The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-09-04
*Included in Sargent. tIncludedi in Burdick.

darlington 49,. .2l5l Hope. .............5I
Dickinson. 49,. 49,. 4i5f hMinnowauk s-.. ~
Dawson !. /. !. 5000. .215lNeche. .....s..... 200
DunseeTh. .....lT3fNew Rockford :. 12S
Gladstone. $500. 5lRenyille. .......... 03
Grand Rapids. ...... 62 Waihaiia. ...... A26
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Aug. 90
Governor Fierce. of Dakota, has succeeded
In completing the business which brought
him here, in a manner that lights up his heart
with Joy. He thinks that Secretary Lamar
and the other officials of the interior de-
partment have shown so much respect for
Dakota that there is encouragement TO ex-
pect that they will recommend congress TO
AXE off her chiysssh kits and put on the
pantaloons Of a sl-5e. The goyesnor got of
the train here on Thursday, took the bag
full of o pounds of statistics under his
arm. paid $47 express charges andluggsd it
up the hill to the interior department, where
he laid it at the feet OF Secretary Lamar and
said:
There are the census returns from Dakota
We've got 10000 population as against 1885,
600 in 1880. and 50. 700 farms"
Good for YOU said the secretary. sit down
and tell me all about 1t"
And the colonel filed Lamar's head so full
of Dakota that he now asks for a plate Of No,
/ hard at the breakfast table. and when
inquired of as to the time Of day, replies,
absently. that it's about forty bushels to the
acre. When the governor had told his story.
the secretary OF the interior got a hammer
and broke open the Eox, murrnuring to iii
self:
Is it possible? is 1t possible? 416,0 900 ropu-
lation as AGAINST $4,000 in 1880, with forty
bushels Of No. l hard to the acre on $500
farms?
Then he sat down to his desk and wrote
out a requisition for $50. 900, which repre-
sents the governments share Of the expense
OF taking the census of Dakota. Col. Pierce
seizedit and rushed up to the treasury.
BEATS THE RECORD.
The way was cleared for the agile COVER
nor, and before the official day was over he
had transacted all the legal formnlties and
had only TO wait until the check was written.
Never was a similar case acted upon with
such promptness. 1t usually require three
or four weeks 10 get these things passed
upon. and the governor did up the job In
two days n Il census returns for Colorado
and Nebraska were In some days ago, but
the agents of those states haven't gotten
fairly started with the ~untangling of the red
tape that ties up all official matters. The
Dakota case Is the only on record where 900
pounds Of documents were filed. examined
and disposed Of in a government office In
twenty-four hours, and will never be for
gotten. As long as time lasts the oldest
clerk will tell how the bars were let Town
and the governor Of Dakota went through
the interior and treasury like q streak OF
creased electricity.
I've nothing more to say. I've told all I know
and more too, and have done all the talking I'm
going to on this trip. 4 was interviewed az Bls-
marck before j came away, and told EN- we had
10000 population and 81, TOO farms the Argus
man came aboard and asked me some questions.
and 1 told him we'd cot 4I6,000 population and
came down TO meet me, and gave them the
Information. All the way from ~ Paul TO
Washington every chance I got / announced 1t,
and when / got here I told everybody that II was
416,ODO population and 81. 700 farms. and now
III keep quiet awhile. I've bad glory enough
TarNKs LANAI CONVERTED.
~Did you have any talk with Secretary Lanai
about territorial mattcrs2s he was asked
-yes, / told him all about them.
And what did he sayf"
sic didn't say much, but listened aud took it
all til. He said he had been watching the mar
vclons development OF Dakota With the pro-
foundest interest. and was anxious 20 do ali IN
his power to advance its interests. and thau OF
rDid You talk about Dakotas admission ~ y
sYou may be sure I did. / gave him some good
points on that. and 1 told HIM that he ought TO
recommend admission In his report, and the
president ought to recommend u IN MS mes
And what ala he say TO that2~
.Hs didn't promise, but I think he win, He
has got . level head.