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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11
Subscription Rate. and Terms,

The PIONEER EXPRESS is sent only on
the direct order of subscribers. and is
continued until ordered stopped and all
arrearaRes paid.
The rate of subscription is alike to all.
500 per year. Subscribers paying in ad.
vance have the choice of several premium
papers in addition.
Sample or marked copies" are sent
as complimentary only, and while we de-
sire them to be considered as invitations
to subscribe. they will not be continued
except upon request.
7 The PIONEER EXPRESS is the best ad-
vestisinG medium in the county, having
more general circulation than any
other raper. Card of rates sent on ap-
plication.
Entered at the pos+office at Pembina as
second class mail matter,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11
The late j. r.. Mortimen..

The Winnipeg Free Press in its account
of the drowning OF Mr.. Mortimer. gives
the following sketch,of his life, aud his
connection. with the labor movement of
the workingmen of the prownce.-"The
deceased came to Canada from Glasgow
in 1896, and for couple of years; was,
engaged in farming Then he located in1
Winnipeg and took up his trade as a
tailor. He was very active in fAbor,cir-
cles and was soon recognized as q man
of much. ability. During the two,occa-
sions, when A. w. Pnttee contested Win
nipeg, for the House of Commons, hiss
campaign manager was John, II Morti-
meE.. In 1900, Mortimer removed to-
Vancouver where he soon became pro-
minant worker in labor.circles and twice+
was. the socialist candidate for federal.
honnrs. Two years,ago he left Vancou-.
YER and went to ST. Vincent, ,xhere he
has. since resided. In the recent FEEDER.
al elections Mortimer. was in Winnipeg,
and was one of the chief. workers. in
SupE{O1o VI VIC S0sA0A<soSuA0 VI u" .A& @
Houston, the socialist, his victory in the
debate with r. A.. Bonnar;.a at. Selkirk
hall, being feature of the campaign.
While in Winnipeg in 1885,, Mortimar
and. MIR. Puttee were sent asrepreasat-
atiNes to the Trades and Labor congress
at Montreal. Mortimer attended another
congress in the same city the next1 year.
During the time he was president Of .ttse
loaal trades and labor caaancill The. de-
ceased was very much Interested III, i'm
proving the conditions. of. tina letter
Ecaariers in the>eity. He .wentta.0ttawa
Fin connection nth this and took up, the
matter with tho postmaster-general. And
y. as result II his earnest solicitations
the pay of the letter carriers VAS aaisee
$40. per month. The death. Of MI
e Mortimer was announced Thursday a
the meeting, Of the. trades and laho
lcouncil and motisa of sympathy We
y passed, as well as having. a latter {
a. sympathy sent to the widow.''
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11
Annual Pefeon Shoot.

The annual pigeon shoot for the Wei.
ford neighborhood was shot off Thurs.
day afternoon, at the farm of Mrs. P. A.
Quinnell, Riverside Farm.) Owing to
the day being rather blustery the
attendance from outside neighborhoods
were not up to the usual number, but
all that attended had good time
and the usual good supper was served by
Mrs. Quinnell, assisted by other good
wives of the neighborhood.
Messrs. MADDEN and Quinnell were
selected as captains, and the lining up
was as follows, with scores noted below:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday a
diver from Winnipeg searched the bot
tom of the Red river without success
for body Of John r. Mortimer Of St..
Vincent, who is supposed to have drown
cd while attempting to cross the ice on
Thanksgiving evening as told in this,
paper last week.
The operations of tho diver were Of
considerable interest to the people here
most of whors had never seen any such
work. The rame of the diver is D..
Harvey and his assistant IS B. Hail.. Mr..
Harvey is in the employ of the Dominion
government and his business is to look,
after the under water bridge work in
construction by the government fer the
new Grand Trunk Pacific now building
from the lakes to Winnipeg.
The apparatusfor diving consists prin.
cipally of the rubber suit which clothes
the diver from his neck to- his feet At
the neck is metal collar on which is
screwed metallic helmet covering the
head. In the face of the helmea; is a
glass booking mach like the glass, that
covers the face Of clock. OF course it
man were dressed in such suit with
the helmet in place he would soon die
for want of air. So in order that he
may have air there is also q. large ali
pump that is worked with wheels, and
with suitable rubber. hose attached
The suit of tina. diver is inflated by thf
air pamp which is run by two men,. II
the top of the helmet there is valve
that allows the air to Yass. out again. ID
bubbles to tbs surface SO, in this name
the diver has constantly supply O
fresh air, when he is inside his suit. Ir
some cases the diver has a telephone
apparatus attached to him when hel01
a the surface and can thus talk to th
persons attending him above. Hese th
water not being very deep and the stay
y under water not long, he only took
$ line with him with which to signal
n his assistant. When the suit is initiate
IS the diver looks like huge giant.
IS In the work here he went down to IL
70 bottom by means of ladder. Arrivir
10 at the bottom he made systemat
d search in all directions from the ladd
le and then cutting new hole in the il
a. he would again follow the same pla
ID Owing to the muddy river and the i
Id on top, it was too dark to see anythil
i'll with the eyes at the bottom. The on
er method was to get down on his han
e. and knees and feel in all directions, tn
RE move forward and again 60 through t
same process. He marked his positi
with rope, knotting it at each pla'
He found two channels in the river o
:. coming from the Pembina and
' running down the Red. These we're
ia the deepest places about 10 It., DEF
though the general depth of the river
a., very much less. There was no "und
IL tow, the current running strong q
straight down stream at this stage
let water.
The diving suit is the property Of
ME Dominion government for which
charge Of Is. day was made and Y
~ {. & u II ' 4 Fs
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11
MARKET REPORT.

MARKET REPORT.
$ E; $sS: 81: g +; e : e
Elevator Co. z" -
Friday 1900. LOB 1OI 81 80 81
Saturday ...... 1.O2 100 So 81 sc
Monday ....... 1O2 100 SO 81 sc
Tuesday. ..... 1.O1 SO 95 80 s.
Wednesday go. 99| 81 SO 80 SO
Thursday. 81 95 81 Sc 81
Barley. - to A, Oats SO to 40, Flax 1.2e
Jury term of court in January.
The "kids' will be home from the U
on Dec. 18th.
The various Sunday schools are getting
ready to welcome Santa Claus as usual
The ice crop on the Red is now over a
foot thick and growing rapidly.
Fred Gardiner has been at Grand
Forks this week on business.
Mrs. A. Karr is visiting with the
Sherarts family at Larmore this week.
Joint installation o. E. s. and Masonic
Lodges next Friday evening, Dec. 18th.
Next Tuesday there will be meet
ing of the Workman Lodge. Routine
business will be transacted.
Mrs. 1. A. Burley is visiting at Willis
ton with her daughter and will remain
over the holidays
F. NJ. King and Auditor Felson at.
tended the Good Roads convention at
Grand Forks on Wednesday.
Attorney Laxdal was over from Cava.
lier on Tuesday on business at the court
house.
j. A. Bennett, OF Bathgate,was before
the board of commissioners on Wednes-
tudy, on business
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Nixon and Miss
Nixon expect to 60 to New York City to
spend the winter in short time.
Congress met Monday. Senator Hans.
brough was delayed in st. Paul through
illness. He is at hospital.
A son and heir arrived at the home Of
Jack Mitchell on Tuesday evening and
all are we'll.
The county board have been in ses-
sion this week at routine business. AL
present. They will meet again abou
the first of next month.
District Superintendent j. G. Moor
will preach at Pembina next Sunday a
the regular services, it being quarterl
meeting occasion.
The members of the Pembina librar
society will meet at the residence OF +
G. Wick. on Saturday evening at eigf
o'clock, to arrange for the coming year
NJ. H. Miller is the first to present I
with a new attractive calendar for l9O
1t is beautifully embossed and is
work of art. Call and he may have o.
for you.
A box social under the auspices
the NJ. E. church at st. Vincent will
held in Reid Hall there next Frld
evening. A cordial invitation is extend
to the people from this side of the riv
Several teamting outfits will lea
here in few days for Roosevelt, Nil
to spend the winter hauling cordwc
and saw-logs for railroads. They 81
over the Canadian Northern and t.
hay and oats with them.
Some comfortable rooms and g
board free. Apply to landlord Re
house. The genial sheriff is gett
lonesome for want of guests to keep
busy. Except for an occasional "b
house. the Jail has been empty
several months.
The weather was rather cold Fl
Friday until Sunday, but gradu
warmed up, and the rest of the W
has been quite comfortable. A Ii
more enow came on Wednesday nj
but not enough for sleighing yet.
roads are good for wagons and consi
able wheat is being hauled TO market
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11
nncIaimed. La.bsH,

Mr.. Nation Crary;. Iount Din1ings
Monsui1 Arthur Xandals Enaile Vadeax;
Miss Lau Belle Wilson.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

Congress met Monday. Senator Hans.
brough was delayed in st. Paul through
illness. He is at hospital.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

A son and heir arrived at the home o
Jack Mitchell on Tuesday evening and
all are we'll.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Nixon and Miss
Nixon expect to 60 to New York City to
spend the winter in short time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

An elegant bedroom suite, in oak, a,
good as new, for sale at half price-can't
see it has been used. Apply at this
office.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

The county board have been in ses-
sion this week at routine business. AL
present. They will meet again abou
the first of next month.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11
Total birds killed, AZ.
THE BODY NOT FOUND.

Total birds killed, SIS,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

Mrs. I. A. Burley is visiting at Willis
ton with her daughter, and will remain
over the holidays.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11
Marriage Licenses.

Nov. 3O.-Peter Richett, Hope, Cava-
lier Co., and Margaret Capelette, St.
Joseph.
and Lottie Golf. Drayton.
Dec. 2.-William A. Shannon, Big
Falls, Mimi, and Mary p. Burritt
Toilette.
Dec. 9.-James Gillies and Violet
Langton, Neche.
Dec. Is. Oliver Hughes and Jennie
tsheard, Neche.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

F. NJ. King and Auditor Felson at
tended the Good Roads convention at
Grand Forks on Wednesday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

Miss Rebecca Grumbo, who drew one
of the 800. coupons in the piano con-
test, would like to dispose of the same
to some person who wishes to buy a
piano. Call at the residence near court
house.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

j. A. Bennett, of Bathgate,was before
the board of commissioners on Wednes-
day. on business.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

District Superintendent J. G. Moore
will preach at Pembina next Sunday at
the regular services, it being quarterly
meeting occasion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

Attorney Laxdal was over from Cava.
lier on Tuesday on business at the court
house.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

Next Tuesday there will be a meet
ing of the Workman Lodge. Routine
business will be transacted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

Joint installation o. E. S. and Masonic
Lodges next Friday evening, Dec. 18th.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

The members of the Pembina library
society will meet at the residence Of H
G. Wick. on Saturday evening at eigh
o'clock, to arrange for the coming year.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

The city stores are looking very
attractive to the kids and grown folks,
with their fine array of Christmas goods
You can find most anything you want
in our city stores-and will want most
everything you see.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

NJ. H. Miller is the first to present us
with new attractive calendar for 1909.
1t is beautifully embossed and is a
work of art. Call and he may have one
for YOU.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-11

The weather was rather cold from
Friday until Sunday, but gradually
warmed up, and the rest of the week
has been quite comfortable. A little
more snow came on Wednesday night
but not enough for sleighing yet. The
roads are good for wagons and consider
able wheat is being hauled to market.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
DON'T LIKE LITTLE STRANGER.
Did Ever Youngster Welcome Advent
of Little Brother or Sister?

The mothers were talking shop.
when little Harold came" said the
first mother, his older brother Regi-
maid was very curious about him.
Eyes, Reggie, dear told him, the
little baby is a Washington's birthday
present to us from the angels.
HE frowned in thoughtful silence.
Then he said:
"'Well, mamma, if we wrap him up
carefully and put him away and don't
use him, we can give him to some
body else next Washington's birthday,
can't WEI"
The other mothers smiled and
sighed. The second said
ION the--er-advent of my little
Miriam, Hannah, our five-year-old. was
taken upstairs by the cook to see the
newcomer.
Hannah looked her little sister over
sternly. Then, turning to the cook,
she said:
"Jane. you can keep that in the
Kitchen"
Again the mothers smiled and sighed
and nodded sadly.
Eyes. it is always So" they said.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
BUY ONLY BEST cHIcoRY.
Ask for the Franck Brand and Insist
Upon Getting Ii.

All coffee drinkers should be familiar
with the history and merits of chicory.
AS salt is necessary for soup, so coffee
IS incomplete without a proper proper
that gives coffee that rich flavor and fra
grant aroma.
Americans, thanks to foreign-born resi-
dents, now appreciate the merits of chic
ory The United States Government has
interested itself in the root and recently
issued a bulletin on the use and growth
of chicory. (See Bulletin 49, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture
1t also regards chicory as standard a
food product as coffee and requires the
coffee makers to state the contents Of
their packages in plain letters. This in
sures the purchaser pure coffee and genu-
inc chicory.
One chicory manufacturing firm, Heinz.
Franck Sohne & Company, which has IL
ceived forty medals for the excellence OF
its product in its nearly a century of ex-
istence has established an American
branch at Flushing, n. Y, whore genu-
Inc Franck ChiCory is made From this
factory genuine chicory is supplied to all
the leading jobbers of the south
You must ask for Franck Chicory in or
der to get the best ChicOry. Many In
ferior brands are offered, but there is
only one high grade chicory and it is the
Franck Chicory.
Make sure that the coffee you buy Is
mixed with "Franck' chicory and insist
on getting II. You will be assured of a
cup of coffee rich in taste, fragrant IN
aroma and healthful in effect. You will
good Dutch housewves-the same kind
served in all the leading hotels and res
taurants. Accept only coffee prepared
with "Franck" Chicory-it Is the best.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had Itching Rash-Threatened
Later With Blood-Poison in Leg
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

about twelve or fifteen years ago
| had breaking-out, and it itched,
and stung so badly that l could not
have any peace because of it. Three
doctors did not help me. Then | used
some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura ONT
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and have not been bothered
with the itching since, to amount to
anything. About two years ago l
had la grippe and pneumonia which
left me with pain in my side. Treat
ment ran it into my leg, which then
swelled and began to break out. The
doctor was afraid it would turn to
blood-poson. l used his medicine
but it did no good, then | used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breaking-out on my leg. j. F.
Hennen. Milan, Mo-, May Is, 1907"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
Gentle Persuasion,

A young chap from the south, who
recently took up his residence in Bos-
ton with the purpose of pursuing GER
tain technical studies at the Hub, en-
gagged board and lodgings at "a select
establishment in Columbus avenue.
1t was not long after his Install
ment therein that the southerner
found himself obliged to complain to
the landlady with reference to the
noisy doings of some of his fellow
dodgers.
The people in the room next to
NINE" said he, quarrel in a loud tone
regularly every evening much to my
distress. What's the trouble. any
way"
"Oh, you mustn't mind them" said
the landlady That occurs very often,
at least once week. It's only Prof.
Whiteside. the hypnotist. trying to per-
suade his wife to go to the band con-
cert. "-Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
FOR THE ROUND BALE,
Some More Reasons for Cutting Anti
Quated Method


W. B. DeWalt, In a letter to the Co
Operator (Dallas) takes up the cudgel
in favor of improved packing and
gives the following good account of
himself:
To The Co-Operator: | see you have
some good advice to the Union in the
saving to the farmer by the adoption
OF the gin compressed bale of cotton
wish to give some more facts as to
why we should quit the old-style way.
First, it is not the proper way that
cotton should be put up, for it gives
the parties through whose hands It
passes the chance to steal some from
each bale, namely, the weigher at our
cotton yards who gets one bale for
the weighing of every six hundred
bales which equals twenty thousand
in a 100000 bale crop.
And then it goes on to the compress
where they can steal enough to pay
all expenses and that amounts to one
hundred thousand or more bales and
the old-time street buyer took equally
as much in. samples, which is called
the city crop all of which the farmer
has sold to the buyer at a reduction
in points to cover the loss to the
buyer.
III We Will compress our cotton at
the gins we will use of our low grade
cotton, six thousand bales, that will be
off the market and besides we will
save s7,000,000 (seVen million dol
lars) and our cotton will be in shape
the South will have saved $4,000. 900.
to build warehouses with, which will
give ample room to store all Of the
cotton raised by the South That is
what We need; not mills nor spindles,
for when we go into such things as
that We will have to get some expert
TO run it for us and If history re-
peats itself the expert would get the
benefits and the farmer the expert
ence.
We, as Union men don't want any
thing but to cut out the leaks wher-
ever they may be that are wasting
so much of our life blood and if we
will attend to the things of that nature
that are here among us, we will soon
have won what we are clamoring for.
l see that Polk County Union is
talking OF putting in a compress.
am sorry any of our brethren would
do anything to uphold the bagging and
tie trust. | say to you, Polk County
men, weigh well your actions before
You go too far, for there are some Of
you that know me.
Hoping that all Unions will consid.
er this and if it should meet with
their favor it is time that they We're
getting to work so as to be prepared
for this years crop.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
HOW TO APPLY PAINT.

Greatest care should be taken when
painting buildings or implements
which are exposed to the weather, to
have the paint applied properly. No
excellence of material can make up
for carelessness of application, any
more than care in applying it can
make poor paint wear well.
The surface to be painted should be
dry and scraped and sandpapered
hard and smooth. Pure white lead
should be mixed with pure linseed oil.
fresh for the job, and should be well
brushed out, not flowed on thick.
When painting is done in this manner
with National Lead Companys pure
white lead Grade marked with The
Dutch Boy Painter') there is every
chance that the job will be satisfac-
tory. White lead is capable of abb
solute test for purity. National Lead
Company Woodbridge Building, New
York, will send testing outfit free to
any one interested.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
That Held Her.

1.-THE most eloquent speech l ever
heard contained only four words said
Sociologist Snodgrass. Ginger Ma
gonnigle had brought his best guyl to
the grand civic ball of the East Side
Gentlemen's Sons Terpsichorean Co.
terie, ticket admitting lady ard gent.
including hat check. so cents. The
guyl, fascinated by better Walter.
abandoned her escort and danced
three times with the stranger AS
they were beginning their fourth
waltz they were. stopped by the hand
of Ginger Magonnigle, which clutched
the arm of the guyl Gazing deep into
her eyes, and with voice in which
were mingled surprise, self-pity, re-
proach, resentment and menace, he ex-
claimed:
"'Sa-a-ay. who brung yer?' "-Har-
pers Weekly.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09

When YOU have thought out all the
things that have puzzled all the
world, and have absolutely nothing
else to solve, go to work on the land
problem. Land is an absolutely free
gift to man. At no time has anybody
had the original right to sell or barter
it away, but, by some means, raw
lands have advanced along the COM
mercial lines till in many cases it is
sold" at several hundred dollars per
acre. and by those who have no use
for it. and who could not to save their
lives tell how it came that somebody
at sometime became owners of it. Ev
cry foot of this old footstool belongs
TO the creatures planted on it. and all
the man-made laws under the canopy
of heaven can change this. Man is en-
titled to all that he has done to make
it better and more productive, but not
to the land.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09

This is election year, but all the
voting in the country cannot do any
part of the work of raising crop
Don't let the politician eat up your
time too much 1t is the duty of every
citizen to post himself on the issues
Of the day and it IS his duty to vote
on every question that comes up. but
this does not mean that he should at
tend all the conventions he can hear
of and roll up his sleeves for every
candidate who wants him to use his
influence"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
k,RMERs' EDUCATIONAL
AND
COOPERATIVE UNION
or AMERICA -
WHO WOULD SWAP?

aims upon the housetops'
Clouds obscure the SKY
l,.,ing by the fire,
Little wife and l.
/ a uoes done sailed down.
E,ror mind the weather.
pste those 'tatoes brown.
), hacked in the barnloft,
i - rrib ehock full of corn,
w. give milk in plenty
Th. maidens not forlorn'
wis are stopping payment,
ractories shutting down,
Eav who would swap the country
For starvation in the town?
D. receive the rain and sunshine
rrom the God whom we adore;
r. nraise Him for the bounty
We farmers have in store.
10 SOW our fields in gladness,
With Joy upturn the sod;
re hoe the weeds from life and
field
pa.ults we leave with God.
|ao u Havnie. In Home and Farm,
Unite Bluffs. Tenn.