The Dickinson press., 1890-12-06
NORTH DAKOTA NOTES.
Hay sells at $3.50 a ton at Edgerly.

Lay sells ct $500 a ton at Edgerly.
Wolves are killing sheep in Stutsman
county.
Buffalo will probably have a news
paper in the near future.
The Catholic fair at Grand Forks
netted a little over S $1,000.
s. w. Bells farm buildings and con-
siderable stock burned near Lisbon, loss
$4,000.
Several Standing Rock Indians are
said to have died from an overdose Of
ghost dance.
1t is estimated that $50, 900 head of
sheep have been brought into North
Dakota this season.
Fargo will send a car load of -four and
clothing for distribution among Dickey
county needy farmers.
Tho North Dakota Alliance will have
two organs-The Normanden and The
Independent, the latter to be published
at Grand Forks.
A farmer near Spiritwood lake raised
q held OF turnlps, n of which meas
uIed thirty-eight inches in circumfer-
ence and weighed twelve pounds.
An artesian we'll at Mimic, at q depth
Of 1872 feet, struck a fine flow of water.
The force is sufficient to throw water
nine feet in the air through an inch
tube, and the water is good.
The supreme court has reversed the
decision of the lower court in the Tyler
tax ease. Thousands of dollars worth
of certificates have been issued all along
the Northern Pacific line, and will iii
be affected by tins decision.
Besides buying up all the sheepofFered
for sale in Montana, North Dakota is
furnishing that state feed. The North
ern Pacific has made Il special tariff rate
on hay of 30 cents per 100 from Dichin-
son to points in Montana. This is u
large reduction from the old tariff rate,
and is a matter of considerable interest
arc constantly being shipped West.
The annual meeting of the North
Dakota Farmers alliance was held
at Fargo last week. The proceedings
We're secret. The following officers were
elected: President. Walter Muir. of
Hunter; vice presidents, Z. d. G. Short
Of Valley City: q. j.. McInnis, of Cam
"AAAoS VAN Az II Ia VI DiCacY
county; secretary, M. D. Williams, OF
Jamestown; delegates to national con
vention, Walter Muir, Of Hunter; Z. III.
Sanford, OF jamestown.
a Washington dispatch says it is
learned at the department that several
tat federal Offices yet remain untitled
i'll North Dakota. There is n receiver
and a register to be appointed for tho
nnyr 1nJ1 rff;f.n oct,J Ill, 1,nd ~ Af.>.l Ill
session. An intimate friend of tho pres
idents family in North Dakota, ayouag
man, is sure of the appointment Us re-
ceiver, though there are several other
applicants. The collector of the new
customs district at Pembina is not yet
named. N. e. Nelson, Jud Lamoure's
father-in-law, is the leading applicant.
Public Examiner Hayden has COM
pleted his annual report, showing the
financial condition Of every county in
the state except four, from which no
failed to get reports. 1t also shows tho
condition Of eight Of the state banks.
which were organized between June %
and Oct. 81, five Of which were organ.
lied after Aug. Is. There are now seven
more state banks in operation, but as
they had not commenced business prior
to Oct. 81 they are not included in the
report. The total indebtedness of the
counties Of the state is 1909, 1899. 80, of
which 81, 006, 85t. "A is bonded. The re-
sources of the counties of the state arc
81, 100, 5s4.05, and their total assessed
valuation, $751; I ,437.
William Fowler, Democrat, defeated
for the senate by Frank Palmer, Repub-
lican, in the Twentieth district, has
served notice of contest. based on tho
claim that Palmer, who has been an In
dian reservation resident for many
years, is not a qualified elector
in the district. Palmer's plu-
rality- was about $50. Judge
Templeton, Of Grand Forks, has lately
held that IL person domiciled on an In
dian reservation gains no legal residence
i'll the county of which the reservation
forms a part. William Rigger. defeated
for county commissioner of Benson
county by James Dycus by votes cast by
soldiers and civilians on the Indian res
ervation, is also conteSting.