GRONINGEN

(53° 13’ N., 6° 35’ E.), ‘province, N.E. Holland; low and fiat; rich pastures; climate damp; chief occu_ pation dairy-farming and grazing; some fishing and_boat-building. Area; 909 sq. miles. Pop. 363,589. town, Holland; capital of G. province, at _ junction of Drentsche Aa and Hunse; Martini-kerk, 1477, Broeder-kerk, town hall, antiquity museum, univ. 1614, ' fine art academy and many XVI.- and XVII.-cent. houses. Pop. 1921, 89,895. _ fowa. He became identified with agriquture and i pursuits in the - Dakotas for many years and was po_ litically affiliated with North Dakota, to whose territorial legislature he was x elected in 1889. After serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905 to 1911 as a member from that State, he; was selected as Senator to fill the vacancy caused by this death of Martin N. i Johnson. He was re-elected for the term 1915-21, and at its expiration retired 3 through failing health