The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28

favorable progress.
Geo. Christie of Emerson sold 21
quarter sections of land to j. H. Bah
cock & Go. Of Minneapolis. The land is
within two and half miles of Dominion
City, Man. The buyers will sell to
actual settlers.
The high school boys who are prepar-
ing to 60 to the county meet at Drayton
will have preliminary try-out at the
Ball Park on Saturday afternoon, and
invite all their friends to come and see
what they can do-and help to get some
cash to pay expenses.
The county board have concluded not
to appoint the county road snperintend-
ent provided for by the laws of the last
legislature. Such an official would be
all right-provided he VAS all right.
otherwise he would either be nonent-
ity or nuisance.
Two men at Neche took doses of for
maldehyde instead of another sort of
poison and the doctor pumped them out
quick enough to prevent serious conse-
quences. The query is how chould two
men take that sort of stuff; why should
they not discover the mistake before the
second man drank?
The reciprocity pact passed the House
by vote of about three to one and is
now in the hands of the senate. It will
likely be month before it comes to a
vote there and while it is almost certain
to pass. yet it will have very strong
opposition and possibly be defeated
through other complications.
1t isn't much use to tell the people
who read newspapers to "clean up"
about their premises because all the
intelligent persons will do that anyhow;
as for the other kind they wouldn't see
it If we wrote it. Dirt and ignorance
are sin twisters."
Prof. Bolley says that most of the
Bronze grass seed has quack grass in it,
and alfalfa has "doddle" and blue
grass has thistle and that all these
seeds should receive very careful
scrutiny before sowing. The law is very
strict as to the sale of pure seeds.
The week has been nice and warm
and pleasant and the ground has been
drying up rapidly. Seeding has been
going on in the southern and western
part of the county but in this locality
including Toilette the ground has been
too vet to do much farming.
Those who attended the Presbyterian
church last Sunday evening heard a
forceful sermon by Rev. Campbell on
"Predestination and REORGANIZATION"
Next Sunday evening at 1880 he will
take as his subject 'The Things that
flow from Predestinatlon.' Special
music by full choir.
The play to be given by the High
School next Wednesday evening is said
to be of an interesting character, and
the players have been we'll drilled, and
IN consequence the presentation will be
quite an event. There will no doubt be
full house. You should get your re-
served seats early. Full particulars are
given on the bills.
While the doctrines of the M, d.,
church allow sprinkling as proper
method of baptism, yet it is contrary to
the canons of that organization to have
the water come through the roof, hence
the old church had new lid put on it
this week by carpenter Paulson and his
crew, it being the first coat of shingles
since it was built some thirty years ago.
The state of North Dakota is now
soliciting hail insurance from the
farmers via the township assessors at
twenty cents an acre. As this is just
about one-third the cost of insurance of
that kind according to the private
companies that have been doing bust
ness here, considerable interest is being
shown in the probable SUCCESS or
failure of the plan. Twenty cents an
acre is cheap insurance if it will insure.
Cards have been received by the
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Hart of
Lethbridge, Alta, announcing the
marriage of their daughter Clara
Lillian to Joseph G. Harris at st.
Patrick's Catholic church at Leth.
bridge. The young couple will be at
home in that city after May Doth at
40 Ernest st. The bride was born and
raised in this city and many old friends
will join US in congratulations and
good wishes.