The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-23


Since writing the football article else
where in this issue, arrangements have
been made with the Cavalier team and
there will be a game at the city park on
Saturday afternoon. Go and root.
Mr.. Villeneuve who lives between
Neche and Bathgate has been in the
city this week looking for residence,
but finds the supply rather poor. Penn
bina has been short on tenement houses
for some time.
Rev. Mr.. Karr who has been appointed
as agent for raising of fund for the
support of superannuated ME. preachers
will continue his residence in this city
for the present at least and has rented
the house of N. E. Nelson.
Miss French, teacher in the public
schools here, has been ill for abont two
weeks. She is at Mr.. Heneman's. Her
mother has arrived and is caring for her.
She has resigned her position and Mrs.
Fitch, wife of Prof. Fitch, is expected
to-day to take her place as teacher.
Now is the time to send in your yearly
subscriptions. IT you send us 50 in ad-
vance it will pay for Is months. "In ad-
vance" at this time means if the remit
lance pays up to July 1st, 1909, or long
er, we add three months more free. We
have discontinued premium papers in
connection with the Pioneer Express.
Messrs. feathers, Buckley, and anoth-
er gentleman whose name we did not
learn, are the heads of families who have
arrived from Doyon, this state, with two
carloads of household goods and farm
machinery, and who have rented lands
from Messrs. Warner & King. They are
also driving % head of horses overland.
These families were originally from Illi-
nois and will make very acceptable
addition to our suburban population.
The talk on music and fine arts gen.
orally by Prof Fitch at the ME. church
last Sunday evening was listened to by
good sized congregation, who greatly
enjoyed the services. By the way, we
wonder that clergymen don't call more
on the laymen for assistance of this
kind, and vary the usual services by
varied programs of music and perhaps
discussion of topics, that while not strict
ly doctrinal, are yet directly connected
with religious worship or sentiment
perhaps the subsequent sermons might
be better-by contrast-if nothing more.
A private letter from friend connect
ed with the patent department in Wash
ington, but who is not connected with
politics except as voter, makes this re-
mark, which sizes up the situation in
few but very true words-"I think Judge
Taft's election would be best to restore
business conditions to normal Bryan's
election would probably retard the re-
covery great deal not because of any
harm he would really do, but because of
what he might do. There is nothing
that paralyzes business like uncer
tainty.''
Frank Parker and G. H. Dye whom we
referred to before as being promoters of
a banana plantation in Nicaragua, have
been soliciting stock for their enterprise
and seem to be meeting with success
The company is being organized under
the laws of this state and as both gentle
men are acquainted in these parts they
undoubtedly will have no trouble in
placing their stock on the terms they
offer. Mr.. Dye has spent some time in
Centra America and is thoroughly post
ed on conditions there, and don't hesitate
backing up his project with facts.
John F. Miller and daughter went
down to South Dakota to take a chance
in the great government lottery going on
there. distributing chances for farms on
an Indian reservation. Anybody could
take chance by making written appli
cation. These applications were placed
in sealed boxes, and last Monday they
were all emptied out on platform in 8
big hall and then mixed with pitchforks
and then little girl, six years of age
picked up one of the envelopes contain
ing an application and the party making
it had the first choice of farmland
this is continued until the whole Of tn
lands are disposed of. The number o
applications were above 100000, and o
course far more applications than land
Mr.. Miller has not heard as to his lucl
as yet.
81 Mrs. Ole Paulson wishes the ladies q
= this locality to bear in mind her stock q
4 trimmed hats-at her residence jus
across the bridge. #