The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-11-03

Superintendent Burley is attending
the educational meeting at Fargo this
week. She read a paper on "Direct
Ethical Training in the Public Schools
on Tuesday morning. The Fargo papers
state that it is the largest meeting Of
of the kind ever held.
Brown, the man who abducted the
school teacher out west near the
boundary line about month ago and
whom the whole countryside turned out
to hunt, was sentenced by the court at
Morden last week to spend eight years
in the penitentiary.
By order of Judge Kneeshaw court
has been adjourned until Nov. 7th and
jurors will come on Nov. 9Th. The ad-
journment has been taken because OF
the very busy time resulting from the
bad weather of the month previous
which would make hardship for farm
ers to attend sooner.
The county commissioners were in
in session on Tuesday. They did a
little miscellaneous business and then
started to view bridge sites in different
parts of the county. They left here
for Cavalier Tuesday afternoon with D.
j. Laxdal in his auto. They expect to
meet again next week at court time.
just of we were going to press last
night we received message that Albert
Schultze of Crystal was killed by the
overturning of an automobile. Mr..
Schultze was one of the large landown-
ers in the county, owning over twenty
quarter sections of land. He was pic.
neer of the Crystal neighbornood and
leaves six grown up sons.
From interviews with the county
board it would seem blowing in western
part of the county is more advanced than
in the eastern part. Messers Olafson oil
Gardar land Matheson of Crystal
thought about 70 to IS per cent of the
work was done in their localities, while
Messers NORM and Purdy estimate
only about 20 to 25 per cent in their re.
| spective vicinities.
| The annual box social and dance held
in Giroux Bridge School last Friday
evening proved very successful. AL.
though they only had Is boxes they
realized s58 SO over an average of 1926 a
box. The music was excellent and all
present reported a fine time. The
young folks of this community and
nelghborhood look forward with pleasure
to these socials.
The weather has apparently closed
down for the winter. No blowing of any
amount has been uone for week and
the ground is now frozen hard. No
snow yet. The Red river foze over on
November LIST, and the mail carrier
walked across with the mail. This is
shortening of the fall season about two
weeks earlier than usual.
A man whose name is Bert Nesbit and
who lives in Chicago, was in the city
yesterday morning and went out to
Trudell's machine where he was work.
ing. He was sleeping in the tent there
and the crew who were threshing saw
the tent on fire and ran and pulled the
man out very badly burned. He was
brought to town in an auto and is at the
Pembina Hotel under the care of DR..
Harris.
A man was put in the lock. up at ST..
Vincent on Wednesday evening and two
bottles of booze and some matches were
taken from him. Yesterday morning
when the city marshal went to visit the
prisoner he found him dead ON the floor
and badly burned and the bedding con-
sumed. There was nothing else inflam-
BILE about the place except the bedding.
His name is supposed to be VIM. MUIR
phy and his home is in Iowa, and has
two brothers in Minneapolis. He was
working part Of the season on Mr.. Deck's
machine, near Macarthur.
After making all kinds Of preparation
for the foot ball match last Saturday
with Park River, the latter failed to get
there. Two auto loads with nine play
ers arrived in the forenoon and at twelve
O'Clock a telegram came from Park
River that the third auto had broken
down two miles from that city and that
no other auto could be gotten and to
send the other players home. Our boys
think that the scarcity Of autos in PARK
River might possibly have been made
! IMP b. applicstlons 70 Grafton Or Other
4 nssr By towns. Wshote, however, that
Park River i claiming the champion.
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