Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-04-17

DAKOTA'S DOINGS.

DAkOTA'S DOINGS.
THE WEEKLY BUDGET OF NEWS
FROM ALL SECTIONS
Gov. Mellcttc's Appointlnents--Cr Crop Pros
pscts aud General Conditions-A Dakota
Invention Of Merit Points In Shorter
Paragraphs.
MORE APPOINTMENTS by GOV. MEL
LErTE.
The governor has appointed the follow
ing board Of trustees for the Bismarck
penitentiary: Alex. Mckenzie, Of Bur
leigh county; John Haggart, Of Cass; p.
McHugh, Of Cavalier; R. NJ. Tuttle, Of
Morton, and John Simmons, of Valley
City; trustees FOR the Yankton insane hos
pital: W. B. Valentine and Zina Richie,
of ianktcn county; Geo. w. Snow. Of Bon
Homme county; Q. H. Dahl, Of Minnehaha
county; ]. n. laIcott, Of Union county;
!. .tspsssss ss the oekalA anisa & XsSs
million Is conpossd 81 the Following Ren-
tlemen: f. e. Clough, for four years; D.
NJ. Inman. for two years; Halvor f. Han
son, four years; Henry H. Blair. four
years; Frank J. Carey, two years; trustees
for the jamestown insane hospital: Rob-
ert Fancher, of Stutsman county, for the
term Of four years; David Russell. of Kid
der county, for two years; John A. Rea, of
Burieigh county, four years; E. r. Ken
nedy, of Dickey county, two years; N. X.
Hubbard, of Cnss county, four years. hon.
T. d. kanouse, of Woonsocket, has re-
ceiyed an informal tender Of the position
of warden of the Sioux Falls penitcntiary,
and will probably accept.
SPRING CROP PROSPECTS.
Under this head the Sioux Falls Press
says: 1t is to be hoped that the present
rain may be long and broad. The seed in
the ground has needed it. All that is
necessary, at least in the eastern portion
of South Dakota, is that there will be suf-
ficient moisture to start termination. The
surface has been too dry for this, but as
soon as the plants commence sending
their rootlets into the sell they will find
there the moisture which even the most
protracted drouth has never been able to
exhaust in this region. The peculiar sub
soil enables the deep rich loan to retain
for marvellous period the moisture which
has been absorbed, and the roots Of the
grain stalks bore down to it and flourish
amid climatic circumstances which else
where would certainly breed drouth.
The seed time has been remarkably favor
able, and all that is now necessary Is q lit
tie boost to enable the grow ing process to
60 forward with that miraculous speed
which has given the country its title Of the
Wonderland. The Chicago Tribune has
been gathering information concerning the
crop outlook, and reports as follows re.
garding Dakota:
In northern Dakota the highlands have been
IN excellent condition for seed About tho Goth
ultimo the weather changed cold and kept so,
and tho ground has been frozen up ever since.
There has been great deal Of ground prepared
Tor wheat, and the ground ID In better condition
this season than for many previous springs.
The seed aown will be mostly good, but In
especially in the back counties, where seed is
scarce.
In central Dakota practically, the same situ-
tion Of their farms. The ground Is dry.
Southern Dakota reports two weeks Of fine
weather for working the land, and farmers
just fairly begun. Tho prospects arc that tho
crop win all be in the ground three weeks ear
Her than usual The ground is dry. There
sinoc August to speak OF. The wheat remain
ing In farmers hands IL being largely taken for
seed and thero will be lit 10 to ship until after
seeding end tho mills get what they want to
NEW TYPE WRITER.
The Detroit Free Press Of recent date
says: A newspaper receives many curious
letters in the course of year. Perhaps
one of the most extraordinary letters ever
sent the Free Press came the other day
from Ingersoll, Mclean county, Dakota.
II is type written letter. The type used
is smaller than that Of any Of the existing
commercial type writer's, but is wonder
fully clear and distinct. The writer Of the
letter is Lewis o. Fjerli. Mr.. Fjerli
must have an extraordinary amount Of
perseverance and ingenuity. He has mas
tered the English language so that he
writes fiuently and we'll in it. When the
Free Press announced that it would give
to,uVu III prizes IOF btOIle6, anu stateO
that type written Ms. would be preferred,
Mr.. Fjarh thought he would compete.
Not having typewriter he didn't growl
about the proviso, but got out his jack
knife and actually made a wooden type :
writer, using book type to print the letters.
The result shows better work than that
made by any typewriter at present in the
market. II Dakota has many such citi-
zens who have 80 much skill ana pluck
she will soon be the most brilliant state in
the union.
Tho Aberdeen Nsns says that the
bondsmen Of ex- Treasurer Winchell, OF
Sphinx county, have secured settlement
with the county commissioners, by the
payment Of 5000. Winchell's deficit *as
for the amount of $lG.45l, so that the set.