Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-03-17
4 Nuachausen From Dakota.

4 Nuaohausen From Dakota.
ayes, sir" observed the Dakota man,
q he picked up his hat and prepared to
depart. "The only thing we are troubled
With ~ lack Of labor. We've tried every
thing, but tho hands make fortune the
iirst week or two and start right on for
themselves We are population OF cap
italists, and it looks as though We might
70 - the wall for want Of poor men to do
she heavy work."
"Hsve you tried Chinamen''' asked the
1sgle's editor.
"Trisd everything Now, there's China
Dsu, last fall wanted to gctln my cotton.
Dakets grows the finest cotton in the
world, and my crop was up to $500 bale.
Couldat hire man except few preach
srv, who were only getting twelve or tif-
teen thousand year and were willing to
make few hundred day extra ~ work.
ins in the field. So put in thousand
gross of Cinnamon to pick that cotton
"How did you come out'' inquired the
editor, becoming interested.
"Didn't come out at all! Amt out yet!
Why, sir, that cotton was so white and so
arm that those Cinnamon just rolled it up
in little pellets and boiled it for rice and
sts it up! Lost million and half OF
bales! Lucky for me, it was only the Sec
ond crop of the season, and I managed to
pu!l through with the third and fourth,
I'd been busted. Chinese won't do sir;
won't do"
II should think you would train your
Indians and pnt them at it," suggested the
editor.
"That's been tried, SIR" replied the Da-
kota man. "It's no use. Year before
last had to call all hands of to run up
new lead in my gold mine that just
started back of the house to amuse the
children, and put the whole Sioux ma
tion down in my meadow gathering rice.
You zee, you can't get rise anywhere like
you can get in Dakota, and while l didn't
really need the crop thought I'd take it
IN. Well, cir, those savages worked tooth
and nail for two months, and finally they
rot it all in. But it did no good"
"Why not!' queried the editor.
"Why nots' Because those ill-begotton
sbor,gines just bored IN auger hole though
Zach last grain of rice and wentleap- frog
einx around the farm with the whole crop
hung around them for ornaments. 1t may
surprise you when tell you that only
rot one grain Of rico out Of that crop, but
its . fact had it cut OF round, and
now use it for grindstone. Then there's
the half breeds from over the line; they're
terTer!''
"Can't you do anything with them'"
askod the astounded editor.
"Wsll, should remark to the contrary!"
explained the Dakota man. II organized
eighteen regiments of 'em to loox after
nv tobacco this winter. You know its 80
warm up there that you can only grow
tobacco during the cold snaps; and then
you have to hire gangs to hold umbrellas
over it, SOS to keep the sun off. l got
these half breeds down and started 'em in.
They were SO lazy they neglected it and
the whole tobacco crop was sunstruck. 1t
caught fire, and when left it was burning
yet"
"Lost it oil, ehH' murmured the par
slyxed editor
''No, make little something out Of it.
You zee, Dakota soil is rich, soft loan,
sbout seven miles deep and very easy to
work. 50 run pipes from my farm over
into Minnesota, and down into Nebraska
and Wisconsin, and made connections
with the houses. All man in those states
has to do now is to pick up his mouth
piece and smoke; The amount is rcgu-
lated by meter and don t come out dead
loser on the deal, but no more half breeds
for me! I'm through with that truck!
And I'm through with Swedcs, too; now
YOU hear me shout!S
Thought they were most industrious
racer"
$50 they are, and there's the trouble;
ordered several carloads from lhc east and
put 'em to work watching my sugar cane
The trouble with cane in that country is
It grows too fast, and wanted hands tC
keep it back. Well, sir, those dog gone
Swedes just went in, ant. before l knew
II that cane was three quarters OF a milt
hish and the moiasses running all ovcl
everything Washed away my house ant
barns and stock, and fooded the Who'll,
district. Ididn't care for that because
could afford it; but all the game on th'
prairie got stuck fast in the stuff ant