St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-09
DAKOTA NIPS.

any Dakota 6QltOr. III VIII UdTttly De dl-
legged that there is significance in the
fact that his bridal tour has Washington
for its eastern terminus.
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The June issue of the Fargo North
western Farmer has designs for grana-
rieS for farmers to store their wheat to
hold from market that seem very timely,
in view of the widespread movement
of the great wheat growers of the north.
This has been an Argus hobby for years,
and is one of the schemes of the in
genious major, the growing success of
which may perhaps be utilized to lift him
toward Bismarck. His big thing, how
ever, is the tax-raising device, by which
farmers are to have no taxes to pay. If
these two projects do not make him pop
ular with farmers it will evidently be
due to a lack of faith-or something.
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The gopher harvest in Barnes county
expired the first of June, the slaughter
of the sixty days counting up about 200,-
000-at least that was about the number
of tails taken in by the county officials
for $4,000. That would seem to be an
expensive method if poison will answer
as well.
Col. JENKINS. the Indian agent, has
just supplied the Sisseton Indians with
oxen, mich cows and plOWs, and has
material to erect about seventy dwellings
for them. The red men are the for
tunate ones now.
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The question is being raised in some
counties whether farm can be taxed
after it is proved up, and before the
patent issues. 1t is matter of consid-
cradle Importance both to the farmer
and the locality, as it may cover several
years time.
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July is pretty warm month usually,
even in Dakota. With such a swarm of
conventions as are laid out for Huron
in that period the ice stock should be
uncommonly large. 1t is local option
town, and it is not reported that blind
pigs are numerous. Perhaps this had
something to do with the selection of a
location, in order to afford contrast
with some of the party convocations
and to allure the Prohibition vote.
The creameries at Grand Forks, Bis
marck, Valley City, Glendale, and per-
haps dozen other places, have COM
menced to turn out the golden bovine
product the past few weeks. and it is
noticeable that in each instance it is
pronounced by the experts little finer
in flavor and quality than anything ever
tasted, due to the native grasses. There
will be considerable home demand, for
it is fact that heretofore a great part
of the butter used in Dakota towns has
been brought from the states.
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The young editors who are so unfor-
tunate as not to have domestic features
of their own, are now skirmiShing
around for female cousins or somebody's
sister to go OH the Yellowstone Park eX-
cursion, which promises to be very
merry bout.
June bugs have done good deal of
illustrative duty, but the Gary Inter
State reports visit of cloud of them
countless millions in number, stripping
trees and shrubbery of their foliage. 1t
is not alleged that they do permanent
injury.
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Some of the farmers in Deuel. county,
having to replant their corn on account
of gophers, tried the experiment of
soaking it in kerosene, as it is alleged
that the fastidious little pests cannot
bear the smell of the Oil.
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In Cass county the county board has
aided the high license people to make
up direct issue with prohibition by
complying with the request of the Fargo
board of trade to promise to license at
S1,OO0in case the people vote out local
option in November. This shape of the
question would probably have defeated
prohibition last year, but it will hardly
dislodge the cold water forces who now
hold the fort, and will fight as vigor-
ouSly as ever.
In some parts of the territory the w.
| G. L. Z. is reproducing the portions of
! the territorial code which interdict
| blasphemy, profane swearing and Sab
! bath breaking. If those laws could be
vigorously enforced there would be no
need of other taxation. While Maj. Ed
WARDS and' other aspiring statesmen
are looking for methods to relieve the
people of such burdens perhaps their
friends of the W. G. T. U. can induce
them to look at these moral schemes.
The politicians would then be utilized.
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1t is indicated in local papers that
l.. G. JOHNSON will soon have party of
surveyors in the field running line of
railroad in the direction of the Black
Hills from some point on the Northern
Pacific This starting point is variously
stated as Mandan, Dickinson and some
intermediate points. JOHNSON may be
something of politician, but he is also
a good deal of rustler, and doesn't con-
fine his labors to paper roads.
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Large portions of the territory have
had the rain needed the past week, the
weather has grown warmer, and the
wheat is pulling out as if lost time was
to be made up. The ground is so full
of water that very little or no more rail-
is needed to insure good crop in the
hard wheat region.
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Judge PALMER must be looming VI
as a candidate for congress or the papers
would not care to make points against
him. One of these is that when he was
upon the bench the members of the SUI
preme court lobbied through the legisla
ture bill allowing them $1,000 veal
each for railroad mileage, alleging thai
under the interstate laws their passes