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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
Will Test Flax For

Resistance to Wilt
The department of botany of the agrl.
cultural college will this season conduct
plot tests of ,aaxseed to ascertain the
wilt resistance value Of seed fax.
Farmers who think they have resistant
variety and wish such tests made are
urged to send their sample at once-s
few ounces of seed will be sufficient. By
this method any farmer can get .exact
knowledge of the wilt resistance of his
fax. 1t is hoped to standardize such
lots of seed as cannot now be traced
back to the original source, and to de.
termlne if admixtures of common, non.
resistant fax is present, etc.
These tests were undertaken several
years ago in an experimental way. The
results gave great possibilities of aiding
growers to gain confidence in fax crop.
ping. We think we can cause the saw.
ing of thousands of dollars to the
farmers in the state in the crop of 1919
II interested, send in your fax
seed samples at once. We want it here
by the 18th of June. Address, H. L.
Bolley, Botanist and State Seed Com.
missioner, Agricultural College, N. Oak.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
We ALL ARE NONPARTISANS

There IS a wide spread feeling tina
this year all party lines be ignored an,
that the sole partisan issue should b.
loyalty and win the war.
| That all internal and local difference
wait until we settle the external. ant
possibly eternal, issues of the war.
That any party OF person who seek
to distract or detract from this grea
issue, is hindrance to the preservation
of this government, ''or any governmen
SO constituted"
Perhaps this general feeling is en-
couraged and stimulated by the belle
and by the probability that the issues
of this war and the momentous ques
tions of the peace which is to follow
will obliterate the alignments of the old
parties entirely within a brief time.
just now, we have but one great issue
on which all loyal men are united. Now
1T is for self-preservation and against
autocracy from without. Later we can
fight dangers from within.
When peace comes we shall find that
America has taken new birth. That
our position as a world power has
changed from being apart and isolated,
to the most commanding and influential
position. We shall become the arbi-
traitor of the whole of Europe and per.
haps the new map of Europe will be
drawn with American pencils. The
question Of finance will be stupendous
and the necessary provisions to be made
to recuperate and recover from the
losses and destruction of the war will be
an overshadowing issue. These and a
hundred other such matters OF inter-
national and national Importance will
obliterate old party lines, and there will
be no Republican, no Democratic parties
as we now know them.
The old parties are really dead, and
we may as we'll recognize the fact-right
now and take on the new alignment as
far as developed. That development as
yet consists in the one issue, shall we
win this war;
That is the line on which this fall's
elections and parties should be run.
AS matter of fact, Just as we stand,
with only loyalty rs an issue. We are all
.snonpartissns."
All we lack, however, to make real
party, is organization. Let the old
party leaders get together, shake hands,
and organize for loyalty, for democracy,
for America. a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31

Governor Burnquist will speak at
Hallock on June 9th at two o'clock in
the afternoon. The gubernatorial con.
test in Minnesota is getting warmed up
pretty we'll. Burnquist's opponent on
the Nonpartisan ticket is charged with
disloyal speeches before he entered the
race for governor and like several others
of the same faith, he is having hard
time to excuse himself why he SAID at
times what he did say.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

Our readers will remember that the
great assault of the Germans beginning
in March and continuing through the
first part Of April, left the battle lines in
Northern France in great waves or
curves. The Germans had bent back
the British and French lines In two
places or very wide fronts
Last Thursday the Germans began
another assault and puzzled the war
critics because instead of following along
the directions of the former assault they
started in on the two extreme ends OF
their new salients and have been con-
tinuously fighting since that time.
These two points are 175 miles apart.
The northern assault is near Ypres and
so far in this sector the Germans have
made no progress but have been held by
the British. In the southern drive they
have advanced about ten miles at this
writing over a front Of about twenty-five
miles and are now near Soissons, some
sixty miles from Paris.
What the results will finally be are
yet to be determined. There is good
prospect that the assault will be stopped
soon. as the defending force is being re.
inforced
In this fight there are considerable
4 number Of Americans involved and We
may expect quite heavy casualty lists in
4 the near future. HI \. 8 ss3i.
Secretary Baker says we now have two
million mon under arms and something
like 1900 aeroplanes. 33s4.a MA
The factories for the new machine
guns are now ready for delivery and
from this tune the deliveries will be
very rapid. The gun d said to be
superior 70 anytbinE before made.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
Official D Directory

= 3 sen.ter. \ f} f} sseaass, ssssesas
, u 8 Repnesen-{ John n. Baer
Secretary Of State-Thomas Hall /
Z state Treasurer--John Steen I
!, State Auditor Carl r Kositzky !
Attorney General-Wm LANCER
!, Railroad Com = HJ 7 JJohds9i JehddsG9in
lnissioners- CRas " Fieick
supt of Pub Inst 3 Taylor !
Com Of lnsurance-S a Hssnes i
'''+,, s:::; :; s:;'::'i'
|, s Robinson .
Judge 7th Jud. Dist-W Kneeshaw
STATE SENATOR
Walter Wexford
REPRESENTATIVES,
Is. District $$ S;$;S ;SSssSss S'ssissss ss5ss;
COUNTY OFFICIALS
States Attorney-Wm McMurchfe /;
Clerk of Court ID Winlaw
Sheriff-Chas Atkinson
, AUDITORIUM. W. Felson !
Treasurer-Hugh Gibson
Register of Deeds-Geo Roadhouse /
, County Judge-H G Wick
), Surveyor-Herman Campbell
Supt of Schools-CharlotteJ Jones !
Coroner-Frank w. Deason !
Public Admin'r-Geo Peterson .
(1st-A b Purdy, Toilette !
County srd-Adam Norton, Caval'r
LON Is 4th-W J Watts Leroy
l5th-Jos Morrison Drayton :
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
Alex. Morrison, Collector .
! Robert Morrison Special Deputy ,
: 4 AZ T WoalwSrtb Ha5Tey Deputies
E r Russell Immigration Inspector :
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
personal staff that they apply the
doctrine to the issue Of the present war

personal staff that they apply the
doctrine to the issue Of the present war
time.
In brief. it is, that it is perfectly
compatible with political honesty to
swear to the assessor that one is Re-
publican or Democrat and then pro-
ceed to work and act in opposition to
the party.
AS a logical application Of such a
political doctrine when it comes to the
question OF loyalty aud the support Of
the government, these men first swear
to and vehemently proclaim their loyalty
and then through platform and press
proceed to villify the government in
every way possible.
These men profess to be profoundly
astonished when called upon by that
government to explain themselves and
say "Did I not say that I was loyal; is
not this free country, cannot man
say one thing and do anotherP Why,
the very fact that you question my
'no-party' idea shows what rotten
thing your government, your officials
and your courts have become
The loyalty of the great majofity OF
American citizens does not have to be
proven before judge and jury. They
do not even have to tell others that they
are loyal. The time may come soon in
the new complications and issues of the
war and its results that the old party
lines will be obliterated and forgotten
but the time will never come to the
loyal American citizen when he will say
that he belongs to ''no.party." At this
most critical time in our history the
man who says heJafillates with no party
is disloyal.
Just now there is only one issue. tc
| win the war. Most of US belong to the
party which intends to win this wal
and we will prove our loyalty in Other
ways than going round telling what 9
rotten affair this great government al
ready is and how much worse it soor
will be.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
The Tramp Has Disappeared

The activity of the administration
against slackers, both those who are
trying to evade military duty and those
who are out of the draft and are spend
ing their time in idleness when there is
work to do, is working out effectively,
according to reports. The loafer who is
laying around doing nothing to help
produce but is eating what others pro-
duce, has no place IN these United
States now. The familiar tramp has
disappeared from the roads also, all of
which indicate that the government has
taken charge of the socalled labor propo.
sltion. While this war is expensive in
many ways, we look to see many objec-
tionable features that have faced us in
the past, solved for the future.
There is no question but that such
organizations like the I. w. w. and
kindred orders, promoted by loafers and
people whose interest In the progress Of
others is only to destroy, will not be
tolerated after this.
Another Nonpartisan scheme to en-
veagle the faithful to contribute some
more money to Townlyism has been 60
ing on in this country for some time.
This time it is to take stock in the new
daily newspaper which is to be started
at Grand Forks in the near future. The
purchase of country weeklies has been
abandoned we are told and now the
people are asked to stake stock in this
daily which is to expound Nonpartisan-
Socialism to the people. The venture
will be prosperous one as long as stock
is beng subscribed. but like many other
ventures of this kind there will be
mourners when the enterprise is left to
it's legitimate resources.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
! For County commissione

} ! hereby announce myself as candi-
date for county commissioner on the
Republican ticket, for The first commis-
sioner district. and promise that il
elected I will, q in the past, attend to
the duties q the office ID the best Of my
lability. a. B. PURDY.
Toilette, N. u, May 10th, 1918.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
REPUBLICAN, TICKET,

For Governor,
JOHN STEEN, Rugby.
For Lieutenant Governor,
A T KRAABEL, Trail.
For Secretary of State,
JAS NJ STILL Beach.
For AttOr ney General.
GEO p HOMNES, Crosby.
For Auditor.
For Treasurer,
F. L ELY, Grand Forks,
For Commissioner of Insurance,
ADOLPH WACKER, Mclean.
For Commi ssioner of Agriculture,
ALEX MCDONALD. Enamons
For State Superintendent of School,
MISS MINNIE NELSON, Barnes
For lodge of Supreme Court,
JUDGE CHAS FISK, Minot.
For Railroad Commissioners,
NJ P JOHNSON, ,Tolley.
JAMES TAYLOR, Towner
JOSEPH GAKKLE, Towner.
For Members of Congress-,
II g WICK, Cavalier, 1st Dist.
,OHN HANSHETT, Harvey. End Dist riot
p d NORTON, Hettinger, 3rd District.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
J sPARA-GRAPHIcs.

A trip to jamestown from Wednesday
to Monday was rained on every day.
The southern part Of the Valley was
soaked. 1t began to get dry after leav-
ing Hallock coming north and Pembina
was dusty.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31

The jamestown people we're very kind
and hospitabls to the old soldiers Of
whom there were about fifty assembled
and perhaps twics as many women Of
the w. r. q. Considering the fact that
the youngest veteran was at least Y
years old they displayed very consider.
able amount of health and vigor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31

The American dollar has dropped in
value to fifty cents. If you doubt and
desire to test, just 60 to the store and
try to buy something.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31

Three cents mile passenger fare and
twenty-five per cent increase in freight
rates is announced to take effect in
June. We are at war.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-31

Crops looked fine all the way along
the road. Much fencing is going on in
Minnesota, which portends more stock.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

coarse manure is used, 1t should be ap-
piled in the fall and turned under, but
well-rOtted manure should be applied
after blowing and should be well
mixed with the soil by narrowing. On
many soils 1t is advisable to apply COM
mercial fertilizer, especially phOs-
pilates, in addition to the manure.
Cultivation Of Garden Crops.
Frequent shallow cultivation should
be given garden crops. BY keeping
the surface of the soil stirred a dust
mulch is formed, which prevents the
loss Of moisture through the pores in
the soil and keeps down weeds.
The soil should be cultivated as soon
as possible after rain, to break the
crust and prevent baking. Sandy soils
may be cultivated when quite wet, but
clay soils should not be stirred when
STICKY. Too much emphasis cannot be
placed on the matter Of thorough cul-
tivatiOn. If the work Is properly done
at the right time there will be little
difficulty in controlling weeds.
In cultivating the garden, small
tooth cultivatOrs should be used to pre-
vent ridging or furrOwing. A turn
pillow or sweep should not be used for
cultivation unless the land becomes so
woody that cultivation will not do the
work. Frequent cultivation. kills the
weeds between the rows before they
become large. but hand work will be
necessary to keep the soil stirred be-
tween the plants and to keep down
weeds in the row.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Henry cIay's Diplomacy.

The following Is an instance OF
Henry Clay's readiness In getting out
of a difficult situation. On one occa-
sion a vote he had given In congress
offended one of his constituents who
unbraided him for 1t and declared he
would never again support him for
congress.
Meeting this constituent on the court
green Mr.. Clay said to him: II am
sorry you will not again support me
for congress because of a vote gave
on q certain measure. When your
rife misses fire do you throw 1t
away?" "No," replied the constituent.
II do not throw 1t away" what do
you do with it?" asked Mr.. Clay. "Why,
I pick my flint and try 1t again." re-
piled the constituent. "Well," said Mr..
Clay, fare you going to throw me away
because I have missed fire once? Won't
you let me pick my flint and try again?
Won't you treat me as you do your ride
when Ii misses fire"
This ready reply satisfied the con-
stituent and completely won him over,
and he was ever after one Of Clay's
most faithful supporters In his candi.
dacy for congress.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
CULTURE HERE BEFORE 1892
Did Americas Pre-CoIumbian Civiliza.
ton Come From Egypt? ls
Now Question.

Prof. Elliot Smith developed in an
extraordinarily interesting manner the
thesis that the pre-COlumbian civiliza-
tons of America-Or at least many inn
pOrtant features in those civilizations
were not truly aboriginal, but came
in a cultural wave from Asia across
the Pacific ocean, the original starting
point of the most remarkable charac-
teristic being Egypt.
Professor Smith believes, says Sci
ence Progress. that the extremely pc
culiar culture of Egypt was spread
eastward by mariners, mainly Phoeni-
clans, for several centuries after Il. q.
800. To quote the authors OWE words,
he thinks that 1.-The essential elements
Of the ancient civilizations of India
(the pre-Aryan civilizatiOns), further
India, the Malay archipelago, Oceania
and America were brought in success
sion to each of these places by mari
ners, whose oriental migratiOns began
as trading intercourse between the
eastern Mediterranean and India some
time after 500 b. c., and that the
highly complex and artificial culture
which they spread abroad was derived
largely from Egypt (not earlier than
the twenty-first dynasty), but also in
cluded many important accretions
from other sources, and that after ira
versing Asia and Oceania and becOm-
ing modified On the way, the stream
finally continued for many centuries
to play upon the Pacific littoral OF
America, where it was responsible for
planting the germs of the remarkable
pre-Columbian civilization"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
HOME GARDEN PLAN
Make Every Backyard Furnish
Fresh Vegetables for the
Family Table.
SANDY LOAN IS PREFERRED
AZ Attention Is Usually Given In
Spare Moments, Locate as Near
House at Possibie-DrainaQe
Of Prime Importance.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
1t Is impossible to make an accurate
estimate of the value of the vegetables
which may be grown in home gardens
In the South, but it is safe to say that
a well-kept garden will yield return
eight or ten times as great as the re-
turn from an equal area devoted to
cotton or to other general farm crops.
or even greater importance than the
money value of the products Of the
garden is the satisfaction of having a
bountiful supply of vegetables close
at hand where they can be secured at
a moments notice.
Location Of Garden.
In selecting the location for home
vegetable garden the question of prox-
Unity to the house should be given first
consideration. AS the work of caring
for the garden is usually done in
spare time, the location selected should
be as near the house as possible. The
slope and type of soil should be the
next considerations. A slope to the
south or southeast is usually prefer
able, because here the soil warns up
early in the spring, which permits
early planting and stimulates the early
growth of crops. Practically any type
of soil can be used for the garden, but
a sandy loan is to be preferred.
Good drainage is of Drjme imnOrt-
ance. The land should have sufficient
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22

Where diseases are very severe, the
same crop should not be planted con-
tinuOusly on the same area. Rotation
of crops is one Of the safeguards
against soil Infection. Land upon
which a diseased crop has been grown
should not be used for the same or
closely related crop oftener than once
In three years. 1t is usually advisable
to rotate crops in such a way that
foliage crops (such as cabbage. kale,
spinach, and mustard) follow root
crops Qrish potatoes, beets, parsnips,
carrots, etc.) or those grown for fruits
tomatoes, peppers, melons, etc..
This can be accomplished in Il measure
by changing the location of crops In
the planting plan or by reversing the
plan from year to year.
Preparation Of Soil.
The soil that is to be used for vege-
tables should be thoroughly prepared
before planting. A deep seeded Is
desirable, and wien an area that has
never been plowed more than four
inches deep must be used it should be
deepened by gradually increasing the
depth of blowing for a period of three
or four years until the desired depth
is attained.
Clay soil should be plowed in the
fall if there is no danger of washing,
SO as to get it in good mechanical
condition before planting time. In
the cooler regions of the South freez-
ing will pulverize the soil, while in
regions where freezes do not occur the
pulverizing must be done by narrowing
and cultivation. Sandy loans or
soils that contain large amount OF
humus should be plowed far enough In
advance to allow the soil to settle be-
fore planting
Manurcs and Fertilizers.
The soil for vegetable growing
should be rich and well supplied with
humus. Barnyard or stable manure is
the best fertilizer, because it furnishes
both plantfOOd and humus. An appli-
cation of 20 to 80 tons of manure to
the acre is very satisfactory, and on
some soils this application will need
but little reinforcing with commercial
fertilizers. The manure should be ap-
piled far enough in advance of plant
ing time to allow ii to decay. Where
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
WAYS OF KEEPING YOUTHFUL
Man Who Is Determined Not to Grow
Old Really Has Only to "Make
an Effort"
I see 1t in my changing hair.


see it in my growing heir,
My growing thirst for early news,
1t is a fact, l am growing old.
And so growing old is just case or
finding what ones looking for, observes
the Minneapolis Journal. A man de-
cides that the time has come for him to
be old, and so instead of bracing up.
ignoring the symptoms and finding
some other explanation for the changes
in the color of his hair, he neglects his
dress, walks with stoOp, uses cane,
stops taking exercise, eats too much,
INDUCES in "reminiscences, retires from
business, and in general acquires the
foolish habit of growing old.
He should remember that 1t Is posi-
BILE to keep a youthful spirit, an active
mind. an interest in current events and
q purpose to serve his fellows, and that
he who does these things will always
be young.
The fact that women generally de-
cline to contract the Old-age habit and
that some men have also resisted the
temptation to fall into 1t would seem
to indicate that If those who do yield
to it would only take the advice Of
Dombey to his wife, and make an eff
fort" they would learn how foolish
and how unnecessary it is to grow old.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
Man Has Copied Natures Work.

Marble, in nature, owes Its crystal
line structure to volcanic heat. But
ingenious man uses heat to counter
felt the volcanic rocks. BY such means,
with suitable materials, he makes
bricks and crockery, which are arti-
fetal stones. The processes employed
in the manufacture Of chinaware are
merely workship limitations of those
used in the laboratory Of nature.
Volcanic rock-granite, trap or what
not-is the very symbol Of imperisha-
bility; but the artificial stones (such
as brick and chinaware) produced by
the fusion of particles under the action
Of heat are among the most enduring
of known substances.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-22
For Those Fond Of Parrots.

The voyage by steamship is very
hard on parrots, which are stored in
the hold, commonly in close proximity
to the engine room. Consequently they
are apt to reach their final destination
in q sickly condition. One should be
careful to make sure in buying an AZ
rican parrot that it is healthy bird.
There are hundreds of species of par
rots and the most beautiful of them
all are the cockatoos, native exclusive
ly Of Australasia. The giants of the
tribe are the American macaws.
Neither the macaw nor the cockatoOO
is ordinarily much of a talker, but
occasionally specimens are very clever
at conversation.