The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-23
land Office euelnssa,


- Land Office susinsss.
The total receipts of the Devils
Lake Office for the fiscal period were
'$312. 596:O4 The Office ranking next
to this was Minot, where the total re-
ceipts were $24O,20s.s5. The figures
for the five offices in the state being
as follows:
Devils Lake. .$312, 596.4O
Minot. $50. 100000. ...... 24O.:Os:35
bismarck ............ eco. 151, 76O. 5O
Grand FORKS ............ S5,5l0.S "
Fargo go. 5000. .......... 4O,Si4. ~
In the homestead entries commit
ted to cash, Devils Lake had 1,342 in
number. while the other four offices
in the state only had 1927, altogether.
In the Fargo office during that pc
Rod there were nearly 1,400 contests
heard, an average of about five cases
a day, not counting. Sundays and
holidays. The contest business in the
Devils Lake Office was larger than
in all the other local land offices in
the United States put together.
Better Land.
The prevention of prairie fires for
several years in Stutsman county is
having a noticeable effect on the
lands, both in crop and unbroken.
The ground is moister and plows
easier than when the grass has been
burned over. Then tie sod is hard
and it is dry beneath the surface. The
SHOWS do not catch and remain on
the surface, evenly distributed, but
blow off into coulccs, and leave the
ground black, bare and hard. With
10 fires to take the grass, all the
water from the usual heavy snowfall
melts and soaks into the soil, grad
ually giving back moisture at the
time when it is needed in the sum-
mer.
A Reunion.
The Scottish Rite Masons Of North
Dakota have arranged to have a re-
union in the Bad Lands near Medora
in July. The meeting is contingent
on whether the number Of applica-
tions will reach thirty-fve, but there
seems no doubt about it. A special
dispensation has been secured and
the meeting will be held in some Of
the famous plains near Medora, out
in the open. Wives of the members
of the Scottish Rite will accompany
them on the outing.
News Notes.
The jamestown board of education
raises all salaries ~ per cent.
Notice kas been given to Postmas-
ter Bulge that an additional carrier
will be allowed the Grand Forks
postoffice July l.
In a quarrel over the disposition Of
an estate Thomas Colleran, far
mer living about nine miles east OF
Caledonia, was short. in the earm by
his brother. The arm was amputated,
and it is feared that the patient may
not recover.
1t is reported that the committee
appointed to canvass the situation
has decided to make no changes in
the arrangement of the pastoral
fields of the Presbyterian church in
Pembina county.
j. F. Mayer, who has operated the
waterwOrks system at Nfinot free of
cost to the city up to date, offers to
continue the work for $500 year,
which he figures will about pay for
the wood required to make steam.
Work has been begun on the new
Catholic church at Kenmare.
George Marelius of Williston has
donated to the university fine col
lection of minerals and relics from
the Missouri valley, which are now
to be found in the~U. museum.
The Stutsman county republican
committee presented to the president
silver match safe on which was
an inscription nominating him as
the candidate of the committee for
president in 1904.
G. Flater of Richland county, has
had seventeen cattle, fifty pigs and a
dog poisoned within the past two or
three weeks, and the matter is being
Investigated.
The trustees of the village of Ber-
thold have bought a five acre ceme-
terry.
A prairie fire in Ward county last
week did good deal of damage, de-
stroying lot of hay and number
of claim shanties.
The publishers of Bottineau have
organized the Bottineau County
Newspaper association, and among
other things will maintain legal rates
for legal publications.