The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-28
Revelations by The "scoopertloke."

DEAR LEADER: I have just been look
ing through the 'Scooperdoke," and my
observations are that North Dakota will
beat all her past records the coming sea-
son in an agricultural line. We have
passed the dry-weather period and will
now enter upon series of ample rainfall
seasons for the next five years-(I have no
land for sale; the N. P. r. R. Co. beat me
out of mine)-so this is no boom sheet.
The question, SIS, or is this not farming
country" has occupied my thoughts not
a little for years. I find by making a
close study of the matter that for the last
five years the surface lagoons on all the
upland flats throughout our state, which
were full of water five years ago, have been
gradually receding year by year until they
are now wholly dry. The old Indians tell
me that since their first recollections these
lakes would fill up. and keep well filed for
five or six years. During that time there
was big rains in June, July and August
at the expiration of that time there was
much less rain fall in those months; conse-
quently, with the great amount of evapor-
alton in this region, and falling off of the
rain supply, the lakes gradually went dry.
The Indians, and some old-timers I have
talked with, say that the seasons change
at the period when the lakes cease to have
o&av in 0f
personal knowledge of four different lakes
in Mercer county which, five years ago,
we're full of water, some covering as high
as thirty or forty acres of ground. Last
season the last of them dried up; so, if
this reasoning is correct, we may look for
ward to succession of bountiful crop
seasons. I heard chronic croaker say
the other day that man was candidate
for the Jimtown asylum who would at
tempt to farm it in this region. agreed
with him, and told him that a man who
ATTEMPTED to farm anywhere was total
failure, and should be put where he could
do the least harm. It takes thorough
work anywhere to farm. Nomere attempt
will accomplish results in anything. That
fellow will read this, and he'll come around
this fall to trade for corn, and then go out
and kick himself for not improving the
golden moments.
The "Scooperdoke" also indicates a
democratic victory next year. Of course,
am republican and will vote early and
often against it, but wish to be early on
record among the prophets, though do
not anticipate any of the profits from the
result.
There is another matter was to speak
of that was not observed through the
"Scooperdoke," and that is, that John
Satterlund got for Mclean county in
House bill 1873 everything from Burleigh
county to British America. Now he is
fully entitled to be called "King John." I"
'Rah, for John. In the same bill through
McGillivray, Mercer county gets prairie
dog town and bursted beaver-dam from
Williams county, while Stark county,
McG.'s home, gets enough territory to
make state nearly as large as Kaintuck, =
with nearly half million dollars worth
of taxable property. The vox populi of
Mercer is, ''shoot McGillivray." Mr.. Tut
tie says that Mac. was in the soup in the
drawing down at Bismarck for the long
and short term, but adds that Mac. can be
reelected if he wants to. just let him
try it, then he can spell his name "D-e-n-
n is" with d. big 3d."
w. AKArA-MA-NA.