St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-07

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and was put into trundle bed to sleep. The
Larimore Leader relates that the next day he
thought he would better himself If possible,
so he called on another Norwegian friend,
and was at once invited to spend the night
with him. Ben accepted the invitation, very
reluctantly, though, remembering his expert
ence of the night before, and he wondered
many times during the evening where he was
going to sleep, as he could see but one bed,
while there was not room enough in the
9 o'clock Ben commenced to
yawn, stretch himself and rub his eyes.
His host saw what troubled him, and told
him there was the bed, to get in. Ben did
not like the idea very well, he did not like to
rob his friend of his bed, and he told him so,
when the old woman spoke up and said,
'ENever mind US, Mr.. Click. you are small,
YOU know, and can sleep in the middle"
Ben says that he will wait until July or Au-
gust, when the snow is not as deep as now,
before he takes another trip to Northwood, so
that he will be able to get back on the same
day.
There is growing opposition to the scheme
and bill prepared by the late United States
grand jury at Fargo, to provide for leasing
the school lands. One of the papers says:
We do not know whether there is a colored
gentleman concealed in this wood pile or
not. The endorsement of nineteen grand
jurors would seem to commend it, and we
have nothing to say against the grand jurors
except that they We're called together for a
different purpose, and that in this respect
they probably do not represent the wishes of
the people. The people do not want any
such provision. They want the school lands
left open as public commons until they shall
have the power to sell them. The lands are a
sacred trust for the common schools OF the
future state. Nobody should be allowed to
settle upon them on any pretext whatever.
Nobody should be allowed to pillow or cult
vate them. They should be preserved intact,
and all risks of lessening their
value when they are sold should be avoided.
What congress should do is, not to pass any
measure for leasing these lands, but one
making it penal offence. with ample pro-
vision for enforcement, for any one to tres
pass upon them. This would put a stop to
the yearly blowing of whole school sections
by bonanza farmers. Mr.. Raymond will be
asked to work for the passage of the bill. He
should not do it.
None will question that these lands should
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There is no doubt that they are in many
cases being unlawfully cultivated and what
timber there is on them taken.
Reports of storms and billiards. in north
Dakota recently found in Chicago, St. Louis
and other eastern papers are very strongly
colored. A st. Louis Globe Democrat at hand
has a leading editorial discussing the biz
Zard subject as a misfortune to Dakota. The
jamestown Ale,t states that the st. Paul agent
of the Associated Press telegraphed there to
know why no accounts had been sent Of
blizzard. The Alert replies: Had there been
blizzard of sufficient consequence to make
a local notice, to say nothing about tele-
graphing it all over the world through the
agency of the Associated Press, and
the Alert had neglected to men
ton it, the implied rebuSe of
the press agent would have been accepted
with becoming humility, but jamestown
people will bear US evidence that the only
blizzard of the season was here trivial affair
of few hours duration, warm, and hardly
disagreeable. There are in jamestown a
number of news agents who send sensa-
tional Specials to eastern papers and fill
their column with little incidents magnified
out of all proportion to please ignorant
readers. The mails have not been delayed at
jamestown this winter more than few
hours, and not storm of sufficient i'm
portance to merit national comment has oc-
Cured.
The local editor of the Valley City Times
has spent several weeks as juror in the
district court in session at Fargo, and used
spare time in compiling statements of this
sort.
1t costs Uncle Sam quite sum to protect
the sanctity of his mails, prevent the strip
ping of school timber lands, discover the
minor infractions of the revenue laws, and
keep inviolate the stomachs of his copper
colored wards from the insiduous influences
of the white mans firewater, which are the
principal violations of the statutes engaging
the attention of the district court. of the
United States in session at Fargo. Up to
within few days ago as much as ST, 900
had heen paid out in the prosecution of the
above class of offenders. But two
petty convictions have thus far been
had. In one case the defendant was found
guilty of selling whisky to soldiers and In
dams, with his temporary base of supplies on
an executive reservation. The other Uittle
Fisher, for smuggling stolen horse across
the line) vas pronounced guilty by the jury
upon the facts, but escaped penalty, Judge
Hudson deciding that within the meaning of
the law stolen goode are not dutiable. Aside
from these cases several woodlands plead
guilty and were fined So. In none of the
above cases were the defendants able to re-
compense the government in fines for even
a minor portion of the outlay in convicting
them