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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
is A HAVEN FOR AMERICANS.
island Of Porto Rico Prophesied az .
Future Mecca for Our Wealthy ;.
Citizens.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the next, 81
years. Porto Rico will be occupied e1
elusively by American millionaires, ~,
cordipg to the opinion Of Alfred, Ze'
vas, resident of San Juan, who. sayl
that Americans already are awaken.
ing to the picturesqueness Of the
island, its climatic inducements, and
its generally healthy conditions. /.
: "The weather. people Of America
are gradually realizing what a great
acquisition the island is to the United,
States. Americans are looking for
places of beauty and rest They ars.
seeking places where they can got,
away from the ordinary, and for this,
reason l say" continued Mr.. ZeyaA
Porto Rico will eventually be desiA
mated as the mecca of Americas rich.
Here they can motor through milea,
of mountains, where the scenery
equals that of any part Of Switser,
land. The country is threaded with,
miles of good roads, the majority q
which are macadamized.
''When the automobilist reaches
certain attitudes in the center Of Pon
to Rico he can look to all sides q,
him and view the sea. Not only, ii
the scenery Of the island ideal. bus.
the climate is that Of perpetual spring
Not once in the last decade have ~
experienced a storm which I'm
caused material damage. This mod
crate temperature, coupled with liz
salt breezes. makes the climate exu
berating. American tourists alread,
are visiting Porto Rico IN large nun
bers during the winter months. =. 4 4.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02

educational course at Belgian col
lege, where the English boys were
fined, almost to the full amount Of
their pocket money, if they spoke
their, native tongue. From Belgium
Shepperly passed to Spain, and there.
| In the town of San Juan de Luz,
: where he was engaged as CORE
spondence clerk, he acquired knowi
edge of Spanish. Latin and Greek
, were a part of his school curriculum.
and Italian came to him by study.
From his Dutch wife he acquired some
facility in the language of Holland.
/ Seven years ago Shepperly found
himself, no longer young man. out
of employment, at the end of his re.
sources and with no prospect OF OBJ
tanning work. His wife and three
young children were dependent on
him, and he purchased large tray,
stocked it with chocolates, and took
up a corner in the city. He has re.
NAMED in Lothbury ever since, and
would not change his way of living
except for something absolutely per
manent.
Satisfied with an occupation that
procures him a living, he has his
books and his pen for intellectual
companionship. Every morning he
gets up at three o'clock in order to
read and write for some hours before
taking up his stand on the street. He
/ has written four one-act and two four
act society plays, one Of which has
been highly praised by London man
ager and provincial manager.
His library is small. but select; II
! includes nnc copy of "Oedipus Ty
rannus," in the original; an ancient
copy of Horace is another treasure
At present Balzac is his delectation;
he tells that he occasionally indulgei
/ in such light literature" Among
| modern authors, Carlyle is his favor
i lite and Meredith comes next.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02

the folding doors sideways, and every
time he sits down the man In the fiat
below kicks because we move the
piano SO often. - -
Tacks was also present.
Tacks is my youthful brother.in.law
with a mind like a walking delegate
because he's always looking for trou-
BILE. and when he finds it he passes it
Up to somebody who doesn't need it.
Evening, joint" gurgled Uncle
Peter. Late, aren't you?"
Cars blocked; delayed me-" I
sighed.
New York will be a nice place
when they get It, finished, won't it,"
chirped Tacks. !
Just then Aunt Martha squeezed in
from shopping excursion and 1 went
out in the hall while she counted up
and dragged out the days spoils for
Clara ]. to look at.
Aunt Martha is Uncle Peters wife,
only she weighs more and breathes
oftener.
When the two of them visit our
Dlrd cage at the same time the janitOr
has to go out and stand in front of the
building with view to catching 1t If
1t falls. .
That night I waded into all the
sporting papers and burned dream
pipes till the smoke made me dizzy
The next day hit the track with
three sure-fires and couple of per.
hapses.
There was nothing to It. All I had
to do was to keep my nerve and not
| get side-tracked and I'd have enough
coin to make Andrew Carnegie's check
book look like a punched meal ticket
played them-and when the An
| gelus was ringing Moses O'Brien and
three other bookbinders were out buy
ing meal tickets with my money.
Things went along this way fol
about a week and was all to the bad
One evening Clara ]. said to me:
"John, I looked through your check
book today and I've had a cold in my
chest ever since. At first thought
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Auto Turned Turtle.

Enderlin.-Julius Manske. young
farmer 81 years old, was found dead
near here Friday morning with his
neck broken. -
His farm is few miles from town.
Thursday he was here to visit his
father, H. Manske, and started home
about 10 o'clock in his automobile. He
had no light and in the darkness ran
off high grade. The machine turned
turtle. causing his death.
In addition to his broken neck, the
dead man had received other injuries
Of a serious nature in the fall.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02

Dinkalorum would net me enough to
give Bunch q line Of sad talk, so
stepped up to the poor-box and con.
tributed. :.
Dinkalorum started of in the lead
like pale streak, and Immediately
bought an entirely new set of furni
ture for the fiat.
About half way around a locomotive
whistle happened to blow near by;
Dinkalorum, being Union horse
thoughtsit was six o'clock and refused
absolutely to work minute over
time. &.
i had to put the furniture back in
4 the store.
In the next race / decided to play q
system Of my own invention, 30 took
my program. counted seven up, four
down and two up, all: Of which result.
ed in Pink slob at 60 to 4. Hill
It looked good and handed Isadore
Longfnger so tor the purpose OF
tearing 5000 away from him little
later on.
Pink Slob got away in the lead, but
he made the mistake OF walking fast
instead of running. with the result
that when the other horses were back
in the stable, Pinkie was still giving
heel and toe exhibition around near
third base.
Itswasn't my day. SO I squeezed into
the thirst parlor and bathed my In
fjured feelings with sarsaparilla.
Just before the last race ran
across Bunch. He was over $500 TO
the good and he wanted to treat me 10
4 q lot Of kind words he felt like saying
about himself.
Oh! but maybe he wasn't the city
boy with the head In the suburbs!
When I reached homo that night j
4 felt like q sock that needs darning.
Nj Clara ]. had invited Uncle Peter 70
take dinner nth rs M, e ID TN Is
rive me the nervous loolI-over 9 soon
q 1 answered roll call. 5s
ss Uncle Peter Il = very stout old eor.
Stlsman. When 10 sQuee1es into our
littls ut thS walls act liks tho N
iow.leSg1d q. ssS
s 1ncas rstar aivays - oush
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
STREET VENDER Z school, !
ten BY This London SELLER ef
Chocolates. sY5

5 London Outside ONCE hours busk
ness men Of London have q wonder.
full and cheap method Of absorbing
culture. There is stationed on 10th
bury, street just behind the Bank
Of England, paragon Of learning
with whom anyone desiring to I'm.
prove his French, German. Spanish,
italian, Latin, Greek or English may
converse by buying a penny worth Of
chocolate.
William Shepperly, street seller
Of sweets, is learned linguist. Id
was not always a hawker; that d
obvious at a first encounter. His
French he acquired as part Of the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Governor Appointed pleeo.te..

Bismarck.-The governor has ap-
pointed the following delegates to tile
seventh annual convention Of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors congress
which Will be held at Washington, d
G., on Dec. z. and 3, inclusive. 1910:
Hon. Andrew ]. Miller, Bismarck.
Capt. Isaac p. Baker, Bismarck.
Senator +. =. Thompson, Cando.
Hon. John Bruegger, Williston. w
p. J. Lander. Grand Forks. ss
=. =. =. o'Connor, Grand Forks. III
J. w. Jackson, Williston.
Max Robinoyich. Grand Forks.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Seven, come eleven!

Seven. come eleven! ,S
After promising Clara ]. that I
would never again light pipe at the
race track. there stood, one Of the
busiest puff-puff laddies on the circuit.
Well. the truth Of the matter is just
this: fell asleep at the switch and
somebody put the white lights all over
me.
Just how I happened to join tho
Dream Builders association don't
know, but for several weeks I was
Willie the Wild Boy at the race track
and l kept all the bookmakers busy
trying not to laugh when they took
my money.
Every day when I showed up at the
gate the pipers played Darling,
Dream Of Me!"s and every time.
picked a skate the Smokers society
went into executive session and elect.
ed me life member. -
Every horse that finished last gave
me the trembling lip as he crawled
home. well aware Of the fact that
had caught him with the goods.
blame Bunch Jefferson for putting
the bug in my central.
Bunch went down to the skating
pond one day with $18 and picked
four live wires at an average of 8 to
Then he began to talk about himself
After that event whenever hap
pened to meet Bunch he would raise
his megaphone and fill the neighbor
! hood with hot ozone, fresh from the
oven. ,.e .asA
1t was pitiful to see that boy swell
Just to cure Bunch and drive hin
out of the balloon business made W
my mind one day I'd run down to the
Flatflsh Factory and drag few hon
est dollars away from the bookmakers
Splash!
That's where I fell overheard.
One bright Saturday p. M. found me
clinging to wad the size Of a foun
tain pen and trying to decide whether
I'd better play Dinkalorum at 40 to
or Mysteries at to S.
I finally decided that a ten-spot OF
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Death From Fall.

Rolla.- Instant death was meted out
to Mr.. Gray, aged % years, when he
fell from wagon of grain that he was
hauling near Thorne. The young man
had stood up on his load to put on his
overcoat when the wagon struck a rock
in the road. The jar threw him from
the wagon and he fell in such man.
ner as to break his neck, causing in
Simultaneous sdeath.
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4.
damages g q = y 0s 81 Die.
Grand Forks. The case Of Oscar
Anderson and Ed Curry W. the Board
OF Supervisors Of Michigan Township
and Peter Nymoen, In which plaintiffs
were suing for $1,000 for damages TO
their automobiles. was heard In dis
trict court. The jury brought ~ 9
verdict for the plaintiffs, assessing
their damages at $500. a5 IN
The case Ia involved an interesting
point Of law 40 to whether the board
OF, supervisors Of township can be
held liable for damages resulting from
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Preparing for Session,

Bismarck force at the state
capitol building at the present time
is devoting its entire time to getting,
ready for the coming session of the
legislature which convenes January 8.
AL 1.-The departments are getting out
their biennial reports and the building
superintendent. Mr.. Slattery, is having
the senate and house chambers and the
retiring rooms thoroughly overhauled.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
No Bridge at Draiy,ton.

\ Drayton. There will be no bridge
constructed at this point as result
Of the action Of the board Of commits.
sioners In refusing to make the ap.
propriation Of $4,000 asked for. Tho
board takes the position that to ap-
.propriate that amount Of cash, an
election a'nthorising the same must b
held. u i:3.5 q ii Il
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Three Towns Want County Seat.

Crosby The fight for the county
seat honors in Divide county is taking
on definite form with Crosby, Ambrose
and Kermit in the field. Governor
Burke has the power Of naming the
commissioners who will fix the loca-
ton Of the temporary county seat, but
two years hence the matter will come
81 g vote: Of the people for the perma-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Ban On smoklna III coIleoe,,., \

Ban on Smoking In College. il
New York, N. z. Students at Co
Slumbia university are objecting to 8
new university rule which forbids
smoking - any Of the lecture rooms
or Railways Of the college buildings.
Smoking has hitherto been allowed
there. is
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
December Institute Dates.

Fargo.-Prof. T. A. Hoverstad, SUI
perintendent of the state farmers in
'stitutes, announces the following dates
for Institutes during December:.
Voltaire, Dec. s. ..
Surrey, Dec. 6.
Denbigh, Dec. 8. Fl i':..
Ross, Dec. 8. f:Es.:.
Berthold, Dec. 10. ':isSi -
Fergus. Dec. 10 and IA. 7,s;t!
Larimore, Dec. is to. II. 'T;' ~.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
Gin EaiIs. from. Barn Loft.

{. Girl Fails From Barn Loft. i
Rolla. Alice Bower, aged, 9 years,
may die from the effects Of injuries ~
sceiyed from g fail from the loft q
her fathers barn. Ii her rapid descent
she struck the side Of Manager. Her
condition IL critical. SD
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
.>.cI<ed bv Cow.

N'SN00 ny -VUWs
Mott-A frightful accident occurred
at the home Of Manley Haskins. Mr..
Haskins. while engaged in stabling his
stock, was kicked by one Of the anil
mails. receiving a scalp wound just
above the right eye,, which fractured
the skull The unfortunate man was
rendered unconscious \ for several
hours. ( 5S.S 8R
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
; 'Indian Police chi.f p..d..

tU0Iau TO1SS0 OHIOr OoUos
Deyils Lake.-Advices from Fort
Totten state that Simon Court, tho
chief Of police of the Devils Lake In
dian reservation, died there on the af-
ternoon Of Thanksgiving day at 1880
O'Clock. The cause Of the death Is at
present unknown.
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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-02
FARM NOTES.

Give the sheep plenty of good, pure
water.
Wheat bran and oats make strong
bones in the colt.
In selecting trees to plant for shade
don't forget the white elm.
Don't allow the stock wagons tn
pack the soil in the orchard.
A wheel hoe is very good paying
investment for any one who has gar
den.
There is no better way to harvest
PEAS than by turning the hogs into
them
Never approach the bee hives in
front If you wish to keep peace with
the inmates.
Give the bees plenty of water. They
need great deal, and will fly long
distance to get it.
A lazy man should never breed
colts. for he must be alert and on the
Job If he wishes to succeed.
Dust the climbing roses with sui
phur early in the morning. while the
dew is on. to prevent mildew.
Every sheep feeder should awaken
to his opportunities and put a stop to
selling his lambs in poor condition.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-02
Fodder Ration.

In comparing the above rations, i,
will be noticed that nothing Is in
cluded which can not be grown upor
the farm and that in the second ratior
the corn fodder and corn meal are re
placed by the less expensive silage
However. there are several Other
things which must be considered: "a
Silage furnishes more succulent, pal.
atable and diges,ible food, is relished
by the COW. which is not SO true of the
corn fodder. GU Silage stimulates Sc
erection and is conducive to a heavy
milk flow as shown by the New Jersey
Experiment station where the same
COWS were fed alternately on corr
fodder and silage, obtaining nearly
Is per cent increase in milk flow with
the latter. CD Silage can be kept
with practically no loss where witt
fodder nearly 25 per cent is lost il,
teaching by rain and snow and blow
ing away by the wind. ca In feeding
nearly all the silage will be eaten
where much of the woody materia.
will be wasted in case of the fodder
5)Silage may be kept from year tc
year and is good substitute in sum
when when pasture grass is short
This is not true Of the fodder. 81
Where corn-fodder is used in the ra
ton very little of the other roughagl
on the farm will be utilized wherea.
green succulent silage is made thu
basis of the ration much will be eater
by the stock.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-02
GOOD FOOD FOR DAIRY COWS
What Roughage Can Be Utilized for
Basis of Ration and Give
Best Returns.

by G. !. MARTIN, Professor Of Dairy
Ing, North Dakota Agricultural CollegeD
The actual profits to the farmer in
the dairy business came through low
ering the cost of production and so
feeding the cows as to maintain a
maximum milk flow. To do this re-
qHires the utilization of necessary
roughage about the farm, selection Of
those feeds which tend toward milk
production and liberal feeding. There
Is always great deal of roughage
that goes to waste on every farm, es-
pecially SO in North Dakota, when so
much small grain is raised. This is
one Of the loose ends which on many
farms Is being made to yield good re.
turns. Nearly every farmer has a
meadow and few acres of corn This,
together with the other roughage may
be utilized very profitably by feeding
it to stock
In season like this. the farmer
who can turn his products into cash
in a short time has many advantages.
Perhaps the quickest and most profit.
able way to do this is through the
medium Of the dairy cow-a COW that
within few hours will return cher
food) the roughage of the farm as
finished marketable human food and
not storing it away under her skin to
be drawn upon at her earliest neces.
sity.
The question naturally arises as to
what roughage Of the farm can be
made the basis Of the ration and at
the same time give the best returns
Unless properly utilized the corn crop
constitutes the greatest loss on the
farm for nearly 40 per cent of the food
material In the plant is in the leaves
and stalk and if properly handled con.
stitutes basis for the best dairy "a.
ton obtainable There Is very little
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-02

difference in the amount of actua
food material or the cost Of ration
where either corn fodder or corn SIX
age constitute the basis. as the fol
lowing figures will show:
Fodder Ration.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-02
Providing Early Greens.

Turnips. If left in the ground. will.
produce early greens In spring, and
so will the stalks of cabbage II they
are left with the roots in the ground
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-22
AUTOS WORTH S50,O0O,000
IN 1909; 100000, 1902
Department of Commerce and
Labor Recognizes Machines
as Commerce Factor
iBy Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Automobiles
entering the worlds markets in the year
1909 had a value in excess of $50. 100000,
50. 100000 for the year 1902, striking evil
dence, according to the bureau of statis-
tics of the department of commerce and
labor, that the automobile is an import
ant and rapidly increasing factor in in
ternational commerce.
The value Of automobiles exported in
1908 from France. the United States. the
United Kingdom, Italy and Germany, the
five leading countries in the manufacture
and sale, was more than $45, 100000, or a
growth of 400 per cent since 1902.
Automobile exports in the four foreign
countries named increased within the
ten-year period from $S,0OO,OO0 to $39.00O,-
OO0 a gain of 1856 per cent. Exports of
automobiles from the United States in the
same period increased from 100000 to
$39, 100000, a gain since 1892 of more than
400 per cent. France leads the world as
an exporter of motor cars, with the
United States second, some of the figures
given by the bureau of statistics show
the automobile exports in 1908 from
France to have been valued at $24.560, 900;
from the United States in 1909, 1861, 397 /;
the United Kingdom. 1903, S7,61O267; Italy
in 1908, $5539.0C0, and Germany in 1908,
SO. OBJ. 900.
OF the automobiles shipped from the
United States in 1909. $7.750000 worth
went to foreign countries and less than
81. 900 worth to the non-contiguous
territories of the nation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-22
CLEAR TAX LAW NEEDED
TO WIPE OUT CONFUSION

81 am going to recommend to the leg
islature that it pass a new act specifi-
cally fixing what constitutes a legal tax
levy" says Comptroller General Wright
speaking with emphasis on the confusion
that he says exists throughout Georgia
among county tax officers. -
Fright on that point there is a grand
opportunity for the Legislature to distin-
guish itself. There is a surprising lack
of information abroad as to what con-
stitutes a legal county tax levy. The
confusion is continually evident in con-
troversies between corporations and coun-
ty tax officers, the one claiming that a
levy Is illegal and the other contending
that 1t is perfectly legal. 1t arises from
different causes-from the number of laws
on this one subject, and the indefinite
ness of some of them"
The comptroller says he sees no reason
for any change in the provisions the
laws now make, but believes those pro-
visions should be clarified and codified in
one specific and succinct law.
This office is continually in correspond
ence with county authorities and corpora
lions, growing out of that very lack Of
clearness in the statutes" he says.
In a number of counties the whole
levy has been protested by some corpo-
rations on ground of illegality, and thou
sands of dollars of taxes will be tied up
till these disputes are adjusted.