St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-20
some VIEWS IN HIGHLAND
Relating to Crops and the Prospects of
the Season.
THE NEW STATE MOVEMENT.
With Special Interest in the Selee-
ton OF the United States
Senator's.
Speeial to the Globe

special TO the Globe.
CoLFAX, April 19.-Fnll three-fourths
OF the seeding in this section is fin
iShed. and larger acreage will be put
into wheat than ever before. Farmers
anticipate a good price for their grains
this season. and especially is this true
of wheat. Cats and barley are Secon-
dairy Importance. The potato crop will
not be more than half what it was last
year, and it costs as much to get
buSh6l of potatoes to market as it does
a bushel of wheat, but the yield of Do
tatoes is very much larger per acre.
The low price of potatoes this spring
has been cooler on the potato fever.
The weather for the past ten days has
been rather cool, freezing some nights;
but the farmers have kept busy in get
ting in their grain. As a general thing
the seed wheat has not been of the first
quality, but many think it will not
make much difference with the crop.
There has been much need of rain in
Richlands county. and yesterday and
last night there was a slight rainfall
that will do considerable good The
elevators along the railway lines are
being emptied of wheat and other
grams, so that everything can be in
readiness for the annual rounds of the
assessors. Prospective statehood for
North Dakota makes the political situa-
ton decidedly interesting, and all poll
ucians are on the qui viYe, looking out
for
THEIR SUGAR PLUMS
We see that Mellette has taken off six
southern towns of this county and put
them in the hopper with Sargent cOun-
ty, composing a district for the election
of the three delegates to the cOnStitu-
tiOnal convention, and the remainder of
Richland county constituted as another
district. 1t is not an easy task to tell
who the three delegates will be from
this county. but there are many who
have very strong desires to honor them
selves and do North Dakota great deal
of good by the exercise of their wisdom
and craftsmanship in the coming con-
StItutiOnal convention. Among those
who have been mentioned are the fol-
lowing named persons: Hon. John
Miller. superintendent OF the great New
York farm; McCumber. HankinSOn. W.
c. Lander. j. 2. Miller and others.
Hon. j. Miller was a member of the
council last session, and Mr.. McCum-
Der is a lawyer and has been elected to
the territorial legislature for two terms
heretofore. Mr.. Lander is the present
county attorney and a lawyer of large
practice. j. H. Miller is the present
sheriff and formerly member of the
Dakota legislature. and Mr.. HankinSOn
is farming on large scale. and also en-
gagged in the mercantile business and
the town site proprietor OF HankinSOn.
The probabilities are, however, that his
town will be attached to the Sargent
f.nV mt di srl II In nfT ~nv1f
there is no prospect OF any lack of aspi-
rants. persons who, for the good of
country, if nothing more, will be will
ing to
BEAR THEIR FULL SHARE
of the burdens of OfficehOlding. While
there are many offices to fill in the full
equipment and completion of statehood.
including members of congress and
United States senators. there is no one
question that absOrbs the public mind
more than the prospective election of
United States senators. There are
many very able gentlemen who really
desire to be the favored ones. EX-Gov.
Pierce. Gen. Harrison Allen. Gen. Alex
ander HAYES. eX-GOy. 0rdWay. and
other prominent persons. are among
those who are considered probable can
didates. We understand that three of
the leading men named live in Bismark,
and if either one of the Bismarckers
should be elected on the first balloting
for United States senator. then the
probabilities are that Gen. Harrison
Allen. of Fargo, would be the next. as
he is very popular among all the Dakota
Republicans. and a gentleman of
marked ability and legislative expert
ence. If the two senators should be
selected from the four gentlemen
ably and hOnorably represented.
H B. CRANDAII