The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-08-18

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The city has had quite : lot 81 harvest
hands about during the week. Some 81
them are holding ont for IS. day. We
doubt il wages will be that high this
season for the reason that west 81
the valley there is but little harvest, 60
that men will be more plentiful here.
Besides this along the border the farm
ers get quite supply from the Gallacian
settlements just across the line in Mani
toba who come over annually to get
work over here as wages are usually d
little higher.
An exceptionally happy afternoon was
spent last Tuesday by about twenty five
young ladies. The hostess OF the occae-
l IN being Miss Vanessa Full. Fancy
work, conversation and games made the
time pass all too quickly. At six o'clock
the girls repaired to the dining room
where long table was invitlngly set,
decorated with center pieces of pink
sweet peas and dainty pink favors were
at each place. This party was one Of
the happiest of the season.
Weather has been peculiar this week
Mostly pleasant but several showers
have intefered with the haymaking and
harvest. Most of the binders were at
work on Monday. Black rust las
spread very rapidly during the damp
weather of the last two weeks and con-
siderable damage will be done, though
the wheat is mostly SO far along that
the rust cannot spoil the crop altogether.
Flax is doing we'll and looking fine.
Barley and oats are good crop, but
some late barley will have to hustle to
get ahead of an early frost. Late wheat
is liable to be badly hurt by the spread
OF the rust. Tomatoes are ripe in many
of the local gardens while green corn is
abundant.
John G. Johdson and VIM. j. Watts of
Hyde Park were in the city on Tuesday.
They were on business before Judge
kneeshaw concerning the opening of a
new road, in their locality. They are
both on the township board. The road
is one on the section line about two and
a half miles long, but as it is brush land
has never before been opened. 1t saves
about two miles in direct line to Neche
for Hyde Park people. The principal
obiector is Mr.. James Hyde who had
Attorneys Laxdal and Sv. johnson to
look after his side of the case while
Attorney Burke of Bathgate was attor
ney for the board. The case was adj
journed until the 18th to give the attor-
neys time to file briefs.
Quite number of farmers are invest.
ing in traction engines and threshels.
James Meagher purchased an Interna-
tional through King & Booker with a
thresher, Waiter Wexford has a new
Rumsey and several have been sold from
Bathgate to neighbor!ng farmers. Per-
haps this will be the solution of the
ruinous method of threshing heretofore
in practice in this country. The thresh-
ing business has been CARRIED on on too
large scale. Too much money invest
ed in the outfits for the amount of work
to be done. 1t is notorious that thresh-
ing has been equally a loss to the own
ers of machines and to the farmers. Most
~ this has been because of the expense
OF running SO large outfits and because
the outfits lay idle for eleven months of
the year. Interest, repairs and general
deterioration are what kill the thresher
business. But if the farmer can use his
for blowing and other farm
work and save keeping SO many horses,
then the investment will pay for itself.
The perfection of the gasoline engine
through the manufacture of automobiles
is incidentally doing much for the farm
er in providing him with reliable
for work that will take the
place of horses to great extent in the
future.
Base Ball.