The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1888-02-24
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SoAosoN " suo ouAOlClo az uUUslL feIuOu
the city Of Fargo"
Hunter Eye: Again has the Manitoba folks
succeeded in opening up the road and again
has it been completely blocked by snow. Last
Friday and Saturday trains were running
nearly on time, but Sunday night the wind
shifted to the northwest and Monday good
sized storm was on. 1t does seem as though
the elements were against the railroad CON-
pany in earnest
The gopher question will no doubt be dis
cussed at the next meeting OF the board of
county commissioners says the Barnes county
Farmers Alliance. Aspecial tax was voted to
be levied for a gopher-bounty fund and
bounty will probably be offered for each scalp,
instead Of each tail as heretofore, because
many gophers were lassoed aud the hide of
the tail pulled off, and after the moose had
been removed they would come to life again.
Before the scalp is taken most men would
make sure the gophers heart had ceased to
beat.
The people Of Miller, says telegram, have
been thrown into tumult over the triumphal
success Of an experiment to burn natural gas
from the artesian we'll by City Marshal j. D.
Lawrence. His apparatus was necessarily
crude, consisting of an air-tight barrel for
reservoir, or gas accumulation, and from the
top Of this ran an old gas pipe with an elbow
at the top and a crudely fashioned burner at
the end. When the match was applied
beautiful flame about six inches in length shot
out from the pipe and doomed steadily from
the burner. His apparatus was very crude, of
course, but as the we'll gushes at the rate Of
l,C0O gallons minute, the gas, properly sep
arated, would undoubtedly be sufficient to
light up the main streets. 1t also demonstrates
that there is chance for fuel in this direction.
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Dakota is made the scapegoat for number
less places afflicted with torments. If cold
snap freezes the faces and fingers OF the people
OF Chicago, Boston or New York, 1t Is "Da-
kota wave" though Dlkota may be enjoying
the finest weather imaginable. But the latest
scheme is a little the meanest of all. It con-
sists Of giving the temperature by telegraph
from all the coolest places on the globe, under
Dakota headline. Thus the other day we
counted under this head nine distinct kilograms
from various points in the Northwest, seven Of
which were from places outside OF Dakota,
but all made to appear as il they were in the
territory except to persons locally familiar
with the names. Not only was the main head
devoted to Dakota, but the name OF the state
was omitted from every telegram except the
two from Dakota, those appearing in full.
For instance, the first telegram was from
small place in Dakota, just across from the
British line, which is given with the name Of
the territory in full. Then follow three tele-
grams from small towns in Minnesota, Wis
consin aud Iowa, respectively, each with
frozen thermometer, but with the name of the
state omitted. These reports, when read in
Chicago and farther east, appear to be from
Dakota towns alone, and there are many peo-
pie in St. Paul even who, are not familiar
enough with the names Of the places men-
toned to observe that they are not in the ter
ritory. This same trick is repeated again, the
fifth telegram being from town on the north
western border Of Dakota, followed by four
more from various points in the states of the
Northwest, not one Of which bears as!ate date
and only one Of which is large enough for the
general reader to locate without such date. II
there is a smaller business than this for news
paper to Intentionally engage in we DO not
know what it is.-Pioneer Press.
General Land Agent Squiers, of the Minne-
sofa & Dakota Railway company. communi-
Gates the welcome intelligence that the grading
Of the NJ. & D. from Fargo to New Rockford
will commence at Fargo on the fifteenth day
Of April, 1883, and that nothing remains to
hinder the immediate and uninterrupted con-
struction of the road. This announcement
will be enthusiastically received by the settlers
along the survey, and especially by the people
Of New Rockford, to whom the advent Of the
new road means a great stride in material
prosperity. So early start in the grading of
the road is good evidence that it is the inten-
ton Of the company to complete it and get it
in operation through the we'll settled country
in time to remove the crops Of the coming sea-
son. In view Of the fact that the Minnesota &
Dakota company Is the same syndicate which,
under another name, built the Fargo & South
ern road, which is operated and probably
owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
and constitutes their only avenue into the
great wheat section Of Northern Dakota, it is
quite reasonable to suppose that the Milwaukee
system is by this method penetrating this c,.
We'd country in advance Of its great rivals. AT
any rate it is guaranteed that New Rockford
and Eddy county are to have at least one new
railroad this year.-Eddy County Neao Era.
Pending the collection Of official statistics by
the Dakota authorities, the Mitchell Republi-
can has made careful canvass of the southern
part OF the territory, to ascertain the actual
lumber Of lives lost in the recent blizzard.
From nearly complete returns 1t appears that
the actual number Of deaths is only los, out OF
population Of $4,000. This is barely halt
the first newspaper estimate, and minute
fraction Of the ridiculously exaggerated total
Eastern newspapers have been horrifying theil
readers with. It is to be hoped, but scarcely
| to be expected, that these sensational Eastern
| journals will correct the extravagant state.
| ments they have been so recklessly disseminat-
| ing, and astonish their readers with the truth.
Pioneer Press.
On the Cooper farm are IS head Of work
horses and mules, 300 head Of cattle, 200 hogs.
| To do the ''chores'' requires the labor Of IA
men. Seven thousand acres of land are under
cultivation. Best wheat this year was % BUSH
| els-average, II bushels. Barley average, 40
bushels. Oats, 40 bushels. The barley netted
IS per acre.-Cooperstoao Courier.
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There will be a Chicken Pot-pie Festival
Wednesday evening, February 29, at the Hope
house, given under the auspices Of the Congre-
gational society, the proceeds to be applied