Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1891-09-04
STATE NEWS.

Dakota should sec Jonathan Watkins
orchard, ut Scovill. He has several
trees heavily laden with fine apples.
They are II species of crab, large and
choice fruit and bear we'll
Merchant Fitch says Iowa has its
corn palace, the southern states their
cotton palace, Minnesota its ice palace.
and wants to know why North Dakota
can't have u wheat palace The only
reason is, a palace could hot do justice
to our broad wheat fields. Each field
is u golden palace in itself-Steele
Ozone
According to latest reports received
the wheat estimate for Minnesota,
North and South Dakot;. lf,s been rais-
cd from 130,00O,00O bushels to 0,OOO,-
600 bushels. Wherever threshing has
begun throughout North Dakota there
has been II larger yield than was antici-
pated. In former years twelve bushels
for state average was very large, but
this season men who ought TO know
t''N WV ohsttS ttN ~ Stf SllttttH
els per acre. Bismarck Tribune.
Public Examiner Wallace has issued
the second call for reports OF the con
di'ion of all banks organized undcr the
state law. at the close of business Aug.
18th. There are 81 banks now i'm
operation in the state under this law.
cf.t., I
amount of banking capital had been in
vested in the state, the banlls were gen
orally in ilourishng condition and
were evidently disposed to comply with
the requirements Of the law,-A!ert.
Last Tuesday Il Deputy U. S. Marshal
arrested IL. C. Hoy, station agent at
Dazey at the instance of the u. S. post
office department, charged with viola-
ting the postal regulations in writing
the following: "Pease send me s
copies of the paper containing lottery
drawings" The postal card was signed
express Agent" He was brought to
sanborn and then taken 10 Fargo where
he gives bonds for his appearance be-
fore the U. s. District court. Mr.. How
has good reputation, and many
friends who hope he will be able to-
clear himself.-Eenterprise.
The Mckinley tariff bill adds de-.
mand for American labor OF more than
$50, 100000 q year. Let labor ponder
this vast sum, distributed among the
wage workers of the country, and then
decide which of the political parties ara
entitled to their votes. Democratic free
trade would leave more than double
that amount to be earned by the cheap
labor OF Europe while the Industries of
this country would languish in bank
ruptcy. With fifty million more dollars
earned by labor The producer of food
products has better and more renum-
erative market for everything he has
to scll.-Casselton Republican,.
Last Friday morning three hobos en-
tered the store of Nels Thompson &
Co., and asked to see some gloves.
Geo. Tauscnd was alone in the store.
Ole Lunde having just departed for
breakfast. Two of the hobos engaged
Geo. in conversation while examining
and pricing the gloves, the third man
remaining in the doorway of the store
facing the depot. This man had his
coat flung over his arm, and while his
confederates were keeping George Lusy
i'll the other end of the store, gently
placed six pair of pants that were in
reach under his coat and faded out of
sight. The other two men had then
made their small purchases and also
left. The loss was discovered during
the day but of course, neither the hobos
OF the pants were to be scen.-Mayville
Tribune
Various experiments are related of
the smudge plan of fighting frost and
theories advance as to the protection it
affords. A summing up of these ex-
periments and theories bring us to the
conclusion that there is someprotection
against frost III the smudge plan. The
thcory Is, Whatever 1t may be worth,
that smoke to some extent absorbs the
dew, and without dew there can be no
frost, In addition to this, the heat that
is carried in the smoke melts the frost
shat may have already accumulated
;and converts it into a thin coating of
ice over the wheat heads and protect
the grain against freezing. The exper-
iments show that last Sunday morning
out OH the prairie and out of reach
of the smoke from the smudpes
the frost was very heavy, while on the
grass adjoining grain that had been un-
der the smoke of smudges it was very
light. At all events the plan is worth
repeating should the occasion offer.
The principal damage to the wheat Of
North Dakota by the frost of last Sum
day morning will be the opportunity
it will afford the wheat buyers for