The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-05-28


shall Akers would be glad to find owners
for. Take look at the collection and
you don't recognize something that
belongs to your family. ...
Mr. T.R. Shaw, as expected, chival
rously attempted, in last weeks Pembins
Pioneer, to divert the telephone kicks
from his Central to himself. T. r
you spoke in safety, with the present
Central" there are no kicks around
only bouquets, and Mr.. Poet, you can't
swipe one of them.-St. Vincent New
Era.
The play, zone Night Only given in
the city hall by Emerson talent on Fri
evening last was attended by a good
house and the audience were greatly
pleased with the performance. The play
itself is good one and was put on and
run in sprlghtly style that took it out
of the usual amateur class. The parts
were all we'll taken and two or more
were exceptionally good.
There were union services in the city
hall last Sunday evening, the occasion
being the baccalaureate sermon to the
high school graduates. Rev. Mr.. Moore
delivered very excellent and appropri-
ate discourse. The music was by cho-
rus of the united city choirs; Mrs. F. A.
Feldman alto sang a beautiful solo. Rev.
Mr. Campbell of the Presbyterian church
assisted in the opening services.
School election occurs on Tuesday
next. In District No. One there will be
two directors elected, one for two and
one for three years. Messrs. Thompson
and Warner are the retiring officers and
neither desire reelection. We hear the
names of E. D. Booker and j. LaMoure
Jr. mentioned as good candidates to
succeed and we agree with the recon-
mendation. There is no o-her more i'm
portant interest in the city than our
schools and we want progressive and
harmonious school board.
A postcard from James Wardwell,
who with the Lincoln Quartette was
at Vancouver last week, was postmarked
at that city on May 10Th at p m. and
arrived here May 22nd at S:35 pm.
which is ''going some" The new n. P.
schedule which went into operation this
week without change of cars runs a
train from Chicago to Seattle in y
hours, just three days. The Cunard line
are now figuring on running the Lusi-
tania without calling at Queenstown
and thus make the trip across the At
lantic in five days which would bring
mail from Liverpool to Seattle in nine
days.
Ben Nystu, q Norwegian, who has
been working at Drayton, was brought
here last Saturday on charge of insan-
ity. There is no doubt that the charge
is true as he says so himself. He is be-
ing held here to establish his resi-
dence as he is said to have had relatives
in Minnesota and that his claim to resi-
dence in this state comes from the fact
that he has been working here at times
in the past years. It is probable how
ever that he is a foater without any
regular home and that Pemhina county
will have to pay his board at the asylum
At Grand Forks last Friday and Sat-
urday our Pembina county high school
boys did themselves proud in the athletic
competition. There we're seventeen high
schools represented, most of them if not
all, much larger schools than those of
this county. Twelve of the schools won
"places'in the finals and of these Twelve
Bathgate and st. Thomas won IL
points each, Drayton points, Pembina
2 points. Valley City was first with A.
points, Park River second with %,
Grand Forks third with II, Fargo four
tn with 16, and Bathgate end st. Thorn
as tied for fifth place with II points.
Derby of Bathgate made two firsts, high
jump SO feet, pole vault 9.5 feet; in
hammer throw, Taylor of st. Thomas
was second and Whitson Of. Drayton
third; in mile run which was run
in the extraordinary fast time of 4,46,
James Of Bathgate was fourth. In the
go yards hurdles Kneeshaw of Pembina
was third. In the shot put, Taylor Of
st. Thomas was second and Whltson Of
Drayton fourth.