St. Paul daily globe., 1891-10-02
ST. PAUL TO RESCUE.
Jobbeps Aid the Railroads in
Hurrying Out Threshing
Outfits,
Which Approaching Winter
Makes More Necessary to
Dakota.
Railroad Commissioners Sug-
gest a New Rule in De-
murrage Charges.
The Edison Walks OFF With
the Reform School Light
Contract.

The great and good work done by st.
Paul jobbers and railroad men to-
ward threshing out and securing the
wheat crop of North Dakota comes none
to soon. Rains are falling all over the
state and the indications are for heovy
frost that is likely to cause great dam
age to the large quantities of wheat still
in shock. Snow is also reported at sew
eral points in the state. The series of
articles in the GLOBE calling attention
to the situation and urging the owners
of threshing outfits to hasten to North
Dakota fields have been sent broadcast
and the startling appeal OF the st. Paul
jobbers has borne fruit. MIR.
Seabury said last night that he
had received many letters from sec
tions into which the GLOBE had
carried the demand for threshers, aDd
the response with machines had been
most gratifying. More may still be
used, and plenty of work at good prices
is assured. BY o'clock last night
nearly fifty machines and outfits had
been shipped from various points by the
Great Northern, and Traffic Manager
Shelby said they were expecting still
more. Dozens of letters have been re-
ceiyed from parties who are anxious to
confirm the newspaper reports and see
what arrangements can be made. In
the letters which arrived yesterday
over twenty outfits are practically
promised if the outlook is favorable.
All of them will be needed, ahd
many more in order to get the grain
out Ofthe way. Seabury & Co.'s North
Dakota salesman writes: lone hum
dred machines and 500 men are needed
west Of Grand Forks" Other cOmmu-
nications from Northwestern Merchants
state that very little grain is coming in,
owing to the scarcity of men and outfits.
The present little furry of weather
may not continue very long, and the
Indian summer will afford time for the
fall threshing, but the seriousness of the
situation at present is accentuated by
the following weather bulletin issued by
Observer Lyons last night;
The barometer is lowest over South Da-
kota and highest over Montana, where de-
clded cold wave is centered, and the temper
ature over the principal portion of that
state has remained below 32 deg or freezing
point for the last twenty-four hours with
snow or cloudy weather that extends north
ward over the, international boundary line.
Light 10 moderately heavy rain has been re-
ported from all stations in North Dakota,
Minnesota and Manitoba during the last
Twelve nourS, ana at TINS writing, ram con-
tinues throughout the Ret river valley in this
state.
Fresh to brisk and occasionally high
northerly winds are reported from all sta
lions in the northwest except those in the
southern portion of this sta te ana South Da-
kota. The temperature has fallen from TO
20 deg over all of Montana the Northwest
territory and both Dakota's during the last
twentyfour hours Decidedly colder weather
is indicated for this vicinity Friday night,
which will continue over saturday and no
doubt Sunday with severe frost.