The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-03
MAKES GOOD BUTTER
NORTH DAKOTA COMING TO THE
FRONT AS A DAIRY
STATE
MCCLURE SCORES HANsBROUGH
MinOt Editor Continues to Find
Fault With Measures That Are
Fathered by the Senior
Senator.
speciaI TO The Globe.


GRAND FORKS, N D., March q
There is scarcely anything that occupies
more attention in the farming communi
ties just now than the creamery ques-
ton. For several years there has been
disposition among farmers to go into the
dairy business more extensively than they
have done so far, and there are cream .
cries established in various parts OF the
state, many of which are doing well, and
sending out butter which is a credit to
the state. The records of the contests at
the Pan-American exposition were some
what surprising to many people 10Th
East and West, who still entertained the
opinion that North Dakota produced
only wheat on the farms and stock or
the ranges.
Mr.. Cashel, of Grafton, though Inter
ested in the creamery business, is under
stood not to have lost interest in poll
tics, he will in all probability be
candidate for reelection as senator from
that district 1t is said that he may be
opposed by former State Treasurer Dris-
coll, but there are many who doubt this.
Mr.. Driscoll, if he has been campaigning
at all, has been doing so in a very quiet
manner and If he goes into the campaign
he viii have a hard fight on his hands.
as Cashel is a very strong man, and
stands well with the Republicans Ct his
district though he is a Democrat.
Marshall Mcclure, OF the MinOt Optic,
continues to belabor Senator Hansbrough.
Hansbrough is his pet aversion. The
diSa greement was over a matter OF pat
ronage, and the editor is very sore. 1T
took him some time to find a hole in
Hansbrough's irrigation bill, but he has
found it at last, or he thinks SO, and
the senator catches it every week The
trouble with the bill, according to the
Optic, is that the money received from
pot and from this are to be drawn the
funds needed for the construction OF IT.
rigation works. AS there is comparative
~ little of this work to do in this state
most of the money will be spent else
where. This the Optic thinks is enough
to damn the bill.
AS a matter of fact though there is
not much irrigating to be done IN this
state, there is some, and HansbrOughS
paper, the Devils Lake Interocean, points
out that there are several sections whore
work of this kind would be performed
could the money be secured. 1t is also a
fact that there are in the state several
sections where irrigation is carried on ry
individuals, but as there are no means for
the construction of general systems this
work can only be carried on in d few
places. So far as the disposition of the
money is concerned, the money received
now for the sale of lands goes into the
federal treasury, and no state receives
any portion of the money received FROM
this source.
The dismissal of Judge Moves was re.
ceived here with comparative indifference.
The case has been so long before the
public that opinions were formed long
ago concerning its merits, and there arc
many people whose opinions could OF be
made to vary no matter what the evil
dence might be. There is some curiosity
as to what the effect on state politics
will be.
The attitude Of the North Dakota sen
ators has subjected them to some criti-
cism, and the dismissal of Moves COM
ing so soon after the speeches by Hans
brough and McCumber in defense Of Me-
kenzie places them in peculiar light
1t has been stated that McCumber owed
political debt to Mckenzie which he
took this way of paying. This is disputed
by many. McCumber was not tho candi-
date of the Mckenzie people at the last
senatorial contest. This element support
ed Little, Of Bismarck. The great hogev
man for them though was M N John
son, who, while he did not succeed in
being elected, led them all a merry
chase. Little could not be elected, and
the Mckenzie element came with bad
grace to McCumber, lest a worst thing
should befan them. So far as that cam
paign goes, it does not appear that the
senator has any particular cause for
gratitude to Mckenzie.
Some Of the papers are talking Of NJ
B. De La Bere, of Sheldon, for insurance
commissioner. Mike is the owner of the
Sheldon Progress, and a very bright fell
low. 1t is not considered likely that il
he should be elected he would make the
mistake that George w. Harrison did
when he held that Office. Harrison is also
a newspaper man, and one of the prin-
clpal duties of the commission is to see
that all the newspaper men are treated
We'll in the matter of distributing the in
surance statements which are published
annually. Harrison did fairly well in
many cases, but when it came to Tie
Fourth district, in which both he and
DE La Bere are located, he held up most
of the statements for his own paper, and
furnished his neighbor with one or pos
siply two, have forgotten which. Mikes
letter of acknowledgment was very re-
freshing.