St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-06

Jim river valley, gives this statement, which
may be regarded as fair average Of that
section: 81 have raised three crops-mostly
wheat and oats. Ny best average Of wheat
has been twenty-six bushels and the lowest
fifteen: best of oats seventy-fve, lowest forty
FIVE. The average yield of wheat in Michi.
gan is twelve bushels, or three bushels under
my minimum yield. Altogether l like the
climate better than any other. California
would suit better in the winter, but the sum-
mers in Dakota are really delightful. The
winters are no more severe than in Michigan
or New York As for fuel, it will gradually
become cheaper as we discover coal at nome
grow timber and get lower freight rates"
This, from the Steele Herald, is about the
way the matter is looked at in North Dakota;
II any other name than North Dakota 10
given to that portion of the territory lying
north Of the forty-sixth parallel, there will be
such howl go up from this section that it
Will make the congressman at Washington
fairly shivec in their boots. II there is to be
change OF name as a result of division, our
friends of the south half will find that their
northern neighbors will vote against division
almost to man. The name of North
Dakota is ours, and what is ours we intend
to keep. Our section has made Dakota what
it is, and we are not going to be cheated out
of onr hard-earneG laures. North Dakota it
is, and North Dakota it should remain.
The question has been raised at La Moure
in regard to the right of Mr.. Moon, presi-
dent of the town board, to hold office after
filing upon a claim in Dickey county. Id
held that he remained resident of La Mourd
till he actually moved to his homestead, the
law or ruling giving six months to get on
III o-I A f,via,r h,1h h., -
of the people there, and legal advice is being
had. Attory Roberts, of Fargo, advises them
that in his opinion Mr.. Moon may
lose his claim if he continues to
hold the office, but he can decide
his place of residence. The committee of
the board of trade report that he cannot hold
the office. 1t should not be presumed, how
yer, that they all want his position. They
wish to settle question of some interest in
Dakota. 1t has been the practice here for
| persons who have not gone to their claims
before the expiration of six months to vote
at elections. The case will probably be taken
to the courts for decision.
There is great deal of rejoicing at New
Tacoma over the information from New York
that the Northern Pacific will complete the
line from Wallula junction to that place this
season. This will boom the place immense
| ly. There is much dissatisfaction in the ter
| ritory with the failure of congress to provide
| the desired light houses and harbor improve-
| ments on the sound. The Ledger SAYS: The
| only way for Washington territory to get her
deserts is to shuttle off this marital coil of ter
ritorial independence, don the habiliments
of statehood and send three men to Wash
| ington who can not only talk and talk well,
but who can vote. Then we shall have light
houses and postoffice buildings as well as a
| custom house. Speed the day when the state
| of Tacoma shall supercede the territory of
| Washington.
If there is anything which the true Dako
tian is not able to believe possible of the fer
tilizing and inspiring climate of this section
| it has not been recorded. 1t has been re-
lated that farther down the Red, toward
| Manitoba, a man married divorced widow
and before the wedding feast was eaten she
was the mother of three bouncing boys.
Some five months ago fair and refined
appearing young lady, a Sunday school
teacher, and singer in a church in a state
east of Dakota, came to Fargo and
| led a very retired life at an institution where
the ills of the human system are cared for
About three months since young and high
! toned business man of the same place, a
teacher in the same Sunday shool visited
Fargo and called upon his lady friend. A
preacher was summoned and the marriage
ceremony performed. Already an heir has
come to bless and cheer their welded life.
Here is where remarks about the climate
might come, although when they shortly re-
turn to their home, and Sunday school, they
| may fail to give it credit. The marriage
ceremony was not performed in q church,
and no nam have bppu rt1hliSbed
This statement by the Lisbon Clipper will
give eastern readers very correct idea Of the
north Dakota winter:
In December we look for sleighing which
in north Dakota we are very rarely disap-
pointed in. Toward Christmas the weather
grows colder, the days shorter, and the win
ter is thoroughly set in. 1t is perfectly dry
continuing through the months of January,
February and March, with just snow enough
to afford splendid sleghing for the farmer to
do his teaming, get up his summers wood,
and haul his hay and grain to market. 1t is
true that nearly every winter we experience
two or three cold snaps and perhaps the
thermom eter may register as low as forty
degrees, but this extreme is rarely
reached. The much talked of billiards do
make US friendly calls enthusiastically; but
| they are nothing more or less than the genu-
inc old snow storm of the east. They last
but day or a night and the sun rises again
in the morning in all his majesty, shooting
his CHEEKY rays through the windows in every
Dakota cottage. Seldom if ever do we see
SNOWFALL made owing to dryness of the
snow. No rains, no thaws from the time it
freezes up till spring, which comes upon US
in night. What do the people do in the
winter! Why, they are the most leisurely
class of people in the world.