The Dickinson press., 1891-08-29
NORTH DAKOTA.
Interesting Condensed News from
Over the State by
Counties.

OVor Iu6 DtdIe NY
IS Is Counties.
70 Pierce County: A car of fat cattle
l. was shipped from Rugby last week. =.
Wheat crop excellent.
Ward County: Cotton is grading on
that long sought siding. Editor Failor
! ! enjoyed his trip to Winnipeg.
Trail County: Land is increasing in
,, value. . Harvesting in full blast wheat
good and grain plump and heavy.
) Burleigh County: Farmers are all
smiling at the rich harvest. Grain is
almost all safe. =. Mayor Bentley is at
st Paul improving in health.
Morton County: Crops good, harvest
, progressing finely The Mandan Pio-
neers favors the inspection law. Crops
on the Cannon Ball extra good.
Barnes County: The package
man" with hoss and wagon is after the
Barnes County farmers. Look out for
him." says The Times Harvesting
perfect.
McHenry County: Farmer McClin-
took is arranging to put in 1000 sheep.
H. L, Salgaras bought 1866 head of
sheep from l.. B. Pendroy .. Prairie
fire at Willard.
kidder County: Colonel Woodman-
see is threshing e. Slight hail at Daw-
son reported. 80. Harry Simpson is
cutting 400 acres of wheat estimated to
60 twenty bushels.
Stutsman County: John Cumber's
barn ut Montpelier was burned 80. Billy
Allen has been at jamestown. IL. Cap
tain McGinnis says the wheat crop is
the best since 1880 in the Jim River
Valley.
Towner County: Cool weather de-
layed harvesting few days. but all
grain is we'll conditioned 8. Robert
Newell has Travelled and believes in
North Dakota. @. H. Olson says the
Benson County: The Leeds News
writes up the Zones farm''-a good
one. j. l.. johnson raises fine tiax <
..G. w. Meyers, of Oberon, has good
wheat. -. Thirty. five hundred sheep
came to Leeds, the Best boys, of Hur-
ricane Lake, taking 1000.
Rolette County: The Dunseith Times
says ''forty bushels to the acre is not
uncommon, with harvest we'll under
way" OK Creek barley threshed out
sixty three bushels to the acre. -. The
Dnnseith Herald says: "We'll all wear
diamonds this fall, after crops are in"
Ransom County: W. W. Gatchell is
back from the coast we'll satisfied to be
in North Dakota. -. Harvest progress
ing finely y. James Brinkerhoff's wheat
damaged u few weeks ago by hail, is
coming out twelve to fifteen bushels to
the acre. Nothing too good for Ransom.
Grand Forks County: w. N. Roach,
@. L. GRADER and James Matthews have
been appointed by Judge Templeton to
condemn lands for the Great Northern
go. Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Bachelor
go to Denver to live. Grand Forks
mourns the loss of Rev. Currie
Logan County: Hen spangler has
new team of bronchos big crop and a
new suit of clothes, according to Edi-
tor Bryant. i. Henry Walker has pur-
chased sixty head of calves from the
Menrs herd. ..J. G. Kroeber has made
final proof on his homestead and now
should subscribe for The Weekly Argus.
Walsh County: A cyclone hit Golden
Forest River and other townships,
frightening many-no one hurt. e. The
Oriental Hotel at Grafton gets tele-
graph Office . S. q. Stranahans of Park
River is recovering Grafton has q
steamfire engine. :. .Ardoch had fire
burning.G, W. Kelloggs barn.
Dickey County: S. Knight has in
vented Il new drill. :. Reports from
Keystone, Yorktown, Kent, Fullerton
and other points all tell of good crops
and harvesting nearly finished. Rev.
Bush and DR.. Bartlett are still at it.
And the public can hardly understand
why.
Sargent County: Colonel Ellsworth
turns over The Item to W. @. Forman,
jr., in order to devote his entire time to
inspection. IA Sargent County resi-
dent visiting back in Illinois writes
that lots of Illinois people are coming
this way -. All county warrants regis
fn - NJ
are called for payment
Ramsey County: The apology of The
Inter- Ocean reads very much like Hans.
1t has his low cunning and vindictive.
ness of effectiveness go. Commis-
sloner Graham has cut his wheat, using
forty pounds of twine for twelve acres
OF barley The Great Northern peo.
pie have refused to put in platform at
Churches Ferry, for grain shippers.
The dance at Hank Dingman's s is said
to have been more than success.
Mcintosh County: Total number of
farms, 651; acres decided lands. "a, s95;
cash value farm property, 1851 800;
male population of county. 1852; fe-
male, 1857; farmers. 557; merchants, 8,
professional, 20; clerks, 2; farm labor.
ers, 16; domestics, 2; mechanics, 8 "A
prairie fire in the dry bed of Goose
Lake burned 200 acres of fine wheat for
L. G. Springer, also lot of hay. Har-
vest good.
Pembina County; Jennings House
at Bathgate has changed proprietors and
name, refttel, papered and painted
and is now known as the Bathgate
Hotel, by Peter Garipy and wife. "A.
B. Hellyer, wife and child of Hamilton
have removed to Fargo; Mr.. HelIyer
is with the Minneapolis & Northern
Elevator Co. . Pratford has beautiful
harvest weather :. {. Harvesting is in full
blast at Drayton, Crystal, Bruce ane