The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-02-15
County News


shipped carload of tho tubers to Chi.
cago.
A little daughter was born to Rev. and
Mrs. b. f. Stump of Cavalier on Febru,
ary 5th.
Rev. G. E. Martin OF Cavalier was
called to Cadiz, Ohio by the serious i'll
ness of his mother.
Victor Svenson of Neche has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia, but is now
somewhat improved.
Byron Manley of Walhalla took his
son Ed to Grand Forks to undergo an
operation for appendicitis.
Nurse Lenlce Duncan of Cavalier is
attending Mrs. George L. Paxman of
Hamilton. who has been seriously i'll for
the past few weeks.
Collector A. L. Airth of Walhalla IS
taking vacation, according to the
Mountaineer, his place being filled by j.
G. Cowan of the Pembina office.
Mrs. A. Sandgren of Hamilton recent
! ly underwent an operation for rupture
at the Drayton hospital. She is recover
ing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Il. Gilroy of Dray ton,
left last week for Delburne, Alberta
where they will spend couple of months
visiting with their daughter, Mrs. Percy
Kneeshaw.
Peter st. Amour ST., of Neche, died IN
st. Bonlface hospital In Winnipeg on
Tuesday following an operation for in
ternal trouble; the remains were brought
to Neche for burial.
Ray Maid of Drayton, who is in train
ing at the Great Lakes Navy camp, Wis.
lied his parents for few days last week.
He was accompanied by Miss Shole of
Grand Forks, who is visiting at the
Maid home.
Hamilton has toboggan slide for the
pleasure of the young folks in that city.
The erection is due to the efforts of AL
fred Erhardt, Albert Anderson, Rev. G..
G. Lee and T. Il. Chambers, with the
latter in charge.
| Harry Hart reached Hamilton from
the Canadian northwest and will rem ain
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. G..
Hart Of Carlisle, for some time. He is
recovering from an accident and later
from an attack of pneumonia, which has
confined him to his bed for two or three
months.
Announcements were received in St.
Thomas, of the marriage of Ray S. Mil
Ter and Miss Freida Steinbrown at Fair
bank, Iowa, on January 3Oth. The
groom is progressive farmer of Mid
land township and is we'll and favorably
known. The young couple will be at
home after March lst.
Alexander w. McCrea, father of Geo.
A. McCrea, formerly of Drayton, died at
his home in Ontario, California, where
he has lived for 25 years He is surviv-
ed by an aged widow, one daughter, Mrs.
E. w. FELTON, of Long Beach, and three
sons, F, E McCrea of Alexandria, Min
nesota, Geo. McCrea of Ontario, Califor-
MIA, and A. w. McCrea of New York.
A capacity house witnessed the pro-
duction of the U. S. government war
pictures at the Neche opera house last
week. The pictures were most interest
I Ing showing vividly the general military
TACTICS pursued in the training OF the
troops and gave an insight into what our
boys are called upon to do. Everyone
should see this picture. A neat sum
was added to the Neche branch OF the
Red Cross. for which the show was put
on
John Crowston, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
F. Crowston of Svold, arrived from Re-
gina for visit with his parents and
Mr.. Crowslon has recently re-
turned from France where he went in
the spring of 1917 with the Canadian
Scottish regiment. He was wounded in
noih legs, and is still carrying pieces OF
tne she'll that struck him. He was in
he front line trenches for months and
as "over the. top" three times One
aas only to hear him talk to realize what
ur boys over there are doing for us
- at,homs should back them up with
very effort We possess, and then it
,sauld be little compared to the sacrif-
oss tas boys are. making.
Fer Sale.
Compiste farm equipment for halt
ssssst,on. hosss4 cattle, hogs poultry,
,aAchinesy. harasss md teols of all kinds
'tiood ohAnes = gst dAs ssatiit. Inquire