The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-30

| rine, condemns the FOLLY OF the dcm"cra-
tic party In striking down that great
| industry. and uhdges itself to promote
such .egisl.,ti"r 40 shall restore. the stsrs
and stripes To the high seas and extend
our own foreign commerce. in homo
built ships. manned bv American senmen.
Will, saving to- nur people over $2O',-
OOO. 900 per year now paid To foreign
nations"
The name OF c. A. Towne rs candi--
date for congress WAS presented by y.
II, Phelps oil st. Lnuis county In ring.
ing speech. 1t WAS secnnied by Chas.
F. Hendrix Of Stearns county. There
beng no other names presented. the
convention made the nomination bv
acclamation. and the delegates went
wild with enthusiasm.
A committee was appointed tn escort
MIR. Towne To the hall. mud upon his
arrival he delivered one al the NEST
elegant and eloquent speeches the writer
ever listened to. 1t was great, as is our
candidate.
After the nomination was mae and
the appointment III a standing commit
tee provided for. number OF ringing
speeches were made, and the convention
adjourned, spirit OF enthusiastic conf,
dence inspiring every one present. which
augurs brilliant victory III November.
Crop Condition.
Til week has been wal ner than usual.
while the rainfall continues deficient.
Scattered local showers have been benc-
hciai to growing crops in a few places,
butin general the drouth conditions
have become intensified. Hail in Kitt-
son and Murray counties din little
damage to late crops. There are quite
number of forest fires in the northern
portion Of the state and the meadows
and marshes are burning III this and
other sections. Considerable hay has
been destroyed in this way and the al
mosphere is everywhere exceedingly
smokey. The complaints OF damage by
fire are most numerous in Todd county.
Threshingi is now well along i'll the nortn-
ern portions of tie state and the yields
everywhere continue to he better than
expected. except in portions oil Redwood
and Bisstone counties where they have
fallen to lower average. Most of the
Red River valley wheat grades No.
hard; the exceptions are principally
caused by smut.
Corn is ripaning fast and some in the
southeastern par. of the state is being
harvested. Its condition relative TO
prospective yields remains unchanged.
with large quantities only fit for fodder.
The potato crop like all the Others
this year is very uneven; large than
usual acreage has been planted. On
heavy sell as arule the yield will be good
but on light soil, the condition varies
from fields that never will lie dug to
those that will yield fairly we'll. In Da-
kota and Winona counties complaints
are made of 4 dry rot beginning to show.
which, without rain to check it, will
work considerable damage. In Pipe
stone and Freeborn counties and few
other spots where the drouth was most
severe. and then broken by copious rains
a second growth is doing some damage.
The universaliverdict is that the quality
OF potatoes will be excellent, but that
there are but few IN hill which will
greatly reduce the yield, and the increased
acreage cannot possibly overcome a de-
felt on this account.
The quantity of stock being regularly
fed owing to short pasturage isconstant-
~ increasing.
General rams now would he of but
little benefit to crops, but they would
help pasturage and place the soil in con-
dition tor plowing which has been great
ly retarded owing to its dryness.