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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
DENMARK.

The Folketing has passed resolu-
ton awarding an annual pension of
1,5O0 crowns to Mrs. Myths Erickson.
widow CT the explorer.
A large number of hens are being
shipped from Denmark to England, as
it has been discovered that Danish
hens lay more eggs than their English
cousins. The price paid per each is
from six to seven crowns, which is
more than hens sell for in Denmark.
The German newspaper, the Schles
wig Grenzpost. which is one of
the most pronounced anti-Danish pa.
pers in Germany, has stirred up a.
great deal of resentment in Denmark
by bitter attack on the Danish gov.
eminent in the matter of the boun.
diaries between Schleswig and Den
mark. The paper charges that the
Danish officials are violating the
agreement entered into in January.
1907. This charge is unjust and I'm.
called for, and the people of Denmark
are accordingly indignant.
The anti-socialists of Denmark are
poking fun at the socialists who claim
to be the laborers' party. At the re-
cent election of q directorate for tho
party members Of the rigsdag were
chosen, representatives Of citizens.
20 editors, 2 business managers, 3 IT,
pographers, mayor, Phi. D., 1 NJ. A..
doctor, school inspector, trahlo
assistant. teacher Of languages, 4
teacher, 1 matchmaker, tenant, Il
maker Of wooden shoes. From this
list It appears that the ''laborers.
were slightsd.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
WATER TESTED az STATE.
Many North Dakota Cities Learning
About Purity Of Water.

Many North Dakota Cities Learning
About Purity Of Water.
Many communities in different partA
of the state are beginning to see the
wisdom of learning something about
the purity of water from certain
sources before it is used as a public
supply. The public health laboratory
is making analyses of this nature
nearly every day.
Kenmare has recently had trouble
with their water, and has sent sam.
pies from another source to be tested
for their purity, with view to using
water from this source.
Bottineau contemplates putting in a
waterworks system in the near future,
and has asked the public health labo-
ratory to make examinations of sam.
pies from four different sources.
These examinations are made to de.
termine which source furnishes water
of the highest purity, and that source
will be used for the public supply. Il
is a comparatively easy matter to so
construct the waterworks system that
water may be taken from any one Of
the four available sources, but It
would be quite an extensive expert.
ment to make change after the sys.
tenn has been installed.
The ice men at Ardoch have begun
to put up their supply of ice for the
coming season, and Mr.. Drew has sent
cake of ice from Forest river, with
a request to test its supply. This ice
furnishes the supply Of drinking
water for many people in that com.
munity, and it is wise precaution
to ascertain its purity beforehand.
These tests are made by the public
health laboratory free of charge.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
OPENS NEW GREENHOUSE.
Horticultural Department Of AaricuI.
tural College Branches Out.

Horticultural Department Of AaricuI.
tural College Branches Out.
With the completion of the new
greenhouse the horticultural depart
ment finds itself in shape to offer in
struction to very good advantage at
any time of the year. These houses
are three in number, each being sixty.
six feet in length and ranging in
width from eighteen to twenty-four
feet. The larger house is devoted ex-
clusively to class and demonstration
work. In the large bed at the center
are growing apple and plum trees, as
We'll as all of the bush fruits. This
furnished material for work in bud.
ding, grating, pruning, cross polliza-
ton, transplanting, etc. Around the
outside of the house are benches in
which the students have set off a
small area for their work in seed ger.
mination, and for the different forms
of plant propagation.
One of the other houses is devoted
exclusively to work in forcing and
plant propagation. During the winter
the ordinary forcing crops will be
grown here, and at the proper seasons
the different garden and ornamental
plants will be started.
The third house is, devoted exclu.
sively to the decorative plants. In
these are growing fifty species of
plants, including palms, ferns, azalias.
apacarias. cylamens, etc. Those will
also constitute one of the attractive
features for visitors.
The houses are all provided with
automatic regulators that keep the
temperature at any desired point.
The construction of the walls is of
brick and cement, while the beds and
benches are of reinforced cement.
There is nothing about the houses that
can rot out, and it is not expected that
they will require anything in the way
of repairs for the next twenty years.
When the horticultural laboratory ia
erected at the north end as is pro-
vided for in the plans will be all that
could be desired in the many and va
ried lines of work in this department.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
Wheat Thefts.

The authorities of Trail county are
working on a number Of mysterious
wheat thefts that have taken place
within the last few days and which
still continue, despitethe effort made
to stop them. The granaries Of the
farms are in many cases. located some
distance from tn dwellings Of the
owners and thus, under cover Of dark.
ness, the men doing the stealing have
been able to do their work success.
fully. Several suspects have been ar.
rested, but as yet the officials have
no definite clue as to who the guilty
parties are. About 5000 bushels in all
have been stolen,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
INSTRUCTION IN pA1Rv,Ne.
Department Will Become Leading Fea.
ture Of Agricultural College.

Department. Will Become Leading Fea-
ture Of Agricultural College.
The committee sent by the agricul-
tural college to investigate the dairy
equipment at the agricultural schools
in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa re-
Gently handed in its report. The rapid
increase in the value Of the dairy in
dustry in the three states named is
due in large measure to the important
part the state schools have played in
the training of men qualified to get
the most possible out of the industry.
Wisconsin alone, in 1906, produced
125,G00,000 pounds of butter, having a
value of $35,OO0,o0o, while its cheese
returns for the same year added ST.
100000 to the account. The dairy
products Of the state exceed by 3d.
100000 the total income from wheat,
oats, barley, fax and potatoes. The
creamery butter alone in the State Of
Iowa had last year valuation of $685.
100000, while that of the crops above
named totaled s55,OOO,0oO. In 1906
the North Dakota crop was valued at
$S1, 100000 crop consisting largely
of wheat, flax and barley, all of which
draw heavily on the fertility of the
SOIL TIE committee, consisting Of
H. R. Hartman, James B. Radford and
G. l.. Tibert, say in their report: "Cli-
matte conditions in Minnesota and
North Dakota are about the same, the
people are of the same stock, and we
can see no reason why the dairy COW
should not become as great a source
OF revenue to the farmers of North
Dakota as to our sister state across
the Red, where the annual output has
increased from s6,OOO,OO0 in 1890
to $41,000,000 at the present time, and
where Prof. Hecker of the Minnesota
Agricultural college, managing the
college herd, reports that he has been
able to secure return of 1924 for
every 81 expended for fodder. While
we lead in the production of small
grains, every thinking man knows that
this condition cannot continue in.
definitely. Some other method Of
farming must be adopted. We believe
what dairying has done for the states
visited, it can do for our state, and
we see great additional source of
revenue to the farmers of our state
in intelligent dairy farming"
To rightly equip the farmers of the
state for the changing conditions it
is necessary that hundreds of young
men throughout the state be trained
in the best methods of commercial
dairying. This will call for an ade-
quate equipment, consisting of a
creamery, dairy barn and dairy herd,
together with the employment of a
professor of dairying. Both long and
short courses in this subject will be
offered, and in the near future. The
dairy department promises to become
one of the leading features of the
agricultural college.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
Union Of sixty.seven Year. End

Union Of sixty.seven Years Ends.
Death has parted Mr.. and Mrs JAG
ques Belzung Of Grand Forks after
sixty-seven years of happy married
life. They are believed to have been
the Oldest living married couple in
North Dakota, and probably in the
Northwest Mrs. Belzung died at the
home on South Third street after an
illness of two months. She is surviv-
ed by her husband, aged 80 years. and
a daughter, Mrs. Emita Benz, aged Sc
years. Mrs Belzung was "a years old.
Many years ago they came from Bel.
fore, France, to Cincinnati. Then
they moved to st. Paul, where they
came to Grand Forks thirty-one years
ago. Mr.. Belzung worked at his trade
as a tailor many years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
SWEDEN.

The heirs of the late wholesale deal
er, B. Kempe, have donated the sum of
10000 crowns to the Hersund Mer.
chants association, to be used as a
pension fund.-
The house in which the noted Swed-
fish singer, Jenny Lind, was born, is
to have placed on it memorial tab
let. The house is located on Masters.
muel street in Stockholm. Countess
Casa Miranda has furnished the St.
Erik society with funds for the cree
ton of a tablet.
The international peace congress
for 1909 is to beheld next summer
In Stockholm. H. Klefbeck, chairman
of the committee of arrangements,
has already applied to the city council
for an appropriation of 5000 crowns
to cover the expenses of entertaining
the congress.
A report from Copenhagen states
that a mutual agreement has been
reached between those interested in
the proposed steamship line between
Scandinavia and America, as to the
best route and other details of the
undertaking. It is said that the mat
ter is now so far settled that shares
In the company will be on sale in the
three countries interested in the es.
Enlistment Of the direct American
line. The new agreement takes effect
Jan. 1, 1909.
The spread Of temperance in swe-
den goes on apace. A recent indica.
ton of the trend of public opinion is
found in the fact that public festivals
of the Ostgota and -Dala
nations were held without intoxicating
liquors. Both festivals were we'll at.
tended. and there was much enthusi.
asm for the new order Of things. The
material, as well as the intellectual
natures. were amply provided for. and
al participants thoroughly enjoyed
the festivities. Similar celebrations
will hereafter be held each term at
Upsala university,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
Tho RuIIno PassIon,

The father Of family, all Of whom
were devotees Of bridge and much
given to talking the game and holding
post mortems over badly played hands
died rather suddenly. There was a
difference of opinion as to whether
he should be buried In the family plot
or cremated. In the course Of the dis.
cussion the mother said weepingly to
her son:
"John, what do you think?"
II leave It to you, mother"
II make It spspades." was her re.
ply.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
Queen Maud is now thirty.nine years
Of age.
Carl Dons has been appointed Sec
ond curator Of the museum at Tromso:
And still the welcome news of sue
cessful fishing come from the princi-
pal fisheries Of Norway.
As will be remembered, the indus
trial school for boys, known as Totes
Cane, was destroyed by fire last spring.
The burned buildings have now been
replaced by new ones, some of which
are already in use, and the rest will
soon be occupied.
The population of Christiania in
creased to the extent of LOCI in 1908.
A noteworthy fact in this connection
is that during the year the number
Of men in the city decreased 733, so
that 1t was the women who saved the
capital from a loss in population. In
some cities the opposite is true.
Lindaas district will be divided into
parts in the near future. For several
years there has been discussion in ref
erence to breaking up the district
some proposing that four districts be
formed out of it. But the government
has opposed this as impracticable.
The department Of justice has. how
ever, approved the present plan of d.
vision. The one district will consist
of the parish Of Lindaas, Mykfng and
Lyngre; the other of Austreim and
Fedje.
Here is something new. The autho-
rites Of Eker, the majority of whom
are socialists, have decided to make
physicians public servants, who shall
get their pay from the district and
charge no fees of those to whom they
minister. In accordance with this
two we'll known physicians have been
hired by the district at fixed salary
It is expected that the association Of
doctors will pass some sort of resolu-
ton in regard to this unique action
on the part of the Ecker authorities.
The captains and crews of the Nor
wegian whale boats "Vesterisen," $50
blomsten" and "Havfreren" have been
signally honored by the government
of Denmark. Each of the captains
has received gold watch, and the
crews have been awarded 1000 crowns
in money. The services rendered by
these Norwegian seamen to Denmark
were performed in connection with the
expedition to the northeast coast of
Greenland under the late explorer N.Y.
Illus Erickson, who died last summer.
A report from Vinger says that the
residents Of that district are gratified
to observe that some of the rich land
owners, who reside outside the dis
trict, have awakened to the impor-
lance of improving their farms and
devoting more attention to them in
the future. Costly buildings are erect
ed on several farms, with view to
increasing the size of the herds. One
thing that has held the country back
before is the refusal of certain land
owners to expend any money to i'm
prove their properties.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
JOHN G. INGALLS, DEAD.

Menomonie (Wis.) High School Prinei.
pal sueeumbs to eright's Disease.
John G. ingalls,, Civil war veteran
and principal Of the Menomonie high
school from 1876 to 1887. died of
Bright's disease at his home in Me.
nomonie. He was flfty-nine years old.
He enlisted in the Twelfth Wisconsin
infantry, Company T, when fourteen
years Of age. He was a member Of
the Masonic order, which conducted
the funeral. He leaves . widow and
three children
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
DENTIST IN TROUBLE.
North Dakota Man Accused Of Passing
q Worthless Check.

w. G. Webb. a dentist of Towner, N
D., was arrested at Grand Forks on q
charge Of passing worthless check
for $40 on a Devils Lake physician.
He was taken to Devils Lake for a
preliminary hearing. Besides the check
issued in that city others have been
found worthless.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08
TT orth Dakota
~ ubbins q q

New Rockford has a fine. ice rink.
Minot now claims q population Of
$500.
Turkey shoots we're planned in many
towns.
A great gravel pit has been located
at Havana.
Williston has made. many improve.
ments in 1908.
Some fat cattle, were shipped from
New Rockford.
Tagus recently organized a cream.
cry association.
Milk inspection is becoming the real
thing in Bismarck.
American Society Of Equity meeting
was held in Ryder.
The Anamoose Dramatic club is
meeting with success.
Mrs. M. E. Barden of Mayville is
cousin Of President-elect Taft.
Martin De Wet was arrested at Am.
brose on a horse stealing charge.
During the season 100000 bushels Of
wheat were marketed at Maxbass.
Wahpeton boasts of the excellence
OF its water supply from the wells.
Prospective railway extension in.
terests the people Of Hettinger county.
The recent fire at Conway is sup
posed to have been Of incendiary orr.
gin.
There will be an effort made to re-
model the noXious weed law of this
state.
The people of Pingree expect a
branch line of the N. P. out Of that
point.
The city calaboose at Crosby has
been completed. It is located in the
Gre hall.
There have been a number Of check
forgeries reported in the western part
Of the state.
Fire started in a restaurant at Des
Laos, but the proprietor got busy with
a coffee urn,
Most Of the newly elected county Of
ficials over the state have selected
their deputies.
Now is the time for all good de-
linquents to come to the rescue Of
their publishers.
Williston people expect new
branch of the Great Northern north
from that point.
John McCluskey of Tasker in Ward
county has been arrested for assault
ing lame boy.
The Skinner neighborhood
scrap at Flaxton has been settled out
Of court, and peace is on earth.
In some parts of the state farmers
would like little more snow to pro-
tect their winter wheat and rye.
A petition signed by $50 ladies was
sent to the mayor asking that the sale
of liquor in Rugby be prohibited.
Efforts are being made to instruct
the people of Napoleon to ring off"
after they have used the telephone.
Crosby had it's first fire since the
fire engine was purchased, and the
machine worked very satisfactorily.
The jamestown militia company pro.
poses to build an armory at cost
of $4,000 with the aid of the state.
There is a concerted movement in
many towns to repress the youngsters
who catch onto trains and bob sleds.
Rural mail carriers recently appoint
ed in North Dakota are: Martin,
Christian Berg; Medford, Albert Ever.
son.
Senator Ferdinand Leutz's wife and
children will spend the winter in Ger
many while he attends the legislative
session.
A Cass county farmer who hid the
Christmas presents in the barn loft
made a mistake when he sent his boy
to throw down the hay.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-08

The heirs of the late wholesale deal
er, B. Kempe, have donated the sum of
10000 crowns to the Hersund Mer-
chants association, to be used as
pension fund.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-17

D! the president and his jmmod;ate
ADVISERS. The king himself established
Tue oasis Of etiquette by extending htc
manu- 10 the president and his COM
pa"'ohs' He assumed no department
toSdt'E' but as the first gentleman
OF England greeted the first gentle
man of America.
Your majesty" the president be.
gan the time is at hand when tho
o"i'ed states has no further object in
c0ncealing the power at bor com
ildhd; the sole cause of concealment
thdl OF meeting the Chinese fleet hav.
ing been nullified by the action Of that
country Itself. China has broken her
a'lahce with Japan, Is ready to make
Such oVertures as We wish for peace
and is dispensing her fleet"
The president paused for a moment
and looked at those around him, The
King. steadily watching him. was i'm.
pressed with his simple dignity, and
read Alright the great and high MIR.
pose that shone in his eyes. Once
more he resumed:
II mas come to this issue, your
majesty, much sooner than I had ex.
pected; bat events which mako for
war and peace move fast. They are
IN the hands of God Almighty, and
not or rulers. desired this inter.
View, because you can assist me In
what | have to do, and for whs,h T
believe | am mere instrument in the
hands Of power before whom all
must bow"
And | am honored." the sovereign
instantly responded.
With his officials he was conducted
10 the presidents private apartments.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-17

where they were followed by the sec.
rotary of state and the secretary OF
the navy.
The king looked round the room.
which he had entered on but one
other occasion, long years before,
when as a prince and without hope OF
throne he had been received by a
former president of the United States.
How many men had occupied it since
then. and how few of them had left
any great individual mark on the
worlds history. He took the
proffered seat and waited for the pres
ident to speak, only half compre-
bending that he. was entering upon
one of the most important conferences
that the world had ever known.
Your majesty and gentlemen" the
president began In his low, hnely
modulated voice, 81 told you | wished
your assistance. | need more than
that; want your advice. have been
a man with a dream, and that you
may know how much it has meant to
me- I must tell you something of my
self come of race that for genera
tons has given its blood for country
II was almost obliterated in the wars
Of the revolution and of 1872. In the
great civil war there were five men
IN my family, father and four older
brothers, the youngest a mere lad,
who went TO war as volunteers. Some
If them never returned. My father
was brought back shattered by suf-
,ering to die in my mothers arms |
The lad that had gone out with his
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-17
drum came back to drag out only a
rev wretched months OF suffering


rev wretched months OF suffering.
My home was on the borderIand
where men fought backward and for
ward across our fields" He paused
lor moment as if the memory Of his
childhood was too bitter for recapitu-
latt0n, then went bravply on: IN
lh0Se years the sight of CHASTITY
wounds and cruel death was before
me sometimes daily, but never far re-.
moved. When peace came there was
nothing left to my mother but her
raVaged farm, her bitter poverty, and
her one boy. Oh, it was nightmare
gentlemen, that never dimmed. 1t
was memory that never left me, as,
hard working, poorly clad and some
times hungry, grew to manhood.
My mother went, as did thousands of
other widows made by war. to an
early grave, prematurely worn out by
work and grief"
The tloodgates were down at last.
HIS repression was going, and he
rose to his feet behind his desk trem-
ping IN every fiber, and with white,
qulVerlng lips. In the stiffness of the
room he stood thus for an instant;
then his teeth suddenly came together
with a click and his fist came down
upon the table in one Quick, hard
blow Of emphasis.
DO you wonder" he said, that |
sWore to give my life to peace? Is 1t
strange that | who have suffered have
taken unusual means to keep others
from suffering as | and mine have?
have invited you here not as the
president of a nation. but as man
TO men to help me put-an-end-to
war"
Every word of his final declaration |
was bitten off with sharp emphasis |
and accentuated by fist which beat |
time. The king was suddenly con-
sclous that he had leaned forward in |
his chair so far that nothing but the !
tense grip of his hands upon the arms
had held him down. In all his years
he had witnessed no such scene of
emotion as this, nor heard more
earnest appeal
The president. as if regretting his
lack of control, settled YEARLY into
his seat. He had said things in way
that in any other man would have
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-17
Low CotoklsT FARES 70 Thg
WEST AND NORTHWEST.

Union Pacific Passenger Depart
ment announces that Colonist Fares
will be in effect from Sept. IS to Oct.
Is, 1909. to all points in the West and
Northwest
This year the West looks more
promising than ever. Now is the tSne
to secure land at low prices, and. at
the same time, to visit the many inter
estng points in the West and North.
west, at which liberal stopover ar.
engagements may be made.
A better estimate of raw lands can
be made now than formerly. because
these lands are in proximity to new
farms that are producing wonderful
crops
For descriptive literature, write
to E. L. Lomax. G. P. A., Z. ?. r. r.,
Omaha. Neb