The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-30


at 80 cents bushel. This is the highest
price tor sixteen years. Dollar wheat,
60 cent corn and 50 cent oats look good
to northwestern farmers in this connec-
ton. If these prices hold out for a
month longer, some of our short crops
will be made up in prices.
Harry King and party started from
Cavalier last Sunday for Pembina in
tending to end the day with a trip on
the Red in the launch. But at Hamil.
ton something went wrong with the
machine and they went back home on
fiat tires. Friends over here recommend
a dray for the next trip-not quite so
stylish but far more certain
A. Bourgeois tells us that he was out
at his farm last week helping to start
harvest operations, and that he was
taking off the twentieth crop from one
field and one of the horses and the
driver have harvested every one of these
crops. This is record hard to beat.
The horse is twenty-five years old and is
from all appearances able to harvest
many more.
VIM. A. Adams, a former resident and
prominent business man of St.
Vincent, died at his residence at Mime
apolis on Monday night. Mr.. Adams
owned large farm near st. Vincent,
and was about coming here to look after
the harvest. He was man who stood
high in the estimation of his old friends
at St. Vincent, and was also we'll and
favorably known here.
James Hayes came down from Saska
toon on Friday to look after his farm in
terests in Carlisle. Regarding reports
of shortage in the crop in the north
west, and particularly in his neighbor-
hood he says it is untrue. He says the
Delisle neighborhood where his home.
stead is located the crops never were
better, and that many fields will 20 forty
bushels to the acre. Mr.. Hayes goes
back as soon as the crop Is marketed.
The Presbyterians held their Sunday
school picnic in the grove in South
Pembina Tuesday afternoon, attended
by the full school together with mum.
Der of others. The occasion was an en-
joyable one and the little snes made
things lively around the park grounds.
After refreshments were served all that
wanted to were treated to a boat ride in
the launch Chico, which wound up the
program at late hour.
The Pembina schools open next Mon
day morning at nine o'clock. The facul.
ty for the comming year are as follows;
A. Lehman, superintendent; Miss Lucy
Conmy, principal; Miss Annie Conmy,
assistant principal; Mrs, Burley, 7th and
9Th grades; Miss Josephine ScreeFargo,
9Th and 9Th grades; Miss Maud French
(St. Clond, Mimi Bird and 4th grades
Miss Ida B. Gullikson, (Grafton) prim
AIRY.
w. B. Hancock gives notice that he
will prosecute any person found shoot
ing on his land, and what is known as
McArthur's slough, eitherin or out Of
season. There has been promiscuous
firing around there for some time past,
and the other day he found one of his
young calves with charge of shot in
him. The shooting was evidently
accidental but Mr.. Hancock thinks he
can get the value of the calf, besides
protecting the rest of his stock, by civ.
ing notice and prosecuting any one tres
passing.
The school board have caused extern
sive Improvements to be made at the
school house this season. The exterior
has all been painted, the basement con
creted and two new entrances made te
the basement. Some of the rooms have
been repapered and the seats yarnished
and rearranged, besides painting the in
terror. The school property is in better
shape now than it has been for man,
years, and very little expenditure is
looked for next year.
Geo. Barron went to Grand Forks last
week and boughta brand new Hart-P arr
gasoline threshing outfit, with plow at
tachment, and expects to do all his
blowing this fall with gasoline power
1t is said to be one of the latest that
company puts out and is very complete.
It is only q matter Of time until these
vast fields in the Red River Valley will
be cultivated with machinery of this
kind, and Mr.. Barron's operations will
be watched with interest.
Wanted
J A bright active boy to deliver goods.