The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-30
! North Dakota
{ News Notes

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Mott-A new state bank will be
opened here in August.
Valley City-C. C. Pinkert, a pio'
neer resident of this city, is dead.
Grano-Many farmers in this sec.
ton lost heavily from recent hail
storms.
Metigoshe-C. E. Bergholtz is the
postmaster of the new postoffice op.
ened here.
INSTRUMENTATION farm tele.
phone lines are being organized in
this county.
Fargo-Reports from all over the
state indicate that the wheat crop is
we'll advanced.
Leeds-The Northern Pacific rail.
way will make material improve.
ments in tneir property at this place
Jamestown-Butter products from
this city are said to be gaining fav.
orable attention at the Seattle expo
sition.
Grand Forks-The state board OF
health held it's quarterly meeting
here. Only routine business was
transacted.
Devils Lake-A farmers elevator
and milling company of this place
reports dividends of over 81 per cent
during the past year.
Valley City-A circus tent was
blown over during a performance
here. but the entire audience almost
miraculcusly escaped injury.
Glen Ullin-This place has joined
the good roads movement in an earn.
est effort to secure better highways
In time fol the falls trading.
Fargo-The will of the late Bishop
Stanley was filed in the county court
here. All real and personal property
is left to Archbishop Ireland of St
Paul.
Jamestown-Mrs. L. F. Porter, 9
pioneer resident of this city and
mother Of several well-known North
Dakota men and women. died at the
state hospital.
Observation-Disclosures sportsmel
of this place and McHenry find time
| to keep up few tennis matches dur.
ing the season usually monopolizej
by base ball.
Cavalier The two year ole
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sey.
their house, having walked in to Sc.
cure her pet dog.
Grand Forks-F. w. Seabury ano
F. F. Weiss of Lakota pleaded guilty
at Grand Forks to a charge of assault
on Conductor Barnard. A heavy fine
was imposed upon them.
Fargo-Great interest is aroused
over the question of who will be ap.
pointed bishop of the Roman Catholic
diocese here to fill the vacancy left
by Bishop Shanley's death.
Minot-Ralph Gibeau, we'll know
in Minot and visinity, died at Mohal,
where he has made his home for the
past few months. tuberculosis OF
the bone was the cause of DEATH
Jamestown-Company H of the
National Guard is working diligently
to perfect plans which will enable
them to proceed at once with the
building of their projected new arm.
Dry.
Kermit-Two young boys playins
near their homes found a bottle OF
formaldehyde, from which both
drank quantity of the fluid. Prompt
application of antidotes saved Their
lives.
Grand Forks-The State Tennis
! tournament will be held here begin.
hing August ninth. A similar tour.
nament for the western part of the
state will be held at Minot, August
| 4th and 5tn.
Williston-Williams county's new
| Jail is ready for occupancy, and the
sheriff had the satisfaction of MOVING
five prisoners into it, who tried to die
| their way to freedom from the ole
| structure.
Grand Forks-Fargo was chosen
as the next meeting place of the
grand lodge of the knights of Pyth.
las at the annual session held here,
reports of the officers showed the ord.
er to be in prosperous condition.
Palermo-This city is making ar
rangements for a big harvest festival
to be held on Aug. Z. Citizens have
raised more than $1,000 toward that
end. An elaborate program of sports
has been prepared.
Valley City-The mandamus cast
brought to compel the city to call
special election to vote on the adop.
ton or rejection of the commission
form of government was dismissed
in Judge Burke's court.
Minot-A farmer near here los,
out on Cash proposition when
young man claiming that name took
his horse and buggy and decampee
with them. Young Cash had beer
in the employ of the man whose
property he stole.
Jamestown-An epidemic of horss
stealing has broken out in Stutsmar
county. Several valuable horses have
been stolen recently and the sheriff
and his deputies seem powerless to
cope with the situation.
Williston-William Brown passed
here on the eighth day of his race
with B. NJ. McCannon from Gran6
Forks to Seattle with a dog team
composed of Newfoundalnds. It is
hoped to make the trim In fftr -