The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-09-13

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John F. Gill and family are moving t.
Cavalier Tuesday. Mr.. ellis position AZ
deputy register, makes it necessary tina;
he be nearer his wife who is somewhat
Of an invalid. They have lived here q
number of years and many friends regret
to seq them leave.
A couple of days after the publication
of 7. r. Shaw's California letter, the au
thor walked into the office of this paper
with a "good morning" and smile, just
as If he had been doing it daily for the
last six months. He is here on business
for short time.
Bruce Monroe has rented the Kenyon
residence for the winter. Mr.. j.. A.
Dunn of Nc Arthur will soon occupy
the Felson residence. Principal Curtis
will move into the house to be vacated
by Harry Harris on Saturday and the
old Vaughn property vacated by him
will be repaired and become the resid-
ence Of the of Father Messonat of the
r. G. parish.
Farmer Hancock picked fully matur-
ed seed corn this week. That is what
every farmer in this country should do
when he is able. The tendancy of all
seeds grown in this northern climate is
to grow more rapidly and mature earlier
and if continued year after year will
give seed, particularly corn that will
mature here every year. Ears should
be selected for size, perfection and ear
illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davies, of Glass;
vile, N. Y. spent several days at Mr..
Quackenbush's on their way home from
a trip to the Pacific coast. This was
their first visit to the Red River Valley
and they went away with good impress
SION of what they saw. Mr.. Davies is a
practical farmer who observes things
and he thinks our farm values are very
low compared with what farm lands pro-
duce. They left for their home Tues
day morning.
Some hobos who were apparently look
ing for something to eat scared a party
of ladies who were sitting on the lawn
at n. &. Patterson's on Monday evening.
There were about half dozen of the
wayfarers and the accumulation was ra-
Their too much for the nerves of the
frightened ones. Hasty calls over the
phone brought number of men to the
rescue who however didn't have to do
any rescuing as the fellows went away of
their own accord.
For California readers only-Say, why
did you go so far from hence? How
would you like to trade oranges for
prairie hen-fruit? Talk about climate,
just hand hungry man prairie chick
en-bone and watch him climbit. Sorry
to make you all home sick, but just now
when the chicks are so ripe and lusci.
ous-oh, yum, yum, yum.-Please sing
Home, Sweet Home, ct cetera,' with
the accent on the "ceters," meaning
chicks, for duxology.
New concrete sidewalks are going
down on Second street from Mrs. Quack-
enbush's residence to the corner oppo
site the City Hall. In about two years
more there will be but little wooden
sidewalk remaining in the city. The
policy of the city council has been that
all wooden walks shall remain intact as
long as they are in fair condition but
that in all cases they shall be replaced
by concrete walks when necessary to be
rebuilt. This spreads the payments fol
such walks over series of years and
therefore makes 1t easier for taxpayers
as we'll as for the general welfare of the
city, as it does not take large sum Of
money in any one year.
This week has been about as fine al
it could be. Regular North Dakots
brand Of weather. Threshing machines
began to hum in earnest on Monday anc
Tuesday. While we have not heard any
definite reports those who have thresh
ed in part say that the yield is rather
disappointing. considering how the croI
looked when growing. A sample from
near town was garded No. by the loca
buyers owing to the presence Of sprout
ing grains. While there is not enough
Of the sprouting kernels to material,
injure the bulk of the wheat there vii
probably be sufficient all over the count,
to at least reduce its normal grading a
least one grade, which in itself is !,
large amont in the whole crop.