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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
CATTLE RUN OFF BY SETTLERS
Ranehmen Give Chase and Threaten
Bloodshed.

Friction which, it is feared. may
lead to bloodshed, exists between
! ranchers and homesteaders in Bow
man and Billings counties. Stock has
been allowed to roam at will over the
fenceless prairies to the detriment of
the homesteaders' crops. The ranch
men look upon the homesteader as an
intruder, while the homesteader con-
tends that he is complying with all
the government requirements; has
paid the filing fees, built houses and
placed the land under cultivation. In
stead of the ranchers respecting these
rights they have, it is claimed, allowed
their stock to roam at will and Craze
in the grain fields of the farmer.
The feeling of resentment has been
gradually growing In extent. Several
homesteaders near Saltwater gathered
the stock that was feeding on their
lands and started to drive it to Still.
water to empound it. The ranchers
combined; armed themselves, and,
mounting horses, set out in pursuit of
the homesteaders and the stock. When
they overlook them they threatened to
shoot the first one that interfered with
their stock The homesteaders being
unarmed, attempted no resistance, but
went to Saltwater and engaged attor-
neys to prosecute criminal action
against the ranchers. Warrants were
placed in the hands of the sheriff, who
is now attempting to serve them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19

Bismarck Tribune: In Western
North Dakota and Eastern Montana is
located about all the agricultural gov
eminent land open to homestead entry
there is left. Uncle Sam, who has
been reputed in song and story as
erich enough to give us all farm"
will soon be put of raw material.
There is but little land left, except
mountain and irrigated propositions.
Originally there were 17,945,500
acres of land in the Bismarck district.
The creating of the new district of
Dickinson and the cutting of of the
two tiers of townships by the Fargo
district left an area something like
100000 acres. On July /, 1906,
there were but $4,000 acres left in
the Bismarck district, and on July 1,
1907, there were but 333, 480 acres left
by counties as follows:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
STATE OFFICER
MAY Be fNJ0|NfD
JUDGE LocHREN RULES AGAINST
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN RATE
SUITS.
STATE NOT PARTY TO SUIT

st. Paul, Jly IL. - Judge William
Lochren of the United States circuit
court yesterday afternoon ruled that
the attorney general of Minnesota
comes within the proceedings instt-
tuted by the stockholders of railroads
doing business in Minnesota to re-
strain the enforcement of the new pas
senger and freight rates. After argu-
ments by counsel had been completed
on that phase of the proposition, the
judge gave his decision from the
bench that IL an Injunction be issued
the attorney general will be party to
be enjoined. He held that under the
decisions of the United States supreme
court the suits IN question are not
against the state but against such Of
ficers of the state as threaten to en-
force the law which is claimed to DO
unconstitutional.
Argued Two Days.
The question whether the attorney
general is within the jurisdiction Of
the federal court was argued for two
days. While the standing of the at
torney general was decided by Judge
Lochren. the question as to the right
of the state to make railroad rates
continues to be the main question, and
certain points involved in the past two
days argument will come up again. It
is set up by the stockholders of some
of the roads that the rates are confis-
catory aud that the suits are brought
for the protection of property rights.
while other bills allege that the max.
ing of the rates affect interstate rates,
over which the government alone has
jurisdiction.
Main Question to Come.
Some of the suing stockholders
have filed affidavits prepared by rail-
road officers showing the effects Of the
new rates on the revenues of the COM
panies. In order to make a proper
showing counsel for the stockholders
urged that afidavits from all the rail-
roads should be presented. On this
account the hearing was continued
after the disposal of the question OF
the standing of the attorney general,
and court adjourned to meet again
next Tuesday morning, when the main
arguments will be made.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
A SMALL SECRET.
Couldn't Understand the Taste Of
His Customers.

Two men were discussing the var.
ious food products now being supplied
in such variety and abundance.
One. a grocer. said, II frequently try
package or SO of any certain article
before Offering 1t to my trade, and in
that way sometimes form q different
idea than my customers have.
For instance. thought I would try
some Postum Food Coffee, to see what
reason there was for such call for It.
At breakfast I didn't like it and supper
proved the same, 80 I naturally con.
cluded that my taste was different
from that Of the customers who bought
It right along.
"a day or two after, I waited on q
lady who was buying q Csc package
and told her couldn't understand how
one could fancy the taste Of Postum.
I know just what Is the matter
she said. you put the coffee boiler on
the stove for Just fifteen minutes, and
ten minutes Of that time it simmered,
and perhaps i've minutes 1t boiled;
now IL you will have It left to boil full
fifteen minutes after It commences to
boil. you viii find q delicious Java-liks
beverage, rich In food value Of gluten
and phosphates. 80 choice that you
will never abandon It, particularly
when you SEQ the great gain IN health
Well, I took another trial and sure
enough I Joined tho Postum army for
good, and life seems worth living since
]; have gotten rid Of my old time stom.
ach and kidney troubles"
Postum u no sort Of medicine, but
pure LIQUID food. and this. together
With Q relief from coffee worked the
change There's { Reason = Il.
Read the Road 70 wsllyillA !. &
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
NORTH DAKOTA HAS MUCH OF WHAT
IS LEFT OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

walton. The railroad lands have passed
into second, third and even fourth
hands, and are now quite generally
occupied.
Much of the area of the Bismarck
Minot, Dickinson and Williston land
districts is undertake with coal and
the fuel question, such a problem in
some regions is solved in Western
North Dakota.
And still the home seekers come,
not only from all parts Of the United
States, but from Europe, eclipsing all
immigration records.
Soon the man with 100 acres Of good
land under good state of cultivation
with a little bunch of stock and the
necessary farm machinery will be the
nabob, the independent American citi-
zen. In the struggle for life that will
be SO strenuous fifty years hence when
the population will be dense and the
consumption enormous, our children
to whom we bequeath the farms of to-
day, If they husband their resources
and keep out Of the clutches of the
mortgage fend, will be the most con.
tented and most prosperous of strug.
Cling humanity.
Land is the best investment to-day
It is the safest. The soil and its prod.
ucts constitute the very foundation
of our existence, and will fluctuate
the least in value of all inherited in.
terests.
While the free government lands in
North Dakota are passing rapidly, the
era of cheap lands is still here. The
opportunity for the investor is greater
to-day than before the government
lands were taken. There is less spec.
ulation and more security for the in.
vestment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
FARMERS CEI ELEVATOR AT SUPERIOR
Wisconsin Railroad Commission Decides Railroads Cannot
Discriminate Will Benefit North Dakota Farmers.

Unless the railroads running into
Superior refuse to obey the commands
OF the Wisconsin railway commission,
take the matter into court and fight
1t, thus causing delay, North Dakota
farmers will soon be able to do what
they have long desired to do-ship
wheat from their farms direct to
Eastern millers without any danger
of having it mixed or adulterated at
the terminal elevators The object
for which the bankers association,
the shippers association and the state
branch of the American Society of
Equity have long been fighting has
been accomplished through the action
OF the Wisconsin railroad commission,
according to a telegram received at
Fargo by w. G. Macfadden.
End OF Long Fight.
This is the elimination of the long
fight which has started at the meet
Ing of North Dakota State Bankers
association, held last summer in this
city, when resolutions were adopted
calling upon the Great Northern and
other railroads running into Superior
to assist the grain shippers of this
state in establishing a competitive
market at the head of the lakes by
throwing their elevators open to the
use of the farmers of North Dakota
in place of leasing them to private
parties. A special committee was ap-
pointed to investigate matters.
Acting in accordance with their in
structions from the convention, mem
bers of the committee visited Duluth
and Superior and made thorough in
vestigation. They found that the
Great Northern elevator, the largest
one Al Superior, had been leased to
A. d. Thompson, a member of the
Duluth board of trade, and in conse-
quence there was no elevator through
which the farmers of North Dakota
could ship their grain direct to the
East
The committee later went to St.
Paul and appealed to President Hill
and other chief officers of the Great
Northern. A half promise that the
elevator might be opened to the pub
lie under certain conditions at the ex-
piration of the lease, in August of this
year, was the only satisfaction they
| received.
Story Of Struggle.
The Independent Grain Shippers as
sociation and the North Dakota So.
ciety of Equity then took up the ques-
ton of providing an elevator at SUI
perior which the North Dakota farm
ers could use freely, and committees
from these two organizations held
joint meetings with the bankers com.
mittee to consider plans for building
another elevator at Superior which
should be controlled by the North Da-
kota farmers. If the railroads comply
with the orders of the Wisconsin rail-
road commission, as it now seems
seems probable they will, this will
not be necessary, as the throwing
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
We Sympathetic Friend.

Friend-Got a cold, see.
Jinks-Yes, little one.
"You ought to be mighty careful.
That cough needs attention"
Think 500"
ut has regular graveyard sound"
Good gracious!"
lawful dangerous time for people
with colds-grip, pneumonia and quick
consumption everywhere"
"Eh?"
eyes. A friend of mine took a cold.
not half SO bad as yours, last week,
and in three days he was dead"
my stars!"
"Fact. The doctor said my friend
might have pulled through II he hadn't
worried so much. Take my advice and
try not to think about it."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
TALES OF A PHOTOGRAPHER.
Strange Requests Made Of Him by All
Sorts Of People.

0eTdu9S neQuS0tS Wdoe OF Tim oy All
Sorts Of People.
Portrait taking is not so monotonous
and uninteresting calling as one
would suppose. In the course of a
day photographer meets with unu-
sual adventures and learns remarkable
stories about people.
Recently a well-known photographer
in large city was visited by a lady
who asked hi INTO photograph more
than 200 miles. These were addressed
to the lady by a man and were of a
very ardent nature.
After she had secured pictures she
purchased the plates and smashed
them. It is presumed the woman was
offered sum for the return of the
letters, but wished to retain her hold
on the man besides getting the money.
On another occasion photographer
was summoned by prominent society
man, who directed him to take a pic
ture of man, whom he described, as
he was leaving a house. The photog-
rapher concealed himself near the
door and snapped the man. He later
saw the picture in a newspaper as
that Of a man who figured in a ia.
nous divorce suit.
Sometimes photographers are called
upon to take the pictures of two
friends meeting after long absence.
Many can tell of taking pictures Of
dead pets for broken-hearted house
women. A photographer recently took
picture of a dog laid out in shroud
in little coffin.
In London photographer was called
to the house of wealthy man, whom
he found dressed in the costume of
King Lear. He posed and ordeerd
several pictures to esent to friends.
Late rthe photographer learned the
man had committed suicide.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
SILK THIEVES ARE BOLD.
They Rob Minot Store Of $4,000 Worth
of Valuable Goods.

Minot, N. D., July 1.-THE depart
ment store of ]. ]. Kelvin was broken
into and $4,000 worth of silks taken
away. The robbers broke in a back
window and carried away the plumber
in seven new suit cases, also stolen
from the store. Many people heard the
noise, but thought nothing of it. The
Cash Carnival company was in the
city, but no suspicion is held against
it, Mr.. Cash paying the expenses
of policemen to the next stop to exam.
inc the cars. ,...,,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19

Much of this land is broken and in
ferior, of course, else it would have
been filed upon before this. How
ever, there is probably thousands of
fractional pieces Of good land and
much that is now considered too stony
to be desirable is after all splendid
land, needing only little extra work
at the beginning In clearing the land
Of the stones. which are on the sur
face only.
There are still many good homes to
be had through contest where claim
ants who fled years ago have failed
for one reason or another to comply
with the law as to residence and cult.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19

There are four Milligan sisters at
Hope who are giving entertainments
in instrumental and vocal music and in
recitations in adjoining towns and are
reported as making q success.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
Expect Banner crops.

sturgis, s. d., July 1.-THE farm.
ers Of Meade county are rejoicing over
the good prospects Of crops this sea
son. II the grain is not hailed out It
will far exceed the yield Of any former
season. The farmers sowed q much
larger acreage than usual.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.

Gasoline Stove ExpIodes, crematinq
Four Children.
Fond du Lac, Wis.,, July Flour
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Jason Field.
who live at Rogersville, were burned
to death by the explosion of gaso-
line stove. One child was saved. The
children range from three months to
four years of age.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
Flour Testing Min.

FIour Tetuh0 NH.
The flour testing mill at the North
Dakota Agricultural college has been
completed. 1T was established by the
direction Of the state legislature for
the purpose Of testing and determin.
ing the value Of grades Of grain. It
Is expected to be somewhat Of Q
check On the elevator system OF grad.
Ing In this state, as the farmers can
send samples to hays the true value
determined. The testing machinery
includes ! complete mill, ~ stndsnts
win u taught that work.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
Death Narrowly Averted.

Death Narrowly Averted.
& While returning in an automobile to
Grand Forks from Forest River Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Kelsey and their
guest. Miss Ida Doe. had q very mir.
aculous escape from death. when their
machine ran OF q, bridge and hurled
it, occupants into small creek. Mr..
and Mrs. Kelsey were badly bruised,
but their injuries win not prove se.
srious.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
10 20 to islandla.

Fort Meade, s. D., July II. - The
troops Of the Sixth cavalry at this
post are preparing to 60 to the Phil
ippines. Headquarters, band and six
troops leave here sAug. 20.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
FAST TRAIN KILLS MAN.

Attempt to Drive Across Tracks
Proves Fatal.
Fessenden, N. D., July II. - Otto
Schug, while driving a team, attempt
ed to drive across the 500 railroad
tracks. A limited train going at mile
minute struck the vehicle. Driver
and horses were instantly killed and
terribly mangled.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
HAS FENCED 5000 ACRES.

Montana Man Gets TWenty-four Hours
and $3.50 Fine.
Helena, Mont, July lin the Unit.
ed States court yesterday Emanuel
Forster of Custer county pleaded
guilty to illegal fencing of 5000 acres
of government land and was sentenced
by Judge Hunt to serve twenty-four
hours in Jail and pay fine of $3.50.
Forster was at once taken to the Jail
and commenced his sentence.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19
! orth Dakota
~ ubbins s S

ANAANeNN~ee>e~
Minot is to have a wholesale drug
store.
The Devils Lake Chautauqua is in.
full blast.
The efforts to establish a creamery
at Mimic failed.
The prairie chicken crop promises
to be all right.
Landlord Alt of Westhope was
touched for $50.
An effort is being made to organize
band at Finley.
The Aneta fair and races will be
held Aug z and 8.
At Hettinger the postoffce is located
in the Gopher hotel.
Coal supplies are being laid in by
the foresighted ones.
Loose stock have damaged a lot of
grain in the new counties.
.
Work was commenced on the farm
ers' elevator at Napoleon.
Dickinson is becoming a popular
center for travelling men.
The people of Linton want better
mail service with Bismarck.
The business men of Hankinson
want the streets sprinkled.,
The scrap iron industry has gotten
to be big. affair in the state.
School officers are holding meetings
In some counties in the state.
The crops around Palermo are the
kind that please the farmers.
There was small cyclone at Great
Bend, but little damage was done.
Some hot stories are told of the
!, storm in different parts of the state.
Frank Lamb, a McHenry county
trapper, got seven wolves in one day.
For the first time state school lands
in Emmons county are offered for
SALE.
Nels Berglam was arrested near
Dogden on the charge of stealing
wheat.
Fargo brick masons are at work on
the brick church for the Baptists at
Page.
A lot of people in the state are be-
ing caught on fake write.ups by tran.
sients.
Some of the towns are already MAX
ing contracts for winter entertain
ments.
The new line of the Great Northern
from Ayr to Minot is to be construct
ed in 1908.
Dickey county is coming to the
front as an alfalfa raising section of
the state
The new abbey being erected at
Richardson will cost $15O,OO0 when
completed.
An Indian squaw accumulated some
property at Dunseith that belonged to
other people.
Some of the bugs found in the North
Dakota wheat fields were not as green
as they looked.
The annual session Of the Seventh
Day Adventists has attracted large
crowds at Velva.
An inquisitive youth had the end of
a finger cut OFF while monkeying with
bike at Willow City.
Oliver and Mercer counties are at
tracing lot of attention as a result
of their development.
Medora had touch of high water
and still some people used to think it
was located in desert.
Knute Tillotson monkeyed with the
business end Of firecracker at Max.
bass and had hole dug out of his leg.
North Dakota Modern Woodmen
will have big day at the Interstate
fair at Fargo July 30.
ss.
The postmasters and clerks are
swearing over the order to weigh
mails this hot weather.
A blind pigger was doing big bust.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19

farm.
Churches Ferry boasts of five new
autos.
The North Dakota mosquito crop is
a dandy.
Some deep wells are to be put down
at Medina.
A lot of late flax was seeded around
Courtenay.
The people of Wahpeton had
storm scare.
Hettinger county is erecting lot of
school buildings.
Granville has been having some ex.
citing ball games.
), J. w. Mclaughlin of Bismarck rails.
ed crop of lemons.
The Wyndmere Woodmen had an
enjoyable celebration.
Gov. Burke Is to make an address at
the fair at Hamilton.
The Walhalla line north Of Grafton
has been greatly improved.
The report of the creamery at Nc.
Vile was most encouraging.
Ben Schroeder fell from a scaffold
at Tolley and broke his thigh.
]. F. Hinck of Lakota is the invent.
or of new tangled wagon scales.
Nelson county gets another rural
route running south from Pekin.
The telephone companies have in
stalled pay booths at Churches Ferry.
States Attorney Nuessle of Mclean
county announces the adjustment of
the lid.
The last term of court at Washburn
was the most important held for some
years.
The American Society of Equity is
active in organizing unions in Ramsey
county.
Streeter complains of loss of bust
ness because of bad roads into the
new town.
The State is convinced that the tel.
egraph service into Williston might be
improved.
Hail losses are reported in many
sections of the state-though not on a
large scale.
The people of Minor make trips to
see the dredger work on the Sargent
county drains.
Some people want to buy a gold
medal for the man who killed Horse
Thief Larfon.
The creamery business is progress
ing profitably in Mercer, Morton and
Oliver counties.
Rose Carnival Day, July 80, will be
one of the gala days at Fargo at the
Interstate fair.
In localities where gophers were
killed for a season or two they are
scarce this year.
A lot Of the farmers are selling their
old wheat now that they have the
rush work completed.
The 500 has completed the connect
ion of the Bismarck branch to Drake,
giving two routes to Minot.
Arrangements are being perfected
for the sale of the municipal electric
light plant at Valley City.
George Schell of Fessenden had his
toes frozen last winter and recently
had to have them amputated.
The Barnes county fair people find
they are short of floor space for the
large number of exhibits offered.
Choirmaster Gladstone of Grand
Forks might organize chorus at the
state pen while serving his sentence.
Miss Amanda Clement, the girl UNI
pire from South Dakota ofliciated in a
contest at Cakes and gave satisfac.
ton.
Michael Will, who was convicted Of
rape in Logan county and sentenced
to ten years in the pen, gets a new
trial.
With an Adams in Walsh county
how will the new county seat of Het.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-19

Horse thieves continue actiye u
northern Williams county.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-04
FAMOUS SOAPMAKER SHOT.
william A. Proctor, of Cincinnati, Dies
of Bullet Wound

William A. Proctor, of Cincinnati,
O., president Of the Proctor G. Gamble
company and son Of one of the firm s
founders, is dead from a bullet wound
self-inflicted at his home in Glendale,
a suburb of that city. Coroner Cam
eron began an investigation Of the cir
cumstances of the shooting, and in
the meantime refused to make any
statement except to say that Mr.. Proc
tor had died from a bullet wound. Mr..
Proctor was widely known in business
circles and was a prominent layman
in the Protestant Episcopal church, to
the institutions of which he was a lib
eral giver.
His wealth was estimated at many
millions, most of which had beer
made by himself He was noted for
the cooperative scheme for a division
of profits with employees which he had
designed for his company.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-04

Now Is the time to get the rheu-
matte poisons and foul acids from the
blood and system, states an eminent
authority, who says that Rheumatism
and Kidney trouble are caused by the
blood, which often becomes sour from
excessive acids, and also tells what to
do to make it pure and healthy.
Get from any good prescription phar'
macy one-half ounce Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one ounce Compound Kar-
gon, three ounces Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla. Mix by shaking in a
bottle and take a teaspoonful after
meals and at bedtime.
Just try this simple blood cleaner
and tonic at the first sign Of Rheu
matism, or If your back aches or you
feel that the Kidneys are not acting
right. Any one can easily prepare this
mixture at home.