The pioneer express., 1907-02-15

/ week was. attended ~ about forty
couple and : good time was had. 4
Neche is 70 have ! ffarmsrs' Cooper.
alive store. Il is connected with. the
'Tri-state farmers cooperative union : ]
III. H. Lampman who arrived from the
Peace river country some weeks ago is
arranging to return in the near future.
VIM. jackson Of Cavalier has lost six
good work horses since last fall. Four
with swamp fever and two with distem-
per.
The ice froze in the railway tank at
Bathgate so that the valves could not
be closed and the water all run out on
the ground.
The skating rink at Bathgate-is -four.
ishing, but had to give up the Carnival
on Friday night last on account Of the
blizzard.
H. B. Halldorson of Souris, formerly
of Thingvalla township, is reported as
seriously i'll and friends have gone to
his bedside.
Conrad Schlegerman of Bathgate was
presented with watch fob and Work.
man charm on his reelection for the
fourth time as superintendent of the
NJ. E. Sunday school.
Langdon has been getting mail over
land from Walhalla, IS miles, during the
long tie up on the Hannah branch,
which lasted almost two weeks.
Norval Baptie. took the three first
events for the worlds skating cham
pionship last week at Montreal. Our Penn
bina county boy can evidently go some.
Christopher Shambaugh and Norman
Watson of Bathgate were driving with
the carcass of pig in the cutter. The
rig was overturned and the pig fell on
Shambaugh and broke his leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Hicks have return
ed home to Neche after visit, protract-
ed by the illness of Mrs. Hicks, to their
daughter, Mrs. Askew at Cartwright,
Man. Mrs. H. has quite recovered.
Miss Ethel Halcrow has resigned her
position in Moses & Wylie's store at
Drayton on account of ill health and
her place is filled by her sister Miss Jes-
sic Halcrow of Bowesmont.
Bert Taylor, the printer who used to
work on the Mountaineer and Echo and
play ball between whiles, is now fore
man of big job office at Haverhill,
Mass, and was married there last week.
R. H. Stull and his son Reginald were
expected home at Cavalier last week.
The latter is the young man who was
badly frozen in the northwest as we
stated last week. He was badly but
not seriously frozen.
John Craigen writes to Neche friends
that he and William Miller are working
in the mines at Cananes, Mexico. White
men get So. Is day and greasers Sl.5O.
They expect to go to Los Angeles about
the LIST of April.
A. j. McFadden conducted an auc-
tion sale at Jos. Logtin's on Saturday
last. Joe is understood to be some place
in Canada, where he fed last fall whe n
he got wind of warrant for his arrest
for blind pigging.-Chronotype.
Mr.. F. Thompson of Collins, Iowa, in
company with his brother, 7. T. and
local interests will establish a new bank
in Bathgate in the near future. He ex-
poets his family as soon as he can get a
suitable residence.
Postmaster Murphy of Neche was sit
ting comfortably back in his easy chair
waiting the non-arrival of the mall
When he woke up he had bump like a
door knob on the back of his head, one
of the castings of the chair had given
away.
A fine pair of twins put in an appear
ance at William Wotski's home west of
Neche on Monday morning. Both boys
and the proud father has been re-
peating his last name softly to himself
ever since their arrival.-Neche ChrOno-
type. Well, skis always come in pairs
don't they?
The Chronotype writes well deserv-
ed obituary of colt that came to this
county with Thos. Beare in 1874, helped
to turn the first sod on his homestead
and continued to work faithfully until
later years when she has been excused
from hard labor, and died in peace last
week. There's lots Of people who die
with a less creditable record.
Mr.. E. b. Benjamin died at his resi-.
dence at Sawtelle, Cal last week. He
was one of the early settlers of the
Walhalla locality and moved to Califor.
MIA about four years ago. He was about
seventy-five years of age. His sons