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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
BIG BOOM IN WESTERN N. D.
Senator Hanna Tells Of his Observa
tons in the Golden Valley Country.

Senator Hanna Tells Of his Observa
tions in the Golden Valley Country.
There is big boom on in the ex
IRENE western part of North Dakota
and the country is filling with settlers
at remarkably rapid rate according
to l.. B. Hanna of Fargo, who spen'
several days at Beach during the last
week.
"The towns all through that section
are full Of people. Every train which
arrives brings crowds of people whe
have come to settle up the country, SO
that it is hard to get a place to stay
over night in the towns.
Mr.. Hanna states that the settlers
who are arriving in such large mum
bers are an excellent class Of people
most of them experienced and practi,
cal farmers from southern Minnesota
Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana, who
have come to establish their homes In
the new country.
''They have been seeding for more
than week out in that country" con
unued MI. Hanna, and breaking has
been going on for much longer per
Tod. There is great influx of settler
there and the country is settling VI
fast and seems destined to be ver
prosperous.
when l went out there I was a lit
tie skeptical regarding the kind
country l would find. hut I was yer,
favorably surprised. Our party wen
over and carefully examined about fl
teen sections and we found the soil i,
the country north of Beach t ODE ex
cellent for farming. There is no gray
81 or sand and the soil is rich. TIL.
onl question in my mind is regarding
the rainfall and they have had enough
of that during the past few years t,
produce fine crops.
Steam plows are being extensivel,
used out there for breaking purposes
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
MAY SHOW WALL STREET PLOT
Persistent Secrecy About Bond Theft
Causes Speculation,

Persistent Secrecy About Bond Theft
Causes Speculation.
New York, April 2S.-The district at
torney's office last night had succeed.
ed in delaying for another day public
ity concerning the details of the con.
spiracy through which the Trust Com.
pany of America was robbed of bonds,
the aggregate value of which is known
only to the persons directly interested.
What information was forthcoming
was of negative nature. The authori.
ties denied that third person, yet to
be named, is involved and that another
arrest is imminent.
Oakleigh Thorne, president Of the
trust company, said that his bank
would not lose more than the SAC, 900
required to reimburse the brokers who
had innocently accepted the stolen
bonds as security. No bonds are now
missing, he said, and the bank is not
further concerned in the case.
District Attorney Jerome declared
last night that he would say nothing
for publication
This persistent secrecy has given col
or to the report that the prisoners may
turn states evidence and reveal q
Wall street plot of large proportions.
1t is known that bennett and Doug
lass at the district attorneys Office
yesterday dictated statements of the
purport of which the prosecution fatty
refused to give hint.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
WOMAN IN LIQUOR CASE.
Technical Charge May Be made Basis
of Testing New Law.

of Testing New Law.
1t is reported in Bismarck that the
recent seizure of liquor in a cave south
of town may be the case with which to
test the new law giving officers author
ity to seize liquor in unusual quaint
ties wherever found. Another report
says the stock of goods belonged to a
local bigger" who went out of bust
ness when the word was given that
the law must be enforced, and was
preparing to remove it to another
state. At any rate the stuff still is in
the vaults at the state capitol and
there is no claimant as yet. The cave
being on a lot owned by the postmis-
tress of Bismarck and the owner of
the liquor found being unknown, she
was cited by the court to show cause
on May Is why it should not be de-
stroyed according to law.
Deputy Marshal Stout Of Fargo was
in Bismarck, having arrested Mary
Cole in Emmons county on a charge
of selling liquor to Indians. She was
brought to Bismarck and bound over
in 5000 bonds to await the action of
the United States grand jury.
The supreme court practically fin
ished hearing arguments of cases and
will devote the entire time from now
on to closing up the work laid upon
the judges by the terms at Fargo and
Bismarck. Chief Justice Morgan says
there are about fifty cases for decision
by the court and the work will take
until we'll into the summer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
In and About the State
FARMERS ISSUE CALL FOR HELP
Gov. Burke Sends Request for Men to
st. Paul.

Gov. Burke Sends Request for Men to
st. Paul.
An application for farm help was re-
ceived by the state labor bureau at st.
Paul from Gov. Burke of North Da-
kota.
Send all the men you can find" he
said in a telegram to w. H. Williams,
the state labor commissioner. Mr..
Williams will turn the matter over to
the state employment bureau.
A telegram was received at the
Great Northern general offices at st.
Paul from ]. M. Kelly, president of the
Farmers Grain and Shipping company,
at Devils Lake, stating that the farm
ers in that vicinity are badly hamper
ed by the scarcity of transfers and
!"borers. He says that conditions
there are serious and that about 200
teamsters can be used in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Devils Lake. The farm
ers offer $35 to $40 month with
board.
Every season a cry comes from the
agricultural communities of Min
nesota, North Dakota and 9TH
er states in the Northwest,
but in the past it has always
come during the harvest time. This
is the first time that an appeal has
been made at seeding time, and is a
strong indication of the scarcity of
willing labOrers which is sure to pre-
vail this season. 81
Employment agents say that there
are plenty of men available, but very
few care to do farm work. Free fare
is granted only to those doing railroad
work. There is little call for railroad
laborers at present. Legislative action
in the different states has been re-
sponsible for the railroads cutting
down on new work. They are said to
be going on with only such work as it
is necessary to finish. One employ
ment agent said that while there was
call for 1000 men to so on railroad
work a year ago this time, the order
now only calls for about 500. Besides
legislative action the weather is re-
sponsible for keeping railroad work
back.
There is a. class Of laborers who
travel on passes for the alleged pur-
pose of going on railroad construction
work, but as soon as they get within
proximity of agricultural activity they
Jump" their jobs. This opportunity
is not offered so far this spring, and
as a consequence the farmers will
have smaller proportion of floating
population to draw from.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
GAG" WAGON UNDER LID.
Moorhead Mayors Decree Causes
CONSERVATION.

Moorhead Mayors Decree Causes
CONSERVATION.
Fargoans who are afflicted with a
thirst which requires daily allevia-
ton are filled with CONSERVATION at
the prospect of having dry Sunday
hereafter, through the decision of
Mayor Wheeler of Moorhead, that the
Sunday Jag wagon is illegal and
that it must cease it's perambulations
across the Red.
Mayor Wheeler is determined that
there shall be no discrimination as
between the thirsty ones in Fargo
and those of the same variety in Moor
head. The saloons are not allowed to
keep open doors on that day, but it
has been the practice to fill telephone
and mail orders received from Fargo.
The mayor insists that this practice
must stop, and threatens revocation
of the license of any saloon man VIC
lating his order.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
MAKES p,eeERs TAKE TO COVER
Temperance Commissioner Is strenu-
Gus Official.

Temperance Commissioner Is Strenu-
Gus Official.
George Murray of Sherbrooke, Steele
county, temperance commissioner for
the State of North Dakota, has been
secretary of the state enforcement
league for several years, but his first
official engagement in the suppression
OF liquor selling began when he was
appointed by Gov. Burke under the
new law passed at the recent session
OF the legislature. He is a compare
lively young man, but he is reputed to
be man Of determination and ex:
tremely earnest in his desire for the
enforcement of the prohibition law
He has an Office at the state capitol
and possesses the functions of states
attorneys in any of the counties in
which he chooses to prosecute liquor
cases. 1t is said an action way be
brought to test the constitutionality of
the law under which he was appointed.
but in the meantime he is making the
"piggers" wary and hard to catch
Mr. Murray has been a resident of
the state for number of years, com.
ing here originally in search of EN-
ployment, teaching school for several
years and afterward grounding himself
in the law, being admitted to practice
number of years ago.
In a recent raid at Bismarck, the
commissioner dug a hole under the
door Of a cave where liquor was be.
lieved to be stored; wormed his way
underneath; removed the hinges from
the inside and forced entrance to the
hiding place of about a thousand dol
lars worth of contraband stuff.
Under a recent law passed by the
legislature, peace officers may seize
liquor in unusual quantities., wherever
found and without a search warrant.
Notice is then given to the owner If
he is known, and a complaint. is filed
with justice of the peace. If the
liquor is found to have been shipped
into the state in violation of the law
or for the purpose of violating the law
1t is ordered destroyed. At the present
time the commissioner has the booze
and beer stored in vaults and storage
rooms in the basement of the state
capitol and an inventory disclosed
fifty cases of beer number of barrels
Of the same fluid, half dozen barrels
of whisky and other spirituous liquors.
wine, gin. cigars and all manner of
liquors.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
new GOSPhFOR RAILROAD MEN
PRESIDENT INGALLS, OF sio FOUR
MAKES a STRIKING 40
DRESS.

Pittsburg, April 2S.-Melville e. In.
gals, chairman of the board Of direct
ors Of the Big Four railway system,
last night, In an address delivered at
the fifth annual banquet of the Traffic
club Of Pittsburg, gave a striking word
picture Of the railroad situation in the
United States to-day and outlined in
forceful sentences the policies and
methods that must be adopted for the
future II the great transportation in
terests are to escape disaster 50 vast
in its scope as to menace the whole
structure Of national prosperity.
Square Deal All the Time.
Mr.. Ingalls, declared that the rail
roads must placate the public by Civ.
ing the public square deal all the
time; publicity must be observed con-
sistently, and for the benefit Of road
and public; the interstate commerce
commission must be increased in pow
er, number and salary and reinforced
by the best talent and ability the ma
ton affords.
"a new evangel must be preached in
reference TO the railways" he said.
They must be placed upon higher
plane, and instead of being considered
by the ordinary people as pariahs they
must be
Considered as Benefactors,
and you who have struggled along sc
faithfully during the past years, doing
many things that have been criticised,
but doing them only for your company
and not for your personal aggrandize-
ment, you are the men to preach this
new gospel and produce higher and
better condition of affairs"
There were more than 800 guests at
the banquet, including railroad presi-
dents, vice presidents, traffic mana
gers, traffic agents, manufacturers and
shippers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
WILL NOT AID NORMAL.

Emergency Board Refuses to Increase
Girls Dormitory Fund.
Trustees of the Mayville normal
school were before the state emerg-
ency board at Bismarck asking finan-
sial aid for a girls dormitory for that
Institution as they deemed the $4,000
appropriated by the legislature insuf-
ficient for the purpose. The board de-
clined to give the aid asked. on the
grounds that the legislature was the
best Judge Of the needs Of the institu.
ton. jg ss: 6.9s ..3 y
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
STRUCK BY AUTO TRUCK

Mans Legs Are Broken, Spine Hurt
and Condition 10 Critical.
Davenport, Iowa, April 2s.-Bamey
s. Ward of Ida Grove is in the hospital
here in critical condition as the re-
suit Of injuries received by being
struck by an auto-truck. Both of Mr..
Wards legs were broken, his collar.
bone was fractured, his spine injured,
and 1t is feared that he sustained seri.
GUS internal injuries.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
FARMER IS DROWNED.

Goes to See It River ls Rising; Body
is Found Soon Afterward.
John Kavanaugh, sixty years old, a
retired farmer. was drowned in the
river near Grafton. He complained Of
not feeling we'll, but said he was going
down to the river to see il the water
was rising. His body was found float
ing in the river about two hours later.
A widow, and several children survive
It IL believed the man fell into the
river accidentally.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
MAY GUST OLD WARDEN.

North Dakota Board Likely to Change
Prison Regime.
In addition to the rumor that Tread.
well Twitchell Of Fargo, speaker Of the
house of representatives, is to be ap
pointed warden of the state peniten.
tiary to succeed Warden Boucher,
comes a rumor that Fargo machine
man named Hellstrom has been slated
for the position of warden and that
Warden Boucher will not be retained.
Nothing definite will be known until
the meeting of the board of trustees
May 1. Friends Of Warden Boucher
have hoped for his retention. It is re.
ported that Thomas Gray of Grand
Forks will be deputy warden.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
SUFFERS TWENTY HOURS.

Duluth Woman, Who Used Kerosene
In Stove, Dies Of Burns.
Duluth, April 2S.-Mrs. Max Berger
died yesterday afternoon Of burns. She
suffered great agony for twenty hours.
Late Thursday afternoon Mrs. Berger
used some kerosene to start fire in
the kitchen stove and accidentally set
fire to her clothing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Car Repalrer Killed.

Fargo, N. b., April 2s.-simon APP
sahl, q car repairer on the Northern
Pacific, was killed here. He was at
work on a car and was caught between
that and hunted car which had got
away from the switching crew.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Girl Student . sulclde,

Girl Student q Suicide.
Wayne, Neb.. April %. - Miserable
because the student she so greatly ad-
nired treated her coldly at dance.
Louisa McCleese, aged sixteen, a CO.
ed e the Wayne normal school, took
poison and died.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Farmer KIN, Nelohbor,

Petersburg, w. Va, April %. -
George Hiveley Of Kettle. in Roane.
county. shot Robert Summers Of the
same place With q rifle yesterday.
Both men we're respected farmers and
have families. { 5S
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
wishek went dry.
~
Mimic had another fire.
Two u,o1non fonuh4 ne nowdnn

2MlulO uttu duOLuOT
Two women fought at Bowdon.
The Minot militia showed up we'll
Mannhaven is to have new ferry.
The Binford postoffice is to be
moved again.
Page is to appropriately observe
Decoration day.
The Pythian Sisters of Neche will
give banquet
j. H. McVeety, formerly of Fargo.
has located at Fargo.
The Tolley telephone exchange will
soon be in operation.
Some glandered horses were ordered
killed at Brinsmade
The Northern Pacific is making i'm,
provements at Denhoff.
State fair officials are beginning to
get out their premium lists.
The new uniforms for the band at
Bismarck have been ordered.
Soda water and ice cream people
are ready for torrid weather.
Kenmare is to start the baseball
season with an amateur team.
There are complaints of bad money
being in circulation in the state.
Even the water pipe objected to
the immersion theory at Grafton.
Leeds is long on bald heads since
the new style of hair cut came in.
Denizens of joint at jamestown
were pulled and fined for scrapping.
large crew of railroad men have
been at work on the siding at Sharon.
The manager of the Maddox base.
ball team has signed some fast play.
erS
AT Bottineau the sewer and the
water pipes are placed in the same
trench.
The state university band will fur.
nish the music at the Chautauoua this
summer.
Two residents of Finley were fined
$50 each for a scrap by Justice Hunt
of Sharon
Chief Clerk Norton of the house has
gone to Adams county to grow up with
the country
The organization to construct a new
telephone line out of Brinsmade has
been perfected.
Edgeley and LaMoure are in a con-
troversy over the quality of the water
in the two towns.
The plan to confscate beer ship
ments has a tendency to discourage
the business in this state.
Valley City people will vote to de-
eide the fate of municipal ownership
OF the electric light flant.
Towner is going to have summer
resort with plenty of shade trees,
boating, bathing-and SIGH.
Because of the small attendance of
pupils at Williams county schools the
state apportionment was heavily cut.
The opera house at I4ansford is call
ed the Dammann. That's as profane
as the Lakotan whose name is Goldam.
mer.
Capt. Grant Marsh will run a ferry
between Bismarck and Mandan and :
night excursions up and down the
river
Three kippen brothers of Omemee
will receive $4,000 each as result of
the death of 4 millionaire uncle in
Scotland.
At Gardena two young men started
a street fight The mother of one of
them broke into the game and licked
both the boys.
Charles McCulley of jamestown has
been promoted to the general fore
manship of the bridge construction
crews on that division of the Northern
Pacific.
There was fun at Darlington when
a resident was visited by his twin
brother and they were so alike resi-
dents Of the town could not distinguish
them apart.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
North Dakota
q News Notes


Valley City has municipal row.
Mandan is up against a water prob
lem.
Hankinson wants gasoline fire en-
CINE.
Vow mills do not seem to be much
in demand.
Carpenters are in great demand all
over the state
Sarles feels certain of securing a
farmers elevator.
The cow ordinance is again being
agitated at Bismarck.
Ardoch men have invented a. new
tangled bundle carrier.
Some thief swiped booze from the
500 depot at Russell.
Sentinel Butte, almost out to the
Montana line, has the lid
Seeding has progressed rapidly in
some sections of the state.
The new rural telephone company
near Glendale is success.
The town hall at LaMoure has been
leased for theatrical purposes.
The stage mail route from Rankin
son to Vernon is to be discontinued.
Efforts are being made to have
farmers elevator constructed at Cros-
by.
The Farmers &Merchants' Bank Of
Mandan will erect new building this
summer.
Farmers are less disposed to be be-
guiled away from North Dakota by
fairy stories.
j. B. Mooney is reported to have
been selected as one of the deputy
public examiners.
There is not likely to be a great re-
duction of the wheat acreage because
of the late season.
There is war at Russell against
tie posts in the streets-for sanitary
and other reasons.
The uniforms for Company F of
Mandan did not arrive in time for the
official inspection.
Charles Martin was arrested at Dew
lis Lake on the charge of furnishing
whisky to the reds.
The ladies' waiting room of the N.
P. depot at LaMoure was converted
into an express room.
William Ponto was arrested on the
charge of breaking into Oium's store at
Kelso-and confessed.
The lid was fitted onto Wolford as a
result of activity by those favoring
prohibition law enforcement
Attorney Slattery of Forman has re-
moved to Mandan and will form
partnership with Jimmie Campbell.
At Glendale reward of $1OO has
been offered for the arrest and convic-
ton Of the distributor Of poisoned
meat
A report was started at Walhalla
that the water works was out of COM
mission, but it was found to be all
right
Walter Parkin of Mandan was the
successful bidder for $4,000 acres of
grazing land on the Standing Rock
reservation. ....
The celebrated threshing case at La
Moure resulted adversely to the plain
tiff after a long trial and he was stuck
for about $500 costs.
Devils Lake has a man who could
rent house for $40 but refused to ac-
cept more than $11 as he considered
that good returns for his investment
At Russell the marshal was attempt
ing to round up some stray swine
when the owner appeared and had
scrap with the officer, refusing to be
arrested.
A farmer has discovered a simple
and. cheap plan of determination of
weeds along the roadside that ought
to be adaptable to city lots. He takes
20 cents worth of white clover, 10
cents worth of timothy seed and 20
cents worth of blue grass seed, mixes
them thoroughly and sows them along
the highways, this quantity and pro-
portion being sufficient to plant mile
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03

A man unloaded q car of horses at
Kenmare and got them into the coun-
try before the 500 onicials could coll
lect the freight-and now they are af-
Ter him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03

Fire destroyed large grain eleva-
tor Of McClusky in Mclean county.
The flames consumed 1900 bushels OF
wheat which were in the elevator and
the total loss is estimated at $20, 600,
which is partially covered BY insur~
ance. The origin ofathe IRE II mn
known. ~,
Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-27

thirty tons. It is built especially for it's purpose in carefully designed sec tions. To the laymen it's almost daily demolition and reconstructspn is a mystery of the chowman's art. Never before was such a herculean task attempted and accomplished. Two coaches which couple to 1t, are of the type and size familiar in railroad travel. They are ripped apart after doing duty in each town, loaded piece-meal sn sixty foot cars, and hur- ried away to the community next des- tined to see them in correct whole.
 This formidable array of rolling stock comprises only a small part of the impedimenta required in the pro duction of the spectacle. In each stopping place a mining camp must be made in few hours. Streets and sidewalks quickly replace the green sward, and lining them rise hotels, saloons. residences. dance halls and gabling dens To the. rear, tower ing mountain casts it's fantastic shod- ows. The entire aspect suddenly changes as the piece progresses. Where were evidence of semi-civiliza- tion is seen a great stretch of son. bre, rugged Wyoming country, re- lieved only by telegraph poles and wires and the gleam of a solitary rail road track. 1t is the spot selected by Jim Dalton and his fellow bandits for their hold-up of the train and the plundering of express car and pas sengerE Elrere, too, swiff retribu- ton overtakes them. Sheriff Devoe and his posse are at their heels and in the running combat which ensues, the extermination of the desperadoes is complete.
 Hi picture and in pantomine the story of "The Great Train Robbery" is told with such bold and vivid real ism that the entranced spectator is trilled to the very heart. Each mo- ment of the delineation of frontier life is one of tremendously exciting interest.