The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-08

| ABOUT 4OO pigs most of which he ha,
sold but has about seventy or eight,
left. He says that they have paid well
; notwithstanding the high price of feed
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. King we're at HON.
to number Of guests last Friday even
ing. 500 was played at six tables, Mr.
Myrick and Mrs. McDougall winning
head prizes. Dainty refreshments vert
served, which closed very pleasan,
evening.
4. r. Shaw arrived home on Saturday
evening from Virginia where he had
been visiting with his brother John for
two months. Mr.. Shaw was evidently
introduced to the southern sun and the
healthy glow on his phiz makes his
friends rejoice.
About time you were cleaning your
seed if you have not already done it. 1t
would pay every farmer to blow out
twenty-five bushels out of every hun.
dred bushels of clean seed. The grain
thus blown out would be of almost as
much value to sell, while the remaining
seed would be the largest and best ker
nels.
We received postal this week from
Editor Bouvette of the Hallock Enter
prise, who is spending the winter in the
balmy breezes of southwestern Texas,
with several others from HalIock. The
card shows the group scaling rocky
cliffs with number of native Texan
ladies tourists" ON burros, en- route to
cross the Mexican border to attend d
bull light.
Don't you wish you lived in "merry
England? A million men are out of
work because of the strike of the coal
miners and more mills, factories and
other industries being shut down for
want of fuel every day-and million
women are on the strike for suffrage,
whose method of work is to march
through the streets of London armed
with hammers and sticks, and break
plate glass windows in the shops.
The Pink Paper remarks very truly
that the high price of horses make the
farmers think more seriously than ever
of buying traction engines. Seems rath-
er queer too, as everybody thought that
the automobiles and now the traction
engines would make horses cheaper be
cause of the smaller demand-and vet
two or three good horses will buy an
automobile and six or eight will buy a
big traction engine.
A movement is on foot to try and have
mail forwarded over the N. p. and Can
adam Nor hern to Winnipeg, from this
city. At present it takes two days to
get a letter as far as Emerson, distance
four miles, and the letter has to travel
about five hundred miles to get there.
Letters from Winnipeg and the Canadi-
Ian northwest mails are similarly delay
ed in transit to Northern Pacific stations
as far as Grand Forks.
! There will be considerable of a change
in the city council at this election. AL
derman Peterson has resigned, hence it
will be necessary to elect his successor
/ as we'll as the successor to Mr.. King
whose term expires. In Ward Two Mr.
Shumaker's term expires and a success.
or to Mr.. Felson removed, and in Ward
Three, a successor to Mr.. Aug. Short
will have to be elected. Also two jus.
tees of he peace both of which Offices
are vacant. The other city officials hold
lover for another year.
Last week the married men of st. Vim
cent went to Hallock and had spirited
hockey game with the married men -o
that town, resulting in victory for the
Hallockites. The losers had to pay fol
an oyster supper for the crowd. The
Saints are not satisfied, claiming tha
the home team had the advantage, be
ing acquainted with the rink, etc. anc
! have challenged the victors to return
game in the Pembina rink which we i'm
derstand has been accepted, to come of
at an early date. We will guarantee 10
, of spectators and rooters if they come.
A Pioneer Express reporter at Elmer
, son met Thomas Sc mbier who was jus
returning from visit to his old neigh
bors at toilette and on his way home Il
Humboldt, Sask., where he moved abou
, two years ago. Mr.. Sca,nbIer has goo,
position as yardmaster at Humboldt. ol
|. the Canadian Northern. He says tina
I Mr., g. Wrixon, who was also forme
! resident of toilette. is roadmaster be
I tween Humbilts and Battieford, on th
9 same railway. Mr. Scan,bler says Will
81 he u dong we'll himself in the northwes
y hslis not oyerstruck with the country j
general.