Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-06-26
THE NORTHERN TIER.
Great Crops-1mmlgration-Reply
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Special Correspondence Of the IxrEa.OcsAxl
BoDES, June A.-By George, the crops
look grand
A party ofimmigrants passed through
here last Tuesday on their way to Crys-
tai City. Manitoba.
Breaking is about completed and
farmers are busying themselves improv.
ing their dwellings and building graner.
les.
Mr.. D. d. Garvey returned here las,
week from his old home in Hartford,
Wis.,, wherehe made brief visit among
old friends and acquaintances.
Several Of our most prosperous farm.
ers speak very favorably Of the Farmers
Alliance Of this county. and intend be-
coming members Of the same. II this
organization accomplishes the ends it
proposes to, it is certainly most mag.
nificent enterprise for the tillers Of this
fertile soil. We hope to see 1t prosper.
immigration to this renowned plateau
still continues. The latest we notice are
Messrs. Bolton, King and Baker. They
are comfortably located in the northeast
Of Boden and have certainly come to
stay, as their families accompany them.
This fact will serve to show that Dew.
lis Lake is fast gaining notoriety as
first-class trading point. On Tuesday Of
this week three parties from northwest.
ern Cavalier county passed through here
bound for Devils Lake, with three large
loads OF grain which they intended sell.
ing and investing the proceeds in dry
goods and groceries. They have already
made several trips to the Lake and al.
ways returned blessed with good success.
Last week, Monday, we witnessed one
of the saddest affairs that ever came un-
der our observation. Atabout 2o'clock
in the morning Of tho day abeve named,
just as the gray dawn Of morning was
breaking the dark seal Of night, we were
suddenly awakened from our sleep by
light rapping on our cabin door. Ter.
rlfied We arose, opened the door and
there stood before us ghastly form ofa
human being. We invited him in and
treated him to the best we could furnish.
His name was John O'Rourke. He
started on foot the Saturday previous
from Park River OH his way to Cando
and unfortunately missed his way. He
wandered for thirty-six hours on the
prairie without semblance of provis.
ions or drink, except what he got IN
sloughs. When he arrived at our hum
BILE cot he was fatigued and hungry and
almost unable to make known the cause
of his wearincss. He was pitiful sight.
In cleaning oyer the columns OF last
weeks issue of your sprightly journal,
Mr.. Editor, we observed communica-
ton under the caption of "Has Some.
thing to Say" and over the signature of
Il. Shea, purporting that a correspond.
ent OF your paper has stepped ON his lit
tie toes by giving to the public some Of
his "private business" The omission
of place and date leaves us in rather sad
dilemma rs to whether or not that able
writer is our Richard Shea, more famil-
iarly known as "Dick O'shea, but judg-
ing from some Of the allusions therein
contained we are much inclined to be.
lievc that our Dick ss the chap. Dick
is pretty well posted-on the topics of
the prairie-but he doesn't seem to have
been long enough from the bogs OF Xii.
larney to have realized that there is .
clause in our constitution which says
the right ofspeech shall not be abridged
He is apparently dissatisfied with the
action of a certain official to whom he
refers and places the value OF his quar-
ter section at very low figure. II his
quarter section, in his own narrow esti.
nation, is not equal in value to those of
his neighbors, can he justly hold that OF.
fetal responsible? 1t is quite unreason-
able that he should. The trouble lies
here with Dick. 1t was at our sugRes-
ton that Dick and his friends emigrated
to this glorious northwest fourteen
months ago, and because the wheat he
carlessly sowed in the month OF June did
not produce our famous No. hard, we
are falsely represented, censured and
back-bitten. Dick holds that he hasn't
lost any Of his great herd, but when the
assessor called on him short time since
he refused to list the taxable property
In his possession and failed to tell TO
whom else it belonged. But we feel
fully convinced that our assessor, who is
actuated by q feeling Of justice to all and
malice to none in the discharge OF his
duties, and our worthy county board,
whose motto is claw and equity, ;" will be
cautious that Brother Shea will contrib
ute his proportion to the support OF our
government. That "dextrous teamster"
he refers to informs us that he met with
the accident alluded TO, but instead Of
the goods falling into a "hole" they
dropped into small coulee which con-
tained grass to height Of three feet and
and about two inches of water. by
hernz," those 'blamed mules" have the
honor Of pulling load that the six best
oxen Of his celebrated herd failed to draw.
"By hernz!" this is a substantial fact.
BEECHER.
Good Thinps to Eat.