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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
Official DIRECTORY,
TERRITORIAL orr1oYs

TERRITORIAL OBJECTS
G. Mele,te.
Secretary-M. L. Mccormick,
Audltor-Jas. A. Ward
Treasurer j. w. Raymond
superintendent OF Public Observation-Disclosures
A. Dye.
Assistant Supt.-Frank 4. Wilson.
Attorney General-C. +. Templeton.
United States District Attorney--J. e. Garland
commissioner of Immigraticn--P. f. Mcclure
United States Marshal--D. w. Marratta.
Surveyor Gencsal-Maris Taylor
AdJutant Generai-Col. N. n. Tyner.
Board of Health--Geo. F. Swain. Supt.
Veterinary Surgeon--Dr. CD. Alloway.
Railroad Commissio.ers-Abe Boynton, Alex.
Griggs, n. 7. Smith.
Judge District Court, Sixth District -Roderick
Rose, of jamestown.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Commissioners -R. C. Cooper, chairman. C.
Il. Moseley, DeForess Conanl. Nels Hemmingson,
County Clerk and Register of Deeds-Rollef
Clerk OF District Court-J.N Jorgensen.
Sherif-M. L Michaels
District Attorney-Iver jacobson.
Iress:ses--knud Thompson.
Auditor-P. A. Melgard.
Survcycr--Mar,in A. Ueland
Supt OF Schools--Dr. T F. Kerr.
Judge of rrcbate-pe,er e. Nelson.
Coraner-Dr. Kerr.
commissioners OF Insanlty-Peter E. Nelson,
T. f. Kerr and liver jacobson.
justices OF Peace-T. Il. Warna, eCooperstown
Paul y. Nelson, Romness; AlonZo Ellis. Willow;
W. A. Baker. "a annaford; NJ a ,Ueland, Galla!in.
ConstaDes-O. a. Johnson, Ole o. Croft, Harry
WasSer Gideon Sheldon.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS.

The following resolutions of the board
of commissioners should read as print.
cd here instead of as it appeared last
week:
BE it resolved by this board, that the
uncxpcnded balance up to July 1st,
1880, remaining in the bridge fund and
the roadand bridge fund, be and the same
hereby transferred to the general
fund.
Also the following:
Town of 14G range SO, W. of ne}.e1 of
nw4 and Cd of sw4 and sw4 of sw4 of
Sec. 1, $50 acres assessed value s174O
raised to $3.50.
Also the following corrections:
Nv of Sec. 2 157 acres assessed val
TIC S720 raised to 1893.
Nw1 and II! of sw4 and SCI of aw4
W. and sch of sci of Sec 10, $50 acres
assessed value s15GO raised to 1915.
Nv of Sec. 90 100 acres assessed
value SLIGO lowered to $3.50.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
or the establishing of pardoning

for the establishing of pardoning
board. 1t is to consist of the COVER
nor, attorney general, and the judges
of the supreme court. This is a
measure which ought to be made a
part OF the constitution. The ex-
perience of older states is that this
power in the hands of only one man
is too often abused. In one state it
is reported that out of twenty-five
convicted of murder, only one suffer
ed the penalty imposed by law
all the Others escaped their just des-
erts. Long experience and knowl-
edge Of the law especially fit the
judges of the supreme court to serve
on this board, and .heir longer term
Of office makes them more indepen-
dent and less subject to the political
pressure which is often brought to
bear on a governor in the interest
of criminals who have friends with
great political influence. The pard-
oning power should be exercised
with the greatest care and should be
invoked only by in extreme cases
either where there are egratly extern
uating circumstances, Or where a
clearly innocent person has been
condemned. That it has been
abused in the past, is well-known
fact and that the establishment of a
board, composed as above stated.
would greatly tend to restrain this
abuse is selfevident.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
The Constitutional Convention.

After nearly two weeks consumed in
cflecting u pcrmant organization and
appointing the different committees, the
real work OF the convention commenced
OH Monday. No sooner was everything
in readiness, than bills and Resolutions
began to pour in in such profus!on
that-to quote the Bismarck Tribune =
lit looks as if a Gattling gun had been
directed toward the chief clerks desk"
and they have been steadily pouring in
ever since. The committees are
getting plenty Of material, and are
arranging this and disposing of it as
rapidly as possible. Some will soon be
ready to report. So far, all have been
carried forward in the greatest peace
and harmony There has been nothing
to disturb the general tranquility since
the rcdoubtabie NJ. N. Johnson hauled
Mcclure of ,e'Devi|'s Lake Capital and
Major Edwards over the Goals week
ago. Though good earnest work has
been done, to the settlement loving
representatives OF the press it has seemed
dull and tame in the extreme. A
meeting recently held by.them is said to
have been openeI with Il prayer which
closed with the following pathetic and
eloquent appeal:
'Dear Lord, we pray Thee to infusc q
little life into the proceedings, and by
SO directing the minds of the delegates
as to stir up IA sweet and glorious row,
aid us in the good work for which we
have assembled"
The following clipping from the Bis
marck Tribune will be OF interest to
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19

VIII Cooperstown get the capital?
asked skeptic of us on the street the
other day. To be sure she will if
the capital is moved at all. Being
located just exactly in the centre of
population with several prospective
railroads heading this way, and the
other aspirants indulging in a lively
set-to, we can get it here sure.
Fargo won't let either Grand Forks,
Jamestown or Devils Lake have it
and they in turn won't let Fargo
have it, SO that in all probability
they will turn round and give it to
Cooperstown. Why not? Stranger
things have happened. Yes, we are
going to get the capital.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
$500 PER ANlJUE,.
our readers:

our readers:
!, BY Air; Bartlett ofGriggs: Providing
tnat the legislative assembly shall con-
slst OF two houses, the house of repre-
sentlves to have not less than IS nor
more than 1850 members; the senate to
oe composed of one member for each
By MI. BARTLETT of Griggs. Prescribing
that all ballots shall be printed on nIain
white paper; that the tickets shall COR
tain the name of no candidate not nom
mated by the party the name of which
is at the head, and any ticket bear
ing the name of one not nominated bv
the party shall be illegal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19

Sec. 24oS. Political Code. Every
person and every corporation shall
destroy upon all lands which he or
she shall occupy, all weeds of the
kinds known as Canada thistle, cookie
burr and mustard at such time and
in such manner as shall effectually
prevent their bearing seed; such time
and manner of destroying such weeds
shall be prescribed by township
boards of supervisors or by the board
OF county commissioners in counties
which shall not be organized into
townships, and the same shall be
published at least two weeks in some
newspaper published in the county,
not less than two. weeks before the
time so prescribed; provided, that if
there be no newspaper published in
the county, then written notices of
the same shall be posted the same as
election notices are posted, in lieu of
such publication. Every overseer Of
highways of every township or coun-
ty shall also in like time and manner
destroy all such weeds that may
grow either on the highway of his
road district Or on any unoccupied
land therein, which the occupant
thereof shall refuse or neglect to so
destroy. For So doing such over
seer shall have such compensation,
payable out of the township treasury
or county treasury, as the township
board Of supervisors or board of
county commissioners, upon the pre-
sentation of his account therefor,
verified by his oath and specifying
by separate items the charges on each
piece of land, describing the same,
shall deem reasonable; and the re-
spective amounts SO paid, except for
the destruction of such weeds upon
the highways, shall be placed on the
next tax roll of the township or
county as the case may be, in sep
arate column headed, "for destruction
OF weeds" as tax against the lands
upon which such weeds were destroy
ed, and be collected as other taxes,
and the entry OF such tax on the tax
roll ahall be conclusive evidence of
the liability of the land so taxed to
such tax.
Sec. 24o9. If the occupant of any
such lands or any such overseer shall
fail to destroy such weeds as so re-
quired, such occupant or ovelscer
shall forfeit not less than five dollars
nor more than fifty dollars. The
chairman and each supervisor of
every township, or the chairman and
each commissioner Of counties not
organized into townships, shall
prosecute promptly for every such
forfeiture which he shall have reason
to believe to have been incurred.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
THE SCANDINAVIAN UNION OF NORTH
DAKOTA


Our exchanges and leading poll
ticians are getting quite worked up
over. the Scandinavian Union lately
organized at Fargo. 1t is something
unique and unheard ofin our political
history thus openly and avowedly to
organize for political purposes on the
basis of nationality distinction. The
gentlemen who shared in the inaug-
uration of this movement may have
committed political blunder-but
after all, the only charge brought
against them is that they frankly
and squarly bring their grievances
before the public, Had they held a
meeting with inclosed doors, and had
the news of their proceedings come
introduced by the usual portentous
and mystifying cit is rumored-it is
reported it is said" all would have
been perfectly proper and legitimate,
but now when they state their object
in clear manly terms, those who
would not scruple to give a political
opponent stab in the d ark-meta-
phorically speaking-raise their
hands in holy horror, and denounce
these men as political renegades.
Whether the grievances set forth in
the resolutions adopted by the Union
are real Or imaginary, we do not
feel competent to judge; it seems a
little singular. however, that during
the twenty-eight years which have
elapsed since the organization of the
territory, SO few Scandinavians have
been deemed fitted to occupy po-
sitions Of trust and emolument-
notwithstanding the fact that during
all these years they have constituted
large proportion Of the inhabitants
and have competed--and competed
successfully with! their American
born fellow citizens in every line
of business. 1t does seem a little as
if this discrimination on the part of
Republican leaders has been deliber-
ate and conscious. No fair minded
man who reads the resolutions can
truthfully accuse the trainers of any
intention to "bolt" the party. All
they intended to do is to secure a
large turnout of their country men
at the primaries, and, by electing a
large delegation of their friends in
sure fair play all around at the state
convention. Though Scandinavians
undoubtedly constitute majority in
the Republican party Of North
Dakota, and could take all, they
only ask fair representation, and
we believe that ourRepublican lead
ers have the good judgment and are
fair minded enough to recognize any
just claims which they may have;
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19

There is considerable complaint
by farmers down south about the
spread of wild mustard, and yet the
supervisors in the organized towns
have not advertised in regard to
"noxious weeds" according to law.
Why is this thusly? Here is the law
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19

Farmers should by no means burn
their straw. Every farmer of en-
perience knows that a straw pile will
hold a lot of moisture. If our
farmers will place their straw on the
north and west sides of their farms it
would retain a pile of snow which
would prove beneficial in the way of
moisture to the land. 1t would also
be ready for big bonfire in case of
a frost. You might try it anyway,
and by all means be prepared for
Jack Frost, you. know there will be
lots of late grain this year and he is
always sneaking in about the time he
is not wanted.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19

Editor Root, of the Times-Record,
says that better date could not have
been fixed for the state convention
August 21st. Mr.. Root is usually
correct and is one of our best editors
but we must disagree with him this
time. He says that farmers will be
through harvesting by that time. We
say that if Barnes county is as back
ward,-on account of the late dry
spell-as Grigggs, that the farmers
will have hardly got we'll started har-
vesting. The convention should
have been called either earlier or
later and then our farmers would
stand some show of attending the
convention if called upon to do SO.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19

1t is great deal easier for car
pet-bagger with ''barr'l" to go to
the U. S. senate from North Dakota
than for good, level-headed Dakotan
to crawl through the bung-hole of an
ordinary keg.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
THE PARD0NlNG BOARD.

One of the chief inovations on the
existing proposed so far to the con-
stitutional convention is the bill in.
troduced by Mr.. Camp of Jamestown,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19

If the capital is located at Coop
erstown Fargo and Grand Forks
would build road into this place at
once, which would be the means OF
bringing in a lot of people besides
millions of dollars. If they let the
capital remain where it is it will be
no Improvement to the new state and
will also be a one-sided location as
regards population.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-07-19
TIL il c 0 U R IE3 R
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING
TRUBSHAW & THOMPSON.
Publishers.
PERCY r. TRUBsHAw, Editor.

Say, Ordway! Where do yer vote
when yer to hum?
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27

surrounded by a crescent OF thorny
knobs about the size of a small apple,
as if serving "a a protection for the
tender edges of the leaves. In a Next
can dinner, sweets always occupy a
conspicuous part, and on this occa
sion the dulce will be the preserved
roots or leaves of this same cactus,
Though the Mexican people are moi
a race Of hard drinkers, yet 1T meal
times the wine or other fcrmCnted
liquors are inevitable, and, n, the low.
or claSsof MCN!cuns CaIuOt we'll Afford
wine, you are invited 10 PJrtaiic once
more Of this much abused cactus, this
time in the form Of %tcQHilu, a most
atrocious drink which LOOKS like gin,
harmless enough to all appearances,
but which goes down your throat like
a wave Of lire. and a few glasses Of
which will make you drunk clear to
your finger tips. Should this prove
too much for you, you are ut liberty
TO Wrtakc of another beyorawcderived
from the same source, but not quite as
ardent, l. e., mCScal. This liquid
leaves "A delicate suggestion Of tar and
red pepper in your mouth, and If
drunk after eating a certain kind Of
domestic fruit, 1t is very dangerous,
and in many cases results very disas-
trously forth imbiber. Cor. Kansas
City Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27
After Her Young.

a naturalist contributes TO Nature,
from the island of Crete, a paragraph
relating To one of the most interesting
aspects of bird life. \ gardener caught
a young but fully iledged sparrow
which he carried TO the house of 4
friend three miles away. He left
home early in the morning.
He presented the bird to one Of the
children. and il was put in a cage and
hung at the window, where it seemed
likely TO be contented. losing its fright
after a few hours.
Later in the afternoon nm old bird
was noticed llnttcring about the cage,
apparently trying TO get at the little
one, and the young bird at once be-.
came frantic 10 get out.
The old bird was evidently the mo
Their Of the young one. the rccogni-
ton between them was too cordial 10
leave any doubt upon that point; aud
when the girl opened the cagc. as she
did after a little. they both flew of
rapidly in the direction of the place
from which the little one had been
brought.
II was believed impossible that the
old bird should have followed the gar.
deuer, as in that case il would have
been seen earlier in The day.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27
What cactus Is to the me.Icans.

The remark has been made that 'the
cactus has many good points and will
not be sat down upon" The remark
is a true one, for, as is the reindeer 10
the Laplander, so is the cactus 10 the
poor Mexican. II furnishes him with
a home, such as il is. His food in
many ways is prepared from the cac.
tus. Sit down TO a meal in a wretched
Mexican iacal, and il you do not wish
to spread your length upon the floor,
you will be offered a small wicker
stool made from the tough fiber Of the
cactus. The mating spread upon the
dirt floor, which serves as a table, is
woven from the same material.
Corn meal cakes (tortillas), boiled
beans, great fat fellows, and a pleas
ant and wholesome dish OF stewed
cactus cut into small squares, about
the size Of q pea, will constitute your
repast OF solids. The fruit, without
which no Mexican meal is complete,
will be the luscious tuna, which grows
around the edges OF the prickly leaves
of the cactus, and which when grow.
inO resembles a huge re- shield
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27
A largo Foot, RatL

Americas champion Big Foot
John has been unearthed in the wilds
of North Carolina, and he has his
shoes made in this city. lie is di-
vine and a gentleman Of color. being
properly known rs the Rev, John w.
Farnham, pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Charlotte. The
size Of his boot is 35l, which nocessi
tateS Il sole of 20 inches i'm length and
Z inches brugd.
The Rev. Enuham stands G feet 10
inches in his stable stockings and
weighs 40 pounds when stripped Of
his impelimunts. When he strides
up the sanctuary aisle the foundations
rumble MS If under the influence Of
nm earthquake shock, and the stranger
within the gates jerks round expect
ing 10 see Gabriel and the last day
hand in hand.
The enforced itinoracy of Metho-
distic clergymcn has caused Brother
Barnham no little annoyance, for no
sooner does he find in one town acob-
bier that can lit his feet than he is hus-
tied OFF 10 another far distant. Re
Gently, however, the problem has
found a solution. The dominic has
had a quantity of mammoth lasts and
uppcrs, sufficient TO last till dooms-
day, manufactured and sen TO a shoe
house on Eighth street in this city.
Thus provided he can rise superior TO
his big footed fate by having the fin
ishing touches added whenever there
is need. The privilege of half soling
the reverend's boots is counted q rare
one. Philadelphia Record.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27
The Love of Soloriety.

On no subject do English and Amer
lean tastes differ more widely than on
the pains and pleasures Of publicity.
The average Englishman, from the
highest 10 the lowest, emtcrtains apro-
found conviction that privacy is an
invaluable privilege for which it is
quite worth while 20 barter, as re-
CARDS his abode and grounds, light,
air and beauty; and as regards his
domestic circle, all the intellectual
pleasures Of varied society. If he be
owner Of a fine estate, he builds a high
wall Or IA lofty paling, often excluding
lovely and extended views, round his
park and if he be a shopkeepcr he pre-.
ters 10 spend "A summer evening in a
stuify back parlor behind impene.
trablc blinds, rather than to sit as a
Frcnchman or German does every
evening, at a table before "A cafe in the
ARREST and liveliest street. Until the
rise of the pestilent society papers
in London, no public journal described
the homes, the furniture, the dress or
the habits of eminent men and wo-
men, except, perhaps. III The case OF
a grandiose Morning Post report Of a
particularly splendid ball or state din
ner, or the court milliner's list of
dresses at the queens drawing room.
Even to this day, VIXEN all manner Of
breaches have been made in the wall
Of the Englishmun's castle, he re-
mains attached TO the idea Of a broad
distinction between public and pri-
vate life; and resents any infringement
Of the line where lac still llatters him
self lac can divide himself as "a private
individual from himself ms a statcs-
man, author or artist. The queen and
her great poet laureate, at the summit
of all fame" are perhaps, in the
whole nation, the two who would feel
most in dignant at any invasion of
their still reserved privacy.-Forum.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27
The Mince Pie Theory.

Alearncddoctor, Eggleston by name,
has promulgated in The American
Medical Journal the interesting fact
that TO eat before going to bed is con
ducive TO sleep. Persons Who labor
after nightfall are well aware of this;
but II is AN error To suppose that the
practice will operate rs "a clrc for III
somnia-that most dreaded of foes 10
brain workers. The man who should
come forward with "A sure mcdicament
against insomnia would deserve a
niche in a modern pantheon of i'm
mortals. - Philadelphia Record.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27

Twenty years ago there were prac.
tically no game laws, and certainly
none were enforced. Since then leg.
islatures have gradually built up a
stone wall Of restriction and limitation
until game that can be legally sold
when there is a demand for it is linn.
tied 10 so few varieties that one can
count them on the fingers. Yet hotels
and restaurants supply just about
what there is a demand for, law or no
law, and / believe before long the ma.
jority Of the bewildering game stat
utes will become dead letters. One
effectof this legislation has been toin-
crease the demand for venison, which
is having quite a boom in 81. Louis.
There also appears 10 be a mania for
securing antlers. These are in great
demand, aud realize high prices when
perfect and shspelys
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-27

Styles in shoes change but little. II
you should ask au honest dealer what
is the present style. he could not an
swer you. People wear shoes that
suit them best, Some narrow toes are
still worn 10y young men, but the
wider Toe, if properly fitted to the
foot, is. ! think, the neateSt shoe.
Kangaroo leather has lost its popular.
ity, and patent leather, despite its last.
ing qualities, is also loosing its hold in
public favor. Calf skin is now the
only leather for stylish footwear. In.
tervieE in 81. Louis Globe Democrat.