St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-06
None Better in Dakota and
Perhaps Not in the West
ern Country.
The Alliance Wants a Fair
Representation in the
State Convention.
Will Probably Have a News
paper Organ to Stand at
the James.
The Missing Measure and
Some That Are Not Among
The Lost.
6necial to the CLONE.

tQeclal 10 the bIODe-
JAMESTOWN, n. D.. April 5.-Stuts-
man county's S27. 600 worth of refunding
bonds were sold this week to the EQui-
table Mortgage Company Of New York
for SOS, $50, being a premium OF 5 per
cent. The bonds bear interest at 6 per
cent and are issued to take up those
now outstanding at per cent. There
are not many counties in Dakota whose
Obligations stand higher than those of
Stutsman county under its present man.
agement. She has never defaulted in
the payment of interest, and the fact
that fifteen bids were received. and all
but one of them
OFFERED \ PREMIUM
Is sufficient evidence that her bonds are
. considered desirable securities. Three
of the bids were put in by Jamestown
parties. That by Wells q Dukey Of
fered a premium of 40 per cent. Recent
advices from Bismarck are to the effect
that the Northern Pacific has paid into
the territorial treasury S150.000 gross
earnings tax. When this amounts APP
portiOned among the counties through
which the road runs StutSman'S portion
will enable the county to cancel all out
ance in the treasury besides.
Referring TO the action of SykestOn
people in Burning him in effigy and in
explanation of the bill which aroused
their ire. Honest Dave'' Wellman,
member of the house of representatives
from this district, says: The reason |
introduced bill to take six townships
from Wells county and attach them to
Eddy was because every voter OF these
six townships petitiOned me to do so.
Eddy county has but eighteen town.
ships and Wells county thirty-siX.
Three of Eddy'S townships are in an In
dian reservation, so they actually have
but fifteen. The residents of the six
townships of Wells county who desired
to be attached 10 Eddy are part of
MINNESOTA SETTLEMENT,
and they desired to all live under one
county government. Yes, l was
burned in eifigy. | suppose my COLI
stituentS up there wanted to give me a
little taste of the future. The whole
affair was gotten up by three or four
individuals who desired to make them
selves solid with the voters, so that
they might be elected to office. They
will not injure me-
George {. Crosse, president of the
Farmers Alliance Incorporated COM
his way to New Rockford and Mime
WaukOn, to look after the establishment
of county agencies for his company.
He was present at the meeting OF
North Dakota alliance men at Cassel
ton last week, and says the most i'm
pOrtant matter considered was how tt
secure fair and
JUST REPRESENTATION
in the constitutional convention matter
for the agricultural element. 1t wa.
decided to work through the parties Il
secure that end. Asked about the re
ported sale Of the jamestown Weekly
Capital to the alliance for their Nortl
Dakota organ, Mr.. Crosse said: at wa
deemed desirable that an official organ
for North Dakota should be secured
and a stock company with $4,000 CAPT
tai was organized for that purpose
The proprietor of the Capital was pres
ent and seemed anxious that we pun
chase his paper. The matter was lei
iii the hands of a committee, which will
visit jamestown, look over the plan
and act on their Judgment" 1t i
rumored here that if the plant is puI
chased it will be removed to Bismarcl
and the publication of an alliance dali
0mmenced.