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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
JNO. D. FARRAND,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Fargo, North Dakota
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, That that
certain mortgage, executed and delivered
McMurchie. ,noIte agee. dated the .3rd day
of January. 1903, and filed for record in
the office Of the Reeister Of Deeds ls Of the tn
kota, on. the 9th day of May, 1903 at 11:15
o'clock AN. and recorded in Book 81 of
sad
dated January 14th, 1SoS,and filed for record
in isd saa @e Of the Keg tbe q ay
OF January, 1909. at 1850 A. NJ. and recorded
in book 105 of mortgages on page So, will be
toned in s such s mortgage and herein
after described, at the front door of the
Court House in the City Of Pembinai in the
kota, at the hour of ten o'clock AN, on
the Goth day of April, 1909, to satisfy the
amount due upon said mortgage on the
That the said mortgagor is in default in
accordance with the terms of said mort
gage by reason of his failure to pay the
September 18th, 1902 due January LIST, 1903
with interest at per cent per annuin until
paid. all secured by said mortgage.
which will be sold to satisfy the same. and
the Indebtedness secured thereby, are de-
scribed as follows
Block One % in the City of St: Thomas.
County of Penlbina, State of North Dakota.
all according to the recorded plat thereof
on file and of record in the office of the
Register of Deeds in and for said Pernbina
County.
There will be due on such mortgage at
Sixty-six and 25-lOO Dollars. ($166;2S besides
the costs and expenses of these foreclosure
proceedings.
Dated this 3rd day of March, 1909.
| DAVID BROWN.
Assignee of said Mortgagee.
H. A. BRONSON.
1 Attorney for said AaRiunee.
| Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
A Rude Youth.

"How do you account for this.
ma'am?" And he held aloft lump of
coal which he had just dug out from
the sirloin steak.
The landlady slightly flushed.
II suppose the poor cows sometimes
stray along the railroad track" she
said. "But you must admit the steak
Is tender
He thumped the coal with his knife
eyes," he said harshly. locomotive
tender"
And the meal progressed In silence
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Very Little Change.

cts three years since l was in this
city," said stranger in restaurant
as he was walking out after finishing
his dinner: city looks the same"
81 don't find much changer respond
ed the waiter as he took up the nickel
that was left on the table.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Impressed.

II appear to have made something
Of an impression on that man over
there remarked a young lady at
wedding party. "He has been looking
at me ever since l arrived"
IF you mean that one with the
black mustache, he's the detective en-
gagged to lc K after the presentsw said
q friend.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Too General,

Little Eph-Mammy, who was We
nus? Mammy-Fo' de laws sake. I
knows so many Venuses-Venus Jon.
sing, Venus eSmiff-an', look heah
chile, you mus be mo- splicit!-New
York journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Concrete,

Concrete itself is, Of course. very
old. The concrete stairs Of Colchester
and Rochester castles still show the
marks of the incasins boards. The
dome of Agrippa's pantheon. which is
142 feet in diameter, is Of concrete
and fragments Of concrete buildings,
are found in Mexico and Peru.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Wealthy Poverty,

There are still many houses in the
country In England where the owners
are unconscious of the fact that. whiln
they themselves are apparently poor
they possess fortunes in furniture and
pictures.-Town and Country.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Brave Reply.

The Sunday School Teacher-And
now, children. can you tell me, when
Balaam and his ass conversed, what
language they spoke in? Little Harry
Green-Please, sir, -Bellman.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Quite Handy.

''The automobile is a great institu-
tion.''
"For instance?''
you can sit up in it as you pass a
friend and crawl under it when a
creditor heaves into sight."-Louisvill
Courier-J Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Interested.

"Wot ye readin' about, CHIMNEY"
"About a guy named Hannibal. He
wuz de greatest general Of bis time"
Football or ringT'-Kansas City
Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23

Every man who rises to any profess
sion must tread path more or less
believed by the tears Of those he
passes on his way.-Bayne.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
Remember

We guarantee to cure any case
where the patient has spark of
vitality on which to build. We
do not only eradicate the drug or
liquor FROM the system, but we
remove the appetite, and patients
grow rapidly in flesh and vitality.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
20 DAYS Treatment

in IA pleasant home. with all mod
ern conveniences, plenty of good
and healthy food, steam baths
and massage, the best and purest
medicine for the absolute cure of
the Liquor Habit, price for every
~ thing only $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
An Excellent Investment.
1000 per cent Profit In Is months. Cash
besides Health and Happiness.

1000 per cent Profit In Is months. Cash
besides Health and Happiness.
81 have been drinking for years-not
so that was drunkard-but every
time 1 came to town l got in company
and drank considerable from the black
bottle. 1t seems as though l can see
the bottle now as a ghost, 1 get so
l would come home to my wife and
children, drunk and ugly, forge e my
black bottle. In despera,, ! took
bold step, went to the nth Dakota
Liquor Institute, Gran Forks, paid
S125.00 for the liquor cure, and got
cured. That is where l made 1000 per
cent profit and obtained health and
happiness"
Your truly,
We have hundreds of letters similar
to the above and will be glad to furnish
the addresses of the parties to anyone
desiring them.
References
Any reliable business man of
Grand Forks. All correspond
ence strickly confidential.
PETER WINGER,
Manager.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23

EEE |f4T e 's$Isss BssE E.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
The North Dakota >
Liquor Institute Cure

restores ambition and manly
strength, gives back to the pa
tents a clear head and high
ideals.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23
The North Dakota
Liquor Institute

has been conducted in Grand
Forks for over II years; has re-
stored to prosperity and good citi.
zenship thousands of unfortunate
men and women, has brought
comfort and happiness to hun
dreds of homes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23

Talent knows what to do; tact knows
what not to do.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-23

Journal
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-10-14
b ComfortabIes and BIankets.

We bav j. ye6 q large
line Of r. % ables aud
Blankets which a selling at
money savin prices
Bed Comfortable made Of
printed quilting, large dark for
al designs, good filling, full size.
Sale price. CSC
Bed Comforta0les N "a e OF
good quality soft finish silksline,
well knotted full sizs good filling.
Sale price. 81 as
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-10-14

Bed Coniofi ables, extra large size, made q nice suit quality
price $196
Gray Cotton Blankets, medium size. striped border. SAFE price
a pair A0c|
Gray or tan iox4 Cotton Blankets with widS striped border.
Sale price per pair 75c
Gray or Tan llx4 Cotton Blankets with pink or blue border fun
size Sale price per pair $50
Tan 1854 Cotton Blankets colored border. Sale prizes. NL3
Large Xxi size cotton blankets, Heavyweight Assorted oolors
Sale price, pair dS5
Extra heavy large sire cotton blankets, fancy oolors- Sale
price, pair "a as
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

fun Of 0im's catching his horss'r
bride and demanding payment for
the worthless runt; and then Of the
cruel, stinging back-handed cut
across the face with Ballard's buggy
whip and Iim's sAllen threat ITO git
even with the damned stuck-up ef ne
had TO fill him fun Of buckshot.r
And there was the evidence OF bal
lard's often walking home past Iimfs
house and through the timber. when.
with the 0penSheartedness that was
one or his many sseaknesses, he had
loaned the mare and buggy to some
one Of his cherished town cCxrpan-
ions; OF the finding Of the body just
beyond the lDisnlnkes fence corner;
yves, even the marks of feet that simsa
boots fitted so exactly.
Then the states attorney 5xrrng
the star wiSSess, a mute one but with
a story so SHain that duller jurymen
than these az could have reaG~ 1t
from afar. 4 was hut circular hit
OF newspaper lprobed by the doctor
from the wound In Arthur Balfard,s
breast. Alone it xneant nothing.
Fitted into the nc=spaper found an.
der the DismuEas family bed, mith
every indenture interIacing with a
nicetg that could never have been ao-
cidental, It was as daRlning as the
warrant Of death itself. Then theme
was the muzzle lcading shotgun be-
hind the door, freshiy fired. according
to the frm opinion Of well qualified
experts in the person OF local sports
men and the village gunsnith.
What had Jim DismuIres to offer to
all this crushing weight OF evidence?
What mattered 1t though he declared
n an aggrieyed tone to the Judge.
whom he persisted in addressing In
stead Of the fury:
"Jedge, found that paper the
nornin' went to look at the corpse.
fetched it home fer Bills Jest learn
n Z read an thought as how he
nought spell out some O. the news
me an his ma. jest showed 1t
lnder the bed an fergot all about
t. AS fer shootin' the gun, reckon
hat parts kerrect shot her ena-
most every day, an we he'd rabbit
het evenin' by reason of me shootin'
t. But ! amt never kilt nothin' but
ritters an varmints 'ith thet gun.
ionest, ! amt jedge.'
or what avail was the evidence OF
oung Bin that on the night in Ques-
lon his father had not left the house
ut had sat up nearly all the night
lowing tobacco smoke into young
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26
AUTHORITY ON BUGS
New Jersey Girl One Of Uncle
Sans Youngest Scientists.
Miss Evelyn Mitchell Of East Orange.
Known in Europe and America
as an Expert on Life Of In
sect World.

Washington.v miss Evelyn Mitchell
one OF the youngest women scientists
In the United States, who is now do
ing important work for the govern
ment at the Smithsonian Institution.
Is preparing to write book on gnats.
Miss Mitchell has already attracted
the attention of the scientific world
both In America and Europe by no.
table work on mosquitoes entitled,
Mosquito Life. and is concluding her
collection of gnats for the purpose of
embodying in book form her study Of
them.
Miss Mitchell, who is under thirty
and one OF the brightest women now
doing expert work for the government,
is the daughter Of Marcus Mitchell,
postmaster Of East Orange, N. j., and
is graduate OF Cornell university.
She looks less like a scientist than
could be imagined by any one who has
always pictured experts of this kind
as old and decidedly peculiar in dress
and In personality Miss Mitchell is
full Of life and enjoys sports that
every college girl does. She never
talks bug" but in her work at the
National museum here she sits side by
side with men who have spent years
OF long life in scientific research. I
The spectacle Of woman not yet
out OF her twenties doing remarkable
work for the government Is rather un-
usual even at the capital, where WON.
ea are engaged in many and varied
branches of work. Miss Mitchell
came here in 1904, and has since been
engaged In scientific work. Previous
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

lBilRs ear for the ear ache. But then
wsxat match w1s young Bin for an as.
tute and ambitious states attorney.
1t might have been some other night
that young BIZ had the ear ache.
He had it many 'ttnees, and young Bill
wasn't very strong on the calendar,
;anyway. The eviiRence of Sally Ann
might have corroborated that of her
| first born, but a wise and beneficent
law holds such evidence prejudicial
to the minds OF 5urymen, and wife
cannot come to her husbands aid in
ssnch dire extremity.
The usual character witnesses. the
last ditch of lettering cause, put in
the usual evidence that Jim Dis
mukes had always borne good rep
utasion in his neighborhood for
peaceableness and quiet, and this evil
dence was duly torn TO pieces under
the cross fire Of the prosecution.
When the arguments came at laet
uim again sank down as far as pos
:sible In his cane-bottomed chair and
STARED IN wonder and admiration at
the ambitious young states attorney
as he wfithed and perspired in burst
of foratOrT that painted Jim Dismukes
"a terrible. blood-snckiRg monster 60
iing up aad down the earth seeking
whom he nnight dewour; as he threw
back his &ong black hair and raised
his trembling hands to the cracked
ceiling and called down the ven,
eeanee of high heaven upon the foul
murderer OF Arthur ballard.
Jim Wondered If Gaera could zee the
states attorney fbrab&k the cracks
In the plaster. sally Ann hngged Bud
iy TO her breast and wept softly. Old
Tom Robinson hoped the 5nry saw
her
And then everybody wept when old
Tom rose and got his foot on the soft
,edal. Even the judge buried his
head In the record before him
Ind blew his nose tunedully. The
tate's attorney began to wonder IL
icing the stern averger of an out-
aged law was such an honor, after
II.
Jim listened intently to the judges
but could make neither
ead nor tail Of them. Something
bout mallets, he thought. but he
ouldn't remember anything about
aallets, and he had understood all
long it was shotgun. But the Judge
new better than he did. perhaps. Ii
When the jury fled off into the
tile room back Of the judges ros-
rum, the tension broke and the court
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

room hummed like a hive Of bees.
Above the hum could be heard the
scratch. scratch, scratch of the
judge'spen as ne wrote up the chancery
record.
Jim felt like shipwrecked sailor
who had breathing spell in his fight
for life during lull In the storm. He
played with the growing and strenu-
GUS Buddy and when he thought no
body was looking seized and pressed
Sally AIMS wcrk-worn hand.
"Et's all right, Sally" he whispered.
Mr.. Robinson. he fetched 'em, ]
reckon
The minutes dragged into hours,
and the jury had not returned. The
judge ldgeted and finally sent bailifi
to Inquire il the Jury wished any fur
Their explanation OF the law AS the
shadows through the small paned win
dows heightened into evening the
word came that the IL were In hope
| aess disagreement. Something at the
judges waistband reminded him thai
his supper was getting cold and ht
ordered the jury in. The whisper
went round that they stood ii fol
conviction and one for acquittal
Only mental telepathy can explain
how news like this fiies through
crowded court room.
The judge was angry. He ha'
| two powerful motives FOR anger, hi
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

| sp0aleds and sdAf2en ssuppers and the
double cost to abe county q another
trial Hb mentioned only one. OF these
however. in his scathing rHbuke to
the II men that Etood before him. He
reminded them that they had failed
in their sworn .dalty and were un-
worthy to bear the name of citizen.
Then stood forth Amos Watson, the
ideal jlErynan.
May Il have the permission nf the
court TO say a few words he be-
gan -Elgven nxen or this jury are
not deserving OF this rebuke. One
man deserves 1t all and more. / am
Chat man | have held out in this
case for a00uittal and as my fellow
jnrymen Iaaored with NE to bring me
TO aheir way .ef thinking have foug3si
out battle with myself and nv
maker 1t hiss been FIGHT that has
extended beyond this court room back
six months to the time OF the death |
OF young Arthur Ballard 1t has been
with me waking and sleeping. But
now. thank God. have won the vic
tory ard l ATM ready to tell this court
why / could not consent 10 the con
OF Jim Dismukes for murder. (
t is only because he Is innocent III
killed Arthur Balardl"
There was a hush, and then mnf.
nur and then roar which it took
he combined rapLings Of the sheriff
md all his deputies to quell.
Go on, Mr.. Watson. tell what you | i
ave to tell, sternly comaDded the
udge. as the ideal 1nrymanv stood s
nd mopped his brow Is
Yes. Judge, will tell it all II
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

killed Ballard. waited for him inlE
the bushes by ihe side of the road
where / knew he would pass, and Il
shot him down. SO certain did seekl
to make good my work that when y
recalled that my shotgun had been|
loaded for some time, ! drew the load
as / waited and put in fresh 0ne,l
wadding 1t with a piece Of newspaper.
The rest OF the newspaper threw
into the bushes, and Jim tod the
truth when he said he found 1t there
1t is true that Jim's boots fitted In
the tracks, and wonder that Tom
Robinson did not inquire where Jim
got his boots. Wen 1 gave thens toy
HIM"
| When Jim was arrested ! wanted
to tell, but could not. put the
terrible truth of from day to day
Always tomorrow was going to lift
the weight from my mind, but look
ed at my position in the community,
at my family and at all the things
that mean so much to q man and |
could not
when found myself drawn on
the jury the devil tempted me to ac-
cept and secure Ims acqnittal Then
\ he would be free and no <one would
ever know. But the evidence was SC
strong that my arguments were
weak against my fellow jurymen.
knew then that the truth had 10 come
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

TO that she had had wide experience
In the field following her course of
study at Cornell The circumstances
under which Miss Mitchell obtained
her education at the big college In
Ithaca and the determination with
which she pursued her interest in in
sect life are more than ordinarily in
teresting.
When Miss Mitchell was a small
youngster playing about her. anageHted I'd
home In East OrauGseserything that
a kaen intenew. She brought some.
thing more than discomfort into the
household when she introduced all
sorts OF things. from spiders to bats,
and took delight in watching her cap
tives. When she was ten years old
she was sent to school, and shortly
afterward she came across book en-
titled Ten Thousand Spiders" by
Burt Green Wilbur. professor OF physi-
ology at Cornell university. This was
the first infimation she had that bugs
and beetles and such things were ever
made life study. and during the re-
naming years Of her schooling ia
East Orange she nursed the hope that
one day she could find Mr.. Wilbur
and study all about his Ten Thou
sand Spiders with him.
Preparations had been completed by
her father for her entrance to Cornell
university, when reverses came and Il
looked as II the young nature stu
dent would have to give up her ambi.
tion. She thought 1t out awhile and
then took French leave of her family.
going To Philadelphia, where she
asked John b. Stetson to lend her the
money, at fsterest, for her FIRST year
at Cornell. The funds were forthcom.
ing. Miss Mitchell went to college.
and after her first year she worked
her way through. paid back the money
to Mr.. Stetson and was appointed an
Instructor in field zoology at the Cor.
nell summer camp.
II Was about this tisae that DR.. J.
W. Dupree. errgeon geReral OF Louis
lana, seHk to Cornell for "first-class
man" TO be sent to the LOU 3iane
State university as field and labora-
tory assistant in mosquito work. Miss
Mitchell was selected as the man."
md she made good.
From Baton Rouge, La, Miss Mitch
N came to Washington and began
Ter work for the government at the
National museum.
She was the FIRST woman to be
,iven a place on the faculty of George
uniSerssty. when she was
made Instructor in zoology. She is a
member Of the Biological Society of
the American Associa-
ion for the Advancement of Science,
he chronological Society Of America
nd the National Health league.
When she came to Washington Miss
litchell took ana still holds the place
{ the National museum made va.
ant by the death Of DR.. Mcconnell,
gho for years made the drawings Of
hells for DR.. William H. Dali Of the
'mithsonian Institution. ID
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26
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Of
Mc W0NLB
A cLR RclIfzS7AN7zAL EW1ENcE-
uv SSTORY III

bathed in tears when Old Tom Rob
inson returned to this motif in his
closing appeal.
And the evidence began to pile up
that sent Jim farther and farther
away from the little log home and
the ten acre patch. Circumstantial all
Of 1t, but each link forged and pol
ished into perfect chain that it
would tcke 9 stronger hand than
Jim's to break There was the quar-
rel over the sucking pig that young
Ballard killed while driving over the
big prairie farm in his light top buggy
to hit it up with the boys in town.
There was the story Of Jim's way
laying him, as with companion, he
dashed back again late in the night,
and much the worse for his evenings
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

HAVE attempted to
vary these stories
of cir cumstantial
ev / d en- c e." s al d
Judge sturgis at
the weekly meeting
Of the Calf Skin
club, "by putting in
my little contribu-
fion tn fhig svm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-26

out knew that sano1her Jury would
hang Jim. And flnn thank God. the
victosy was given to me and If yosa
knew the load OF :ranorae and agony
that theN telling haA Hfta3 from NV
shoulders ypn would not wonder a
3ny coomessF
But, Mr.. Watson, yNw haa mn.
rsive, strong. na0tty5Y ashrled The
Judge ''N t''0
Yes, judge, ] had a motive
Arong motive. You have cfaucht.r
judge. So have j You won1S ~.
want to see your daughters nanS ~
dragged inNthe mirs of a case l;Ea
TINS. Neither DO But had
stnOng motive" .
James Dismukes n ass.ho.
from the bar Of this CONT 49, srss ~ ~,
court regrets the Injustice that has
Deen mt upon him. The sheriff win
LAKE Amos Watson into custo.tv
I'm sorry for .y0u Amos. Pm qrsa
or you JimT said the Judge. hasti,v
4 knew Mr.. Robinson wowya fes.r
en-" cried Jim Dispukey. loua, T',.n =.
he last as he lifted is,klas * T ~ ~. ~
trons hands and kissed the dirfr
hubby faae. gA - s'''s'
Il would not be becoming in tbe
utnor Of these narratives 10 mention
ae reception accorded by the Carr
KIN CLUB to Judge siurgis story
Ana We're You the judge?s aner.
q naif dozen members in unison
no gentlemen" answered Judrn
'nrgls. 4 was sha ambitious younm
ate's attorney
copSriFht '&9 ny W. d. chapaisa,