The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02

Market days are a success at Man
dan and Wyndmere.
The roads in Billings county are re-
ported in bad condition.
Recent rains have improved condt
tions in Emmons county.
This is the time of the year that the
horses appreciate fly nets.
Nearly every town in the state en-
vies LaMoure its creamery.
The Nelson county board of equali'
cation boosted realty values.
A siding may be put in by the 500
between Tolley and Kenmare.
An OK team on the streets at Man
dan excited lot of comment.
Many towns boast of having had a
sane Fourth of July celebration.
The cornerstone Of the McHenry
county court house was laid July "a.
The new addition to the Cakes flour
mill began doing business last week.
Marion had some lake-enough for
summer resort-after recent down.
| pour.
| Applications have been made for IL
censes to operate forty Ignite mines
| in this state.
| There was not as large an attend
| ance at the militia encampment this
year as formerly.
The velva telephone exchange was
put out of commission as result OF
the removal of the exchange.
The Northern Pacific is improving
the drainage in the yards at Mandan
by the addition of lot of culverts.
Former Gov. Devine says the crops
around MinOt are poor and he estl-
mates 60 per cent crop for the state.
The moving picture shows at Valley
| City were put out of business by the
storm which cut off their electric light
supply.
Rev. E. S. Shaw, who is doing gener
al missionary work for the Congrega'
tionalists, will make his headquarters
at Minot.
The length of time that the cement
cross-walks at LaMoure are kept Gov
cred excites critical comment by the
| Chronicle.
This is the season of the year when
different towns vie with each Other
:. over the size of tarantulas caught in
banana punches. ...
Peter Larson once lived In Bis
marck. He removed to Helena in the
early seventies-and recently died
worth s5O,OOO,O0O.
Harry Hart of Kenmare imported a
fine fox at cost of $50 and three min.
utes after his arrival it got loose and
hasn't been seen since.
Water thrown on people in danger
of asphyxiation has beneficial effect,
as it carries enough oxygen to tenn
porarily revive the victim.
Liberal hearted LaMoureites sent q
purse of $131 to former resident who
had removed to Adams county and met
with temporary misfortune.
Former Representative ALI White
of Dickinson has resigned as foreman
| of the Northern Pacific shops to ac-
cept better position on railroad in
Alaska.
Stark county school teachers visited
the county Offices and the Jail and
were locked in the latter-while inter-
viewing prisoner-and seeing his art
exhibit.
Miss Josephine Paulson has resign
ed as superintendent of schools in
Wells county and her deputy, Miss
Maud Regan, was appointed to fill the
vacancy.
State Oil Inspector Wilson has been
all over the state and believes that
the crop conditions in the northern
half of the Red river valley are the
best in the state.
The land department of the govern.
ment has stated that teacher who
has filed on land claim is liable to
disappointment If she attempts to Sc
cure title by living on the land only
during vacation time and especially IL
she attempts to commute. The policy
of the government is to rigidly hold
persons of every occupation to the
coma conditions IN ooo,,riror &{<1o -