Towner County, ND, Hansboro Pioneer Newspaper published January 1, 1907 - March 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 January 1, 1907 and March 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 January 3, 1907 LOCAL NEWS J.W. Schmidt, agent for the National Elevator in this city, is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Paetow expect to leave tomorrow for a visit with friends near Valley City. A good sized crowd attended the Badger Band dance Monday evening and all spent an enjoyable evening. Just by way of variety the weather man gave us some more snow, sent the mercury down to -15 and then set the winds at work to liven things up. Soo trains are reported by the traveling men to be 93 days late on the Thief River-Kenmare line and from the same source it is reported that an excursion will be run over this line on July 4th. Out town for the third time in its history, and the second time this winter is snow bound, but we predict that the F.G. & S. Co. officials will not allow this state of affairs to last for any length of time. C.E. Blackorby made a business trip to Cando the last of the week. The county commissioners are scheduled to meet Monday, January 7, at which date the newly elected officials will assume the duties of their office. It seems to be impossible for the wind to get into the south for a couple of hours without an additional fall of several inches of the "beautiful" to the already abundant supply. Residents on the new line north from St. John are complaining of the train facilities. It is said that there has been but one train in three weeks and that provisions and fuel are getting short. I have the sale of seven quarters of land in one farm, with buildings on same which cost $3,000.00 and will sell same at the very low price of $23 per acre. If interested write me at once, as someone will get this snap quick. C.H. Browne, Hansboro, North Dakota For Sale - A C.G. Conn silver plated B flat coronet in fine leather case. Been used only a short time and is in excellent condition. Only $35. Call at the Pioneer office and see the instrument. D.B. Collins is reported to have sold his property in Cando and with his estimable family, will move to Fargo, where they will reside in the future. The Pioneer voices the wishes of a host of friends in wishing them the best of the good things in this life in their new home. Sheriff Carmichael came up from Cando this first of the week on business. This will probably be his last appearance in our town in that capacity as Sheriff-elect Taylor will take charge on the 6th inst. Charley has made a good official and with his return to private life, his many friends wish him an abundance of success. January 10, 1907 LOCAL NEWS The dance being held at the opera house this evening is well attended and all appear to be enjoying themselves. Tom Martin, formerly with the law firm of Davis & Sennett, is in charge of Frank Shanley's abstract business in Cando. Miss Edna Murdick came up from Cando this week and for a time at least, will make her home with her parents here in Hansboro. Mrs. J.E. Knight is enjoying a visit from her sister, Mrs. Morgan, who is a native of the sunny south. She expects to remain for some time. George Crume of Cando, who is a cousin of our fellow townsman, J.R. Crum, leaves this week for Tennessee to spend the balance of the winter. He will return in the early spring. Mrs. W.L. Buttz, wife of the popular salesman for Noyes Brothers & Cutler in this territory with headquarters at Minot is visiting with her sister, Mrs. C.H. Browne of this city. Mrs. Carl Nelson, wife of Editor Nelson of the Cando Democrat, suffered a relapse this week but is somewhat improved at this writing and although still a very sick woman is now thought to be on the road to recovery. Owing to the fact that we were snow-bound in Cando several days this week, the Pioneer is late again. Andrew Gerrard of Bisbee, is the new chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, appointed at their meeting this week. We predict that "Scotty" will make a capital chairman. Chas. Blackorby and the Pioneer editor were obliged to make the drive from Cando to Hansboro this week, as no trains were running. Mr. Blackorby came via Egeland and Rock Lake and the Pioneer man via Bisbee, Perth and Rolla. It was a very enjoyable (?) drive. There is a rumor that there was a serious wreck near Lakota this (Friday) evening. According to the report, a snow plow crashed into the rear of a passenger train, cutting completely through a coach in which there were over sixty passengers. No particulars. Cando was visited by a fire Sunday which ruined the store of Whalen & Whalen and for a time threatened the entire block. How the fire originated is a mystery. The stock of gents furnishings is practically a total loss and as the building is in the fire limits, it must be pulled down and rebuilt of fire proof material. It is a hard blow to the boys. WANTED TO BUY - At once at the Hansboro Meat Market, a carload of hides. It will pay you to bring them to me as I will pay you the highest market price. F.H. Murdick, Hansboro, North Dakota Miss Gladys Armour left this week for Grand Forks, where she will attend the State University. She expects to return the first part of April. On Monday, December 17, occurred the marriage of Mr. Matt McCarthy and Miss Oleatha Brown at Minneapolis. The groom is too well known to need any introduction from us, being vice-president of the York State Bank and holding official positions in banks at Thorne and Dunseith. He has been in the banking business in this vicinity for a number of years and his highly respected by all who know him. York Ledger January 17, 1907 LOCAL NEWS Cattlemen in the western part of the state report heavy losses of stock during the recent heavy storms. The Hansboro Meat Market again changed hands today, F.H. Murdick selling back to the original proprietor, C.H. Orton. In the hurry and confusion of the routine office work, we neglected to mention the advent of a son to the home of Jas. Brown. All doing well and James struts about as though he owned the whole block. Here's to the new boy - a chip off the old block. John Eckles was again taken ill last week and it was deemed advisable to get him to a hospital as speedily as possible and accordingly he was taken out on the snow plow Monday evening to Devils Lake. At latest reports his condition was much improved. Our town is daily thronged by farmers in search of fuel. Miss Sande and Mrs. VanOrder will leave this week for Grand Forks, the former to attend the State University and the latter to visit with friends. Teddy Schaine, formerly bookkeeper for the John D. Gruber Co. at this place, is now located at Ambrose, and is instructing the band and orchestra. A report comes from Bismarck that Lieut. Hildreth, the Fargo attorney slapped Alex McKenzie real hard, when they met in the hotel lobby at that place. Friends parted them and no blood was spilled. Mrs. J.W. Pound is reported to be quite ill this week. Mrs. W.L. Buttz of Minot, left this week for her home this week. Frank Graybill and Andrew Dunphy made a trip to Rolla today after kerosene. A rink of Cartwright curlers visited Mather last week, and succeeded in losing two out of three games that were played. Geo. A. Flowell, father-in-law of W.A. Cauthers, came up from Grandin the last of the week and has been visiting in this vicinity. W.A. Hooser is putting some needed improvements on the opera house. It will be plastered, the entrance changed to the back of the hall and everything put in first class shape. There is nothing the matter with W.A. January 24, 1907 LOCAL NEWS Mrs. Herman Miller is on the sick list. F.H. Murdick is transacting business in the county capital this week. Reports from the hospital at Devils Lake are to the effect that John Eckles is doing nicely. It required over 5 hours for the snow plow to get from Rock Lake to Hansboro last Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. berry residing near Antwerp are ill this week and Dr. Hamilton was called to attend them. They are reported to be convalescent. W.L. Buttz, of Minot, salesman for Noyes Bros. & Cutler, came up with the snow plow last Friday to say "hello" to his brother-in-law and family. Mrs. M.L. VanOrder is visiting with friends in Grand Forks. Myron expects to join her the first of next week, and is possible they may visit for a short time in Minnesota and Wisconsin. W.C. Haas went to Devils Lake on the snow plow Friday evening to find out the whereabouts of a couple of cars of the "black Diamonds" which failed to arrive here. He returned Monday evening. Arthur and Will Hooser made a business trip down the line Friday, returning Monday. On the return trip when the snow plow was put out of commission, the boys got out and walked four miles and beat the train into town. That's going some. J.O. Carter was in from Antwerp Monday. Wm. McGraw, the popular G.N. conductor was in charge of the train which arrived here last Friday evening. Chas. E. Blackorby has been confined to his room for several days with la grippe but is much improved at this writing. Jas. Blackorby was up from Ellsberry today and reports a heavy thaw in that locality, the snow having nearly all disappeared - only four feet left. Messrs. Geyer and Johnson of Antwerp made a trip to the Turtle Mountains - over forty miles from their homes - and returned today with about four cords of wood. A fair example of North Dakota grit. If a drain of sufficient size is not placed through the railroad yards to carry off the surplus water, there will be several business places here which will require a ferry boat when the spring thaw comes. It would seem that now would be a good time to do this, while the train service is light. The storm which visited this section of the state and which has prevailed for three days without cessation, has at last abated and everything is as clear as a marriage bell. It has resulted disastrously to railroad traffic, tying up all the Great Northern branches and the main line as well. It will be some time before everything can be brought back to their usual conditions and will require the expenditure of vast amounts of money and work to again open the lines. Railroad men tell us that conditions existing are the worst ever known in the railroad history of the state. THE WORST IN YEARS The snow plow pushed by two engines succeeded in getting through to this town last Friday evening and brought us the first and only mail received in eleven days. No provisions were brought, however and the only fuel was a car of soft coal for the railroad. The train succeeded in getting to headquarters again that night but Saturday brought another storm, again filling every cut on the line, undoing the labor of the day before. Monday the plow was sent out again and reached Hansboro at 5 a.m. Tuesday morning - 16 hours coming about 60 miles. To say nothing of the hardships endured on the trip, by reason of the great amount of snow and the intense cold, the snow plow was disabled and left here, and one of the engines had to be "killed" and "dead headed" on the return trip. Our citizens thought they were fortunate for this train brought a car of hard coal, supposed to contain forty tons, on being opened it was discovered that about 25 tons had been appropriated down the line. To make matters worse it again began to storm, and though the train labored desperately to get to Devils Lake, the tired crew were forced to resign to the will of the Storm King and are now at Garske, awaiting help from the other end of the line. It appears that the car received here is not the only one consigned to our dealers which have been taken. The National reports the loss of 2 cars; John D. Gruber Co., 3 cars and the Imperial Co., 3 or 4 cars, a total of 9 cars which have been confiscated by other towns as 7 of these cars were hard coal. This has put our people in desperate straits, and being completely out of fuel and the uncertainty as to the time when the trains would again be able to get through, forced the farmers to appropriate both cars of company coal here. This will relieve the situation for a few days, and it is hoped that in the meantime more coal will arrive in Devils Lake and this line again opened for traffic so that the F.G. & S. Co. can deliver it. P.S. Dunn, the gentlemanly traffic manager of the latter railroad, is reported to be authority for the statement that there is no more coal at headquarters consigned to this town, but bills were received here for 12 more cars and they are known to be on the road. If the Great Northern gets them to Devils Lake, the F.G. & S. Co. will get them through to Hansboro. That the F.G.& S. Co. delivers the goods on this line promptly when received from the Great Northern is shown by the fact that there is not now - after two weeks accumulation - over six carloads of merchandise for this entire line. There is probably considerably more than that due for this station alone. Therefore the fault, if any exists, is farther east. Give credit where credit is due, and let the blame fall where it belongs. January 31, 1907 LOCAL NEWS L.W. Boise left Tuesday for a business trip to Fargo and the Forks. The Hansboro Schools have been closed indefinitely owing to the fuel famine. Art Hooser and family will leave in a few days for Egeland, where he will engage in business. Claude Stearns drove to Rock Lake yesterday and back today. He will leave this week for a visit with relatives in South Dakota. Svan Olson returned last evening from the Turtle Mountains with three large loads of wood, enough to last for the balance of the winter. Reader go thou and do likewise. The Hansboro Mercantile Co. sent several teams to Rolla this week who returned with lots of oil and gasoline. Mr. Nelson evidentially believes in the biblical saying, "Let there be light." Louis Johnson, who for the past three months has been in the employ of L.W. Boise in the tin ship, left Sunday via Cartwright and Winnipeg for Grand Forks, where he has accepted a position. The fact that this town has been without mail service, either in our out, for over two weeks was wired to the postal authorities today by Postmaster Messer. It is hoped that a temporary change will be made to send the mail via Rolla (??-unable to read microfilm) and thence by stage to Antwerp as was formerly done. One mail in 24 days - now what do you think of that? A number of our residents will start to the mountains for wood next Monday morning. The children of Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Blackburn are having a siege of the whooping cough. There are reported to be five "dead" locomotives on the line from Cartwright to Winnipeg. A car of groceries consigned to Rolla merchants is claimed to have been broken open and confiscated at Cando today. F.H. Murdick returned Monday from a business trip to Cando. As no trains were running, he was obliged to drive the entire distance. A special school election was held Tuesday to vote on the question of consolidating the school of the district. Consolidation carried by a large majority. Mrs. B.L. Thomas left yesterday via Rolla for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Olson of Cando. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Four fatalities from freezing are reported from near Warwick. During one of the recent storms, four young ladies who were holding down claims, ran short of fuel and combined their scant supplies and tried to brave it out in one claim shanty until they could get fuel. The supply becoming entirely exhausted, two of the ladies started out through the storm to find help. They soon lost their way and after the storm had abated all four were found frozen to death. It is feared that the arrival of spring will bring some gruesome disclosures especially in the northwestern part of the state. February 7, 1907 LOCAL NEWS W.C. Haas and bride are expected home this week. It must be that the ground hog was so badly frightened at the sight of his shadow that he forgot to crawl back. An enjoyable dancing party is reported to have been held at the home of Wm. James the first of the week. A number from town were in attendance. The fuel shortage in this vicinity was somewhat alleviated by the arrival of several cars of coal in St. John. The agent there allowed those from a distance to load all they could haul, with the result that a large percentage of it came this way. Sly old Dame Rumor has it that J.B. Smith, better know to us as the "peanut man", has forsaken his single blessedness and taken unto himself a wife. If the old dame is right, and we hope she is, the Pioneer extends congratulations and wish the happy pair a joyful and speedy return to Hansboro. The Pioneer is informed that wolves and coyotes are exceedingly thick this winter. On account of the heavy snowfall, the wolves have come down out of the woods to get food. Even the sneaking coyote has become quite bold, and his short, snappy bark and prolonged howl can be heard at almost any hour of the night in close proximity to the town. Several of our residents hired teams and hauled both wood and coal from St. John and Rolla. It costs at least $6 to make the trip making hard coal cost about $17, soft coal $14.50 per ton; and poplar wood about $10 per cord to the man without a team. It's costly but the directions say take it and smile. The weather has at last moderated and today we are experiencing the first thawing weather since sometime in November. Walter Gailfus entertained a number of couples at a dancing party last evening at his home in Picton. All report an excellent time. M.E. VanOrder and wife returned today from a visit with friends in Grand Forks. He reports conditions on the mail line nearly as serious as exist here. Arthur Converse left Tuesday for Cando from whence he went to Cresco, Iowa, with Mrs. C.C. Converse and her mother. He will visit a short time before returning. D.A. Blackburn, Neil McKay, J.W. Schmidt and Marcus Kessler went to Rolla Tuesday night and it is reported they had a "fast ride" but did not even get their "feet wet". J.D. Leftwich had the misfortune recently to tear the flesh of one of his fingers on a rusty nail. The wound apparently healed, but last week blood poison symptoms were apparent and the services of Dr. Hamilton were required. At this writing the band is much improved. HAAS-SMITH NUPTIALS Announcements were received in this city this week of the marriage of William C. Haas, of this city and is Mabel Ruth Smith of Devils Lake, which occurred at the home of the bride's parents at the last named city, Wednesday, January 30, 1907. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed A. Smith and is a beautiful and accomplished young lady and her friends are legion. The groom is well known to our residents, having been here since the town first stated. He is the resident manager for the John D. Gruber Co., and is a man well thought of in business and social circles. Both young people have been known to the editor since childhood, and the Pioneer joins their many friends in extending congratulations and in assuring them a hearty welcome to their new home in Hansboro. They will be at home to friends after February 15. February 14, 1907 WEDDING BELLS On Tuesday, February 12, at the residence of Father Kenney in Cando, occurred the marriage of Miss Marie Kozlova, of Pisek, North Dakota and J.B. Smith of this city. Father Kenney officiating and Miss Kennedy and Burt Moylan of Cando were the bridesmaid and best man. The bride is a stranger to our residents, but the many friends of the genial little groom gave them a hearty welcome to their new home and the Pioneer joins them in congratulations and best wishes for the future. LOCAL NEWS We are getting the mail again, at last. J.B. Smith and bride returned yesterday. Ye Scribe indulges in a fragrant Havana. The Hansboro Townsite Co. report a rushing business being done nowadays. Residence lots are going like hot cakes. The Sawyer bank robbers have been sentenced and are now doing time in the state pen. They drew prizes of from 17 to 20 years and will be able to manufacture considerable twine before their time is served. Patsy Coyle and Lawrence Olson, who were hangers on about Hansboro last winter, were sentenced Monday at Minot to one year and three months each in the penitentiary at Bismarck for attempting to hold up a town in the western part of the state. The Christmas trees arrived today. Two large engines succeeded in getting this line open last Saturday. With the fine weather then prevailing, it required two days to make the trip. Never mind that, for it is a "ahs been" and we will bet a bushel of peanuts and eat them all ourselves that this branch will not have another such blockade in many years. February 21, 1907 NORTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES St. John is to have a new hardware store. Several car loads of coal have arrived at Tioga. Several new cases of smallpox are reported at Oberon. Several car loads of coal have arrived at St. Thomas. Goods ordered for the holiday trade are just arriving at Cando. The Sheridan Hotel at Wishek is quarantined for diphtheria. Will H. Carleton has been appointed city auditor of Cooperstown. A.J. Smith is the president of the Carrington Commercial Club. J.O. Smith's coal mine at Rudser caved in, but no one was injured. The Larimore fire department reports six fires during the past year. It is expected that a post office will be established at Fonda, in Rolette County. Several hundred gallons of oil were hauled overland to Dazey from Wimbledon. Temporary mail service has been established between Sykeston and Cathay. A large number of trees will be planted in the cemetery at Hannah this spring. The Palace drug store and the post office next door at Fessenden were destroyed by fire. It is probable that Dunseith will take up the question of incorporation early in the spring. W.F. Winter of Langdon and C.W. Andrews of Walhalla have gone to Old Mexico for a trip. Mrs. R.F. Powell of Towner broke her wrist by falling from the chair on which she was standing. Two barrels of kerosene oil have arrived at Cleveland and this temporarily relieves the situation. There were seventy farmers waiting with teams when a car of coal got into Cooperstown the other day. The cement mines at McLean, in Pembina County will soon commence operation for the coming year. Enderlin merchants receive over a ton of groceries by express to help out until freights could get through. George D. Holdren of Michigan announces that his store will hereafter be conducted on the cash system only. The Eastern Star gave a charity ball at Rolla which was largely attended and must have been decidedly entertaining. LOCAL NEWS Mrs. John Wilson is reported to be quite ill this week with the la grippe. George Dale and family are all suffering from an attack of the grippe this week. Roy Lean, the popular hardware dealer from Rock Lake was a Hansboro visitor yesterday. H.H. Hand, the insurance man from Devils Lake, has been a business visitor in Hansboro for the past week. John E. Brown severed his connection with the John D. Gruber Co., in this city Tuesday, and is now busy with his business associates, Messers. Leftwich, Lymburn and Brown, in making preparations for the arrival of their stock of machinery. We neglected to mention last week the reception given by Mr. and Mrs. John E. Brown in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Haas. A large crowd was in attendance and the evening was pleasantly spent in games and a dainty lunch was served. All report and enjoyable time. C.A. Lapham, cashier of the First National Bank of Rock Lake was in town today looking over the new State Bank building. It is the intention of the Rock Lake institution to build a new building this coming season and they are looking over several buildings trying to combine all the good points. It goes without saying that the State bank building appeared to Mr. Lapham as a model bank building. Paul LaFrance was over from Rolla Tuesday on business. Mrs. D.A. Blackburn is very ill this week and her sister has been sent for. Wm. Krisher and wife returned this week from a visit with friends and relatives in Egeland. E.E. McDougall and John E. Brown went to Rolla Tuesday evening to ride the Masonic goat. They report an excellent time. A letter from John K. Eckles, from Mercy Hospital at devils Lake is to the effect that he will be home the last of the month. The Pioneer is glad to chronicle his recovery. John E. Brown received a nice present from Mr. Slack of Rock Lake, Canada, the middle of the week. It was a nice 10 pound pike which Mr. Slack caught in the lake at that place. Chas. Bisbee and family have been enjoying a visit from Messrs. A. Bisbee of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Jeff Osgood of Newville, North Dakota. ALEXANDER MESSER DEAD A gloom as of a pall settled over our little city Monday forenoon when it became known that Alexander Messer had answered the call of the reaper, and passed to the great beyond. The news was hard to comprehend as none expected it. Apparently strong, robust and in the prime of life, he passed away in a few brief moments and the world and community had lost a good man and exemplary citizen; and the wife and baby, a tender, loving husband and father. He arose at his usual hour in the morning and at breakfast complained of not feeling well and Dr. Hamilton was called. He grew rapidly worse and at about 10 o'clock he succumbed to the dread disease, neuralgia of the heart. Alexander Messer was born in Bluevale, Ontario, Canada and was 39 years of age at the time of his demise. He is survived by his aged parents, three brothers and a wife and infant daughter. His parents and brothers are residents of Bluevale, Ontario, while the mourning wife and fatherless babe reside here. He was a man beloved and respected by all who knew him; a tender, loving husband and father; and during the fifteen years which he has resided in this vicinity, he made nor had no enemies. A friend and a helper to all, often to the detriment of his own interests. Obliging, courteous and always a gentleman, under any and all circumstances. His death will be felt in the community for many years. Wednesday morning after a short service at the residence, the remains were taken to Rolla where the funeral was held and the body laid to rest in the cemetery there. The entire community join in extending to the grief stricken widow and family their heartfelt sympathy in this their dark hour. May the God of the widow and the orphan guard and protect them, is the wish of all. February 28, 1907 LOCAL NEWS C.A. Weeden made a business trip to Devils Lake yesterday. Attorney C.C. Converse was a professional visitor from Cando this week. The Ladies Aid Society of the M.E. Church, gave an oyster supper at the opera house Tuesday night. The receipts were about $50. Not so bad. A number of couples from Cartwright attended the dance here last Friday night. The new seats, desks and other furniture for the Hansboro school arrived today and will at once be placed in position. The Badger Brass Band is to give another of their popular dances at the opera house Friday March 8. The Hansboro State Bank moved into their new quarters this week. This is one of the finest buildings in the county and Messrs. Blackorby and Converse are as snug as bugs in a rug. It is a solid brick structure, 25 X 50 ft. in size, with a twelve foot ceiling. The floor is maple and the base is of polished granite. The casing and woodwork are of red oak and the bank fixtures of the same material. The building is divided into a private office, lobby, banking room and vault and would be a credit to any town in which it was erected. The people of Hansboro are proud of the new building. John K. Eckles returned yesterday from Mercy Hospital at Devils Lake where he has been for the past six weeks. When he was taken to the hospital, there were few who expected to see him return alive. Thanks to skilled and constant treatment he returns to our city practically a well man. His many friends will be pleased to learn of his complete recovery and return to health. TELEPHONE FOR HANSBORO It is a pleasure to announce to Pioneer readers that preparations are under way for the building of a telephone line into Hansboro this coming summer. The telephone is a convenience which cannot well be gotten along without in this day and age and we venture the assertion that when the line is built here, a local exchange with from 20 to 30 phones will at once be established. Our citizens and the Commercial Club have at different times had considerable correspondence with the bell and Northwestern Telephone Companies in regard to extending their lines to Hansboro, but with little satisfaction other than promises. Now it is announced that the Farmers' Telephone Co., of Cando will build from that place to Egeland, thence north, following the Farmers Railroad to Rock Lake and Hansboro. This line will connect with the long distance at Cando. Hansboro certainly wants the line and as Atkins Bros. never do anything by halves, if they say it is to be built, we can rest assured the line will come. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Cando is to have a new brass band. The Cando creamery is being organized. The Northwood creamery will open soon. There are 170 phones in operation at Oakes. Maxbass had a great mask ball the other night. James Fogerty has moved from Cando to Seattle. The band boys at Rolla gave a profitable concert. The Hub Restaurant at Oakes has ceased business. Cogswell hopes to have a mill established there soon. A snow plow and two engines were demolished at Grafton. Miss Egeland of Rugby has a large music class at Burwick. The schools at Mohall have been closed for want of fuel. The City Hotel at Petersburg has again opened for guests. Walter McKee is a new manager of the roller rink at Conway. The railroad company is putting up 2,000 tones of ice at Mandan. The schools at Cando are closed in consequence of the fuel shortage. A son of R.H. Stull of Cavalier was frozen to death up in Canada. H.H. Balbraith has been elected secretary of the Thorne band. Seven cars of coal reached Wolford on the first train in three weeks. Oakes now has four fire companies, each with a membership of a dozen. Towner had a narrow escape from fire through an overheated stovepipe. There is universal regret in Towner over the death of Mrs. Pondroy. About one hundred citizens helped to shovel out the railroad at Langdon. Over 100 teams were in line when five car loads of coal arrived in Mohall. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heine celebrated their golden wedding at Ellendale a few days ago. Poplar is selling at some $4 a cord at St John, which is about double the usual price. Fred White of Drayton has patented a new sled to be used on a baby carriage in winter. The carbide from the gas house clogged up the sewers in Oakes and made much trouble. The citizens of Lawton turned out enmasse and helped the railroad men shovel the cuts out. A miner at work in the Lehigh mines, near Dickinson, died of acute alcoholism the other day. Hoople citizens shoveled the snow plow out in order to help get the trains through. There are three automobile dealers in Towner who are making arrangements for a very busy season. S.W. Andrews has invested in a herd of Angora goats and will place them on his farm near Walhalla. Fifty citizens of Mohall turned out with shovels and worked two days assisting in clearing the Great Northern lines. Three dead engines were filled up with water from the city tank at Langdon by laying a line of hose to the depot. The city council at Wahpeton is putting down the third artesian well and the new one will have a bore of twelve inches. The creamery company is putting up ice at Hannaford, but is not certain yet whether the creamery will be operated during the summer or not. A new mail route is proposed between Cando, Egeland and Olmstead, and bids have been asked for a four year contract by the government. LOCAL NEWS The Hansboro schools will reopen next week. Mrs. D.A. Blackburn has so far recovered from her recent illness as to be able to be about. A jolly crowd enjoyed a social dance at the opera house last Friday evening. All seemed to enjoy the occasion. Frank Derrig, assistant cashier of the Bank of Hansboro, returned the first of the week from a visit with relatives in Lakota. The man who was brought back from Seattle, Washington by the authorities at Valley City suspected of being "Blackie" the murderer, has been set at liberty. Miss Harriet Manning came up from Michigan City, Tuesday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. D.A, Blackburn of this city. Miss Manning has had charge of the telephone exchange at that place. A new racing circuit consisting of Cando, Leeds, Rugby, Bottineau and Granville will probably be formed this year, and if suitable entries can be obtained late enough in the season, a fair will be held in connection with the race meet. S.J. Atkins and W.F. Canfield of Cando, were appointed as a committee to attend a meeting at Leeds for the organization of the circuit. Is Hansboro to be without ice again this coming summer? It is high time this matter was considered and some action taken. Spring is nearly here and not a pound of ice has yet been put up for use. It will soon be too late for action. What is done, must be done quickly. It is a shame to think that we will take it so much as a matter of fact that existing conditions cannot be improved. With the mercury now hovering around zero, the ice question may not appeal very forcibly to us now, but when the order of the seasons is reversed the thermometer registers 90 in the shade, it is safe to predict that there will be a longing for congealed moisture. If someone hereabouts has a wish to be extremely popular about July 1 and at the same time engage in a lucrative business, he will go to work at once and store a plentiful supply of ice. Who would like to be the ice man? C.Shoemaker, of Ellsberry, was a business visitor I town Saturday. Frank Grimes left yesterday for his home near Ottumwa, Iowa. This is the first visit in fourteen years, and Frank thought he was about due. President Roosevelt has recommended that the appointment of M.B. De la Bere to the senate as postmaster at Sheldon, North Dakota. If confirmed, this will make another editor-postmaster on the list. Prof. C.E. Blackorby has changed his residence from Cando to Hansboro, where he is interested in the banking business. News item in Rock Lake Ripples of February 22, 1907. The statement is correct as he has resided here for the past six months. Elsewhere in the Pioneer will be found the announcement of the John K. Eckles' farm sale, together with a list of the property to be sold. Mr. Eckles will rent his farm and move into this town, retiring from the arduous labor for a time at least. B.L. Thomas traded his auto this week for as nice a little piece of horse flesh as the average man would want. The little mare is somewhat of a stepper, so if you notice someone driving along the road at a 2:25 gate, you may be sure it is Bert behind the new driver. John Laybourne, the enterprising Ellsberry blacksmith, was a Hansboro visitor Monday. A.B. Converse returned today from a visit with relatives in northern Iowa. He reports a pleasant trip. C.H. Olson, of Cando, visited his brother Henry and family from Tuesday to Thursday of last week. Rolla Star. A school building in Montreal, Canada burned Monday and the bodies of seven children were taken from the ruins. C.A. Paetow and wife returned this week from an extended visit with relatives in this state and in Wisconsin. The "Little Dutchman" is much improved in health by his vacation and is now ready for the spring rush of business. The term of Ole Serumgard as register of the U.S. Land office at Devils Lake, expired February 19. M.H. Brennan, of Devils Lake, was appointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Brennan will take charge as soon as his bond is prepared and approved. The new apportionment bill passed by the house Tuesday gives Towner County four legislators instead of three as heretofore. Three representatives and one senator will be the new order of things. There is to be 44 senators and 105 representatives at the next legislative session. A.Durocher was over from Rolla yesterday shaking hands with friends. He told the Pioneer that he had a very pleasant to his old home in Quebec, that the Pioneer was the only paper from this vicinity that reached him there and ordered it continued to his home in Rolla. "Jolly Jim" McCanna was up from Cando today looking after his banking interests here. He spent the day with B.L. Thomas and during a chat with the Pioneer he said that the fact Bert had sold his auto had lifted a load from his mind, as it would not now be necessary to give Bert a raise in salary. Sam Small of the Devils Lake Inter Ocean has purchased the Mandon Pioneer. W.H. Cauthers left Tuesday for Deering, North Dakota to visit his mother. He expects to be gone about ten days. S.M. Brown has rented his farm and will give his entire attention to the machinery business. Art Hooser and wife came up from Egeland last week for a short visit. They returned Tuesday and were accompanied by Mrs. W.A. Hooser and the children who will visit in that town for a short time. The Pioneer was in error last week in stating that the new machinery firm was composed of Messrs. Leftwich, Lymburn and Brown. We are now authoritatively informed that John E. and Samuel M. Brown will be the sole proprietors. Col. S.E. Brittain was up from Rock Lake Tuesday looking a couple of farm sales. This is the first time he has dared to come to the best town in the north end (so he says) since he was here last March. Since his visit Tuesday, however, he feels safer, and may come oftener now. Contractor W.J. Maughan has an ad in this issue, to which we call the attention of our readers. Mr. Maughan has been in Hansboro for the past year working at his trade and has decided to remain here and engage in business for himself. He is a thorough mechanic and understands his work. The Pioneer wishes him success. Claude Stearns has leased the building formerly occupied by Jack Rabinovich as a pool room, and is busy painting, renovating and remodeling the interior, preparatory to opening a first-class short order restaurant and lunch room. Contractor Maughan is attending to the carpenter work. Hansboro has always been in need of a good short order restaurant and we predict a brisk business for Mr. Stearns. President Roosevelt has appointed Congressman McCleary of Minnesota to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Second Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger. W.R. McGregor, president of the Hansboro Construction Co., has purchased the old State Bank building and will move it on his lot opposite the Jno. D. Gruber lumber yard. It will make a nobby office for the company. The Pioneer is informed that arrangements are being perfected for the organization of the C.M.A. in Hansboro. If the organization is completed, it is the intention to organize a C.M.A. band. A dispatch from Cripple Creek, Colorado states that the thermometer registered 92 above zero at noon, February 17. Such reports must be meant to make us jealous. We are having quite a spell of weather ourselves. SHALL WE HAVE A BAND? Why should Hansboro be without a band? There is musical talent in plenty here from which to select, and there is no reasonable excuse that can be offered why we should not have as good a band as can be found in any town in the northern part of the state. A good musical organization does much toward advertising a town and we are positive that our citizens would not be backward in supporting such an organization. Let Hansboro have a band, and a good one, too. March 7, 1907 NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Goodrich wants to incorporate. Mandan officials are killing dogs. Flasher is after an emergency hospital. Highways are in bad shape after the thaw. This was the big winter for the ice rinks. A Langdon drayman is charged with pigging. A freight train killed some cows near Rolla. Spuds are bringing a good price in most towns. S. Breaw of Sheldon has made a success of poultry raising. Fifty pupils of the St. John schools were recently vaccinated. Farmers around Norwich are planning to grow a lot of tame hay. Merchants all over the state are preparing for a big spring trade. Two Great Northern employees were injured in a wreck near St. John. The February term of court in Rolette County was postponed until March 26. A.H. Stapley of Davenport is the new Northern Pacific agent at Sheldon. There will be judges galore if both the Sixth and the Eighth districts are divided. The farmers in Cavalier County have subscribed $80,000 in stock for the new railroad. A large number of trees will be planted in the cemetery at Hanna this spring. Postmaster Oliver of Lisbon was at Bismarck to oppose the fraternal insurance bill. It is claimed that a big saving can be made if a farmers' elevator is built at Park River. Representative Chapman is endeavoring to secure an experiment station for Williston. George Guyer was arrested at Devils Lake on the charge of selling liquor to the Indians. The Northern Pacific charged $125 for the special to bring a sick young lady from Sheldon to Fargo. "Scotch" Nell, the unfortunate woman who gained a great deal of notoriety in the state is dead. Devils Lake will have a baseball team this year in a new league to be established in that part of the state. The Great Northern has recently put up a lot of snow fences near Westhope, where the cuts are easily filled up. A blind pigger, who was arrested at Kensal, made his escape as there was no jail in which he could be kept securely. In some sections the farmer boys assisted materially in relieving the snow blockades by joining the railroad snow shoveling gangs. A Kidder County man has been in Virginia looking over the country but found nothing better than North Dakota and will return. John Hoffer of Hebron was bound over to the district court on the charge of forging the name of his dead brother to a chattel mortgage. Thomas Bell of Willow City attempted to start a fire with kerosene but got the gasoline can. He had a lively time when the match was applied. Ole Rude of Aneta was charged with the paternity of a child by Miss Inga Rickstad and is in jail until the May term of court in default of $800 bail. T.D. Hughes, Northern Pacific agent at Bismarck, is leaving the railroad business and will take up life insurance work with headquarters in Fargo. Railway engineers allege that one of the great reasons of the trouble with roads this year is that the engines have not been kept in repair and have also been overloaded. Farmers in many sections of the state used the railroad track for a driveway and packed the snow so hard that it became too solid for the rotary engines to handle and has to be picked out by hand. There was a great time over coal at Mohall. A plan was devised for an equal distribution of the fuel and it worked well until one of the dealers kicked over the traces. Some years ago a nice opera house was built at Casselton. Churches and other halls proved too much competition and the opera house has been conducted at a loss. The owners now announce that they intend to close the place which will be a serious loss to Casselton and prevent any shows in the future. The people of Vang want a railroad. The groundhog must have been blind. Russell organized a commercial club. More rural telephone lines are being constructed. Bottineau has arranged for a fast ball team for 1907. A cooperative store has been formed at Neche. Lidgerwood has an epidemic of cistern construction. Warwick has organized a businessmen's association. The people of Max want the county division bill appealed. The director of the Willow City band is named Holler. Linton has a gasoline shortage along with the other troubles. Neche is well protected in the water from storms by the timber. The people of Goodrich got mail via Anamoose, Denhoff and Lincoln. The people of Leeds are already preparing for a successful fair this summer. Joe Taylor of Washburn objects to the repeal of the law protecting beavers. Rabies is reported among a herd of cattle near Turtle Lake, McLean County. The Great Northern has secured the complete right of way for the Midland line. The attorney general denies that he sent a telegram to the mayor at Dazey. The people of St. Thomas are planning to make the city take on a new growth. A Wilton miner took a seventy-foot tumble down a shaft, and he is again at work. Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Heine of Ellendale celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Lakota has its first fire in months when the residence of Martin Wallum was destroyed. David Lindsay, a former resident of Lakota was accidentally killed while hunting in Canada. Dazey and Cooperstown are arguing the coal question - and Dazey seems to have gotten the fuel. At Brinsmade some of the people drove as far as devils Lake - thirty-two miles - for fuel. Judge Goss of Minot seems to be doing everything in his power to discourage bank robberies. Former residents of Illinois and Missouri are getting letters telling about the mud being hub deep. At Russell a petition was sent to the United States senators to work in the interests of the denatured alcohol bill. North Dakota stockmen appear to have been exceptionally fortunate this winter despite the severity of the weather. There is a big row in the other towns of Billings County over the proposition to erect a court house at Medora. People along the Mouse River were not worried over the coal shortage as a result of the abundance of good fuel at their hand. A Rolette County physician was arrested on a charge of practicing without a license but the jury concluded he was all right. Rev. Mr. Gray of McLean County, charged with criminal libel by Superintendent of Schools Olson, waived examination when arraigned. With the bills to prevent the publication of insurance statements and school treasurers' statements the county press will be rather hard hit. The Sheyenne Telephone Co. of McVille has been reorganized and will do business on a large scale than formerly when it was merely a rural line. The sportsmen of the northern part of the state insist on the appointment of Clarence Hale as game warden, regardless of the difference of politics between the man wanted and the governor. Olaus Bendixson of Bowbells who has been ill for some time, was arrested and taken to Minot on a stretcher. When Judge Goss heard of the condition of the man a release order was issued. The rural mail carrier out of Granville agreed to resume his old job provided the patrons of the line would collect an amount sufficient to bring up his remuneration to $75 per month. This includes the pay for himself and his team. LOCAL NEWS COMMERCIAL CLUB DOINGS The Commercial Club held a meeting Tuesday evening for the transaction of business. The first question considered was in regard to drainage. It is an established fact that the surface water will cause considerable damage if the drain through the railroad grade is not enlarged enough to carry water and keep it from backing up. The president of the club was instructed to take the matter up with President Kelly of the railroad company and inform him of the facts that the grade is obstructing a waterway, and that the same must be opened sufficiently A committee composed of C.A. Paetow, O.L. Sande and C.A. Weeden were appointed to make arrangements for the surveying of the cemetery and instructed to fix a date and call a public meeting of the citizens of Hansboro and vicinity for the purpose of electing a Cemetery Committee and board of Trustees. After some discussion, the matter of grading the streets was carried over until the next meeting of the Club. It was thought best to have a petition circulated for presentation to the County Commissioners at their April meeting, asking for bridges to be constructed across the forks of the Badger, due east from Hansboro and especially between the NE 1-4 of Section 18 and the SE 1-4 of Section 7, R. 66. This would mean two bridges, one in range 66 and the other in 67, which are all important to our town and the people for 15 miles to the east. The petition was accordingly ordered gotten out to be delivered to Thos. Parslow for circulation. These two bridges are absolutely necessary as when the spring thaw comes it will be impossible for anyone to come from the east for six weeks or more on account of these bad places in the road. At this time Rev. Kensit asked permission to address the Club relative to the abolishment of conducting gambling in this town. After a short discussion as to methods to be employed, it was ordered spread on the minutes that the parties operation "games" be notified to cease at once; failure to comply with this order meaning that the matter will be placed before the authorities. No further business coming before the Club, adjournment was taken subject to the call of the president. LOCAL NEWS M.E. VanOrder made a business trip to Rock Lake Monday. C.Shoemaker of Ellsberry was a business visitor in town Saturday. J.R. Crum went to Rock Lake Monday on business. C.A. Weeden returned Friday from a business trip to the Lake. J.O. Carter and Robert Morrison went to Rolla yesterday to attend the I.O.O.F. reception and banquet held there that evening. A large crowd was in attendance and a very enjoyable time is reported. "Happy Jack" Lannin is back again in charge of the passenger train on the Farmers line. He has been spending the winter in the south and reports a very enjoyable trip, but is glad to get back. The Pioneer is informed that it is the intention to establish a circulating library in Hansboro in the near future. It is safe to say that if there had been such a library here the past winter, it would have received liberal patronage. For a small sum paid each month, a subscriber is allowed to select as many books as desired. These are returned at the end of the month and others sent in their place. It is a great convenience for those who are unable to afford a private library and if the success which has attended its installation in other towns is any criterion, we predict it will be a success venture if started here. It is a good thing, push it along. Clarence Crum left Tuesday for a visit with relatives in the western part of the state. He will stop a few days at Tolley, Minot and Kenmare and will look over the country generally. He expects to be absent a month. E.N. Huffman, merchant at Brumbaugh and Sec. of mission board for the Dunkard Church of the Snider Lake congregation was in Hansboro Saturday looking for a place for holding meetings. As soon as arrangements are complete, preaching will be held once a week. No trains into Cartwright since last Friday. Farmers are nearly all busy cleaning their seed grain. An outside stairway has been built to Hooser's Opera House. You will not find a busier place in Towner County than our little town of Hansboro. F.M. Ginther is to hold a sale at his farm March 15. We are glad to state that Geo. Dale and family have recovered from their recent attack of the grippe. A wreck occurred on the C.P. Railway the first of the week near Mather. A Russell now plow pushed by two engines crashed into a "dead" freight engine. One man was killed. All three engines were badly smashed. Too much "booze" is said to be responsible for the accident, as the crew on the snow plow had been warned. J.M. Brayton, who has had charge of the Imperial Lumber Co.s' interests at this place since the town was started, has been transferred to Rolla, and Walter Frantzen of Rugby succeeds him. While our citizens were sorry to hear of "Mac's" transferal, they all unite in trying to make Bro. Frantzen feel at home in our little city. D.M. Farrell and family were in from the farm the first of the week. Joseph Hess and Corvin Goodyear will make final proof on their homesteads at Rolla tomorrow. States Attorney Kehoe was a business visitor in Hansboro this week. The Pioneer acknowledges a pleasant call. A party of friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Brown Tuesday and a pleasant evening was passed. Walter Frantzen, who has been manager of the Imperial Lumber Co. at Rugby, North Dakota for the past two years, visited friends here and at his old home, Silver Creek, the latter part of last week. "Walt" looks prosperous and says the climate of North Dakota agrees with him admirable. He has recently been transferred to Hansboro, North Dakota and came down here to look over his old stomping grounds before taking charge of his new position. The Herald acknowledges a pleasant call. Clearwater (Minnesota) Herald D.M. Armour of Armourdale, was a pleasant caller at the Pioneer office yesterday. Claude Stearns opened the Pioneer Restaurant to the public Monday. Mrs. Manning, of Cartwright, was visiting with her daughter, Mrs. D.A. Blackburn of this place last week. D.A. Blackburn and wife visited for the past week with relatives and friends at Cartwright and Pilot Mound. They returned today. Maurice, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Browne, is quite ill, threatened with pneumonia. A party was held at the pleasant country home of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Leftwich, Monday evening. Duplicate whist was the order of the evening. Invitations are out for a grand Masque Ball at Cartwright, Wednesday evening, March 13. A number from Hansboro are making preparations to attend. The towns on the Farmers line should consider themselves fortunate so far as train service is concerned. Think of the towns on the Soo with no trains since the middle of November. Miss Amy Brightbill returned Tuesday on the belated train and school was reopened in the new school building yesterday. Miss Brightbill had a very pleasant vacation at the parental home near Cando. A fresh March wind drifted the cuts on the Farmers line full of snow Sunday and as a result there was no train until late Tuesday afternoon. The trains are now running on schedule again. March 14, 1907 G.N. LIMITED WRECKED Two Killed and Several Are Seriously Injured. A serious wreck occurred on the Great Northern last Friday evening near Ojata, a small station just out of Grand Forks. The east bound flyer, No. 2, was the ill-fated train, which was running late, but having received orders to get into Grand Forks ahead of No. 1, the engineer was driving his engine at about 60 miles per hour when the crash came. The wreck is attributed to a broken rail which ditched the tender, causing the derailment of the balance of the train. Five cars were more or less damaged. Two traveling men were instantly killed and one fatally injured. The dead are: W.C. Andrews, salesman for Wright, Barrett & Stillwell, the wholesale paper house of St. Paul and who for the past twenty years had served as a knight of the grip for his firm; and H.B. Lanager who represented the Avery Thresher Co. The fifth car in the train was the one in which the casualties occurred, the greater number of those who received injuries were also occupants of this coach. A relief train was at once sent to the scene of the wreck and the injured were taken to the Forks, where everything possible was done for their comfort. The wreck will probably cost the Great Northern in loss of equipment and damages about $75,000 and perhaps more. Later - It is reported that the third death has resulted form the wreck, in the person of Soren Madsen of Wilmot, South Dakota. His skull was crushed. HIS FINAL TRIP. W.C. Andrews, the salesman for Wright, Barrett & Stillwell who was killed in the wreck an Ojata, was making his last trip for the house and was on his way to St. Paul at the time of his untimely death. He was over 60 years of age, had for over 20 years made this territory, and was well known by the newspaper fraternity of this state. KILLED BY SNOW PLOW A telegram was received here Friday, which conveyed the sad news that the brother of L.W. Boise of this place had been accidentally killed at Waukapa. Mr. Boise left at once for that place. From him the Pioneer learns the following account of the accident. A crew of men were engaged in shoveling the snow out of a cut, while the engine with the snow plow was down the track taking water. This completed, a run was made for the cut where the men were at work. With little or no warning all but two of the workmen escaped. Mr. Boise and another man were less fortunate, being unable to get out in time. The other workman being thrown and badly injured, but Mr. Boise was literally ground to pieces. The remains were brought to St. John and from there were shipped to LaMoure for burial. The sympathy of the community is extended to the sorrowing family and relatives. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Lisbon had a mad dog scare. McVille is to have a fast ball team. Courtenay is to be in a new racing circuit. Hankinson wants a building association. Starkweather is to have a Republican paper. The Adams band has given its initial concert. Mayville has had an exceptionally health winter. New settlers are arriving in some sections of the state. Devils Lake will endeavor to get the Presbyterian College. There is a rapid movement of wheat in some parts of the state. Devils Lake has a good delegation in California this winter. Rowdies made themselves decidedly objectionable at Bisbee. The first marriage recently occurred an Vandalia, Williams County. Quarantine regulations have been generally enforced this winter. A special meeting was called at Willow City to organize a ball team. Williston had an epidemic of sprained ankles as a result of icy sidewalks. Several towns in the state are to vote on bond issues for school buildings. Osnabrock bot on the map with a railroad accident and a fire the same week. Poison, put out for wolves, killed some valuable hounds in Williams County. H. Wall of Rosehill, near Munich, lost all three children as a result of diphtheria. A grand Harbor blind pigger got out of the county just ahead of a deputy sheriff. An artificial lake may be secured for Sheldon and supplied from the artesian well. Cavalier County farmers are doing some lively hustling to get the farmers' railroad. The Mayville city schools were closed because some cases of diphtheria developed. A teamster and two farmers celebrated too much at Flaxton and the trio landed in jail. The Lisbon post office will become second-class after April 1, being advanced from third. F.N. Whitman who has been lessee of the Sevilla house at Devils Lake has purchased the building. Devils Lake hopes to be a passenger division of the Great Northern when the Aneta branch is opened. The boiler of the fire engine at Milton is out of commission and the Globe insists on repairs being made. Another rural telephone company has been organized at Oberon with ex-Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas as one of the interested parties. Two men were arrested at Drake on blind pig charges. One had neglected to appear in court after his release on bonds. The general manager of the Occident Elevator sent a check to the band at Pingree. It was burned and he sent another. A lot of North Dakota potatoes have been shipped to California. The irrigated potatoes are said to be coarse and flat compared to the Flickertail tuber. There was a racing meet on the Turtle Mountain reservation recently at which about 100 sports assembled and had a great time. Alexander had an epidemic of grip. Some towns are still receiving coal. A new city hall is assured for Oakes. Wyndmere joins in the demand for more houses. The people of Crosby want a local deputy sheriff. The Ryder band will celebrate with a big ball March 18. A lot of isolated land is being sold at he Bismarck land office. A special train was sent to Hannaford to get three cars of stock. A private telephone line has been organized by the farmers out of Wilton. The Oakes flour mill is to be enlarged to three times its present capacity. Nels W. Hawkinson is one of the busiest men in the northern part of the state. The drainage question is still a paramount one in many sections of the valley. Dunseith needs a school building and a sufficient sum cannot be raised by bonding. Fred Barquest of Wilton wanted to carve a man whose cattle had eaten Barquist's hay. Farmers were compelled to do a lot of road work as a result of the thaws and freeze-ups. The Northern Pacific had a close call from a wreck near Brinsmade. A rail was broken. A despondent and sick snow shoveler made an unsuccessful effort at suicide at Carrington. The Missouri River at Bismarck has reached the stage where it is dangerous to drive teams across. The farmers in the vicinity of Balfour met and discussed a plan to establish a farmers' elevator. Malhon Bailey of Dunseith lost all his household goods by fire, but managed to save the building. Seventy cars of freight were awaiting shipment at Garrison when the Soo opened up the line to that point. Hon. N.P. Rasmussen of valley City, who has been in St. Paul hospital for several weeks is much improved. Hannaford has a man who is a great jack rabbit hunter and is said to have once scared a rabbit to death. The prosecution of railroad men thought to be responsible for wrecks should have some effect in lessening the number of accidents. Stanley is expected to boom this summer with the extension of the Great Northern from that point and the number of new enterprises to be established. An ungrateful son in Wells County refused to care for his parents after they had deeded the farm to him. In suit in court the jury awarded the parents $2,000 damages. Some of the commercial clubs gave the state a black eye by telegraphing alarming reports regarding fuel shortage. They are now making an effort to counteract the effects of the stories. St. Thomas has a new plan that should work well in the smaller towns of the state. It has organized the farmers and the business men into a commercial club. All farmers within six miles of the town are eligible to membership. LOCAL NEWS Snow is getting scarce. Merchant O.L. Sande made a business trip to Devils Lake yesterday. Jimmie McCanna was up from the county seat Monday visiting with Hansboro friends. Mrs. Lovejoy, wife of salesman Lovejoy, who makes this territory for Gordon & Furgason of St. Paul, was one of those seriously injured in the great Northern wreck at Ojata last Friday evening. James Whalen, formerly a merchant at Cando was in Hansboro Monday looking over our town. He expressed himself as well pleased with out busy little village and may locate here and engage in the mercantile business. Roads are in bad order. Marcus Kessler has accepted a position with L.W. Boise. The Cando Democrat expects to install a linotype in the near future. B.L. Thomas, Neil McKay and the "Two Jims" McCanna and Whalen visited in Cartwright Tuesday. Nels J. Johnson, our popular butcher, was in Grand Forks a few days last week on business. He was on the train which followed the ill-fated flyer. S.M. Brown went to Rolla Monday. Hansboro needs a lawyer. A good opening. W.C. Haas and wife attended the dance at Cartwright last evening. Sherman Sterrett of Devils Lake was a business visitor in town the first of the week. George Woodward, the obliging manager for Messer & Fernyhough, made a trip to Devils Lake today. Andrew Dunphy is busy these days in hauling lumber for some new building to be put up on his farm this spring. In the condition in which the roads are at the present time, he is having no picnic, but says he is getting used to reloading. The old state bank building was moved to the lot of W.R. McGregor this week and will be somewhat remodeled for the use of the Hansboro Construction Co. The Starkweather News, Vol. 1, No. 1 came to our exchange table Saturday. It is well edited and newsy and the new lawyer-editor, Herbert Lewis may well feel proud of the second paper in that thriving little town. The Pioneer welcomes The News and wishes it success. The following obituary notice appeared in a western exchange: We knew him as old ten percent, The more he made, The less he spent. And if his soul to Heaven went; He'll own the harps And charge 'em rent. Mrs. B.L. Thomas is absent on a visit. The county commissioners will meet Monday, April 1. Peter Nelson left Tuesday on a business visit to Devils Lake. W.Frantzen and Stanley Hubeley were Cartwright visitors last evening. P.Olmstead the enterprising Egeland butcher, was in Hansboro between trains today. Cando has raised $1,400 for the support of a baseball team this season. The refrigerator car which has for some time been derailed on the siding, was put back on the track today. Walter Keith of Rock Lake visited Hansboro friends today. He reports everything doing nicely in our sister town. Harry Lord, of Cando, was attending to some business matters in Hansboro between trains yesterday. The state of North Dakota will have to put up $100,000 for the expenses of the present session of the legislature. And the state never paid so much for so little. Devil's Lake Journal There are four applicants for the appointment of "bed bug inspector", as the new office of hotel inspector is called. The people around Williston are exceedingly angry at the Grand Forks Herald for not publishing the statements send from the western part of the state that there had been no suffering this winter. Gov. John Burke has put "the lid" on at Bismarck, Mandan and Dickinson and will endeavor to prove that prohibition does prohibit. Sheriff James Taylor let the light of his countenance shine on our residents Tuesday. J.S. Conyers the popular Cando hardware merchant, made the Pioneer a call during a brief visit to Hansboro yesterday. John has just returned from a trip through the sunny south. Hon. C.H. Olson came over from Rolla Tuesday evening for the purpose of looking over our busy little town and to spend a day visiting with his son-in-law, B.L. Thomas. The Pioneer acknowledges a pleasant visit. The engine on the snow plow which came up Monday, while on the return trip to the Lake, met with a slight accident. Just below Olmstead the driving rod on one side snapped in two and made things lively for a few minutes. Fortunately no one was hurt and beyond the inconvenience of delaying the passenger train, no great damage was done. March 21, 1907 LOCAL NEWS D.M. Farrell expects to return to Hansboro in a couple of weeks. The storm the first of the week delayed railway traffic for a short time but everything is running smoothly again. The first shower of the season this afternoon. Frank Grimes returned the last of the week from his visit to Sigourney, Iowa. He reports an excellent time and had exceptionally fine weather all during his stay. A merry party of young folks drove over to Cartwright last evening to enjoy the skating at the ice rink. It is reported that the Ladies Aid Society are to give an Easter dinner at the opera house, Saturday, March 30. The Badger Band is to give another of their popular dancing parties at the opera house, Friday evening, March 29. A large crowd will undoubtedly be in attendance. Com. John Pound and John Rourke attended the Masonic meeting at Rolla Tuesday. A class of nine were conducted through the mysteries of the second. G.W. Chase, district manager for the M.B.A. is in the city. D.A. Blackburn, Marcus Kessler, Neil McKay and J.W. Schmidt were Rolla visitors Tuesday evening. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lawrence died last Saturday at 9 a.m. The little one had been ill for some weeks and grew rapidly worse and died in convulsions. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. The mighty reaper has seen fit to cut down this little flower and while it may seem hard to bear, yet the scriptures tell us that the "Lord gave; the Lord taketh away." The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of all. Mrs. M.E. VanOrder was ill several days this week. County Judge Mahood was up from the county capital yesterday shaking hands with old friends and making new ones. Grain thieves have for some time been operating on the Canadian side. N.A. Hunter of Cartwright is reported to have lost considerable grain. The mounted police arrested a suspect today. The following story is being told on J.A. Mahood our genial county judge. When he had been in office only a short time, a young couple from Bisbee came to him to be "hitched". James performed the ceremony nicely and the bride, who handled the purse, handed over a couple of dollars. The judge thanked her and started to attend to some other business when the bride who appeared to be hesitating about something said: "Haven't you forgotten something?" Jim almost blushed as he stepped over to the bride, gave her a fatherly smack on the cheek and said: "Guess I did forget it." The bride with a scream, retorted: "I didn't mean that; I meant that you had forgotten to give me the change back" and she bounced out of the room. Owing to the storm the sale of S.M. Brown and John K. Eckles were postponed to Saturday and Monday. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Egeland had its first fire. Tolna wants incorporation. Oakwood has organized a nighthawk society. Petty thieves have been at work near Linton. Portal may organize a gymnasium and athletic club. The monthly band concerts at Williston are enjoyed. There are fears of a labor shortage to the state this year. There are complaints at Fessenden of too many loose horses. A resident Congregational minister may be secured for Drake. Walter L. Strike of Stanley lost his home and personal effects by fire. Well drillers have reached Dickey and are preparing to tape the earth. The Bismarck post office is to be moved into new and larger quarters. A raid was made on the children's birthday bank in the M.E. Church at Dickinson. Will Murray, a former resident of Steele, was recently drowned in the Columbia River. Farmers in the western part of the state are planting big acreages of flax this year. About a dozen young men around Willow City have made application to join the navy. Some Missouri River boats were caught in the ice and it is feared they will be crushed. Andy Thornson had a leg crushed by a dynamite explosion in the reservoir at Stanley. Oscar Webb, colored, was held for trial under $1,500 at Williston on a perjury charge. The Northland elevator at Poland was burned and 22,000 bushels of wheat were lost. Archie Gann, a Flaxton boy who is in the navy wrote an interesting letter to friends at home. Arrests were made at Wilton because farmers kept their teams hitched in the field too long. Two big wolves have been seen near Fessenden and the hunters are endeavoring to get their hides. The family of S.J. Hagg of Linton narrowly escaped asphyxiation. Some of the members were very ill. The realty business in North Dakota will be good this spring despite the malicious reports of the knockers. A young man was arrested at Ashley and held to the district court on the charge of stealing an overcoat. The condition of ex-postmaster Harley of Walhalla is much improved as a result of his treatment at the state hospital. The horses stolen from near Wilton were recovered on the west side of the river, where they were abandoned by the thieves. Two boys were arrested for looting Miss Jeanie Mathews' claim shack near Velva. They may be sent to the reform school. Some of the claimholders who took a vacation under the order that they could leave their homesteads during the extreme cold weather, are back again - serving time. Gus Czernitzki of Sherwood deserted his wife and four children for another woman and went to Canada. After many months he was arrested at Moosejaw and brought back to Minot. Attorney C.A.M. Spencer of Grafton has gone on an extended western trip and will remain until the Shriners have their blow-out in Los Angeles. The homesteaders don't fear the investigation of the special agents prior to making their final proofs but they dread the delay and the red tape. Berwick had a fire scare. Medina has a glass blower. Dickinson is going after an armory. Courtenay expects another hotel soon. There is a row at Warwick over gossip. Two Wolves were recently seen near Mayville. Home talent presented an Irish play at Walcott. Speaker Twichell is being boosted for the governorship. The Richland County jail was empty for an entire week. Dealers in fanning mills have been doing a big business. Waller Bros. of Kensal will remove to Stillwater, this state. Ellendale citizens want the Milwaukee to erect a new depot. One of the Casselton banks has added a savings department. Wahpeton people held a mass meeting to consider a citizens' ticket. Sheldon has organized a fire department with J.L. Chamberlain as chief. Pat Hayes resigned as marshal at Mohall and Pat McGrath succeeded him. Farmers are telling of seeing gophers frisking around on the snowbanks. A sixteen-team of the Royal Neighbors at Hankinson will give a public drill. A brick factory is a possibility at Bowbells. A fine bed of clay has been found. Hankinson is rejoicing over all-night telephone service at the local exchange. Efforts are being made to run an excursion on the new Soo line west of Flaxton. Sargent County continues to come to the front on mixed farming and stock raising. The smaller towns with high schools are well pleased with the legislation for state aid. A capitalist has planned to put in a flour mill at either Forman or Cogswell this summer. The Northern Pacific is hurrying the construction of a big reservoir between Tower City and Oriska. Frank White, formerly of LaMoure, was terribly injured in the Minnesota woods where he was operating a sawmill. Dr. Coe, formerly of Mandan, has returned from a trip to Panama and says that the work is getting along nicely. Two boys in Bottineau County took a telephone pole for fuel and were arrested. The case was afterwards dismissed. L.L. Traegloan is erecting a feed mill on his farm near Sheldon to grind stuff for his stock and for those of his neighbors. The committee appointed to solicit funds for the new city hall at Oakes raised $1,800 and will be able to get a total of $5,000. Oscar Hiedanen of Logan County, who shot Alex Parvey, will be examined by the board of sanity to determine his mental condition. Misses Ford and Hermanson of Wahpeton, whose eyes were injured by an explosion of some chemicals, will probably recover their sight. Brakeman Maupin of the Great Northern was caught between the engine and a snowdrift at Berthold and rolled around for several rods but escaped serious injury. The Stack boy at Hankinson who fell into a burning straw stack, is recovering from his injuries and aside from being badly scarred will not be much the worse for his terrible experience. The second wife of Anton Besold, who killed his first, is suing for a divorce from her husband, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for his crime. Besold formerly resided at Hankinson but the crime occurred at Los Angeles, California. Mrs. Lemery who was a litigant at Grand Forks over the estate of David Lemery of Inster, with whom she had lived for many years as his wife without securing a divorce from a former husband, recently died in Ontario. March 28, 1907 NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Balfour is long on detectives. The price of barley is booming. Minto is to have a roller skating rink. The creamery at Jamestown is to be sold. Sharon has organized a new state bank. It may be possible to reform Bismarck. Kensal is getting rid of some undesirables. Denhoff people have invested in Cuban lands. Grain cleaners and smut mills have had a big sale. Wahpeton appears satisfied with the present officials. Efforts are being made to organize a band at Bowdon. Grand Forks will ask for bids on eight kinds of paving. Evangelistic meetings at Grand Forks will be concluded. Better equipment is wanted for the Minot fire department. The officials at Valley City have killed off unmuzzled dogs. The firemen of Hatton have decided to start a savings account. The business men of Hansboro have ordered the lid on gambling. The farmers at Columbus, Ward County will erect an elevator. The contract has been let for the telephone system at Bowdon. Efforts are being made to secure a cracker factory at Wahpeton. Fred Burrows of Hankinson was injured in a runaway at Lidgerwood. The people of Hatton want more improvements by the Great Northern. There is a renewal of the discussion over the division of McLean County. Prof. Carr will probably succeed Postmaster Holmes of Kensal, resigned. Freight service on the McHenry branch of the Northern Pacific is to be improved. The proposition for a new school building at Rugby won out at the recent election. A new telephone line will be constructed out of Maddock to be known as the Albert line. Opposition to unrestricted hunting by strangers is increasing among the farmers of the state. The business men of Dickinson are enthusiastic over the commercial club and are sure to secure results. State's Attorney A.T. Patterson of Bismarck resigned as an alderman, but Landlord Ed Patterson hangs on. A Milnor teacher discovered that the better the skating the lower the standing of the pupils in their studies. J.J. Moede of Hillsboro had a narrow escape from death in the wreck on the Great Northern near Ojata. The telephone girls at Dickinson went on a strike for higher wages. They had been employed at $20 per month. Reginald Stull of Cavalier had his feet frozen during the past winter and recently a pair of his toes were amputated. Judge Hosmer of Wilbur, Nebraska who was arrested by the Wahpeton officials, has been convicted in his home state of embezzlement. An Emmons County shipper attempted to take sheep out of the state without proper inspection and was put to a lot of additional expense. Auction sales don't always mean that the man conducting them is busted, but it means in many cases that he has made so much money farming he is ready to retire and enjoy life. Gov. Burke's announcement of a war on the blind pigs is a rude shock to some people who thought he would not assist in the enforcement of the law. A Lansford man went to Kramer on a visit last winter, intending to remain a day. The Soo train became blockaded and he remained four weeks, finally driving home. The farmers around Sheldon are advocating the planting of trees on every section line. Lumber is high and scarce. Park River is to have a real hand. Garrison is to have a new cemetery. Minot is having another briquetting boom. Rugby may have a race meeting July 3, 4 and 5. St. Thomas will go up against Evangelist Hunt. The Salvation Army held meetings at Rock Lake. Ingle Hanson of Oakes died at Bismarck of cancer. More artesian wells are being put down near Buffalo. The bachelors at Antelope Butte Ranch have organized. McHenry has organized a commercial club and will grow. Congressman Gronna has returned from the national capitol. Ten Philadelphians are planning to spend the summer at Cando. The Mutual Telephone Company of McHenry as been organized. The baseball fans at Cando have raised $1,400 for a ball team. Steele County blind piggers are said to be up against the real thing. Mr. and Mrs. Holden of Balfour celebrated their golden wedding. The small town of Russell is figuring on water works and sewers. Tower City ladies will send a donation to the Women's home in Fargo. Harold Fife, near Walhalla, lost his home and personal property by fire. The Cogswell Hall association held a meeting and had some cash on hand. There will be no trouble in raising funds at Balfour for a farmers' elevator. Dickey struck a well at the depth of 1,100 feet and a fine flow of water was secured. Amateur theatricals are still the rage in many smaller towns in the state. A tough joint at Leeds was raided and the women given an opportunity to skip. The school officials of the state still demand a codification of the educational laws. The new abstract law is expected to be a great improvement over the former measure. The northwestern part of the state is securing a lot of wide awake, enterprising settlers. The Bottineau school district now covers two complete townships and may be divided. Bottineau people are anxious to have the buildings for the school of forestry erected at once. There were four criminal and fifteen civil cases on the calendar for the Ashley term of court. Postmaster Gunderson of Binford got gay with a pair of roller skates and broke his arm. Ole Johnson was fined $50 and sentenced to thirty days in jail at Hope on a wife-beating job. The railroad commission furnished about the only diversion in the last legislative session. It is claimed that the Turtle Mountain Indians will be removed from this state to Poplar, Montana. The Soo is to extend its Flaxton line through Williams County and ten more towns will be added. The people of Rolette County didn't enthuse over the loss of one representative in the reapportionment. The Crary Creamery Co. ran $1,200 in the hold during the past two seasons and its future is problematical. Bismarckers regret the resignation of N.P. Agent Hughes, who has decided to tackle the insurance business. Sargent County is interested in raising high grade stock and the breeders ship animals all over the Northwest. A man held in jail at Rolla for theft at St. John can't get tried, as the term of the district court has again been postponed. Dispatcher Barrett of the Northern Pacific at Jamestown has gone to Savannah, Georgia where he has accepted a similar position on the Atlantic Coast line. March 28, 1907 LOCAL NEWS The Big Coulee to the west is reported to be on a rampage. George Woodward, the gentlemanly manager for Messer & Fernyhough, visited with friends in St. John several days the past week. Contractors are busy this week figuring on the new hardware store and machinery hall which Brown Brothers will commence building at an early date. The building is to be 50 x 50 with an annex and will be a credit to our little city. The John K. Eckles farm sale of stock and machinery was held Monday, and in spite of the disagreeable weather a large crowd was in attendance and everything sold at a good figure. Col. Brittain came up from Rock Lake to cry the sale, but got it into his head that owing to the bad roads and stormy weather, there would be no crowd and so went back to the home roost. Once you fooled yourself, Jim. A petition has been circulated by Thomas Parslow, and has been signed by over eighty taxpayers and free-holders, praying the County Commissioners to cause two bridges to be built across the east and west forks of the Badger on the section line due east from Hansboro. These bridges are badly needed and if built will probably directly benefit more people than would be the case in any other part of the county. The county to the east of Hansboro is shut off from a market both in the spring and fall because of the absence of these bridges, and it is hoped the Commissioners will see the necessity, and order the bridges built as soon as possible. With the warm weather, the roads are breaking up and travelers will have no picnic for a couple of weeks. Auctioneer Brittain informs us of the arrival at his home of another "Little Sunny Jim" last week. At the preliminary hearing of Moody, the young man arrested at Cartwright, on the charge of grain stealing, the defendant was discharged. We are informed that Chas. O. Kauffman, formerly agent at this place, and who went to Switzerland last fall for a visit, has returned and will probably take a position with the F.G. & S. Co., at either Rock Lake or Newville. The U.S. is good enough for Charley. Word was received by the Pioneer from F.L. Thompson, who with his family have spent the winter in Florida. The genial judge says it is hot and plenty of it down there and that Roy and Mrs. Thompson would leave there on the 27th inst. For Cando, while F.L. will visit the western coast for a couple of weeks. Mrs. George Wilson is visiting friends down the lien. One of the Seven Wonders of the West, the Soo has its line open. Bootleggers are said to be plentiful in various localities in the state. A heavy snow fell Tuesday, but Old Sol made short work of it. Result - more moisture, bigger crops and more prosperity. Hard coal is no longer a curiosity in this town, several cars having arrived this week. No more soot and smoke, thank goodness. The papers from the southern and western parts of the state report the arrival of the ducks and geese. None here yet but get ready. Wm. Disher had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse yesterday. The animal stepped into a badger hole and broke its leg and it had to be shot. Snow all disappeared - except in spots. Peter Nelson returned Saturday from a business trip down the line. The Badger Band is to give another of their popular dancing parties at the opera house, Friday evening, March 29. A large crowd will undoubtedly be in attendance. S.M. Brown held his auction sale Saturday and the farmers took advantage of the excellent weather and turned out en masse and as a consequence the bidding was spirited and everything sold at top notch prices. Sam is more than satisfied with results. Clarence Crum returned Tuesday from a visit of three weeks with friends and relatives in the western part of the state. He narrates some odd experiences but withal a pleasant trip. He was stalled for nine days on the "Trans-Siberian" railway as the Flaxton branch of the Soo is called out in that country, but the blockade was finally broken and he got back to "God's country." He says that thirty miles of this branch the grade is built on flax straw covered with dirt. The way the Soo is hustling supplies up that branch before the thaw effects that piece of grade, is a caution. Mrs. Neil McKay is visiting friends at Killarney. John E. Brown has been suffering from an attack of tonsillitis the past few days. Merchant J.R. Crum has been on the sick list for the past few days, but is feeling somewhat better at this writing. Hansboro has another lodge. The C.M.A. organized lodge No. 5434 this week, and the boys promise some stirring times in the near future. A little visitor arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilson last Saturday. "It's a seven pound boy" Billy said proudly as he handed us a fragrant Havana. All doing well. James and Thomas Whalen and Thomas Martin came up from Cando the last of the week, looking over our little city. We understand they are looking up a location for a general store and have about come to the conclusion that Hansboro is one of the best locations in the northern part of the state. You need not guess again, gentlemen. There is no better.