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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27

The writer attended the editorial
meeting at Grand Forks last Friday
and Saturday and spent . very enjoy
able time. There was . large attend
ance and perhaps this ia itself one OF
the BEST evidences Of the growth of the
state. 1t is not so very many years ago
that we attended similar meeting at
Wahpeton when the four or five Penn.
bina county editors then and there
present made a majority. While but
few of the "old guard" we're at Grand
Forks twas q pleasure indeed to shake
haads with them aeaia, aud as for the
''rising generation" they looked like
men Of whom the state of North Dakota
coald and would be proud No other
class of men have SO much to do with
steeDing the ship ct state in right
directions or perform their duties more
unselashly or moro conscientlously.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
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In the fifty-two issues of years
volume The Youths Companion prints
fully TIVE hundred and fifty stories.
The subscription price of the paper is
but S1.75, so that the stories cost less
than cent apiece, without reckoning
in all the rest of the contests-anec.
dotes, humorous sketches, the Doctors
weekly article, papers on popular topics
by famous men and women.
Although the two hundred and fifty
stories cost SO little, they are not cheap
stories. In variety of scene, diversity
OF incident, skill and truth in character.
depicting, they cannot be excelled.
The announcement for 1911, beauti.
fully illustrated, giving more detailed
particulars of these stories and other
new features which greatly enlarge the
paper, wall be sent to any address free
with sample copies Of current issues.
Every new subscriber receives free
The Companions Art Calendar for 1911,
Autographed in thirteen colors and
gold. and Il the subscription is received
At once. sl the issues for the remaining
weeks Of 1870.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
IA Berkely ST., Boston, Mass.
New subscriptions received at this Office,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
Saves Two Lives.

"Neither my sister nor myself might
be living today, if it had not been for
DR.. Kings New Discovery" writes A. D.
Mcdonald Of Fayetteville, N. q r. F.
d. No. 8, "for we both had frightful
coughs that no other remedy could help.
We were told my sister had consump.
ton. She was very weak and had
night sweats but your wonderful medi-
cine completely cured US both It's the
best ever used or heard Of" For sore
lungs, coughs, colds, hemorrhage, la.
grippe, asthma, hay fever, Group,
whooping CO lgh-all bronchial troubles
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
ECONOMY.

The county commissioners have start
ed out on plan Of r.trenchment in
county expenditures which promises
we'll for the general interests of the tax
payers Of the county. II they will keep
this up the people will stand squarely
behind them. The matter of new
county bridges has not vet come up but
we hope the bOard will not be inspired
by the idea that all OF the bridges must
be constructed at once. This is hardly
q year when tax payers will appreciate
large expenditures, even in good cause.
There are other years and other tax
levies which can complete THE work
and any such construction work should
be undertaken rs there is urgent and
immediate demand for.-Pink Paper.
The efforts of the county board at
reducing expenditures have SO far been
confined mostly to the cutting down
salaries of the clerks and may amount
to as much as s25U, total per year. AS
the late board have just appropriated
S25,OW extra for the new proposed
bridge at Drayton in addition to about
the same sum for local bridges this year
and as the board have by all means in
their power been aiding the project Of
building new court house at Cavalier
which will cost according to the differ
ent views anywhere from co. 900 to elO0-
OOO outlay beside incidental interest and
losses in other directions amounting to
half as much more, we wonder whether
the Pink Paper editorial is Just sarcasm
and Irony or Just simple d. foolish
ness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
wrongs that appear in our methods

wrongs that appear in our methods of
assessment
Some of these may be corrected. The
tax convention may be able to show US
how to diferentiate fairly the percentage
between say farm lands. store goods
and banks.
Since the world began. taxation has
been problem. We fear rs long as
the world lasts, or rather as long as the
present sort Of people live in the world,
taxation will be q problem. First,
because oe the innate difficulties of
equalizing the assessment OF the differ
ent classes Of property, but more than
all to find some means of assessing the
intangible and invisible stuff that al.
ways escape taxation. When everybody
becomes exactly honest, in other words
in the millenium, then will it be possible
to make everybody pay their fair share
of the burdens Of government.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27

Guardianship Of N. E. Nelson; Penn
bina; Annual account Of guardian filed;
hearing on same set for Friday, Febru-
ary oath at 2 p. m.
Estate of Agnes Fowler, Pembina:
Hearing had on petition for letters of
administration; service not being COM
plete new citation was issued return
able Friday, February oath, at p. m. :.
Estate of James D. McCauley, toilette:
Hearing had on petition for appoint
ment of administratix; appeared Eliza.
beth j. McCauley, petitioner, who was
sworn and examined; order made ap-
pointing said Elizabeth j. McCauley as
administratix and her bond as such
fixed at S1O,OOO.NO.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
DAIRyMeN's ASSOCIATION
MEETING At JAMESTOWN.

At last pears meeting of the North
Dakota Dairymen's Association which
was held at Jamestown, so much inter-
est was aroused and the result was 80
successful that the committee at once
decided the meeting should become an
annual event, and that this years meet
ing should far surpass that At any pre-
vious years. This years meeting will
be held at jamestown, Feb. SO.
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged and many of the best speakers
Of the state as well as many 6rom other
states who are thoroughly versed in
every detail of dairying will deliver
addresses. An address of welcome will
be delivered by Mayor Rlewett Of James
town, responded to by w. r. Siege Of
Medina. An address by President
Theodore Kahallek OF Kennare will
follow.
Among the leading speakers are Prof.
Shaw Of Minnesota; Prof. J. H. Shep-
pard Of the North Dakota Agricultural
College, Prof @. E. Lee, of Madison,
Wisconsin; MI. L. D. Frost of New York
City and many Other prominent speak.
ers will give short talks on the latest
methods Of producing both creamery
and dairy hntter.
1t is expected that very large rep
sesentation Of dairymen and farmers
will be in attendance from all over the
state as we'll as from adjourning states.
This year the Northern Pacific has
shown their interest in this moveuaent
by offering as reward to the winaers
Of the hig-est scoring in both dairy aud
creamery butter, a beautiful solid silxer
cup. These cups will be engraved
showing for what purpose they were
awarded, with the name of the party 10
whom they are awarded. The presenta-'
ton will follow Immediately after the
scoring contest.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
TAXATION.

mere11asAAaoeting this week atsBis-
masck of q number of "tax-shagps"
including our own county auditor, w.
w. Relson, who by study and experience
knows about as much as amy of them in
the actual Workings Of the present
system, or rather the lack of:system.
These gentlemen will undoubtedly
propose many actual improvements ia
the ways and means of assessing, and
the Lord knows there is plenty uf
opportunity.
Among our present methods we select
assessors from the different civic cor
porate communities and the law directs
them to assess all property at its actual
valuation.and return the results to the
county auditor.
As matter of practice no assessor IN
the state ever pretends to do this In
. general way by common consent,
property is divided into classes, about
thirty in all, besides some miscellaneous.
In most localities many Of these
''classes" are practically ignored by
both the assessed and the assessor.
Such items as money and credits.
watches and diamonds, stocks and
bonds. .ete. make almost no showing in
the totals. In the other classes q
supposed percentage rate is established
Is fair valuation, each class however
having its own per cent rate, and
varying largely according to the general
ideas of the assessors.
The law which says to value at real
value, is impossible Of exact execution
because the value Of anything depends
very largely on many different factors.
Even . silver or gold dollar is Of . con-
stantly varying vslue when measnred
by it's purchasing power.
ii. nee when the assessment is based
on : per cent Of the sctual value, the
first question which arises e what is
the actual valne-andl the Per cent
must vary according to the answer.
Thus at the very best the assessors
rate ls only guess As & to values,
whether he reckons on the full Or per
cent value. ..
The assessment BY communities BY
the local assessor, who 10 elected by bis
neighbors, = fruitful 81 errors Of judg-
mont BY the assessor. Nrst. he does
not want 70 hsve his averages show MP
as larger than thoss g tho neiehboring
townships Ifhs. do he = not likslys
q, - . sientsd, oaussS whiieit yyuulds
sInaks aS mAtslial II ~ thstewn-'
rip s. sehDe tex III sosld instS ~
So s & = 4 = 4 / =
Gelal ~ - - 4 n,
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27

Awomen'e suffrage bill was reported
to be indefinitely postponed. but later
It was sent back to the committee for
reconsideration. Our Senator Ganssle
Of the Second District is chairman ol
the suffrage committee Of the senate.
While it is not at all probabls that such
q bill will DO passed vt this session. il
is nstable that the matter lis receiving
far more attention than in former
sessions when it was considered more
as . Josh than anythiag serious.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27

"F1T'' is THE FIRST THING YOU WANT IN
A PAIR or SHOE THAT is WHY We CAN FIT
YOU. "LooK'' is THE NEXT THING YOU WANT
IN A PAIR OF Shoes. We CARRY Shoes THAT
Look WELL. ''WEAR'' is THE NEXT THING YOU
WANT. If We SELL YOU A PAIR or Shoes AND
THEY DON'T WEAR; BRING THEM BACK TO US
AND We WILL "MAKE GOOD" WE WANT Your
SHOE BUSINESS. We WILL GIVE YOU GOOD
Shoes FOR YOUR MONEY We ARE EXCLUSIVE
AGENTS FOR THE GOTHAM Shoes. A NEW
LINE FOR SPRING JUST ARRIVED
FELT SHOES AND FELT LINED Shoes AT
GREATLY REDUCED PRIcES--YoU WILL FIND
THEM ON ONE or OUR BARGAIN TABLES.
ID. HENEMAN
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
Solves . Deep Mystery.

II want to thank you from the bottom
OF my heart" wrote g. B. RAIDER, of
Lewisburg, w. Va, "for the wonderful
double benefit got from Electric Bit
ters. in curing me of both severe case
OF stomache trouble and of rheumatism,
from which I had been an almost help
less sufferer for ten years. It suited my
case as though made just for me-" For
dyspepsia. indigestion, jaundice and to
rid the system of kidney poisons that
cause rheumatism. Electric Bitters
has no equal. Try them. Every bottle
is guaranteed to satisfy, Only SOC at
City Pharmacy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
I'm COUNTY COURT.
II. q. WICK. 1loDGR

III. q. WICK. 1ol0GE. :
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Summary for week eading January
81, 1911,
Estate Of John Hutaoa, st. Thomas:
Hearing had on final account; appeared
John Chiiderhose and James .McD Donald
executors, appeared also William Tho
mas Hutton and George q. Hutton,
respondentes estate not heing ready for
final settlement hearing VAS adjourned
to Wednesday, February 15th, A. D.
l9ll ct 10 .. n.
Estate Of Iohn Cairns Cram, St.
Thomas: Petition for sppointnent Of
administrator kled; hearing on same set
forTuesday, March 7th ss9 a. M; on
petition Edward Gull was appainted
special administrators and RIed bond in
sum Of 100000.
Estate Of Bridget Follens. Crystal:
Bond and oath Of administrators. alsd;
bond approved and letters Of admins
tration iasned to Lonis T. Fpllens.
Estate Of Seth Claughton, Crystal:
Bond and osth OF administrstioa filed
and letters Of administration issued to
John K. Horn; order made appointing
Robert, Mcbride. W. n. Otten and
james Rowe . appraisers; order msoe
directing publication Of notice to
n..,l;tr,u ~ = fs,,n. ~ :.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
For Sale.

Good half section farm, S miles from
Pembina, 3 miles from Carlisle, l mile
from school. Buy direct from owner,
cheap for quick sale. Address w. H.
Falcon, Saskatoon, Sask.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27

As get the legis!atase has only been
doing preliminary &ork. The real
music is about to beEia.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-27
PEhdBINA, N. d. FRIDAY, JAN UARY e. 10

allowed to wait several months before
paying up.
Better let the taxpaying time alone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
AN IMMINENT PERIL.

Norwich Bulletin.)
BY another season the debating
societies should take up the question
whether Cook or Peary found the
North pole.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
STATE COMMENT
MODIFYING THE SENATE.
New Britain HeraldD,

\N6W OTlIdln T16IdlQ.J
Governor Baldwin has not received
much, if any, encouragement in re-
Spouse to- his request for help as to
the best method of redistricting the
senatorial districts of the state SO as
to make them uniform. 1t does not
seem as if it can be done with any
degree of satisfaction. It has been
suggested that the senate be abolish
ed, but if that were done there would
be no check upon legislation. 1t is
interesting, however, in connection
with this feature of the discussion to
note the fact that there is a bill be-
fore the legislature calling for a
change in the constitution so that
when the house and senate fail to
agree on certain bills which have
passed either branch that there shall
be a joint assembly of both branches
and that a majority vote will be suf-
ficient to pass the measures. This is
another step in the same direction for
while such a law might with greater
ease nullify the powers of the senate
it would still leave the town repre-
sentation in the house and while that
remains there is not much use in
making changes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
PRIEST FEELS R0BB:R
OF CHURCH POOnBox
Equally Vigorous Sexton of
st. Monica Captures Sec
ond Fellow Accused of
Thefts.

New York, Feb. .16.-Fa ther William
Jordan at St. Monica's So Church at No.
413 East Seventy-ninth street. believes
he has captured the men who, for a
few months, have been robbing the
poor boxes there. His parishioners
are proud of the way in which he
made the capture. It was only after
rough and tumble fight waged in
aisles and over and under pews that
the priest was able to lead his cap
tives to the East Eight-eighth street
police station.
For the last three weeks Father Jor-
dan says he has noticed three men
who entered the church afternoons at
4 o'clock apparently to pray. Their
outward fervor was so great it SEEM
ed unnatural to the sharp-eyed priest.
Besides after their departure on sew
eral days it was found the boxes had
been looted.
Yesterday at 4:So P. M. the priest
saw two of the three men enter the
church. He stepped into a comics.
s.onal box, passed from it into the
rectory, went out the front door and
hurried to the home of the sexton,
Hugh P. Connolly at No. 1910 First
avenue.
Connolly, do you feel like scrap?''
was the greeting to the surprised sex
ton. 81 think we've a chance to get
the fellows that have been robbing
the poor boxes.
Connolly was eager. The two went
to the rectory. stepped into the con-
fessional and looked through. They
could see the head Of a man bending
over poor box. He was a big
fellow. Father Jordan is five feet
eleven and weighs 100 pounds. "Pll take
the big fellow said he.
Priest and sexton sprang. Father
Jordan knocked down the "big fell
low who sprang up and grappled
with the priest but was subdued. The
sexton had just as hard a battle but
he also won. Then Father Jordan
and the sexton took both the captives
to the police station.
The prisoners said they were Raj
faelo Fantano, twenty-eight, a clerk,
of NO. SO McDougall street, and Giulio
Cheli, twenty, same address. On Fan
tano, the big one, were found two
skeleton keys and a piece of whale
bone on the end of which was a sticky
substance. He had $4.7O in nickels and
coppers. Most of the pieces were
sticky on one side. Giulio had $435 in
similar coins. The two were locked
up in Headquarters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
CONDEMNS USE
or COMMON CUP
Supt. Beede Holds Practice
in School a Real Source of
Danger to Pupils
ABOLISHED IN HARTFORD
Installation Of Drinking
Fountains Now Under
Way Throughout City
Buildings.

New Haven, Feb. 16-Condemning
the use of common drinking cup
as one of the worst evils of the local
schools, Superintendent Frank HI.
Beede of the New Haven public
schools yesterday stated that the re-
moval of the receptacle will help to
do away with many of the diseases
now common among school children.
The superintendent stated that for
the last ten years school authorities
have Waged war against the cup as
an evil and it is now gradually going
out of existence. That the possibili-
ties of. carrying diseases are great was
evidenced by Mr.. Beede's statement
which points out how some 300 pupils
drink out Of the same cup in many
of the local schools at the present
time.
The installation of drinking foun-
tains, explained the superintendent,
has been the subject of much expert
ment and study for several years.
The great number of fountains needed
to replace the unsanitary drinking
cups now in use necessitates not only
a careful consideration Of the require
ments of sanitation, but also as to
-durab ility or freedom from mechan-
ical defects. The fountains now in
stalled in the larger and newer
schools are declared by the superin-
tendent to be Of fine type which
makes the spreading of diseases al
most impossible.
There is danger in the drinking
cup" said Mr.. Beede. "a drinking
cup used by 500 pupils is a serious
matter and there are all sorts of pos
sibilities for filth and disease. 1t is
true that diseases in. our institutions
are conveyed by the cup and the re-
moval of it will help to do away with
many of them"
A dispatch was received from Hart
ford. announcing the Punishment of
the common drinking cup from public
parks and schools. as advocated in the
bulletin of the State Board of Health,
made public yesterday. The report
says that while there is no authorita-
tive basis to show that consumption
can be transmitted by this means.
still other contagious diseases can and
are. The driving out of the common
drinking cup is considered by the re-
port worthy Of consideration in this
State,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
PRESIDENT VS.. MAGAZINES

President Taft and the magazines
over the proposed increase of the post
age rate on the magazines. The, Pres
ident declares that he will continue to
recommend the increase SO long as
he holds office. that the magazines
should pay more than they do. that
they are abundontly able to do SO,
that the proposed increase is only
two-fifths Of cent per copy and will
raise the postage rate to It's cents per
pound while the cost to the govern
ment Is cents, and that his motive
revenge for magazine attacks upon
the Administration. but a desire to
secure a larger part of the actual
cost Of transportation. In fact. he
calls the present rate of postage a
virtual subsidy to the magazines.
On the other hand, the magazines
assert that the increased rate would
deprive them of their legitimate prof
its. that 1t would drive some of them
into suspension or. bankruptcy and
that responses to their advertising
pages increase heavily the govern
ment's revenue from two-cent post
age
The decision Of the question may
turn upon whether or not the maya
zines are so profitable that they can
pay the Increased postage and still
declare reasonable dividends upon the
capital invested. That some cannot
do so. is strongly asserted. but the
government CLAIMS to have provided
for such by an exemption of certain
weights of editions from the increased
rate This matter Of ability or nom
ability to pay the proposed increase
can only be precisely known to the
magazine publishers.
II is a positive fact that some of
the magazines have done. most excel
lent work In the cause of the people
and at heavy expense. Many persons
interpret the proposed increase in
their postage rate as inspired by ''the
special interests which have been
attacked by them and as intended to
lessen their future activities of such
kind by 1essening the amount which
can be expended by them in investi-
cations by special and highly quail
fled writer's. This assumption chal-
lenges the good faith of President
Taft and Postmaster General Hitch
cock. and yet it is entertained by
very many persons.
.. 1t would certainly be a public mis-
fortune if. through any action by
Congress. the magazines should be
prevented from making further reve-
lations Of the operations Of thigh fl
nance and political bosses
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
SOME KINDLY ADVICE.
Hartford Globe. J

-.
1t would seem as though Senator
Mitchell of New Haven, should brush
up little on his history. or some
other phase of Connecticut life. Re-
Gently he introduced a bill making
Columbus day a legal holiday" The
idea is all right, for the more holidays
the better-for some people. But
the fact is that this Columbus day
matter has been threshed out to a
considerable extent with the result
that on June 20, 1909, the Legislature
of the state of Connecticut in general
assembly convened passed bill MAX
ing October II legal holiday, to be
known as Columbus Day." and since
such as cared to, have been enjoying
the unalloyed pleasure of refraining
from work on that particular twenty
four hours of the tenth month in the
year. 1t is suggested that Senator
Mitchell wake up and listen to the
blue birds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
The D. N. Read CO.
Established 1857

KITCHEN CABINETS
THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION CONTINUES
THREE DISTINCT MODELS OF IMPORTANCE
TO BE NOTICED
$3.50, $3.50 and SIS, ANDNUMERoUs
OTHER STYLES
Fourth floor, Furniture Store.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16
LICENSED BY HIS NAME.
fla rtfnrd TiroaSN

A wise man long ago declared that
consistency is a jewel" Evidently
Senator Roosevelt of the 'insurgent''
forces at Albany is not making a col
lection Of jewels, for last night he en-
tered the democratic caucus, called to
name candidate for the state board
of regents, and not only voted, but
presented the name Of Abram I. Elk
eral committee, who will be the 1egis-
lative choice to succeed Edward Lau-
terbach. Mr.. Roosevelt, doubtless
believes in caucus action when he
can run the caucus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-16

they ought to cry out against the irri-
CATION projects. costing millions and
merely increasing our crop area. and
should lend their efforts to prevent
settling new regions of our own coun-
try They'll get their eyes opened,
when they find the results of the ar
rangement are so greatly to the bene-
fit of all. They would be wiser to
keep out of politics until they can find
out whether they are working in their
own interests or being worked in the
interests of others