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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

In an a~fter-dinner speech at Chicago,
last week, the occasion being the ban
quet of the Army Of the Tennessee, the
gifted orator, Henri Watterson, said of
General Grant:
I recall nothing in history so sublime
as the spectacle of that brave spirit,
broken in fortune and in health, with the
dread hand of the dark angel clutched
about bis throat, struggling with every
breath to hold the clumsy, unfamiliar
weapon with which he sought to wrest
from the jaws Of death a little something
for the support of wife and children
when be was gone! If he had done
nothing else, that would have made
his exit from the world an immortal
epic!
A little while after 1 came home from
the last scene of all l found that a
Woman's hand had collected the insignia
l bod worn in the magnificent, melan-
choly pageant-the orders assigning me
to duty and the funeral scarfs and badges
and had grouped and framed them,
unbidden, silently, tenderly; and when I
reflected that the hands that did this
were those Of a loving southern woman
whose father had fallen on the confeder-
ate side in the battle, I said: "The war
indeed is over; let us have peace" Gen
tlemen, soldiers, comrades, the silken
folds that Irvine about us here, for all
their soft and careless grace, are yet as
strong as hooks of steel ! They hold TO-
gether a united people and a great ma
ton; for, realizing the truth at last
with no wounds to be healed and no
stings of defeat to remember-the south
says to the north, rs simply and as truly
as was said 5000 years ago in that far
away meadow upon the margin of the
mystic sea: "Whither thou goest I will
go; and where thou lodgest 1 will lodge;
thy people shall be my people, and thy
God my God"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The department of public instruction
of North Dakota has undertaken to Sc
cure an exhibit at the Worlds Column
bian Exposition which will adequately
represent the educational facilities of
this state. It has issued to teachers and
county superintendent a strong circular
containing an explanation of the enter.
prise in hand, various regulations to be
observed, and a manual of Work for
the Worlds Columbian Exposition
Course for Teachers and Reading Cir
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The Bottineau Pioneer is getting
severe with E. Ashley Mears. The last
issue says that eff there be one man in
our state who has caused many of our
best citizens to mourn the loss of their
homes, embracing sorrows faded form,
leaving solitude behind, that is Z. Ashley
Mears, who is now tasting of and revel-
ing in, the Injuries of woe that this hard
hearted money lenderhas wrung from the
necessities and miseries of his fellowmen
and yet, they say, this man Mears is a
christian, a pillar of the church and a
TONER (usurer) shall inherit the kingdom
of heaven
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The st. Paul Globe of the 9th inst.
says J. M. Quinn, editor of the Butte
Miner, reached st. Paul yesterday morn
ing on his way back home from Wash
ington. His presence in Washington was
seized upon by a correspondent of a St.
Paul paper and made the subject of a
half-column special, saying that Mr..
Quinn was a candidate for the position
Of postmaster of the house of representa-
tives at the approaching session. "There
lis not a word of truth in that report"
said Mr.. Quinn. II am a newspaper man
and propose to continue in that bust
ness. I prefer it to ofice-seeking every
time" MI. Quinn was formerly attached
to the Bismarck TRIBUNE, and is n of
the best known and brightest newspaper
men in the northwest. He has been at
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
PUBLIC LANDS.

The report of Commissioner Carter, of
the general land office, says the Chicago
Herald, shows that the number of agri-
cultural patents issued during the years
1890 and 1891 was 231, 707, against A,
during the fiscal years 1886 and 1887, an
increase of 197,164 patents. The number,
it will be seen, was more than five times
as great during the later period as it was
during the earlier. The number of acres
sold for cash during the last fiscal year
was 2,143,0O0. The total area of the pub
lie land entries and selections made dur
ing the year was 10,357, 231 acres, exclu-
sive of 120,469 acres Of Indian lands.
During the year surveys we're accepted
to the amount of 9,096,OO4 acres. The
whole area of public lands still belonging
to the United States is stated at 579,664,-
6S3 acres. This is exclusive, of course,
of the public lands in Texas, which be-
long to the state and not to the United
States. 1t is also exclusive of Alaska.
Much of the greater part of this re-
naming area is unfit for cultivation, and
and only a portion of it can be reclaimed
by irrigation. The commissioner esti-
mates the area hat can be reclaimed at
rather more than 12O,OOO,OOO acres, or, in
round figures, $4,000 square miles-an
area equal to that of the state of Califor-
MIA. MIR. Carter remarks that one of the
ways of meeting the difficulty of reclaim
ing these lands is to encourage private
capital to embark in the work. The ma
ture Of the encouragement he does not
suggest. There can be no doubt that
private capital can be enlisted
in this business as it was enlisted in the
business of constructing the Pacific
railroads-by practically donating to the
alleged capitalists more than enough to
pay for the entire work. Mr.. Carter,
however, is not inclined to favor the plan
of holding out Inducements of n kind
to capitalists. He thinks this would lead
to placing the control of the land in
large part in the hands of corporations.
A better way, in his opinion, would be
to transfer the lands to the states within
which they lie upon such conditions as
would lead to their reclamation by the
states and their subsequent transfer to
settlers in limited quantities.
There need be no hurry about adopting
any scheme OF reclamation. It is not
wise to hold out special inducements to
people to engage in farming more than
in any other business. All that is neces-
sary is to see that nothing is done to
prevent the adoption of a comprehensive
plan of reclamation when the proper
time comes for entering on that work,
and leave the rest to private enterprise.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

HE supreme court of the United
States met Monday. Among the impor-
tant cases to be considered is the one to
test the constitutionality of the lottery
law and the Mckinley bill. The latter
is attacked on the ground that it never
passed the house and senate as required
by the constitution, and that the docu-
ment signed by the president was not the
Mckinley bill, inasmuch as the tobacco
clause was not included in it. The Say
ward case, involving the whole Behring
sea controversy, has been put over till
November.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
GOLD COMING BACK.

AS already predicted, the flow of gold
from Europe to America has already set
in. Henry Clews in the last Financial
Revew tells of it in this way:
London appears to be a somewhat I'M
certain factor, chiefly because of the
monetary situation there. It is posi-
BILE that we will have drawn from $685.
100000 to $~4O,00O,OOO of gold from Eu-
rope by the close of next December.
We have already taken about $15,OOO,-
90 during the season. The Bank of
England is disposed to resist this move
ment in q degree, and much of the de-
mand will fall upon Paris, which is
fortunately well prepared to meet it. It
is also to be remembered that the failure
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
AROUND TIE STATE,

Larimore has a new brass band of if
teen pieces.
Hon. Jas. V. Brooke, representative in
the last legislature, has opened a law
office in Grand Forks.
The st. Thomas Times says considera-
BILE Canadian whiskey has lately been
imported into Pembina county.
Walkers mill at Grand Forks has
closed for the season, with a cut of 49,
100000 feet, the largest in its history.
According to Land Commissioner Car
ter's report, North Dakota has $685.
44O acres of ?public lands open to settle
ment.
The Edgeley Mail is advertising for
Geo.. P. Kossakawfsky, a boy ten years
old, with light hair, blue eyes, and has a
dog with him."
Inkster Tribune: A close investigation
of the damage done by rain reveals the
fact that the wheat is not injured any
by the late rains.
The deaf mute school of Devils Lake
has an attendance of Is pupils. The
school will have a small printing outfit
and publish a newspaper. -
A prominent citizen of Grand Forks,
whose name is withheld, applies for a d.
vorce because his wife entered a Grand
Forks bagnio two months after mar
riage.
A case has been filed in the supreme
court, appealed from Judge Rose, that
will determine whether seed wheat liens
under act of 1890 take precedence over
prior mortgages.
State Treasurer Booker and B. F. and
L. +. Schurmeier, of St. Paul, with their
dogs and a full hunting equipment are in
the Devils Lake country and expects to
have several days sport with the ducks
and geese in the Freshwater lake coun-
try. 4
The 500 extension from Hankinson to
Lanona, which is only five miles east Of
Valley City, was completed Saturday. A
regular passenger and freight service was
inaugurated the same day. The extern
sion line will be completed to Valley City
in the course of a few days. There are
several stations on the extension, which
is 81 miles long. The line passes
through a rich farming district.
MI. j. G. Hunter, a large farmer in
Cass county, is quoted by the Casselton
Republican as saying: ut is surprising
to see how many harvest hands leave for
the east every day. They come into town,
get their money, become Disguised and
leave. Saturday I paid out over $500 to
threshers for a farmer near here, and the
only money they spent with me was IS
cents for tobacco. They say they won't
spend a dollar in the town and are going
to get right out, although work is wait
ing for them here at good wages-higher
than ever paid before. II the question
of prohibition ever comes before the
people again, and I am ia business here,
I will spend $500 to defeat il.
- ~ EELI.l 1NsE@ 4FETa EEkt
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
Plum Island, and immense mortar bat
terles are to be placed in a fort upon the
leland
ARTESIAN

Minneapolis Times: Notwithstanding
the abundant crops and tho fair rainfall
in the James river valley this season, the
ardor of the denizens Of the great arte-
sian basin for irrigation has not been
dampened. During the summer just
past about l50 artesian wells have been
sunk in that valley from Mitchell to
jamestown. And there would have been
still more had the mechanical appliances
for boring them been at hand. The bus
mess, being a new one, the supplies have
not been adequate to meet the exigen-
cies of the sudden demand.
There are o several hundred of
the spouters in Brown, Sphinx and Bea-
die counties alone, and wherever irriga-
ton by means of these wells has been
tried the experiment has been attended
with very favorable results.
Editor Bushnell, of the South Dakota
Farmer, published at Huron, who was in
Minneapolis yesterday, states that the
irrigation farm near Huron produces
this year sixty-two bushels per acre.
The next issue of his South Dakota
Farmer will be an irrigation edition
p%rofusely illustrated and devoted
wholly to the subject of artesian irriga-
ton. This great artesian basin extends
through both North and South Dakota,
from jamestown to Yankton, and is
probably the greatest artesian region in
the world.
The method of irrigation is not uni
form in Dakota, since the whole subject
is still in its infancy. 1t has not yet
been demonstrated what the best meth
cd is. Some have adopted the reservoir
system. By this means the water can
be carried to points of land that are
higher in elevation than the point where
the we'll is bored.
Many, however, select a section of
land that is most favorable to irrigation
purposes, put the we'll upon the highest
point, and by this means no reservoir is
necessary. This is the method adopted
on the great Price farm neal Letcher.
The land is flooded in the fall and early
winter, thus saturating the surface and
subsoil to a depth of many feet, SO that
no more is required, it is said, during
the hummer season, since the moisture
rises to the surface. This is also, of
course, supplemented by the natural
rainfall.
Wherever at present or in the past
irrigation has been made successful,
wherever mar has been able to water
the growing crops at will or give them
the necessary moisture, there agricul-
ture has been most profitable. The irri-
gated lands of California are worth one
hundred dollars per acre simply for agri-
cultural purposes. The famous Nile
valley and the now arid plains of Mesc-
potamia were once the richest agricul-
tural sections of the world.
And it is not unreasonable to suppose
that the famous James River valley of
North and South Dakota will one
day be one of the garden spots of the
globe.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

THE gambling houses in East Grand
Forks are closed, and it is said the state
law against gambling will be strictly en-
forced. 1t seems that the big harvest
has attracted to the northwest scores of
gamblers, swindIers, pickpockets, etc.
Every town in the Red River valley is
infested with this class of people, but the
towns on the Minnesota side of the river,
like East Grand Forks and Moorhead,
appear to be worse afflicted than other
places,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
H TAN LIST

The TRIBUNE being the official paper
of the county, has been awarded the
publishing of the delinquent tax list.
The board of county commissioners, on
motion of Mr.. Cahall, seconded by Mr..
johnson, instructed the auditor to pub
lish the tax list in the official paper.
The law requires the commissioners to
designate the paper in which the tax list
shall be published. But the compensa-
ton for publishing the same is fixed by
law. The statnte on this point reads as
follows, and can be found in section 60,
chapter 100, laws of 1891:
''The auditor SHALL add to each des-
crlption of the land so advertised the
sum of twelve 12) cents for eachdescrip-
ton other than town lots. and for each
town lot the sum of ten (lO) cents. to
defray the expenses of advertising,
which amount SHALL be paid by the
county commissioners at the expiration
of the sale, upon affidavit of the pub.
Usher"
AS will be seen, the law is mandatory
in the matter of compensation which the
publisher shall receive. The auditor
MUST charge a certain amount against
the land for advertising it, and the ON
missioners MUST pay the publisher the
amount so charged.
It would make no difference what
price a publisher agreed to do the work
for, the commissioners must pay him the
amount prescribed by law.
Besides, this money does not come out
of the county; it comes out of the delin-
quent land. The county pays the pub
Usher. but holds the land as security for
the pay.
The board of county commissioners,
upon being informed by the county au-
ditor that he was required to advertise
for bids for publishing the delinquent
tax list, instructed him to make such ad-
vertisement. But the board afterwards
discovered that the auditor had been
mistaken, as the clause requiring him to
advertise for bids had been repealed by
the last legislature. This left the board
nothing to do but name a paper in which
the list should be published.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

IT was hoped that the death of Par
nell would unite the warning factions in
Ireland, but it seems that such a result
will not be reached. Parnell's followers
have taken up the fight where their
leader left off, with a spirit of bitter
ness which elbows of no reconciliation.
The Parnellites have issued a manifesto
against the McCarthyites, whom they
claim bounded Parnell to death.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
TowNER must be a queer community,

TowNER must be a queer community,
judging from the following from Nc
Henry county Independent:
Henry Erickson: L bought a load of
wood and piled it behind my store the
other day. Within an hour I heard six
wood saws saving away for dear life.
l sold what was left of the wood the next
day. J. L. Clements: That Is as bad as I
did last Sunday. 1 bought a quarter of
beef and hung it up in my office. That
evening every man I saw carried a
butcher knife.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

the flour is not as white as the other, but
it is believed that continued cultivation
in the Canadian Northwest will remove
the yellow tinge and produce as good
flour in every respect as the red Fyfe.
The tests this year as to Ladoga show,
too, that it ripens invariably ten days
earlier than red Fyfe. This is the fact of
supreme Importance to farmers.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

BREAD for sugar. This is the gist of
the deal consummated between Germany
and the United States. Germany has
agreed to reduce her duties upon Ameri-
can wheat, rye and flour, and in return
the United States will decrease the duty
on German sugar in a corresponding
amount. By this arrangement this
country will have an other market for
her surplus grain.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
The 8ismartk Tribmme.
BY NJ, H.
H DAILY TRIBUNE,

H DAILY TRIBUNE,
Published every morning, except Monday, at Bis
marck, Dakota, is delivered by carrier to all parts
OF the city at % cents per week, or 81 per month.
" SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily one month, postage paid, 8 1 90
Daily three m onths, postage paid, : 8 90
Daily six months, postage paid, 90
DAILY one year, postage paid, 10 90
WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Eight pages, containing a summary of the news of
the week, both foreign and local; published every
Friday, sent postage paid to any address, for one
year 81; six months, 81; three months. rs cents.
The WEEKLY TRIBUNE is the oldest paper in
North Dakota and the aim is made to make it a
perfect encyclopedia of Dakota affairs. Its circu-
lation is large. both in the territory and the
states.
The DAILY TRIBUNE, like the weekly edition,
containing the full Associated Press dispatches,
is a desirable advertising medium through which
o reach all northwestern towns and military
posts remote from railroad lines.
The DAILY tribune will be found on file at
the Grand Pacific hotel, and Lord d Thomas, ad-
~vertising agents, Chicago. and at reading rooms
and news depots throughout the country.
The general eastern advertising agent of the
TRIBUNE is A. F. Richardson. Room IS, Tribune
Building, New York. All advertisements for the
TRIBUNE from points east of Illinois should be
sent to him.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The Minneapolis Journal says: The
jamestown, N. D., Alert is objecting seri-
ously to the harvest festival. If the
Alert will get ahead of itself and run a
little while it may catch up with his
toric events.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The Government Agricultural station
at Fargo has issued a bulletin on dis
eases of sheep. 1t is a valuable work to
owners of sheep, and any person wanting
a copy Of it can get one free by address,
ing the college.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The constitutionality of New York's
~electrocution law is again being consid.
cred by the federal supreme court. The
ground upon which it is attacked is that
the clause which prohibits the publica-
ton of the details of the electrocution is
an infringement Of the liberty of the
press granted by the constitution.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

AN interesting article entitled, "Uncle
Sans Money" appears on another page
in to.day's TRIBUNE. 1t is written by
that most versatile of correspondents,
Robert Graves, and tells how the money
which is taken in every day by the gov
eminent is spent,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

CONSUL N1CKEUs of B~arranquilla,
South America, who has been on a visit
to his old home at jamestown, N. D.,
has been ordered to return to his post
of duty at once. The reason for the
sudden recall is not known, but the
troubles in the South American repub-
lies may have something to do with it.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

TESTS OF sufficient thoroughness have
been made of Ladoga wheat flour in
Manitoba to demonstrate thatit contains
as much gluten as the red Fyfe and that
it makes two pounds more bread per 100
pounds than the red Fyfe. The color &c
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

IT has been the custom for Dakotans to
go east for wives, but this order of things
has been reversed, and a young man
recently travelled from Iowa to Rolette
county, this state, to secure a bride. The
match was brought about through the
medium of a matrimonial journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The validity of the new constitution
of Kentucky is to be contested on the
ground that the constitutional conven-
ton made numerous changes after the
instrument was ratified by the people.
Suit has been fled at Frankfort to en-
join the public printer and the secretary
of state from issuing copies of the new
organic law. "
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

THE arrival of the Cleveland baby
seems to have put new vigor into Grover,
and he has taken to the political stump
in behalf of Flower, and is one Of the
most active and enthusiastic of the
democratic workers.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The little town of Ada, Ohio, has
been distinguished by a joint debate
between Mckinley and Campbell, the
two candidates for tho office {of
governor of Ohio. These two gentle
men are perhaps as good opponents of
the principles they represent-high and
low tariff-as any other two men in their
respective parties.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The place for holding the next repub-
llcan national convention will be selected
by the national committee at Washing
ton on November 23d. Minneapolis will
make extra exertions to capture the
prize and it is hoped by the entire north
west that she will be successful.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

ANOTHER fertilization to protect the
entrance to New York harbor is to be
built. The United States government
has acquired possession,of portion Of
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The main building for the North Da.
kota Agricultural college at Fargo is al
most completed, and is said to be hand
some structure.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

So HANsBRoUGH is after Marshal
Prices scalp. If Winship was only a
federal office-holder, wouldn't he have to
hustle to keep his head on.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The date for commencing the winter
Ire of study at the North Dakota Ag-
ricultural college has been changed from
November Sd to November 10Th.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

A NOTABLE feature in the Fargo Argus
under the new management is the
changed appearance of the editorials.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

The story about H%ansbrough pre-
ferring charges against Marshal Price
proves to be a canard.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16

MELBOURNE, the Australian rain
maker, offers to water Kansas next year
for 10 cents an acre. Cheap enough.