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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-04

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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
TAKES BLIND GIRLS HAY.
Persecution Charged Against North
Dakotan.

Alleged persecution of Steena Enge.
berg, blind girl, living ten miles east
of Kenmare, has resulted in the ar
rest Of Gilbert Hanson, farmer living
in the same neighborhood.
Miss Engeberg had taken home
stead in that vicinity, and Hanson, ami
mated, as he says, by hatred o: her
brother. began a series of contests.
Three times has he contested the
claim, besides filing protests with the
department of the interior against her
being allowed to make final proof.
The last contest recently was decided
in favor of Miss Engeberg. and her
proof was accepted by the land Office
at Minot. The proof was held up at
Washington, however. and the girl
was required to live fourteen months
longer upon the land. Hanson mag
ined that because of this last require
ment he had right to Jump" the
claim, and accordingly squatted upon
it and cut hay for his personal use.
This caused the girls brother to make
complaint and Hanson was arrested
on charge Of grand larceny and
bound over in the sum of $500. He
was rearrested on charge Of carrying
concealed weapons, and on this charge
he was released on $1,000 bond.
The blind girl has 1875 acres of her
claim under cultivation, the place be-
ing valued at about $500.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
TWIN CITY MEN SEE GRAIN.
Make Automobile Trip Into North Da
kota.

Make Automobile Trip Into North Da.
kota.
Crop reports have driven many Of
the Twin City elevator and grain men
to make trips into this state. A party
of Minneapolis grain men arrived in
Minot recently in big fifty-horse pow
or auto to look over the crop situation.
In the party are S. S. Cargill, S. s.
Cargill, Jr.. A. E. Benedict and c. l..
Sawyer. The trip from Minneapolis
was made in an auto, the party start
ing Aug. 20.
Farmers of North Dakota are now
hoping for dry weather so that the
crops may be harvested and threshed.
In every part of the state harvesting
is general, but weather conditions
must be favorable during the next
week or ten days so as to allow the
farmers to finish up the work as rap
idly as possible.
The fear of wet fall is quite gen.
eral. A wet season would mean big
loss to the farmers, in that 1t would
result in lowering the grade of the
grain, and besides would delay, opera
lions to such an extent that 1t might
be impossible to get some Of the grain
of the ground before It gets too ripe.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
ELECTION is DEMANDED.
Commission System Advocates Take
Legal Action.

Commission System Advocates Take
Legal Action.
Mayor Hartman and the members of
the city council of Mandan have been
served with writ of mandamus is.
sued by Judge Winchester, which re-
quires them to appear in court and
show cause why they should not be
compelled to issue a call for a special
election for the purpose of submitting
to the voters within the next forty
five days the question of whether the
city shall adopt the commission sys-
tenn of government The hearing will
be held on Sept. z. The Injunction
is the result of the refusal of the pres
ent city government to call special
election sooner that Feb. 4, 1908. The
petitioners claim that this date is too
remote, and was fixed by the council
solely for the purpose of continuing
itself in Office. They therefore sought
relief through the courts by meanns of
the present action.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
State News. Of Interest
PROGRESS OF SOIL SURVEY.
Fret. Willard Talks Of important Work
Being Accomplished in Slope coun-

Fret. Willard Talks Of Important Work
Being Accomplished in Slope coun.
try.
Prof. d. E. Willard of the agricul.
tural college is in charge of the soil
survey in the western part of the
state says that the soil survey camp,
which he is in charge of, is now 10.
Gated on section S-131-S9, far south of
the Cannonball river in Morton
county.
1--WE have six men in the party"
said Prof. Willard, land each man is
provided with saddle horse. The
party is composed of Thomas D. Rice,
a soil expert from Washington, who
was furnished for this survey by the
federal government. He has an as
sistant, Ray Babcock, Of the N. d.
A. c. DR.. w. B. Bell, who is the BIZ
ologist Of the party, is furnished by
the state for the purpose of examining
the different kinds of plant life. John
T. Weaver and Rex Willard are two
land examiners from the agricultural
college. The Northern Pacific rail-
road has also employed three of the
members of this party for the pur-
pose of appraising the land within the
fifty-mile indemnity strip through
which the party is travelling.
1T is very slow work making this
soil survey, as it takes man one to
two days to make survey of Sec
ton OF land. Colored sketches are
made of the territory as it is covered,
and the land is classified. 1t is gen.
orally classified into two kinds, graz
ing and farming land. These two
kinds of land is then classified into
per cents relative to it's value under
the general classification.
I'VE started out June !, and have
worked nearly across Morton county.
We will also work into Hettinger and
Adams counties, making a complete
survey as we go. We expect to have
the work finished by Sept. 10 or IL.
II have found the crop conditions in
the portion of the state where we are
now camped very much better than
had expected. The low land is very
good where we now are, but the high
land is so covered with stone that it is
of very little value. This rock is of
flint variety, and is very hard. IN
like most stone the portions of it
which is exposed to the weather be-
come as smooth as glass, and make
travelling very difficult. There are
very few glacial boulders to be found,
and have made a standing offer of
81 to any of the party discovering and
reporting one of these boulders.
ut is very fine work, and the young
men in the party are enjoying it very
much. They come into camp in the
evening with ravenous appetite. We
do our own cooking at the camp, talk
Ing turns at it. Our horses were lost
the other day, which gave us little
diversity from the routine work in
locating them
Prof. Willard said that there is an
other party working in Mckenzie
county in charge of A. E. Kocher from
the department of agriculture, with
Robert P. Stevens of the North Da-
kota agricultural college as assistant.
This party is only making a soil sur
vey, and is not appraising the land.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06

BY MARTIN w. oDLAND.

Is Maelaren, the we'll known lake or
sea, disappearing? A writer in the
Svenska Folket, who has lived on it's
shores for twenty-five years, says
that the water level has continually
declined and that what were parts of
the lake fifty years ago are now
meadows. A historical Investigator
says that for over 200 years this lake
has been disappearing.
Last week mentioned incidentally,
by way of illustrating the unusual in
dustrial activity in Sweden at the
present time, the organization of sew
eral large corporations, the largest of
which is the sugar trust. This con-
Germ. it seems. is sure to mark an
epoch in Swedish history, for it will
furnish the socialists with stronger
argument than they have hitherto
been blessed with The sugar trust
comprises all the refineries in the
country and is backed by a capital of
135.OOO,O00 crowns, or about $4,000
600. AS the tariff on sugar is so high
as to make importation OF this neces-
sity an impossibility, the combination
will have the consumers OF sugar at
its mercy. The socialists will argue
that the only remedy is for the state
to take over the sugar industry, and
it is certain that this proposition will
take among the people and result in
the election of a large number of
large number of socialist candidates
for membership in the rikstag
a Stockholm correspondent gives
the following succinct account of the
financial outlook in Sweden at the
present time:
THE crop outlook has been exceed
ingly good and we might have had ex-
pected a record harvest in every re-
spect, but the continuous rain during
the past weeks has proved rather Sc
rious, and the cold nights have con-
triDuted to the result. At the present
moment the sun shines again, but I'M
less it continues to do so for a consid-
cradle period we shall see crop be-
low the medium or worse, which
means difference of about two hun
dred million kroner to the Swedish
nation. The financial situation is at
present not by any means dangerous,
but money is scarce here as else
where, and if the crop should be bad
the scarcity will be still worse, and
then it is best to be prepared. The
great rise in everything, which in
some cases has been overdone and in
some cases unwarranted must be fol-
lowed by reaction natural in any
case, but sure to take place as soon
as the scarcity of money is felt
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
TAX LEGISLATION NEXT.
Time Not Vet Ripe for Statewide As
sessment at Real Value,

suuS NoS 1eI nlPe TOT Stdte.Wloe AS
sessment at Real Value.
The next legislature will probably
be called upon for tax legislation II
the movement for the assessment of
all classes of property at real value is
to be carried on. A step in this direc-
ton was taken this year, but it failed
for the reason that present laws will
not permit an assessment to be made
on that basis.
The 1-mill tax for educational insti.
tutions is fixed tax and was author
lied for the purpose of raising funds
for the maintenance of these institu-
lions outside of the general fund tax,
which, on the low valuation of the
property, would not produce revenue
enough to run the state and the insti.
tutions, and as the tax was limited to
mills it was necessary to find an
other way to raise additional funds to
defray expenses. The constitutional
ty of this mill tax has been question
W. oAIAou6u uOI III COuFI, duU IL HAS
been paid without any legal protest.
If an effort had been made, however
to levy this mill tax on a largely in
creased valuation the matter would
probably have been taken into court.
This tax could be repealed If the val
uation of property were made sufi-
GENTLY high to produce this included
amount of revenue through the 4-mill
tax for general purposes.
Another law that will have to be
changed fixes the salaries of county
officers. Salaries are based upon the
assessed valuation, and if they were
largely increased at once. it woull IT,.
suit in much inequality. These SAL
aries could be based on the amount
of tax levied in the counties.
Then laws are needed to ascertain
the value of corporate utility proper
tyy such as telegraph lines, telephone
lines, railroads, express companies
and similar enterprises. The present
knowledge of the value and income.
producing properties of these utilities
is limited.
The legislature may also be asked
for tax commission to devise ways
and means of getting all classes of
property on the rolls.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
CORNER STONE is LAID.
School Of Forestry Under Way at Bot
tineau, N. D.

School Of Forestry Under Way at Bot.
tineau, N. D.
The foundation stone of. the state
school of forestry at Bottineau was
laid by Gov. Burke in the presence of
large gathering. Owing to the rain
the exercises were held in the opera
house, where addresses were deliv-
cred by s. B. Mahaney of Willow City,
Judge Burr, State Senator L. X.
Spoonheim, Prof. C. B. Waldron of the
agricultural college, Superintendent
Burch of the school of science, Wah-
peton; Superintendent Stickvill, Sena-
tor Hansbrough and Gov. Burke. The
Omemee band furnished the music.
The governor in his speech dwelt on
the importance Of the building now
to be erected, and the benefit it would
be to the young farmers of the state.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
North Carolina Fire Eater.

Andy MCGEE, who carries the mail
from Magnetic to Bakersville, is .
monstrasity. He can eat live Goals Of
fire with impunity, and with spoon.
II you doubt this just bring him q
live coal and a nickel and he will.
masticate the coal and pocket the
nickel. This is not all, for he told d
for 81 he would pour q spoonful az
molten lead In his mouth and 1t e
cool and then take It ont and rive IL;
to us In 2 solid piece. What can tho
devil do with such man Bakers
Vile Observer. as 5,s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06

~ July was 1000 MIL, as against only
G6.2 for the same month last year.
The Norwegians, Midling and Ire
schow, ard the Finn, Baron Manner
helm, have become the owners of the
Kramfors sawmill, paying 100000 900
crowns for it. It is the second larg-
est sawmill in Sweden, and some of
the patriotic citizens are not pleased
to see it pass into the hands of for
eigners.
The strike of the walters and wait
resses of Stockholm, which aroused
such apprehension among hotel and
restaurantkeepers early in the sum-
mer, has been settled, resulting in a
defeat for the strikers.
The people Of Sweden are watching
with keen interest the treatment &C
corded their prince, Gustave, In the
United States. He landed at Newport
the latter part Of August and was
there shown marked attention by the
millionaires' colony.
g.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
DEN M lark.

Quite a number of veterans of the
their golden weddings Of late, and
they are recipients of gifts from the
king and the minister of finance.
That the Danish government appre.
ciates the value of art and wish to
have all the people enjoy it was
shown when the department Of
finance set aside $4,000 crowns for
the purchase of reproductions OF
famous Danish paintings, to be hung
in the waiting rooms of railway sta
tons throughout the country. A COM
mittee of artists was appointed to
make selection of paintings to copy,
and the reproductions were executed
with great skill. being almost as beau
tiful as the originals One painting
will be hung in each station, and
about $50 waiting rooms have been
thus beautified.
recently held at Copenhagen for the
purpose of considering the vexing
problem of obtaining foreign help AS
l have stated before, there has been
a dearth of laborers on Danish farms
of late years. and large number of
Polanders have been imported to sup
ply the want. But it is becoming
more and more difficult to obtain
Polish laborers, as the owners of
large estates in Germany have been
"gobbling them up" by Offering high
wages.
The meeting in question was held
behind closed doors and an effort has
been made to keep the transactions
secret, but it has leaked out that the
question of importing Chinese labor
ers was seriously debated. 1t is said
that the owners of sugar plantations
were particularly eager to experiment
with Chinese coolies, having in mind
the satisfying experiences of Amerf-
can plantation owners with such help.
1t is understood that it was practical
ly decided to make the experiment,
and If it proves successful-from the
standpoint of the employers-it is
likely that the yellow peril will be
brought right home to the people OF
Denmark.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
/ NEED NO NEW BUILDING.

Man Sues for injunction Against New
Court House Bonds.
G. p. Gross Of McHenry has brought
suit to enjoin the board Of county
commissioners from issuing or selling
the bonds from the proceeds Of which
It was intended to erect new county
court house. The plaintiff alleges in
the complaint which has been served
upon the commissioners that the pres.
ent court house is In good condition,
commodious and adequate to the
wants Of the county.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
NORWAY.

The city of Lillehammer celebrated
its eightieth anniversary Aug. Z.
BY the middle of August 16,478 kilo-
grams of fresh and 21,229 Kilograms
of sailed salmon had been exported
from Vadso, as against 7,471 and 49,
26S during the same period last year
"a remarkable increase.
Seven sisters in Eastern Totem have
an aggregate age of $50 years. the
eldest being ninety-one years old. All
are in excellent health, and it is be-
lieved will make their record for
longevity still more remarkable.
The agricultural society of the
southern part of Trondhjem county
has appointed horticulturalist to
travel about, instructing the peasants
in horticulture free of charge, so that
they may improve their orchards.
The press of Norway is all agog
over John Flottum, the thirteen-year-
old boy possessed of sixth sense,
about whom l wrote couple of weeks
ago. Columns are devoted to the
prodigy by the dailies of Tronghjem.
Bergen and Christiania, and the cor
respondents are sending lengthy let
tiers concerning him to the newspa-
pers of Europe and America
In no part of Norway is the forestry
question receiving so much attention
as along the west coast. The hills
and mountains there are naked. and
the lowlands are clothed with heather,
whereas of yore lusty pine trees
flourished in abundance. They dis
appeared because of the reckless
wastefulness of the people, and not
until now have the inhabitants learn
ed to fully appreciate fully the impor-
lance of resurrecting the forests.
The "Dovre" Singing Society of
Minneapolis, which has been making
a concert tour OF Norway, was highly
honored at Aalesund. At the close of
it's concert there the society was pre-
sented with an excellent bust of Hen
rik 1bsen, reproduction of the mas
terly bust of the poet made in 1889 by
the sculptor Jakob Fjelde, who was
native of Aalesund. but who removed
to Minneapolis, where he died. A
similar bust was presented to the ST.
Olaf College Band of Mortified,
Mimi, during it's visit to Aalesund in
1906.
| Rev. Christian Knudsen made a
very significant declaration in regard
to the temperance question in a SER
non delivered at Drammen. He said:
THE first aim of the temperance
advocate should be to influence the
popular opinion and seek to do away
with Intoxicating liquor in social life
Nothing is so much misused as alco-
hol. We must correct the conception
that alcohol is to take high rank as a
beverage at social functions. We
must not only fight against drunken
ness, but also against the drinking
customs, for it is these that cause
drunkenness"
| The census returns show that the
population of the rural communities
of Norway has increased more rapid
ly than the population of the cities,
something unusual in European coun-
tries. Indeed, some of the cities have
lost ground, notably Christiania,
which now has 1854 fewer inhabi-
tants than in 1900. The reason for
this is found in the fact that quite a
number of the residents of the capitol
have moved out into the country.
where there is far greater activity
than formerly. The population of the
leading cities in 1900 and 1905 fol-
lows:
Differ
1900. 1905. ence
1
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06

Quite number of veterans of the
War Of 1864 have been celebrating
their golden weddings of late, and
they are recipients of gifts from the
king and the minister of finance
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-06
{ III orth Dakota
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Dickinson has fifty-four autos.
Lumber continues to be advanced in
price.
Dickinson will have more horse
sales.
Adams county had its first mar
riage.
Minot will have Its town pump
painted.
There has been some robberies at
Williston.
Horse stealing is to be made more
difficult.
Merchants are laying in large
stocks of goods.
Anamoose is favorite spot for the
Eastern dog trainers.
Minot is to have new postofice
DullulnS OH MAIN street.
The commercial club at Max will
assist in protecting game.
The annual inspection of Fort Lin.
coin has recently been made.
There was bountiful crop of hay
in North
A man claiming to be Abe Lincoln
was arrested in Burleigh county.
Company A of Bismarck is making
strenuous effort to secure an arm
DRY.
County division agitation in Nc.
Lean seems to be louder than in
Ward
Deputy game wardens have posted
copies of the game laws over the
country.
A bolt of lightning destroyed the
postoff1ce building at Burnstad, near
Napoleon.
The Dickinson substation is pros
pering under the direction of Supt.
Waldron.
A recent analysis shows that a we'll
near Bowbells Is one of the best in
the state.
The officials of Ward county appear
to be trying to fit a new fall style lid
on Minot.
Ex-Public Examiner Brightbill has
been offered good price for his prop.
erty In Texas.
It Is rather remarkable how noble
and great most people were-after
they are dead.
A five-foot vein of Ignite coal-fifty
feet below the surface-was found
uear Jamestown.
Some fine hunting dogs around
White Earth were injured by attack.
ing a porcupine.
Some fine specimens Of grain have
been collected this summer for use in
exhibition purposes.
Harry Clarke of the Grand Forks
Herald developed into watermelon
juggler at Bismarck.
Frank Mcdonald was acting
strangely at Minot and was taken in
charge by the officials.
Tired of being robbed, some victim
turned the tables and raided two slot
machines at Richardton.
Robert Mclean of Sentinel Butte
pleaded guilty to killing stock that
belonged to another man.
The people in the Ignite coal Sec
tons of North Dakota are not greatly
alarmed over the possible shortage.
There is row in Ward county be-
cause lot of bridges have been built
off the roadways and on private prop.
erty.
There will be no row when the
Northern Pacific takes the main track
and depot out of Valley City to the
cutoff.
Around Bowbells it has been discov.
cred that the wheat heads have six
rows something that occurs only at
long intervals.
Valley City people at last secured
relief from period of darkness caus.
ed by break in the machinery Of the
electric light plant
When the theaters at Bismarck and
Valley City are used by regular. show
companies the motion picture shows
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