The Dickinson press., 1888-09-22
The Northern Pacific Exhibit
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deal ol attention.. The Buffalo Conn
mercial A,lNel ti>rr says of il:
\ Commercial reporter called upon
MIR. L. b. Groat. the General Emimra-
tion Agent of the Northern Pacific.
Railroad. under whose supervision the
attractive exhibit made hy the North
ern Pacific railroad WAS arranged on
the iilS; floor of the main building.
'fhe exhibit attracts tS much attcn-
tion as amy on the grounds. 1t COM
priseS samples of agrrullu-
raj products. native and cultivated
GRASSES. specimens of minerals. Il VII
rictN of woods. coal. coke. wool. fruit,
etc. collected from the extensive belt
nf country travcrSed 10y The Northern
Pacific railroad, which passes through
Minnesota. North Dakota. Montana.
Idaho. Washington and Oregon. The
eastern termini of this tr;mScuntincll-
tai line are 1t. Paul and Minneapolis
in the upper Mississippi valley. and
Ashland. West superior and Duluth
on the western extremity of Lake
Superior. In its westward course the
line extends for Il distance of 3.U1n
miles. reaching Tacoma on Puget
Sound and Portland. Oregon. The en-
hlhlt is taStefullA arranged with gains
and grasses. mounted heads of wild
animal. including the buffalo moose.
deer. and one of the posts supports Il
pair of steer horns spreading tive feet,
and Il number of SlWlled game birds of
the Northwest are displayed. The
letters OF The sign are made from heads
OF wheat. ul the wall are suspended
lin" Photographic views of SCENERY in
the Yellowstone National Park. seq
mic views ON the Columbia river and
al other points along the line of the
road.
The ,i:upics of grains and .r;l>,S,S
are in great piofu>iom and are cNrrp-
tionilly fine. The height and size of
hr heads of grains and grasses give
evidence of the highly productive
character of the soil. There are s,.n.
plies of wheat of several varieties
standing over six feet high. timothy
| clover live feet high. and samples, ui
rye reaching a height of eight feet.
| There are fine samples of Hungarian
grass. millct. alfalfa. broom corn and
Il great variety of graSSrSs native tu
the northwest plains. llcbsalnplcs of
scotch fife d" not show us great Il
height of straw and the heads are
smaller than the soft wheat. but the
stems are slender and more of them
grow on ail acre than the soft wheat.
The Scotch fife is the hare, spring
/ wheat raised in North Dakota and is
| Sought after hv millerS to mis- witt
other wheat to raise the gr;,,lc of their
| ioul. and ii brings Il higher p!it'r IN
the market thal ANY other wheat.
The best quality OF hard spring wheat
grade, lnd is known hy grain briyr!s
a> NO. hard. The space vi tine
cNhihlt is large. covering an area uf
nearly .2nn square feet.
l.rnlwl. Wlrsr is n German who
| lives with his lauIill in the west end
of town and it il Sliu thcN
Ii ,yr been running IL house of i'll
nrn >t,llu,lrr.l tlc ilorisr and at
tempted la tar and feather Wirse. l,,u
unl> succeeded in getting II little of
the mixture olI his face when lac rs-
capped. This frightened the old Gen
man 80 hat hr honght II revolver and
last night used it ON John sweeney.
sweeney is Il young man abo'lL -
wears old and his home is i'm 1t. Paul.
He went To the house ON horseback
and called Wicse to the door. Wi,sr
claims that he was afraid Of being
Shot and thought Sweeney had !. re-
Nolvrr in his hand when he (Wicsc)
! fired at linn with Il Shot gun aiitl then
| with IL revolver the second Shot taking
effect in sweeney left leg just below
| the thigh. shattcring he bone. He
/ fell from his horse and WicSc innir-
diatrll gave himself up and wa, luly
cd ia Jail. Doctors Mcdonald and
/ >tirkncv examined the wound and
pronounced it very dangerous,
although the wounded imam
refused to have the r. amp'ttatnd
The ball lodged in his leg and could
not bc found. Ii is IL tact that every
shooting >cIapr and row occurring
here lhi5 summer originated or was
directly trMrable t" stIlc houses of Ill
fame which are entirely toe numerous
and 20 long as they are tolerated we
may expect trouble. II thiS thing
continues he good latmc of he town
will be Il thing of the past and instead
III he fair reputation WE NOW emf y
otr town Will be pointed ont by stran-
ger, a. Il hard place.
7. 'rhorotcinson, IL farmer residing
near Taylor, claims that he was rob
bed of 5000 last night on the street.
He has been hclc several days and it
Na, known that he hl'l money on his
tr!-"!i.
For Sale.
Good c.!Y cai corn. chicken, and
Vegetables. Place iur rent III Il lial-
gain. W. II. lIoYT
official Proceedings Of the Billings 60.