The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-04
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the Band go. &
The Hamilton Odds and Beckies hold
Joint installation this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. DeMars Of Hallock
spent Christmas at ST. Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Glow Of Backoo
spent Christmas with friends at Graf
ton.
Mrs. ID. e. Rouse has a class Of 30
voices ct Hamilton and will give acourse
of musicals.
George Miller is back in Hamilton
after two months hunting trip in Sa-
skatchewan.
Gas leaked from the stove and made
Mr.. and Mrs. Robbie of Drayton quite
sick, but nothing serious.
Louis Keena is the new member of
Hamilton school board vice r. E. Ander-
son who is about to remove.
The Bathgate hotel is closed and no
immediate prospects of its opening
again-and the town needs it.
Mrs. J. o. Mills of Drayton expects to
visit her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Smith at Ontario, Cal. in February.
Mrs: T. r. Chambers and little son
Bert has gone to Fargo where she will
visit with her sister for several weeks.
The members of the st. Thomas High
school band made Father Arsenault
their leader, present of $40 on Christ
mas.
VIM. McQuarrie and family of Wal
halla have gone to Goderich. Ont. to
visit his mother whom he has not seen
for twenty five years.
st. Thomas was getting hungry for
coal. Many were out and none arrived
for two weeks. Probably got some by
this time as the railroads are hurrying
up coal cars now.
The officers of the Hamilton Masonic
Lodge were installed last week and are
as follows;-Robt. Fee, w. NJ; H. P.
Mcmillan, s. w.; Alex Stensby, J.W.: j.
f. Kippen, Sec.; JAS Noble, Treas.
Jos. Dunlop of Regina, VIM. Dunlop
of Boiseevain, Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Bald
win of Star City, Sask, and Albert
Thexton of Winnipeg were home Corners
at st. Thomas during the Christmas
holidays.
Jas, Blackjack returned to Cavalier
last week with his brother-in-law, Jas.
Thompson who was reported as very ill
at the jamestown asylum. The Chroni-
Gle says Mr.. Us condition is not critical
ly serious.
A. H. johnson formerly of Drayton
writes back that he and his are all we'll
at their home in Upland, Cal. He says
that town has shipped last season, 1000
carloads of oranges. Orange groves are
worth from $500 to 81, 200 yer acre.
Postmaster Murphy of Neche will be
"third-class" after January LIST. He had
to sell more than $500 worth of post
age stamps to get that high. And that's
lot of stamps to sell to town of that
size and speaks we'll of the town. Stamp
sales are significant + business and in
telligence.
John Alexander and Mrs. L, Simons
surprised their friends by getting mar
ried on December 26th. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Finlayson in the
presence of a few intimate friends.
Both parties are old residents of Cava-
lier and will receive the good wishes Of
many friends.
G. H. Spence and family are visiting
old friends at Walhalla. They went
to Texas some time ago with j. H.
Gordon also of Walhalla, but all parties
have sold out there and will again make
their home somewhere in the north.
! Maybe there's a moral to this to some
dissatified residents.
Tommy Burns, G. P. r. brakeman
whose home is at Winnipeg had one OF
his legs taken off by being run over by
car while switching in the yards al
Gretna late last night. At this writing
Saturday morning, he is still alive, but
further than this we are unable to state
as to his condition.-C hronotype.
The Echo man was at Grafton fol
i Christmas and ate SO much good dinner
that he had to settle it with some exper
nents on roller skates. We suppose he
slcceeded as he remarks that the fellow
trying to stand on rollers makes pleasure
for the by-standers. The understand
ing in such cases seems different from
Outstanding.
Sheriff Atkinson and deputy Wilson
m ade Neche another official visit OF
Monday last, with the result that the
Mcnamara and Halloran pool rooms are
no longer doing business. The doors o.
these places are locked and, we under
stand, will not be opened for business o.