St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-30

west Oh the missouri river. InaG cnurcn
follows the pioneers.
Delegate Clifford has gone back to Wash
ington to argue the reservation matter with
the government. The lack OF suitable men,
ton of Dakota statesmen in that region of
late is attributed to the departure of thirty
or forty reporters to the New Orleans expo
sition.
j. ID. Beers of the staff of the New York
Herald has been visiting and investing in
Dakota of late and intends to return after a
time to make it his home. 1t is becoming
quite common for newspaper visitors to
leave a portion OF their surplus capital in
Dakota.
The Turtle mountain Indians held high
carnival last week on the arrival of their
rationSk 1t was noticed that a portion of
them are not living on the reservation, but
on land open for settlement for year past.
Some suggest a proclamation for their bene-
fit.
G. W. Thompson of the Milwaukee Sen
tinel is visiting in Foster county, where he
has a fine claim to which he expects to re-
turn next month and make it his home for
the summer with his family. He puts a
high estimate on the future value OF Da-
kota land.
The press of the territory is almost unan-
imous in condemning the recent lynching of
Bell at Pierre. There was no question of
his guilt, and no reason to suppose he
would not have been convicted in the courts.
There was little provocatiOn for the usurpa-
ton of law and the stigma of the transac-
ton is injurious to the territory abroad.
The sagacious editor of the Grand Forks
Plaindealer spent several days in Fargo the
past week feeling of the public pulse in
political way, gathering information. If
the revived Democratic party in the Grand
Forks region deeply feel the need of an able
newspaper exponent, they can easily find a
trail that will do to camp on. The claim of
the editor that he was simply aiding in the
organization of new Congregational
church was not fully credited.
In Grant county, which is south of the
fOrty-siXth parallel, there will be more
wheat sOwn this year than ever before, and
much larger proportion of hard wheat. For
the first time in that county most of the
farmers will SOW timothy and clover, and
also good deal more corn than before
The latter will be increased 25 per cent.
The wheat is nearly all in in good time, and
the prospects were never better. This will
apply to most of the eastern central cOun-
ties.
1t is noted by some of the papers that the
Democratic journals are turning doubtful
shoulder toward the coming state cOnven-
ton at Sioux Falls, evidently to be in con-
diti0n to repudiate it if deemed policy. 1t
is referred to as useless waste OF money,
scheme of party hacks and an attempt to
dictate to congress, ETC. If the party man
ayers at Washington disapprove of division
and the eventual formation of two states
there will be little objection raised by the
Democratic press of Dakota.
Mr.. Glasgow, the representative of the
Scotch syndicate which has $780,, 900 in
vested in North Dakota, has had many
years experience in flax culture in the old
country, and on his recent visit to the North
urged the farmers to grow flax extensively.
He says it is not as exhaustive to the soil as
wheat and can be made very profitable. He
also recommends them to grow cattle and
hogs freely and not depend upon wheat
alone. He is so we'll pleased with the stu
alton and so confident of the future of this
country that he will advise larger invest
mentS.
Maj. Fleming, the chief representative of
Dakota at the New Orleans exposition, and
who deserves the main credit for the artistic
manner i'll which the exhibit was arranged,
has returned from his six months absence,
delighted to get back to the land of his love
and pride. 1t has been designed to ban
Quet him and Col DOMAIN together, at
Fargo, if they could be cOrraled at the
same time, but Col. Donan is rarely there
over day or SO at time. They have
both done splendid service for the territory
the past winter and merit the thanks of all
parts of Dakota.
Rev. S. ID. Human, who was interpreter
to the commission that negotiated the treaty
of 1868 i'll regard to the reservations, re-
Gently came on from Washington and gives
information that leads to the conclusion
that the proclamation excluding settlers
was due to lack of proper presentation of
their side of the matter and exaggerated
statements from the champions of the In
dams. As Gov. Ziebach, Mr.. Day and
other prominent DakotianS of that section
were there in the interest of the people,
this view evidently does them injustice.
There are many houses already erected as
permanent dwellings and costing hundreds
of dollars and the owners in some cases will
be ruined if driven away.