St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-20


crease the fund for school purposes. The
sixteenth and the thirty-sixth sections
throughout the Territory, which constitute
the school lands, cannot be used until after
the territory becomes a state. The people
of Chamberlain fear that the Sioux reserva-
ton will not be opened.
Information has been received, it is said
at DEVILS Lake City that Minnesota con-
tractor is figuring on the contract for 100
cottages on the north shore of the lake, for
the use of people from eastern cities who
propose to spend summers there. The Inter
Ocean says: The north and northeast shores
of Devils Lake have very attractive features
for those who can afford the luxury of a sum-
mer by the sea. The magnificent advantages
of the lake for bathing and boating, and the
great abundance of game in this region make
it double inducement for the cooped-up
denizens of the great cities to come here
with their families, for while the ladies and
children are swing in their hammocks or
bathing and boating, the head OF the house
hold may exercise his ambition and expert
ness as Nimrod, and in the fall the whole
family will go home "brown as berry," their
physical systems filed with natures tonics
The Lisbon Sunday Neors has this report of
an attempt to utilize the wind on the prairie
for navigation: &C. J. Nelson owns the
only sail sleigh we have heard of in the ter
ritory. Monday Messrs. Nelson and T. Olum
left our city with the intention of going to
Fargo, but they perceived in a short time
after starting that IL was useless trying to
reach that place, as the wind was not favora-
bic, so they headed for Tower City That
place they failed to reach, as the wind was
not the most favorable even to 90 that way
They reached Mr.. Lytle's house, about TWEEN
ty-four miles from here, and there remained
over night. A fearful blizzard howled all
day Tus sday, with favorable winds for their
returning, so they started out and struck the
railroad track about Buttzyille, where they
remained over. They finally turned up here
Wednesday, well pleased with their ride, but
expressed their determination to make the
trip to Fargo before the snow leaves.n
Among the objections raised by the Yank-
ton Press, to the bill prepared by the United
States grand jury at Fargo, to lease school
when a division of Dakota is agitated and
very much desired by the people of the south
ern half The latter do not desire their
school lands to be impoverished and worn
out, if the northerners do ask for it. We do
not want such measure forced upon us.
We have come here to stay, and we have
country that We intend to live in, while we
live at all. If our part of the territory was
undesirable as permanent home, we might
then be anxious to plOw up all the school
sections, get rich fast and leave them ex-
hausted and abandoned to the weeds after
a few years, to retire to some more pleasant
| climate to enjoy the proceeds.
But we have lived in hopes that when Dakota
becomes state, there will be an immense
school fund, derived from the sale or lease,
under state officers, of the eighteenth part of
our whole area, which is now held in reserve
for us by the government. We are willing to
forego the present advantage of the use of
these lands, that the coming generations may
| have schools institutes, libraries and normal
| schools without taxation, as result of our
present self-denial.
The department of justice has ordered the
prosecution of all trespassers on school lands.
North Dakota has mang of these lawless peo-
pie, and large number of its citizens are
now under complaint and indictment for
persistently farming the school lands. The
bill seems desperate attempt at legislating
themselves out of the position of defendants
in criminal suits.
One Johnny Baker, in Hand county. is in
trouble by initiating the example of the
patriarch Jacob too closely in trying to marry
whole family. Last May he came to Hand
county and filed on claim in the name of
John Baker, when his name in the states
had always been Obed Bowden. He had
buxom young alleged wife with him, who has
since had a daughter The Rec Valley Press
has this narration in regard to the matter
and persons: ''Thursday evening lady
with a small child arrived here and give the
first intimation of crookedness. She comes
from Waukegan, ILL.,, gives her name as
Bowden, and claims our John Bowden as
her husband. He left her at Waukegan,
with three small children and $50 in money:
taking over 81, 300 of money they had earned
together, to carry out his villainous plans.
At Milwaukee, Wis, he was married to his
second wife, she being in full knowledge of
the whole circumstance. Together they
came west, assumed the name of Baker and
thought themselves beyond the reach of the
deserted wife. But few months agohe con-
cooked plan to secure some cash by re-
turning, and went east. At Milwaukee the
police detected the disguise and arrested the
gentleman. To obtain his release he told
of his residence here, giving the section
upon which he lived, and of his assumed
name and wife in Illinois claiming to be on his
way to see her, but saying nothing in regard
to the second marriage. These facts came
to the ears of an acquaintance, who gave
them TO wife number one. At once letters
of inquiry were sent here, and as soon as
they became satisfied that there was no dis
count in the affair, the poor broken hearted
woman and youngest child were furnished
money and started on the mission that must
send the heartess husband and sister to the
penitentiary for long term of years"
Obed and his wife have been taken to
Huron for hearing. Some curiosity is felt
as to what will be done with his claim proved
up under the name of John Baker.