Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-08-17
SENATOR PIERCE'S OPINION
OF THE GLORIOUS CLIMATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA.
He Speaks Enterta aininglY of His
Trip Through the State-Thc
General Condition.

Minneapolis Tribune: Ex-senator G.
A. Pierce has just returned from week.
trip through North Dakota, and when
seen by reporter yesterday was looking
as brown and sun burned as full-hedgcd
granger.
YES" said he, when interrogatcd, II
took flying trip through parts of North
Dakota, and little of South Dakota,
that have never visited before. went
west from Aberdeen to Ipswich and Ros-
coe, and then up to Eureka, rattling
town of 1900 or 1000 people at the term
linus of the Milwaukee and St. Paul line,
and about 18 miles from the North Da-
kota line. 1t is the biggest little town in
the way of grain.buying in the northwest.
Wheat ls hauled there from distance of
go or 70 miles, and in the market season
the streets, squares and even the open
prairie around the town are thronged with
teams.
Up through Mcintosh county there are
great many good pieces of wheat and
other grains. particularly rye and oats.
Of course there are fields that are rot
worth cutting; but, all in all, was agree
ably surprised at the appearance of things.
The acreage is smaller than usual all over
the state, think; but North Dakota, as a
whole, is in it with crop this year. not
withstanding the gloomy forebodings.
cannot imagine better trip for any
one suffering from bronchial trouble than
one across the prairies of North Dakota
in an open wagon. /. One week is good,
two would be better, and month would
renew ones lease of life. And don't be
afraid you won't get enough to eat and Of
good quality. Fresh eggs and butter, rich
milk, green coin that hasn't become wilt
ed since picking, chickens fried the way
your mother cooked them,' and in all the
larger villages first rate steak and good
variety of fruits: no one need be alarmed
about starving. Of course, am not speak
ing here of towns like La Mourc, James
town, and others of like size, where one
finds excellent hotels and expects to, but
!: the smaller places, where it would not be
strange if there were lack of accommoda-
Ftions.
Of course, it is close times every where,
but was surprised at the comparatively
cheerful state of affairs in the section |
visited. There is none OF that air of dis
couragement almost despair, that one so
often sees in the larger cities. The peo-
pie are economizing living close, buying
little, but they haven't conception of
hard times as thousands know of them in
the cities. was amused at the remark Of
a minister met. who, while lamenting
the times and the suffering pcrpc,uated,
as he thought, by the failure of congress
to act upon the measures before it, illus
trated the misery that was being wrought
by telling US Of poor woman who had
no money to buy tea. and who was actu-
ally compelled to go into her field and
dig, with her own hands, bushel or two
of potatoes to take to town and sell in or.
der to obtain a supply of her favorite
beverage. Alas! If he could see the thou.
sands who have no potato fields to fall
back upon and no other way of obtaining
the means to buy the necessaries of life,
his heart would be wrung, indeed. But
this exactly illustrates the difference be-
tween the hard times of the city and the
country.
One very encouraging thing about the
situation is the economy observed in farm-
ing. Where farmer bad from one to
three hired men few years ago, he is do.
ing with one or none at all now. l had a
field of 400 acres pointed out to me a
couple of miles from Edgcley, which had
been put in by the farmer and two boys,
one 10 or 10 and the other is or 18 years
old. 1t is estimated that the field will 20
20 bushels to the acre, and 5000 bushels
of wheat raised at such small cost will
show a big profit on the right side even at
the low prices. which row prevail.
There is lots of politics always in North
Dakota, add heard great deal of talk
about conventions and candidates all
through the state. The general impress
sion seemed to be that the republicans
have walk-over this year; but imagine
it will require work to win, especially as
against those candidates on the populist
ticket who haVe been indorsed by the
democrats. At any rate the republicans
don't want to do much mapping. For
that matter, they don't want to do much
mapping anywhere this year. The demo.
Gratis have blundered terribly, that's true
but the republican patty must get back
nearer the people and their wants>-get
down alongside the workers, the hewers
of wood and drawers of water. right
where it used to be, if it wants to be sure
of winning back Its old glory. In the
days of slavery the party was denounced
in southern papers as made up of greasy
mechanics and small fistcd farmers Just
between us, that's what it ought to be
nowj in other words; it Ought to be the
party Of humanity. the party of equal
rights, the party of tile lowly and the
humble. It's got just little too much
style about it at presei1t--it rides in too
high seat and the cushions Under it are
too thick; but its intcfests arc right, and
when it Is once aroused it will stand by
the great masses of the people as 1t always
has. But here, I didn't msan to be drawn
into talking politics."
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