The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-26

Miss Antionette Branchaud arrived
home yesterday after a visit of two
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Diemer at
Bagley. Miss Pauline Branchaud was
visiting friends at Crookston last week.
B. F. Horr went to Olin, Iowa, this
week in response to telegram announc.
ing the death of his aged mother at that
place. She was SO years of age. One
other son is all that remains of the
immediate family. She died on the
22nd.
Miss Maud Gill is one of the candi-
dates for the Grand Forks Times prizes.
Miss Maud is favorite about town and
has many friends ia the county, and will
stand good show as one of the winners.
Of course she will greatly appreciate any
assistance.
VIM. Hutchinson has purchased the
Macarthur store of Mr.. Wolter. Mr..
Hutchinson will also succeed as post.
master and as elevator agent at that
place. Mr.. Wolter will leave for his for
mer home near Breckenridge, MINI.
about the middle of next month.
Judge Kneeshaw returned from Devils
Lake on Monday where he had been to
try case for Judge Cowan. A horse
thief named Shaffer was up on two char
ges and it was expected that the cases
would be fought very hard by the de-
fence, but after spending two days in
getting jury the defence altered the,
plea to guilty in the second degree. The
prisoner was sentenced to two terms of
four years each but each term to be con-
current with the other,
Miss Nellie Halcrow will spend her
Easter vacation with her parents at
Bowesmont, and has departed for that
city. Her sister, Miss Ethel, will leave
the latter part of the week if she is able.
She is recovering nicely from her serious
injury on Saturday, when she was given
a blow during basket ball game that
left her unconscious for some hours and
caused her friends much anxiety
Grand Forks Herald.
Arthur Wexford and Wilfred Bourgeois
left for Minneapolis Tuesday morning to
be gone the balance of the week. Mr..
Wexford goes to look over the late models
of gasoline traction engines made by the
Flour City company and if they proved
what is claimed of them he will have one
shipped in time for the spring blowing.
He also goes with a view of placing an
order for an automobile if he can find
one at the right price. Mr.. Bourgeois,
we understand, has an invention he is
with a threshing machine
firm to dispose of that is said to be of
considerable Importance, inasmuch as it
prevents steam boilers from foaming
thereby obviating much difficulty expert
enced where impure water is used. He
had the patent taken out some time ago.
When man finds himself misfit in
a town it is time for him to move. 1t
often happens that the misfit is rather
the town than the man; it often occurs
that the man is right and the town is
wrong, Though the probabilities are the
but in cases like this 1T is "a
fact and not theory to be reckoned
with. He may be and often is success
in some other place. IL fact he is likely
to win success more successfully in the
new place rather than the old and
easier. He might live down the opposi-
ton in the old place after a time, but
when he goes to the new place he starts
on even terms as to time and as octon-
ditions. Lots of men have made the
mistake of their lives by thinking the
world is only few miles wide. !.
Mrs. l. A. Burley received the sad
news of the death of her brother Alex
ander Lafferty in New York city. Mr..
Lafferty was furnace expert and while
on the roof of building examining a
chimney he stepped through a skylight
which he thought was covered and fell
to the floor below, receiving injuries
from which he died three days later.
The accident occurred on Mar. 18th.
The body was taken to Napanee, Ont.
the old home of the family. Mrs. Burley
and her sister of Winnipeg have gone
back for visit with the aged mother
who was severely shocked by the news
of the accident and 1T is feared the re-
suits may prove serious. Mrs. Burley
started yesterday and does not expect to
remain away very long. Many friends
will sympathlse with Mrs. Burley in her