Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-03

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Kansas, once a portion of the great
American desert" bears upon it's fertile
bosom more than 2O,oOC,O 600 fruit trees,
and more than 100000 acres Of forest
trees, all planted by her citizens.
The wild mustard nuisance is troub-
ling the north Dakota farmer as well as
those in this section who have permit
ted the pest to get a start in their fields
y Fargo dispatch of the 18th says: The
wild mustard plant is doing great in
jury to grain in many sections. Wherev-
er this weed thrives it completely
ehokes the wheat plant. Many fields
in the surrounding counties will not
beworth harvesting. Elsewhere wheat
looks well:
Press and Dakotaian: Gottlieb Rabe
has raised two bushels Of silk cocoons
this season on his mulberry farm six
miles east Of Yankton. Mr.. r. is an
experienced SILK culturist from the fin
est silk producing district in Europe,
and when he assured us that Dakota
seemed better adapted to this industry
than any section in the old world, we
concluded that Mr.. Rabe was a gentle
man and a scholar beside whom the
story of George Washington and his
little Ratchet fades into imperceptible
%littleneSs:
We are Informed that the Russo-Ger-
man immigrants who Went north this
Spring to settle III Campbell; McIher-
son and Emmons counties, are d~issatis-
fled with the country, and that many
OF them will return to southern Dako-
ia. They write to friends in this Sec
ton that the soil is poor and water very
scarce. At Ipswich, where they leave
the railroad, they write that they are
compelled to pay five cents a pail for
water from the artesian well, and are
required to pay for water by the drink.
They write that in the region in which
they have settled there are no streams
of water, and efforts to get water by
digging wells are seldom successful
Scotland Citizen.
Very much to the surprise Of the gen.
eral public, the Milwaukee railroad
company has decided to construct the
Defiance line and surveying parties are
already at work at both ends of the
line. This is q road which will fill the
gap between Sioux City and Council
Bluffs division Of the Milwaukee and
when completed will give a continuous
route from Aberdeen, via Yankton, to
Chicago. 1t will become one of the
most important railroad lines in the
northwest and will be the reliable win
ter route of the Milwaukee system. It
will place Yankton on a trunk lire and
will therefore improve our condition.
Press and Dakotaian.
Demorest's Illustrated Monthly Mag
azine for July is unusually bright and
entertaining. It. contains some ex-
ceedingly readable articles, among
which are among the Sea Islands Of
Georgia." "The Chinese Exhibit at the
New Orleans Exposition both of
which are Illustrated; "'The. .Conjqgal
Poets" Edward Jenner,' the origina-
Tor Of vaccination; Chatauqua Lake
and Chatauqua School," and "Shall 1
get a .Camera" by Professor Barnard.
Jennie June. furnishes a paper, ""Can
Women Travel Alone?". and the vari-
Il departments are, as usual, replete
with instructive information. The
trontispiece is IN oil picture, Spring
time of Love-
= Secretary Lamar has resolved to in
stitute pr%osecutlons IN every case of
fraudulent land claims and entries, and
has employed Ex-Congressllan; jerks
of Pennsylvania to carry out his re-
solve. The Secretary has promised MIR.
Jenks that every official in the land
department who is suspected Of favor
ing the land frauds shall be removed
at once SO that they cannot obstruct
fhe prosecutions. 1T is presumable
that these prosecutions are mainly in
view Of attacking the titles,which r
.p%oratiors, companies and individuals
nave fraudulently obtained to. large
'tracts of public lands through collision
of land officials; but the Washington.
correspondents predict also that many
homestead, prescriptions, and tree claim
frauds Will be prosecuted. In that case
a large part CT the~pine lands OF the
Northwest may he restored to the pub
3ic domain and q, good many of the
men Of Minnesota, Wisconsin
ind Michigan maybe brought to whole
some fear Of punishment. But those
who occupy and cultivatethe land need
mot be alarmed about their titles. The
government and its laws always favor,
stctuaf occupants and cultivators of the
foii -Pismarck Journal.