Griggs courier., 1898-09-08
nANNAFoRD.

Alfred Erickson is putting up a|
substantial addition to his house.
General Manager Stewart of the
Monarch Elevator Co., stepped off
from the limited last week and stayed
long enough to stake out location
for the new elevator. Honstain
Brss., have the contract for building
same. They contracted to have lit
in running order September 18th; but
will hardly make it.
Most OF the wheat threshed 50 far
has yielded in the vicinity of IS
bushels to the acre. Mulroy has a
32 acre piece from which he has
threshed 1000 bushels and has 10 acre
left.
John VAN brought in the first
lwheat. 1t graded northern.
Travelling Agent Young, stepped of.
least Friday long enough to set the
Cargill elevator in motion.
! Gunderson's new Advance outfit
rolls out wheat at the rate of S
bushels minute.
lVFreight receipts for the month of
September were in the neigh6orhood
OF $500. A large increase over
some months last year.
II "Hope springs eternal in the hum
al breast" Nowhere is this better
exemplifed than by the agriculturist.
No matter how high his products go,
his inclination, and interest make him
shope" for higher prices.
4 Bessie Flero was taken with con-
vulsions Saturday night. DR.. Kerr
was hastily summoned, and at this
writing she is much better.
Lumber for grain bins, granaries
and repairing is going out in large
quantities these days.
r Mr.. Agra, a very smooth talker
from Nebraska, sold both Groven
and Arestad & Jackson "money
weight" scale. John Byingtcn was
going to place his order for enc to
weigh his money this fall, but
changed his mind when he learned
that wheat was only SO cents bushel
and liable to go lower.
We have been figuring that if we
had taken all the cigars offered us by
politicians in the past IL years, and
sold the same, and invested the pro-
ceeds at 8 per cent. compound inter
est, in time. we would have had ST.
j 33o,33o.3o. This is losing too
much for poor man, so for the
future we have decided that no can.
didate need approach us without first
presenting the equivalent, in fruit, OF
10 cent cigar. If belonging to our
party and wishing to ask for our
vote, the equivalent Of cigars. II
belonging to opposite party and ap-
preaching for same purpose, then a
box of oranges. Having been prop
erly squelched, withered and blown
into oblivion by the hot blast in las
weeks Sentinel, we probably ought
to know enough to stay there. But,
as Mr.. Tufte very kindly asks us to
define our position, we will take the
liberty to do so. As a general thing
I we think most people known where
we stand. We are not in the habit
Of straddling the fence for political
reasons. And, Knowing that Mr.. T.
was dependent on tie vote OF good
many who do not believe in prohi-
bition. and equally dependent on the
votes OF those who do, we perhaps
had an unholy desire to see how we'll
he could straddle the question.
Personally we do not think that the
present prohibitorY law is the most
efectual method Of dealing with the
liquor question. II any man desires
to appear in pu;:lic in a state of in
ebriety, we do not consider it any Of
our business, unless SO situated as to
convince him of the folly of his ways.
Any man who lndulges in little
wine for his stomach's sake, and not
to the detrlment of others. acts
strictly within his own rights and IN
fringes none of mine. Further-We
| think a man can he ;,,do..l h., ~.