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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1913-12-19

human problems to consider, and per-
haps they arc not always right, but il
we we're to take their places perhaps we
might also err,-and as humanity is
generally constituted, most of our errors
would be on the side of mercy-and We
are glad it is so. Better ten criminals 60
free undeservingly, than one innocent
should suffer; but on the other hand, it
is alsy true. that because justice must
be done, sometimes injustice must also
be done. But in that case the injured is
o martyr to the cause of justice and law.
P. 8. The day following the writing Of
the above. Cleve Cnlbertson, who had
been convicted Of q murder Of three per-
sons without apparent motive and had
been sentenced to Imprisonment for life
at Williston, was taken from the jail BY
q mob, dragged after an automobile q
distance aud hanged from a briege.
Perhaps this may induce further thought
by the reader in this connection.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1913-12-19
THE HUMAN RACE.

Tho word "race" as defined by the
dictionaries has two meanings, which
are distinct;lfrom each other. Broadly,
one meaning is descent from common
ancestor, the other is rapid progress.
1t is a popularity that the words
"human race" may be defined equally
we'll by either definition. While the
ordinary meaning as used, is that of de-
scent from our common ancestor Adam,
yet it is equally true that the progress of
humanity from birth to death is but
race. 1t is always rapid progress. The
mother. .rejoices to see her babe make it's
first voluntary movements awkwardly on
all fours across the floor; little later
the parents are pleased as is the child
when IT takes its first staggering steps,
while sadness is over the household
when disease or accident prevents the
child from the full ano free use of it's
limbs.
Not only physically. but mentally is it
is also race. From the first manifesto
tions of consciousness, through Infancy,
childhood, manhood and even in old age,
we find the pressure for speed.
There is one great difference however,
in the human race, as distinguished from
the ordinary racing of men or animals.
10 the human race as whole there is
no beginning and no end. The indi.
vidual starts as soon as he is born. but
finds the road full of racers, some in full
strength of manhood going at almost
lightning speed, rapidly overtaking
those in front,-but never getting to the,
head, no matter how fast they go, nor
how many they pass-for there are no
winners in the human race. No one
ever gets ahead of all the others.
1t is race against time only.
Whether one gets over more or less
ground depends upon his speed, but he
can run only SO long. Sometimes the
great exertions simply stop the runner.
Sometimes the runner is trodden under
foot by others because of lack of exertion.
The track is divided into separate
paths, the runner may change his path,
may change from on to another, and
generally the one that follows the
straighter paths gets over most ground,
and runs longer. than those who follow
the crooks and turns Of side roads that ..
may seem easiest and pleasantest.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1913-12-19
THE PARDON BOARD.

Last week the pardoning board of the
state released quite large number of
prisoners, among the rest was one from
Drayton who was sentenced several years
ago for assault on his step daughter.
Among those who applied and were re-
fused was Albert Peterson of Cavalier
who was sentenced for life for the cold
blooded murder of his wife. The refusal
of pardon to this man was in our Judge.
ment not only just but perhaps merciful.
1t was about twenty years ago that he
was sentenced and he must now be
seventy five years of age. While he has
living children, uuless they have chang
ed their minds they would have no use
for him and would probably refuse to
support him without means. His crime
was without excuse, and followed life
that has been marred with prison sent.
ences before.
In the matter of penitentlary sentences
there are always two main things
to be considered; one, the punishment
for the crime itself, and the other, that
crime may be prevented in Others.
To this may also be added another
fact that there are two classes of
criminals. One class are those who
under sudden provocation, or temptation
commit crime, and the other class
those 60 the wrong way deliberately.
Included in the latter class are persons
who seem to be born criminals.
1t is quite evident that crime in some
cases is very different than it Is in other
cases. The man who has been law-abid.
ing and lived decently for his whole life
until under some sudden stress or great |
will receive more real punish
ment in few weeks in the prison than
would years Of confinement in the case
Of the confirmed crlmnal.
In passing judgement, and in the
exercise Of the pardoning power the in
dividual judges and powers have many
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1913-12-19

It seems that the new court sewer that
flows into the Tongue river at Cavalier,
breeds new form of germs, that cause
poetry to become contagious disease.
These new microbes while not very
dangerous are distinguished by their
eject" which vary in number IN the diff.
ferent specimens, but all have similar
tales. The rose by any other name
would smell just the same, and the
new microbes have;very sensitive tastes
and noses.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1913-12-19
Connais ssiOners}
Proceedings. 5
Afternoon Session.
OFFICIAL.

Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present commissioners Matheson, Nor
rison, OIafson, Purdy and Watts.
The following claims were audited, al
lowed and warrants ordered issued for
amount of same:
st. Hil!iare Retail Lumber Co.,
Material for bridges s...S % 50
Harry Evans, Labor at court
nouse.. ................. IL SU
Frank E. Wilson, moving rec
ords $3.50: repairing vault
doors Sl1.25. Observation-Disclosures. Is IS
Peter Berens, work with team, at
CouIt uouSe. 04 SU
Herman Campbell. repair work
on vault doors. ors........... % 40
Joe Mayo, work at court house. = 25
Harry Walters, work at court
uOuS0 ................... 70
l. j. Foster. expenses for July
1926; Sept. 5000; Oct.
vo1soo 90 %
HI. Pico, window shades SPLITS
supplies $3.50. 50............... 227 25
Thos. Seymoure, repairs and
SuPPiloo. ..... I ~
Cavalier City, funds paid for
poor relief of 3rd quarter. ..... y 6s
Garder Township. Sc %
VIM. McMurchie, cash for tele.
DhDne tolls q IN
w. H. Often, justice fees State
vs Cross ct al. al................ % Is
Geo. Wright, witness fees State
vs. NrOSS. 3 80
Mrs. Geo. Wright, witness fees
State VS. Gross 3 so
Mary Gross, witness fees State
VS. Gross z 5O
L. Warnen, witness fees State VS.
Smell 3 so
Albert Bride, witness fees State
VS. Smell 3 80
Ed Armstrong, witness fees
State vs. Smell 3 10
A. P. Webster, witness fees
State VS. Smell $50
j. N. Wells, witness fees State
vs. Smell 2 20
Board adjourned until o'clock, a. m.
November 9Th, 1913.
November 9th, 1913.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present commissioners Matheson, Nor.
rison, Olafson, Watts and Purdy.
Upon motion, duly adopted, it was re.
solved, that the 1912 assessment, toeeth.
er with the taxes levied thereon, be can.
celled and abated on that portion of lots
6, Z and 8, block 3, Cavalier city, now
used for County Buildings, for the reason
that same Is now and has been since
March 1912 used for county purposes.
Whereas the city council of of Draytoni
City recommended that slO7.35 be ac-i
cepted in full ppyment Of all unpaid tag
ss now appearing ofrecord against lot Al, /
East Side 3rd st. Drayton City, belong.
ing to Hugh Patterson, and commission.
er Morrison has investigated matter Of
.bating portion Of taxes on said prop. !
'rty and recommends that it is to the
'est interest Of the county that such sum
20 accepted owing to financial circum.
'sances Of owner, thereupon it il, byi
duly adopted, hereby resolved
hat said sl07.& be- accepted in full
'atisfaction Of aA taxes remaining IN.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1913-12-19
Official Directory

{ Official Directory
s U s Senators A{ S1enna Sc@mn;,., !
; U $ k.,sD.esen- Reg. Il + Hs'xssos asSs%sS'
( Governor-L B Hanna
5 Lieutenant Goysrn2T.AT T Kraabel
tste OF osan aa
s State Auditor-c o Jorgenson
Railroad Com A A. = n Mana Anderson
! nlissioners y VII Il aaan stntsman
I .Supt Of Pub Inst-E J Taylor
! Com Ayr < Labor-,W { Giibreath
) Judges Of Supreme 6 6 i + FisS sss,a,nx
! ~ Eb EEb Goss! Gssse
Judge 7th Jud. Dist-W J Kneeshaw
STATE SENATOR
\ 1st Dist-Christ GansSle. st Thomas
REPRESENTATIVES,
81 w Hart toilette
Z LIST District w N Husband Hensel
HI Geiger Hamilton
COUNTY OFFICIALS
States Attorney-Wm McMurchie
Clerk of Court D Winlaw
Auditorium. w Felson
Trea Il Gibson
Register of Deeds--Geo Roadhouse
County Judge-H G Wick
Surveyor-Hernlan Campbell
I Supt of Schools-Charlotte Jones
Coroner-Frank w. Deason
Public Admin'r-Elis Thorwaldson
1st-A B Purdy, toilette
co,,r+,, 2nd-J X Olafson. Gardar
So,,,irs 3rd-N Matheson, Crystal
4th-W J Watts Leroy
( l5th-JoS Morrison DraytOn
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
hudson LaMoure Jr Collector
Robert Morrison Special Deputy
A r Harvey lna.:o
J McConnacllie oep''ies
p ] Thue Immigration Inspector
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
cochran to Build Defender.

S0CnfAn TO 0usio 6OIono9Fs
Alex Smith Cochran will take up sim
gle handed his part Of the defense of
the Americas cup. The Yonkers IN.
~ sportsman, who for nine years has
been member of the New York Yacht
club. has commissioned william Gard
ner to design a seventy-dve foot sloop
yacht to take part In the trial races.
Mr.. Gardner has designed many fast
racing yachts. and the My condition
imposed by Mr.. Cochran is that he
shall not accept an order from any 9TH
er yachtsmen or syndicate to design
another s,oop for the same purpose.
No limit il placed on the amount to
be expended for the new boat. the or
ders being to produce the fastest yacht
possible under the present rule Of the
New York Yacht club. The builder Of
the yacht has not been announced.
Mr.. Cochran Is by no means a novice
In the racing of fast yachts. He had
the schooner Westward designed and
built for him by Herresholf in 1910.
This yacht crossed the ocean and de-
feated the best boats In England and
Germany. After winning the kaiser's
cup at Cowes the Westward came here.
raced for one season and then was sold
to German yachtsman.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
BOMB IN DEAD LETTER MAIL
Deadly NitresIyesrin contrivanes Was
Posted at Cincinnati.

Posted At Cincinnati.
A receiving division clerks suspicion
about package he was handling In
the dead letter office in Washington in
all probability saved his life and those
of the men near him. The package
was an Internal machine designed to
explode on being opened.
Mailed In Cincinnati several days be-
fore and addressed Frank Goldberg.
Wellington. New Zealand" the pack
age was sent to the dead letter office
because 1t did not carry sufficient post
age. To learn the name and address
Of the sender the clerk unwrapped 1t
and disclosed a pasteboard box six
inches long. four wide and two deep.
containing wooden box with COP
per wire attachment on top. 1t was
the wire that warned the clerk.
r. N. Vandemeter. chief of the re-
ceiving division. took the box to Major
Sylvester. superintendent Of police.
and he took 1t to the Washington bar
racks. There Captain T NJ. Roberts
had the box placed In hole behind
the War college and light charge Of
triton put under 1t and detonated by
electricity. the spectators standing 100
feet away. The triton merely blew
the box apart. and the charge In the
bomb burned instead Of exploding. 1t
was found to be an ingenious and very
deadly contrivance containing nitro
glycerin. The postal authorities are
trying to find the sender In Cincinnati.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
TO CURE UPSIDE DOWN BOY
Jehns Hopkins Hospital Doctor Says
Lad Has 1camsra Vision"

Lad Has HCamsra vision.S
The experts at John Hopkins hospi.
tai. in Baltimore. have arranged to
study the strange case of Russell Ba-
ker. eight. the Huntington wv. Val
schoolboy who reads. writes and sings
upside down. In making this an
nouncement DR.. william Fl. Howell of
the hospital stan said that young Ba-
ker has what is called camera vision"
and sees things not only upside down.
but also backward-that is. reversed.
Therefore the boy reads and writes
upside down and from right to left
His teacher first noticed when the
boy entered her grade at the beginning
Of the year that he made his letters
upside down. He also began at the
lower right hand corner Of the page.
writing upward and backward toward
the top. When turned around the CHI
Biography was as clear AZ the average
child's Of that age.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06

Magnetic Locks
Magnetic locks. which have no key
holes and no keys. but can be opened
when taken to a special electric mag
net. are the modern solution Of the
problem Of safety lamps for coal min
ers. With these lamps a miner cannot
tamper when he is below ground. and
20 there Ia no possibility Of gas COM
Ing In contact with the Are Of an open
lamp in the mine The magnet to
open the lock is kept above ground. Of
course. Not only are the locks con-
trolled by electricity. but the wicks
are lighted by an electric spark applied
above ground by current Of cleo
tricity before the miner goes to work.
Saturday Evening Post
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06

The Federal leaguers claim that
Tommy Leach. Roger Bresnahan.
George Stovall and wilbert Robinson
will manage teams in the outlaw cir
cult Bresnahan has a three years
contract with the Cubs at $4,000 a
year Robinson couldn't be hired to
leave his old pal. John McGraw. and
the Giants. Leach may not remain
With Evers because Of advancing years.
while stovall's threatened detection
will not cause an earthquake in St
Louis.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06

Charles Webb Murphy has opened
the winter campaign with the an
nouncement that Al Bridwell must be
supplanted as the Cubs shortstop for
the renson TINT he IL too slow. Last
spring Murphy predicted that Bird
we'll would make Chicago fans forget
~ about Joe Tinker.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
LAvD ARMY ENGINEERS
IN PHILIPPINE SERVICE.
Hitherto Unsuns Heroes IN Uncle
SANS Pay Highly Praised.

Hitherto unsung heroes in Uncle
Sans service were disclosed in a re-
port by e. J. Westerhouse. acting d.
rector Of the bureau Of public works
Of the Philippines. recently made
public by the bureau Of insular affairs
In Washington. They are the district
engineers in charge Of the improve
ments In the islands. Ofilcials are con-
WINGED by Director Westerhouse's de-
scription Of their duties that the engi-
neers must be Of heroic mold. or else
welded to their profession beyond the
possibility Of divorce.
Were the district engineers to give
each project the time required for in
vestigation and inspection In keeping
with good engineering practice" said
Mr.. Westerhouse. in reporting that
their activities extended over sixty Is
lands and groups of islands. 1.-THE TWEEN.
ty-four hours Of the day would be
more than occupied.
Their responsibility not only In
wolves correct location. sufYicient de-
sign and economical prosecution of
construction WORK, hut also includes
cost accounting. property accounta-
bility In itx severest form. and null
titude Of administration matters"
In addition. Mr.. Westerhouse de-
clared. the district engineer was forced
to deal with native and not too honest
labor. and was held personally re-
sponsiblc" for all supplies and expend.
itures. He added also that the i'm
provement work in the islands was
hampered by the lack of funds.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
. PRECEDENT WILSON'S PROM
loE TO LATlN-AMERl.
; CAN STATES.

lin his speech before the southern
commercial congress At Mobile. Ala.
President Wilson announced to the
world the governing motive Of the
United States In all Its future re-
iationships with the countries OF
this hemisphere Coming n II did
Mexican election had failed. his
words have q special signincsnce.l
The United esatss will never
assin seek enc additional feet Of
tsrritsry BY conquest. She will
dsvets herself 70 showing that
she knows how to make honor.
able and fruitful uss Of the ter
ritery she has. AND she
MUST REGARD " A. ONE
OF THE DUTIES OF FRIEND
SHIP TO SEE THAT FROM
NO QUARTER ARE MATE
RIAL INTEREere MADE 81.
PERloR TO HUMAN LtBER-
TY AND NATIONAL oPPoR.
TuNlTY.
The future 10 going to be very
different for this hemisphere
from the past. rhoss states Iy-
ing to the south of us will now
be drawn closer 70 us by innu-
msrabls ties and. ! hope, chief
Of all by the tie Of . common
understanding Of each other
President Wilson's Speech In
Mobile.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06

HOBBY Baker Of Princeton is some
football crackerjack we all know. and
hc Is u good Splinter and an effective
hickey player as well.
An soon az the gridiron season Is
over HOBBY will polish his skates and
start in pursuit Of the elusive puck.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06

~ Of the United
After
Slide dynamited
channel and when this is done
Will
problem the construction Of the canal
ueaherous
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06

IAHEY do
follow Governor Major the prime mover In Mis-
Hodges of Kan
headed 100000 Of the cleaning up old roads In various
iowiest individual
s standing
boardo Of
the rg with his ont ke a
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
Fearless chiIsans.

teaFIetS SHsleAnos
The Chilean Is combination Of four
fighting races-t1rst. the spaniard. then
the Araucanian Indian. the only Indian
that always defeated the white man
and never was conquered himself: then
the German. then the Englishman.
That's the Chilean. You beat that for
a good fighting man. and you've got to
be going some. The Chilean isn't afraid
Of England: isn't afraid Of the United
States: isn't afraid Of Argentina, isn't
afraid of anything. Moreover. he lives
in the south temperate zone almost en-
tirely the same climate as the United
Statesman and snow and six months
Of winter In the south.-Peter Mac
Queen in National Magazine.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
Wrestler M.hmout Killed by Bandits.

Wrestler Mahmout Killed by Bandits.
Yussiff Mahmout. Bulgarian wres-
tier. who met a number Of American
mat men. including Frank Gotch. by
whom he was defeated. was killed by
a band Of Bulgarian bandits In the
mountains near SIlIstria. his home. ac-
corling to a story told by two Turkish
wrestiers who arrived in Chicago re-
Gently.
Mahmout was a petty officer in the
Bulgarian army during the late war
and. according to their story, went to
the town to draw some money to pay
OF the men In his command. Sixteen
bandits. learning the purpose Of his
trip. waylald him on his return. but
because Mahmout had procured only
orders instead Of gold coin they killed
him.
The Meeker herald., 1913-12-06
New Baseball pssI,

In Philadelphia was circulated story
that Connie Mack of the Athletics had
traded Outfieider James Walsh to the
New York Americans as part of deal
by which Frank Chance sent Claude
Derrick to the Baltimore club. partly
owned by Mack. last year. When
President Farrell Of the New York
Americans was asked about the sup
posed deal he declared that. while he
hadn't actually signed papers that
would make Walsh his property. some
thing might come Of 1t later on.
"The report is trihe premature"
said Farrell. land l only wish that
could confirm 1t. 1t is true that last
summer when Chance let Derrick go
to the Baltimore club he asked Mack
to let him have an out6elder. one Of
six then wearing Athletic uniforms.
Mack at FIRST couldn't zee IT. but as he
needed Derrick in Baltimore he finally
named three players from whom
Chance could make selection. and
Walsh was among them"
The Delta independent., 1913-12-19
Bon 12. champion Earmer

Elmo Kaylor, the 12-year old son OF
L. w. Kaylor, of Forest. whose home
is on the south fork OF the Newaukum
river ten miles southeast of Chehalis,
Washington, has returned from Spok-
ane with the title of champion young
farmer of the state of Washington.
At the southwest Washington fair
he took third prize with his exhibit
of agricultural products which he had
grown on his fathers farm, winning
$40 cash. At the boys and girls agri-
cultural and industrial contest held
by the school children of the state of
Washington last week, he won the
sweepstakes prize for his exhibit.
AS a result he secured prizes valued
at a considerable cash value, among
them a S1OO Shetland pony, hay
stacker and stump machine, besides
glory galore.
Elmo bears his honors modestly.
however, and he is determined to go
ahead with his farming and become
an expert in the work as he grows
older.
The Delta independent., 1913-12-19
Enough Good as a Feast.

In the old days of hand composition
printer known from New York to
San Francisco as pilgrim" HaZlet
wandered into Pennsylvania town
and asked the editor of weekly for a
sit"
WELL" said the editor, Il can put
you to work, but I'm afraid can't pay
you much money"
Make me an Offer" said the pill
grim.
Well" replied the man of the quill,
q can give you two meals a day at
my house, you can sleep here in the
office on this lounge, and I'll take care
of your laundry. Then If you need to-
bacco get it across the street at the
grocery. They run an account with
us. And up at the brewery you can
get a can of beer whenever you like.
Besides. I'll pay you four week"
Gosh" said the pilgrim, after re-
peating the offer to get it straight in
his mind. IF get all that what do
want with the four dollars?"
The Delta independent., 1913-12-19
when Snuff Mas usefuI

Some people have the knack of do
ing and saying the right thing at the
right time" comments Lord Rossmore
in Things l Can Tell" And as an
instance of the value of presence of
mind in an emergency, he tells of a
dog-fight in Bond street, London.
Two terriers that belonged to two
socially eminent ladies had engaged
in businesslike tussle.
The distracted ladies alternately
made fearful but vain appeals to their
favorites and to the bystanders. Just
as the fight seemed about to termin-
ate fatally for one of the animals, a
blase looking "chappie" elbowed his
way through the crowd with a polite
Permit me-"
He calmly surveyed the two strug-
Cling dogs; then he produced hand
some gold snuff box, and taking a
pinch from it, he dropped little on
the end of each dogs nose. A fit of
sneezing ensued, which compelled
them to release their grip and the
combat came to an end.
With polite bow to the ladies, the
strategist walked lei5urely away.
The Delta independent., 1913-12-19
A Liberal Education.

Sir Horace Plunkett once delivered
lecture in Dublin, Ireland, on the
best way to improve conditions among
the poor. At that time Sir Horace
was not exactly a finished speaker.
His tongue could not do justice to the
richness of his mind.
The day following his address he
received from lady note contain
ing this statement:
What you need is two things: ~
wife, and (2) lessons in elocution."
To this Plunkett sent this reply:
Il have received your letter saying
that need two things: G) wife, and
(2) lessons in elocution. Those are
only one."-Popular Magazine.
The Delta independent., 1913-12-19
A Sin OF Commission

Mrs. Benton tasted the dainty she
had compounded in the chatting dish
and looked at her husband. Then,
the Chicago News declares she said:
Somehow it doesn't taste just as
Mrs. Miners did the other night.
thought remembered the receipt, but
/ think must have left something
out"
Mr.. Benton tasted reflectively, and
in the best Fletcherian manner.
There's nothing you could leave
out that would make It taste like
that" he said with conviction. ITS
something you put in
The Delta independent., 1913-12-19
He Would Never Love Again.

General Gordon, the Confederate
commander, used to tell with delight
the following story.
was sitting by the roadside one
blazing hot day, when a battered SOL
der, whose clothing hung in rags, who
had lost one shoe, who wore bandage
round his head and Carried his arm in
sling, passed him. The soldier was
soliloquizing thus:
81 love my country. I'd fight for
my country. I'd starve and go thirsty
for my country I'd die for my coun-
try. But II ever this war is over I'll
never love another country"