The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-26

LIE fe1QDlna OFdnCn OF Cne society
of Equity will meet on Saturday evening
at the council room of the city hall, at
1870 o'clock. Important business. Per
order w. Wexford, secretary.
The 9Th annual lawn tennis tourna-
ment championship of this state will be
held at the Town and Country Club
grounds, at Grand Forks on August 18th.
1t is expected to be one of the best tour
naments ever held in the state.
The Pembina band received quite a
few complimentary remarks on its work
yesterday. The band is good one,
every member of it being an artist. The
band will be here the entire week, and is
going to give regular concerts at the fair
grounds Grand Forks Times.
Wild strawberries havel been among
the delicasies on most every table in the
this week. The crop is very plentiful,
although somewhat damaged from lack
of rain the last month. 1t is the best
crop of wild fruit the lower Red River
Valley has had for many years.
w. a. Decker of Bathgate shipped in
flock of about 125 sheep, from New
Salem, this state, over the Mp. on Tues
day. ii. Foster was here to receive
them, and drove them across the follow
ing day, which indicated he is probably
interested in the shipment.
For the slack time of the year the
Northern Pacific seems to be doing an
extraordinary amount of business this
summer. An inquiry from the reporter
brought out the fact for the week end
ing Wednesday, three hundred and forty
one freight cars went through the Penn
bina yards.
The Bankers association have been
meeting at Grand Forks this week with
a very large attendance. They talked
right out loud about the elevator bust
ness at Duluth and Minneapolis, and
agreed to help the farmers and give fl
nancial assistance towards building an
elevator at Superior. Good for the
bankers. ......
The department of agriculture connect
ed with the Agricultural College at
Fargo, desire speciments of any diseased
field or garden cereal or garden veget-
ables for Identification or study. They
can be sent by mail free if franked tags
are applied for. Character of soil, date
observed, damage done, drainage, prev
ious cultivation and other information
should be sent with the specimens.
Questions will be answered. This office
has couple of franks at the disposal
of any farmer for the purpose.
The Monarch Elevator Company i:
making extensive improvements aroune
their elevator here, preparatory to hand
ling this falls crop. The old horsepow
er is superseded by six horse CALLAHAN
gas engine, new office and engine hous
is being erected to the north of the ele
vator proper, and new weighing scale
and approaches put in. Agent Griffith
will have an up-to-date house to super
wise when completed.
A telegram from Eureka, Cal. to rels
tives here conveys the news that Mr.
Jane Best, formerly resident of Ba
Center, and pioneer of this count
; was victim on the ill fated steame
! Columbia. Mrs. Best was on her wa
, from San Francisco to Portland, enrou
to visit her daughter Mrs. Ale. McAda
of Grand Forks. She was accompanie
9 on the steamer by her son, DR.. Best, ar
e his wife, the two latter are reports
q among the survivors.
Many of the people who attended tt
d Winnipeg fair last week express ther
o selves as being disappointed with the WI
p it was being conducted, and this
claimed to be the general opinion of
large number of its attendance. Exc
a bitant prices we're charged for ever
= thing and the attractions were much i
!. Iferior to those of former years, VIM