St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-21
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Judge West Fargo, was seen about the
hotels yesterday. He is the secretary OF
the Dakota railroad and warehouse COM
mission, and was, with Chairman Evans
and Commissioner Griggs, on his way to
| Milwaukee on business connected with the
commission. The particular object Of their
| visit was to secure a readjuStment of the
| railroad transportation rates over the lines
within the territory manipulated by the
| Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul and the
| Chicago d. Northwestern, to something
| like the terms made by the Northern Pa
cific and Manitoba lines. 1t was the inten-
| ton of the commission to hold a personal
| conference with the officials of the two
roads in question at Milwaukee or Chicago,
but dispatch announcing the coming to
| ST. Paul of the chief officials of the North
western necessitated the abandonment of
the proposed trip. The conference will
consequently take place in this city. Re
feTing to the political situation in Dakota
Judge West said that Gen. Allen of Fargo
was a candidate for the Republican nominal
ton of delegate to congress, and, if nomi-
mated and elected, would make a very
creditable man for the territory Delegate
Clifford, the present representative, he said,
had the experience of one session, and was,
therefore, a most valuable man. If the
contest in the convention was between
South and North Dakota he thought that
Clifford, the reprepresentative of the
Southern portion, would be nominated.
W. M. Fuller, Little Falls, was a visitor
at the Merchants. He is editor of the
Little Falls Transcript and strong Gilman
man. The said that the present lieutenant
nd ho
for governor has many friends in Morrison
county, as in fact throughout the entire
Fifth congressional district, and would
come to the state convention with placti-
cally solid delegation. Up in Morrison
county Gov. Gilman had made himself
very popular by fighting the railroads in
the past, and getting a road into that
county. The cry of the Mankato people
against Gilman and the railroads, he said,
was not shared by the residents of Morri-
son county who remembered his past record
and felt kindly toward him.
W. III. Mclean, manager of Duns Mer-
camille agency, Fargo, Oak, is at the Mer-
chants. Mr.. Mclean, whose business
keeps him thoroughly posted on the status
OF business in the Northwest, and especially
in the northern part Of Dakota, says that
the farmers are in splendid shape and that
the country is full of wheat. especially the
Red River valley, where the granaries
are filled with wheat that was
placed in them last fall. The crop this
year, he predicts, will be splendid in some
parts of the territory, that portion lying on
the Red and Goose rivers. but in tie jim,
river country the crop will be light in con-
sequence of the severe drouth. In the
western part of the territory. and especially
in Stutsman county. the crop will be almost
total failure and there the farmers are
blowing up hundreds of acres where the
grain has been burnt to crisp. Fargo,
he says is gradually growing and several
creditable buildings are going up, among
which is a three-story brick block being
erected by Maj. Edwards, which will be
occupied by the Daily Argus. Trade
among the merchants is good, and several
railroads are pointing towards the city that
will create competition when they are
completed, which will be great benefit to
the metropolis of the Red River valley.