The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-04

A. Z. and =. A. Miller, Of 81 Thomas,
recently sold six quarter sections Of land.
to Geo. w. Hopper and Nicholas Nor,
CART Of Illinois. They will move there
with their families in the spring.
The many Walhalla riendsof Miss
Ernestine Thomas will be pleased to
hear of her marriage which took place
in st. Boniface, on Sept. 9Th, to Mr..
Victor Mayer.
Miss Florence Mussel arrived in Dray-
ton from Minneapolis to spend her
annual vacation. Miss Mussel is study
ing to be nurse in Asbury hospital and
has another year before completing the
course.
Misses Alice McFadden and Eva
Murphy and Earl McFadden went to
Grand Forks where they entered the
University. Mrs. w. A. Murphy accom-
panied them. They are from Neche.
John Often, of Neche, reports a case
of threshing machine, near Gaetna,
being broken several times by pieces of
iron going into the cylinder with bun
dies. This occurred to the separator of
Peter Hiebert.
Q. H. Asselstine, for many years. resi-
dent of Hamilton but now engaged in
the real estate business in Bismarck, is
in Hamilton where he will spend two or
three weeks looking after business
matters.
A party of berry pickers found a bee
tree near the Pembina river this summer
and on Saturday several men of Bath.
gate cut the tree down, smoked out the
bees and secured quite supply of verN
nice honey, about 30 or 40 potnds.
Rev. James Start, of the Baptist
church of Cavalier, will return to his
studies at Brandon College, Brandon,
Man., after preaching during the sum-
mer. Rev, Start will be missed and
Cavalier people hope he may again be
appointed to their town.
j. e. Best, of Walhalla, has returned
from Palisades, Colo, and will remain
about six weeks. His daughter, Miss
Ida, is much better and Mr.. Best be-
lieves complete cure will be made by
remaining in Colorado for couple of
years more.
j. l. Hjalmerson, of Crystal, and fam
lily have gone to Ethelbert, Man., where
they will make their future home. c..
n. Wing purchased stock of goods at
that place and has taken MIR. Hjalmer-
son into partnership and he will have
charge of the store.
Roy Olson, a separator man, lies in a
very critical condition at Langdon. He
was riding on the tongue of the separa-
tor, when an obstruction in the road
suddenly brought the engine and separa-
tor together, thus punching Olson across
the middle of his back,
One day last week Frank Lewis, of
Neche, bought 5, l6l bushels of barley at
the National elevator, the biggest days
business on this grain ever done by him
in twenty years experience as grain
buyer. He also took in 81 loads of
grain one day.
/ Mrs. j. 3. Robinson spent last week
as the guest of Mrs. Reynolds. of Bath
gate, and many social gatherings were
given in her honor. She is on her re-
turn tip from visit to her father near
Iowner and will return to her home in
Minneapolis after short visit in Penn
bina.
d. McPhce, who has been acting as
agent for the st. A. d d. Elevator Co., in
the lumber department, at Walhalla for
some months, will leave for his home in
Enderlin, and will assume charge of an
other yard for the company soon. Geo.
Lutz has been appointed in his place.
The company have secured good man
who will hold the old and bring them
new business.
Fred w. Gardiner, of ST. Thomas, has
been appointed to fill the position made
vacant by Oscar Olson at Pembina.
MIR. Gardiner's position in the Pv eleva-
tor will be filled by JAS. Curtis. Mr..
and Mrs. Gardiner have lived in St.
Thomas for many years and they and
their bright boys will be greatly missed
by our citizens.-Times.
At the r. G. Church in Neche Thurs
day morning occurred the wedding of
Miss Mary Ellen O'Brien to Mr.. John
Koenig, of Portland, Ore. After an ex.
tensive tour of the west, the young
couple will go to their home in Port.
land. Mr.. Koenig is employed there as
yard overseer by the Southern Pacific
railway. The bride is one of Neche's
fairest daughters.
Hugh Mclean, who has charge of the
Hotel Metropole at Walhalla for the