The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
GOOD ENOUGH.
CENTRSL1A WASH.
JUNE 90. 1905.

JUNE 90. 1905.
To The COURIER:
Received the COURIER last
Sunday and tell you it looked
good to me. The new editor
seems to be making good in
great shape and l guess maybe
| had better resign the jcb to
him however, the home news
was greatly enjoyed and appre-
ciated and we are pleased to see
that everybody is getting along
so nicely at home and that the
entire Cooperstown family of
citizens is intact. Lieutenant
Governor and Mrs. Bartlett
were at Seattle last Saturday
and are now in Alaska. l saw
Fred Nicholson at Centralia the
other day. He and his wife are
living four miles out IN the
country on a farm. They like it
very much out here. While rub
bering at the depot the other
day l saw P. NJ. Varnson jump
of the train ANA blow himself
for five cents worth of gum. 1t
seems good to meet North Da-
kota man so far from home.
Have just returned from Port
land where we spent three days
at the fair, and so far as am
personally concerned I saw all
l wanted to see in one day. The
fair is a great disappointment
to me. 1t resembles a bigcounty
fair more than anything else.
Of course there are several very
fine exhibits. The government
has very fine exhibit and the
western states, particularly Cali
fornia, Idaho, Washington and
and Oregon, each having their
own building and a very fine ex.
hibit of the resources of their
own states. The grain, fruit
and vegetable showing made is
certainly great. Right here we
want to say a word Or two OF
North Dakota S display. l knew
we had a fine exhibit before
came here but when / saw it, it
showed up much better than
anticipated. The state has the
best booth in the agricultural
building and the display is artis-
tically nd..handsomely displayed.
The Roosevelt cabin attracts
great attention and 1 overheard
many remarks by strangers who
said they never thought that
North Dakota could raise such
grains, vegetables, etc. The ex-
hibit is practically the same as
that at St. Louis last year and
which was so ably managed and
gathered together by Mr.. Bart.
lett and Mr.. Steele. The writer
is of the opinion that no better
effort could have been made tc
show off North Dakota than
was made at st. Louis and is
now being made at Portland and
no North Dakotan has kick
coming but on the contrary
should be proud of the showing
made. MI. w. N. Steele is in
charge at Portland and the ]ovia1
North Dakotan certainly does
his utmost to make everybody
feel at home-he has the glad
hand for all. He is assisted by
Mr.. .Chas D. Hanel who also
exerts himself to the utmost to
make everybody welcome. To
both gentlemen the COURIER
family is indebted for favors.
The trail is where you can spend
|. your money as fast as you like
according to your inclination,
in fact it seems to be the mission
in life of every Portland citizen
to see how much he can charge
you for whatever you buy or for
any accommodations you want.
We call it graft in North Dakota.
We called on the Graft family in
Portland. Geo. had his trunk
packed ready to start back to
Coooperstt wn. He had just
been admitted to the bar of Ore.
gon and is now full fedged
lawyer with authority to hang
out his shingle anywhere. We