St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-03
TERRITORIAL TIDBITs.
Brief News OF Interest From All
Parts of Dakota.

10 repeal the tree claim and presumption acts
there was vehement remonstrance in Dakota
At present hardly a word is said in Opposi-
tion, and many of the papers urge the speed
lest removal Of those enactments. The Cham
berlain Democrat says they prevent settle
ment and are chiefly used for speculative
purposes. The operation of the tree claim
law it finds is about this: A trip over the
prairie where hundreds Of tree claim filings
have been made, convinces the traveller that
it is fraud OF the first water. The law re-
quires the land 10 be broken the first year.
cultivated the second aud the five acres
broken planted i'm timber, seeds or cuttings
during the third year, thus no trees or seeds
are set out for three years, and in case the
trees. seeds or cuttings are DESTROYED by
grasshoPpers or droughtthe time is extended
one year for every year they are so destroyed.
Tie traveller can roam over the prairie and
will see no shrubs, trees or anything else on q
claim that has been held foe three or four
years IN Ter a tree claim filing. The claimant
may live in Name or California and hold a
claim in Brule county, and after squeezing
through under one pretext or another, finally
prove up, and the land lies idle until the
specializing claimant can dispose OF it at a
large gain. The right is gigantic fraud and
should be repealed.
A first OF April joke was played a little in
advance of the date, noted citizen and lumber
merchant at White Lake. An infantile cry
brought him to the door early one morning
where he found a basket containing an infant
few days old, nicely dressed, with note
attached requesting the finder TO take good
care of and adopt the waif. The merchant
took the bright little thing in to his childless
wife and family council was held and as
result they sent for the marshal TO take the
babe TO the county house. About this time
waggish citizen put in an appearance and
proposed TO adopt the child-his wife tn ought
IL had been away from her long enough.
The lumber dealer did the treating this time
instead of the parent.
Some of the prominent papers i'm the South,
apparently at the instance of the leading
men in the state movement, advocate making
up test in this way in case congress shall
take no action: A majority of the Bismarck
legislature is to be in the interest of the HUI
ron state machine, and enact that after a
specified time the funeoons of ali territorial
officials shall cease south of the forty-sixth
parallel. leaving full sweep to the state. 1t
will probably be found that central Dakota
will hold the balance of the power in the Bis
marck legislature and this program may not
suit il.
In view of recent decisions that a bonus
paid for money borrowed can be computed
in making up usury, and that the code pro-
vides that taking more than u per cent. for
tetS all interest. A public meeting was held
at Clifton in Sully county the past week to
consider what action farmers who have made
loans should take in the matter. Many of
them will no doubt take advantage of the law
and force the loaners 10 refund the bonus
This is subject of general interest in the
territory.
Gen. n. Fl. Hams of vicksburg, Miss. the
new register of the land Office at Aberdeen.
10 succeed Mccoy, took possession April l.
He was not little surprised at the cordial
manner in which he was received, the citizens
generally welcoming him with a band. He
expressed himself delighted with the coun-
n
The reports he will send back TO the South,
where he is widely known and highly es-
teemed, will be of advantage to Dakota.
One of the Miner county papers states that
DIR. Louis GotIhelf, chairman of the Demo-
cratic committee of the county, will soon con-
vene his party TO put forth as the principal
planks in their platform, first. division on the
46th parallel; second, admission under the
Sioux Falls constitution, and third. prohibition
If he is a good prophet they can be accused
of stealing a whole platform from the Re
publicans.
A farmer. Fred Larson. about so years of
age, living near Lake Preston, in Kingsbury
county, recently disappeared and no trace has
been found of him. His son found letter
written by Mr.. Larson stating that il would
be useless TO search for him-that he had
been insane twice, felt 1t coming on again,
and did not want TO be a burden 10 his
children.
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have been about Columbia for a week past,
I'm the interest of the Northwestern railroad,
arranging for the survey north. The Milwau-
kee goes north from Andover. and the North
western evidently intends TO keep pace with
II. 1t will hardly go north of La Moure, I'M
less IL strikes west TO Bismarck.
Senator Edgerton returns to Washington to
watch that no one gets into his seat in the
senate in case one should be pointed out TO
him. All the prominent officials of the new
state will again concentrate there for q last
pull for admission, Division without admis-
sion will not suit them as IL leaves them out
of Office.
The strike spirit is reported TO have infected
the cowboys in the Black Hills country. In
the Belle Fourche and Wyoming ranges they
are organizing associations with n view to a
strike. A reduction of wages is anticipated.
and N is threatened that there will be blood
on the moon IL any parties take their places.
The Glendale Commercial estimates that
100000 worth or horses have been shipped TO
that place and sold this season. A heavy en-
grafton leaves the railroad at that point TO go
into the new counties to the west. Over
100000 bushels of the last crop of wheat have
been marketed at that station.
The report is credited in the Black Hills
that the Union Pacific railroad will build a
line from some point not indicated on the
main line, via Chadron, into the Black Hills.
in order to share its trade. That region will,
eNlueullys soon De amply supplied with roads.
The proposed amendment to the repeal bill
of the tree claim law. making a claim once
entered as a tree claim always tree claim.
is warmly approved in the territory. IL will
cut on the common practice of conversion
into homestead and secure the trees.
The Democrats are making n strong effort
10 carry Yankton ut the municipal election,
and IL will not be surprising If both Yankton
and Bismarck, the old and new capitals,
should give reason for the claims that they
are Democratic cities.
The rush by the new route 10 the Black
Hills is already so great as TO crowd the cars
10 Buffalo Gap daily, and the stages from
that point are unable TO carry oil OF them.
many go on foot. The crowd will increase as
the season advances.
There are now seven artesian wells in ope-
ration in the Jim River valley and others
under way. The one at Kimball discharges
1900 barrels OF water a day of excellent
quality. The wells differ good deal in force
and purity of water
The CHAMBERS have become so prevalent in
Ramsey county that the authorities have en-
ployed veterinary surgeon and the affected
animals will all be shot. The attempts COM
mon to keep the existence of the disease
secret are not wise.
The Glendale artesIan well struck water ut