The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-12

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Martin Kraft of Crystal was visitor
at this office on Thursday evening. Mr.
Kraft is mayor of Crystal and was in the
city to interview the county board on
matters concerning his city. Mr.. Kraft
is one Of the pioneers of the locality and
Is particularly remembered by old tim
ers as the lone stalwart republican Of
Park township for many years. Manv a
'lme ne held caucus all by his lone
: some' appointed himself delegate to the
county convention and no delegate ever
was accorded a warmer welcome To those
oodles than he. Park township under
MS and other influences reformed sniff.
GENTLY urtil a few years ago only two
democratic votes were cast for pres;dent
W.T. Heneman was away last week and
went as far south as Kansas City. He
was looking up the markets for North
Dakota potatoes andifound things favor
aole for future trade. Our potatoes
when of uniform size and sort in car
load lots are in demand at good prices
However the only method for farmers
mere to raise potatoes for the southern
markets Is to combine in raising the
same sorts of potatoes, so products of diff
1erent farms can be shipped in the same
car together. While away Mr.. H. took
the opportunity to make a flying visit
with friends at highmore, S. D.
FRANK Morris is at home again after
seeing his horse dealer friends safe in
jan IN st. Paul where they were commit
teo TO trial after strong fight had been
MADE oy the prisoners against extradi-
lions from Wisconsin. They were also
wanted at Chicago and they evidently
preferred to go there to coming to St.
Paul. They had seven lawyers fighting
for them. There seems to be LITTLE donht
as to their conviction :when their trial
comes on as Mr.. Morris and others had no
difficulty in Identifying them as the
swlndlers though they strenuously de-.
died ever being in st. Paul.
a prairie fire started short distance
from toilette on Monday night, and un-
der the influence of brisk gale went
sweeping northwestward, the northern
line touching the southeast corner Of
section IL, and continued west and north
into south Carlisle. 1t is estimated that
Thousand tons of hay in stack were
burned. One observer counted thirty
stacks burning at the same time. Much
more damage would have been done but
the farmers turned out with plows and
sacks and headed it off from much OK.
posed hay. The hay meadows from the
STRONG growth of aftermath this year are
| IN prime condition for fires.
DIR. W. L. Porter has disposed of his
dental practice here to DR.. w. J. Cry
derman, of Devils Lake, and has gone
to st. Paul to engage in the practice of
his profession with his brother. While
here DIR. Porter enjoyed very profitable
practice and was eminently satisfied
with the field, but was offered a much
brighter prospect in the Minnesota CAPT.
tai. .... Judge kneeshaw was here on
Friday last and held short term of
court. Walter Lewis, who had plead
guilty to forgery in the third degree was
sentenced to year and nine months in
the penitentiary Paul Kerrion, who
lives nine miles from Grafton, raised a
big crop of broom corn from four acres
He is practical broom maker, and will
manufacture the product for the local
market. He raised broom corn in Hi.
nois, and says North Dakota can raise
just as good crops. :. .Freda A. johnson
was granted a divorce from Noah II.
johnson. The couple were married at
Grafton IN 1893 and have two children.
The wife came from Pembina county
..... Jack johnson, who was confined
in the county jail to answer charge of
blind-pigging, broke Jail by digging out
some window bars and then hiding on
top of the cells when he was supposed to
be locked UP for the night, and then
skipped. The sheriff caught him at
Oslo. 80. The many friends of County
Commissioner James Mcdonald will be
pleased to learn that he is convalescing
from his recent attack of typhoid fever.
CONDENSED from Grafton Record.
Frlfhtful Fate Averted.
| 81 would have been a cr;nnla n. life