The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-03-22
Miss Marjorie Wardwell and Adna
spent Sunday with Mrs. J. r. Cockburn
at Drayton.

spent Sunday with Mrs. J. T. Cockburn
at Drayton.
Last year the big ferry was running
on the 18th of April, which was several
days after the ice had broken up. In
cutting out the ferry boat this week
ferryman Akers found the ice much
thinner ind more rotten than for any
previous year.
The Pembina township caucus on
Saturday was largely attended and the
voting was quite spirited at times. The
fact that several township officers had
removed from the township and sever
al offices to be filled with new men pro-
badly added to the interest. The con-
tests were all good natured and on Tues
day the decisions of the caucus were
ratified.
DIR. G. B. Harris was over from Penn
dina Tuesday in consultation with DIR.
Lockwood & Shaleen regarding the i'll
ness of Josiah Shafer, who is very sick
man at his home near Northcote. MIR.
Shafer had been spending the winter in
California and upon his return a few
weeks ago he was taken sick on the wav
with severe bowel trouble and he has
been confined to his bed ever since.
The many friends of the family hope for
a speedy and safe recovery
Enterprise.
Town meeting on Tuesday was rather
an uneventful affair in this township
and the attendance was not very large.
At the business meeting in the afternoon
the clerk showed that the township had
about thousand dollars on hand and
more in the hands of the county treas
urer. There are $1,000 in bonds due
this fall and the general sentiment of
the meeting that it was better to have a
little heavier tax of about $500 and pay
the bond in two or three years rather
than rebond for long period.
The Canadian Northern Russell snow
pillow was wrecked in the West Lynne
yardsWednesday afternoon while at work
gearing the track leading from the
station to the boundary line. One en-
CINE and the pillow were turned over one
each side of the track and more or less
damaged. The fireman was bruised
considerably, but no one else was hurt.
The north bound N. p train could only
run as far as Pembina, and the forty
odd passengers enroute for Winnipeg
had to hire rigs here and drive to Emer-
son in order to catch the flyer in the
morning. The wreck was cleared the
following day.
We are not prophesying flood But
the weather man isn't giving us any
especial encouragement or hope as yet.
There is an extraordinary amount of
snow lying on the ground. Very little
thawing and some additions this week.
The 1897 flood was at its height about
April 18th. That's less than thirty days
from now. But sometimes We have had
high water when we hardly could see
why, and then at other times we had
plenty of reason to be afraid of food
and found our fears waterless. So do
your own prophesying- buy a boat
if you find one cheap.
Special memorial services will be held
in the opera house, at Crookston next
Sunday, under the auspices of the
Travelling Mems Association, in memory
Of the late W. G. Andrew and another
travelling man who were killed in the
Great Northern wreck near Grand Forks
short time ago. There will be present
many men of prominence in mercan-
tile circles, including Mr.. Wright, of the
firm of Wright Barrett & Stilwell, in
whose service Mr.. Andrew was employ
ed. Mr. Chas Full of this city will re-
present the Retail Grocers Association
of this state, of which he is the presi-
dent.
We are all wondering when the old
N. P. will again get on to the track.
For many years it was remarkably regu-
lar, and the country people used to set
their clocks by the passenger trains as
they went by, but for the last year or
more every morning the word comes
over the wires two, three, four hours
late" In fact it is hard to remember
when the N. P. train came in on time.
AS we understand 1t the trouble is al
most always "on the main line" and not
on this division In this we do not re-
fer to- the delays caused by the snow of
the hard winter. In fact except for the
troubles at the Cashel cut, there has
been comparatively little difficulty from
this cause, but when train is periodi-
cally late an average of two hours fol-
six months, it looks as if it would be
much better for all concerned to have