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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07
Another lmnortant matter

Another Important matter which
should be decided as soon as posi-.
bic by the people of Griggs county
is the matter pertaining to the dis
tricting of counties for legislative
purposes. There are two combina-
tons talked off in which we are in.
terested as regards the makeup Of
this legislative district. One is, that
Griggs and Steele counties would
make a very desirable district, and
the other is, that Griggs, Foster and
Eddy would also make a good dis
trict. 1t seems to be the sentiment
of large number of the voters ei
the east side Of the county that we
should join with Steele if it be posi-.
BILE, while considerable talk is being
indulged in by the voters of the west
side as to the feasibility of going in
with Foster and Eddy. The people
Of the western side have just received
a slap in the face from Foster county
and are not at all disposed to regard
the people of that county with favor.
while they have warm feeling for
the people of Eddy. Should Griggs
be put with the latter combination
she would be the senior county and
could give Foster a couple of slaps
in return for the one she gave Griggs
and thus even things up, while if we
join issues and go in with Steele we
shall be just about even as far as
votes are concerned and would also
have a good reliable republican
county to stay by us. The former
combination strikes us as being the
most desirable taking all circum-
stances into consideration, but either
will do if we can get tive are not
at all particular. However, some
understanding has got to be reached
ere long in order to give the consti.
tutional convention some idea o.
what we want. five don't ask fol
anything we are liable to get thai
much exactly and no more, and il
we can get it by the asking we had
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07
4 Grand Celebration is What Coopeystomn
VIII HaUe This Year aud Don't
You Forget It.
Severai Hundred Dollars Subscribed to
BIotv in For a Good
Time.
We Want Hope, Hannaford, Jessie. Dazey
Sanborn, Valley City and jamestown
to Help Us Celebrate.
Base Ball, Races, Sports, Parades, Dane
ing. Music, Red Lemonade
etc., on that Day.
Everybody invited, Bring your Families
and Relatives and let US Celebrate
Like American Citizens,

AS we announced last week our cit.
liens have decided to celebrate the
Fourth, and for that purpose commit.
tee meeting was held at the Palace
hotel Monday night to decide under the
different subcommittee, some kind of a
programme. The Cooperstown Cornet
Band is to be engaged to play on that
day; a purse of $s5 for game efbase
ball has been decided on; $50 for
horse racing, trotting matches, ETC.,
$35 for fire works and other amounts
were allowed to different attractions to
make this celebration a grand success.
We have accommodations for every.
body. The red lemonade too glasses
for IL nicklc will be there, redder than
ever, peanuts, oranges, candies, fire
crackers, ETC., in fact, all those things
that 20 towards making the heart Of
the native American thrill with patriot.
ism. Offers will be received for help
in the way of bringing in trees and
green stuff from the river by the com
mittccs. We shall have posters out
shortly. The following are the tliffercn,
committees:
Master of Ceremonies: Rev. H. p
James.
Marshal of the Day: Geo. N. Stork
assistant marshall: A. Haskell.
Committee of general arrangements
John Syvcrson, Geo. w. Bathey, Geo
Condy.
Committee on music: A. Enger
Frank, Haskell, C. T. Whdden.
Committee on races: j, II, Mc
Dcrmott, Andrew johnson, Johr
Armstrong.
Committee on base ball: Geo. Clark
T. E Warner, Andrew Sinclair.
Committee OH fireworks: j. w
Christie, f. G. Ward. S. Sansburn.
Committee on dances: liver Jacob
son, G.. I. Luckcn.
Committee on Finance: NJ. Crane,
treasurer; Fred King, A, H. Berg.
Committee on salutcs: S. Sansburn
Will Blow, John Mlchaels.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07
Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
Circular No. 1854.
St. Paul, Mimi, May Goth, 1se

St. Paul, Mimi, May Goth. 1889.
To Agents in Minnesota and Dakota:
There will be Fireman's and Band
Tournament at Fargo, june nth to
18th inclusive. In addition to above
there will be numerous other a1lrac-
tions, including ball games, etc, etc.
The people of Fargo are spending Il
large amount OF money for prizes and
to secure good attractions, and it is our
desire to induce as large an attendance
us possible With this in view we have
decided to make Il rate of one first-class
fare for the round trip from points in
Minnesota and Dakota, to Fargo and
return, tickets to be sold on June 10th,
nth, 18th and 18th, good to return up
to and including June 14th. Use red
form excursion.
In addition to the above rate for
the public, we will sell tickets from
points in Dakota, Except from points
on the ID. & NJ. branch,) to Fargo and
return, for Fireman, Band and Base
Ball clubs in uniform at rate of one
cent per mile in each direction. Fire
Companies, Bands and Base Ball clubs
taking advantage of this rate must
travel together in both directions on
one ticket. Agents will issue but one
ticket to the leader of each organiza-
ton making each coupon Good for
men, acct Fi1cmen.' If the ticket is
issued to Band or a Base Ball club,
substitute 'Band" or Base Ball club
for "Firemcn." Dates of sale and limit
to be the same us those given the
public.
Horse carts will be carried "knockel
down in baggage cars, hook and ladder
trucks on flat cars, without charge.
Agents will ascertain ut once if the
LOCAL company is going to take either
horse cart or hook and ladder truck
and advise me, SO that arrangements
can be made for their transportation.
CHAs S. Fee, General Passenger &
Ticket Agent.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

An informal business meeting of
the editors and publishers of North
Dakota is called to meet at Fargo, on
Saturday, June Is, 1869, at the Col
umbia Hotel for the purpose of dis
cussing the organization of North
Dakota Press Association. All
editors and publishers favorabIy IN
clined are earnestly requested to at
tend.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

Eastern newspapers have beer,
trying to get up some excitement by
publishing great big headlines about
a prospective war between England
and the United States over the seal
fishery question. There is no doubt
but what this question will be salts
factorily settled without bloodshed.
AS the heads of these excitable
journalists subside so will the large
headlines and the whole thing will
turn out to be dream.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

Summer with its fragrance laden
atmosphere is here, and with it comes
the Northwest News. dressed in its
summer garb of pink-tinted paper
which it puts on every Saturday.
Barring politics Editor Bierly gets
out one of the best newspapers in the
territory.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

The canvass for the chairmanship
of the constitutional convention has
begun, and among the number are
Fancher of Stutsman, and Johnson
of Nelson, with several others loom
ing up. Either of the above gentle
men would make an excellent presid-
ing officer, but the COURIER would
not object to seeing it come to Griggs
county.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

There is another nice elective office
to be filled this fall that our politi-
clans have overlooked, or at least
nothing has been said about it at pre-
sent, and it is that of county Judge.
The constitution provides that the
present office of judge Of probate
merges into that of county judge;
also, that the office is to be filled by
a regularly admitted attorney, as the
powers and duties of the county
Judge are much greater than those of
judge Of probate. This will be thu
means of legislating a majority Of
probate judges out of office before
their terms expire, as most of them
are not qualified under the admission
bill. If this is true our own compe-
tent judge Of probate, Peter E. Mel
son, cannot be his own successor this
fall, on account of his inexperience
in law. However, we shall sorry to
see Mr.. Nelson legislated out of office
if such be the case. 1t will now be
in order for candidates to loom up.
Who wants it?
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

MICHAEL +. BATTELLE, Reg 'ster
John o. Ole, agent. .i-W
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

Several of our exchanges have
named some one for the position of
governor for the new, state of North
Dakota. Now why shouldn't Glggs
county have a candidate? If it is
all right we would nominate Mr.. r.
c. Cooper. He is farmer-not a
kid-gloved one either-popular, en-
ergetic, good business man and
would fill the gubernatorial chair
with credit to the new state.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

Du,ing the past few days from
5000 to $1,000 lives have oeen lost,
and about ses,ooo,ooo worth of
property destroyed by the bursting
of a reservoir at Johnstown, Pa. A
full report will be found on the fifth
page OF this issue of the COURIER.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07
TIL il G on R IEj r

Gov. Mellette has ordered an en-
campment of the Dakota National
Guard to take place at Lake kam-
peska near Watertown, June 25th,
to last six days.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

We believe that all fair-minded re-
presentatives to the constitutional
convention will agree with the CoUR-
TER that the present county officers
should be allowed to fill out their
terms to which they were elected last
fall. Some of them spent considera-
BILE money to secure their election
and should not be legislated out OF
office. We charge the con. con. to
see that their rights are maintained
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-06-07

NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF. F.-Land Office At
,fareo. y: T.; May ssth. 1ss9-.Notice s here
notice Of his Intention to make final years PROOF
IN support Of his claim and secure ENTRY there
OF Wig:
II. r. No 1920 for the w's swA, sea sw&, swY
sea Of Sec. s6 Tp l41n, Il. IS W and nalaes the
11so,llo1wing 1s,.1g 9 as his witnesses viz: Wa!demar
Aiubben, Sven Loge, Lars Jolanson and Martin
Lunde, all of Gallatin, p. o. Griggs county, d.
The te.timony Of claimant and witnesses to be
taken before Peter E. Nelson, judge Of the prob
ate court at C6operstown, Griggs county, D r.,
on Saturday, the 18th day Of July. A. b. 1889, u
his office.
Any person who desires to protest sganst the
allowance Of such proof, or who knows OF anv
substantial reason. under the law and regulations
OF the Interior Department. why such proof
.,I. should not be sllowed Will be given an oppor,n-
cross examine the witnesses of said claimant, and
to offer evidence in rebuttal TO that submitted by
claimant,
2o-25 MICHAEL F. BArrE1LE, Register
John Q. Ole. aeent.
NOTICE OF FINAL rnUOr.l4anu .,.nc,,
at Fargo D. T., June lst, 1889. Notice ia here
~ given TINT tn the following named settler has
fnal proof IN support OF his claim and secure
f,nal entry thereof viz:
H. F. No. 1898 for % the ncs eaf of Soc rp. 14s
witnesses, VIZ: Christ Eimocn. Seymour
Helena, p. Griggs county, ID. L.
Yhe testimony of claimant and witnesses tn
bc taken before Peter r. Nelson. Judge Of the
probate court, ut CoOperstown Gliggs county,
D. r.. ON Saturday, the goth day of June. A. D.
lStO. ut his Office.
Any person who desires to protest against.
the allowance Of such proof or who knows OF
any substantial reason. under the law and tho
reKnlattons Of the Interior Department, Why
such proof should not he allowed. win DO
given an opportunity ut the above mentioned
time and place to cross examine the witnesses
of said claimant, and to offer evidence in re-
buttal to that submitted by claimant.
MlCHAELF. BATTELLE.
John q o,c ooont Register. s,yy1s
N0TlIE OF FTN1r FiS0O15 OT-.-f.and Office NJ
FMrgO. ID. T., juno lst lssa Notice is hereby
filed notice of his Intention to make five years
final proof IN support af his claim and secure
final entry thereof viz:
Seymour Granger,
II. r. Ne. 12472 for the SO !! of Sec, 22 TIP. 145
II. R8l and names tho foll:wing us his
witnesses viz: Ole p. Fciring, Simcn o. Berg,
John Ri'.cr and Charles G. Frydcnborg all OF
Helena. p. O. Griggs county, D.T.
be taken before Peter F. Nelson judge of the
probate court ut Cot,perstnwn, Grlggs county,
y: T., on Saturday, tho goth nay Of June, A. ID.
1850. at his Office,
Any pcrson who desires to protest against
the allowance OF sucl, proof, or who
knows Of any substantial reason. under the
| law and the regulations OF the Interior De
partment, why such proof should not be al
lowed will be given an opportunity at tho
,a time @ paGe 10 cross "d c1 X
offer c,:. .,,encc in rebuttnl to that submitted
MICHAEL +. BArrELLE, Reg 'ster.
John o. Ole, agent. :l2B
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-07
. jerks and His Bow,

II see your boys back from school
jerks" said Postmaster Bangs d
Farmer jerks, during lull in bushes
in the Wayback postoffice.
"Yaas, he got in yistiddy," said jerks
"Im lookin' fur him now, an eff I get \
reachin' distance O. him he'll wanter ID
back ter-day."
Why, what's the matter?" asked
Bangs.
you see, yistiddy when he got tel
the house, l was doctorin' COW, sic
with the fever, an arter shakin' hans ]
says he:
Pap, that caw's suferin' from hea !
feel her
'Yaas, says I.
Ice is the bes' thing ter drive away
heat says he.
'Yaas, again says I.
'Cordin' ter logick, said he, icell
cure that cow
We packed the critter in ice, an lef.
AFTER While we come back, an 1 felt
her. She was cold.
THE fever's gone, says I.
I tole you So says he.
"Lookin' little closer, says L: The
cows gone. too
'Dead?' says he.
1aas,' says I, dead as a door-na.
Pap says he, that warn't no logi.
cal cow
I amt raisin' them kind O. COWS,
says l, sorter mad at losin' her, but
bein's it was his first day home, never
said no more. AFTER supper, talkin' on
dif'rent subjec's, says he: Pap, yure
farmin' on shares, amt you?' says he
you raise corn an oats?'
.Yaas, says I.
'One-quarter ter the ham an one.
quarter ter the team?' says he.
g 'Yaas,' again says I.
'One-quarter ter the railroad, anil
one-quarter ter the commission mer
chant?' says he.
What do I get?' says I, 'thar's on'y
four quarters
You git the rest'-says he-'the
rest O the weary
'Nothin' else? says I.
+" You see, pap, says he, 'out o evrT
dollar you make you have ter give away
four quarters, an when you take four
quarters out O an ordinary dollar, thars
nothln' lef' but big hole, an you Sls
that
" II that's so, I'm a goner,' saysl.
oh, no., says he, 'yure all right
The gover'mint puts the whole to yure
credit in a big book
Won do me no good,' says !.
Pap, says he, Il dunno whether
you was born that way, or you got thal
way by a fall, but, pap, yure durn
fool He lef' in er hurry, an | amt
cotch him yet. When l do, he'll WISH
ned learnt some sense, stedder so mucn
logick an figgers. "-Arkahsa, 1fse'
cler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-07

A DISCOVERY of considerable interest
to antiquarians was made recently by
a force OF men engaged in making eA-
caNatlons for sewer connections in East
Liverpool. At distance of about ten
feet below the surface they came upon
stone about the size of a saucer. 1t
was smooth upon the upper surface,
and bore the following in plainly legi-
bic characters: 1880; A. Azdell
Camp Rett." In addition to this there
is carved upon the stone rude repre-
sentation OF human face which the
now long-dead artist may have intended
to represent the moon. 1t is evident
that some other writing was placed
upon the stone, but it cannot now be
deciphered.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-07

CHAuNcEY M. DEpEw's versatility as
diner-out was we'll demonstrated at
New York the other evening. He was
engaged to preside at the great birth
day dinner given at Delmonicos. He
was also booked to appear at the dinner
given in honor of Minister Whitelaw
Reid, at the Lotus Club. After start
ing the dinner at Delmonico's Mr.. De.
pew jumped into carriage and was
driven to the Lotus. He joined the
dinner at the roast. Being early called
upon he made one of his delightful
speeches, and then fastened back tc
Delmonico's. There he delivered a
beautiful tribute to Grants memory.
and introduced the other speakers of
the evening. ...........
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-07

can throw their authority and be little
community unto themselves, neither dis
turbing nor hoping to be disturbed.
Corral!tos was reached the first day. II
has very pretty, almost poetical, name.
that loses much of its romantic Character
when it is known that it is named for
some old, dilapidated sheep pens that one
existed there.
1t is hacienda of about million acres
III extent, and one of the most beautiful
ones IN the whole State of chihuahua,
the Casas Grandes River running for
some thirty miles through the estate
The true hacienda, of which we hear 50
much III Mexican narration, is really a
definite area of twenty-five thousand
acres, but it is used now so as to mean
almost any large estate from that size. or
even less, to any amount whatever under
one management. Under the advance of
American railways they are slowly disap-
peaTing, and will soon exist only in
poetry and cheap-John novels. The views
from the hacienda are beautiful in almost
every direction. The one given in the
illustration is taken from the La Ascen-
sion road, about six to eight miles from
the hacienda. 10 the east lies range of
mountains filled with seams of silver the
Corralltos Company working some thirty
to forty mines, while one hundred and
fifty to two hundred prospects" await
development. 1t has been known since
the spanlards entered this part of Mexi
co. The vista along the Casas Grandes
River is especially delightful. The Cor
ralltos Company is mainly owned in the
United States, New York parties BEING
the principal capitalists There is con-
siderable influx of American capital into
Northern Mexico, which is RAPIDLY in.
creasing with a fuller understanding of
the country, and daily evidence of the
greater stability of the Mexican Govern.
ment
This part is especially attracting atten-
ton with the subjugation of the Apaches
and the consequent opening of the fine
grazing and farming lands they held in
terror so short while ago. If half the
deals" hear of, even at these little VIII
lagos remote from each other, are ever
brought to focus, American influence
VIII predominant in Northwestern Chihua-
hua IN few years. The Mexican Govern
ment encourages the clement, for there is
now no foar of a second Texas movement
the Americans who are here, and presum,
ably those who will come, preferrinp the
Mexican Government to that OF the United
States over them in the peculiar interests
which naturally arise here, such as great
grazing interests, the colonization of large
tracts, railways, ETC., our land laws fore
ing people into minute matters that do not
exist here. NV
Twenty-Five or thirty miles south Of
Corralitos we came to Casas Grandes, said
to be town of 5000 people. We saw
about ten people as we drove through thu
seemingly deserted streets. 1t is the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-07

been occupied by cliff-dwellers, while at
our feet was a mass of reddish rubbish
that indicated an old ruin of the later
people, while twelve miles up the Tapa-
sta was massive ruin of stone; but to
reach it ruins were in sight continually
the whole way We were surely in the
midst OF an ancient yet dense population,
and the fertile resources of the country
will yet again some day sustain another
such, even far more civilized. Just be-
lore our arrival pot or jar had been
taken from one of the ruins, and was
given to me by young man of the col
ony, Mr.. Ellis johnson.
1t is like SO many jars that come from
-asas Grandcs and other better known
GUMS. and that have already figured in
works on Mexico, but it is exceptional
rom the most of them in having upon it
the figure of bird, animals of all kinds
Icing here upon their decorated surfaces.
is represented here with full and quar-
t:r view, the double picture being of the
slme pot or jar. The bird seems to cor
respond nearer to the chapparal cock, or
California road-runner, than any other
lird of this part Of the world. The geom-
etrlcal designs are the most common, and
OF these the zig-Zag, star-lise ones are the
most constant Many other things had
osen 1Ounu IN THIS mound, including
human bones of the original makers, a nd
no doubt the same, with local variations,
csn be found in all. I believe l do not
czaggerate when say that We found 100
te $50 ruins in the Piedras Verdes region,
most of them merely mounds to indicate
what they once were; and not one-tenth
OF which had received notice by pen or
pencil before.
Their ancient bitches could be made out
along the hillside, which showed that
they had once cultivated the rich soil of
these valleys. They we'll understood the
value OF water, too, for around the bases
OF the small streamless valleys coming
mo the watered ones were dam like ter
races, evidently to catch and retain the
water after showers until it was probably
needed in the irrigating bitches. On the
top of high hills adjacent were fortified
places apparently where they must have
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-07
POliteness in Spanish Lands.

Speaking of universal politeness in
Spanish lands, +. Hopkinson Smith
tells a story of an incident in Mexico.
can old woman, barefooted, ragged,
and dust begrimed, leaning upon a
staff, once preceded me up narrow,
crooked street. She looked like an
animated fish net hung on fence to
dry, SO ragged and emaciated was she.
Ayoung Indian one-half her age crossed
her steps as she turned into side
street. Instantly he removed his hat
and saluted her as if she had been the
Queen of Sheba. "A los pies de listed,
sonora Cat your feet, LADY,, I heard
him say as he passed. tBese listed los
monos' (my hands for your kisses,
senor), replied she, with bow which
would have become Duchess"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-07

mer the San Miguel. is the straight line
prolongation of the Casas Grandes, and
seemingly the true stream, but the Pie
dras Verdes is the more important, as its
waters are perennially replenished with
branches, which head in the never-fail-
ing springs of the Sierras to the west.
On its picturesque bank we now find our
selves.
Just before reaching La Ascension we
came to the Mormon colony of Diaz
Mamcd by them in honor of the present
President of the Mexican Republic) num-
boring about thirty families. A discus
sion of their religious tenets is clearly
and fortunately-out of my province,
not only from the heavy, dreary character
of it, but for the reason that everything.
wise and otherwise, about Mormo1ism
has already been put before those who
cared to read it, But entirely OUTSIDE of
the subject of polygamy, which hts so
completely obscured every other point
about these people, they have one char
acteristic which is seldom heard of in
connection with them and their wtnder-