The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-21


The PIONEER EXPRESS is the best adj
sess nera medium in the county, havinl
more general circulation than any
other PAPER Card of rates sent on an
plication.
Entered at the postoffice at Penbina a:
second class mail matter.
MARKET REPORT.
$ E! $;;; $ss: ; ;$$; :
Elevator Co. o. -
Friday ...... 1.01 81 81 so Z:
Saturday ... 1.O2 SO 90 81 Z:
Monday ....... 1.0l 96| 81 80 Y
Tuesday. ...... 100 So 80 70 81
Wednesday go. loo SO so 70 II
Thursday. ..... 100 So sol 70 u
Barley.44 to 50, Oats IS to 80, Flax Ill
The Midland Northern surveyors are
now at Hamilton.
Little Robert Booker who has been
seriously ill is reported as improved.
Wesley College Conservatory of Music
opens Sept. 22nd. Catalogue will be sent
free on application.
Geo. Springstead, the Crystal grain
dealer is putting up elevators at Gardar
Mountain, and Concrete.
James A.Williams,a former we'll known
hotel man of Emerson died last week at
Carman, Man., aged IS years.
Harry Gill, wife and two children of
Portal came on Monday evenings train
and surprised the old folks at home.
Get good start and enroll in the
Mankato Commercial College, Mankato
Mimi, at the Fall opening, Sept. l.
Send for catalogue.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccullough OF
Milton have been guests at the M.E.pa
sonage this week. MIR. Mccullough is an
extensive land dealer at Milton.
Steel is going on the Cement mine
railroad this week and the road is ex.
pected to be complete about the first of
September.
The Whir-r-r-r of the sickle of this week
will change to the hum-m-m-m of the
separator next week. It's the music that
hath charms and changes for even the
wheat ears.
Painting store fronts has been the pre-.
valllng fashion along the business blocks
the past week-and the Merchants Bank
has INDUCED in a new set of curtains as
an evidence of prosperity.
There's black rust in the wheat this
year but it came too late, or else the sea
son was not favorable, so it has not done
much harm. Late wheat shows it more
than the early wheat.
The drain commissioners We're in sess
ion on tuesday for the purpose of hearing
protests as to the assessments leviec
against taxation for benefits for the Ice
landic coulie and Macarthur ditch
There were not many to protest.
Thanks are. due and rendered tx
Thacker d Hughes, proprietors of tn,
Union Commercial College of Crane
Forks, for set of handy and complete
maps of North Dakota etc. which incl
dentally bears the additional informatio,
that the college is one of the best school
OF its kind.
James Wardwell who has been Will
his company THE 4 Lincolns'' at tn
Empire at Grand Forks for the last tw,
weeks was home over night on Sunday
Mrs. j. T. Cockburn of Drayton, his sis
ter, came with him and renamed unit,
Tuesday morning. j. T. was also her
Sunday night.
A. Hutchins of St. Vincent lost te
head of cattle by lightning last weel
Tne cattle were in pasture and the Dol
struck the fence alongside of which tn
cattle were feeding. A peculiar fact j
that there we're cattle belonging to q
least ten other parties yet only cattle bt
longing to Mr.. H. were injured.
A very large number of laboring me
are coming across the information,
boundary line to work in the harves
fields. They are mostly Galatians an
are not of the very best material as the
are rather stupid. But they help ,
supply much needed demand by o,
farmers and prevent the necessity Of pa,
ing excessive high wages. Harve
hands are getting about el.75 cents
day here this season.