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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
PROVIDE CITY ELECTRICIAN.
Minot to Have Wiring Officially In
Spccted.


spccted.
The ordinance providing for city
electrician at Minot has been passed
and will, after being published the
required length of time, become one
Of the laws Of the city. The ordi-
nance provides that a man shall be
selected to make an inspection of
every building in town within the fire
limits at least once year, and that
he shall supervise the wiring in every
building, that all changes recommend,
ed shall be made by the owner of the
building condemned. The salary has
been placed at 5000 a year. This
move will down the insurance rate
In the city. and will pay for itself
in very short time. il
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
a Sound Sleeper.

.Dslla. began Mrs. Nswliwed. tim.
My. = don't suppose that yoa
would object to my getting =
alarm clock?s 81 sI5
Not at Ill. ma,am," replied tho
sleepy cook: them thinss never a..
tsrb mo q all !"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
wednesdav.

Washington. April 23-The sum to-
tai of yesterdays proceedings of the
house was the passage under suspen-
sion of the rules of three bills and the
defeat of one. The bills that got
through were as follows:
Declaring the right to enter as OH
lands certain mineral lands; authoriz-
ing the alienation of certain allot-
ments of the Five Civilized Tribes,
and removing the restrictions against
foreign ships with respect to trade be-
tween the United States and the Phil
ippine islands. BY large majority
the bill to allow the importation of
foreign white laborers into Hawaii
was defeated
The Brownsville affair and the ma
val appropriation bill occupied practi-
cally the entire time of the senate
yesterday. Senator Warren of Mis-
souri, continued his remarks on the
discharge of the negro soldiers.
The naval bill was read through
with the exception of the sections re-
lating to battleships. which will proba-
bly, lead to an interesting debate to-
day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
1hursdav.

Washington. April 24.-By the over
whelming vote of 245 to 8 the house
yesterday, after several hours discus
sion adopted without amendment the
senate joint resolution authorizing
the attorney general to file suits
against the Oregon & California Rail-
road company for the forfeiture of all
or part OF 100000 acres of land
grants in the, western part of Oregon.
1t is claimed by the government that
by reason of breaches and violations
of the acts making the grants the rail-
road company had forfeited all right
10 the land in question.
AS the senate was about to con.
clude consideration of the naval ap-
preparation bill yesterday Senator
Piles of Washington proposed an
amendment increasing from two to
four the number of new battleships to
be authorized. AS several senators
desired to speak on the amendment
the further consideration of the bill
was postponed until to-day. An
amendment to the naval bill was
adopted approrriating 100000 to
begin construction on the two battle
ships authorized by the bill as it was
passed by the house.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
Friday.

Washington. April %. - Arguments
in favor CT the presidents program
for Sour battleships consumed most Of
the session Of the senate yesterday.
The senate passed a bill appropriat-
ing 100000 for survey Of an inland
water route from Boston to Whining
ton.
The business Of the house proceed
ed yesterday at a rapid gait. despite
the fact that the Democrats forced SIX
roll calls. Over 1000 pension bills
were put through, the largest batch OF
the session "A bill also was passed
providing for the protection OF life3
on navigable waters during regattas
and marine parades. sl5 sss3ttf
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
North Dakota
lVubbins q s
Minot is after a briquetting plant.

NsaNeS>seeNse
Minot is after briquetting plant.
Petition peddlers are abroad in the
land.
Dickinson is to have an attractive
park.
The dog poisoner was busy at Fair
mount.
The Taft club at Fargo wants 1000
members.
A den of coyotes was captured near
Bismarck.
Maddox wants some kind of fire
protection.
The Bismarck firemen insist OH a
hose wagon.
At Manning a coal pile was used as
barber chair.
A new bank building is to be erect
ed at Darlington.
Milk and meat inspection is a live
issue at Bismarck.
Dickinson is 80 over the 5000 dead
line-in population.
Three telephone organizations want
franchises in Beach.
A vicious rooster attacked two lit
tie girls near Neche.
The Washburn band has given it's
first open air concert.
Durum wheat appears to have plen-
ty of friends in the state.
Crosby has already arranged for it's
Fourth of July celebrations.
Richardton recently had it's first po-
litical speech of the season.
Bismarck has some troubles as a
result of hiring the teachers.
More farmers in North Dakota are
purchasing high power autos.
There was virulent form of diph-
liberia reported near Ambrose.
Cement block factories are being
established all over the state.
Scranton. Bowman county town. is
reported to be growing rapidly.
Stanley is getting many new set
tiers and land buyers this spring.
The farmers made great Roadway
seeding during the long stretch of fine
| weather.
The Missouri river was late in
breaking up at Bismarck-later than
since 1886.
1t is claimed that all seed barley
should be tested as some of the grain
| was frosted.
A. l.. Swanson of Wilton lost three
horses and some other property as a
result of fire.
There is kick at Hannaford over
the amount Of taxes some people are
having to pay.
A man was arrested at Lennon
while endeavoring to break into a
sealed box car.
Roger Allin. formerly governor, is
reported to have been elected a jus.
tice Of the peace.
State Engineer Atkinson has recov-
cred from. his recent operation suffi-
GENTLY to return home.s
There is lynx near Devils Lake
that keeps some young people-and
old ones, too in at night.
It required two hours to extinguish
a stubborn charcoal blaze in the Ho.
te! Dacotah at Grand Forks.
The village marshal of Crosby is
sending some drunken visitors to their
homes rather than arrest them.
Frank Frizon of Bismarck was shot
in the chin with an air rifle and had
to get a physician to probe for the
shot.
Last season was disastrous one.
financially, for the Velva baseball
team-but the boys again have the
fever
Dick Leonard was thrown, from a
rig near Mohall and so badly injured
that. he had to remain in the mud all
night.
H,iAt Richardton a pair of Hettinger
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
0lIl|Gre;s|'s.
Rssul.e u .tiss Weeks
PFoceeAiafs.
Monday.


Washington, April 21.-With the ex.
ception Of Messrs. Cooper and Nelson
of Wisconsin, Republicans. the house
yesterday, by strict party vote, de
clared that the action of Speaker Can
non last Saturday, in summarily adj
journing the house was not "a breach
of the privilege of the house affecting
its safety, dignity and the integrity OF
its proceedings" The declaration was
made when resolution by Mr.. VIII
liams holding such breach to have
been committed, was tabled, LAG to
119. The vote was preceded by state
ments by both Mr.. Williams and the
speaker.
The Brownville affair was again a
subject Of interest in the senate yes
terday, when Senator Borah of Idaho
took the groun1 that the negro SOL
diers of the Twenty-fifth infantry
we're guilty Of the raid that occurred
in the Texas town Aug. 1914, 1906.
Mr.. Borah analysed the testimony
taken in this case and declared that
no reasonable man could read it and
fail to be convinced that negro sol.
diers "shot up the town.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-01
Tuesday.

S0VOoays
Washington, April %. - Although
several hours were consumed in roll
calls the day in the house was one Of
comparative activity and several
measures of Importance were put
through. The principal Of these per-
haps was the resolution by Speaker
Cannon providing for an investigation
of the paper trust. and in pursuance
of its provisions the speaker an
nounced as the committee of six who
will conduct the investigation Messrs.
Mann Of Illinois, Miller of Kansas,
Stafford OF Wisconsin, Bannon of
Ohio, Sims Of Tennessee and Ryan of
New York. The Democrats as unit
voted against the resolution
Interest in the proceedings attached
to letter from Secretary Loeb to Mr..
Sims of Tennessee. asserting that the
400 shares of Washington Street
railway stock in his name, with the
exception of 100 shares. belonged to
others, and denying that he had in
any manner exerted the influence of
his official position in behalf of the
company. Of which he was director.
In connection with the considera-
ton OF the naval bill the senate enter
ed into long discussion of the policy
of sending the naval fiotilla around
the world. This policy was sharply
criticised by Senator Bacon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
For Woman,s Good.

T see notice by the Birmingham Rail- way. Light and Power company asking passengers to be careful in boarding and alightlng from ears,' said a citizen. "as serious accident would mar the happi- ness of an injured persons relatives dur ing the Christmas season.
 From my observation I have learned that more accidents occur to persons alighting from than boarding cars, and that women are the chief victims of these accidents. The reason is easily explained. In alighting from a car a woman gener- ally catches hold of the back handle with her right hand because she has a bundle in her left hand. If the car moves she is bound to be thrown down, and if she holds on she will be dragged and her arm wrenched All this could be prevented if she alighted by catching the front handle with her left hand and stepped in the direction that the car is going. But they won't do this, no matter how much they are instructed, so it becomes neees- sary to devise plan by which they will swing off right in spite of themselves.
 If there's one thing in the world woman loves to look at it is herself, espe- cially if she has on a pretty hat. Now, if the railway company would take ad- vantage of this propensity and place mirror instead of a pane of glass at the ends of the car, l will venture to say that the number of accidents will be reduced one-haf or more. Looking at herself, she Is looking forward and while so looking she goes down the steps holding on by the left hand and steps forward to safety.
 T hope no woman will take exception to this suggestion, as it is made purely in her interest, and as the result of long and close observation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
ROMANCE AND RED TAPE.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 That settles it. There IS no Santa Claus. The Postmaster General, acting on the representations of organized charity" has decreed this year that all childish missives directed to the joval old Saint must, for want of better ad- dress than the North Pole, Spitzbergen or Mylius Erchsen Land be forwarded to the dead-letter office in Washington.
 Now, as everybody knows, one of the last places in the world to find Santa Claus is the dead-letter office. There are no toys there. or anything No Teddy bears, no dolls. no picture books. Just clerks-nothing but clerks-sorting with delft fingers the thousands of lost and strayed articles of mail matter that have found their way into this unsympathetic grave.
 Last year MT. Myer laid the red tape aside, and allowed letters properly ad- dressed to s. Claus & Co., to be deliv- cred to their logical destination. viz, to charitably minded persons who elected, in memory of the Chird of Bethlehem, to make little childrens dreams come true
 Perhaps, now and then, some unworthy child-though it is hard to conceive of a young person so unworthy as not to be entitled to a Christmas gift-received a present which might better have been applied elsewhere. More often, however, because of this departure from the hard and set rules of the postoffice depart ment, some pitiabe little waif, to whom Christmas heretofore had meant nothing was given a tangible reason for believing in Santa. The only regret was that so many of the wishes as expressed in la bored communications to the children's saint-requests that mother. or a baby sister, be brought back-could not be real ized.
 And now the charity organizations com plain that, by granting these wishes we are doing the wrong thing, and are mak- ing beggars of the children. Because the applications are 'too numerous to war rant thorough investigation in each case.' thousands of deserving little ones this Christmas must go heart-broken, their faith in the Santa Claus myth sadly shat tered.
 Organized charity has done a lot of good in the world, and, undoubtedly in- discriminate giving tends to breed up paupers. Yet, even at the risk of re- warding the unworthy, and of bestowing gifts where they were not needed, would 1t not be better to preserve childish faith in the miraculous and to make some little hearts happy on Christmas morning?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
Why Make Taft Senator?

Not one single sound reason can be found for electing Charles P. Taft Senator for Ohio except that he is a half-brother of the Presidentelect and that he gave s110,O00 to elect him. He is not publicist or an orator, and if he is a statesman Ohio does not know 1t. He has done nothing of note or dis tinction in all the course of his life. and he is older than William Howard Taft. He is simply rich, and he shelled out freely to nominate his half-brother and later to elect him President.
 Suppose for a moment he were not half-brother of the President-elect and that he had not given $110,OOO to elect him-would any one mention him to- day for Senator?
 It is proposed to use him to keep Theodore F. Burton from promotion to the Senate after long and highly hon. orable and useful service in the House. No one questions his fitness. No one disputes his record. No one says his ambition to reach a senatorial seat Is unreasonable. And yet it is proposed to defeat so fine public man with tAis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
Governor Hughes Wall Street Commission

Governor Hughes has asked nine law yers. bankers and economists to put their heads together to devise some way to eliminate gambling from the stock and produce exchanges of New York city. They are not expected per haps to call witnesses, for all the facts are known to all intelligent men,.
 There are gamblers outright in the exchanges in New York, and there are also legitimate spectators. If a man buys a corner lot expecting a rise in it's value in the form of unearned in- crement he becomes a speculator of perhaps the legitimate sort. So, if he buys 100 shares of railroad expecting them to become more valuable he is a legitimate speculator. But if he or ganizes corner to force prices up or down, or if he buys what he cannot pay for or sells what he does not hold or expects to hold, he Is a gambler.
 The line between a gambler and legitimate speculator is not easily drawn, and for that reason it will not be easy on the part of the commission of nine to eliminate gamblers from the exchanges in New York without doing injury to machinery of modern business. The cornerers and the plung- CTS are an unmitigated evil, and it would perhaps be better for the cotton farmers if there were no contracts whatever. This is, however, a mooted question. Some think otherwise. By and large the problem is an intricate one, and if Governor Hughes commission can find a reasonable solution it will do much better than any other nine men have been able to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
The Iron Market.

The pig iron market is as strong as ever but it will be quiet until after Christ mas. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati report says:
 With the beginning of the new year at hand and the holiday season here, pig iron has proved more energetic during the past week than had been expected and sales have held up well, although in a smaller volume. The undertone is strong and conditions are of a stable na- ture, which prompt the best of feeling for 1909. Business done during the week has been largely of small lots with one or two satisfactory exceptions. It is ex- pected that early in January buying &C., tivity will again be much in evidence.
 .It is possible to figure on the pro- duction for this year, which will be be- tween 15,50O,OoO and 100000 tons. It is highly probable 1t will be much nearer the latter than the former amount.
 ''The conservative action of the iron trade during the past 12 months and the present feeling that 1t is better to pro- ceed slowly and surely than with rush. has taken firm hold of those interested and a steady advance with well assured strides is now in order
 "In the east good sales of basic have been made and the lower grades of pig iron at all points are scarce and have had the call The greatest activity re- marked among finished lines is in the wire and rod mills and it is reported that such industries are producing now al- most 90 per cent of capacity.
 "Our foreign trade during November in the case of imports for the month was lower by some s7,OOO, 900 than the samo month last year. but at the same time was higher in total than for any month since then, the extra over October be- ing a trifle less than $2,000,O00'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
] hourly learn doctrine of obedience.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
Slate Jail and Cotton Mill lnSpectOr

The appointment of Dr. Charles r. Bush to the place left vacant by the untimely death of pr. Shirley Bragg is based on locality. Thomasville's see. tion had been neglected in the making of state appointments, and so Dr. Bush was appointed. This is scarcely a sound reason in the making of an ap- pointment that relates to the condition of our jails and the employment of children in our mills But Dr. Bush no doubt. has other things than local ity in his favor
 He will, we trust, pursue the sheriffs who keep barbaric jails, and he will. let Us hope, drive children below F years of age out of the cotton mills of the state. It becomes his duty to see that no child under Is years of age is employed in any mill or factory who has not in each year attended school at least eight weeks. Unless Dr. Bush enforces this law, new to our statate books, his services as inspector will be failure.
 No official in the state-not one-has duties that touch more lives than Dr. Bush has. Thousands of children are employed in the mines and plants of this district, and if Dr. Bush can secure to each one of them a public school education he will indeed prove a public wide and all his time and energies will be needed in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
EPILoGUE TO AsoLANpo.

By Robert Browning At the midnight in the silence of the sleep-time, When you set your fancies free Will the pass to whereby death, fools think, imprison'd- Low he lies who once so loved you, who you loved so-
 Pity me? Ohl to love so. be so loved, yet so mis- taken! What had on earth to do With the slothful with the mawkish inc unmanly? Like the aimless, helpless, hopeless, did drivel--
 Being-who? One who never turn'd his back. but marchd breast forward. Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worst ed wrong would triumph; Hold we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better,
 Sleep to wake. No, at monday in the hustle of mans worktme Greet the unseen with a cheer Bid him forward, breast and back as either should be. Strive and thrivei' cry Speed, fight on, fare ever
 There as hsrsl'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
sIMIAN DIVORCE.
Mike and Maggie Can't Get Along at
 the Zoo.
From the New york World.

From the New York World.
 simian society in the Bronx zoo was shocked yesterday when it learned that Mike and Maggie, two of it's most popu- lar members. had separated and that Maggie was about to sue for a divorce. It was the first intimation that things were not as they should be on the trapeze where the pair set up light housekeeping about two years ago. Coming at this season of the year, when the spirit of good will is rampant in monkeyland as well as elsewhere, the announcement grieved the chimpanzee colony.
 Their devotion to each other in public caused them to be known as The Newly weds," and when baby boy came to gladden. their hearts, about a year ago, it was thought that their happiness was complete. The little fellow was chris tened Tim, after Mikes great-grand- father, and the celebration is still remem- bered as an affair that caused a famine in cracked ice the following day It was recalled yesterday how the tapir had been Tit up' for several days after, and that three or four of the 'possums were stuffed.
 "This will be dreary Christmas for us" sobbed Maggie yesterday. She held little Tim to her bosom and talked freely about her domestic troubles. Mike abso- lutely refused to chatter for publication, on the ground that the newspapers always misquoted him.
 Don't you think your differences can be patched up?' asked the reporter.
 ''Therell be no patching as far as I'm concerned" said Maggie, unless hang a patch on his eye. 1owuldn't live with him again if he was the last monkey on earth. I'd have left him long ago if it wasn't for the baby"
 What started the trouble?'
 "One night he woke me out of sound sleep to scratch his back. When I fused he slammed me up against the bars of the flat. Then he left the house and moved across the way. That's him with the moth-eaten map, flirting with the brazen hussy on the trapeze below. In addition to cruelty, I shall charge him with non-support. He has contributed but seven peanuts to my support since last summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24

half-brother who is loaded down with millions only.
 The election of the Cincinnati mil lionaire would be a reflection on Ohio. The defeat of Mr. Burton by such man would be a disgrace to all our methods of selecting Senators. Such things have been done in Rhode Island, in Pennsylvania. in New York, in New Jersey, in Delaware, all boss-ruled states, but if c. P. Taft defeats Theo- dore E. Burton Ohio will outdo in vile politics all the other states. She will strike bottom in machine politics, and the worst feature of it will be William Howard Taft's enforced connection with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-24
Mobiles Preparation.

While we are making no particular boast of the fact, Mobile is growing just a little faster. than any other southern city, with the possible exception of Bir- mingham," said E. E. Kersh, city editor of the Mobile Herald, and an old Bir- mingham boy, who spent some time here yesterday MT. Kersh was in Birming- val association. He states that the asso- citation is going to put on the greatest show this season in it's history, and he is particularly promoting the Congress of Beauty" which is to be made an event of this season carnival Briefly stated, he says that this event is to be one in which all the cities and towns of the state will become interested, as Mobile proposes that each city and town in the state shall have a queen of the carnival and from among all these queens the real queen of beauty will be selected. It is an event in which the society people of Mobile are taking great interest and due announcement of the terms for Birming- ham to enter the contest will be made.
 Mir Kersh says that the prohibition law. effective January 1, would in his judg- ment, be obeyed. The near-beer places will be licensed" he remarked, "as they are in some other cities and towns. but the mueh-heralded fragrant violations are not to occur. Mobile will be just as good as the rest of the cities of the state"