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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
HAVE FLOUR CONTRACT.

Williston Will Be Home Of New In.
dustry Very Soon.
G. w. Jennison, president Of the
Rugby Milling company. who has been
in Williston several times sizing up
the prospect for a flour mill, stated
that he had decided to build. Mr..
Jennison has secured options on sew
eral different locations along the
Great Northern right of way, and he
went East to make arrangements with
the railroad officials regarding the To-
cations of the mill and side track. He
stated that just as soon as he could
make satisfactory arrangements with
the road he would start work on the
foundation. Mr.. Jennison expects to
have the mill built and machinery in
stalled in time to grind this years
crop.
The commercial club members are
well pleased over the locating of the
mill, for the club has been working
for mill for good many months,
and it was through the efforts of the
organization that Mr.. Jennison decided
TO come here and look over the field.
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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE AS TAUGHT
AT THE STATE FARM SCHOOL A BIG
FACTOR IN STATES PROSPERITY

Instruction in agriculture is one Of
the departments of the North Dakota
Agricultural college which has done
the most for the development of the
state in an agricultural way, and for
which agricultural colleges were pri-
marily established.
AS is implied by its name, this de-
partment has to do with those things
pertaining to farms and farm life, and
deals with plants and animals alike.
With plants this department finds
what kinds are best adapted to vari-
GUS parts Of the state, the method Of
rotation, the conservation of the soil,
the breeding of plants to higher pedi-
greed seed, which is then distributed
to the farmers and many other things
of vital importance. With animals
practically the same things are ascer-
tanned by this department, and the
information given to the farmers of
the state through bulletins, personal
correspondence, farmers Institutes
and the other divisions of the extern
sion work.
AS an educational department 1t fits
the young men of the state for useful
and successful lives on the farms, CIV
ing them the scientific knowledge
necessary to get the most out of the
soil with the least expense and with
the least waste to the soil, and it will
be principally through the efforts of
| this department that the soil of North
Dakota will be prevented from be-
coming worthless, as it has in the
older states, where the lessons of con-
servation had not been learned until
1T was too late and constant cropping
of one kind took all the vitality out
of the ground.
| Established in 1892.
This department at the. A. G. was
established in 1891, and since that
time has enjoyed a steady and health
full growth until at the present time
its faculty is composed of seven pro.
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GRAND FORKS TO ENTERTAIN.
Meeting Of the state Sunday School
Association Promises to BE Large.

Meeting Of the state Sunday School
Association Promises to Be Large.
The prospect Of the attendance Of
500 delegates at the twentieth annual
convention Of the State Sunday
School association is squirting the
business men and citizens of Grand
Forks into making unusual prepara-
lions for the entertainment of the
guests. The enthusiasm in and out
of the Sunday school ranks indicates
that it will be a red letter event in
the history Of religious education in
North Dakota.
The convention Will meet May 10
and continue for three days. The
Grand Forks Commercial club is
making plans for the entertainment of
the visitors. A banquet will be ten
dered to the state and county off,
cials, numbering about $50 workers:
Visits to the university. Wesley col
lege, the Y. M. c. A. and the Country
club are also on the program.
A local committee, composed of
Prof. A. M. Brannon, R. B. Griffith.
Prof. G. B. Stout and the Grand
Forks Sunday School unon, are work.
ing tooth and nail to make their end
of the affair great success.
DR.. Franklin McElfresh of Chicago,
one of the best known educators of
the Middle West and supervisor of
the teacher-training work Of the en-.
tire continent, will be in charge of
the educational. pedagogical and
psychological studies. Mrs. Antoi.
nette Lamoureaux. widely known for
her writings along special lines OF
education, will take special care OF
child study and elementary work.
North Dakota is given prominence
On the program through such men as
Rev. H. G. Leonard, Rev. G. R. Ad
ans and DR.. Beard of Fargo, and
Rev. w. w. Moore, Rev. w. H
Matheson, Rev. F. E. R. Miller, Rev
]. K. Burleson and DR.. Robertson OF
Grand Forks. Among the lay work
ers are the names of E. A. Heroic
w. H. Thomas, E. L. Garden, Prof
Ladd and Prof. Bryant. Prof. A. M
Locke of st. Paul will be in attend
ance during the entire convention.
The program has a threefold as
pect, that Of education, organization
and inspiration. There Is no attempt
on the part of the State Sunday
School association to organize
schools, but rather to build up, solid
ify and educate into modern and
sane methods in pedagogy and psy
chology.
There are nearly 100000 students
and 5000 officers in North Dakota
that are beneficiaries of this organi
cation. These are reached through
conventions, Institutes and rallys
brought to their very doors by the
states specialists
Every evangelical church is partic
ipating in the convention, reaching
all the English-spealSing schools OF
the state, from the strongest to the
most isolated prairie school.
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1t has shown that rape, bronze
grass, emmer and macaroni wheat are
successful crops; it has bred strain
of flax for seed production until each
plant produces from three to four
stools; it has bred and distributed
corn, durum and fife wheat, emmer,
oats and potatoes which produce we'll
in this state; it has domesticated
slender wheat grass for hay and hun
dreds of other useful things for the
farmers.
Fourteen years ago Prof. Kaufman
was assigned to dairy work at the
college and used the present dining
room and kitchen of the farm as a
dairy. He could hardly get a hearing
at an institute except from the WON.
en-. Now there are many creameries
and cheese factories in the state.
Despite all of these things, the pc.
riod of usefulness of this department
has just started, and it is planning
many things for the advancement of
agriculture in North Dakota and the
enriching and uplifting of it's agricul.
turiSts.
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FROM THE FARGO FORUM.

the country" said Dean Shepperd. "as
while these men go to other places in
the country and instruct other young
men in the elements of scientific agri-
culture, they do go to farming in
North Dakota. Generally they are
young men with little capital with
which to start farming, and the, offer
of good salaries is very tempting to
them.
For this reason and to accommodate
the farm boys who cannot be spared
from the farm during the spring and
fall, the farm husbandry and winter
short courses were established"
The men from these classes are the
! ones that go out into the state and
benefit their communities. They come
from all sections Of the state, take
the course and then go home and
practice, at least some of the meth
DDS learned at the institution. They
have not been out of their community
long enough to get out of touch with
it and undoubtedly are great inf1u-
ence in raising the agricultural stand
ard of those localities from where
they came.
The farm husbandry course is one
of evolved agriculture and starts on
Oct. is and closes April /. 1t is a
three-year course and corresponds to
G high school education. This course
was formerly the short-year course in
agriculture and was established to &C.
commodate a class of young men VIII
are not prepared to pursue the regu.
lar collegiate course of study, but who
nevertheless desire technical tra;a,n.,
and a practical knowledge of tho COM
mon branches.
The idea of this course is to open
the eyes of the young men of the
state to the prevailing conditions and
to train their hands and faculties sys-
tematical!y for the industrial occupa-
tons by which they must subsist.
The winter short course begins in
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fessors, six teachers and one in
charge of the demonstration farms
headed by dean. In addition there
are others working in the extension
branch.
The first man to head this depart.
ment was Willet M. Hays, now as.
sistant secretary Of agriculture in
Washington, who came here in De.
cember, 1891, and remained with the
institution until October, 1898. In
November he was succeeded by Prof
]. H. Shepperd, now dean of the de.
partment, under whose supervision
the work has grown from an almost
Insignificant branch to its present
standing with several divisions and
courses.
When Dean Shepperd came to the
college he had few assistants, and in
fact he personally taught all the agri-
culture that was given at that time.
Today the students number nearly
500, and during the present school
year the facilities of the department
have been taxed to the utmost. and
the prospects for next year are even
greater.
The success Of the department is
strikingly shown by the fact that the
students taking the full course in
agriculture as teachers end expert
agriculturalists. Each year the mem.
bers OF the graduating class are Of.
fered positions at good salaries long
before they have graduated, and this
year out of the large class all but one
has good position in sight.
Short Courses Benefit state.
This is not altogether ideal de.
spite the fact that there is a great de.
mand for agricultural teachers all over
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sion, the main object of which is to
reach the adult farmers of the state
and instill into them the principles Of
scientific agriculture. This is the ex-
tension division and has two impor.
tant subdivisions-the farmers insti-
tutes and the public schools.
The latter is in charge of G. w.
Randlett as superintendent, and for
several years has done much valuable
work all over the state with the help
of the public school authorities.
Undoubtedly the most important
part Of the extension work is that de-
signed to reach the grown generation
of farmers direct and give them the
benefit Of the scientific knowledge
which they would never be able to
get hold of-the farmers institutes.
substations and Demonstration Farms
For time the only subexperiment
station and demonstration farm was
at the agricultural college. However,
cry was raised by the railroads that
something must be done for the peo-
pie In the western part of the state,
where soil, climatic and moisture con-
ditions are vastly different from what
they are in the Red river valley.
The authorities of the college then
got busy. and it was found that as
conditions varied so greatly in vari-
GUS parts of the state, some provision
must be made for making expert.
ments in each locality. This resulted
in the establishment of the substa-
items at Edgeley and Dickinson, and
later at Williston, Langdon, Harvey,
Hettinger and elsewhere in the state.
Many Things Accomplished.
To so into detail telling of the bene.
fetal things that this department of
the agricultural college has accom-
p]isEed in the way of plant breeding
and the distribution of pcdigreed seed
over the state, would be an imoossi.
bility, hut a few of the most important
! may lie interesting.
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January and lasts until the last of
March and Is designed especially for
the young men of the state who can
not afford the time or money to take
the other courses in the college. It's
object is to furnish proper educational
facilities with direct bearing upon
agriculture to meet the demands in
this state which is purely an agricul-
tural commonwealth.
Three Principal Divisions.
The agricultural department is d.
vided into three prime divisions-ap-
piled agriculture, agronomy and ami
NAL husbandry.
The division of applied agriculture
is headed by Dean Shepperd as pro-
fessor, and with G. w. Randlett and
R. M. Dolve as instructors. It deals
with the elements of agriculture,
farm mechanics, breeding, dairying,
with several of the educational
branches.
The division of agronomy teaches
the subjects Of grasses and grains.
soil physics. grain Judging and farm
management, while the division of
animal husbandry, with w. B. Rich
ards as professor, deals with the sub
jects of the breeds Of live stock, feeds
and feeding. stock judging and other
subjects pertaining to the care and
management Of the different classes
of live stock.
This full collegiate course is four
years in length. and the young men
who graduate from 1t are the ones
that are so earnestly sought by the
various institutions as teachers.
The Extension Divisions.
In connection with the agricultural
department is most important diyi-
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The Week in the State
EDUCATORS ELECT At MlNor.
q. F. Foster Of Harvey Head North.
western Educational Association.

q. F. Foster Of Harvey Head North.
western Educational Association.
The following officers of the North
western Educational association were
elected just before the association
closed its convention at Minot:
President-George F. Forster, Har-
'vey.
First Vice President-supt. P. E.
: Christensen, Bottineau county.
Second Vice Observation-Disclosures Ia.
tenn, Williams county.
Secretary-Miss Minsart, Minot.
Treasurer-City Supt. ]. F. Mclean
/. of Towner.
Resolutions thanking the citizens of
.;Minot for the excellent entertainment
were adopted.
What is more essential in the de.
velopment of the young girl than to
teach her to make good bread, the
staff of life? Is this not more i'm
portant than the learning of fancy
needle work and the teaching of mu.
sic, valuable as these are?
These are the words of Prof. o. j.
Kern of Rockford, ILL.,, in his lecture
ON the "Enriching of the Rural
School," delivered at the opera house.
Prof. Kern made a strong plea for
the teaching of animal husbandry, do.
nestle science and manual training
in the rural schools. His lecture was
illustrated with beautiful views show.
ing what had been accomplished along
this line in Rockford and other places
in the East. The views cover the
work done in manual training, domes-
tic science, agriculture, the value of
crop rotation, the Importance of keep
ing COWS that produce lots Of rich
cream, the identifying of the rural
school grounds and many kindred sub
iects.
Besides the lecture by Prof. Kern.
Supt. P. E. Christensen of Bottineau
gave a very instructive talk on "Im-
provement of School Grounds" This
was discussed by Supt. Lucy B. Seiple
of Pierce county. State Supt. Stock
well. who was scheduled to make an
address, was called home suddenly.
The convention closed with the cleo
ton of officers.
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half of section IA, which takes in that
section of the city which has been in
dispute. The residents of this sec.
ton will take immediate steps to in
corporate, and unless the city officials
succeed in heading them off, the in.
corporation will be perfected.
The action of the North Minot peo.
pie was made possible by the defect
in the publication of the proceedings
of the city council started for the pur-
pose OF bringing that section into the
city. City Attorney Eosard acted &C.
cording to the best information he
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
HOSPITAL CONTRACT is LET.
Perham (Minn.) Contractor Gets 10

Perham (Minn.) Contractor Gets job
at jamestown Asylum.
The old board of asylum trustees
closed up their business at James.
town and turned the affairs of the
institution over to the new board
consisting of Trustees Hildreth.
Mitchell, Lackaye, Taber and Fried.
The new board organized by the cleo.
ton of M. A. Hildredth of Fargo as
president and John B. Fried of
jamestown secretary.
The board reelected all the old of.
f1cers, as follows:
Superintendent, L. B. Baldwin ::
first assistant physician, DR.. Miller,
and second assistant physician, DR..
Jesse Hattendorf. M. D. Williams
was reelected steward and Miss Hell.
en- Click matron.
There were three bids for the com.
potion of the new ward building.
which was begun and partly complet.
ed last year by Contractor Thomas
Powers of Fargo.
The lowest bid, and the one which
was accepted, was for $48,627.2O, and
was the bid Of Alexander Nelson of
Perham, MINI.
The contract for furnishing the
plumbing, heating an delectric light
supplies was also let to various mar.
ties. who bid for the material want.
ed, the work Of installing to be done
under the direction of Supt. Thomas
Pettigrew, engineer at the hospital.
j. B. Glove & Son, Chicago, secur.
ed the contract for furnishing the
bath tubs, lavatories and white en-.
amel supplies.
The Western Supply company of st.
Paul were the lowest bidders for SUP.
plies for plumbing, pipe and other
material; also radiators.
The Western Electric COMPANY hid
was the lowest for the electric sun.
plies wanted.
A large amount of business was
transacted by the new board and
among the matters considered was
the awarding of contracts for the in.
stitution supplies for the ensuing
year.
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WON THE FIRST ROUND.

Harrison Township Resident Granted
Permission to incorporate. as City.
The petition Of the residents of
North Minot for. permission to incor-
rorate was granted by the board of
county commissioners, and unless
there are some legal obstacles in the
wsv North Minot will be a city, by
Itself. and it will be beyond the pow
err of the city Of Minot to bring that
district in the city limits.
North Minot will include the south
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
COAL FIELDS TO BE DEVELOPED.
Big Pittsburg Company Makes In.
quiries Regarding Value Of Ignite
in North Dakota.

Big Pittsburg Company Makes In.
quiries Regarding Value Of Ignite
in North Dakota.
The Office of the railroad commits.
sioners at the capitol is in receipt of
several communications from the
Westinghouse Machine Co., a big
manufacturing concern located at
Pittsburg. They want to know the
value of our coal for producer-gas and
steaming purposes, asking for list
of all publications that would give
them any information about the coal
and the fields. They want to know
regarding the present output, the
grade of fuel and state of develop
ment that has been reached in the
mining operations, and are especially
anxious to get information about the
lower grades Of coal.
A later letter makes inquiries re.
garding the rates from this state, and
asks that a file of the tariffs be sent
them, as there is no data that they
can get at the east end that will give
them a fair idea of what the rate may
be.
There is chance that there will be
foreign market made for the coal
fields of the state or that factories
are being contemplated for the west
that may be located close to the sup
ply of fuel.
The Westinghouse company is one
of large interests, and they have fac
tories in many parts of the country at
present, and it is just possible they
have something in mind in connection
with the State of North Dakota.
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BANK cHAeEs HANDS.

North Dakota Senators Acquire Inter
est in Gladstone Institution.
w. L. Richards of Dickinson has
sold his interest in the Gladstone
State bank to Senator L. A. Simpson,
who in turn has sold to Senator Fer
dinand Leutz Of Hebron. Mr.. Leutz
takes the office continuing as presi-
dent. This makes the Thrill bank in
Stark county in which Senator Leutz
has large interest and. means that
the institutions have good financial
backing.
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had. He was not acquainted with an
amendment in the law passed at the
last session Of the legislature, which
provides that the resolution shall be
published three times instead of two
and shall be posted in five places.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30

A young horse belonging to Nicho.
Las Stehr. near Edgeley. was blinded
In one eye and badly injured by a
charge of shot. The owner has no
conclusive proof as to the guilt of
the fend who did the job.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-30
MADE STORE RAID.

Branch In Minot eurgIarizedAone
Man Under Arrest.
Thomas Kelly, who. has been EN-.
ployed as janitor at the Branch,
store at Minot for several weeks. was
taken into custody by Capt. Hyland
on charge Of breaking into the store
and taking goods to the amount OF
about 81. On being brought before
Judge Murray, Kelly waived the nre.
liminary hearing and was bound over
to the district court in the sum Of
$500. =
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III orth Dakota
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sykeston is after fish hatchery.
Sargent county dirt is in demand.
Max claims to have an oil we'll, too.
The Denhoff creamery was recently
sold.
Columbus is hustling for farmers
elevator.
Bantry town lots are reported great
~ in demand.
There are said to be eleven oil wells
Stanley got fire engine some time
after the big fire.
The beautiful mud has disappeared
for another season.
After July 1 is the time to have
your whisky tested.
The Mayville papers are long on
mine promotion plans.
The Sacred Heart academy at Will
low City will be enlarged.
Farmers are planning schemes to
get start On the weeds.
The Kenmare dog poisoner appears
to be an industrious cuss.
At Kenmare tough youngster was
arrested on theft charge.
The people of Kenmare are we'll
satisfied with the creamery.
The N. P. has started work on the
Fargo division near Buffalo.
Ransom county is getting the repu-
tation as financial center.
The war about -four between two
firms at Columbus is still on.
The dog shooting case at Towner
promises 10 be serial affair.
| The seventeenth of Norway is to be
| largely celebrated in the state.
| At Dunseith the creamery is to be
converted into cheese factory.
Stutsn!an county has another term
CT court the second Monday in June.
|
Manipulators in bad checks are
getting into trouble in Grand Forks
Prof Gleason Of the Crary schools
makes excursions to his claim near
Ross.
| Landlord Whitman is making i'm
| provements in his Hotel Seyilla at
Devils Lake.
Nearly all the towns in the western
Part cf the state are planning tele-
phone extensions.
There has been banking change in
Douglas. D. P. Robinson of Garrison
became the owner
Andrew Ranchler, Who left Heaton
last year for western Canada, was
killed in a runaway.
Dr.. Moeller's sentence of ten years
will tie appealed by the Minot medic
to the supreme court.
Thousands of acres of new land in
western Sheridan county are being
put into crops this season.
The new ~ P. station at Valley City
may be connected with the downtown
district by an electric line.
The North Dakota militia boys ap-
peer to have made a good showing
under the official inspection.
James Buchanan of Buchanan pur-
chased d home in Fargo, and will To-
cate in the gateway city of the state.
There is a. law requiring that bar.
hers must disinfect their instruments
Of war before using them on custom
erS.
The rural mail carriers are rejoic-
ing that the spring thaw is over.
Some OF the country roads have been
fierce
There is said to be a spicy case at
Upfam in which a woman who for
merry conducted hotel and bust
ness man are involved.
In 1908 there were 77,734 acres Of
wheat, 16,09S acres of barley, 2S,114
acres Of oats, 56.S62 acres of fax
raised in Mclean county. This, with
gardens, corn fields and late breaking
OF planted makes over 100000 acres
under cultivation.