The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-30


The first annual fair of the Park
Region Agricultural Association will
be held at Fergus Falls September
18th, 10th, 18th, and 18th.
The new State fair buildings being
erected between St. Paul and Minne-
apolis, are nearing completion. The
buildings are very nice and it is going
to make mn excellent place for holding
the Annual State Agricultural
Exrositions,
Central Park, N. Y, Was at first
chosen as the burial place of Gen. U.
S. Grant, but it has since been decid-
ed to bury the remains of the
Nations great hero in Riverside Park.
The time Of interment has not as vet
been definitely determined, but it is
thought that it will take place on
Saturday, August 9Th.
It is to be hoped that the PROPOSE
tion to Congress to purchase Mt.
Vernon will be seriously considered
and viewed in the right light. It is
not right that the patriotic people Of
America who wish to view the burial
place Of the immortal Washington,
the father of this country should be
obliged to pay an admission fec. 1t
would seem that this kind of business
had been carried on long enough as
such doings are q disgrace to any
civilized country.
A suggestion on the question of the
wages Of harvest help is that the
farmers of each locality should meet
together at an appreciated time and fl
among themselves the rate to be paid.
They must not, however, come to-
gether with the object Of forcing the
price OF labor, by cooperation, to a
lower rute than would afford the
laborer a just compensation; the re-
suit of such action would be rather to
drive those who want employment to
seek it elsewhere, leaving them short
of hands. To obtain a uniform rate
the matter must he treated fairly.
A general rule may be laid down
Observation-Disclosures or discourtesy to
superior officers is not to be tolerated
in the army. Gov. Hubbard's revok-
al of w. B. Bends commission as
Colonel of the First Minnesota Regi-
r2ent is distinctly upon such grounds.
The order which removes Col. Bend
gives as reasons that on two occasions
he has performed an act ofdisrcspec.
and disobedience the first being when,
about year ago, he ignored his COM
mander in.chiet's request that re.
view of his regiment should occur at I,
certain hour by setting the time two
hours later. The second offense was
his disobedience of his orders to take
the place assigned his regiment in the
Decoration Day procession. The i'm.
mediate occasion of his removal, how.
ever, was the service of prohibitory
papers from the supreme court upon
the court martial appointed by Gov.
Hubbard to act upon the case. This
prohibition would have delayed the
hearing until the October term of !the
Supreme Court, which, being undesir.
able, led the Governor to bounce the
Colonel.
The Nineteenth Annual Convention
of the Minnesota Editors and Publish
ers Association met at the Represen
tatives' room in the State Capitol
building at st. Paul, Tuesday July 2S
at 10 O'Clock a. II. After brief speech
by Mayor Rice, in which he mos,
cordially welcomed the editors and
publishers to that city, the regular
routine of business was inaugurat'
ed. Papers were. read, and newspa
per topics were generally discussed
The whole day was spent in this way
closing with the election Of the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, H. A. Castle, of the Farmers
Advocate St. Paul. Vice Presidents
A. W. Mckinstry; Faribault Republic
can; Robert Miller, Fergus Falls
Telegram; A. N. Dare, Elk River
News. Corresponding Secretary, Maj
r. NJ. NeWson. St. Paul. Recording
Secretary, G. NJ. Morse, Lake Benton
News. Treasurer. D. Ramaley, St
Paul. In the evening a grand banquet
was given the members of the Asso-
citation at Hotel Ryan by tho North
western Newspaper Union. 1t was al
excellent affair and there were owe
two hundred in Attendance. Th'
eatables were served in frst=class styl
and were of the most delicious of tllI
season. After the supper toasts wer
responded to by members Of the Asso
citation and also by Gov. Hubbard. o.
Wednesday an excursion to Lake Min
netonka was given. under the super
vision of II. P,Hall. After the squal