| Summary: | PEMBINA. A word that has appeared upon the maps of the United States for more than a century. In the beginning of the Nineteenth century Pembina designated a vast "unknown" country tributary to the Red River of The North. A few simple, rustic and unpolished facts regarding the County which now bears the name "Pembina" will no doubt interest all into whose hands this little folder finds its way White man first took up his abode in Pembina county more than a century and a quarter ago. Owing to the abundance of vegetation and other things essential to their sustainance, vast herds of buffalo and other wild animals inhabited its prairies, consequently it was the "happy hunting grounds of the Indian. The early history of Pembina county is chronicled in the journals of the explorers sent out by the Hudson Bay and Northwest Fur companies who visited the valley of the Red River as early as 1779. These journals are now in the Canadian government Historical Library at Ottawa. The Northwest Fur company established a trading post where the present city of Pembina now stands along about 1800. According to the journals of Captain Henry, a N-W Fur company explorer, "420 bushels" of potatoes were taken from his garden at Pembina in the year 1803. Owing to their desire to follow agricultural pursuits, no doubt, the hardy Scotch settlers, about 50 of whom took refuge during the winter of 1812 in Pembina, laid the foundation for the Red River Valley's greatness in the Agricultural world. That tract of land within the present counties of Cass, Trail, Grand Forks Nelson, Steele, Cavalier, Walsh and Pembina, including a portion of Richland, Barnes and Ransom counties, was on January 9th, 1867, organized as Pembina county. Originally Pembina county had more land area than the present state of New Jersey or Massachusetts. Pembina county at the present time is less than ten per cent of its original size. It now consists of a fertile tract of land, about 1100 square miles in area in the north easfcorner of North Dakota. The greater portion of Pembina county consists of what is known as the "Red River Valley" lands, famed the world over as the finest of wheat lands. The Red River Valley is sometimes called "The Nile Valley of the Western Hemisphere or "The Bread Basket of the World." Pembina county soil derives it's great agricultural fertility from the lacustrine sediments deposited in the deep, still waters of "Glacial Lake Agassiz," now extinct. In the deep, quiet waters of this ancient lake only the finer material and sediments were deposited. Pembina county soil not only produces the finest of wheat, but excellent yields of oats, barley, corn, potatoes, etc. With its rich soil, wooded streams and rivers it is also well adapted to diversified agriculture. Pembina county ranks thirty-first among the forty-nine counties in North Dakota in land area; leads all the counties as to acreage in natural or planted forest trees, standing along with the top- notchers ps to acreage in grains, cereals and forage crops. Better than ten per cent of the county's improved lands were in hay and forage crop during 1909, according to the United States thirteenth census. Pembina county has 23 organized townships; 6 incorporated cities, 4 organized villages and 8 unorganized villages. School and church facilities unexcelled. Over 14,000 healthy, happy, prosperous people who extend a cordial welcome to any good citizen wanting to better his or her condition in life, to come and be one of them. TAX ITEMS Two classes of taxes. Taxes on personal property and taxes on real estate. Taxes on both classes become due on December 1, each year. Real estate taxes are a lien on the property against which tax is spread; personal taxes are a lien on any property, real or personal, owned by the persons liable for tax. Both real and personal taxes become delinquent March 1st followingdate due. Real estate taxes, if paid between March 1, and May 31, following, (both dates inclusive.) a penalty of 5 per cent is added and a further penalty of 2 per cent is added if paid between June 1st and October 31st. All real estate on which taxes remain unpaid on Novmber 1 following date same became due, are advertised for sale. Cost of advertising and additional penalties are charged up against land. Sale of such property takes place on Second Tuesday in December. On Personal property taxes a penalty of 5 per cent attachs March 1st, and a further penelty of 1 per cent attaches on first of each month thereafter. On October 15th personal taxs are placed in the hands of sheriff for collection. ELECTION POINTERS Every male citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States, and who has resided in the state one year, in the county six months and in the precinct ninety days next preceeding any election is entitled to vote. Any woman having the qualifications enumerated above as to age, residence and citizenship, may vote for all school officers and upon all questions pertaining to school matters. General election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November biennial. Polls open at 8 a. m. and continue open until 5 p. m. same day. Voter is limited to five minutes in which to mark his ballot and vote. Voter is limited to three ballots in case voter spoils ballot. Title created by staff.
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