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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
BANKS SCRAP OVER DEPOSITS.
clash In Stark County Aired in the
Courts.

Courts.
The Merchants National Bank of
Dickinson has secured a writ of pro-
hibition from Judge w. G. Crawford
of the Tenth district compelling John
Riesback, treasurer of Stark county,
to appear on Feb. 6. to show cause
why he should not be prevented from
depositing the county money in the
four banks designated by the commits
'sioners at the annual meeting two
weeks ago as county depositors.
The action is an important one as
affecting many banks in North Da-
:kota, and is brought on three grounds:
First, that the law which states that
the county shall advertise for bids
and proposals from banks for deposi.
tories, was disregarded; second, that
the county commissioners exceeded
their authority in arbitrarily cutting
off four of the county banks from re-
ceiving any Of the county money;
third, that the board had no right to
refuse the bids Of any bank in the
county, provided the bonds were sat
isfactory and the condition of the
banks safe.
The banks favored by the commits
sioners were the First National of
Dickinson, State Bank Of Gladstone.
State Bank of Taylor and the Mer-
chants State Bank of Richardton. The
four banks which appear as plaintiffs
the the Merchants National and the
Dakota National Of Dickinson, the
State Bank of Belfeld and the State
Bank Of Richardton.
The question has never been raised
before in the state.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
LACK THE RIGHT RING.

Counterfeit Half Dollars In circut..
ton at Fort podae.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Jan. 2s.-Seyeral
counterfeit half dollars have been
found in circulation in this CITY. Thew
are of the coinage of 1907 and bear
almost every indication Of being genu-
Inc coins, but have no ring when toss
ed upon metal or marble. Several
were passed upon clerks at the local
postofiice last week and were with.
held from circulation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
} North Dakota
! News Notes !

There is not q woman prisoner In
the state pen.
Stark county is to have a corn con.
test this year.
At Wheatland the places of bust.
ness close at p. m.
j. e. Phelan of Dickinson is inves.
tigating the Panama canal.
s. Butson is the new chief of the
fire department at Hillsboro.
The school board at Russell formu.
lated plans for new building.
Complaints of extortionate freight
charges continue to be made in this
state.
Since statehood there have been
1856 prisoners in the North Dakota
prison.
AAS ". Az. SIdIlOu agents In LQaS
section arranged for a meeting at
Wahpeton.
The Dickinson land office is doinR
rushing business this winter on
final proofs.
Dickinson had a $4,000 fire when
two buildings were burned and a no.
, tel damaged.
The Dickinson Knights of Pythias
held a house warming to christen
their new hall.
j. w. Schueter Is the new superin.
tendent of the Hillsboro electric plant
and waterworks.
! The young men of Dickinson are
becoming more interested in the pro.
posed gymnasium.
January has certainly furnished
North Dakota with various and sun.
dry brands of weather.
Comparisons of wheat yields in the
western part Of the state have been
very favorable to durum.
' There Is a story of an unsuccessful
attempt to remove the county records
from Schafer to Alexander.
The Devils Lake fire department
had an enthusiastic meeting and Sc.
lected G. o. Russell for chief.
Some people appear to think the
man who writes the religion shistory
Of Minot won't be overworked.
A fire in hotel caused some excite.
ment at Page. The furniture of one
room was all that was burned.
A Kansas man, who has been in.
vestigating the gas situation around
Westhope, is knocking the PROPOSE.
ton.
AS a result of the closing of the
banks at Rugby and Barton three new
Ones are to be established in that
section.
! At Rugby the chief of police found
that it doesn't pay to take too many
liberties with men whom he thinks
are drunk.
The board of education at Dickin-
son decided not to furnish a rig to
carry the children of the eastern part
Of the town to school.
A $40 reward was offered for the
capture of big timber wolf that had
been feasting on the sheep at the
Power farm in Richland county.
With the large number of primary
election bills in sight the committee
on election in both branches of the
legislature have something to do.
The people of Hettinger want an
experiment station established there.
Not having any legislative represen-
tation they found champion in Sen.
ator Simpson Of Dickinson.
The N. P. may not always be on
time. but it can bunch coast trains in
great shape when the floods abate-I
ten passing through North Dakota in
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05

Arrangements have been made for
the importation of number of new
Presbyterian ministers into the state
next summer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
DULUTH FIREMAN KILLED.

john Net1ey u Believed to Have Been
EIeetroeuted.
Duluth. Mimi. Jan. 2s.-John Kel.
ley. second truckman on the hook
and ladder wagon from Fire Han No.
I. was killed at s:45 o'clock yesterday
morning while fighting fire which
damaged the Exchange hotel to the
extent Of less than 81, 00o.
The exact manner Of Kallsy.s death
is not known for certain. INT i /. 7,,s...
ifeved that he was struck - Nv
wire. VIZ ,, u q s..
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05

the INITIATIVE and referendum
amendment to the constitution which
was fought through the last session
of the legislature was finally killed
by the house of representatives Tues.
day. when the bill known as the
LELAND bill was indefinitely postponed
by decisive majority. The action
of the house was not unexpected, as
the Prohibitionists of the state have
opposed the bill because it permitted
a referendum on constitutional amend
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
MODEL PENNSYLVANIA ROAD
Eammeletown Pike so constructed
That II Nithstanos Traffic Wear
and Weather.

A model road is the Hummelstown
pike, near Harrisburg 1t is made OF
mixture OF water gas tar cement,
liquid asphaltum, road Oil, earbolic
disintecting powder. sulphate of cop
per- and oil Of Winteygreen. The sal.
ghate of copper is used to prevent
the oils from becoming ignited. and
the wintergreen couuteracts the edor
OF The others. There is nothing dis
agreeable &Dcut the smell A curious
eject OF the mixture is its disinteeting
over During the past year there
was not single contag Gus disease in
shat section. The cost OF applying
the mixture is sig cents a square yard
The cement holds the dirt together
Ike stone, and the oils make it water,
proof, SO that it really sheds water
The road is never muddy and. unlike
a tar road, does not become slippery
in winter time Frost has no effect
On IL at all, as the mixture will not
freeze, The cost Of applying is very
small, as 1t Is spriakled on like
water. That the method and the mix,
Ere is a perfect success has been
shown this summer Despite the heavy
and wagon traffic, the road
is perfectly smooth and very hard, and
II has met the test in every way
Washington Herald
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
Mr.. PICKWICK'S NOTED INN
Leather Bottle Much the Same as
When Dickens Lived
There.

The Leather Bottle Inn of PickwicsI
fame is still standing in the quaint old
village OF Gotham Dickens spent sew.
eral days and nights there before and
after the writing of "Pickwick, and
his visitors at Gads Hin were gener-
ally taken for walk through the
woods to be shown the picturesque
inn.
To-day il Is a shrine for Dickens ri'-
gFims, according To the Queen, who
visit it in increasing numbers and
leave their names in the wellworn
bulky visitors books. Still the house
remains village inn of an older time,
with low ceilings, oak panels, small
windows and heavy furniture.
1t is very much as it was when the
immortal Boz spent his time there
creating the scene which is at least
as well known as any other in the
story OF Mr. Piekwick's feasts and fan
cies; but the Dickens room. the bar
parlor and in fact the whole house
Is overlooking with prints and pictures
aud sketches of the famous novelist
and the creations OF his fertile mind.
1t was in the churchyard across the
road from the Leather Ecttle--as ii
was then known, though now more
often called the Pickwick Iun-that
Mr. Pickwick reasoned long and earn,
estly with the respondent Turman,
who had fortified himself at the Lea h.
or Bottle for premature departure
from an unresponsive world.
The one street OF the picturesque
village OF Gotham forms an avenue Of
neat cottages, with an atmosphere Ut
contented old age characteristic Of the
county so famously described BY
Dickens as unapproachable for it's ap-
pies, cherries, hops and women I'll
is in one Of the loveliest parts OF Kent,
about three miles from Rochester.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
False Doctrine.

The late DR., Theodore Wolf. pro-
lessor of chemistry at Delaware col
tege, set oficeholders a rare example
OF unselflshness by having his fees as
state chemist greatly reduced on the
ground that they were exorbitant.
"Dr. Wolf said a Newark man.
was delightful lecturer. / often
dropped into the college to hear him.
Iii aeyer forget one of his lectures on
quack medicines.
lie told US about an early patient
OF his, d man who dosed himself with
about half-peck Of pills and two OK
three gallons of quack medicine every
week.
There was nothing the matter with
the fool, bat all this silly medicine
swilling, and DR.. Wolf told him SO, but
1t did no good
Then DIR, Wolf appealed to the
mans wife TO stop him but she de-
clared that 1t couldn't be done. She
had quoted at him, again and again,
she said, the verse in the liturgy that
pointed out his sin, and
But where. interrupted DR.
Wolf, bewildered. where does the lit,
algy say anything against taking
Quack medicine%
She was prompt with her reply:
" From all false doctoring, Good
Lord deliver u.s."
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
The Bulletin Is, on sale at the fol-
lowing places: t
coleman's, 2f4 Eighth street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant,
THE MAYORS COMMITTEE.

The mayor, Chief Egan, Attorney
Leek and Alderman Meeaan held an
other meeting last night Of the Po-
lice. Jail and Fire Committee, with
Aldermen sMasaer, Scullin, Mcdaniel
and German AZ incidentals Aldermen
Williams, Cannon and Koehler were
not present. The meeting was OF
little or no public interest 1t was a
very orderly meeting presumably
because none of the witnesses sum
moned attempted TO say anything
that they had been ordered not to
say. The witnesses were several
negro women, and one Of these, by
the way, was Lowe Green. 1t APP
pears that Lowe has no cause to
fear the Cairo police-any more than
the other 4dive Keepers in the city.
and she did not leave town, or ii she
did leave, she did not go far and
came. back after few days stay in
Mound City or Murphysboro. She
was Lie hG5p6lt vi uHC VI tue
keepers, Of the dive" where the
murderers of Miss Pelly held forth,
and it seems that the peculiarly
pleasant relations between her and
the police departn Hni which enah ed
her to conduct her disreputable re-
sort III spite Of the many earnest pro-
tests of decent neighbors, white and
black, made to the police and others
in authority at various times-it
seems that these peculiarly pleasant
relations still prevail Hence, her
appearance before the mayors little
committee last night and hence also
the complete blanhness Of her mind
as to anything that might in any way
reflect upon any member Of the po-
lice force Of Cairo. She did not pay
any money to any officer; she did not
know of any one else in the house.
or anywhere else, that did So she
had never heard any rumors to that
effect There We're a lot of other
Things Sne did not know and there
We're some things she did know, bit
these latter were not such as to cause
any riotious demonstration by the
chief or the mayor, or Alderman Nee
han, or by any member of the com.
mittee. In this respect she was diff
ferent from Mr.. Kluge different also
from some scores Of other people in
the city who might be named but
will not be named till some future
time and under conditions somewhat
different from those which appertain
to the mayors investigation (?).
The committee was in session
something over an hour and il is un
derstood that His Honor will submit
its report at special meeting of the
city council to be held tonight.
c,...e a4Qed.8,i en- en- en- hi
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30

For many years old Col Lee re-
sided in Ninth street. New York near
the Hotel St Denis He is still re-
membered by hundreds Of New York.
ers for the bright manner and happy,
apt remarks,
When the project for erecting an
equestrian statue to Gen. Washington
in Union Square was proposed, Col
Lee was entrusted with one Of the
subscription papers for circulation.
Shortly after receiving it he ap.
preached a welI.known csizen and
asked for subscription. But the
citizen declined to subscribe, stating,
in a rather p0mrous manner;
Il do not consider sir that there
is any necessity for a monument to
Mr. Washington His fame is I'm
dying, he is enshrined in the hearts
Of his coLntrymcn,"
lis he enshrined in your heart"
softly inquired the colonel
He is, sir
Well, all have to say, rctortad
Col. Lee, 'is that lie is in a tsh;
place" ...
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
ONE GRAFT IS STOPPED

In the matter Of disposing of exc.
cutioTs issued by the police magis-
trate to- police officers, in cases of
prisoners who did not pay their fines
at once, there has been a change from
the custom which prevailed during
the last five or. six years In yester-
days Bulletin the ordinance was quot
ed prescribing that such executions
should be returned to the magistrate,
duly satisfied, and that the sum of
money, in the way of fines, involved
In the executions not SO returned by
Officers during Judge Ross term of
office, was eight thousand dollars las
u matter Of fact the sum was much
greater than that. But City At
torney Bird has been looking af-
Iter this Inntter and month ago Motif.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
NAUGHTY DANES ARE UPSET
Acrohatic Stunts in English Eallroers
Have Led Recently to
Disaster. -4-s


Quite unpleasant contretemps can
occur In a London ballroom says the
Gentlewoman, as witness the adyen-
lures Of two ladies one evening not
long ago, The cotillon was being
danced and in orc figure the object
was to jump through a paper hoop
This well-known lady succeeded
in doing, only to come violently into
collision with another who was pre-.
pared to precipitate herself through
from the other side At least one
black eye and other disagreeable re,
suits have followed this inoppogtune
meeting between two fair but over.
hasty leaders of fashion.
Apparently the ballroom is beeom-
ing second only to the athletic field.
Ii was during the season just closed
that no less a parsonage than Mrs.
George Keppel, fayorite with King
Edward came to grief in dancing the
cotillon.
One Of the figures demanded that
the lady jump the rope, and in essay
ing this return to her somewhat dis
tant girlhood Mrs, KeppeE had what
was described as "a nasty fall" which
laid her up for some time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30

v Pease. So Northeastern Reporter.
1905, it was contended that the prop
erty was delivered to the attorney
not as the aren't of the testatrix but
as trustee for the donees, which OPP
Grated to vest title in them immal-
lately on its delivery TO the trustee.
The Illinois Supreme Court c2ntlrl-
ell that the attorney was merely the
agent Of testatriX and not a trustee
for the donees, aud that the agency
was revoked by her death before de
livery and no title. therefore, passed
To the dOHees.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
RAG Rugs for Summer House.

Some Of the wealthiest New York
women are furnishing their summer
homes with rag rugs, instead of the
handsome Oriental floor coverings
that are a mark of luxury; and, what
seems odd to those who cannot afford
to please each within, the rooms are
being repapered with simple sprigsad
effects, and all evidences of ur.to.
datedness are beius eliminated, to be
In keeping with these copies OF tie
colonial rag caff.ts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30

81 offleers thot they must mako returns
- .ba outstanding executions as re-.
oni,ed Inv orananeee As a result of
this all axaortiope have hean turpel
in. upta.,,ate covering a nerioJ of four
,nontbs ,ast
II tranenires that Mr. Rirds prpIe,
caseor falling in with the general
shitt,essress in which the city's bgs-
.f,orr ~ thf- racnaot had bppn for
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LEGAL DECISIONS
ssssEsssssxxsssssssasx x1xs

Attempt 81 Testatrix to prevent
surviving husband acquiring her prop
2rty-Testatfix, at tne door of death,
determined to thwart her husband Of
1er property acquired by a former
martial alliance and to distribute it to
)ther persons. She divided it into
parcels, labelling each with the name
II the donee These she gave to he
attorney with instructions to deliver
them, He placed the. property in 6
private vault. Testatrix died be'or.
the articles were delivered, In Trubev
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

"A yerage number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1908 ......... 2o84
Average number of complete and
perfect copies OF the Cairo Bull
letin printed during the month
of Octobery 1909, dais and
1 Sunday ........... ....... 21oS
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
October Circulation.

The above is correct statement
of the circulation of The Cairo Billie
tin for the year 1898 and for the
month OF October 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3rd day of November 1909.
LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
The Atmosphere.

The height Of the atmosphere above
the earth has never been ascertained
because no one has even been able to
get far enough up to determine where
it ends But il certainly spreads far
more than so niles from the solid sur
face OF the earth and from the liquid
surface OF the sea.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30

Lot 40, block rs, City Of Cairo, was
purchased on March 18th by Charles
Gayer for $3.50. 1t is now occupied
cy the American steam Laundry
The X. NJ. K C. installed officers
|early III March. MI Claude Winter,
newly elected G. G. A.. gave Il synop,
sis Of the history Of the society since
1877 when John y. Holmes held that
office. In that year the krew had a
grand street parade, with Herman
Levy as king, and at night gave a ball
at the st. Charles hotel. The net pro-
ceeds were over $t25, In the same
year on the It'll OF July, the Krew
gave a grand celebration in St.. Mary's
Park, at a cost OF $500 On this oc-
casion the loss to the society was 500
On MaFdi Grag 1878. they gave q
splendid display on the streets, ami
ball at the St. Charles. This &c G.
bration was failure, financially. the
Krew losing $3.50 At the request OF
large number of citizens, the mem
bers decided to celebrate the 4th Of
July, 1879, in dazzling manner, The
fire companies and other organiza.
ton joined in the street parade, At
night a final display OF ire works was
given On this occasion the net pro-
ceeAs amounted to S1G9.
Eli Perkins lectured in the TIE lrer.
ance Reform Hall on the evening Of
March 18th.
Fifteen Judges anu clerks for the
shfing election were appointed by the
city council il March. The only APP.
pointees now with It's are Harry
Schuh, l.. H. Myers and James Car
roll.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County, tIllHal
SoouIStion fS.t37.

Mayor, GEoRFv PARSONS.
Cierk. IT, A. AA1CIER.
Treasurer, FRANK B. AEE
sTRON.
City Attorney. HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller. ERNEST NORDMAt
Magistrate. ANDREW WHITCAMl
Chief of Police, M. 8. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population f7,ss
County Clerk, JESSE e. MILE
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN
Sheriff. FRANK r, DAVIS.
States AtorneS ALEX NJ. WTLsOf
County Superintendent Of Schoo
PROF. q. e. GOTT.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED
NELLIE.
Coroner, DIR. -As. M'MANUs
Sears OF County Commissioners
J. J. JENNELLa, Chairman
c. v, NEFF. ..-.
DIR. EDWIN GATaH.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
DIR. Hauthal's Superstition.

Or. Hauthal, a German savant, has
put forward a startling theory con-
corning the remains of a gigantic
sloth, related to the great maya
therium and the mylodon, recently
found In Patagonia, In his opinion
these animals, whose race is now
extinct, were kept In a domesticated
state by the prehistoric Patagonians.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30

Don't waste life in doubts and
fears; spend yourself on the WORK be-
fore you, well assured that the right
performance OF the hours duties viii
be the best preparation for the hours
Of ages that follow - Emerson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30

Mrs. Carrie DuAerty King, of Cry
stal Springs Miss, is the only woman
mail carrier IN her state, She deliv.
ers mail on a rural route making "
circuit of about Is miles day. In
her .girlhood she won many trophies
for her horsemanship, an accomplish
uent that IL now Of great service to
her.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30

Among the letters TO The Cutetin
elsewhere in this paper appears one
from Mr.. .Jeffers, secretary OF the Y.
NJ. G. A. Of Mounds. finding fault
with the editorial ia tli5 paper Sun
day morning regarding Blind Pigs
MHder prohibition and Pigs that are
moi. sblind' with the licensed saloon
ana under a corrupt police policy,
Mr.. Jeffers seems to have failed to
catch the exact meaning Of the editor
ial paragraph The Bulletin did not
say as he seems to believe that the
strongest argument against Proh.bi,
ton was to be found in the Blind
PIG" He overlooked one very inn
portant point of the sentence. which
was that Prohibition meant either lin
tollerable oppression" or the Blind
Pig 1t may be added that not in
frequently it means both, As between
the Pig coupled with intolerable or
preston and the Pig" coupled with
such personal liberties TO the average
man as our form of government was
intended to guarantee, The Bulletin
would choose the latter The Bulletin
Is against the pig however, under
any circumstances. and il just now en-
gaged in an effort to rid this com
munity OF d few.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
Con .rariwise.

I wonder" said Amelia, pensively.
why they call all the German cures
something brother 'bad?'" Because"
responded wise Reginald. with the
usual perversity of human nature. PEG.
Pie expect them TO make good"
E&zF~
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
(lNTERuR5AN LlNE.)
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS


Rolf Efnc cars due to leave Second S. nc
Dsh AsnS ing north on Commercial ave
every ID MINUTES from q. m. to II p. m.
Gotng north.o on Walnut S.every ih minute
from sos q. m to 1868 p. III.
Poplar ST. Line q ao ssoe sa aes ~ 9, One
ing north on noltroos: at b.67: SIT; s.42 6:57
7i2 q, m. aud on the same minutes every hour
until 1912 and ill2 %. IA.
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. 81 b:AHs
iS 6.4, 9:st and 7G4 g. m. and on same min.
ntes every hour until l0:s4 and if:04 p, m.
Poplar st. cars due to pass ST. Mays park
ID minutes after leaving Second st
Dell Line Owl Cars 1,'sa T. on n W ,s,a
n: 1:S0 q. IN; 2:so q, M; $3.50 y. m. AGO a. I'M
,;3n O. m.
North On Comm erciAi-i7 .. IN, l n. M. MS
m a. m g. N. o.. m.
Belt and Owl cars are DUO 10 pass wess
Tnfrty-fourth st, ID minutes AFTER ieavin
SEQ ~ sk
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
Wisdom and Luck.

Wisdom gets a great deal Of the
I'd whSeh luck Il entitled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CAIRO IN 1881
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Lot 40, block &c, City Of Cairo, was
purchased on March 18th by Charles
Gayer for $3.50 1t is now occupied
ty the American steam Laundry