Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1891-10-09
STATE NEWS.

j. B. Robinson of Bathgate, N. D.
was detected smuggling 500 worth Of
clothing from Gretna, Man. Deputy
Collector of Custems O'Brien seized
Robinson's team and the goods.
North Dakota is maintaining her re-
cord rs u fruit country. A second crop
of Strawberries has been grown in tho
Turtle mountain this summer. Tho
banana belt is q thing of beauty and =
Joy forever. North Dakota wears thu
cincture this ycar.-Alert.
It is said that the price of wheat has
been raised 10 cents u bushel at Shell
don, the crossing of the Northern Pa
cifc and 500 lines. This has been
caused by the active competition of this
latter road the management of which
is working to get all the grain possible
to MiDneapolis.-Alert.
David Stirling, who escaped from tho
county Jail at Darlington last week, is
described as being five feet nine inches
high and weighs l45 pounds, short grey
chin whiskers. smooth upper lip, wore
a dark coat and vest and light striped
pants and light brown slouch hat. He
also carried a gold watch; is about for
ty.tive years old and is u good engineer.
Alert.
There is something wrong with in-.
spections of wheat at Duluth when u
farmer is docked ninoty-two bushels on
carload Of whcat-:,fter the same has
been run through the cleaner of an elo.
vator. This was the case the other day,
and earlier in the season wheat from.
the same field ran overweight two and
half pounds to the shel.-Farga
Argus.
The damage to the wheat in shock by
the late wet wcather-and with these
clearing skies and this cool atmos>
phere it won't be so great as has been
estln,ated-serves to emphasize the oft
repeated lesson that tho stacking of
grain cannot safely be dispensed with.
The thrifty farmer will get up exceed
ingly early in the morning and work
night and Sundays, if necessary, rather
than le. his grain remain III the shock.
Argus.
The Kelley Institute grows in public
favor, as the days go by, as The ALI
ance predictedit would. One by one
cases that we're pronounced helpless
and hopeless have been cured at the
Institute in this city, and rs the people
see the great change wrought in the
patients by tho treatment, their hearts
naturally warm toward it. Tho Kelley
treatment is better, by far, to do away
with the sale of intoxicants, than all
the prohibition laws ever enactcd.-Al>
lane.
Several citizens of North Dakota
visited West Superior this week and
following the visit comes tho dispatch
to the Fargo Argus stating that the re-
suit will be the organization Of II $780,
00O stock company and the erection of
L u tWV UuSICk Cl6tkUOl 1Ol uuuu-
ling North Dakota wheat. The stock
of tho elevator and board of trade will
be divided equally between West SUI
perior. Fargo, Grand Forks, James
town and Observation-Disclosures Cap
ital.
Park River Witness: The wisest
statement ever made by Walter Muir,
whether as stump speaker, alliance
official or newspaper editor, is contain
ed in the following sentence copied
from an article in the Independent, of
which he controls the destiny. They
should be written in letters Of fire or
blood, so that they might burn OF stain
everyone whose eyes may rest on them:
"Let us secure our crop on the farm as
fast as possible and sell to the very best
advantage and pay our debts as fast as
possible. This IS our opportunity to,
pay up and cancel our mortgages and
get our independence of the money
power"
Prof. Foster, he whose weather prog
nostications have been so wofully cor
rect during the season, now comes to
the front with another tale of woe
that is to be. He predicts an early
winter, a long winter, and severe
winter. Aud not only this he foresees
terrible snow storms, to be served up
with disagreeable frequency during the
winter. This prognostication will very
readily be believed, in view of the
experiences of the past season. and af-
ter SO many mild winters. There is
scarcely doubt in anyone's mind but
that the dry seasons arc ended for q
time, and is equally probable that the
mild winters have also ceased for a.
while.-Edgelcy Mail.
Another large sale of Foster county
real estate was made last Saturday.
William Farquer purchased the north
half of section II Town 145 range 66
from the Darlington & Casey Land CO.
Mr.. Farquer has been so successful in
farming in this county that he feels the
need of more land recognizing the fact
that land is sure to advance in price he
comes to the wise conclusion to make 4
purchase ut once. The half section pur-
chased joins to his homestead on tho
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