The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-16
Fnckertail Facts
NORTH Dakota State issws In
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Dunsetth.-An addition has been
! made to the townsite.
Lidgerwood-A steam laundry will
be opened in this town.
Williston.-This city will have q la
dies bowling club this winter.
Gackle.-Some Of the citizens Of this
town are in favor of Incorporating.
Souris.-The Sons of Norway re-
Gently celebrated with ludefisk sup
per.
Diclsinson.-A firm Of this city is
about to build a $4,000 store struc-
ture.
Dickinson.-Farmers Of this vicin-
ity are holding their grain for higher
prices.
Dickinson.-The commercial club is
trying to get the Milwaukee road to
build to this city.
I Fargo.-The order of Yeomen has
gained over 800 members in North
Dakota the past year.
Velva.-J. j. Virgin, a printer en-
town suddenly. is charged with the
forgery of a number Of checks.
Sentinel Butte.-This town will have
a new town hall, stock to the amount
Of $4,000 having been subscribed for
the enterprise.
F2rgo.-The mi1lers of North Da-
/ kota and western Minnesota will meet
in this city during the grain growers
convention in January
Bismarck.-The state public library
commission has installed farmers
travelling library which deals with
farm topics, and which is proving ac-
ceptable and useful. It is left but
chor In, ho for
are making good use of it.
Williston.-Tests for three years at
the experimental farm at this place
show that on irrigated land potatoes
averaged 1879 bushels an acre while on
non-irrigated land the yield was so
bushels an acre. This is SO bushels
an acre in favor of irrigation
Pembina.-Suit has been started by
B. B. Wells, county superintendent Of
Walsh county, to prevent Edward Err
ickson, successful candidate at the re-
cent election, from taking office on the
ground that Mr.. Erickson is not
legal resident of Walsh county.
Voltaire. - The farmers institute
held at this place brought out a num-
Der of unique things. The farmers
own the hall in which the meeting was
held and it was built by them. They
also own the telephone line, an eleva-
tor and the townsite and run their
Bowbells.-The fact that in twelve
precincts the election officers did not
hold out in the designated places re-
suited in this town winning the county
seat over Ignite which had a major
ity if the votes Of these twelve towns
had been counted.
Marmarth.-The sheriff of this
county acting under instructions from
the governor of the state persuaded
the promoters of fight scheduled at
this town to give up the encounter
with the result that the affair is ex-
pected to be pulled off in Terry,
Mont.
Dickinson.-Two of the men impli-
Gated in the notorious Dickinson &C.
ment stealing cases made pleas Of
guilty when arraigned in the district
court, George Joslyn and D. H.
Rhodes being the men who decided
upon that course. They will receive
sentences shortly. The other men i'm
plicated in the case have elected to
stand trial.
Fargo-A Chicago paper says:
"John Dalrymple, the young man
who has succeeded to the management
of the great Oliver Dalrymple wheat
farm in North Dakota, is college bred
and he spends his winters in Europe,
but he is the practical manager of
his 10000 acre domain. His men say
he is a better farmer than his father
was"
Rock Lake.-H. w. Hall of Okla
homa had an exciting time getting
married to Miss Nellie Mark. He hir-
ed a team and did not return on time
and was searched for as horse
thief. After he explained and settled
the bills and was finally married the
girls parents had him arrested at
Devils Lake as the girl was only six
teen years Of age.
Westhope.-Gas we'll prospectors OPP
Grating in Westhope and backed up
by the business men of the city have
all kinds of perseverance, but up to
the present time gas has been min
us quantity. The drillers have now
reached a point just 1000 feet under
the surface and are still going down,
and while traces have been found here
and there indicating the presence of
gas, no flow has been struck.
Bottineau.-A loss of approximately
100000 was sustained at Russell, this
county, in the destruction Of the Far
mers Cash store, an institution oper-
ated by farmers in that section. In
dications are that the blaze had it's or
igin in the boiler room but when it
was discovered, it had gained such a
Roadway that there was no chance Of
stopping it. A family resided on the
second floor and barely had time to
flee in safety in their night apparel.
Powers Lake.-Business men of
this city have an unique method Of
dealing with violaters of the prohibi-
ton law, having organized the Pow
ers Lake Enforcement league for the
express purpose Of making prosecu-
tions of men charged with such Of
lenses. Not only does the league
make an offer to take definite steps
in the matter Of convicting men
charged with prohibition law VIOLA
lions, but 1t also offers rewards for
information concerning such offenders
as well as for violators Of the gam
bling law.