The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-19
Overland Notes.
RED WING, MINI. Jan. Is.

TENS enough in our overland
Journey to interest the readers
IF the Courier we do not know,
We also have our doubts as to
we can charge up the
Courier for enough at space
rates. to pay=the expense Of the
aforesaid journey. Should the
first escape the waste basket we
will settle the second on our re-
turn. The trip to the twin cities
was made without incident. We
were escorted from the depot to
the hotel by a large and enthusi-
astic delegation-in a street car.
The fact that they allowed us to
hang on to a strap did not dam
pen our spirits but was taken as
a further evidence of a hail fell
low well metship.
Although we have been IN Min
neapolis many times, yet-and
we presume many of our fellow
wheat raisers are in the same
boat-we have never taken time
to look over the immense mills,
which have done so much to adj
vertise North Dakota wheat.
But this time we visited the Pills.
bury "A" mill, the largest in the
world, and in the hands of a
competent guide, we followed
the wheat in it's dizzy course
which includes y trips from the
top to the bottom of the five
story building before it comes
out as Pilf6ury's Best: We have
always thought our wheat parti-
cularly clean, but the scourers
and cleaners think otherwise as
they collect and discharge into
the Mississippi four tons daily
of dust and dirt. L. 1kG9
Red Wing is one of the many
old, historical Cand beautiful
towns which are found alongthe
Mississippi river. We left here
some % years ago, but we can't
see that it had any disastrous eff.
feet upon the growth of the city
or it's business. In fact it has
been growing steadily ever since
and while formerly it was pure
ly agricultural region, today the
RIVER banks are lined with man.
ufacturing industries, principal
among which are the Red Wing
Sewer and Pipe Co., close cor
poration which pays its stock
holders an annual dividend of 40
per cent. Needless to say the
stock is not for sale. At Zum-
brota we had a very pleasant
visit with Scott Vandebogart,
who is comfortably situated on a
22O acre farm one mile from town
Scott evidently has no vain re-
grets for life in Dakota, finding
the varied farming more pleas.
urable and just as profitable.
Farmers were particularly for.
tunate in this locality last year,
their wheat yielding 20 bu to the
acre and bringing from 1.O4 to
Ill per bushel. The elevator
men also have an easy time of it.
There is no chewing the rag over
grading. it all goes for No. 2 and
the top price. The elevator man
keeps even however by docking
the wheat according t. quality,
poor grades being locked up to
1Olbs or more. The local demand
for barley makes a fine market
for it; it bringing 81 to 42c per
bushel. We spent so much time
and lost so much sleep in endea.
voring to blow out the electric
light last night that we feel dis
posed to retire early. Also we
have Just read the Courier and
we are torn with conflicting emo
tions to find that our county
fathers are imbued with the ides
that they represent the demo
cratic party, rather than Griggs
Co. Again, as we write, ther,
is following along the lines ,
great big question mark
Should we not be wise in send
ing this to the Enterprise? I
fhov IN fho;r fo,. sooinor xuisdn,,