The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27
The secret societies at Rolla are
buying pianos for the lodge rooms.

init and they do things to men with
hammers"
Many pure blooded horses for
breeding purposes are being brought
into the state.
The newly organized civic club Of
Devils Lake discussed the subject OF
trusts at its initial meeting.
The farmers near Rugby have been
gophers frisking about the roads as
they were driving to town.
The Commercial Club of Minot will
investigate the financial ability of the
city to erect waterworks plant.
Steam plow operators are ready to
begin work in Nelson county just as
soon as soil conditions will permit.
General attention is being given
over the state to the matter of exits
and fire escapes in school buildings.
The annual meeting of the North
Dakota Retail Merchants association
will be held in Grand Forks July Is,
16 and II.
A county fair will be held in Hills.
boro on July 2, and 4, under the aus
pieces of the Trail County Agricultural
association.
Ransom county is to have school
fair during the year, and the superin-
tendent has begun the collection of
samples Of work done in the schools.
A sign Of commercial advancement
at Dickinson is that Postmaster Law
renee has instructions from Washing
ton to increase the rents of postoffice
boxes.
A public library and a new ward
school are subjects which will keep
the people of Devils Lake from be-
coming dormant-good things to keep
moving.
The promoters of the erection of
Deaconess hospital at Northwood are
much encouraged-three-fourths of
the amount required is in the hands
of the treasurer.
And now it's up to the citizens of
some of the towns where the railroads
have cut out their railroad stations
to besiege the interstate commerce
commission with their tale of woe.
The gentlemen from Palermo who
contemplated starting a brewery at
Blaisdell changed their intentions at
the suggestion of the citizens, and re-
turned to the burg from whence they
came.
A farmer near Minot has five cows,
one Jersey. the other four common
grade COWS. which produced butter to
the amount of $76 per head last year,
besides the milk. cream and butter
used in the household.
Blind pigs and mules were feat
ures at the term of the LaAIoure dis
trict court, the former got justice in
stiff doses mad because the latter
had been sold when afflicted
with g.anders the seller, a man named
Peck, had to refund to Mr.. French the
money paid and damages besides.
State Superintendent Stockwell has
sent out an appeal to school officers,
county superintendent and princi-
pals to take warning from the catas-
trophe at Col:ingwood, Ohio. and cites
tention-the known conditions of
some of the two-story buildings in
small towns and villages causes
shudder
At the recent term of court at Hills
boro local attorneys united in paying
an expression of tribute to the mean
o-y of Hon. John Selby, who died sud-
denly since the last preceding term Of
court. Judge Pollock and local coun-
sellers made addresses and court adj
journed following the addresses out of
respect to the memory of Mr.. Selby,
who was long an illustrious member
of the bar of the state.
J. E. Pheland is not complaining on
account of North Dakota's fine weah-
tr. He has 10000 head of cattle on
his Berthold Indian reservation that
are rustling mighty good living on
the range. Mr.. Phelan has something
like eleven townships under lease, the
tract being enclosed by something
like one 100 miles of fence. Such
winters as the present are what
makes Western North Dakota the
paradise.
At Mandan a search warrant was
issued recently and twenty-six barrels
of beer were seized by the chief of po-
lice. The goods will be condemned as
and, if claimed by no one,
will be destroyed under the law.
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