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

Messrs. Farnk Morris, Jr., and James
Morris were party who drove over from
Pembina Sunday and visited Neche
friends.
Miss Eta Mcintosh Of Crystal took
the train last week for Geneva, Wis,
where she will attend the national meet
ing of the Y. w. G. A. as the delegate
from the state university.
DR.. w. w. Scott of Walhalla is visit
ing at Maidstone, Sask., and may decide
to locate there. Many of the old WAL
halla residents living there are urging
him to make the change.
DR.. Graham visited in the neighbor-
hood of Akra last week, and performed
the operation of tapping on Haldor
H jalmarson for dropsy and drew off
eight pints of water. The patient is re-
covering.
Messrs. j. E. Lee and G. N. Murphy
have gone on their annual trip to the
Minnesota state fair. They will combine
business and pleasure by buying goods
in the morning and seeing Dan Patch
and the big squashes in the afternoon.
Jos. NORM went to lakewood in Walsh
county for the purpose of inspecting the
st. Aloysuis academy there. He found
it model institution and will send his
two children there. Several other
Neche parents will do likewise with
their children.
Charles Martin of Hamilton, aged 21,
died at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. G.. Martin. His death resulted
from injuries received four weeks ago.
His death is severe blow to his parents
and especially to his young wife to
whom he was married but six months
ago. Many friends sympathise with
them.
The first shipment of grain to leave
Neche this fall was shipped from the
Ne che Grain 4 Live Stock Co.'S, eleva-
tor on Friday. The shipment was
carload of high-grade barley which was
threshed on w. T. Rene's farm and is
probable the first grain of this years
crop sent out of Pembina county.
Mr.. Weltzin, who has been erecting
the building and installing the machin-
cry for the new creamery at Walhalla,
has returned to his home in Grand
Forks. He is a pleasant man to meet
and good mechanic. He goes to Cava-
lier next week to install creamery
there.
M. j. Cort, representing the Creamery
Package Manufacturing Co., of Minnea-
polls was in Neche'recently. He said
that good creamery could be built
ready tor operation at a cost of about
g. 800. He also stated that in his trav-
els over the northwest he had seen no
land as dirty as that between St. Thorn
as and Neche, as seen from the car win
dow.
M. A. Freeman, who played with the
Grafton team this summer, will not
play again very soon. While pitching
a game at Green Bay, Wis, the bone be-
tween the shoulder and elbow snapped.
1t was case of the muscles of the
shoulder being SO highly developed that
the bofie was too weak for them. He
has been with the Grafton team for the
p st two seasons, and this season did
not lose a game.
The Misses Mcintosh and Gibson of
st. Thomas were hostesses to number
of young people at the home of the lat
ter, complimentary to Miss Mary Rich
n.ond. The bride-elect was showered
with linen. She lived in st. Thomas
for number of years and is a general
favorite in the younger set. The out of
town guests were; Mrs. Oscar Fitzmau-
rice, the Misses Mitchell, Matte Lane,
Chrissie Richmond, Eta Mcintosh of
Crystal and Enid Wilson of Bathgate.
The Chronotype tells of an interest
ing capture made by Arthur NORM in
the Farmers Store in Neche. While
reaching into bunch of bananas, he
got, not banana but sharp toothed
little amin al about the size of half
grown rat. He let go as quickly as pos
sible and it scampered about the floor
until finally captured and put into
milk can. No one knew what kind of
an animal it was, until Dr.Donovan and
Inspector Ste wart, who hadbeen search
ing the encyclopedia found it to be a
specimen of Guatemalan tarsipes, a
native of Central America.
DR.. Hugh S. Wilson and Miss Mary
A. Richmond of Crystal were married by
the brides father,R Rev. T. U. Richmond,
at her home on August 2sth. Only
immediate friends and relatives were
present. DR.. Wilson is son of F A VIII
son of Bathgate.and a young man of good
character. He has built IN a substanti-