The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-08

arrived home from New York this week.
Miss Lillian we learn is Ill and has been
ordered by her physicians to stop study
for prolonged period. Miss Minnie
will visit here for her vacation period
from her duties as trained nurse.
Alma Vogelpohl, age l6, left the grad
ed schools to attend Mankato (Minn)
Commercial College, and took book
keeping and shorthand. That was five
years ago. She has held good positions
and is now considering l.5OO offer as
private secretary. The NJ. G. G. stu
dents are wonderfully successful.
A very heavy wind and hail storm did
a great deal of damage in the north cen.
trail part Of Grand Forks county ON
Wednesday. A strip from three to five
miles wide, reaching through Inkster,
Gilby. Marvel and Honeyford, across in
to Polk county, Mimi. was wiped clean
of crops and many small buildings were
wrecked.
Ferrymen Akers and Deacon are
figuring with automobile manufacturers
to replace the "Rosalie" with tally -ho.
auto-if the Red river gets few inches
lower. Pilot Sam Joyce says that on
the 4th the dust was so thick on the
river tina. he had to steer by compass
couldn't see the landing places on
either side.
Mr.. Andrus the toilette land man, is
putting in a stock of general merchan.
disc in his store room that has been
vacant since MIR. w. G. Short went out
of business there. The store will be in
charge of Mr.. Ed. Corwin, late of st.
Paul and formerly in the store business
at Lake City MINI. Mr.. Corwin and
wife are now at toilette and Che goods
have partly arrived and are being placed
on the shelves.
The drain board have been in session
all the week. Quite number were
present on Wednesday to protest against
their assessments on Drain 16, which
runs from the big slough to the Tongue
river. Messrs Nevins and Ryan were
in attendance on Thursday arranging
with the board as to some small changes
about the mouth of Drain %, where it
enters the river near Bathgate.
The county commissioners are in
session this week with the county
assessment and the canvass of the
primary election as items of business
as we'll as the regular routine. They
will probably be in session until some
time next week-and then perhaps
there will be county seat petition to
look over, hut it is not here yet-on
Wednesday,.
Miss Evelyn Basken, accompanied by
MISS Gray also of the Central Telephone
Exchange, and MIR. Hugh Mckay, of
the Canadian Northern shops, all of
Winnipeg spent Sunday with relatives
here. Miss Gray is a couisn of the
Morris. Miss, Basken informs us that
Miss Mccormick, who was born and
raised in Carlisle is one of the head
operators at the exchange where she is
working.
One of the happy events of the week
was white shower given by Misses
Belle Mckay and Pauline Kneeshaw
for Miss Hulda Anderson, a bride of the
month. The Kneeshaw home was
beautifully decorated with leaves and
roses. By a novel devise the dining
room was strung with clothes lines on
which the gifts were pinned, the honoree
was then requested to take in her
Superintendent Burley who is engag-
ed as one of the faculty of the summer
school at the University is the leader of
a series of round table discussions on
the course of study and the various
pahases of the work of the rural
teacher and the settlement of various
professional questions. A question box
On all matters of school management
and laws is also under her charge.
There is good attendance from Penn.
bina county.
Among other visitors at this sanctum
last week were G. KILLER and W. H.
Often of Cavalier who were plotting
over some new made citizens from their
ocality, who will doubtless put some
votes this fall where they will do the
most good for Cavalier. The gentlemen
Who are both old time friends called IN
ind we all shook hands over the bloody
.hasm. This internecine war has its
pleasant SIDES too. Robert Mcbride
vas over too, but had only eime to say
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