Towner County, ND, Hansboro Pioneer Newspaper published April 1, 1907 - May 31, 1907 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ The following news items and articles are all transcribed from the Hansboro Pioneer newspaper. The items included in this file were published between April 1, 1907 and May 31, 1907. North Dakota State Historical Society microfilm numbers 08392 Transcribed May, 2000 by: Mary Lindbo, mjlindbo@msn.com Note: when searching for names in this text, I recommend using various spellings of a surname. I noticed during the transcription that some names were not spelled the same throughout. Since many of the names were not familiar to me, I typed them exactly as they were published. (c) 2000 Mary Lindbo April 4, 1907 LOCAL NEWS The G.N. will build new brick depots at Bisbee and Cando. Mr. Hagen of Fargo spent several days in Hansboro this week, the guest of Peter Nelson. The Badger Band dance at the opera house Tuesday evening was a success socially and financially. G.F. Bhem of Devils Lake is visiting with A.C. Anderson this week, and incidentally looking after his farm 4 miles east of town. John K. Eckles and mother moved in from the farm Monday. John has purchased the Miller property and will live in town this summer, having rented the farm for the season. Rolla Lodge A.F. & A.M. will visit Cando Lodge No. 49, next Tuesday night. A special train will leave Rolla at 7 p.m. and will return after the completion of the program. Visiting brothers will be made welcome. Hansboro is expected to help swell the crowd. On our way back from Cando this week the Pioneer man had the pleasure of visiting the Rolla Lodge A.F. & A.M. After the regular work at social session was held and it is by no means flattery when we say that a jollier or more hospitable bunch of fellows it would be impossible to find anywhere. Rolla lodge is all right. As if to exemplify the warning published in the last issue of the Pioneer, the residence of F.H. Murdick was discovered to be on fire last Friday morning. The fire had caught behind the kitchen range and was eating its way between the walls. Had it not been discovered it is probable that in ten minutes more the fire would have been beyond control. But little damage was done, other than that of drenching things up generally. Now let us get busy and make some provisions for fire protection. Art Hooser of Egeland is visiting with his brother, W.A. Chas. E. Blackorby went to Cando Tuesday and returned today. B.L. Thomas and wife were county seat visitors the first of the week. Contractor Maughan secured the contract for building Brown Bros., new machinery hall and hardware store. Work will commence at once. J.W. Pound, D.A. Blackburn and ye scribe went to Cando via Rolla the first of the week. The former to attend the meeting of the board of county commissioners; Mr. Blackburn to arrange for a telephone franchise and ye editor to bring home to the north end the appointment of official paper for the Pioneer. Miss Betty Long went to Cando Saturday for a short visit with friends. D.E. Hardy has been on the sick list for several days past but is able to be about again at this writing. The mail route between Cando and Olmstead was started Monday and we understand arrangements have been made to carry passengers between these points. Three little children were cremated and the home of the parents burned to the ground last week at Langdon. It was the same old story - locked the little tots in and went visiting. J.H. Schmidt and Dave A. Blackburn made the Masonic goat Tuesday night at Rolla. Mr. Schmidt and family leave Monday for Minnesota, where they will make their home. The Pioneer wishes them good luck. Druggist Blackburn left Wednesday for Rochester, Minnesota to obtain medical treatment and perhaps undergo an operation. The Pioneer will keep him posted on home happenings. E.E. McDougall visited relatives in Lakota over Sunday. Dave Farrell returned Friday from a stay of several weeks in Grand Forks. Owing to our visit of several days at Cando this week, the Pioneer is late. J.O. Fernyhough returned today from a business trip to the county capital. The Easter dinner given by the M.E. Ladies Aid was a grand success, a large crowd being in attendance. George Murray of Sherbrook, has been appointed by Gov. John Burke to the $8,000 Temperance Commissioner job. Peter Nelson informs us that work will be commenced on the new hotel and hardware store as soon as the G.N. can get the brick through from Grand Forks. Cando held an exciting election Monday. Harry Lord won over Col. Ely for Mayor and S.J. Atkins defeated N.O. Johnson for alderman. The only plum that carried and money with it, was the city treasurership, which was won by Robert Gillies over A.L. Bradley. The bonds for a sewer system carried. April 11, 1907 NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Burglars visited Jamestown. Buford is to have a new ferry. Munich recently had its first fire. Bismarck lost the Soo shops in Wishek. Williston may get a moving picture show. There was a mad dog fear at Dazey. Dazey is to have a farmers' institute in June. The depot at Sentinel Butte is to be enlarged. There were five fights in Glenburn one night. Plaza is enjoying a great growth this spring. Park River had a German market supper. Oakes barbers boosted haircuts to 75 cents. Kenmare basketballists made a good record. The girls of Bottineau organized a man haters' club. J.B. Savey of Cogswell died of cancer of the liver. Sheriff Taylor of Rolla was shaken up in a runaway. Several new buildings have been commenced at Leeds. A burglar went through two residences at Courtenay. O.G. Major of Hope has incorporated his implement business. Another rural telephone line has been organized near Mohall. Starkweather is discussing the question of fire protection. Railway surveyors have been at work in the Knife River country. The Norwich blind piggers were a trifle late in getting in their gun play. Great Northern employees at the reservoir work in Hanna got soaked out. H.S. Blood of Bottineau sold his patent stovepipe rights to a Seattle firm. Ellendale wants an opera house, a rural telephone line, a hospital and a hotel. There are a lot of bowling alleys for sale and ice cream parlors are in demand. A Grand Forks young man is to join forces with Evangelist Hunt. He is brave. Seattle horse dealers are picking up a lot of fine animals in the Red River valley. A party of Lansford people will go away over in Hettinger County to secure claims. Three young men were arrested at Jamestown on a charge of stealing bottled beer. The contract has been let for the new school house at Cogswell to cost about $10,000. The people in the lower part of the Red River valley will get the dump end of the flood this year. When the blind pigs began to go out of business the people of Linton ordered a well put down. Property owners in many towns in the state will make an effort this year to beautify their holdings. O. Pederson and son, near Michigan City, resisted officers who took possession of a team and were arrested. Gus Czarinski of Sherwood, who deserted his wife and went to Canada with a young girl, got a year in the pen. N.P. Slade, a 75 year old man, was released from jail at Grand Forks. He had served a sentence for blind pigging. Bottineau people want water works and sewers. The city can secure a bountiful supply of the finest kind of water from lakes and springs near the town. Binford had a fire scare. A band is wanted at Sarles. The Lidgerwood pigs were closed. Palermo citizens voted on incorporation. There was a marriage epidemic at Kulm. A lot of state school land is being leased. The Woodmen at McHenry reorganized. Company G of Valley City is to have a rifle range. Wahpeton militia boys are hustling for an armory. The creamery will be ready for operation April 15. Work on the well at Crosby is being greatly delayed. Hatton rejoices over a long distance telephone booth. Deering wants a resident Congregational minister. All the smallpox cases at Bowdon are under control. A number of small towns failed to get a supply of ice. The high school proposition at Hatton may be dropped. At Dickey, the farmers have advertised for bids for an elevator. Wahpeton is to spend $75,000 this year on municipal improvements. At Starkweather the opposing editors were each nominated for office. The fire hall at Lidgerwood was burned as a result of a lamp explosion. H.V. Arnold of Larimore has completed a history of a Connecticut town. Devils Lake expects to be made the headquarters for many mail route clerks. The new school building in Rugby will be located on the north side of the town. Treasurer Byrne of Bismarck is making the race for the place for the fourth time. The farmers secured a supply of ice for the Sandoun creamery and it will be operated again. Other towns in the northwest part of the state will watch Minot's experiment with gas. The Oberon telephone operators keep the patrons informed regarding the arrival of trains. Four Great Northern cars were derailed near Berwick as a result of a broken wheel on one. There was another wreck on the Jim River Valley branch of the Northern Pacific near Dickey. North Dakota contractors are able to get their shipments of lumber from the West on better time. Lansford held a mass meeting to take some action toward the relief of famine sufferers in China. Contractor Kennedy of Fargo is to begin work on the water main to Fort Lincoln from Bismarck. In a few towns men were elected to office who had not taken out their second papers and are ineligible. Representative Ueland of LaMoure County is interested in telephone extension in that part of the state. North Dakotans hope if there is to be a strike of the railway men that it will not be a long drawn out affair. Cavalier will be one of the counties to have a corn growing contest this year for the benefit of the school boys. Some of the rural carriers found the roads so bad they abandoned their rigs and delivered mail on horseback. There was a failure to get large quantities of wheat shipped out of the state before the date of assessment. Landlord McIntyre of Grafton has sold Erin McGregor the young horse that won first prize in the state fair in Fargo. LOCAL NEWS Commissioner Pound returned from the county seat Friday. L.W. Boise has been enjoying a visit from his brother from LaMoure, North Dakota. L.E. McGregor, brother of W.R. McGregor and secretary of the Hansboro Construction Co., arrived this week from British Columbia. The stage line from Cando to Olmstead makes the mail service to the north end two days earlier. If a letter is sent today, the answer can arrive tomorrow. The change makes it more convenient for those with business at the county seat. Justin Armour expects to leave in a few days for Foam Lake, Saskatchewan to look after his farming interests there. The Pioneer will keep him posted on Armourdale and Hansboro doings. The Badger Band will give a dance at Rock Lake tomorrow evening. All invited. Miss Florence Gimby and Justin Armour were Armourdale visitors in our town Monday. Rev. M.P. Burns of Grand Forks will occupy the pulpit Sunday of the M.E. Church. John Kruger, an experienced butcher and block man, has taken charge of Chris Orton's meat market and Chris says he will keep on the road buying stock. There will be Catholic services held in Hansboro, May 9. We are informed that a Catholic Church will be built here sometime during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Richardson of Armourdale are the proud parents of twins - a boy and a girl, who arrived Friday. All doing nicely at this writing. Jack Lanin, the genial conductor, is taking a rest and Mr. Goetze is taking his place. Doctor Louis Baldwin, formerly of Cando and later of Grafton, has been appointed to the position of superintendent of the asylum at Jamestown, to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Supt. Moore. W.B. Dixon, formerly northwestern passenger agent of the Milwaukee railway, has been promoted to the position of assistant general passenger agent, and R.D. Rovig is to take the position left vacant by said promotion. Hansboro is to have a local telephone exchange, at any rate, and in all probability the long distance will reach this town by the early summer months. D.A. Blackburn was granted a franchise at the last meeting of the county commissioners. The Pioneer received word from D.A. Blackburn yesterday that he expects to enter the hospital sometime this week. He sends regards and best wishes to all. His many friends hope to hear of his rapid return to good health and to welcome him back among us again. At the recent meeting of the powers of Great Northern railway, Jas. J. Hill resigned the presidency of that great railway system. His son, Louis W. Hill, was elected to that position and the venerable ex-president holds the position of chairman of the board of directors. The new president is an intimate friend of D.N. Tallman, former owner of our townsite. Marcus Kessler has joined the quinsy class. Jay Wills is suffering from an attack of quinsy. Chas. Tribble is making some improvements on his farm buildings southeast of town. Andrew Dunphy's new house and barn on his farm north of town is nearing completion. J.R. Crum, C.E. Blackorby, J.J. Rourke, J.E. Brown, Walter Frantzen and J.H. Schmidt attended the Masonic love feast at Cando Tuesday evening. J.H. Schmidt and family left yesterday for St. Peter, Minnesota. The elevator work was too strenuous for Mr. Schmidt and he returns to Minnesota for a rest and to find lighter employment. The merchants of Hansboro paid out over $24,000 for incoming freight in the last year and it is safe to say that this year the amount will be increased fully one-half. Outside of this there have been shipped from the station about 50 cars of Canadian wheat in bond and 197 cars of American cereals. Not a bad showing for a town less than two years old. April 18, 1907 FIRE IMPERILS TOWN Elevator Burns and Embers Start Other Blazes. Fire, which broke out about 1 o'clock in the cupola of a grain elevator at Omemee, threatened for a time to destroy the entire town. The citizens turned out with the fire engine, but found that the fire had gained such headway that it was useless to attempt to save the building in which it started. They devoted their efforts to saving the St. Anthony & Dakota elevator, which was located near the one in which the fire started. Huge cinders and burning embers were carried about the town, setting fire to buildings in the business district, and requiring constant vigilance on the part of the fire fighters to prevent the flames from spreading. Several times the St. Anthony & Dakota elevator took fire, but the volunteer firemen always managed to subdue the flames before they reached dangerous proportions. The fight was continued until 6 a.m. by which time the elevator was entirely destroyed and danger of further spread of the flames was passed. The burned elevator was owned by the Heising company and contained 15,000 bushels of wheat. The loss is estimated at $25,000 fully covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. WOMAN'S TRUNK IS FOUND Cart Stolen from Depot Also Discovered in Queer Place The police found a large trunk on the bank of the creek just east of Valley City. The trunk was on the bank and a cart belonging to the Northern Pacific stood in the creek. As there was fresh snow on the ground, the cart was tracked through the woods and over the hill to the southeast of town. The cart had been missed from the local station and reported. The trunk which evidently had been taken from the station, had not been missed. It was thought the trunk belonged in town and would be called for next morning, as it had not been claimed. Chief Burt opened it and found it filled with a woman's clothing of a good quality. There were a number of letters in the trunk, some of which were addressed to Miss Edna Jackson, Verndale, Minnesota and others to the same person at Denhoff, North Dakota. It is supposed that the woman was transferring here and the trunk was stolen by some crazy or drunken man and wheeled about until he got into the creek. The police are strongly inclined to the belief that the man may have met with some mishap and that his body may be in the creek. LOCAL NEWS The weather is much warmer. O.B. Kessler writes us to send his Pioneer to Tioga, North Dakota as that will be his nearest post office this summer. We wish the boys a bumper crop and the best of luck during the season. A man known as "Frenchy" who posed as a horse trader, but who it is alleged is a member of the gang of horse thieves who have been operating in the state, is in durance vile in the hands of the Grand Forks authorities. Ed Lakeman, our tonsorial artist, moved his shop to the B.L. Thomas building and will serve his customers from the new location. The building will be entirely remodeled and refitted and when finished, will make a neat and up-to-date barber shop and a credit to our town. Parties taking out government licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this state must not advertise for three successive weeks in an official paper of the county a copy of this license and must also file a copy and an affidavit of publication with the county auditor. See H.B. 195, which carries an emergency clause. The bids for the new First National Bank of Rock Lake are to be opened and the contract let on April 23. Cal Lapham, the genial cashier, and Lester Thompson, his popular assistant, will have quarters as good as any in the county when the new building is finished. Hansboro sported a 'blind pig' with gambling attachments for a period of 48 hours this week. Last Saturday the freight brought up a consignment of 4 barrels of beer for Wm. Kerstein, known as "Society Bill" and he forthwith proceeded to prepare a shack in regular Monte Carlo fashion. He was not exclusive in the sale of the wet goods and all who were thirsty were supplied, as long as the institution was in operation. Tuesday noon Sheriff Taylor was a Hansboro visitor between trains. While in town he took occasion to visit the new "pig" and caught him right in the act of selling the amber liquid. Kerstein was taken to Cando by the sheriff, and will probably be a boarder at the bastile for some time to come. Kerstein is probably up against it good and hard, for beside the state offense, he was without a government license and possibly may have to face Uncle Same in regard to this delinquency. ELLISON NEWS ITEMS J.E. Brown and George Heller transacted business at the county seat last Saturday. S.A. Whipkey recently was a business caller at Brumbaugh to inspect some of E.N. Huffman's old Virginia fruits. Charles Moore last week marketed two sleigh loads of fine fat hogs to Kenney the butcher for which he received $6.00 per cwt. Why is hog raising not a paying industry at those prices. C.E. Wells was a business caller at Calvin, Monday. He made the trip with bobsleighs. We are telling the truth when we say that Messrs. Fike, Santman and Larson sawed, hauled and packed ice last Saturday and it was of fine quality too. One would imagine it was rather out of season for this kind of work, but the late spring may cause many more changes, if the cold weather doesn't cease soon. The old saying is an early Easter means an early spring, but the sun in crossing the line must have been about a month ahead of this trip. J.B. Rizner and S.A. Whipkey with their families spent last Sunday at the A.B. Miller home. LOCAL NEWS Chas. E. Blackorby, cashier of the State Bank, made a business strip to Cando yesterday. Joe Long came up from Egeland this week to look over the old town. H.H. Hand, the insurance man and his family are up from Devils Lake this week visiting with friends. A party of friends surprised M.E. VanOrder at his home last evening, the occasion being his birthday. John Quain, the genial host at the Central and Stanley Hubbeley went to the county capital on business Tuesday. F.H. MURDICK left Monday on a business trip to Williston. He may bring back a carload of horses with him on his return. A disastrous wreck occurred on the main line of the Great Northern near the town of Bartlett, Monday morning, in which nine persons are known to have lost their lives and a large number were injured. The Oriental Limited, the Great Northern crack train, struck a broken rail at 1:23 a.m. and went into the ditch. Eight Greek laborers who were in the smoker were killed, as was also a mail clerk. Almost immediately after the wreck a fire was started, caused by the explosion of an acetylene tank and all the palatial cars except the sleeper and observation cars were burned and the bodies of the dead pinned under the wreckage were cremated. Stories of eye witnesses tell of harrowing scenes and deeds of bravery. Word was received Monday from the Rochester hospital that D.A. Blackburn, our popular druggist, successfully underwent the operation on Friday last and is doing nicely at this writing. It will be only a few weeks now until he will return to us a well man and the ozone of North Dakota will soon put him is fine shape. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Some fat cattle are being raised in Cavalier County. Bismarck has a gun club with a lot of enthusiastic members. Twenty new members have joined the commercial club at Palermo. John Hiller of Vang threatened to kill his step-father and landed in jail. Buxton is becoming an important shipping point for fat cattle and hogs. North Dakota people have pronounced opinions regarding coal combines. Contractor Haggart of Fargo is completing his sewer contracts at Leeds. Farmers claim damage to property in their wagons at Cleveland by loose horses. A fire in the store of Gunnerud & Muri at Brinsmade caused some excitement. Traill County people are rejoicing over the completion of their elegant court house. Ex-Gov. Sarles has purchased a new auto and is preparing for a lot of fun this summer. An elevator containing 17,000 bushels of grain was completely destroyed by fire at McClusky. The loss is estimated at $20,000. While digging a sewer ditch at Minot E.L. James was buried beneath the dirt from a cave-in and was dead when he was finally dug out. Miss Helen Gilek who was elected matron of the state hospital at Jamestown, held a similar position at the institute for feeble minded at Grafton with Dr. Baldwin. Gus Czarinski who was arrested some time ago and taken to Minot on the charge of having deserted his wife and run away to Canada with a young girl was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary in Bismarck. William McKalaka was arrested at Fargo on complaint of the Valley City authorities. He was formerly janitor at the normal school in Valley City and was recently discharged. A number of thefts have been traced to him and when searched he had about $1,800 in checks and cash. The Helsing Elevator company was the unfortunate loser of its elevator at Omemee. They had been busy all day Monday loading wheat and it is thought that the fire resulted from a hot box in some of the machinery and gradually spread until it was impossible to check the flames when they were discovered. Miss Nellie Solverson who lately moved to Stark County with her mother brother and sister from South Dakota and located on a homestead near Haley was drowned while crossing Willow Creek. It is thought she was deceived by slush ice which precipitated her into a hole eight to ten feet deep where her body was found the following day. The other day a young son of Henry Carten, living in Waterlaa Township, Cavalier County shot a good sized lynx near the Kitchin home. The young fellow went at him with a shotgun and finished the job the first crack. It is not known where the animal came from but it is thought that it had strayed in from the south judging from the tracks seen in the snow. Young Carten is going to send the animal away and have in mounted. John Gullicksen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Gullicksen of Canada who has been suffering from the results of an accident of a year ago, was adjudged mentally deranged by the insanity board and was taken to the state hospital for treatment. About a year ago young Gullicksen fell from the loft floor of the barn landing upon a mowing machine, fracturing his kneecap and injuring his head and from which he has never more than temporarily recovered, although his mental condition has never seemed seriously affected until Monday, when he became unusually excited. He is a very bright young man and the family have the greatest sympathy of the entire community, who will wish a speedy recovery of the young man's condition. Odd Fellows organize at Drake. The Kulm boys gave a dance. Langdon is enjoying an era of prosperity. The people of Langdon want wider sidewalks. There has been a lot of shooting around Marlon at night. Lidgerwood is to have another amateur show under the direction of Rev. Fr. Zambrush. The farmers north of Kenmare held a meeting to discuss the construction of a rural line. Alfred Eastgate of Lakota has been appointed a special deputy United States marshal. Ranchers in Morton and Stark Counties are raising and selling great herds of fine horses. Peter Hogan of Pembina attempted to cross the Red River. He was fished out by some friends. Temperance Commissioner Murray is expected to make good. He is getting a lot of nice notices. The people of Kenmare are rejoicing over the good service they are getting over the Soo. The vote to incorporate Palermo was adverse and the town will struggle along the same old way. The Mayville postmaster ordered 10,000 stamps for one of his patrons who will want 30,000 more. Traveling men report the roads in the southern part of the state have recovered from the spring mud. So many clerks in Kenmare store have been married the proprietor is charged with running a matrimonial bureau. Temperance Commissioner Murray struck Steele County on foot, farmed for a while, taught school and later studied law. Bowdon businessman and baseball fans got together and held an interesting meeting to arrange for a team this summer. The hose cart at Mandan was broken in a rush for a fire and when the rig finally reached the scene the hydrant was found to be frozen up. D.M. Stegenga, formerly of Fargo and for three years with the Congregational academy at New Rockford, has been elected principal of the Fessenden schools. N.P. Rasmussen of Valley City, who recently returned from Brownsville, Texas says that President Roosevelt could carry Texas if an election was to be held now. George Moy Sing who has been Chinese interpreter at Portal for some time, will return to China and go into business. He is an enthusiastic member of the Masonic lodge at Bowbells. Sheriff Lee of Minot has ordered a new automobile and will be chasing bank robbers and other violators in the benzene burner as soon as he recovers from his operation for appendicitis. A young lady at Hatton deemed it necessary to publish a statement to the effect that she was not one of the girls said to have been the object of the attention of a gay Lothario in that section. Three boys were out sailing in a canvas boat on a slough near Grand Forks. A heavy wind prevailed and the boat was upset. Two of the three boys were drowned and the other had a narrow escape. The Jamestown Northern Pacific stock yards have been caring for a good many outfits of graders for the Milwaukee coast extension the last tow weeks. The outfits, comprising teams and men are being spotted at several points on the line south of Dickinson. The graders state that it is the intention of the contractors to complete the new line into Montana this fall in order to get the stock shipments from that state and North Dakota. Supt. Moses of the city stock yards has also been feeding a good deal of immigrant stock that went north last month to points on the Jamestown & Northern. The children of Joseph Lundy of Bottineau were playing with an axe and a little boy chopped off a finger of his five year old sister, besides crushing and gashing the back of the hand. April 25, 1907 NORTH DAKOTA NEWS NORTH DAKOTA IS NINTH Nearly Double the Number of Immigrants Come to This State Over South Dakota North Dakota stood ninth among the Western states in the number of immigrants which arrived last year for settlement, according to statistics prepared by Chairman E.E. MacLeod of the Western Passenger association. The figures show that of the 1,185,268 immigrants who arrived in the United States, 94,507 were routed by the immigrant bureau of the Western lines, which indicates that by far more aliens came out West than was generally supposed. California headed the list with 14,614 with Wisconsin making a second with 14,129 and Minnesota third with 12,310. Of course, these figures do not show the relative number of new settlers which came out West for the bulk of the movement of new settlers consisted of people from the Eastern and Middle West states. The record for last year is as follows: Arizona 624 Arkansas 157 British Columbia 741 California 14,614 Colorado 4,809 Idaho 585 Illinois 10,009 Indian Territory 273 Iowa 4,278 Kansas 1,763 Louisiana 62 North Michigan 5,979 Minnesota 12,310 Missouri 2,094 Montana 1,635 Nebraska 3,483 Nevada 893 New Mexico 272 North Dakota 3,404 Oklahoma 95 Oregon 1,825 South Dakota 2,000 Texas 391 Utah 2,478 Washington 3,737 Wisconsin 14,129 Wyoming 940 Total 94,507 LOCAL NEWS The ducks and geese are getting numerous. J.O. Fernyhough is on the sick list this week. The M.B.A. are to hold a meeting Saturday evening. Don't forget the meeting of the Yeomen next Monday. Miss Roberta Long is visiting with friends at the county capital. Charles E. Blackorby was a business visitor at Devil's Lake Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Boise are the proud parents of a baby girl who arrived Tuesday morning. Mother and child are reported to be doing well. The farmers have at last begun seeding in earnest. Geo. Brown of Antwerp and John Pound of Hansboro were among the first ones in the fields. A Waterloo, Iowa exchange states that the farmers of that country had seeded their oats. Then the cold weather came and the consequence is they will have to reseed. Commissioners Pound and Miller will be kept busy for several days looking up the locations for the bridges in the 4th and 5th commissioner districts, for which petitions were presented at the last meeting of the board. There are twelve locations to be considered. There are several bad cases of quinsy in and around town. The county commissioners will meet at Cando, Monday, May 6. Miss Lemmon is visiting with her sister, Mrs. W.A. Hooser. About twenty-five Hansboroites attended the dance at Ellsberry Friday evening. D.A. Blackburn, our genial druggist, is expected home Saturday from Rochester hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Art Hooser of Egeland visited with relatives here this week. The new temperance commissioner got busy at Bismarck last week and unearthed $1,000.00 worth of booze in a cave. The booze was confiscated. John Burke, our democratic governor has appointed and set aside May 3, as Arbor Day in this state. Plant a tree anyhow you can. F.H. Murdick and family expect to leave about the first of the month for the western part of the state where they will reside in the future and their many friends wish them every success. A party of eleven accompanied by the section boss, pumped handcar down to Ellsberry. Friday last, the rails got frosty and returning they walked and pushed the car. Others of the party claim C.C. tried to wreck the car or commit suicide by prostrating himself across the rails. He was extricated from his perilous position by the heroic exertion of all who lifted the car off him. Mrs. B.L. Thomas is visiting with friends and relatives in the county seat. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence of Armourdale, Monday, a girl. All doing well. The sheriff of Ramsey County was at Sarles Wednesday to get F. Schanck who with Larron, the horse thief, sawed out of the jail at Devils Lake recently. No trace has been found of Larron. A baby girl made her appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Scott Monday. "Shorty" has grown two inches in as many days. J.W. Walgamot will run the public herd this year, three miles east of Hansboro at $2.50 per head. He will not take stock unless branded. He was the Australian Code Brand which he will use, or your can get it from the Aberdeen Chemical Co., Aberdeen, South Dakota. Her commences May 15 and ends October 15, 1907. ELLSBERRY ECHOES The dance at the depot last Friday night was well attended and a very enjoyable time is reported by almost everyone present. Of course this was not the case with a few. Peter Nelson of Hansboro was a business caller in our city Saturday. J.B. Blackorby made a business trip to Hansboro Saturday. Robert Ellsberry and family visited with J.E. Knight and family of Hansboro Saturday night and Sunday. Wm. Disher and family visited with C.E. Shoemaker and family Sunday. The new depot is nearing completion. The crew of carpenters went to Minneapolis Wednesday and the building will be ready for the linemen in a few days. It is reported that the Dunkards have concluded to build a church on David Wampler's farm. Of course, it does not concern us any, but it is a wonder they did and decide to put it two or three miles farther north, where there is no settlement - they might encourage emigration. ELLISON NEWS ITEMS A.E. Forder was a business caller at Egeland yesterday. Otto Kind has engaged to John Rizner for the season at $35.00 per month. John Brown is hauling lumber from Calvin for the erection of a new barn. Wm. Lawrence was out Tuesday looking up an estray horse which had left his premise. Quite a number of our farmers are harrowing their ground preparatory to seeding but are able to work afternoons only. J.E. Brown is in Devils Lake proving up on his homestead. Harry Lichty of Rock Lake and Ed LeBarre of Ellison are his witnesses. T.W. Orr and wife are out from Cando, spending several days on the W.E. Lowell farm looking after their household effects. C.S. Buck, cashier of the State Bank of Calvin transacted business in the vicinity of Ellison on Saturday and Monday. A Mr. Henderson from Calvin called on W.E. LeBarre on Monday with the view of buying the latter's farm including stock, land, seed and machinery. A.B. Miller has leased the G.M. Meyer half-section farm for the season. N.T. Noakes and J.F. Miller drove to the county seat yesterday to lease some school land for hay purposes. Jos. Burkholder and family were Sunday visitors at the home of A.B. Miller. G.F. Heller has nearly completed assessing Lansing township. Howard Brinley and family of Rock Lake will move onto the Lewis Knouse farm near Ellison. Mr. and Mrs. R.I. Moore of Hansboro were guests over Sunday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Moore at Ellison. J.W. Steele drove to Crocus yesterday and boarded the train for Rock Lake to transact business between trains. J.T. Evans was the first man to do field work this season. On Thursday, April 18, he began harrowing. Our new constable, J.L. Larsen is patiently watching and waiting for something to do in the way of making arrests while seeding is so slow about coming. We were disappointed in not being able to secure our former efficient school mistress, Miss Bessie Hatch for the spring term and the result up to date is no school. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Pembina in enjoying high water. Towner is endeavoring to organize a band. Rolette is boasting of its hotel facilities. There was a telephone meeting at Glenburn. Lisbon is a center for the cement block industry. The Jamestown fair is to be made a bigger event than ever. There were twenty inches of rainfall at Dickinson during 1906. Palermo is the trading point for settlers from a large territory. Corn growing contests are to be continued in many counties. Rural telephone lines are being built north and west of Bottineau. A new building will be erected at Fessenden for the post office. A cut in final proof notices is being made by the Williston World. An effort will be made for the organization of Bowman County. The new trustees at Hunter are planning a number of improvements. The Valley City people are selecting a site for the new school building. The Soo won't boost telegraph rates as has been done by the Western Union. An effort is being made at Esmond to reorganize the business men's association. There are a lot of new towns springing up in the country south of Dickinson. Walt Cushing is said to be slated for the management of Devils Lake Inter-Ocean. A St. Paul detective arrived at Lidgerwood and took back an insurance solicitor. The Kensal blind piggers were up against another effort to put them out of business. Hans Oppergard, his daughter and his niece of Dazey have started on a trip to Norway. Dagos at a camp near Palermo became afflicted with yellow jaundice and were greatly alarmed. Matt Dahm is the name of a new settler from Kankakee, Illinois, who has located near Park River. Attorney Craven is associated with E.D. Lum in the new ownership of the Carrington Independent. The new towns along the Soo in McLean County are to use a lot of cement blocks for house construction. Ex-County Auditor Steenerson of Wahpeton has become a traveling man for a wholesale grocery house. Osnabrock feels that having had three bad fires this winter and spring, the hoodoo is now a thing of the past. Over 300 cars of emigrant moveables have been set out at Sentinel Butte and Beach on the Northern Pacific this spring. State Oil Inspector Wilson and his deputies got a good start when they nailed bum oil in the southern part of the state. Nelson Sauvain is the new superintendent of schools at Casselton. He is now at Dell Rapids, South Dakota in a similar capacity. Many farmers are planting clover. The Litchville band gave a concert. Teachers are scarce in Kidder County. Lightning rod agents infest Towner County. Farm lands around Plaza are in great demand. The Casselton Commercial Club had a fine banquet. Morton County is getting to be a great corn country. Some Hankinson horses are being trained at Wahpeton. Only nineteen drunks were arrested in Minot during March. The Lidgerwood school board is inspecting plans for the new building. The farmers in many sections of the state are planting willow hedges. Kensal has decided that a high class baseball team is an absolute necessity. Three traveling men are reported to have been thoroughly intoxicated at Wolford. There was an election at Casselton to empower the school board to sell some lots. There is a movement on foot to have a high class baseball team representing both Imperial and Crosby. Iver Bjorlo who underwent five operations in a Minot hospital for tuberculosis of the bone, has been taken back to his old home in Norway to die. Some farmers in the northwestern part of the state will try flax on old ground this spring, despite the unfortunate results that have attended such efforts. An Adams preacher announces he is not afraid to express his opinion on anything under the sun. Carrying that into practice gets a lot of people disliked. Hunters carelessly killed two hogs for a butcher at Souris and the next man seen prowling around his slaughter house with a gun is likely to hear something to his advance. The freight train at Willow had pulled in on the side track for the passenger train, the corner of the caboose was still on the main track and when the passenger train came along they both got quite a jolt and the passenger engine was put out of business. Bathgate is to have one of the twelve demonstration farms authorized by the last state legislature. The station will be located on part of Alex Morrison's farm and will contain about twenty-four acres and has been leased for six years. The plat will be surveyed into small parts and crops sowed and conditions and yields noted. These farms are very valuable to the farmers as they are the sort of experiments that ought to be made but which the average farmer has not the time to do for himself. Seven thousand dollars has been appropriated for the twelve stations. Owing to the lack of mail clerks on west-bound trains it is current gossip at the railroad depot that at the end of the week when the mails get heavier a large amount of unworked paper mail is either carried by or returned to be worked later. Two weeks ago it is said that some twenty sacks of mail were returned east and last week some thirty sacks. All this makes delay and the public is put to great inconvenience. The railway mail service does not seem to keep well informed of the growth of the Northwest and the rapid increase in population this spring in this state and west of this state. Additional mail clerk assistance is badly needed on the Northern Pacific according to all reports. Temperance Commissioner Murray stated that he had cleared up his correspondence and is now ready to begin the actual work of enforcing the prohibition law all over the state. He says he has received many complaints of violation of the law and it has and always will be a good deal of work to sort out and investigate the genuine complaints from those made without adequate investigation on mere suspicion. It is rumored that a test case will be made by the liquor interests to have the law creating the temperance commissioner declared unconstitutional and to that end action soon will be brought to restrain the commissioner from proceeding under the provisions of the measure, but Commissioner Murray says he is not alarmed over the threat. May 2, 1907 LOCAL NEWS All the farmers are busy seeding. J.J. McCanna was in Hansboro Saturday. James Moylan of Cando was an arrival Tuesday. It is rumored that the post office is to be moved soon to other quarters. R.I. Moore expects to leave for the Canadian northwest in a short time. G.A. Weston formerly of the Rolla Star has accepted a "sit" with the Pioneer. Miss Florence Gimby is again in her old position at Messer & Fernyhough's store. D.A. Blackburn and wife made a business trip to the county capital Monday. H.H. Hand the life insurance hustler from Devils Lake is in the city again this week. Work will commence on Brown Bros. building next week if the necessary lumber arrives. Mrs. B.L. Thomas, wife of the cashier of the Bank of Hansboro, returned from Cando Saturday. Commissioner Ladd is after the patent medicine people who do not comply with the new drug law. "Doc" Curry returned Friday from Russo where he has been clerking in a drug store the past winter. Clarence Smith is rejoicing over the completion of his new residence on his farm east of town. C.A. Paetow has moved his residence from the lots near the store to those recently purchased near the M.E. Church. A jolly crowd was in attendance at the "Good Time Dance" held in the opera house Friday night and all report an excellent time. May 1 is here and no serious strikes are eminent. Laborers in all trades seem to be too busy working at higher wages than ever. W.A. Hooser and family left this week for a visit with relatives in Minnesota. They expect to be absent for two or three weeks. The authorities have as yet been unable to find any clue as to the whereabouts of Larron, the horsethief, who broke jail at Devils Lake recently. It is evident that is no novice at the "get away" business. Albert Crum, who is located at Imperial on the Soo, surprised his parents Saturday evening by driving in from the St. John branch for a few weeks visit at his old home. A dance was held at the James farm in Picton Monday evening and a number from town were in attendance and report a good time. George Wilson, our enterprising liveryman is having an addition 50 X 30 feet built on to the already large stable as the old quarters were inadequate to care for the business. The building entire when completed will be 64 X 100 in size and will accommodate over 60 teams. Rev. L.H. Steinhoff, missionary and evangelist for the Baptist in North Dakota, and Rev. E.P. Johnson, Sunday School missionary for the state were in Hansboro Monday. The Pioneer acknowledges a pleasant call from the gentlemen. They have been conducting revival services in Rolla for the past three weeks. While out driving last Saturday, Prof. Parks and a lady friend had a miraculous escape from probable death or serious injury. Something becoming wrong with the harness, Mr. Parks jumped out of the carriage to fix it when the horses became frightened and bolted, the girl being the only occupant of the rig. The team ran for some distance and the carriage was smashed. How it was that the young lady could stay in is one of the things that will never be understood. The post office inspector will be here tomorrow. Tom Leeson of Cando was in Hansboro today looking after business interests here. The man at Leeds who mortgaged his horses and other stock thirteen times to as many different parties was arrested and will be tried under the new laws. Who says 13 is not an unlucky number? D.A. Blackburn, our druggist returned Saturday from the Rochester hospital where he recently underwent an operation for appendicitis. He is loud in his praises of the treatment received and the care given him. He is still weak from the effects of the operation but will soon be as healthy as ever in our health-giving climate. Liveryman Lick was a Hansboro visitor Monday. 90 cents cash buys five gallons of oil at R.E. Rognas'. Miss Emma Rabinovick returned to Cartwright the first of the week. "Shorty" Scott informs us that we were in error when we stated last week that a girl was the new arrival at his home. It was a bouncing boy and don't you forget it, he ways. Henry Hendrickson was an Armourdale visitor in town today and ordered the Pioneer sent to his address. Mr. Hendrickson and brother will leave as soon as seeding is finished for Watertown, South Dakota. They will drive through. Jake Burkholder and Ray Miller were the guests of Vernon Mohler last Sunday. Seeding is progressing very slowly. Perhaps it will go better after spring once opens up. Hazel Miller is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Wells have added to their family a 15 year old girl from the home at Fargo. The big slough east of Mr. Rimel's place has for the past week been alive with ducks and geese. Several of the enterprising farmers at Ellison have decided to hold a telephone meeting at Ellison school house next Saturday evening. The roads are in very bad condition for hauling loads. W.D. Mohler, one of Lansing Township's most enterprising citizens, is busy viewing the washouts and other bad places in the public highways, making a memorandum of the same for future reference. Chester Crowl and three sisters from near Calvin attended church at Ellison Sunday morning. G.G. Smerer has purchased a large feed grinder, which he runs with his 25 hp threshing engine. PERTH POINTERS F.C. Rother left yesterday for Minneapolis. Hon. Sam Adams made a business trip to Cando Thursday. Mrs. Rother and Mrs. Lookingbill were Cando visitors yesterday. Mr. Donily has moved his family to town they have secured rooms above the Hardware for the present. Prof. Arthual purchased the Walter Viel property just south of E.C. Pecks. He's had the building repaired and fixed up for a dwelling and will move in to it Saturday this week. Al Fisher came in on the train Thursday. He reports his son who underwent an operation for appendicitis at Rochester, Minnesota is doing well. J.P. Brenner, Sup. Anchor Grain Co. was in Perth Wednesday. We are informed that the Anchor people will sell their lease here and at Bisbee. ARMOURDALE BRIGHTLIGHTS A.E. Anderson has taken a trip to Minneapolis. Mr. Dewitt and family have arrived. He will take charge of the section. Justus A. Armour left for Foam Lake, Saskatchewan to reside on his claim. His father and cousin Cecil accompanied him to Cartwright. Mr. Loomas, our wheat buyer, intends leaving in a week to take a position in Warren, Minnesota. Lewis Hendrickson is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. George Laing of Hansboro were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence last Sunday. David Carnahan went to Rolla today to bring back his family. They will remain during seeding. Miss Lettie Butler of Ellsberry is visiting with Mrs. F. Lawrence. Will Hagenbook made a flying trip to Rolla for a feed grinder. Wm. Richardson's little son who has been ill is improving. May 9, 1907 NORTH DAKOTA NEWS FLOCK TO NORTH DAKOTA Conditions Never Better, and New Settlers Contented and Prosperous Conditions in the "Flickertail" State were never better for the farmers than they are this spring. Seeding is going to be a little late but there is abundant moisture in the ground, none too much in any section and the crop is insured a fine start. The record of last year was satisfactory and the homeseekers who have settled in the state within the past two or three years are now well satisfied that North Dakota has "made good". Contended settlers are the best advertisement any state can have and the advantages of North Dakota have been brought to the attention of the folks back home so forcibly that the incoming homeseekers this year are mostly people who have friends already on the ground, settled and prosperous men who have "made good" themselves. Land values have naturally advanced somewhat in the sections where the settlement has been most active, but considering its protective power, North Dakota land is cheap and one of the few places remaining where good land, suitable for homesteads is still to be had at a low price. It is still the country of opportunity but such an opportunity does not always remain open. North Dakota land is going to strike its true price level within the next five years. The wild land that waits in the plow in the western counties awakes quickly to fertility and doubles and trebles in value under the labor of the settler, within two or three years. When that untilled land is all taken up the golden opportunity will be gone. Improved Farms on the Market. Thousands of farmers in the older settled portions of North Dakota have felt the lure of the west and have sold their high-priced farms to buy larger ones. This has put many fine farms in the Red River Valley strip and in the counties just adjoining, on the market, and more are being offered right along at reasonable prices. There are some fine openings to buy improved farms of the finest wheat land right in Grand Forks, Traill, Walsh and Pembina Counties and no one ever lost out on such an investment. In fact, men with capital who don'' care to plunge on margins, are putting some of their money into this good Red River Valley dirt this year, feeling that there could not be a better time to buy, and that it is good property, even for a non-resident. Of course, it is all the better for the man who wants to run his own farm and there is quite an active land movement in these counties, also into Barnes, Cases and Statesman, down on the Northern Pacific main line. A fine insurance of the growth and prosperity of this country and of its railroads, true barometers of prosperity, is found in the acceptance of the state's new passenger fare law, firing 2 1/2 cents a mile as the maximum. This puts North Dakota right in line with as old a state as Wisconsin and shows a growing density of population and traffic, in which the people are sharing the benefit. As for freight rates, it is a well known fact that the grain rate from North Dakota to the markets is as low per mile as anywhere in the world. There is a decided movement of settlers reported into Devils Lake and surrounding country, especially in Ramsey and Benson counties, where new settlements are being opened up and some fine land brought in reach of the markets. Still Coming Into the "Loop" The "Mouse River Loop" which has been leading in advertising and in development for the past two or three years, is still booming. The records made by new settlers in McHenry, Bottineau and Ward Counties are attracting many more and the influx into Ward has been phenomenal. It shows no signs of letting up either, until the available land is all taken up. There are plenty of fine farms in that reliable territory still to be carved out and secured for low prices, and the land men of Minot, Kenmare and the other thriving towns of the "loop" country are busy this spring as cranberry merchants. Reports are received of the movement into Williams County and even beyond there over the Montana line. Williams has been making a great record with its grain yields and new settlers have been cleaning up enough in a couple of seasons to practically pay for their farms. Splendid opportunities are still to be had there this year by the man who wants a farm of his own. Stock raising is still one of the main industries in the western counties, though the wheat farmer has been crowding the ranchman for room lately. Of course, the eventual arrangement will include both and will see the slope counties the home of diversified farming for it is an ideal cattle country and there is money in raising. Open New Territory New railroad building projected in many North Dakota counties for this year will open up a large number of remote tracts and bring them nearer to market. Many thousand acres have been held back from settlement for just the one reason, remoteness from the railroad station and the new lines will open them and fill them with homemakers in a short time. Some good work is being done in advertising these tracts and directing the attention of homeseekers to the new opportunities. The new settlers in this part of North Dakota are long-sighted people as a rule and most of them do not go in solely for wheat. There is good money in it and it is made pretty easy, but they do not like to have all their eggs in one basket. There are splendid returns from flax and oats at the prices of the past year bring fine returns. Then as they get money they are bringing in cattle, cheep and hogs for breeding, are raising feed and starting in with stock not on the range plan, but just like the farmers where they came from in the older states. They are turning out fat, high grade cattle and hogs and are furnishing a supply that will find a splendid market in the Twin Cities. Want Settlers To Take A Look North Dakota people are proud of their state and its prosperity. They do not need anybody to tell them that North Dakota is a land of opportunity where nature gives bountiful rewards to labor. They do want the rest of the world to know about it and the whole world to know about it and the whole state is heartily back of the publicity campaign being so vigorously conducted under state auspices, and with the hearty cooperation of the various land companies. The main thing is to draw the homeseekers' attention. If they only come to North Dakota and investigate for themselves, they are won and it is a fine class of people that is filling up the new lands of North Dakota. The new settlers are men with families who hadn't enough capital to get homes of their own in the older communities. They investigated and found North Dakota just what they wanted. More are coming this year than ever from all indications. LOCAL NEWS Chas. Brown of Ellsberry, was a Hansboro visitor Tuesday. W.H. James of Picton was transacting business in our town Tuesday. The M.E. parsonage is much improved in appearance by a coat of paint. John Lundeen, the popular Cando tailor was a Hansboro Saturday. Merchant O.L. Sande and family leave tomorrow for a visit with relatives in Grand Forks. The new shaving mug rack, filled with the new cups recently received by our tonsorial artist, E. Lakeman is a marked improvement in his shop. Chas. Joiner, the Rock Lake hardware merchant, says that arrangements are under way for an ice skating tournament to be held on the lake on or about July 4. The foreman of Gen. Creel's farm thought that the farm was paying too well, and proceeding to appropriate some of the earnings to his own use. He is under arrest and will have to stand trial. "Senator" Newton, the Congress Candy salesman was transacting business with our merchants. Monday. "Newt" was rather disappointed in not being able to get out for a few days to hunt the festive water fowl this spring, but hopes to be able to make up for lost time next fall. George Woodward who for some time past has been manager for Messer & Fernyhough in this town, severed his connection with that firm Saturday and leaves for Grand Forks, we understand to accept a similar position there. His many friends wish him every success in his new location. L.W. Boise is busily engaged this week in making galvanized iron tanks for our citizens. Ye scribe is the proud possessor of one of the 25 barrel denomination. Mr. Boise makes a specialty of this kind of work and will probably be kept busy for some time to come. Banker and Mrs. B.L. Thomas are county seat visitors. C.A. Weeden's new house is being treated to a coat of paint. A stone foundation is being put under the F.H. Murdick's residence this week. The section men are busy these days taking down the snow fences along the tracks. Roy Helsdon has accepted a position as apprentice in the barber shop with E. Lakeman. Frank Murdick and Claude Stearns made a business trip to Rock Lake Tuesday afternoon. A force of masons are engaged in putting a stone foundation under the C.A. Paetow residence. Billy Newton, the cartoonist, representing the Red Wing Furniture Co., was in Hansboro yesterday. The schools are taxed to their utmost capacity and our efficient corps of teachers are working overtime. Arthur Wright expects to leave next week for the Canadian northwest, where he will remain during the summer. The interstate commerce commission is conducting an investigation into the doings of the express companies. Commissioner John W. Pound left Monday for Cando to attend the meeting of the county commissions. He expects a short session. Stanley Hubbeley has entered the employ of Van Order & Sande in their general store here and will help them dispense the good things. Miss Villa Murdick came up from her school at Brumbaugh last week and will spend a short time during the vacation under the parental roof. Merchant J.R. Crum went to Dunseith last week for a short visit with his father who is in business at that place. He returned Wednesday. Considerable building material is going out into the country to be used in the erection of new buildings to keep pace with the rapid development of this part of the country. The Hansboro Construction Co., received a new gilt sign on the freight Saturday and it is very conspicuous on the front of their offices and adds materially to the good appearance. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Grand Forks has another vaudeville house. The Washburn band has been reorganized. Jamestown is to get a new flat building. Crocuses are to be found on the prairies. The Jamestown fair is to be held July 16-19. Minot is to have a street carnival July 2-6. The military ball in Minot is to be a swell affair. A physician and a drug store are wanted at Buford. The wife of Judge Winchester of Bismarck is in Paris. Charles Parker had a leg broken at Dickinson in a runaway. A Minot man got too gay with a revolved and was arrested. The Elks of Jamestown are justly proud of their new block. The Valley City officials seem able to keep in the limelight. The Soo division point has been located at Bisbee some more. The insurance men have completed the work of re-rating Minot. A negro was arrested at Grand Forks charged with canine theft. Grand Forkers are still endeavoring to secure a site for that fountain. The Northern Pacific has created a special express agent at Jamestown. The temperance commissioner is in demand in many sections of the state. A fire started from the Washburn dumping ground and did some damage. Westhope is considering the question of a bit Fourth of July celebration. Men who deal in paving material have been visiting Fargo and Grand Forks. The Western Union had Pinkertons investigating the robbery at Grand Forks. At Grand Forks the Western Union is to be made to put its wires underground. Dago section men are said to be killing ducks, prairie chickens and wild geese. The tool house belonging to the Great Northern at Devils Lake was destroyed by fire. The master painters and the members of the union at Grand Forks have signed an agreement. Bismarck has had its first seizure of beer under the new law providing for such raids without a warrant. It is reported that Owen Hecker of Ward County, the oldest postmaster in the United States, is to be married. A waiter and a cook became involved in an altercation at Bismarck and the former drew a gun on the egg frier. At Gackle the postmaster insists on a written order before he will turn mail for other people over to the inquirer. Alex Lundgren of Bowbells sold his farm two years ago and went to Alabama. He has returned and repurchased his place. Earl Peck, formerly of Cando, has been selected as a member of the Oregon state band that will be sent to the Jamestown expo. A petition was circulated and money raised at Velva to send an indigent lady away for an operation which was necessary to prolong her life. W.G. Rafter of Russell, who resisted arrest when he slugged the marshal for attempting to impound his hogs was held to the district court. Bainville, between Ray and Williston, will be cut off from the railroad when the Great Northern straightens its tracks in that vicinity. The town site will be moved two miles. A transient laborer attempted to board a train at Jamestown after it was in motion but missed his footing and fell between the depot platform and the car wheels. He was dragged several yards before the train could be stopped but not without being slightly injured. Cooperstown has grown. Tree vendors are busy. Cogswell is to have a good ball team. Jail deliveries are frequent. Ray Anderson of Glenburn killed a lynx. Gackle is getting many improvements. New Rockford youngsters still have the measles. Gopher extermination is urged all over the state. Sheriff Robbins of Richland is still ill with typhoid. Horse thieves have been busy in McHenry County. Seeding has been completed in southern Richland. Linton has a kid band that is said to deliver the goods. State Land Commissioner Hegge has been reappointed. A revenue officer is reported to have been busy in Sargent County. Judge Lauder of Wahpeton has purchased an elegant new residence. Telephone extension is reported in almost every section of the state. The agitation for a division of the Fifth Judicial District is extending. Settlers are arriving at Glen Ullin at the rate of about ten cars per day. The Western Union office at Bismarck is said to be infested with rates. Automobile agencies are being established in almost every town in the state. There is said to be no truth in the reported removal of the Soo shops from Enderlin. There was an outbreak of smallpox among the Turtle Mountain Indians near Dunseith. The opposition to the new court house plan at Carrington is still active around McHenry. G.W.H. Davis of Starkweather has a machine to bale straw so it can be used for fuel. Dickinson has an artesian well from which water is forced through the mains with air pressure. The people of Pembina are proud of the band, which is said to be a crack musical organization. John Blackmer of Fairmount reports a prolific sow. She had seventeen pigs and raised fifteen. A Northern Pacific agent reported at Dickey for one day and had an attack of appendicitis the next. Charles Sackrider a former resident of Oakes was recently killed by falling between cars in Idaho. The Dickinson officials will arrest auto drivers who violate the speed ordinance - if they can catch them. Emil H. Conitz has been appointed postmaster at Blue Grass, Morton County. A Balfour man has a race horse he calls Omega. If the animal is true to its name it will finish last in the races. The committee has purchased twenty-five acres of land near the townsite of Fessenden for a fair ground. Fred Russell of Balfour lost his house and barn but saved his horses, though his clothing caught on fire in the attempt. The Russian woman who gave birth to a boy on a train near Williston wanted to name the child after the conductor. The cave at Bismarck in which the booze was found was on a lot which is on the records in the name of Mrs. E.G. Patterson. M.P. Propper of Lidgerwood was assisting in breaking a colt and was thrown, his arm being badly broken at the shoulder. There is trouble in sight at Larimore for some people who have not observed the regulations regarding the dumping ground. Eric Holm of Oates was sent to the state hospital at Jamestown because he imagined his enemies were attempting to poison him. Wells Lounsberry, the mail route agent, a son of Col. Lounsberry, was badly bruised in the Northern Pacific shakeup at Jamestown. LOCAL NEWS Henshaw, the mail order tailor, was in the city yesterday. A.Tennis of Ellsberry was a Hansboro business visitor yesterday. Banker B.L. Thomas and wife returned yesterday from a visit with friends in the county capitol. F.A. Ludorph, traveling representative for the Minneapolis Tribune was in Hansboro yesterday drumming up business. Contractor W.J. Maughan made a business trip to Armourdale the first of the week to inquire into the matter of the new school house to be built near there. The citizens of Rock Lake have subscribed over $300.00 for the support of a baseball team in that town. That ought to help some towards getting a team of ball players. Bank Examiner Mooney was in town yesterday checking up our banks. He reports everything in fine shape and compliments the patrons of our institutions on their excellent condition. Work is progressing rapidly on Brown Bros. new machinery hall and hardware store. Contractor Maughan expects to have the building completed and ready for occupancy by June 10 at the latest. H.H. Hand, the life insurance man, left Tuesday for his home in Devils Lake, where he will stay for a few days. He reports a very successful visit this trip and will be back in a short time to secure the balance. The Cando racing meet will be held this year commencing on July 9 and continuing for three days. About $3,000.00 will be hung up in prizes and the indications are that the event will be the best that has ever been held in that city. Weather prophets predict rain at an early date and those who are believers are working overtime to get their crop into the ground before such time as they make their appearance. It is a safe and sane plan anyway considering the lateness of the season. The farmers of the state, especially in the northern part of the state, expect to sow but little wheat this year. The season is very late and flax and barley will be the principal crops to receive attention this year. Many expect to let their land rest and summer fallow the entire acreage. A good scheme in our opinion. There seems to be an erroneous opinion prevalent in the state in regard to some of the provisions of the new liquor law passed by the recent legislature. The opinion that malt preparations permitted to be sold until July 1 is not correct. Malt preparations of all name and nature are tabooed, and slot machines as well as all card playing in public places, no matter for what purpose come under the ban. Whoever made out the insurance plat of Hansboro was evidently possessed of vivid imagination. Buildings are shown where none are built and vacant spaces where none exist. As a consequence the rates of some of our merchants are exorbitant while others are not paying their proportion of premiums. The matter should be brought to the notice of the Board of Underwriters and the necessary changes made so that all would receive a square deal. Chas. O. Kaufman, who will be remembered as the agent here at the depot about a year ago, came up on the train Saturday to renew acquaintances. Chas. Has been visiting his parents in Switzerland for the past eight months and reports a very delightful time. He returned to America about the middle of March, his third trip across the "pond" being the most stormy he ever experienced. He has decided to accept the agency for the F.G. & S. Co., and will be stationed at Rock Lake. His many friends will be glad to note his return. ARMOURDALE BRIGHLIGHTS The sloughs and coulees are alive with ducks and other water fowl. Angus Armour has about seventy acres ready for seeding and is getting the balance in order as rapidly as possible. John Gretson is running his drill every moment possible so as to get his crop into the ground in time. Train service on this brand has been resumed and we now have a tri-weekly service. This facilitates freight shipments. L.E. McGregor and Editor Brown of Hansboro were Armourdale visitors Wednesday. Mr. McGregor came down to see about the new school house which is to be built near here. A social will be held, so we are informed, in the depot at this place Friday evening of this week. Everyone is invited to attend. ELLSBERRY ECHOES O.Enoch went to Hansboro Thursday. Mrs. H.M. Butler and Miss Mary Shoemaker visited with Mrs. F.E. Lawrence of Armourdale Friday afternoon. Mr. Robt. Elsberry and family visited with David Tuckett and family at Perth over Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Lee and Ora Arnold and George Dodlin of Rock Lake visited with C.E. Shoemaker and family Sunday afternoon. John Blackorby and Lewis Shoemaker drove to Rock Lake Sunday afternoon. H.C. Murphy of Antwerp was in town Sunday. J.Brown and family and Chas. Tribble and family of Hansboro, visited Wm. Disher and family Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Disher is trying her luck hatching chickens with a Jewell incubator. A.Tennis expects to leave here the last of the month but has not decided where he will go. The flyer took us by surprise Monday morning by coming in about two hours earlier than before, so this gives Armourdale daily mail for sure. The Township Board met on Saturday to talk over the question of opening a public highway between Armourdale township and Howell, leading to beautiful Rock Lake for the benefit of a few. Mrs. C.E. Shoemaker and Mrs. H.M. Butler drove to Hansboro Tuesday. Mrs. Ole Enochs and children are visiting friends and relatives at Cando at present. G.N. Brown was in town Tuesday to tell us he had 140 acres sowed to wheat that was all done of evenings after the ground thawed out. Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Thomas of Hansboro passed through town Tuesday evening driving two mighty fine animals for a banker. On Tuesday when Mrs. C.E. Shoemaker and H.M. Butler was coming home from Hansboro they met something in the form of a man driving or rather pounding a pair of ponies. They think if he drove in town the authorities was as bad as he if they did not arrest the brute. ELLISON SIFTINGS Mr. Stitzler of Tripolo, Iowa was buying up several carloads of cattle in and about Ellison the past several day. J.N. LeBarre of Waterloo, Iowa, father of W.E. of this place, arrived May 1 to spend the summer with his son. George Henderson of Calvin recently purchased a half section of land from W.E. LeBarre. D.W. Hoover and H.H. Horner each lost a fine milch cow this week. C.A. Dreasler, who moved from here last fall to Tolequah, Indian Territory, writes back that their new crop of peaches were as large as ordinary cherries but Jack Frost frozen them as hard as bullets. Wilson Spohr, who with his family moved to Nolins, Idaho, in a recent letter to friends in North Dakota states that Towner County is not the worst place in the world by any means. Dr. Cuffe, of Calvin was called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Rizner on professional business last Monday night. Rev. and Mrs. C.H. Deardoff of Egeland, attended services at Ellison church yesterday. The Rev. delivered an eloquent discourse on the missionary subject. Miss Lizzie Fike, who has been assisting Mrs. W.N. Fuller with her house work the past several weeks, is spending a short vacation with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Eikenberry of Saginaw were Ellison callers over Sunday. S.A. Whipkey, the apple butter agent, recently received another shipment of twelve pails of his goods. Mr. Whipkey has had several similar shipments of apple butter consigned to him this spring for which he has taken orders for. E.N. Huffman, the general merchant from Brumbaugh, transacted business in the Ellison vicinity last Saturday. About 25 of the citizens between Rock Lake and Calvin met at the Ellison school house last Saturday evening to discuss the proposed telephone line which we expect will be in operation by July 4. A committee of three were appointed to confer with Mr. W.P. Atkins, the president of the Farmers line at Cando and see what the chances would be of connecting with the county seat and join that same organization. M.M. Beekly will leave next Saturday for California where, if everything is lovely and agreeable to him, he with his family will make their home in the near future. May 16, 1907 NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Ramsey County is booming. Oberon is a great trading point. Mayville baseball fans are waking up. Williston gets a new grocery company. Cogswell raised funds for a ball team. A flour mill is in demand at St. John. Bismarck is to get a vaudeville show. Rock Lake may be a great summer resort. The Berwick band has been giving concerts. George Brown killed a lynx near Granville. Valley City is still in line for the state fair. There have been a lot of marriages this spring. Granville may have a double telephone system. Williston people are proud of the militia company. A breach of promise case is threatened at Hillsboro. Berwick is planning a celebration of the Fourth of July. D.B. Pendroy has purchased the Metropole Hotel at Towner. Carl J. Rustad of Kindred has purchased a general store at Riga. There are renewed stories of an oil strike in the vicinity of Denbeigh. Subscriptions are being taken to raise funds for a band at Adams. The lighting plants of Wahpeton and Breckenridge may be consolidated. A steam breaking plow outfit near Underwood is running day and night shifts. Efforts are being made to have the dame at the outlet of Des Lacs Lake removed. Steam breaking plows are being operated in many sections of North Dakota. Dickinson men seem to have gotten in on the ground floor in the new counties. Bob Edgar of Underwood had an eye knocked out while trying to break a bronco. Adams and Hettinger Counties recently organized, ore soon to have school land leases. The hens evidently thing it is spring by the big amount of eggs reported at the different markets. There was something appropriate about a butcher at Sawyer who suicided in a slaughter house. State's Attorney Allison is enforcing the law in Eddy County with little brass band accompaniment. New Rockford expects to be greatly benefited by the Fargo-Ayr-Minot cutoff of the Great Northern. The supreme court declined to consider the Hazlett murder case of Sargent County at this term. Edward Bridle of Dickinson died four days after his return from a honeymoon trip. He had tuberculosis. As a result of the spring rush of work the streets in some of the smaller towns have a deserted appearance. State's Attorney Serunigaard is after the Ramsey County violators of the prohibitory law harder than ever. Bottineau grants a bottling works. Mohall is prosperous. Lidgerwood wants better water supply. The Minot military ball was a great success. Oakes had a revival by the Methodist route. The post office job seems to be an issue at Valley city. Fish Lake is a popular place for Cando people. A hay suit at Palermo was settled by arbitration. Hankinson is to have a carnival beginning June 12. Judge Jimmie Brooke of Cando is reported very ill. Wolf hunters at Hankinson had an unsuccessful chase. The veterinary surgeons have had a busy time this spring. A commercial club is to be organized at Abercrombie. The school question is under discussion at Sheyenne. There is a renewed effort to get a new depot at LaMoure. The Sheldon merchants have an early closing movement. There should be a long summer to make up for the winter. LaMoure people are fortunate in their excellent creamery. J.J. Oestrich of Fairmount had a leg broken in a runaway. An Oakes man has gone into the mining business in Idaho. The Fargo-Aneta line will soon be completed to Devils Lake. Prof. Waldron of the A.C. spoke to Casseltonians about tree planting. The majority of the voters of Rugby favored bonds for water works. The basement for the federal building at Devils Lake will be put in this fall. Grand Forks sent a bill to Cavalier County for the care of two smallpox patients. An effort will be made to secure another artesian well for the asylum at Jamestown. Enderlin people are in training for ad address to be delivered soon by Tillman. The Mayville union of the American Society of Equity has pooled 6,500 acres of wheat. James Johnson of Neche shot a pelican that measured more than eight feet from tip to tip. Up at Underwood a young man started to bust some broncos and the broncos busted him. Wyndmere has an artesian well that was secured at 520 feet and Hankinson wants one like it. At Douglas, the Congregationalists will use the Lutheran Church until the former's church is completed. There is a demand for better enforcement of the ordinances against the tenderloin district in Minot. The Leeds man was mortgaged a horse thirteen times before he was arrested now thinks he's unlucky. A.B. Pittendrigh is the new Great Northern agent at Park River which is high and dry since the lid went on. Gypsies are reported in many sections of the state. They find a lot of suckers who want their fortunes told. It is claimed that there is still good skating on Maple Lake where the Grand Forkers rusticate in the summer. At Minot there is a movement to quit ringing the curfew bell and to blow the fire whistle to get the youngsters inside. Little Edna Cariblom of Gwynner broke a darning needle off in her breast. It was extracted but nearly reached her heart. At Wheatland the merchants intend to quit handling so many lines. Each dealer will stick to his trade and give those in other branches an opportunity. North Dakotans don't protest against the weather so much when they realize that other sections of the country are up against some equally hard propositions. LOCAL NEWS James Blackorby, the mayor of Ellsberry, was in Hansboro Saturday. J.H. Smith of Rock Lake registered at the Central Hotel Sunday. J.F. Lungren of Crocus was a Hansboro visitor Sunday, a guest at the Central. Everyone in town is busy cleaning up their yards and beautifying their premises. Tomsey Owens and Mr. Moodie of Cartwright were in the city Monday transacting business. Mrs. Chas. Manning and daughter, Mrs. George Robson of Cartwright was visiting with D.A. Blackburn and family of this city Saturday. James Dunphy, ex-superintendent of schools of Rolette County, was transacting business with our merchants Saturday. He is looking after his farming interests in this locality. Elmer Barker came in from his farm near Antwerp Saturday to see how the Hansboroites were making it. Elmer says he has 160 acres seeded to wheat now and will soon have another quarter ready. The M.B.A. met Saturday evening. James Petit has purchased of Lewis Bierinkx his Antwerp farm. Geo. Weston of the Pioneer made a business trip to Rolla Friday. C.R. Lyman of St. John has been appointed a colonel and aide-decamp on the staff of Gov. John Burke. C.R. wears his honors easy. The Yeoman held a meeting Monday evening. A good attendance is reported and things are looking up in the Homestead affairs. Tom Montgomery the genial baggageman on this line, left Thursday for a visit of four or five weeks to his former home in Marshall, Missouri. D.B. Collins, a former Towner County boy, but not located at Fargo, was in Hansboro looking after his extensive land interests in this locality. The Pioneer acknowledges a pleasant visit. Will Atkins, president of the Farmers Telephone Company was in Hansboro yesterday making arrangements for the building of that line to this place from Cando. This will give us direct communication with the county seat and will be greatly appreciated. Word was received in Cando last week that W.E. Pew, ex-probate judge of this county, underwent an operation at a hospital at St. Louis, Missouri. His arm was taken off at the shoulder as he was suffering from tuberculosis of the bone. The Pioneer extends sympathy. Brown Brothers new building is nearly enclosed. Contractors complain of the scarcity of carpenters. About thirty Hansboroites went to Cartwright yesterday. John E. Knight reports the loss of one of his fine gray mares last night. He has been unfortunate this year with his stock. The old Hotel Dacotah at Cando, was damaged to the extent of about $1,000.00 at about 4 o'clock Monday morning. The back end of the building was completely ruined. Miss Helen Shanley of Cando was the winner of the Gansl scholarship honor at the State University this year. The honor is conferred for having the highest marking during the college course of the student. The Ladies Aid Society of the M.E. Church will give a social in the church Thursday evening, May 23 at 8 o'clock. There will be a program. Admission for adults 25 cents, children 15 cents. ANSWERD THE MASTER'S CALL The news comes from St. John of the death of Mrs. Mary A. White, mother of John White, of Picton. We are unable to learn the particulars, other than that Mrs. White had been ill for some time, but it was hoped she would recover. The loss is great to the grief stricken family and the sympathy of the entire community is extended to them in their bereavement. The funeral was held in Rolla, and her remains interred in the cemetery there. PIONEER PASSES AWAY The grim reaper again made a visit to this community and removed from among us one of the oldest and most respected citizens. Great surprise was felt by all when it was learned that Garrett Locklin has answered the call of death. Apparently in the best of health up until a few hours before his death, strong, hale and hearty, few had even thought of the possibility of his demise. Mr. Locklin had recently passed his 70th birthday, but delighted in his strength and extremely good health. He came to this county in 1884 and was one of the pioneers who have made of this country what it is. He is survived by his wife, two sons, John and Joseph, and five daughters, Miss Ethel, Mmes. Fred Wilkinson, Walter Gailfus, Herman Hoerer and John Edwards, who with many friends mourn his sudden passing. Death was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel. The funeral will be held this afternoon from the home in Picton and from there the funeral cortege will go to Rolla where a short service will be held and the mortal remains laid to rest beside those of his son in the Rolla cemetery. The Pioneer joins with a host of friends in extending heartfelt sympathy to the mourning family, who have lost a kind and devoted husband and father. May he rest in peace. ELLSBERRY ECHOES Chas. Albertson of Rolla was on our streets Thursday. Mr. A. Yeider was the guest of Lewis Shuemaker Sunday. Roy Lean of Rock Lake was a caller in our burg last week. John Labourne and A.Tennis drove to Sarles on Thursday of last week. S.R. Wood and family of Rolla visited Chas. Tribble and family Sunday. Mr. S. Stone was in town Monday after wood. Must be cold across the flats. C.Lawrence and family of Hansboro visited with H.W. Butler and family Sunday. C.M. Wisley went to Cando Friday to make arrangements to move his family up soon. Miss Inez King, Joe and Chas. King and Orville Danker visited at Shoemakers' Sunday evening. Mr. Emswiler went through here Saturday soliciting for the new Dunkard Church to be built on David Wamplers' place. Mrs. H. Butler, Mrs. Lee Arnold, Miss Lottie Butler and Miss Mary Shoemaker drove to "beautiful" Rock Lake Tuesday. Robert Elsberry is nursing a sore lip and he won't tell what happened, but we have come to the conclusion that he fell down and stepped on it. ARMOURDALE BRIGHTLIGHTS Mrs. Nerva is suffering with a severe cold. Wheat seeding will be completed this week. We at Armourdale appreciate the daily mail service. David Carnahan and wife went to Rolla to do some shopping. A.E. Anderson, E. Loomis and Ira Dervitt were visitors is Rolla Saturday. Mr. Amundson, the contractor of Rock Lake was a visitor in Armourdale Sunday. Misses Neu and Armantrout were visitors at Cartwright last Sunday and are satisfied that Canada is all right. Our social was a success. A number from Hansboro were present. Games, charades, etc. amused the crowd and ice cream cakes and coffee were served. Wm. Richardson has a steam well drilling outfit at his place and hopes to strike water. Mr. Roberts of Rolla is the owner of the outfit. May 23, 1907 LOCAL NEWS Liveryman Lick of Rolla was over Monday. Sam Bell was among a number of Cartwright visitors in the city Monday. James Dunphy was over from Rolla Monday looking after his interests here. Don't forget to attend the box social and dance in Hooser's hall June 7, 1907. Druggist Blackburn is having his house painted. Artist Scott is doing the work. Mrs. B.L. Thomas visited with friends and relatives in the county capital last week. It is rumored that the Hansboro Meat Market is about to be sold to a party out of town. The prospective purchaser has had this town in view for some time and we understand has made up his mind to purchase. More later. Chas. O. Kaufmann, the station agent at Rock Lake was in Hansboro visiting with friends over Sunday. W.H. Page, a brother of Mrs. J.W. Kensit is visiting here. He will leave in a few days for Cleveland, Ohio where he will take up the study of music. James Elliot and J.M. Brayton of Rolla were visiting in our little city Monday. "Mac" has just returned from a visit to his old home in New York. The C.M.A. will give a box social and dance on June 7. The benefits of this social will go to the C.M.A. Lodge No. 5434. Fred Chard and Frank Meuwisson of the State Bank of Rolla were in Hansboro transacting business Monday. Mr. Chard has recently returned from a trip through the "sunny south", improved in health. Joseph H. Locklin of Vancouver, British Columbia was in the city this week visiting his brother John. The Pioneer acknowledges a pleasant call from these gentlemen. Mr. Locklin expects to return to his Canadian home this week. W.A. Hooser and family returned Saturday from a short visit in Minnesota. Owing to the prolonged cold spell, Will says he did not get any chance to fish but was forced to seek a warm fire most of the time. Last Wednesday to amuse the children he made a snow man over six feet high. This was in Minnesota - not in North Dakota. Everybody in town is busy planting gardens. A number of our citizens have beautified their places by planting trees and lawns. Bert Manning and Mrs. D.A. Blackburn visited relatives at Cartwright yesterday. A.C. Anderson went to Fargo yesterday as a witness before the U.S. District Court. Mrs. Alex Messer was checked in as postmistress of Hansboro post office Wednesday. Carl E. Oberg of Minneapolis, formerly of this town, was here Tuesday transacting business. Mrs. James Cook and daughter Gertie went to Rolla last week to purchase their summer millinery. O.L. Sande and wife returned Thursday from a visit with relatives in Grand Forks and report a very pleasant time. The city of Devils Lake is on the boom these days. It is estimated that there are more than one hundred dwelling houses in process of erection at this time. Albert Lunde and Nels Sather of Maza, the former the merchant prince of that town and the latter one of the principal farmers of that vicinity, were Hansboro business visitors Tuesday. Albert has almost completely recovered from the injuries received in the auto accident and appears to be in fine health. Mr. Sather remarked to a Pioneer representative that the more he saw of our little town, the better he likes it and informed us that his land has risen $2.00 per acre in value from the amount listed with us last fall. Both gentlemen visited for some time with the Pioneer man and they returned Wednesday afternoon to Maza. George Wilson is having a well dug in his livery stable. Dr. Burdick of Clinton, Iowa is the new veterinary with D.A. Blackburn and Co. E.E. McDougall went to Fargo yesterday to attend the U.S. District Court in session there this week. He expects to return Tuesday. Deputy U.S. Marshall Steele was in this vicinity Friday getting witnesses for the U.S. District Court to convene at Fargo this week. The painters who are to finish the decorating of our new school building have arrived and before the week ends this building will probably put on quite a different appearance. A picture of the Linton, North Dakota concert band, of which Frank J. Haas, brother of our fellow townsman, W.C. Haas is a member appeared in the St. Paul Dispatch of May 21. C.E. Weeden left yesterday for an extended visit to friends in Illinois. He will attend the session of the U.S. District Court and will go from there to the east. He will be absent about three weeks. Nels W. Hawkinson and Fred Gray, the lumber barons of Rock Lake were in Hansboro Thursday greeting acquaintances and transacting business. The Pioneer acknowledges a pleasant call. ARMOURDALE BRIGHTLIGHTS Mr. Loomis lost a very valuable mare last week. Mrs. T.E. Klaus visited in Armourdale Sunday. Henry Molineau is building a barn for Isaac Kenna. Miss Florence Gimby visited with her parents over Sunday. Wheat seeding is almost through. Flax and barley seeding will keep us busy for a while. John Blackorby was a visitor with F.E. Lawrence and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Lawrence's' baby is very ill with the whooping cough. Angus Armour, assessor for Armourdale township is busy making the rounds assessing the farmers. We are sorry to lose our wheat buyer, Mr. Loomis of Atlantic, Colorado. He goes to Warren, Minnesota. Our loss will be their gain. Angus Armour, townsite agent, has received word from Mr. Goetryl of Minneapolis that he intends to start a general store in Armourdale in the near future. Lewis Hendrickson has sown about 400 acres of wheat and will put in 100 acres of flax, 100 acres of barley and 50 acres of oats. ELLISON JOTTINGS W.P. Atkins, county treasurer of Cando and W.J. (??-unable to read microfilm) and Geo. Mateer, of Rock Lake were business callers in the Ellison vicinity last Monday concerning the new telephone line from Cando to Hansboro taking in all the towns and post offices along the line. Mr. Atkins who is president of the Farmers line at Cando has thoroughly looked and viewed the line over and states that without a doubt that within two months time Cando and Hansboro and all the intervening farmers and villages can talk together by simply ringing up. May 30, 1907 Sheriff Taylor was up from Cando between trains Saturday. County Superintendent Gang was in the city Friday on business pertaining to the local schools. Ole Peterson of Perth the former deputy U.S. Marshal was in Hansboro Friday visiting with friends. B.L. Thomas and George Wilson attended the races at Brandon, Manitoba last week and report a pleasant time. It is reported that Editor Tredwell of Rock Lake is after the post office at that place and it is thought will land the appointment. Harry Haskins, the genial Cando Restaurateur was in Hansboro Friday and Saturday looking after some business interests. FOR RENT - Dwelling house in Cando. Price $10 per month in advance. Inquire of C.H. Browne, Hansboro or G.H. Blouse, Cando. Chas. F. Canfield, the Cando merchant prince was in town Friday visiting friends and says we have the best town on the branch. President Kelly of the F.G. & S. Co., was a Hansboro visitor between trains Friday. He was accompanied by his brother, Dan Kelly, and they are both well satisfied with the "best town on the line." A prairie fire burned over a large section of the grazing country to the east of this place last Thursday and we are informed that a large number of stacks of hay were also consumed. It is not known where the fire started but it burned itself out Friday. The entertainment and social given by the M.E. Ladies' Aid Society at the opera was a marked success. A number of parties were here from neighboring towns and all united in saying that the entertainment was excellent. After the entertainment the ladies served a bounteous lunch. The receipts of the evening were about $20.00. George A. Blose the hustling Cando real estate man was in our little city Friday visiting friends and transacting business. John Laybourne received the appointment of postmaster at Ellsberry last week and from this time forth will be the stamp pounder in that town. An auto party composed of C.J. and Harry Lord and families passed through Hansboro last week on their way to the races at Brandon, Manitoba. George Brown, the bonanza farmer from Antwerp was in Hansboro on business Monday. He has his entire crop (more than ever before) in the ground and is still at it. He will give a dance in his new barn in the near future. Watch for the date. A surprise was given to Mrs. A. Messer last Thursday evening at her home, the occasion being her birthday anniversary. The guests were entertained at games and a dainty lunch was served. All report an excellent time and wished Mrs. Messer many happy returns of the day. Dr. Burdick of Clinton, Iowa is the new veterinary with D.A. Blackburn & Co. Catholic services will be held in Hooser hall Sunday June 2. Art Hooser and family of Egeland are visiting with W.A. Hooser and family of this city. Hugh McLean the genial Rolla hotel man and Register of Deeds Couglin were Hansboro business visitors Tuesday. Wm. Garey expects to build a neat cottage in the south part of town and work will be started at an early date. John W. Pound has purchased the Wright farm northeast of town. John is a good judge of a bargain and is fast getting into the land baron class. A.M. Mikkelson of Devils Lake was in the city on business Tuesday. John O'Donnel returned Tuesday from a trip to the west. He expects to leave shortly for the coast. Brown Bros. new building is nearly completed and the boys will soon be dealing out the hardware. Their stock is arriving on every train. Quite a number of our citizens will be present at Devils Lake. A monument to the veterans is to be unveiled at the cemetery and Governor John Burke is to speak at the exercises in the armory. ELLSBERRY ECHOES Seeding is all done except flax and barley. Lewis Shoemaker visited his parents Sunday. Clarence Crum of Hansboro was in our city Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Tennis visited with J.B. Blackorby and family Sunday. Mrs. A. Coleman and Mrs. E. Cover of Cando are visiting with Chas. Tribble and family. Mr. Parks of Hansboro has decided not to handle the lines any more. He has employed a driver - so he says. Mr. Ernest Disher was kidnapped Sunday evening but no ransom was asked. I guess it was all for fun. For further information inquire of Misses Tressie Cox, Mary Shoemaker and Lettie Butler. Last Sunday about sixty friends and neighbors filed in on Charles Tribble and reminded him that it was his birthday and Charlie thought it was a mighty hungry looking crowd to feed but all enjoyed a good big dinner and the crowd was entertained by the Badger Brass band and Misses New and Armantrout of Burbon, Indiana gave some fine selections on the piano and C.E. Shoemaker with his phonograph made the people smile. Everybody enjoyed themselves hugely. John Brown of Hansboro wanted Charlie to have another birthday next Sunday but he decided not to have another for one year at least.