St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-01

gate the handsome sum OF SO.UfO. lHo
county is but six years old, being organ
lied in July, 80, and eight years ago 1t
had no white settler. 1t now has half
dozen lively towns, and will harvest
about 10000 bushels of wheat this
year. The crops are all good there, and
the year will be one of the most pros
porous yet had. 1t is also one OF the
fine stock regions, and the visitor at the
fair will be surprised at the variety and
character of the articles competing for
the $4,000.
The editor of the New Rockford
Transcript discounts PLUMMER on
MOODY in referring to the editor over
the way as an "unfeeling and cross
grained biotch on this generation "a
cOwardly whelp," "a low-lived scoun-
drel," who should not be allowed to es-
cape without tar and feathers, etc. 1t
is suspected that the New Rockford ed
itors don't love each other.
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Before the passage of the law by the
last legislature making it more difficult
to move county seats. these controver-
sizes were frequent and threatened a
good deal of violence. although the in
reference of the authorities generally
deprived the surgeons and undertakerS
of jobs. The Sphinx county war, in
which the soldiers covered themselves
with mud, if not glory, will be remem-
bered. Roberts, Sargent, Brule and
others furnished lively chapters for the
local historian. As a rule, people of the
competing towns get ugly when this
sort of fight is on. Sargent had two
years war, which resulted in suits and
proceedings and the loss of the prize by
Minor. 1t appears from the local pa
pers that there is trouble coming up
again on this question. Harlem wants
it. FOrman has it. and sees only wreck
and ruin to the county in reviving the
question. Brule, Trail, perhaps CaSs,
and a score of other counties are likely
TO have this sort of agitation when poll
tics get little dull.
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Last year Grand Forks took the lead
in the wheat product of all the Dakota
counties, owing to some shortage to the
crop in Cass, which has most of the bo-
nanZa wheatfarms. Its yield was be-
twee 100000 and 100000 bushels. 1t
claims that it will hold the position this
year with about the same total, as the
accidents to the crop have been less
than in its larger neighbor. Pembina
and Walsh are close up to the 5,O00,OOO
figures, and apparently will net more
from the crop than for several years,
with the better markets. As Grand
Forks has only about three-fifths of the
area of Cass. it would seem that the
great farms serve to lower the average
weld per acre. The six Red river cOun-
ties will hardly go 20,000.000 bushels
this year, as the season seems to have
tried all its freaks on the wheat. Still,
the smaller crops will meet bigger
prices.
The reports of the local papers of the
North, and especially in the region of
the Red river, indicate very singular
freakishuess on the part of the frost. 1t
was sporadic and whimsical. 1t almost
ruined some fields and did little damage
to others in the same section. As a
rule, the most damage vas done in the
lower ground. The Turtle mountains
and Pembina hills seem to have pro-
tected the grain within quite radius
south, while in parts of Ramsey and
Towner the wheat will hardly pay for
cutting. The stage of maturity of the
grain also had something to do with
the extent of the injury. In the vicinity
of Cando there are good many farm
ers, often with several hundred acres of
wheat, who will not cut any of it, unless
for chicken and hog feed. Others will
be glad if they get their seed back.
There are industrious farmers in sey-
eral of the new counties west of the
Red river valley who will be left almost
destitute, and unable TO sow another
year unless the railroads or legislature
make some provision for them.
Those who have been so vigorously
berating CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER have
at last found one good thing in him.
| They applaud him for his bill to put a
tax of 40 per cent on articles comprised
| in trust combinations. One of them
| prOnounces it the most important meas
ure before congress for years. Possibly
other commendable points may be dis
covered for the use of missionaries who
are to visit the Springfield district of
| Illinois.
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Some of the Republican papers in the
Black Hills adopt the ungenerOus view
/ taken by Col. PLUNINfER, and when they
| come to the name of MOODY use a small
picture of a jackass in place of the
name. This is not respectful TO United
States senator, even if he has no state
to represent.
A Grand Forks paper insists, and
shows the figures, that court expenses
in that county have doubled under the
operation of local option, and there is
no So, 900 license for the treasury. II
insists also that there has been 10 re-
striction of intemperance. Perhaps
this is a peculiar view.
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If the Clark Democrat is authority, a
Chamberlain editor is likely to suffer il
the Indians do not sign the papers soon,
as he four years ago resolved to buy nc
more neither integuments until the
reservation was opened. and the point
of exposure is being reached.
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As relief for the hard lot of the Chi.
cago working girls. as shown by the
Times, the Fargo Argus guarantees q
home for every one of them, not afraid
to work, who will come to Dakota. 4
few years ago the same paper offered
to find husbands for all the damSelS
who would come to the territory, being