The Dickinson press., 1891-05-23

cars will be $1,000 and each car is loaded
with IL yards of dirt giving a total of 297,
600 square yards OF dirt to complete the
job.
The Indians of the Standing Rock res
ervatiOn are soon to receive pay for the
ponies taken away from them in 1875.
The amount is about $4,000.
Four saloonkeepers have been arrested
at Devils Lake for violating the prohibit
tory law. The fight is being made on
saloons by the leaders of the w. c. 7. U.
organization.
A man named E.A. Frank. from Roches-
ter, attempted suicide near Bismarck, by
jumping from a train and stabbing him
self, yesterday. He is in the hospital. lie
had been on a spree.
A recent circular from the Office of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction
gives the number of schools in Stutsman
county as 50. Cass county has $50, Rich
land 100, Grand Forks lis, Pembina 40
and Walsh liz. THIS is a good showing of
educational progress for a new state.
The Great Northern has received crop
reports from 36l points on its main line
and branches. With but one exception
they are of q most favorable nature and
indicate all abundant harvest. The aver
age of wheat is about Is per cent. greater
than last year on an average. Reports
made from many stations along the North
ern Pacific, covering well the wheat terri
tory of that road, present the same
flattering probabilities.
Ed. L. P. Staede, who recently failed
at Devils Lake, states that he and Mr..
Whipple will each bring a libel suit for
$4,000 against Senator Honsbrough, who
is proprietor af the Inter Ocean, and on
his return from Washington in June will
have him arrested for criminal libel.
Gen. Greedy was given a reception at
Bismarck Friday. He stated that congress
would not have been SO radically opposed
to spending money for irrigation if there
had not been so mnch money wasted in the
experiments. He doubts the wisdom of
trying to conduct water from the Missouri
to the James river valley.
The dispatches indicate that the rain
fall has been general all over North Da-
kota, and in most sections it has been
sufficient to moisten the ground even be-
low that of the spring rains. On the
Missouri slope nearly an inch and a
quarter of water fell, and the condition
of crops is now as perfect as could be de-
sired.
SUPT. OGDEN Il al eXamin-
alton of candidates for state certificates,
to be held at the times and places here
designated: Bismarck, June IL; James
town, June IL; Fargo, June Is; Grand
Forks, June IS; Devils Lake, June 49,;
Lisbon, June 10. Each examination
will continue three days. No candidate
will be admitted for examination after
noon the first day. Another examination
may be held at Bismarck during Decem-
Der 1891, if there are a sufficient number
of applicants to warrant holding an ex-
animation at that time. If not, no other
examination will be Leld before June,
1892. A fee of five dollars will be charged
each applicant for a state certificate,
which must be paid at the beginning of
the examination. The fund accumulating
from these examination fees will be used
to aid in the establishment and mainten-
ance of the State Teachers Reading
Circle.
The new land law, says Register Pot
ter in the Fargo Republican, in addition to
repeating the timber culture and pre-emp-
ton statutes, contains a provision
which will put an end to much contest
litigation. Several United States cases
are likely to follow, because, undera clause
i'll section Z, effect is given to the equitable
claims OF the innocent third parties who
have acquired titles to lands by mortgage
and transfer. The justice of this pro-
vision has long been impressed upon
many land officers, but only recently did
it receive the support of congressional
enactment. The new law also provides
that timber-culture final proofs may be
made eight years from entry-provided,
of course, thata proper showing can be
made. But the feature of the law which
is attracting most interest is the clause
which permits Communication of timber
culture entries after four years cOmpli-
ance with the law: by the payment of 81 %
per acre. This privilege is confined to
residents ofthe state, nonresident claim
ents being precluded from its enjoy
ment.
/ Gerowe Not Guilty.
7 The examination of Mr.. George E. &C.