Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-12-08

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i Misnsapo,s Journal.
The following 10 from the American
lsraelites
nlttss, N.Y. ID Ii rspost sThsan eoohfSatsl b
ths snknown bsaefAeeor In New York nisAt q .wsi
have bssn CT iato IT, - fos III IT, bsasat ~ lev
swas In q ths o0es Il tis New York Hsrsid IA -
10 ~ 0oVWncr u DAKOTA According y NJ. HsEp.
~ sspost 70 ps.t q y srsr raehs1 H. Js.sa
waat % know u this noney w. svsr rsoeivsd b ~
Goverpor. and II o, What hs dId wish Il M Gilns
spolis co1nittes sisosid iavsstieess thk nattsr.
Mr.. Hsrpman wa seen by: q journal
reporter today He said: "Sinc0I made
that report I have learned that 500 has
been turned over to the committee.
m mcns = no longer any need for ths
already abundantly supplied and I have
been compelled to request that nothing
further be shtppedto me. There Il. how.
ever, q great deal Of desAtution among
the Gentiles, and q large portion Of the
clothing that has been sent to me for the
Jewish colony I have already turned
over to the Gentiles. What I object to ID
that this money which was the first SUBJ
scribed should o have been turned
oyer when II was needed, and IL still
held by b authorities ut Bismarck. j
do not care that they he Jews who have
the benefit Of this money SO long az they
are needy people and It IL not kept by
tho authorities"
It is to I've hoped that the princely
treatment accorded the 800 Russian Jew
who have sottled In this county wall
not result In an Increased immigration
from the same source. Dakota has
always welcomed and will continue to
welcome all Glasses Of self-sustaininv
people. but 1t can get along without
those classes who are likely to be for.
ever afflicted with mendicancy.
When the blight toDk a large portion
Of the wheat crop Of Northern Minuei
sofa and Northern Dakota last summer,
Ramsey county did not suffer proper
tionately to a~ny:.grester extent than othe,
counties IN tho northwest, but this
seems 70 have been the only county
Afflicted with that peculiar kind OF peo.
pie who thrive by begging, and beg the
more by thriving. We know Of many
families Of those referred to by Mr.
Harpman ~ Gentiles who Lost theil
crops and were left In circumstances
which placed themin the same categors
with the Jews, but they did not parade
their misfortunss to the same extent.
The county board was fairly bssiegsd
by the Jews, and their stories Of immi.
nent want and inevitable starvation
thrilled our local officials with feeliues
OF combined pity and horror. The re.
suit wa q vigorous appeal for aid, and
We don't believe the whole record Of
charity in this country can show an In.
stance wherein the responses. to similar
appeals have been quite 50 spontaneous
and fruitful.
It is . relief to know, through Mr..
Hsrpman, that ::the:Russian Jews have
cried. enough. It il q delightfully."- en-.
couraging sign when a Russian Jew
gets enough and Is willing to admit IL.
II opens to the minda h~opefulness that
the 800 landrones who were 30 fortunate
y to make this unfortunate county their
abiding place may at some future period
In the coming hence conclude to relin-
quish their mortgage upon the liberality
OF our people and give 10 q perpetual
release from the obligations they seem
to feel that we owe to them,
Our farmers are extremely thankful
to our Russian Jew fellow citizens for
the little Innovations In the science OF
agriculture which were unknown prior
to the advent Of these peculiar people.
For instance. there potato patch leger.
domain will long be remembered by
various Gentle nel9hbors in the vicinity
of the town Of CLEVELAND. Who among
them any good farmers hereabouts knew,
prior to the coming Of the Jews, how to
extract the %succulent murphy from
mother earth and leave the vines in the
ground "shust like dey crowds" And
again, is there q farmer in Ramsey
county who Nj take the iron bolts from
q bridge and guarantee that the bridge
wont fall down? Such little sleight-of:
hand performances are seldom witnessed
yea, they are rarely known-in the
oldest Of agricultural regions.
There is no doubt that the money sem
here for the benefit Of the sufferers will
he properly distributed. but now thai
the Russian Jews have enough, suppose
the comnmittee distributes the surplu,
among the needy Gentiles; There arc
nearly 5000 in the territorial treeasur,
for that purpose. It was senl by an un,
known phllanthropist and it should bs
quito the best 8 in the direction in,
tended.
WHO SAID HE DID?
BISMARCK, Dak., Dec. There is alb,
solutely nothing in the story that til,
Jew fund was misappropriated. by Coy
Church. It was turned over to Audito,
Ward and by him given TO the Jew,
through a non-partisan committee o
Devils Lake. !,
The above is a Minneapolis Tribun,
special. Inquiry Of the relief coimmitte,
In this city shows that only $500 Of tn,
: ,0Oo has been received here. There !,
another mistake in the telegram aut
that is the money Is not exclusively
flew fund.-, II WAS ionatod ~. ~.