The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-12-20
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Congressman Hansbrous sh wants protection
for American hers, because over $1,000, 900
worth of eggs are imported annually.
The Pacific coast papers arr employing the
most talented liars that moneySt,n secure, and
making them earn their salary y treating of
dakota Drstitution' exci1sivel.
Gov. Miller has sent message On the legis-
lature on the question ofdestitution .,mong the
farmers, recommending that all matters per.
taining to this subject 10 North Dakota be
referred to tue commissioner Of agriculture.
Cooperstown Courier: Threshtng Is over and
the wheat will soou bs allin Between 200, 900
and $780, 900 bushels Of wheat will be shipped
from Cooperstown this year. II we had bad
good crop we should have shipped million
bushels.
The mail. postofflce fixtures and whole in.
terror Of the Valley City postoff1ce was burned
Monday night OF last week. Tie building was
saved. The fire, it is thought, was the work of
an incendiary.
Cando Tribune: Notwithstanding Towner
county had no crop to speak of, there mas been
900 bushels Of wheat shipped from Cando
this season, and tho most of our farmers have
their wheat for seed next year; besides quite a
number will have seed wheat to sell uextsprinc
A Grand Forks grocer has shipped severa
car loads Of potatoes to the eastern markets eiis
fall. He pays 25 cents per bushel for thenn~
A Grand Forks farmer says he can grow pota-
toesat 10 cents bushel and make money.
Here is something to reflect on. farmers.
It is not likely there will be any opposition
to the bill introduced In congress by Senator
Pierce creating new land district for North
Dakota, and the office Of surveyor general. Tho
last Of the public domain is now in North Da-
kota, and only portion Of 1t is yet surveyed.
Senator Wiuship's bill fixing the salaries of
state officials makes the salaries the same as
now allowed BY the constitution. The judges
| are to be paid quarterly and all other officers
monthly. It is understood the passage Of this
bill is necessary in order that the present off.
GERS may draw their pay. Thus far they hayo
received nothing.
| Pembina County Democrat: Tho time for
looking to North Dakota as sample of hard
| winters is past The bowling blizzard Is
| thing of the past, and deep SHOWS are only
known through legends told by grandfathers
to the children who cluster round their kneep,
as they enjoy their after supper pipe on the
porch. To those In the east who Sigh for 45
below, we cheerfully recommend the plains of
New Mexico, the prairie wastes Of Iowa, or
the great American desert Of Arizona.
! Five hundred German carp, received from
the y. S. fish commissioner, were put into
Stump lake last week, and more will be put in
| next spring. Stump lake is southeast from
Devils lake, a few miles. Its bed near the
shore contains considerable quantity of we'll
preserved wood, consisting of the trunks and
stuInps Of trees, some foot In diameter. The
rise OF the waters has killed the timber Farm
ers have hauled great deal Of fre-wood from
the shores Of this lake.
Northwest Magazine: Nearly half Of North
Dakota Is abundantly supplied with coal, tho
coal fields extending from few miles east Of
Bismarck to the western line of tho state.
Within dve miles Of the capital city there are
settlers whose cellars aud root houses are dug
In coal banks and it Is ouly necessary to drift
into Vein from these for a winters supply Of
fuel. But the Fargo Republican further re-
marks that the railroads charge so high rate
for carrying 1t as to prevent tho uss Of this
coal, even in Dakota.
Congressman Hansbrough says: II have
just discovered that $3.50, 900 bushels Of pota-
toss have beeu imported into the United States
in 1858, paying a duty Of fifteen cents a bushel.
VsSv1p .N,tn A1,n
portatlon Of agricultural products may be
checked so that the American farmer, with his
unparalleled facilities for raising this class OF
producs, may supply the market instead of tho
foreign farmer. am In favor Of increasing
the duty on potatoes to thirty cents u bushel.
That will help tue Dakota farmers"
Northwood Cleaner: Quite ripple Of ex-
citement was caused this friday evening,
when the report came to town that Thomas
Roto, living about three miles east Of town,
had committed suicide by hanging. Mr.. Koto,
so the story gnes, had just returned from May
vile, and seemed to be in a respondent mood,
which was noticed by his brother, and as he
had threatened to end his existence the brother
kept watch on his movements. About seven
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bis opportunity, and going to an Clubhouse he
committed the rash act. The cause OF the deed
is supposed to be both financial and domestic
troubles.
We weep for the monumental liar who pen
ned the following, when he gets to that place
where the worm dieth not and the fire is not
| quenched, says the Kidder County Republican.
The item Is from the San Francisco Examiner:
1T is pitiful story that comes from the Da-
kotas. The horrors of Asiatic famine are in
the heart Of America, and citizens Of this re-
public are reduced by thousands to absolute
starvation. 1t ia not a question of mere pow
erty, Of hardships and scanty rations. 1t is q
matter Of utter destitution-of such abject want
as comes to shipwrecked sailors in an open
boat. The people have been brought down
even to the point Of cannibalism."
Alert: Postmaster Klaus says that the loca.
ton Of jamestown is not twenty y-fvo miles
from the center Of bee line drawn from New
York city to Portland, Oregon. He suggests
in this connection that this would b. about the
proper place for the Columbus Exposition of
1892 to be located, aud says If they can't lud
site for the show In over crowded New York
or the swalnps surrounding Chicago, he will
give the fair management four square miles OF
land up on the blu6s, where not pile will
have to bs driven in order to secure aperfectly
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