The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-09-28
! DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.
Swelling the dakota Census.
MINIATURES. Special. Telegram, Sept 90
Hon. u F. ]. Moller. who has bsen working
during tho past year in E lgland and Europe
in tho interest OF tho immigration department
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
company, has returned, aud the Sompanv's
Office at Copenhagen, Denmark, of which Mr..
Moller has been in charge for seven months, Il
closed. Moller has for fourteen years been
Danish consul for this State and Michigan, and
later was State emigration agent here under
Gov. Fairchild's administration, and IL prob.
ably one of the best posted men GU matters per-
tanning to European emigration in tho West
Mr.. Moller stated his afternoon that the emf.
grafton from Germany, Denmark, Sweden and
| eastern Dako a-will, i'll all probability, be
greater tho coming year than ever known be-
| fore. The interest that han been awakened in
those countries in regard to Dakota is some-
! thing surprising The steamship companies
| are al, eady getting in their work through their
agents in anticipation OF tho exodus, and q rich
harvest is in store for the railway aud steam.
| ship companies that can secure the prestige OF
the first patronage next season. Mir. Molle,
had printed and distributed nearly 1OO, OOU
pamphlets descriptive Of Dakota throughout
tile four countries named in the different Ian.
guages required. and is in receipt of many
letters since reaching home asking for further
information. s4.
Devils Lake Inter. Ocean: Hon. H.
w. Hill, who has given the matter care
fnl attention, says there are now 10000
acres of land ready for crops in the
spring in the vicinity of the city Of
DEVILS Lake, and that there will be
5000 more broken before the season
closes, making total of $4,000 acres.
OF this, probably 1900 acres will be put
into wheat, which will yield not less
than Is bushels per acre the first season,
amounting to 375, 900 bushels, or at least
$3.50, 0W for the wheat crop alone, leav.
ing 10000 acres for potatoes, oats vege-
tables, etc. This is quite promising
outlook. That vegetables are cultivated
here of the choicest quality, was pretty
wagon load brought home last Wednes-
day by Thomas Reagan from his farm on
Dry lake. It was composed of cabbage,
sweet corn, caulifower. beets, potatoes,
citrons and turnips, some Of the latter
measuring eleven inches in diameter,
and al! being of very fine quality. There
is much demand for this class of produce
now, and at good prices, and gardening
viii! certainly be a most remunerative
business next spring. Mr.. Reagan has
one OF the finest farms in this vicinity.
V. B. Davis of Huron, land attorney
recently disbarred from practiclng, was
arrested at that place recently on the
charge of certifying falsely in CONN., tion
with four timber culture filings in 1880.
-Four members of q family named Beat
tie, in Illinois, are the parties for WON
he acted, none of them being present
when he mad their filings at the Mitch
ell office, in the fall of 1880. Davis waived
examination before United States Com
missioner Metcalf, and was bound over
to the United States court in $1,000.
Special Agent James caused Davis ar
rest. !....
The Brookings Press says between six
and seven undred dollars apiece is
what the wheat will bring each man,
woman and child in 9rooking county, to
say nothing of the amount of stock and
other crops.
A writer in the Spearfsh Register
shows how Lawrence county can earn
$4,000 year by the refunding and
funding loans secured to the county, by
Councilman Wasbabaugh.
The Pioneer of the 18th says: Four
handsome silver bricks, averaging O,25
ounces each, were brought over from
the Sitting Bull to-day, the result of four
days run upon ordinary ore.
Dakota is this year assessed at ST, 0OO,-
600 against $50, 900 last year and $780,
600, 900 two years since. Assessors have
rated cattle in some counties at Is per
head. and in others at $35. There is
similar une venness in other articles.
The proposition to issue $4,000 to
build a court house at Grand Rapids
for La Moure county was lost at the
recent election by two votes, the vote
standing 178 against and 176 for.
w. w. Morehouse of Ransom county
had twelve acres of oats on his farm
from which he realized 1900 bushels.
It took twenty pounds of Irvine to bind
the bundles.
Over 5000 bushels of wheat have
been shipped from Valley City thus
far this season H4
The First National bank capital of
Bismarck has been increased from $780,
900 to 100000.
:, At Clearwater, the house of Miss Rine-
heart was blown over. Miss Rinehear5
and lady friend with babe, who were
in the house, escaped to neighbours
half mile away, crawling most of the
distance through the RAIN, hail and wind
They were not severely injured, but
completely exhausted. In Harold sever
al claim shanties were wrecked.
Lightning struck the store Of Basford
q Cooley, in the new town of Canora, in
Miner county, recently, destroying the
building and its contents, valued at 81 200.
A dilapidated old man, with sorry
looking horse, took in the Sioux Falls
sports about $500 worth on running
race the other day.
Peter Hoffman, living near De Smet,
fell from stack upon pitclfork, re.
ceiving injuries from which he cannot
recover.
w. G. Metcalf has been appointed
United States commissioner at Mitchell
in place of Mr.. Dillon, resigned.
Bread Cast Upon the Waters.
From the Newport, B. L, Mercury.
At the opening of the new First Baptist
Church in Norwich recently, Capt. Ebene-
ger Morgan, OF Groton, who is well known
as one Of the most liberal men in his de-
nomination, the Baptist, presided. In the