St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-14

oAAAN-N IN ODDD>4LihI 10 liit dlNllc~lOll vi
Dakota as one state next winter, and it will
be left for the people To decide whether to
come in as 4 whole or stay out indefinitely
Tue JOurnil has no doubt that the great
majority will choose To come i'm.
1t was reported that hail had cut off half
the wheat in Eddy county a couple Of weeks
ago. Later reports show that very few
fields were totally destroyed. and the aver
age will not exceed %. some insist 10 per
cent. There is apt to DC eXasgCvation in
such matters first. Where there iS insur-
ance, the parties are especially inclined to
magnify. The damage by hail i'm the ter
ritory viii affect totals very little.
The jamestown Alert SAYS there is n good
deal of fealing over the course of |. C.
Wade in sending 10 Chicago paper exag-
EerRted untavOrable reports Of the crops in
the North. There is 4 disposition i'm that
direction among the largest wheat growers.
In hope of bulling the market. while others
eNaggerate IN the opposite direction. in or
der to boom the country. Still. careful OBJ
servers can approximate the facts near
enough for al practical purposes.
Mr.. Chandler of Fargo. last wear in
climbing Mount Tacoma. in Washington
Territory. saw some wheat that attracted
his attention. and gathered few heads.
Which he planted in his garden. and has
now nearly ripe two hundred or more heads.
The heads are seven and Cne-half inches
i NJ ANA the grain four times the size of
Scotch lie very white and hard. lie eSti-
lnaTeS tine yield at the rate OF ninety bushels
per acre. and il is believed il will prove Il
very valuable species OF wheat.
-Four OF the stylish young men Of Parker
Were arrested last week. charged with steal
Ing bird dog valued at SSO.05, making it
grand larceny. They refused 10 give bail
and were locked up Tor time. and finally
gave $50 bad each. On the trial the prose
cutting attorney tried to dismiss the case, as
he mad no evidence 10 speak of. but the de-
fenSe demanded hearing. As a result the
case was dismissed and the costs charged
10 the owner Of the dog. The defendants
then brought suits for 81. 600 damages each
against W. II. Wood. the canine's master.
for malicious prosecution, and propose TO
have fun OUt of il.
There is a great deal Of flax raised about
DeSmet and the Leader finds this objection
To It: 1t is an open question which will be
the heaviest yield this fall. flax or mustard.
The outlook rather iay0rs the latter The
certain presence oi mustard is the curse of
lax raising. II is query whether lax at
any price is profitable on account of this
pest. When once in the land IL is almost
impossible 20 eXtinguiSh il. and it will
spread equal to Canada thistle. The farmer
shouldpull all the mustard'n his grain re-
gardleSs of expense. for To let il run is
worse than paying 3 per cent. interest.
Some far-Seeing phiianthrOpiSt in the
East has sent Elder Hair at Fargo a deed
to $50 acres of good land in Ransom county
to be held for the benefit of superannuaJed
Methodist preachers of that conference. As
fhn urpapfar- II, tttat
men and are getting claims generally for
themselves it will probably be a long time
before there IS much need of that sort. 10 is
expected that preachers home, Ike the
soldiers home. viii be established on the
land. The prOpriety of similar benefac-
ton for Gilapidated newspaper men has not
become apparent TO any philanthrOpic mind
rs Yet.
There has been some misrepresentation as
to the work of VI. IL. Day, the member of
the national Democratic committee from
Dakota. and this statement from Washing
ton Ouly does him Justice: Mr.. Day and his
friends were here at the proper time. and
We're called upon for their opinions and ad-
vice They never volunteered or thrust
forward any opinions. Thev did not seek
any Offices either for themselves or for their
friends. As the Offices became vacant from
time 10 time. or when vacancies were made
Tor the good OF the service, they were called
up for their opinions. and gave them in a
manly manner. That made them sound
and solid politically, and the result has been
beneficial 10 their friends and to their party.
Mr.. DaY has done more for the Democratic
party in the territory than any other man
except Mccormack. BY the way. he and
Mccormack are unit in all matters of
politics and policy. They stand cheek by
Jowl and swear by each other.