Morris tribune., 1883-10-13

eled through Dakota and Montana III
pursuit of something more lovely; has
returned, and says he does not care 50
much for what he spent on his wild
goose chase, but it makes him mad to
think he cannot buy his old farm back
at any price.
I He says he has big money to bet on
| if. that if the amount of work now
usually put upon eighty acres, is put
upon forty, that the forty acres will
produce the most wheat and Il much
better grade. He also says, that rs Il
general thing, the best grades come
! from the best cultivated fields.
The showers Of the queer, and count
erfeiters, who have been operating at
| Du,nth for SOFAS time back, did not
know how much interest the public
| felt in their welfare, until they were
notified that they could have THERE
penses paid to 81. Paul, ANA could oc-
cupy II large Two story stone building
there free Of Charge, called in English,
Jail.
The Willmar people not being able
| to agree as to the exact lot where the
new hotel shouId be located, ali points
of the compass being equally represent
ed, have made arrangements with
| Benson to bcep its h"trl guests over
night and IL send them back III the
morning, where whitman will prepare
them Il warm hrva,l Mast on the side
walk,
There will DC meeting of the
Board of Trade Of Morris ut the rooms
of the First National Bank on Mon
day October 15th at half past seven, to
consider the wheat question, and such
other business rs may come before it.
AS the question to be taken under
consideration is Of great Importance
to us all, it is h"pcd all the members
Of the board will be present at the
| meeting.
1t is nip and tuck between the COM
pletion of OR court house and the ar
rival Of cold weather, but We bCiicVr
the court house will COME in several
| lengths ahead. The roof is all on, The
chimneys are up, the windows i'll, the
cells are in the jail, some plastering
| finished, while the remainder Is under
good Roadway, the floors are going
down, aud, generally speaking, it
looks as if it would soon be fiji she'd.
There is considerable talk about out
siders having purchased, or rented, the
round elevator at this plaza, but we
do not think that either has been done
yet. The ones who get possession OF
it, will probably have to give some
assurance that it will be managed in
the interest of Morris in the handling
wheat, or they may not get it. AS
soon as the farmers are through thresh-
ing and blowing, wheat will come in
at such rate as TO require all three Of
the elevators to handle it, and 10y that
time something definite regarding its
occupany may be known.
The present condition Of the wheat
market is very unsatisfactory. Com
plants are general, and there must be
some cause for them. This wrong is
working double injury. 1t is keep
ing farmers away from town and de-
priving Morris merchants of trade
which naturally belongs to them. The
remedy is to be found in genuine COM
petition. That Morris can give better
prices and grades, is not to be doubted.
On account of her position and easy
eccess to Duluth and Minneapolis,
buyers here should offer prices which
will attract rather than repel the grain,
and we believe the business men OF
Norris should unite and demand that
those who control local elevators give
high enough grades and prices at least
to hold the wheat which naturally be-
longs here, and if this is refused, lease,
buy, or build an. elevator and them
selves buy grain and pay what it is
worth. If the business men Of Morris
sit quietly down while their trade is
slipping away from them, without
making an effort to correct the present
state of affairs, their mettle is of a diff
ferent kind from what we think.