The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-08
lsse-s7 WEATHER

the flood of 1907 are being discussed
and the question of the similarity Of the
winter of that year with this is ma tier
ofinterest and speculation. At that
time there was no signal service record
and all we have to depend upon is stray
paragraphs in the Pioneer Express.
In order that the prophets" may
have something tangible and certain
from which to draw comparisons we
have taken the trouble to go through
the files of the Pioneer Express for that
season and extract sufficient to show
what sort of weather and snow preceded
the food of that year.
The extracts prove the amount of snow
was equal or in excess of the present
year but that on the other hand it was
far more stormy, with blizzard nearly
every week, with very cold weather
reaching far into the spring. Also that
the winter began early with blizzard
on Thanksgiving day and that the
ground was not frozen when covered
with snow.
1896.
November End and 3rd election day.
Showed five or six inches.
November 15th-River froze over.
November 2Oth-3O below zero. Akra
correspondence says "Cold since cleo
ton"
Pioneer Express suggested the posi-
bility of big spring food changing the
bed of the Red river so that st. Vincent
might become suburb of Pembina.
Bro. Deacon retorted "that meantime
he would make up his mind whether to
yield to fate-or, commit suicide.
December 4th-" had all the
symptoms of regular winter including
a regular blizzard, 30 below and more
snow than we usually have at Christ
mas" Thanksgiving day worst bliz-
zard since 2."-Michael Schultz and
wife had their house burn down on
Thanksgiving day near Milton and after
saving some of their furniture we're
both frozen to death. Mrs. Rigg, also
near Milton, lost her way going to the
stable to feed stock in absence of her
husband. Two children left in house
to meet their father on the Saturday
following. Mrs. r. found dead mile
away.-People are threshing near Glass
ton but had to haul grain to machine on
account of deep snow.
December 1Oth-John F. Gill and
family moved to st. Thomas tired
of climbing to the roof to get fresh air. %
December 18th Weather a little
warmer. Liberty correspondent says
1--WE are swamped with snow"
1897.
!: January 8th-A four days blizzard
beginning New Years day. No trains
for two days.
January 2Oth-It is cold day when
we don't have blizzard, and the day
we don't have blizzard that's also cold.
In the mean time land it is mean
time) the habitants are prophesying a
wide-open river when the snow melts, if
it ever does. Wolves are plenty owing
to deep snow which makes food scarce.
|-St. Thomas correspondent "Neighbors
can't see across the street on account of
the high drifts"
February 5th-"High Water Bill'' to
Minneapolis Journal correspondent "We
shall have the highest water ever known
this spring.-Hamilton correspondence
speaks of snow drifts 40 feet high.
February 18th Hamilton correspon-
dent 's36 below tuesday, Liberty cor
respondent " Blizzard No. 9 visited us on
Friday
February 10Th Rotary been here
twice this week.
February 26th- Everybody has lost
count, only know that this winter has
eclipsed ali previous records in % number M
and force of billiards. The query comes.
s'what will the water be?-Akra cores
pondent s'Drifts 40 feet deep and snow
four feet on the level.''
March 18th Friday, Saturday and
Sunday no trains, blockaded by snow.
Forks Signal Service, 1Four
AOOO "a S'AAOW AOAOOk 1lAPE0S3S 6OUS
1--WE have it all yet and some more that
fell in Manitoba and came here end
wise.' Brother Deacon of the New
Era bought lumber for q boat; he al
ways did hate water. Snow SO deep
that it was difficult to get hay for stock.
March 18th Thermometer 81 below
on Monday but Wednesday it began to
thaw in good earnest. 5.aa
March 26th Not withstanding the
heavy fall Of snow, ice is three feet
thick on the red. Chas Eavileer in
long communication discusses proba-
bilities ola food and concludes 4s.if snow
melts suddenly with rain We viii have
q food q q 1.s!
April End It has just been # warm rrt,
enough with q little rain to 4 start the
snow melting. IL itg goes this way itl
viii. not food the river. Us Ploywed felds
are bare and with little water standing
on them Good sleig ching up. to the
18th hut to soft since. hereis plenty
of snow left vet,
April Oh ater iin tl,ie Redd U ii ii sieetI
below the 1882 mark d q
lpril Flooded 3;ss
pm erlible Sunday