The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1890-04-04
DAKOTA 0LEAN1NGS.
From Exchanges.

John F. Selby was appointed Cnited States
district attorney for North Dakota, last week.
Under the new law the state board of equal
ization has power to increase the assessment
Of any county.
Soma handsome Young ladies OF New York
gave Bishop Walker &l,2oo to build rec
tory at Devils Lake.
Lazarus Silver'nan. Of Chicago. donated
LOCO bushels Of seed oats TO tue needy farm
ers OF Nelson county.
North Dakota aportsnen nre mad because
the legislature passed bill prohibiting hunt
Ing with dogs for the next three years.
Fargo Republican,: The Western Rnral las
a Wong article on directions for ,aisng can'
So has North Dakota: tho Legislative journals.
Fargo Republican: North Dakota has but
!, ,4OS people OF school age who cannot ,r~
AMI write What state can show such
ord as this'
Representative Hansbroush, Of Ss.ch
ia, is pushing a bill to modify the Gho
law In the interest OF settlers whose rs
been killed by fire, drouth, etc.
Cassrlton Reporter: The Minneapn.
nal aubscrihed 5000 to the North Daso
wheat fund. Let the people make n nnt,
this generous act on the part OF the mara.
ment Of the hest evening paper In the North-
west.
Jamestown Alert: Several persons saw an
antelope standing on the brow Of the ii Just
west OF the college, the other day. The I.ran-
ger was no tame pet, bat n wild craaiurn thSt
had evidently wandered down the river. Ho
stool for an instant looking at tho unexpected
sight OF town, then turned aDt fed
towards the prairie.
Valley City Alliance: Since Commissioner
Of Agriculture Iielgesen secured loan OF scel
wheat from tho elevators for farmers who arc
without means Of procuring it, business has
livened considerably and everybody feels iii his
bones that OIL era Of prosperity is ahout to
dawn upon tho DaLotans whe have "held Oh"
aud faced the racket Of short crops and low
prices.
Conkln's Watertown Dak0tan remir'II5 tho;
farmers OF the dry seasons Of 1877 and 1879,
and suggests that after the ~.,nter of lS59-S0, Y
which was dry, snowlssD winter, the ground
was 80 dry that farmers hesitatsd to sow their
wheat. When they did SOW, the grain came
up finely and nne showers occurred every night
until harvest time, when a splendid harvest
| season followed.
Fargo Republican: The business men Of
| Grand Forks will subscribe about twenty-five
thousand dollars to tho seed wheat guarantee
| fund. Nine thousand dollars wero suhscri'
Saturday afternoon, nearly all In one :nousan .
dollar subscriptions. Att public moetin:. to
DO held to-day, it Is expected that the subserip-
| tions will be completed.
Jamestown Alert: City Treasurer Webster
! opened the bids this morning for $500 OF
bonds authorized to t,8 issued some weeks
aiuce. These bonds run tor ten years. heco,n-
ing due March lst, 1000. aud bear seven per
cent interest. Tho highest OF the four or five
bids received was that Of N. w. Harris e. Co.,
OF Chicago, who offered 46,l ,l0sOO, whicl, was
accepted. This is considered very good Price
indeed.
WhcatlaDd Eagle: There are about se7til-
teen hundred Olies in tOwn-new iu.oice of
farm hands. An Eagle reporter tried ta get
their names, hut could only get a fuw. Here's
tho few: Oio Fallallovsrsor, Ole Ingpbokit,
son, Ole Hans Janson, JAMS O!e Hanson Uo !
ebarkoffahenlocktreeso aud
whole lot more just like the above, bu. our
''types' refuse to priut.
Cassclton Republican: ira ". Fisher re-
turned FROM Washington, D. G., las. S,li.;lay
morning. He says Representative I1anshroneh
and Souators Pierce and Case, are about the
busiest members OF congress, their time being
10 taken'up attending 10 their multudiloua
duties that It was almost impossible to ,S>t L.
half hours Interview With them. He thinks
Mr. Hansbrough Is tho hardest working mem.
ber Of tho house Of representatives.
Nayvlle Tribune: Nr. @. w. Horton, Of
this city, Is tho first man to start practical irri
CATION in this section. On LIS farm near May
vile he IL laying a thousand feet OF pirn, with
holes in every coupling, sixteen foet apart,
through which the water from his artraian
well will be conveyed. Beiug on the top Of q
slope tho water will gradually nnd its way or
can be conducted over ,bout 20 acres of field,
thus aRording continual moisture. II this
proves successful, NJ. Hnrtea wilt gate \
larger acreage exfssason.
Bisnarck g red; A..su.iuu Igcaresira rlstss
fact that undas fnsw revsnus law d deed ors
other instrument transferring real estafs can B
not be hled for record unless t1yz
acertucate iremttthhe county auditor Tilt .i,oA
taxes on the property have all beel paid Ger
ti6cates OF delinquent tax sales arc hereafter
to bs made By tue coepty auditor. Another
change is that each commissioner district is to
have MI assessor-tbersby doing away with the
present county assessor sy stem.
Stark County Herald: The basis OF division
OF the property and funds Of tho G. A. r. OF
Dakota, as decided at tho meeting at Sioux
Falls, last week, is as follows: The total ,i,aiIl.
bership is a5l2. OF these Z, 76s are South Da-
kotans and 749 North. Posts, South Dakota,
SO; North Dakota, 81. Total cash on hand,
$l,29t55; property on band. $224,5V; Supplies
Oh hand, Sl35.50. OF this it is recommended
North Dakota receive In cash $246G0, South
Dakota. 8l,o4s.9s. North Dakota gets farai.
ture and banners valued at $3.50; South Dsko.
ta gets supplies valued at $l95.
Commissioner Holes In Fargo Argus: Thf
wind to-day blew the snow of FROM the ila!.f
and dried them out. These winds are "
worst feature we have to contend with in rs
kota and it will not change In our gcnerat..he
Iu 1871 1t was worse than I have ever ee LUIS
since. Tents would not stand on the r. Iat
and people were afraid to 60 into t."'h. f'r
trees and branches were coustar.. mes TO- give
1t was very bot and everything dried hs''' u
slough dried up that year that has last SIX
drp since until the fall Of ,SS Tho :l0 u hhau