St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
TERRITORIAL TIDBITS.

| R. Davenport the engineer in charge Of
| the government work on the Red river, has
| lately made an examination of Red lake 10
see if ii could, by means of dams, be made d
| reservoir to suppl Red river with water in
| dry times like the present season, when navl-
! cation has been interrupted. He Will also
make preliminary surveys from rgo to Fer
| gus Falls for similar purposes. He says II is
quite feasible to connect Lakes Traverse and
| Big Stone, the former being seven feet the
| highest. aud the distance between them but
| five miles. Ii is hoped the next session OF
| congress will make more liberal appropri-
atoms for improving the navigation OF the
! Red river The dredging this season has
! been mainly in the Grand Forks region. Next
year more work will be done in the Fargo
| section.
The decision of the United States supreme
court the past W elk in the PerontO case,
covering presumption claim in the heart OF
! Far O. valued at some S3,OOO,O0O, is a nnallty
| and disappointment 10 the attorneys, VINO
| expected To become mll.ionaires through It
| E ven Mai. Buttz. with his wealth of honors
! and vast estates, feels annoyed at the per
verseness of the Washington court in not
| awarding him a million or two He will not
| now marry the heir. He was more than
sanguine that the highest tribunal wonld re-
verse the judgment of the lower courts and
| do him justice. He is now open TO proposals
| from any wealthy widow.
| Henry Wuukeu. who has been resident of
| France for many years, reached North Da-
! kota the past week to visit a brother. ana
states that he finds the climate similar 10 th;tt
| he has been acy u stoned to. and + so pleased
with the country that he proposes 10 dispose
of his business in POns and remove TO Da-
kota. 1t would lie difficult to find more en-
! 10 able weather than the past month IN Dd
! kota. It was novelty to Mr.. w. to see young
! people skating on the rivers and streams
while farmers were blowing. THis is not
] n.t-., I'D
that there was very little moisture Oh the
surf ce.
| The Grandn farm.in Trail county,is one OF
the oldest OF the bonanza wheat farms. This
year il reports 2l4.234 bushels of wheat grown
on 9 $50 acres, an average of over ~ bushels
per acre. In one year Onl', $50. has TINS
! average been exceeded. That season it was
! % bushels. The average on the 10000 acres
or so for ten years past has he' over Is
| bushels The lowest yield was Is l in 1855
There has never been a failure. This would
seem to esta .lish the claim that the wheat
crop in the Red river valley is as near GER
taintv as any crop is anywhere. except, per-
haps politicians and babies, in Dakota.
A brother of the noted Mai c. W. Buttz, at
Buttzville, in Ransom county. this ear raised
l 500 bushels OF fine hard corn, well matured.
1t was fully ripe some time before frost. The
yield is gi~en at 70 bushels an acre
and Mr.. BUTT thinks it would have gen
I =
This is the largest amount of corn that has
ever matured in one patch in the north. 1T
shows that in a favorable season corn will
ripen in North Dakota, but it will hardly be
ever designated as corn co Intry.
The considerable and thoughtful effort of
nature to eQualiZe the sexes in Dakota has
constant illu stration. 1t is found that in the
! school population born in Dakota the girls
/ largely predominate. The Valley City Times
notes in a family of that vicinity the advent
| of the ninth gill with 10 bo :. This is an
extreme case, but the average especially il
| the newer sections, is probably about two
! girls to one boy born.
Among the measures that will be urged at
the session of the legislature will be the cree
| ton OF third insane asylum IN one of the
| central points, the removal of the session of
| the supreme court from the Black Hills, ana
! the repeal of the gross earnings law and I'll
rect tax Of railroads.
Valley City does not command a very wide
! scope of country for its traie, but it has
| marketed 525 600 bushels Of whea this sea
! son. and expects TO add anoth lUJ0IJ. The
! bulk of the wheat has passed out of the
| hands of the producers.
Tie railroad receipts at Valley City of late
! have amounted to nearly 81, coo day, which
! shows prett lively business for town of
! that size. Some days the Northern Pacific
! has been unable TO supply cars enough for
| the wheat, and shippers would draw lots for
! such cars as could be had.
| There will be numerous statesmen in the
| coming legislature anxious to distinguish
| themselves as special fr ends of the farmers
DR.. Collins is already trying to frame bill
that will secure them the relief they are sup
! posed to need.
! Sphinx was one of the counties where Da
suffered badly through neglect, all atten
ton was absorbed in a county seat fight.
Nearly 1000 Democratic votes were lost in
this way and from lack OF proper organiza-
ton.
The agricultural store at Brookings is prov
ing the greatest success in the educational
line in the territory, being crowded with
siuents. 1t is computed to be worth more to
Brookngs than two or three new railroads
would be.
The new and handsome Presbyterian church
at Mimic was dedicated last Sunday in the
most approved manner, number OF neigh
boring divines participating, and gooaly
sum being subscribed by the large audience.
The high wind recently which blew down
chimneys and scattered good many things
even blew the water in the west end of
DEVILS lake a half mile east, leaving the
ground almost entirely exposed TO view.