwest and Winnipeg
markets, Implying falling of in availa-
BILE spring wheat supplies.
1t is possible to show in the average
Of the worlds crop for the last eight
years that the estimated total for this
season does not fall much below normal
yield. Statistics, however, in the pres
ent agitation do not seem to allay the
fear OF inadequste supplies or what may
prove to be truer, the advantage OF an.
ticipatinS still greater rise in prices.
Since the inception of the speculative
excitement conditions have shaped in
favor Of advancing markets. The world
is. undoubtedly, consuming more wheat
than ever, 1.-The shortage is most pronounc~
ed in importing countries and there
remains the possibility of further reduc-
tions in the worlds crop by losses in
India, Australia and Argentina,
Sentiment, which is an important
factor in q speculative commodity lis key
ed NY to a pitch that could easily lnaug-
urate another frenzied cycle Of grain
speculation should the drought now
menacing the Indian and Australian
crops become acute.- Minneapolis Tri-
bune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11

About once every forty-eight hours
the daily press announces burglary or
a bank robbery in this state and the
same has been going on at intervals all
summer. Always there is the remarka-
BILE statement at the end that the rob,
bers have disappeared leaving no clue
not even as to how they got out of town
In two places during: the past week, at
Church's Ferry and Dickey, the explo.
sions walked up the whole town, but no.
body interfered with the desperadoes.
Nobody cared to risk their lives for the
money in the bank. Those fellows will
sometime wake up the wrong town.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11
A TICKET.

Members of the 1tinsurgent," GOOD
government and Scandinavian league
parties met;at Fargo hast week to the
number of twenty-five and made up q
ticket for THE Republican party. The
ticket is said to be Twitchell of Cass TO,
governor, Dean Bruce of the Grand
Forks U for senator, Geo. M. Young oi
Valley City for secretary of state and
|some others. Mr.. Bruce is chiefly re.
markable for a congratulatory speech
that he made at the gloritication ban.
|qnet held at Devils Lake in honor of the
election of Governor Burke. Some say
he is a Democrat, but the Herald
vouches for his being real Republican
like the Herald is itself.
Nobody has any objections to the act
ion Of these gentlemen in the premises,
but before the Republican party takes
these proposed candidates into serious
consideration, it would like to know if
they proposed to stand by the nomina-
tions made by the party in the primaries
or not?
Or, if it proves then that these are not
to be the candidates and bosses of the
party, will they bolt and knife and if
possible defeat the regular nominees
before?
Ifall parties and all factions go into
the primaries with this understanding
and all act afterward accordingly, it will
simplify matters a great deal-and it
will also simplify the final result on
election day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11

Can any one remember Of the So
called "old gang" constituting them
selves into : tribunal and nominating
themselves for the fattest Offices in the
gift Of the people as did the handful Of
insurgent leaders last week, at Fargo.
Varily the reform hand shows itself.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11

The'old gang" seem to want but Little
this time and that's not much, because
the old proverb says it stakes many 4
little to make i muckle.''
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11
-RSrs.,.

Two single btggies, one double seated
buggy. and two spring wagons. All
throughly overhauled and for sale
cheap.
l.. j. RAsKEN.
ss Pembina.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-11
Official Directory

aP McCunlber
U s 4;s1ss Rspresen- Th9s I cF.I,Isa F Marshall
GoNernm-John Burke
Lieutenant GovernOr-R Lewis
Secretary of State.-Altred BlaisdeM
state Treasurer-A Peterson
State AuditOr-H l. Holmes
Attorney General-T F NcCue
Railroad Com { 6 stafas nsise"
1alissioners Simon Mestby
sapt Of Pub Inst-W Z stockwen
Com Com axr sl nsGsnSsN e TaborW e cSSGBse ailBfeath
'"ars' esass s5 ss''s"s }|ss sss,s,nr }&S;xnn
STATE SENATOR'S
lst Dist-Judson LaMoure. Pembina
2nd Dist-F "A Halliday. Crystal
REPRESENTATIVES,
1st District Walter a Wei Meiford, Neche
Joseph NIarin, Neche,
~ keslarneyer Cavr
- z % Ganssle, st Thomas
Judge 7th .Jud. Dist-WJ Kneeshaw
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Staaes AttOrney-M Rrynjcafson
SheEif-Geo ,Roadhouse
Auditorium. w FelsOn
TreasurerCElis Ihorwaidson
Supt of .Sohools-F NJ Sherarts
SurNeym5F E Hebert
Coresaer..Dr Nv N Brown
Public AadIainletratorIT afs9MR = Ms,r;c + ,,; Shaw
Go,,,9fSy GGonn9ty srd-Adasn Norton, CavaI'r
~ =" Ath-y N HOrgan, Neche
t5th-Wrn BiGwOod.St Thoas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

late prepared material which is placed in his hands. The appeal to his eye is com plicated and trivial, the use of his muscles is fussy and monotonous: the re- lation between cause and effect is remote and obscure. The entire process is a re- verdi of his country experience.
 We have multitude of games found- ed upon religious festivals upon war and, the chase, upon harvesting grain and treading the grapes; upon love making: upno trial by combat, upon the processes of primitive industry It would not be impossible to revive and develop these historical games into a tremendous power for the very sort of recreation which a man living in an industrial city most needs. The marvel is that our stupid attempt to put the fine old wine of traditional country life into the new bottle of the modern town does not lead to disaster oftener than it does The rest less bounding boy and the young people whose love of pleasure is continually starved are the ones who persistentl. re- fuse to conform to the conditions of mod ern city life Those few cities in the Uni ted States which spend more money for juvenile reform than for education are daservedly held in disrepute. Every city in the United States spends hundred- fold more money for juvenile reform than is spent in providing means of recrea tion, mad none of us as yet sees the folly and shame of such a procedure.
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THE POOR CITY CAT AND
 CANNED MOUSEPROVISION

From Charities and the Commons.
 Joseph Lee has skillfully pointed out that the inveteraIe propensity of a kitten to play with a cork the entire summer to bounce 1t up and down, to follow 1t under the furniture, to eXcitedly bounce upon it-is a clear and obvious prepara- tion for the kittens later business in life of catching mice; in short that it is kittens business in life to play at mouse catching, and that everything else is ln- cidental; that his mother at least will recognize this, and that she therefore by deceptive movements of her tail and other devices continually eggs him on to more complicated and to more difficult play at mouse catching.
 Mir. Lee has made clear that the chief element of pleasure and education in this continued play of the kitten lies in it's anticipatory quality-its training for It's real purpose of bouncing upon mice
 Think of this same kitten grown up into an adult cat which lives in the midst of a city in which no mice are to be found and which is therefore obliged to feed herself upon canned mouse meat. To such a cat. living In mouseless factory or an office, nothing could give so much pleasure as the occasional use of her muscles along the traditional lines of mouse catching or In a game which stinI-
  demand upon her alertness of eye and readiness to spring which actual mouse catching had made upon her long line of ancestors. Such a game series of games would give to the city cat a sense of rest and recreation, of restored well being of mental stimulation.
 Our cities are largely composed of peo- pie who were born in this country and have come either as immigrants or as country people come to town" In the country the man titled the fields, har- vested his crops and fed his children with the proceeds--a perfectly simple and dl- rect process between cause and effect. between the discharge of energy and it's reward But when he comes to town it is his chief business not to conquer his environment but to subordinate himself to it. To fit his activities to the condi- tions in which he finds himself-to obey the foreman in his factory; to manipu-
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result was a great surprise. General Mason was an acknowledged crack shot, n,n,a McCartv was an inexperienced youth.
 Mason himself was so confident of his unerring aim he remarked while taking their places that he would stand With ms face in the direction he should run, so that no time would be lost Tn turning around Two bullet holes were found upon his body, and foul play was sus- pected at first, but an examination re- yealed that the bullet from McCartys s gun had struck squarely upon the lock of Mason's. It was split into halNes' each half entering Mason's body and in ficting mortal wounds.
 Thus the curtain fell upon the last act of that bloody and unhallowed tragedy.
 Many firsside stories have been told about this duel. one to the effect that Captain McCarty. while a fugitive from justice was filled with an unconquerable desire to look upon the face of his be- trothed and under cover of dark night sought her home. When within sight of the house he found that some social func- tion was in progress. He secreted himself in the dense shrubbery near by ana watched with a hungry eye the arrival of the guests among whom were many of his young friends and comrades.
 Sounds of merriment and joyous fes- tivity reached his hiding spot. Sad mem ories were his. Not so long ago he had been a prominent figure in that crowd, his presence sought and enjoyed. for his rich Irish wit and genial. fun-loving dispos- ton made him eyer popular favorite and welcome companion; and now what was his lot? A cast-off, debarred from the associations of his best-loved friends. and even forgotten by the fair young girl. the idol of his dreams of love and happiness,
 And must l leave forever this spot without one sight of her dear face?' he thought. "The ris.. is great, but l must see her
 Melted by Song.
 When the merriment was at its greatest he stole from his concealment and took his position close to an unshuttered win dow at the back of the house, spot which he well Knew would give him an unobstructed view of the interior of the parlor, and there. pressed close to the trunk of an old elm tree, so close that his light figure could well have been taken for a part of the old trees body, he saw the embodiment of his thoughts the fair features and graceful form of his love, as she stood at the piano turning over some music.
 Selecting piece she placed it on the
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In the course of time he married this young lady who had remained so true to
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Teaching the Baby to Walk.

Unless the child shows some inclna' tion to stand on his feet by pulling him. self up on your lap, or by some piece of furniture, it is not wise to urge him, says Marianna Wheeler. the leading American authority on babies, writing in Harper's E Bazar; but if he takes the initiative then a moderate amount of assistance can be given, such as by placing the hands around the child's chest to assist in stead wing him. or by lifting him so that the feet touch a table. chair. or any flat sur face. Then allow him to give light springs or jumps from the resisting body supporting him so that about one-hali his weight rests on his feet. This is good exercise and enables the child to gain confidence without forcing him in any way little later, when he has learned to stand firmly on his feet and shows a desire to take steps by stretching his hands toward you, take them in yours and let him take two or three steps, nc more
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piano and took her seat at it. Running her fingers oyer the keys in a soft musical prelude she presently lifted her voice in song, tremulous at first, but gathering strength after a bar or two. See the lone ly watcher he listens. Every nerve of sensation strained, every fiber of his being alert. Now he knows that he is not for gotten. he knows that the sad wistful- ness on that fair young brow Is through anxious thoughts of him, the hunted out cast. for is she not at this moment pour ing out all the sadness and grief of that overburdened heart, In the words of that pathetic old love song of Thomas Moore's: Come rest in this bosom my own stricken deer,
 Though the herd have fled from thee thy
 home is still here;
 Here still is the smile that no cloud can 'ercast,
 And heart and a hand all thine own 10 the last.
 Oh, what was love made for. if ts the same
 Through joy and through torment. through glory and shame? l know not, l ask not, if quilts in that
 heart.
 l but know that l love thee, whatever
 thou art.
 Thou hast called me thy Angel in mo- ments of bliss, And thy Angel I'll be mid the horrors of
 this; Through the furnace nnshrnking, thy steps to pursue,
 And shield thee and save thee. or perish there too. As the last words of the old song float ed out to him McCarty, casting all fears of arrest aside rushed from the hiding place into the room. and ere the astound- ed crowd could move, had the form of his betrothed in his embrace. and with an arm still encrclng her, faced them as a haunted deer at bay. You are all aware gentlemen" he said, that the law is on my head am subject to your arrest Do with me as you will"
 So great was the sympathy of all for him that not a finger was raised against him. With one more look upon the loved face one more close embrace and q passionate kiss upon the pallid brow. he placed the almost fainting form upon q a sofa and went once more out into the night,
 Then They Were Married. In the course of time he married this young lady who had remained so true to
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calling him so plainly that he awoke and started from lis couch. He didn't like the dream. and pondered over it long ere slumber again visited him.
 Again he saw in a second dream his son lying dead before him In the exacs spot he had met his death. Again the father awoke, and yet again he slept and dreamed the same dream. Whereupon he arose and prepared himself with all dispatch for his return home. Being the day of the stageooach he did not reach his home until the afternoon of the third day. When within sight of his home he saw a funeral cortege winding through the yard gate.
 He followed Needless for him to ask whose loved form rested In that black draped casket! In his dreams he had seen it all. and when told how and where the boy of whom he was so proud. and whom he so devotedly loved had met his sad end his chin sank upon his breast and as he entered his stricken home he muttered, "Retributioni'
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Dead at the First Shot.

Mason fell dead without a struggle and NcCarty was seriously wounded Such
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Of good quality cotton, taped neck and sleeves, including extra sizes, worth 25c. Monday special at l4c each.
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Suspicious.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
 T guess MT. BoXley ain't as rich as some people think" said Tommy. You said he didn't have to work, but could jest go round enjoyin' hisself wherever he pleased.'
 "So he kin" said Jimmy.
 Well, he wasn't at that dandy Sum day school picnic of ours yesterday an the tickets wuz on'y 25 cents."