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The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25
Notice.

Mr.. r. L. Dollarhide is no longer
in my employ, His services as trav-
cling salesman were discontinued
Saturday, May 10th.
w. B. OGILvIE,
5-206t Shreveport, La.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25
DON'T WAIT

For the cyclone to strike
our city before securing a
cyclone policy. F. W. Of
fenhauser issues cyclone
policies in the very best
companies. 10 2W
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How to Treat a Wife.
lErom pncilic Henlth Lonrnnl.

(frOm ldClllc ueultH JuuIndl')
First, get a wife; second, be pa
tient, You may have great trials
and perplexities in your business,
but do not therefore, carry to your
home a c.oudy or contracted brow,
Your wife may have trials, which,
though of less magnitude, may be
hard for her to bear. A kind word,
a tender look, will do wonders in
chasing from her brow all clouds of
gloom. To this we would add, al
ways keep a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy in the house 1t is
the best, and is sure to be needed
sooner or later Your wife will
then know that you really care for
her and wish to protect her health,
For sale by Smith Drug Company
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

We Always give our customer
the best the market affords, full
weights and prompt attention.
HUDDLEsToN Bros.
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FOR RENT.

/ large new commodious house to
rent, with modern improvements.
Apply at No. 8O4, corner Eighth
and State Streets, West side.
53tf
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STILL IN THE LEAD,

The leading Counsel" 8 cent cigar,
and Admiral Goldsborough" 10 cent
cigar. Sold by S. M. RAGLAND
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

Cigars by the box a specially
3 8 S. M. RAGLAND.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

LAXOL is the best medicine for
children. Doctors recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

Huddleston Bros. have just re-
ceived fine line of smoked meats.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

Our Misses and Children's Slippers
are here, and they are beauties.
Come and see them.
53tf DEJAMAR & O'NEAL.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

We have complete line of Gents,
Ladies, Misses and Chidrens shoes
tslippers. To the gentlemen we
y free shines, to Ladies, Misses
and Children beautiful pictures.
Come and see us.
53tf DELAMAR h O'NEAL
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

All kinds Of cakes for plcnics at
Mrs. Il. l.. Meek's, 4.22
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O'DWYER & AHERN,
u1 Jobbers and Retailers. %
TO THE PUBLIC!

the reduction
concluded
whites
TAKE NOTICEOur Undertaking Establishment
and prepared do the best work in the city ALL Work
All
Our undertaking department is in charge our Mr. Shut
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Straw Hats.

Brigham Hopkins make at Sharpe
q Brewers,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

From the daily shipments of
bread sent out by Mr., Kline 1t would
seem that even people outside Of
Texarkana appreciate his Steam
Bread.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-05-25

Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by the old reliable jewler,
+ L. Schuster. 1926
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Feed and seed oats at extra low
prices, at w. II. Wells & Cos.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
LOCATION.
The location of Griggs county is al

The location of Griggs county is all
that could be desired. In the midst of
the great wheat producing portion of
the state she sits a veritable fountain
of wealth in her resources and posi-
bilities. Far enough north to be out
of the track of the destructive cyclone
and not so far as to have crops con-
tinually destroyed by frost. A better
location cannot be found in the state.
THE SOIL.
In the soil lies the resources of the
county. She claims no mineral wealth,
she has but limited supply of timber,
though she has surface stone sufficient
for building purposes she has no
quarries to bring her wealth, but she
hasa deep rich soil of black loan
which being underlaid with heavy
clay sub soil, is capable of producing
wealth to fabulous extent.
SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH.
From the formation Of the county in
1882 the growth has been gradual and
constant. She has had no unhealthy
booms and has experienced no de-
pressing set backs. but every year has
brought it's quota of settlers who have
found permanent homes in the county.
and added not only to the number OF
her inhabitants but as we'll to her ma
terial prosperity and the development
of her resources. Her population now
numbering about four thousand. repre-
sent nearly every state in the union as
we'll as Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.

no can estimate the future possi-.
ollltles OF so great a state, with itx
resources so little developed. 1t hae
been our habit in the past, whenever
The subject was mentioned to think of
all our millions of acres sown with
wheat and yielding SO many bushels
10 the acre. but this method of calc,s-
iatlon is erroneous. The state given
up to the production of a single article.
no matter how staple the article nav
oe, must of necessity be dependents
upon Others for most of the necessities
OF life. And in case of the failure Of
Its one crop is beleft of means of pur-
chase and overtaking by want. Those
most prosperous and independent ara
those which most nearly produce with
IN their own borders all the necessaries
OF their people. North Dakota, as
nearly as any state in the union.
possesses the possibility OF producing
everything necessary to give wealth.
and comfort to her people. 1t is evi-
dent that the fact of her producing thu,
best quality of wheat at least cost, will
make her the greatest wheat producinn-
state. But while she grows wheat and
manufactures -four she may also grow
flax and manufacture linen and oil.
she may grow potatoes and manufac-
ture starch, she may grow beets and.
manufacture sugar, she may grow
wool and prepare it for wear or sale.
in her own factories, she may make
paper for the world, she may become
one of the great dairy states, she may
become one of the greatest meat pros
ducing states. In short, aside from
cotton and the semi-tropical fruits
| which can only be grown in the warm
er portions of our country, there ara
few things which are not produced as
abundantly in North Dakota as in
any state in the union. In these facts
lies the possibilities of our state. Tho
resources are here in our soil
and climate awaiting the coming of
| men with sagacious minds, brave
hearts and strong hands for their
development. When it is remembered
that millions of ac:cs of the land in
which these possibilities lie are now
! unoccupied and can'be bought at from
five to fifteen dollars per acre and
that on easy terms, 1t will readily ba
seen that the most splendid opportu-
mites are offered to men with little OF.
no means other than strong hands to
acquire homes and lay foundations
upon which fortunes may be built.
Griggs county can furnish farms of
one hundred and sixty acres each to
a thousand men, and still have land
to spare.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
MAP OF PORTION THE RED NORTH DAKOTA

have settled with their families, have
sought and found permanent homes,
and have entered into those pursuits
which produce permanent wealth, and
tend to the establishment of the best
interest of the state and people.
Twenty years ago what is now North
Dakota, was practically without white
population, now she has two hundred
thousand souls. Twenty years ago
she contributed very little to supply
the needs of the world, last year she
contributed over sixty million bushels
of wheat, beside vast amounts of other
grains, vegetables, meat, wood etc.
Twenty years ago she had no wealth
except that which was hidden in her
virgin soil, now her assessed valua-
tion is around hundred million dol
lars. And yet with all our achieve
ments we have but made small be-
ginning, millions of the very best
lands still lie in their virgin state,
waiting the coming of the husbandmen
whose patient toll shall assist her to
bring forth the precious harvests
which shall feed the hungry nations of
the world. Offering splendid oppor-
tunity to those who are desirous OF
acquiring good homes at the lowest
possible cost.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24

tions to the bread supply of the world.
making our new state already one of
the greatest bread producing states OF
the Union. While many hundreds of
cattle and sheep Craze where the buff
falo once roamed. and fatten them
selves for the eastern market upon
the rich native grasses. In our COM
merclal centers, our young cities are
as prosperous as are those of any
portion of the world. Three splendid
lines of railroad traverse the entire
state with their main lines, and send
out their branches into every section
which is sufficiently settled to give
any business. Abundant Educational
advantages are already provided in
the State University at Grand Forks,
The Agricultural College at Fargo,
The State Normal and Training
Schools at Mayville and Valley City,
and our unsurpassed free school sys-
TEN which places the district school
in every neighborhood where a half
dozen children of school age can be
found. We believe that outside this
great wheat producing region no new
territory was ever SO completely trans
formed in SO short a time. True, the
discoveries of gold have at different
times induced great numbers of men
to flock to given communities. But
they were men mere transients, bent
upon the search for the precious metal,
or the speculations attendant upon
such movements. While here men
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
GENERAL.

Almost as soon as the county was
formed it began to be organized in
school districts, school houses erected
and schools opened in them, and as
fast as settlement has been made the
schools have been planted until now
there are forty seven schools in the
county. The county is also will sup
piled with churches, there being four
commodious church buildings COM
pleted and occupied, and others to be
erected the coming season. There are
seven post offices within the county.
The Sanborn Cooperstown & Turtle
Mountain railroad was projected in
1882 by Cooper Brothers and was COM
pleted to Cooperstown in the summer
of 1883. There are in the county six
grain elevators for the handling of the
crops, four at Cooperstown with a
combined capacity of one hundred and
forty thousand bushels. and two at
Hannaford with combined capacity of
about thirty thousand bushels, these
with the facilities provided by the rail
road company for shipment from plat
forms are quite sufficient for the hand
ling of the immense amount of grain
grown in the county. Cooperstown.
the county seat as will be seen by the
map is the terminus OF the Sanborn
Cooperstown & Turtle Mountain
railroad. 1t is town of about seven
hundred inhabitants, and enjoys the
proud distinction OF being the best
business town OF its class in the state.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24

The Immigration Association
of Griggs County. 70 whomso-
ever these presents may come.
Greeting: We present you here
in, in a general way, a few brief
and partial statements of the
splendid opportunities offered by
-Griggs County to those who
desire to seek homes in the north
west. The limited space at our
command requires our state
ments to be brief, and precludes
the possibility of completeness.
To any and all who may be inter-
ested to know more of the coun-
try and it's advantages, we ex-
tend cordial invitation to cor
respond with our secretary,
Oscar D. Purinton, who will
cheerfully and carefully answer
all inquiries Of every nature
bearing upon the subject.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
HISTORICAL.

There are in the world two kinds of
enthusiasts, one of whom is always
predicting wonderful things for the
future. and if we accept the theories of
his vivid imagination we shall be led
to believe that the time will soon come
when every i'll which now preys upon
75he human family will have been van
,quished. and universal peace and
prosperity will be the lot of a common
humanity who shall be together in the
bonds of universal brotherhood.
The other effervesccnce as a glass of
soda water is forever bubbling over
with a thousand schemes for the
present, every one of which are bound
to win unprecedented success. We
NAV draw enthusiasm from both, but
we can not afford to tie to the theories
and vagaries of either the one or the
other. He who at a distance from the
,speculations of the present or future,
looks calmly upon the things which
have been, and have indelibly i'm
pressed themselves upon the country
and the people who inhabit it, is able
to speak wisely and truly concerning
them. 1t is thus we desire to speak
of the history of Griggs county. A
glance at the writings of the earliest
settlers reveals that some of them
thought the time at hand when every
quarter section of Griggs county soil
was to be occupied, and that the occu-
pant of each quarter section was by
some magical process to become
speedily and enormously rich, and
they who were erecting the few tempor-
:ary residence and business structures
in the little village of Cooperstown,
imagined they were building verit-
able metropolis of which in very few
years St. Paul and Minneapolis would
be suburbs. They were quick to see
the splendid possibilities of soil and
climate, but slow to appreciate the
fact that however great the native re-
sources of the country the develop.
ment of them would require the invest
ment of thousands of capital and
years of patient toll.
In the summer of 1880, Cooper
Brothers and few others mostly rela-
tiyes and friends visited what is now
Griggs county on a tour of investiga-
ton, large tracts of land along the
Red River where already under culti-
vation and producing crops of No. !
hard w:.cct which astonished and
attracted t.-c ,e1,,le of the United
States and Europe. The object of the
Cooper party was to learn whether the
lands farther back from the river were
equally valuable. They found the
prairie everywhere covered with a lux
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
THE PROGRESS MADE.

Twenty years ago the territory
which is now the state of North Dako.
ia was practically a howling waste.
Vast herds of buffalo and antelope
roamed at will, and fed themselves fat
upon the unexcelled and never failing
native grasses of our prairies. The
Indians (who in our times stray some.
times whether nature taught them so
or not, hunted, danced, and wore
paint and feathers to their hearts con-
tent. With the exception of the SOL
diers who were sent to garrison the
forts and few hunters and trappers,
no white man set his face in this direc-
tion. But those twenty years have
been years of wonderful transforms
tion. The last buffalo has long since
disappeared, and even the bones of
those whose carcasses fell upon the
prairies, have been gathered up and
shipped east and converted into fer
tilizers for coaxing into fertility the
semi-barren soil of the Eastern States.
The Indians with their war paint and
scalp locks have passed into history.
An army of white settlers Two Hun
dred Thousand strong has preempted.
and taken possession of the soil. The
tepee of the Indian has been supplant-
ed by school-house and church of the
white man. Hundreds of beautiful
and thrifty villages now dot the
prairies in every part of the state.
ally make their generous contribu-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24

been healthy and substantial. It's
public buildings such as courthouse.
schoolhouses, churches and town hall
are all commodious and substantial
structures, built in good taste and
we'll adapted to the uses for which they
are intended. Business houses are
second to none in the state either in
size or equipment. The town has five
general stores and one grocery and
seed store,' one clothing store, two
drug stores, two hardware stores,
each doing a good business, it has
two lumber yards selling about one
hundred car loads of lumber yearly,
besides coal, wood, lime, etc. 1t has
two hotels and several restaurants and
boarding houses, one bank, three
millinery and dressmaking establish
ments, three livery stables, two barber
shops. In the professions it has four
settled ministers, Lutheran, Congrega-
tionalist, Baptist and Methodist.
Three physicians and three attorneys
at law. The Congregational, Baptist
and Methodist churches have good
houses of worship, and the Lutherans
will build this season. Hannaford in
the southern part of the county has
two general stores, elevators, etc. and
is rapidly growing into prominence.
Taken all together the growth of the
county thus far has been truly pheno.
minal and speaks volumes for the pro.
ductiveness of its soil, and the indus.
try of it's people.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
The Poets Acclaim.

Eureka: Found what pray. and wherea
I've found land where men may
live,
Where VIC can breathe the purest air,
And have The joys which health can
give.
I've found a land where they who toll
Will ever reap a sure reward,
Where God has placed within the soil,
a promise, true as His own word.
And they who forth in seed time go,
Who SOW on land prepared with
care,
Will see a golden harvest grow,
Enough for self and some to spare.
A land where nature has prepared
Broad fields of richest pasture lands,
Fields buffalo and deer once shared.
Now ready to the stoclsnan's hand.
A land with equal chance for all,
Where none need ever be oppressed,
Where honest deeds and earnest toll
Are by Dame Nature always blessed
Where happy yeomen live in peace,
Content with rural life and toll,
Glad to escape the crowded place
Where want and crime do breed and
broil.
OF politics we have no fear.
Nor by it's issues are distressed,
But patriotic, brave and fair,
We seek the things that are the best.
Though miners ever fight and fuss,
And gamblers ever bull and bear,
The silver craze is naught to us,
Nor for the gold bugs do we care.
To us the tariff does not bring
One fear of loss or hope of gain,
Our poets never of finance sing,
Nor breathe of politics strain.
Our wealth is in our fertile soil,
Where none can enter in and steal.
When we bestow our willing toll
The JOY of harvest we may feel.
Where is this place of wondrous worth
Where peace and fortune so abound2
'Tis in Dakota of the North,
The richest land man ever found:
The land of barley, corn and wheat.
OF horses. cattle. sheep. and pigs,
A land with every good replete,
IT'S in the famous county Griggs-
A-e starving thousands in the east.
Come to 0his land of plenty, come
And share with us the very best,
Thrice welcome to our happy home-
s..
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24


noticed that the wild cattle and sheep
which still abounded were we'll fat
tened upon them. They carefully in
spected the soil and were satisfied that
it was as rich and productive as that
of any portion of the Red River VAL
ley. So we'll pleased were they that
they determined to settle here. and the
same fall Mr.. r. c. Cooper returned
anderected buildings and madeprepar-
alton for the opening up of the farm
in the spring. At this time there were
but two settlers in what is now Griggs
county, John H. Atchison had settled
on the Sheyenne river at what is now
Gallatin Post Office, and Ommund
Nelson had settled also on the river
at what is now Mardell. In the spring
of 1881 immigration to Griggs county
really began. and SO rapid was the
settlement that in June of that year
the original county of Griggs was
formed, and the county seat was
located at Hope in the eastern part of
the county, and what is now the coun-
ty of Steele. In November of the
same year the seat of government was
by vote of the people removed from
Hope to its present location at Coop
erstown. In 1883 the county was
divided, two ranges of towns OF the
east being taken from Griggs and
added to the new county of Steele,
giving to Griggs county its present
and environment.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24

Canada, Germany and England. A
more peaceable, law abiding, indus
trious and frugal people would be hard
to find within the limits of the United
States. The amount of land under
cultivation has steadily increased un-
til about one hundred thousand acres
or little less than one-fourth of the
total area of the county is under culti-
walton.
MATERIAL PROSPERITY.
The basis of the county's prosperity
is in the product of the soil. That this
has been abundant is evidenced by
many visible tokens. In every part
of the county the sod house and claim
shanty are being rapidly supplanted
by substantial dwellings. Good barns
and other evidences of prosperity are
to be seen upon almost every farm.
Many of our farmers have large por-
ton of last years crop still in their
bins. and very few are seeking to bor-
row money. The extensive and sue
cessful commercial business of the
county could only be supported by
abundant harvests. Then there is in
disputable evidence in the fact that
with less than one fourth of the land
in the county under cultivation, and
with crops largely diversified, Coop
erstown, the principal town in the
county, is THE LARGEST SHIP
PING POINT IN THE UNITED
STATES OF WHEAT FROM ACTU.
! AL PRODUCERS.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24

Mr.. Andrew Anderson is we'll
pleased with farming in Griggs Coun-
ty. His crops OF wheat for the five
years last past have averaged twenty
and two fifth bushels per acre.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-04-24
Immigration 8 Association
Of Grjggggs jggs County,
North Dakota.
HON. RoLLIN G. COOPER,
President
OSCAR D. PUR1NToN,
Secretary
M. w. BUCK,
Treasurer

Advisory Board: !,
JOHN SYVERSON,
JOSEPH BUCHHEIT,
NELS HEMMINGSEN,
HON. MIC SWENSON,
NELS G. RUKKE,
J. L. HOUGHTON,
f. j. STONE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-02
BRIEF LOCALS.

During April 157 building permits were
issued by Inspector Hopkins, no says il
is the la gest number in any April that
he has any recollection OF.
According to the city hall records
Morgan, Gallup q Company have assigned
10 Leslie W. Perkins. Particulars of the
assignement could not be obtained today.
Postmaster Richard Hayward has been
escorting his cousin, Hiram Eldredge of
Taunton, around town today, showing
him, especially, the government and city
buildings.
Benjamin Blanchard called at police
headquarters this morning and reported
that he had been relieved of $40 In "a
house on Burreil street. The matter is
being looked into by the detectives.
About O'Clock this forenoon Patrick
Henry sent in an alarm for fire in the
residence of the Rev. G. A. l.. Richards,
No. 144 Benefit street. The blaze was in
chimney place. by the excellent work
OF the tiremen the fire was eatinguished
without damage to the tine furnishings
OF tho house.
The benefit sparring exhibition to be
rendered Martin Manion, who Is dying of
quick consumption, will talSs place In st.
Riverpoint, as previously stated. Stanton
Abbott ana George Mickle will furnish
the grand wipdup bout and Jim" Do
Ian will be referee.
Last night the formal opening OF Cres-
cent Park took place. when several news
paper men and others enjoyed the hos
pitality of the management. There We're
several parties which went down in
douole ttams among them being j. Frank
Campbell, Henry Maynard, w. III. Clark,
Frank barr, John Schemlinger, Howard
johnson, and William Sherman and ladies.
Recorder Joyce went out of town yesterday
to remain until Monday.
This year $500 dog licenses were paid and
$500 or more turned in. Last year ssc02 was
received for dog licensse.
This week 81 deaths were reported 10 the
board Of health. three from diphtheria. one
from typhoid fo,er and two from measles.
OF new ticknesses reported 10 wero diph.
tberia, two scarlet fever, four measles and
one mumps.