Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-02-15
County taxes have been paid just

Griggs county's new court house and e
Jail are expected here within few days, 6
word having been received to that effect Y
from F. B. Edwards, who has been en- q
gagged for some time on two sets Of !
drafts. If either plan proves acceptable
the commissioners will at once proceed {
to let the contract for construction.
Yesterday was St. Valentines Day,
but one would hardly suspect it from ,,
any demonstration in Cooperstown. We
have yet to hear of the first person who
either sent or received valentine this
year, and not a single one of these deli
cate or ludlcrous missives have our shop .
keepers offered for sale. Cooperstown
claims record ON the valentine score.
People along the main line of the
Northern Pacific wonder and ponder
why land in Griggs county sells more
readily and for better prices that they
can get. If they would spend the time
to look upon our gently undulating and
incomparatively fertile fields their Gu
riosity in the matter would be entirely
satisfied. as the soil once seen explains
the county's unequalled prosperity.
jamestown Alert: Parties who are
we'll informed state that the Cooperstown
branch has given the company no trouble
so far this season and that the principal |
cause is attributed to the fact that the
road is somewhat crooked. The Car
rington branch, which is nearly straight |
but running in the same direction and
through the same kind of country, has
given the company much trouble and
expense on account of snow.
To one up a tree it begins to look as
though Campbell 4 Sabin do not intend
to retrieve the deep wrong they perpe-
trated upon their patrons in Griggs
county. Campbell jumped the coun-
try and his bills in December and it has
now been over five weeks since the
Cooperstown branch of the institution
departed ''for couple days business
trip to Fargo" Creditors and victim
lied patrons are the leading mourners.
The Cooperstown accommodation
concluded to accommodate itself by re-
naming in Jamestown last Monday on
account of severe weather. so Davis 4
Pickett started their four-horse exprsss
for Sanborn at p. m. with load of
passengers and the mail. reaching there
in early evening. 1t is strange the train
could not breast trihing storm through
which six men, a lady and two small
children rode forty miles in an open
conveyance.
Here is straw for our farmers.
They should raise mole hens. From
the study of the reports of articles inn
ported to the United States, it strikes
the ordinary observer that ''eggs is
eggs,'' for the number imported IN the
year recently ended amount to nearly 2OO,-
100000. What can the matter be with
the hens OF this country when we have
to pay to the feathered representatives
of the effete dynasties of the old world
over two million dollars year for eggs?
Diversity your farming operations, by
all means.
Clerk Of Court j. N. Jorgensen left
. for Fargo Monday to learn full particu-
lars regarding the recent action of Com
missioner Nc Farland in revoking the
power of district clerks to take final affi-
davits in homestead and pre-emption
proofs. Should Mr.. Mcfarland enforce
his opinion that clerks of counties where
court is not held have no authority to
take final testimony an incalculable
wrong and unnecessary expense would
! be inflicted on three-fourths Of the set
tiers that propose to prove up. 1t is
/ probable that the Secretary of Interior
, will set aside this unjust ruling as intlu-
; ence will be brought to bear.
An important bargain was consum-
3 mated this morning, which gives Ode
gard Il Thompson possession of the
2 mercantile institution formerly owned
5 and operated by Nelson e. Langlie. The
3 new proprietors have taken possession,
: and will run the business in connection
8 with their store, which JOINS the newly
acquired property. This deal will give
8 our indefatigable Mr.. Thompson greatly
: increased ''elbow room' and We may
! now look for the biggest general store in
e North Dakota. We regret very much
p that Mr.. Nelson deemed it for his best
/. interests to close out here, and it is with
: reluctance that the place will part with
: his citizenship. After setting up mat
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