St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-24
GRAND FORKS BUDGET.
Fine Prospects for Growers Of Wheat
Since the Heavy Rains.
TO WIN PRIZES AT FARGO.
As a Base Ball Town Grand Forks
Looks Over the Entire
Country.

GRAND FORKS, N. D.. May 23.-Crops
in this portion of the Red river valley
have taken fresh start since the abun-
dant rains of last week and give evidence
of good harvest, though in some places
it has been necessary to res eed.
The United States dredger has been
at work on the bars in the river and
has removed some twenty inches Of
sand, thus opening up the channel so
steamers can pass clear OF each other,
as soon as the water rises some little.
Walkers mill had expected to start
work this week, but owing to the
low water they have been compelled
to wait. Many of their booms are still
down the river, waiting for sufficient
water to move them.
The running team which goes to
Fargo to attend the tournament has
been putting in some good training
practice and has made record which,
if it can carry out during the test in
June, will surely bring one of the
PRIZES TO GRAND FORKS.
Will Day has been breaking the coup
seconds, and expects to do better time
than that. Each one of the companies
will send delegates to the convention,
but only two have named their repre-
sentatives thus far.
Wednesday morning number of base
ball enthusiasts left on the early
train for Grafton, where a match game
was billed with the local club of that
burg. The players include Cannon, of
Fargo, who will cover the home plate,
while Ostricher, of Wahpeton, will fill
the box. These two will be relieved by
Raymer. of Fargo, and McNiel, of
Wahpeton, who are at home behind the
bat; and Bray, of Grand Forks, and
Mclaughlin, of Fargo, will strike out
the players from the magazine" The
field will be covered by Larabee, of
Wahpeton, Adams and Cooper. of
Grand Forks, and Kye and Lynch, of
Fargo, with the assistance of the change
pitchers and catchers. After the game
at Grafton the boys go
ON TO WINNIPEG,
where two games will be played with
the CanuckS.
The first game on Friday morning
will be an exhibition game. and the
game of the afternoon will decide the
championship of the Northwest, which
has been hanging fire since last year.
Another game of exhibition will be
played Oh Saturday morning. and on
Sunday the boys expect to return with
victory perched on their bats.
Next week Grand Forks will try to
make good record as base ball town,
by doing up selected nine from La
kota, who will come down on the 30th,
expecting to carry home the gate re-
ceipts, along with victory. They will
have to hustle to get away with the
home team. as the entire nine will be
picked from the best players, and men
who have considerable practice. This
game has been postponed several
weeks, but it is understood the climax
will be reached Decoration day.
Some of the Minneapolis and st. Paul
papers have given an account of a strike
having occurred in the Plaindealer
Office, and said the hands who renamed
would be blacklisted by the union. The
true facts of the difficulty are these. A
tramp print from Montana was given
''subbing" for little while, and was
continually finding fault with the pay
the hands were getting. On Saturday
last, the foreman Of the job room was
discharged for cause, and the tramp
took up his case and tried to
INACCURATE A STRIKE,
which resulted Ill three of the hands of
the news room being discharged; then
because the balance of the hands would
not walk out with them, the three, who
were not members of the union, threat
ened to have those remaining black
listed. Grand Forks has never been a
union town, although union men have
worked here whenever they struck the
town, and some years ago, when strike
occurred on the Herald, the st. Paul
union sent hands to take the strikers
places. The whole trouble originated
from the fact that the advocates of
strikes were "kids," and were remarka-
bly, hot-headed, and took up cause
that would not, even were it union
office, have been sanctioned by the
union. Even now union hands are
working in the Office, two having taken
the places of the strikers.
The riding club have secured their
uniform caps and boots, and make a
fine showing on the streets.
Saturday is great day at the race
track, as all the local race horses are
given squirt each week. Some lively
little races have occurred lately.
ONE FOR EACH STATE.
The Dakota Bankers Association
Divides Itself In o Two Associa-
tfOns.
Special to the Globe.
FARGO. N. D., May 23.-The Bankers
Association of the Territory of Dakota