St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-18

weighed 266 pounds, which at nine cents a
pound brought Mr.. Messenger S24. 90. This
may be said to be clean profit, as it costs but
comparatively little to raise hogs, or anything
else in Dakota. Here is a pointer for our
readers on mixed farming.
The evening sheets are opening furious
fire upon Col. Morton, because the morning
papers have concurred in the opinion that he
is capable man for mayor. They propose
to unravel his record back to the time that he
sucked eggs in his grandfathers barn down
in Tennessee. The trouble seems to be that
the evening papers forgot to name him first.
Their deliveries on local politics are sonorous,
vehement and impressive, but it is regarded
as difficult to focus their radiations to a
visible point Although it is three weeks to
the city election it is evident that it is to be
O red-hot canvass, on one side at least, but
no issues are defined and no lines drawn so
far as pereeptible.
Three years ago the town of Dawson, in
Kidder county, on the Northern Pacific,
comprised a section house, stable and one
! shanty, without another building of any
character in sight. A writer in the local
paper furnishes this as the present picture
A $50, 900 hotel, furnished better than any
other this side of st. Paul, l don't except
any in Minneapolis, even. $4,000 school
house, several two-story stores-capacious
and glistening with white and colored paint;
a magnificent livery stable; large, elegant
railroad station; beautiful church editice
| and many very handsome residences. 1t is
confidently expected that the place will
eventually have 5000 or 10000 inhabitants.
There are probably more optimists in
Dakota than in any other part of the known
world. With them the most untoward look
ing events have a cheerful side that is bound
to swing around in the time needed, and it
must be confessed that in this peculiar elm
ate and land their confidence is generally
sustained by the issue. Take this, for in
stance, from one of the papers: The heavy
fall of snow last week was surprise to many
who were anticipating an early spring, as
indicated by the weather March 1st. But
this storm coming and going as it did was a
positive benefit, drawing the frost nearer to
! the surface ready for the final break up, and
the quick preparation of the soil for spring
crops. A few warm days will do the work
effectually.
There are now seventeen inmates Of the
Grand Forks Jail. The Plaindeale- says: The
names of the last two captured are John
Moyar and Jens O'Lohre. The former is
from Mimic and was indicted for grand lar
ceny, having stolen quantity of wheat,
| three horses, a pair of harness and other
articles. O'Lohre is charged with having
been practicing fraud in obtaining property
and money under false pretences. lie and
his brother came to this city some time ago,
and personated themselves as two well-to-do
farmers, living near Fisher, Mimi, and I'M
| der this representation secured several hun
dred dollars worth of property, among which
was new wagon, purchased from the firm
of Luks, Steele 81 Co., giving notes for the
same, to which was signed the names of the
| farmers.
H. A. Stickney, an Iowa farmer, who re-
moved to Dawson, in Kidder county, year
ago, writes a letter to friend in Iowa, which
| is published in the Dawson Globe, paragraph
or two of which will be of interest. Mr.. s.
says My fear of billiards vanished, and
| found that was happily disappointed That
the soil was not only deep but underlined
with fine calcareous subsoil and very rich,
that the air was pure and bracing, the water
delicious and plenty. While the much dread
ed blizzard was nothing but myth oran ex-
aggerated wind and snow storm, just such as
l have been used to in Iowa, and fire.
quently seen in Illinois. My appetite, my
health improved and 1 am to-day twenty
five pounds heavier than when L landed in
Dawson, one year ago. The truth is l am
infatuated with the country, especially with
Kidder county and her busy, busting, wide
awake people. My only regret is that did
not come here sooner. But, however, was
not long in finding and pre-empting 100
acres on which L built snug little house,
done some breaking, ETC., then like hungry
grasshoper, jumped onto a tree claim,
of 100 acres more, bought some
lots in the city of Dawson on which
1 built another house and to-day find myself
at the least calculation $4,000 better off
financially than l was one year ago. In con-
clusion l add that / look on Dakota as the
great incubation of hope, the hot bed of
aspiration, the garden of the world, the
encyclopedia of health and the harvest field
of ''filthy lucre." There is more sunshine
and less cloudy weather, richer soil and bet
ter roads, purer air and better water in north
Dakota than / ever saw in Iowa or Illinois.
And verify believe you will look longer and
| harder to find fool or an illiterate person
in fifty, one hundred or thousand north
Dakota pioneers than you will in the same
number in any other portion of the Union.
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