Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13
NINETEENTH YEAR
AROUND THE STATE,


ing, in the office of E. j. La. der, the
local fire tournament committee held
meeting to listen to the report of the
North Dakota Firemen's association,
which met at the court house last We'd
nesday and made up an outline list of
prizes. The report of the associations
work was given by j. B. Wineman, and
generally approved by the local commit
tee. There was then an informal dis
cussion of prizes, ground for holding the
tournament and other matters of general
interest. The reports of sub committees
we're read and were generally satisfac-
tory, except that of the finance commit
>, tee. This committee complained of lack
of subscriptions from the hotels, cigar
stores and other places which would be
most benefited by the tournament.
V. L. Craig in jamestown Alert: The
testimonials from farmers, as published
by interested agents for farm machinery,
are often misleading and should be re-
ceived with caution. One fact proven by
practical experience is worth more than
a dozen theories. We have on the
O'Bren farm, the Havana and the Dow
agiac drills. Neither does good work in
wet spring like this. By removing the
shoes from the Dowagiac and using them
as broadcast seeders, we have been able
to seed quite rapidly, following up with
four-horse drags. The chain drill does
much the best work in soft ground. The
wheels on the Havana roll up with dirt
and leave much of the grain uncovered.
We think the Havana the best on dry,
hard ground, free from loose stubble, but
on wet ground on where the ground is
loose or covered with stubble it is prac-
tically worthless. Farmers made a mis-
take in disposing Of their broadcast
seeders. We need both, seeders for early
seeding and drills for dry years and for
late seeding.
jamestown Alert: General Harrison
g., Allen, formerly of North Dakota, is a
candidate for the executive clerl1ship Of
the United States senate. General Allen
came as near being governor of North
Dakota as any man ever did or ever WILL
and yet not get there. The influx Of
politicians into the Dalotas for Office
: holding purposes solely, is about over.
T1s people at home, who live here the
yar around, are claiming these things
4as their own, and the claims are being
allowed. Looking back at the wrecks
that have strewn the path Travelled by
the imported Office hunter in North Da-
kota, there is little hope for that class of
hustlers in the future. Prairie stateman-
ship may not be as polished and as
patriotic as the itinerant kind, but is
genuine and willing to learn, and the
!; people Of North Dakota prefer it to any
other variety IA. F. Mallick has re-
ceived notice from the government
patent office that his patent on flash
light apparatus, for making instantane-
Gus photographs at night, was allowed
on the 9Th inst. He has been worhing
on the model for several months and be-
lieves the invention will prove financial
Z success.
Congressman Picker made very Wig
orous fight against the consideration of
h the river and harbor bill last Friday ,and
II he explained his opposition very frankly
by saying that he did not think the bill
a fair one. While the engineers Of the
army have estimated that something like
L S350,000 can be proftably expended
upon the Missouri river between Sioux
N City and Great Falls, Mont, during the
Y next fiscal year. Mr.. Blanchard's COM
4 mittee has seen fit to recommend an ap-
preparation of only $4,000 for this pur-
& pose, and this naturally angered Mr..
4 Pickler and made him willing to fight.
sNsI am not against river and harbor bills
as rule,'' says the South Dakota con.
gressman, "butI do not propose to sit
( here and make no protest against such
an infamous scheme as this is. Enor-
nous appropriations are made for the
southern states and for the Mississippi
river, but the Missouri river, which is
Just as important, and which is navipa-
bic for more than 1,1O0 miles above
/ Sioux City, is given a paltry $4,000,
simply because we have large territory
with comparatively few voters Mr..
Picker insisted upon the reading Of the
bill in its entirety, and all sorts Of plead
ings urging him to abandon his opposi-
tion were without avail until twenty
pages Of the bill had been read, when he
4 Withdrew his objection and allowed the
N general debate TO begin. s8ss$ 4: