St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-18
NoRTHwEsTERN MUTATIONS.

Marshall Mcclure, proprietor OF the
jamestown Alert, and one of the best
posted men in North Dakota. interviewed
by GLOBE reporter last night when en-
ronte to Chicago, said the rain the last two
days (Which we are now enjOying) extend
ed from Bismarck to the Lake Park region
OF Minnesota and is a perfect bonanza for
the wheat growers of the great North.
Wheat, which is now from an inch and
three quarters to two inches in height, is
Springing into renewed life and activity, and
the prospects for big yield Oh the basis of
average seeded was never so brilliant as
now. And" he added, ''the average is
fully one-eight more than last year. And
this is not only owing to the prospect of a
general foreign war and a consequent for
eign demand, but to the fact that the VIM
ter wheat crop is practical failure. 1t is
confidently believed that wheat will be
worth 81 per bushel at harvest time this
season, and at that figure there is a fair
profit in the business, Falling in with this
view of the situation early in the season
the bonanza wheat growers seeded all the
ground they could get ready and the
smaller producers followed suit in the same
faith" "And you may add" remarked
Mr.. Mcclure, ''we of North Dakota never
had such fair promise of great prosperity as
we have to-day, whether the lion and the
bear claw and chew each other or not"
***
M"Yes," said Nicholas Miller, the James
town contractor, to a GLOBE reporter last
night, 1--WE are making rapid progress on
the hospital for the insane at our town. In
ten days the first wing will be ready for the
occupancy of patients, and the unfortunates
will be brought from Yankton and comfort
ably provided for in that time. At an eX-
pense Of $780, 600 we have prepared the first
wing for their reception, and are now at
work Oh the sewerage system and will have
it ready in due time. And we shall within
ten days be at work on another wing of the
building, and will complete the whole mag
nifcent structure in the specified time. You
may be assured that the whole $110, 900 of
the appropriation will be expended as pro-
vided for in the law. 1t is a matter of local
and personal pride with us of Jamestown.
And you may also be assured that the $780,
900 for operating expenses will be judi
ciously expended. The hospital is great
institution, and is well located
Xxx
Contractor McLain of Bismarck, who has
charge of the penitentiary work, is gravitat-
ing between ST. Paul and Saltwater, more
particularly being engaged in studying the
Sabin system at Saltwater with view to
incorporating it's most practical features in
the Bismarck industrial institute. '!Our
penitentiary is now ready for the reception
of prisoners" he said, ''and I'm going to
Sioux Falls soon to have some of the worst
sent to the new institution for their indus
trial pursuits. The convicts will find COM
Portable quarters and plenty to do" he
added. 'Satan shall not find any work for
their idle hands to do, so far as I am con-
cerned. The penitentiary at Bismarck is
well constructed, and the boys will find it
hard place to dig out from, and after a
thorough inspection don't think they will
feel inclined to waste any time on its i'm
pregnable walls"