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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
BETTER, SHOW FOR ALIENS.
North Dakota Commissioner Will Co.
Operate With Government.

North Dakota Commissioner Will Co.
Operate With Government.
Commissioner Gilbreath of the de-
partment of agriculture and labor will
cooperate with the government depart
ment that is seeking to place alien Ia
borers on farms and in other places
where they may become self-support-
ing.
Mr.. Gilbreath believes that If tenn
porary employment is obtained for
aliens, either as agricultural laborers
or On railroad extensions and similar
work, they will be able to find new oc-
equations in a short time and will be
assimilated by the population Of the
state better than if they are unable to
obtain employment at the beginning.
An effort will be made also to inter-
est the railroads in the matter and see
if temporary employment cannot be
provided for men willing to work.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
Engineer Is Nervous.

A narrow escape from what might
have been a serious wreck shattered
the nerves of a Great Northern en-
gineer last week when he was taken
to his home in Earimore on stretch
er, suffering from. temporary col
lapse. AS No. 8, run by Engineer
Hines Of Larimore pulled into Ber-
wick around the sharp curve freight
train was standing on the track. The
engineer reversed and jumped, and
the train stopped short of a car length
from the freight. Hines pulled him
self together, resumed his seat in the
cab and finished the run to Minot,
passing the stations according to or.
ders, and from all appearances none
the worse for the scare. It was not
until his engine was run into the
roundhouse that the results were seen.
Hines being unable to leave his seat,
and, remembering nothing Of the run
from Berwick, his last recollection be-
ing the narrow escape. He was taken
from the engine and sent back to
Larimore on q stretcher.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
JUDGES APPOINTMENT SET ASIDE
Writ Against A. Burr Secured IN Supreme Cout-The Act
Defining Boundaries and Providing for Terms Does Not
sa Contravene the Act Requiring Judge
Shall Be Elected.

Following Is the syllabus of the su-
preme court decision by Chief Justice
Morgan, all concurring which seats
aside the appointment Of A. G. Burr,
district Judge of the Ninth district
State Of North Dakota ex rel, Henry
Erickson VS.. A. G.. Burr:
"The title to chapter ISL, Laws of
1907, being an act defining the boun-
daries of the Second, Eighth and
Ninth judicial districts of the State
Of North Dakota and providing for
terms of court in said district, does
not contravene the provisions of Sec
ton 81 of the constitution, requiring
that the subject of the act shall be
expressed in the title, although the
act provides that the Judge for the
Ninth district shall be elected at the
general election of 1908, and that un-
til such election the territory COM
prising said district shall be and re-
main part of the judicial district
to which it belongs under existing
laws.
Where the governor of the state
appoints a Judge of the district court
under law providing that the Office
shall be filled by a general election
and a private rector applies for leave
to file an application for a writ in
the nature of a writ of quo warranto,
on the ground that he has suits pend
ing of strictly personal nature and
that the public are interested and the
sovereignty of the state is affected,
this court will assume original juris-
diction under section 81 of the consti-
tuition, although the attorney general
refuses to consent that said private
relator may apply for leave to file the
application for such writ in the name
of the state.
"In constituting statutes the great
aim Of courts should be to give effect
to the intent of the legislature in the
enactment of each provision of the
law.
"In ascertaining what the legis-
lative intent is inharmonious and con-
Trajectory sections should be harmon
lied and made effectual, if it can be
done under reasonable rules of con-
struction, and no section or utterance
should be nullifled if it can be given
effect by such rules.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15

Building continues to progress de-
spite the money furry, and many new
buildings are being constructed and
contemplated all over the state. The
buildings in Fargo that are under
construction are progressing nicely,
and only the labor shortage is trou-
bling the contractors. The continued
good weather is also in favor of the
work, and buildings that it was in
tended to leave until spring are still
being worked upon.
The following buildings have been
contemplated or contracted for during
the past week:
systematically & Gillespie, archi-
tects Of Fargo, are making plans for
an eight-room school building to be
erected here. This building will be Of
pressed brick with hardwood floors
and will cost about $4,000. This firm
is also drawing plans for a $1,000
bank building to be occupied by the
Farmers and Merchants bank. 1t
will be of brick, two stories, 25x60
feet. It is not known when the con-
tracts for these structures will be let.
I.isbon-A. H. Laughlin has been
awarded the contract for the city hall
and roller rink. This structure will
be 5Ox5O, and will be of concrete
blocks.
Bismarck The contract for the
brick foundation of the new Methodist
church has been awarded to j. w.
Longcor at $1,000. A. ]. Mcdonald
will erect a dwelling on Sixth street,
but it is not known when the work
will be started.
Sentinel Butte-The Congregational
society of this city will erect a church.
The plans have as yet not been de-
cided upon.
Dawson-Work has started on the
building for the First State bank. The
contract has been let to the Holmes
Stone Co. of Detroit, and the struc-
ture will be of concrete blocks.
Glendale Work has started on the
foundation of one-story business
building which is being erected by
y. A. Nathan. The building will be
25xS2 feet.
Hettinger-There are several large
buildings contemplated, and 1t is
thought that they will start within a
short time. Quammen & Austad, the
|Hettinger State bank, the Adams
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
EXPERIMENT FARM ASSURED.

Wlllston Citizens Sign Deeds-up to
the State.
The money for the experiment farm
At Williston has been raised and paid
over. and every deed has been signed.
q. 9. Carney has every document in
his possession, and the matter is now
up to the commonwealth Of North
Dakota.
The attorney general has raised an
obstacle to the turning over of the
appropriation for h,aitdings, improve
ments and maintenance. He says that
the law did not contemplate the pay.
ment Of charges for irrigation, and
that the state has no right to proceed
In the matter without the irrigation
charges being provided for. There
will possibly be some discussion of
the matter, and it is possible but not
probable that the contamination of the
wishes of the experiment farm pro-
moters will not be reached until next
year. 1t is generally thought that the
matter will be amicably arranged.
@@AS PSopi0 VI VAll1oLOu nave ulduS
wonderful effort to secure the ex-
pertinent farm. John Bruegger went
to Bismarck during the legislative
session and worked with the legis-
lators to secure the passage of the
law.
There was much good feeling over
the result of his work. Afterwards
1t became known that the higher au-
thorities believed that the best re-
suits would follow the use of dry land
farming and irrigated land farming
together, and this was decided upon
by the Williston people. There is a
fixed charge against all irrigated
land, and that charge must he paid.
The attorney general says that the
state has no right to pay for this ad-
ditional charge, and that is the mat
ter to be threshed out.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
State News Of Inter est
SWEETHEART is uNpoINa.

Man Accused Of Forgery ls Captured
Through Fondness for Young Woman.
Love for his Grand Forks sweetheart
lured e. ]. F. Peterson back to Hoople,
N. D., where he was captured by Depu-
ty Sheriff Johnson. Peterson is charg-
ed with floating several bad checks in
Grand Forks, and the warrant for his
arrest was sworn out by George Mum
TO, who cashed a check for $50 in pay
ment for lady's diamond ring. For
the past two months Chief Lowe has
been on the trail of Peterson, who left
Grand Forks, stating that he was go
ing to Spokane to take a place in a
bank. He had been employed by Nash
Bros, wholesale grocers.
Chief Lowe notified the officers of
Spokane to arrest Peterson on his ar
rival there, but he had evidently been
posted and avoided Spokane, although
he was near there. It was found that
he had visited Missoula, Whitefish,
Glen Ullen and other towns on the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
lines, but he always managed to elude
the officers. He kept up correspond
ence with his sweetheart, but mailed
his letters on the train, and she also
mailed hers on the trains, so that there
would be no chance for his hiding
place to become known. Recently May
Hughes, the girl in the case, went to
visit relatives near Hoople, and it was
surmised that Peterson would seek to
Join her there. It was learned by
Chief Lowe that Peterson had appear
ed in Grafton and from there has gone
to Hopple. The chief accordingly sent
Deputy Johnson to Hoppe to make the
arrest. Deputy Johnson found Peter
son at the farm of brother of Miss
Hughes, and there was gloom, where
happiness had followed the reuniting
of fond sweethearts. Peterson was
taken to Grand Forks for preliminary
hearing.
A peculiar feature Of the case Is the
fact that the checks were drawn on
National bank Of Spokane, which has
been out of existence since 1898. Be-
sides the check for $50 passed on Num-
70, the prisoner is charged with having
passed check for 1853 on the Grand
Forks Steam Laundry Co., one on Ba-
con & G.. Van Alstine, in payment for
livery hire, and several small amounts
on other business firms.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
DEATH OF !. II. eosARD.

]. H. Bosard, one of the leading at
torneys of Grand Forks, and pioneer
resident of North Dakota, died az his
home last week after an illness which
was considered to be serious only a
short time before his death.
Paralysis of the brain, resulting
from an abscess, caused his death.
He had been ailing since an operation
was performed about week ago for
a growth in his nose
Mr.. Bosard was married in 1872 to
Miss Rabecca Faulkner Of Erie, Pa.
He leaves widow and six children,
Florence H., now Mrs. J. Side Law
renee, Of Los Angeles, CAL; Robert
H., now practicing law at Minot; Hell
en- D., now Mrs. Charles Farnsworth,
wife of Maj. Farnsworth. q. s. A.,
stationed at Fort Wayne; Gerald f.,
Sarah K, now Mrs. Ray, Jackson Of
Grand Forks, and Daphne.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
RLlNDPlGGER WANTS PAROLE.
Leonard Burton Dying in the N. D.
Penitentiary,

Leonard Burton Dying in the N. D.
Penitentiary.
Leonard K. Burton, who was last
year sentenced by Judge Goss to eight
years in the state penitentiary, will
very probably be paroled at the next
meeting of the state pardon board,
which will be held in December. Bur.
ton was convicted in Minot after be
ing mixed up in blind pig brawl at
Flaxton, as result of which he sus'
tanned bullet wound in the breast
the bullet taking effect in the lung.
Burton was operating a blind pig
at Flaxton. One night a raid on the
place was made. Several occupants
of the place were ordered by Burton
to lie on the floor, while he extin'
guished the lights. Going to the bar
ricaded door, he emptied the contents
of a revolver through it. None of the
officials were injured, but in the re
turn fire Burton was injured. Since
being sentenced to the penitentiary
his health has failed, and it is fol
this reason that pardon has beer
recommended.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
GOVERNMENT WILL HELP.

Wesseil's Briquetting Machinery Soon
to Be Tested in North Dakota.
The government will cooperate with
the Northwestern Briquetting company
in its trial plant to be put in operation
near Minot next year. The machinery
has been invented by Mr.. VESSEL Of
Minneapolis, and makes the biquettes
without a binder.
The government has imported a Ger
man bricsuetting machine, but the ap-
preparation made by the recent con-
gress is exhausted, and it is suggested
that an expert be on the ground while
the VESSEL machine is running. 1t is
expected that within few years the
making of briquettes by means of the
VESSEL machine will be successful
industry.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
last Of unoraanlzed Counties.

Application has been made to the
governor to organize the last of the
unorganized counties in the state.
Dunn county, in the Northwestern part
of the state. AS with Adams and Het-
finger counties, this section has been
rapidly settled and the inhabitants
want to organize school districts and
get the benefits Of local self govern
ment. A petition asks for the location
Of the county seat at Melby.
The new counties Of Adams and Het-
finger are thriving and at a recent lot
sale at Hettinger, seat OF Adams coun-
ty. lost sold as high as 500 a front
foot in town about six months old.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
COAL SHORTAGE PREDICTED.
Wholesale Men Say Dakotas Will Be
Cauunt Aoain the Comma Winter.


Caught Again the Coming Winter.
Wholesale coal dealers are predict
ing another coal shortage in the Da-
kotas the coming winter. A promi-
nent Fargo coal man said that, al
though this years shipments had been
slightly larger than they were last
year at this time, there is still a great
possibility that the Dakotas will suffer
for want of fuel.
"The shipments have been large"
he said, "but they have not been
large enough. The financial furry has
apparently had no effect in the mat
ter, and it is purely question of
lack of foresight and railroad facili-
ties"
The general car shortage on the
Western lines has made it hard for
the coal dealers to get their shipments
into the Dakotas, and the grain move
ment seems to be tying up the cars
to still greater extent. If the grain
can be moved steadily and without
much more delay, cars may be avail
able for coal shipments in time to
avert another fuel shortage.
Last winters experience in this
state had the effect Of getting at least
larger amount of anthracite out
here this fall than last year at this
time, and no very disastrous shortage
is expected, although there will proba.
bly, be a noticeable pinch if adequate
shipping facilities are not made pos
sible within the near future.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS FOR NEGRO
He Is Convicted Of Murder as Result
Of Row Over Poker Game.

He Is Convicted Of Murder as Result
Of Row Over Poker Game.
twenty-five years in the state peni-
tertiary were imposed on Fred Ham
lin, colored, by Judge Pollock of Fargo
when the jury in the district court re-
turned verdict of murder in the Sec
ond degree.
Hamlin was placed on trial at Sher-
brooke Tuesday morning for the MUIR
der of Carl McRea, which occurred at
Finley, N, D., Oct. a. The case was
given to- the Jury 3sturday afternoon
at & o,sl md 4 - understood that
but very Few ballots were taken. The
prosecution Was aided;sto a large ex-
tent Nv d cont Smade by Hamlin
before hsSknew: that McRea was desd,
iii which he He'd that he shot tie
man. As quarrel over poker game
started the fight which resulted in the
murder.
.@ Hamlin said he shot McRea In self
defense. He was defended by Extern
perance Commissioner Murray. At
stprney Johnson prosecuted him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
ROMANCE ENDS IN DIVORCE:
Groom Disappears on Wedding Day
and Has Not Been Seen Since. (

Groom Disappears on Wedding Day
and Has Not Been Seen Since.
Deserted Immediately after a ro-
mantle elopement from st. Thomas to
Grand Forks, Lila GRADER waited from
April to November for Alfred GRADER
to return, and last week her marriage
was annulled by Judge Charles F. TEN
pleton's court at Grand Forks.
Sad is the story Of cruel and unex-
planned desertien related by the plain
till, who was allowed to resume her
maiden name Of Lila Gardner.
To the court Mrs. GRADER recited
that the defendant persuaded her to
consent to marriage with him by
fraudulently representing that he
loved her and claiming that he had
home prepared for her near Regina,
Canada. He pleaded with her so that
she finally consented to marry him
and they agreed to meet in Grand
Forks for the wedding. Accompanied
by her sister-in-law, Mrs. GRADER went
to Grand Forks and stopped at the Ho-
tel Dacotah. GRADER had arrived in
Grand Forks the day previous and was
a guest at the Hotel Imperial. The
marriage was performed by Rev. F. e.
r. Miller, in the parsonage Of the Bap-
list church and after the bridal party
had returned to the Hotel Dacotah
GRADER excused himself, saying that he
would return to the Hotel Imperial to
get his grips. From the time he left
the Hotel Dacotah to the present day
he has not been seen by his wife. A.
ter waiting and weeping for two days
in the Hotel Dakotah she returned to
st. Thomas, mystified by the conduct
of her husband.
Mrs. GRADER has one theory in regard
to the case which is probably the cor
rect one, and that is that GRADER loved
another young woman and was Tilted
by her. To get even with the first girl
he professed love for Miss Gardner,
was married in haste and repented just
as hastily. The plaintiff is beautiful
young woman, accomplished and of
excellent family, and how GRADER could
have been so heartless cannot be I'M
derstood by her wide circle Of friends.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15

I'm determining what the legislative
intent was in passing law that is
ambiguous in its terms the journals
Of the legislature may be read in or
der correctly to ascertain such inten-
ton. In determining what the legis-
lative intention was in passing law
whose provisions are contradictory
on its face the fact that the Journal
shows that positive provision contra
dictory of provision stricken out was
inserted in the act by an amendment
adopted as the last act before the
seeming contradictory provisions left
in the act, it will be disregarded and
deemed to be in the law through mad.
vertence"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
ARRESTED AT MINoT.
Waiter in Restaurant Must Face Petit
larcenv Charde

Waiter in Restaurant Must Face Petit
Larceny Charge.
Harry Nichols, a young man en-
ployed as waiter at the Grill at Minot
is under arrest charged with petit lar
ceny. The complaint charges that he
took $14.5O out of the pocket of a
coat which was hanging in closet
at the Grill, the owner being the chef
Nichols denies the theft of the money
but it is understood that the police
have some damaging evidence against
the young man. Yesterday was pay
day, and Nichols received his check
yet this was found on his person when
arrested. 1t is known that he had
no other money, yet he was intoxi,
Gated when taken into custody last
night.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
FARMERS ARE sMueeLERs.
Bring Wheat Across the Boundary Line
From Canada.


The case of Taylor VS.. Burgess, which
was slated for the United States court
in Devils Lake at the term now in ses-
sion, has been transferred to Fargo.
This is the case in which Taylor seeks
$25,000, claiming that the defendant
prevented him him from becoming a mem
Der of the Minneapolis board of trade
by making false statements in regard
to him. and among other things call
ing him crook.
Edward J. Dumphy, residing near
Hansboro, entered plea of guilty to
a charge of smuggling wheat across
the border from Canada, and was fined
$50.
Joseph oyer, accused Of smuggling
$50 bushels of wheat across the line
made the excuse that his Canadian
farm was heavily mortgaged and he
needed the money. He was fined 5000.
He paid his fine and was released.
Ezra Golf of Towner county, paid a
fine of $3.50 for smuggling
The trial of the case of Thomas
Stevenson VS.. The 500 railway WAS
taken up. Stevenson seeks to recover
$4,000, $4,000 being as damages and
$1,000 for medical fees He was driv-
ing team attached to plow across
the railway track and it caught on a
defective crossing, the result being
that he sustained a fracture of the leg
and broken ankle, from which physi-
clans say he will never recover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
important CAPTURE.

"Blackie," the man known as the
lone Star Kid wanted for the muir.
der of Marshal H. M. Cersonius at
Valley City on the night of Aug. 81,
1907, was arrested at Minot by the
chief of police. He was identified by
a man from Jamestown. who knew
Blackie when he lived at that place.
A dozen suspects have been arrest
ed since the crime, and all were re-
jected by the Jamestown man as not
being Blackie. In the aggregate there
is reward of $4,000 for the arrest
and conviction of Blackie, who has
been "blind pigging" in the vicinity
of Havre.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15

F Clerk Of Court Jason T. Kidder OF
Fergus Falls was struck In the head
bysta number Of stray shot while
hunting. The force Of the shot was
nearly spent, but one pierced his eye,
~ and lodged In the eyeball. endang,
Ting the sight Of one eye.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
$1oaooo Paid for N. .. LAND.

Four and Thrse-quarter Sections Sold
& to cassslton Man. Ks
One Of the biggest land deals re-
Gently made In Cass county has just
been closed BY which Walter Green.
who lives fourteen miles west 81 Far.
Co. has sold four md three quarters
sections 81 land q ge s. Church
ill Of Casselton y = zchass y Tor
farming purposes i6sH9r $1O0. 009
was involved 81 - " 3E ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15

Complete Understandings.
Uncle. to Little Otto 90 your
m 8 soing 70 bring you sonnet hing NJ
from her tr1p ri
Little Otto ~ another ~ II ~
spgpbablyi 81
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-15
The oston Maid.

IT suppose" said the New Yorh
youth, that you consider Boston man-
ners in the light Of an example for the
rest Of the country, do you not ?''
oh, no." replied the Boston maid:
= consider them q rebuke. . al al