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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
Commissioners Proceedings.

At the meeting of the county board
last week the contracts were let for the
erection of the court house and Jail
The general contract for the erection Of
the two buildings was let to Rowles &
Bailey of Sioux City, Iowa, for $40, $50;
heating and plumbing to John E. Holt
of st. Paul, for 1922; electric wiring,
L. P. Riley, Fargo, 81, Jail work to
Pauly Co., st. Louis, for 1885,; vault
doors and shutters, Diebold Safe Co.,
Canton, Ohio, for s1,325. Total s91, 524.
There were six bids fled for the general
county work. The board authorized the
auditor to advertise for sealed bids for
old court house, etc. at Pembina. Bids
to he received until May LIST, at 2p. m.
Mr.. w. Douglas of Pembina was ap-
pointed as the third member of the
Board of Auditors to audit accounts of
the commissioners in connection with
the new county buildings.
Bids for the sale of bonds to be receiv-
ed until May 2lst, at 2 p. M.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
"rhe Dust Of the Rsrth.' .

A comedy drama in four acts under
above caption. will be given tomorrow
evening in the City hall, under the aus.
pices Of the Guild Of the Episcopal
church by local talent. The play is one
of the best gwen locally, and the artists
have their parts we'll committed, and
are in constant training. The following
are the characters:
David Moore of Maple Farm Chas LaFond
Susan Moore, his wife. ........, Mrs, Buckle
Elizabeth; daughter. Pauline Kneeshaw
Jerry: their son. ........ Vernon Thompson
Rev. DR.. Templeton, young divine,
Miss Arabella, the village newspaper,
Mrs. Whiisou
John Ryder, the young master of
We Wondering Tom, mystery ]. D. Winlaw
Old Nose. his companion, Douglas Mckay
Nell. The Dust of the Earth" Mrs. Feldman
Reserved seats at SO cts, at the drug
store.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
ssbscriptlon Rstes and Ter.s.

The PIONEER EXPRESS 10 sent only on
the direct order of subscribers. and is
continued until ordered stopped and all
afrearaGes paid.
The rate of subscription IL alike to all
2oe re year. Subscribers paying in ad.
vance have the choice of several premia am
papers In addition.
Sample" or marked copies" are sent
10 complimentary only, and while we de.
sire them to be considered as invitations
- subscribe. they will not be continued
except upon request.
The PIONEER EXPRESS IL the best ad
vestising medium III the county. having
more general circulation than any
ether paper. Card of rates sent ON ap.
dlication.
Entered at the postoface at Pembina as
second class mail matter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

u sAs ~ Sha 4 w Suld nots @ I.
satsd. ma about gsttipk ~ ~ d. o.
md otler things copnsctsd viii fut,ss
housskesp sthes Ii s = 3ust
sach : letter o ono would expect ! pure,
loving. Christian girl 70 write is her
afRanced husband. Il ~ wfittsu Il
partial English and Swedish but liz
sentiments expressed were very fine.
Hence there was nothing In these letters
to show any motive whatever for the
deed Of self.destruction but rather the
opposite. A bank book showed that the
deceased had something over one hun
Idred and sixty dollars IN savings bank
~ Minneapolis. he had about sixteen
dollars in money and Z trunk filed with
several suits Of good clothing. A sister
was located and communicated with who
lives in Montana and also with friends
in Minneapolis. The body was shipped
to the latter place BY their request on
Sunday. The body showed that he had
shot himself twice through the head
with q revolver. Two pools Of blood on
each side Of him showed that he must
have revived sufficiently from his first
shot to shoot himself again, although
the physicians thought that either shot
would kill him almost instantly. He
had apparently fired one shot from the
pistol to try it, as an empty shell was
found on the ground near the body.
Two chambers Of the gun held empty
cartridges and two others were loaded.
The jury consisted of j. Heneman, j. A.
Wilkins. and F. M. King.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
Suicide Inquest.

A coroners inquest was held at the
City hall on Friday to enquire into the
death of John Pearson, who shot him
self the day previous on the Sheep
Ranch Farm. Not much new was elic-
tied from the witnesses, of whom Mr..
and Mrs Newton. the proprietors of the
farm, Mr.. Cummings, the hired man,
and the persons who saw the body were
the principal ones examined.
According to the evidence, Pearson
was man Of about 26 years, coming to
this county from Sweden about six years
ago. For the last four years he had
worked in the Reagen bakery in Mime
apolis. Disliking the night hours in
which he was employed he came ia
North Dakota to work ON farm and
had been here only about week before
his death. Mrs. Newton testified that
on one or two occasions she had seen
his eyes take an appearance that alarm.
ed her though she could not explain Just
why. On the day on which he is sup.
posed to have committed suicide he re.
ceived two letters. One was from I
male friend in Minneapolis, apparently
fellow employe. which had nothing
more in it than such letter would OF.
dinarily contain; Just gossip about Other
workmen and shout mutual friends
Another letter was from : young lady
who wrote 9 his fance, and spoke d
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
Died.

At Pembina, Saturday morning, April
9Th. Josephine Margaret Arnason, aged
10 years, one month and twenty-four
days. The funeral services we're held at
the Presbyterian church on Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. J. R. Campbell officia-
ting.
Miss Arnason was graduate of che
city schools and during the last winter
had been teaching at the Often school
near Macarthur. She was an exception
ally bright girl and was highly respect
ed and sincerely loved by many friends.
She had been suffering from pneumonia
and was recovering nicely being able to
sit up but was still weak. Friday she
was in fine spirits. She retired early
with Miss Pauline Thorwaldson sleeping
with her. About midnight she was
awake and talked for time with Miss
Thorwaldson. Later both fell asleep
again, Miss Thorwaldson was awakened
by Miss Arnason who was reaching ovel
for drink from the table. Then she
lay down, but means alarmed Miss Thor.
waldson who turned ON the light and
then saw that Miss Arnason's face was
CHASTITY and help was Immediately sum
moned, but the patient sank into un
consciousness and was soon dead. A
weak heart that had slowly become tor
pld during sound sleep is supposed to be
the cause of the final catastrophe.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
Puts End to Bed Habit.

Things never look bright TO one with
4."'the blues" Ten to one the trouble il
. slugglsh liver, filling the system with
bilious poison, that D.. Kings New Life
Pills would expel. Try them. Lot the
Joys Of better feelings end .sthe blues Z
Best for stomach, livsr md kidneys
rs cents At the City Pharmacy. s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

The wild geese are here and it is time
to get your ammunition. Special heavy
loads, fresh from the factory, at g. g..
Thompson's. Automobile and bicycle
goods. tt
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
The Meridian Road .

Two automobile loads. representing
Drayton, toilette and Bowesmont were
IN the city Tuesday, having made tour
OF inspection of the recently developed
"Pembina- Walsh County Eastern Divi.
sion OF the Meridian Road" We were
told that two enthusiastic meetings have
been held in Drayton and a permanent
organization effected. The road as laid
out will practically be an air line from
Grand Forks to Pembina, and follow
the old Red River trail, where the over.
land stage coaches between Fargo and
old Fort Gary, now Winnipeg, used to
make their regular relay runs in ad-
vance of steamboats, and railroads.
DR.. Waldren of Drayton is president,
Charles Edwards, vice president, G. w.
Moses secretary-treasurer. The execu-
cutive committee is II. P. Often, G. w.
Hart, VIM. Stinson, G N. Swanson, VIM.
Summers and Robert Long, of Pembina
county and George Marshall and Christ
Winterder of Walsh county
The farmers all along this route are
enthusiastic and offer every assistance
necessary to put the road in shape for
automobiling, and with such men as DR..
Waldren, Mayor Edwards and Mr.. Mos.
es at the head of the organization their
plans will be carried out.
Pembina is only interested in the Me-
ridian road as laid out via Carlisle and
Hamilton, and have the assurance of the
township boards that they will look aft
er their roads in due time. Car
Isle boasts Of having as good roads as
any township in the county and it will
take but little extra work for them to
comply with the requirements.
The automobile Dealers Association
of Winnipeg has passed resolutions fav
oring the old "Pemblna Trail'' to Elmer
son and the route south to Grand Forks
along the Red to Drayton, as time goes
on, will probably be the popular route,
on account of in being twenty-five miles
shorter, and the historic Red River Trail
everything else being equal.
The agitation from the central and
western part of the county to change
the route from Hamilton to Neche and
Gretna will probably result in making
connections with Morden and other plac.
es north to Winnipeg, all of which will
be in the interest of good roads generally
in this county as we'll as southern Mani
toba.
A peculiar thing about the Red river
route as already laid out in the printed
literature OF the promoters of the Meri.
dian road is that there is not a square
corner from Selklrk to within four miles
of Hamilton, distance of about one
hundred and twenty. five miles. It fol.
lows the Manchester Trail" and "Pem.
bina Highway government road 12s
feet wide from Selkirk, through Main
street, Winnipeg, to the boundary al
Emerson and the old county road from
Pembina southwest to Hamilton.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Farmers Friend Seed Corn.
$40 bushels 80 day Queen Of Nishna
yellow dent, while it lasts at e4.25 per
bushel. FOO B, this station. Tests SO
per cent. F. NJ. ROURKE,
Lisbon, N. D.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

A good cart and row boat for sale
cheap. III. BASKEN.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Misses Marjorie Wardwell, Leila Har
ey and Annie Conmy returned to their
schools Monday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

EGGS for Breeding.
Rhode Island Reds Toe, and Plymouth
Rock Soc. CHAS. KERN.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Misses Simpson and Cutler of the city
schools spent the Easter holidays with
friends in Winnipeg.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Governor Burke has appointed Sun
day, May 18th, as mothers Day. and
Friday, April Goth, as "Arbor Day."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Mrs. Wandell and Mrs. Munro were
passengers on the N. P. on Monday on
their way to Grand Forks.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Stanley Kneeshaw and Miss Kate
King are spending Easter vacation at
home from the U.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Buggy, good as new, for sale cheap.
ANNIE GILL.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Miss Pauline Thorwaldson of Cavalier
and her sister of Akra, were in the city
last week, called here by the illness and
death of their friend Miss Maggie Arns-
son.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

E. M. Newell returned from Chicago
Wednesday where he purchased lot of
bran uew machinery for his machine
shop, consisting of an foot lathe with a
Ii inch swing, large power drill, hea-
w power drill, forge, vice, etc.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Messrs Winlaw and Short were over
from Cavileer this week, Mr.. Short look
ing after farm operations and Mr.. Win
law assisting the players in the "Dust of
the Earth"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

City council Monday night.
Study club meets at Mrs. Myrick's ON
Monday evening.
Ole Paulson was on the n. P. train
going south on Monday.
Get your reserved seats quick for the
"Dust of the Earth" at the drug store.
A gang of Midland surveyors left this
morning for Jamestown.-Edgley Mail.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12
MARKET REPORT.

Barley 61-9O. Oats AZ. Flax 1876.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Our early spring weather went of
some'er on Friday and left it's card in
the shape of about two or three inches
of white snow. But it soon warmed up
again and the rest of the week has been
pleasant, though it delayed farm opera.
lions somewhat as the wet ground froze
up afterwards. The ice began to move
out in the river on Saturday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

The Bartle Northern Oil Company has
established q distributing station here,
and will snip their product in carload
lots. In another year they expect to put
! IN storage tanks and make this gener-
~ distributing point. This will give
farmers and others Of this vicinity op.
H I,ortunity 70 buy gasoline and coal oil in
: inn bsrrsls whom; i tovn and tsks them
+ 1lo1sns and saye the price % haniing. Is
Lang md q g. Thompson ars ii
\ liArl 81
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Two train loads Of Russians and 30.
hemians went through on the N. P. this
week with nearly 600 emigrants destined
for the Canadian northwest. That sort
of emigrants don't make us envious to
see them pass us by, unless the u. 8.
immigrant law could be SO changed that
the first requisite of citizenship in this
country should be that each individual
must take bath.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

James Nayior, Of seaforth, Ont. spent
several days in the city visiting relatives
and friends. Mr.. Naylor was resident
OF Pembina in 1884 and read law under
Judge Kneeshaw. He has closed out
his interests in Seaforth and is west
looking for investment, and will proba.
bly, try hand at Winnipeg real estate.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

The south bound passenger on Mon
day ran through an open switch at st.
Thomas and smashed couple of box
cars on the side track. The engineer
kept to his place and his engine was not
damaged and in few minutes the train
was backed on the main track again
Two mail clerks who jumped from thei,
car both sprained ankles.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

The grand ball given under the aus
pieces Of the Library Association We'd
nesday evening was we'll attended and
the ladies deserves lots of credit for the
pleasant time enjoyed. Some disap-
pointment was experienced by the mus
ic engaged not Undertaking which was
not the fault Of the management, but
was due to other complications.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

Mrs. II. Wells has received a check
Nor $1,000, the amount Of insurance car.
ried by her late husband in the Modern
Woodmen. The payment was very
prompt and doubtless very welcome.
Money does not take the place of the
dead. except that it can help care for
the living, thus fulfil the dearest wish
OF the dying. 'Go thou and do like.
WISE"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-12

"My hat is in the ring" also says
county auditor Felson. who is the first
to send us an announcement of his can
didacy for re election to the Office which
he has held so long and SO capably. Mr..
Felson has been spoken of quite extern
sively as candidate for state Office, but
he says that he will be better satisfied
to retain his present situation among
the people who know him SO we'll and
where he has so many friends.
The Washington times., 1912-09-04
Colonel Allison Retired
Because of Limit in Age

Col. James N. Allison. chief commits
sary of the. Eastern division ard one
OF the best known officers of the Unit
ed States Army, was retired today on
account of age.
At the age OF fourteen Colonel Allison
enlisted as private in the Thirty
ninth Kentucky Infantry, and served
In the ranks of that command until
the end Of the civil war. In 1867 hn
received an appointment to West Point
and graduated in 1871, among his class
mates being the late Gen. Frederick D
Grant, Maj. Gen. George w. Davis,
Lieut.. Frederick S. hwatka, the Arctic
explorer, and Lieut.. John Mckinney
who was killed by TIE CheyeEnes III
Wyoming. From 1871 until 1880 Colonel
Allison was on duty in the West and
in those years he became notea as an
Indian fighter. In the war with Spain
he was the chief commissary of the
corps. Ate rthat he went to the Philip
pines, where he was in several Of the
hard campaigns that followed the war
with Spain. Colonel Allison's retire
ment leaves in the active ranks OF the
army only two officers who fought for
the preservation of the Union a half
century ago. They are Daniel W.
Arnold. Of the quartermasters depart
ment, who will retire week from to.
day. and Col. John l.. Clem, the drum
mer boy of ChiCkamauga" WHO will
reach the age limit next summer.
The Washington times., 1912-09-04
Reduced Police Officer
Squeals to Graft Prober

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Police In
spector Cornelius G. Hayes, who has
been reduced to the rank of captain, is
reported today to have furnished the
missing links in the chain of graft evil
dence District Attorney Whitman has
man Rosenthal almost two months
ago.
Hayes called upon the district attor-
ney late yesterday and the conference
did not break up until early today.
Immediately afterward the report went
around that Hayes had "squealed" "
The conference was held behind closed
doors in the Bar Association building.
The former inspector was accompanied
bv his lawyer, Thomas d. Dhacher
The district attorney left for Albany
on the Empire State express today. He
will see Governor Dix and ask him to
issue a call for another extraordinary
session OF the supreme court for the
purpose of investigating charges of
grating in the police department.
Mr.. Whitman takes the position that
inasmuoh as the first panel was eX-
hausted before twenty-three grand
Jurors had been selected at the first
convening of the extraordinary session,
II will be necessary for the governor to
call another session. Another panel of
100 men will be drawn, but the graft in
Vestigating grand jury is not expected
TO meet for nearly a month.
These complication however, will not
IN any way interfere with the trying Of
Becker for Rosenthals death.
The Washington times., 1912-09-04
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
ONLY AMENDMENT
LOST BY OHIO VOTE
Initiative and Referendum,
Eight-Hour Day, and Home
Rule for Cities Passed.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. L. --whila
complete returns on the constitutional
amendment special election will not be
available for one or two days, enough
have been received to insure the adop-
tfon OF forty-one of the forty-tvro pro-
posals submitted. Woman suffrage was
the only amendment that failed to re-
ceive Endorsement and II was defeated
by vote of two to one. About 60 per
cent of the State vote was cast
As r,sult of the election ohio will
have constitution as progressive as
any State In the Union. Incorporated
IN II Will be such measures as the ini-
tiative and referendum, minimum wage
eight-ho,r public work day, cornpul-
sorry primaries, builders liens, license
judicial reform, and home rule for
cities. The initiative and referendum
Will become operative October l. while
all the other proposals except two will
take effect on January /. 1913.
Though the proposals have been rati-
ned by large majorities, II was stated
today that an attempt would BIZ made
to have the election declared null, and
void by those advocating the defeat Of
certain proposals.
The question which will be raised is
whether the ratification should have
been m9de at general election instead
of special election. The supreme
court probably will be asked to pass
upon the question.
The Washington times., 1912-09-04
WIFE OF FIFTEEN
YEARS NOW HAPPY
WITH HER HUSBAND
Despite Rather Unconven-
tional Welcome, Mrs.
ChadWell Is Satisfied.

When Elizabeth Patten, a little brown
haired, blue-eyed girl, who has been
living with her sister, Mrs. Luther
Sykes, at 1888 Thirty-fourth street north
west and who has just passed her flf-
teenth birthday, left her sisters house
Sunday afternoon and hurried to Rock
Vile where she was married to Shirley
Chadwell, aged twenty-five, she little
thought that upon her return home she
would be prohibited from seeing her
young husband and that. her brother
would meet the young man she had
chosen with a blow in the face. But she
has not yet been permitted to go to
the home of her husband and his moth
er, and her relatives threaten to have
the marriage annulled on the ground
that she had not attained the Legal
marriage age.
Clad in a cheap black dress that end
ed about half way between the ankle
and the knee, with her curly hair hang
ing down her back, she looked even
younger than she Is when she told her
story today. Il have been working in
a department store down town for
about year." she said. Il was a bum
ways gave 1t to my mother and got
along all right until two weeks ago last
Saturday, when my mother had stroke
OF para lysis. She died the next day.
But it is going To be all right now"
said the girl with a smile, for Shirley
is coming for me this afternoon and
am going with him. know he will be
good to ne and his mother will. too
! am not afraid of ny brothers trying
to annul the marriage. because | don't
think he has any money"
She ea!G she had known Chddwell
since December and that her girl friend
who introduced them had known him
much longer. Ee Is not working now,
she said, but stands in line to get a
good position in a week or so.
Il love him." she said, ''and he loves
me, and l don't see why I shouldn' t
marry him now just as well as any
other time. l am glad 1 will not have
to go to my old home any more. Since
] have been with my sister the last few
days she has treated me al right But
I had rather be with Shirley"
The Washington times., 1912-09-04
Victims of Big Storm
Need No Outside Help

Aid by the National Red Cross So
Ciety to homeless and destitute fami-
lies in the storm-swept regions of south
ern Pennsylvania and the Panhandle
section of West Virginia is not thought
to be needed, according to reports at
society headquarters here.
Word has been received from an agent
of the Red Cross in Cleveland that fol-
lowing the cloudburst Monday, he prof
ty officials, but received replies that it
was thought the situation could be taken
care of without outside assistance.
So far the society has received no ap-
peals for help and it is now thought
none will be made, although the agent
in Cleveland has been ordered to keep
in close touch with conditions in the
devastated regions