The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-24

OUT anu are very neat.
Mrs. J. J. Dormer and her daughter
Maggie, of Eveleth, Mum. are here visit.
ing friends. Mr.. D. has charge of the
electric plant at the mine where his son
George is general superintendent.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Fairbairn and Mr.
and Mrs. Will Mckay, of Winnipeg
came in on the flyer last evening tc
spend "Victoria Day" with friends and
relatives in the city.
Union services will be held in the
Presbyterian church Emerson Sunday
morning, to observe Hospital Sunday
Pembina and st. Vincent people are in.
vited to participate. The collection will
be given to Winnipeg General Hospital
Rev George H. Davies, in early days
pastor of the Baptist church at Hamil.
ilton, died at Hawley. MINI. on the 18th
inst. Mr.. Davies was man of educa-
tion and ability as preacher, and leaves
many old friends in Pembina county.
j. G. Brinkerhoff, at one time in
the customs service at Neche, but of
late years publisher of the Stephen
(Minn.) Leader, and operating an extern
sive farm in that vicinity, has sold out
and is going in the real estate business
at Spokane.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Hallock base ball club last week
j: D. Henry and J. G. Powers were
elected managers. Since then circuit
has been arranged with other towns to
the south for a series of eighteen games
half of them to be played in Hallock.
Auditor Felson has been in attendance
at the meeting of the state auditors at
Grand Forks this week. There was
good attendance and much useful work
done. The states attorneys also met at
the same time Auditor Felson was
made member of the executive COM
mittee of the auditors state association.
Andrew Nelson got up early Monday
morning, put on his skates and wrote a
record on the ice in the coulie near his
home. 1t was May Goth. He completed
the record by venturing little to far
out and getting wet. Mr.. Nelson is
something over sixty, but is somewhat
boyish yet. But he holds the record as
a late skater.
Miss Lillian Nixon, who has spent the
past winter in New York city, taking 6
special course of study at the Universi
ty of Columbia. has been engaged Il
teach at st Agatha, private school fol
girls situated on the Hudson. AS st
Agatha adjoins the University of Colum
bia, Miss Nixon has also accepted pos
ition in the U and will continue he
studies there.
Messrs. Buchanan and Wright, two o
the most enthusiastic sports of Emerson
have been building one of the swiftes
gasoline launches on the Red river.
is twenty two feet long, built on the rae
ing plan, and is propelled by six hors
power Brooks engine. They have spal
ed no expense to follow the plans out
lined by some of the best authority O
speed boats and next week the craft viii
have chance to demonstrate results
With two launches in Emerson and tw
in Pembina we can look for considers
BILE interest in boating this summer.
In the declamatory contest at Gran
Forks last week the repres entative
our schools Miss leila Switzer did nc
take place in the finals but we are a.
sured by good judges present that sh
was at least close to the front ranl
which, when we think of the fact thu
these contestants we're the pick of th
state and from very large number (
schools and some from very large schoo
proves that Pembina was at least bette
, than the average which is creditabl
/ We note in an articla in the Pink p.
!, ier, presumably from the pen of Pro
!, Decker that he is somewhat sarcast
as to the judgments rendered at the col
, test, and also sharply criticises some
the doings at the teachers meeting.