New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-20

SITES has advanced but the great land Interests % VIZ
Stale axe firm ut former prices Tho a'oI"so i
land in TIE Willamette Valley does not eAco'" ~ ~
acre; choice farms-cearcd. improved, ana cuiuN""u
sell at from SIS TO $50 per acre; equany eOou '" Wv
borc well iproycd cen be bought 90 nom ~ 10 ~ er
orre no thc latter may 10 added great amount OF
hack country with excellent grazing tha' COSTS hong
In the City of Portland fine bankinghoueS' sups"h'"
stores and warehouses, and spiend private mansions
give striking evidence Of wealth. 's9'c anu on"coh''
TIE DEVELOPMENT OF MINNESOTA.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF TIE STATE
AND CHARACTER OF TIE POPULATION
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES AT MINNIE
APOIIS.
MINNEAPoLIs, July 11.-Within two years
the growth of the country and towns the line OF
the Chicago and Northwestern and Milwaukee, st. Paul
and Minneapolis Railways has been rapid and suhsan
ta At Prairie Chen where the river Is crossed by
travellers going by rail to st. Paul Minneapolis or
whore they take the if going by water the banks
crowded with passengers and emgrants, all bound
TO tho "New Northwest" On the route from Chicago
to Minneapolis careful observations and inquiries were
made in regard TO the prospects Of crops, along the
line of the railroad running diagonally through the
wheat and graiu growing sections of Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota where the condition of the crops
on the line is about the average for these entire
| States Barley and rye in harvest at some
| points, and wheat and oats are fast ripening'
Oats, rye, and barley win yield fun average crop
while wheat may fall tribe short, though bat trife.
The straw will be short account of the intense heat
and weather but tho late copous rains nave proved
decided benefit improving the heads and saving the
kernel The development is complete that none
of the cereal grains be materially injured by any
cause and il is safe to that the yield Will be an
| average one in the States named Whatever has been
lost by the slight drouth in sections naturally dry VIII
be nearly if quite balanced in the grand total by that
which has been improved by the same cause In naturally
moist soils This the conclusion from observation ana
The Testimony farmers None of the pesterous enc
of grains, chnch bugs fly &C., have yet done
any considerable damage. Corn looks aud promises
finely, aud is growing rapidly during the favorable
weather. Judging from present indications the yield
will he unusually large in quantity and excellent In
quality. The potato crop has been considerably
injured by the Colorado bug. Exaggerated reports
have however, been circulated, ana the damage over
estimated. The bugs have taken their departure
| generally. 1t is thought that between Paris green
locusts the black and y the lary9 of these bugs
have far destroyed that the young bugs even II
they mature time to attack the potato viii be so few
that they can 10 damage Of consequence. One drug
dealer in St Paul has sold four tuns OF Paris green
one i'm Minneapolis nearly rs mueh This viii give some
idea OF The extent to which it has been used Notwith-
standing the ravaCes OF the bug, there will be fair
yield potatoes The fear Of tho bug has operated to
deter farmers planting large as hereto
FORE the total crop will be smaller than last year
general belief prevails that the travelling proclvitics
OF the Colorado bug, which have Brought it thus far
its eastern Journey, will take it by next season
| TO making its depredatOns in the Middle States.
| 1t il hoped this timely warning viii enable
the wise mon Of that section to devise means
OF either destroying the bugs or reforming their De
structiye tastes and habits Believing this theory the
farmers Of the Western States viii next year undertake
to reGstablish their reputation for producing the best
potatoes the to the Of any section Of the
country The prospects for fruit OF al kinds fair and
encoUrg TO further and greater effort in raising H.
The efforts 50 far have been experimental hut quite sat
isacOry. The yield OF apples and most kinds OF small
fruits will he abundant in most localities species
beetle has made its appearance in the young orchards
parts of the central portions of this state 1t Is OF
gray color and about threefourhs or inch in length
Hundreds OF canvascOvered wagons may be seen upon
the roads bearing families and household ELECTS fol
lowed by cattle and other stock coming from Wisconsin
Southern and Central Minnesota, destined to the fields
of the "new NorihWcst"the valley OF the Red River
of tho North the otter Tail region ana thcreabout
where lands are cheap and said to be surprisingly
rich and1rOductye. The emigrants from the old coun-
tries bound for the section, line the docks at
various points Of exchange, and fill the steamers and
ears bound northward. The increase of population in
this state has been exceeded equalcd only by its
advance in agricultural development and manu-
featuring industry. The Territory organized
in $780, and had population of about 1000 In 1853 it
had 4S1 900 and the State has nearly half million.
It's ratio increase has been Macy times greater during
this period than that of any other of the Northwestern
States 1t increased three and half times as fast as
the most rapidly state of the Union during the
most rapid period of growth, Notwithstanding all draw
backs such Indian depredaiOns, dc. In respect TO
nationality the population is divided fOOws 100000
American, 10000 from the different States of Germany,
600 Scandnavans 5000 Irish, and about 1900 that
have from all other countries The American por
ton is composed generally Of the better class of settlers
from the East-mainy New-York and New Engldnd-who
form desirable society, bringing hther the civil
zlng agencies of Schools the press, churches and skill
full hands and willing hearts Several colonies, under
the auspices Different colonization societies indie
pendeny, coming into the State and taking up land
on the lines Of the new railroads.
Minneapolis is the most important manufacturing city
in this valley, and is fast gaining commercial import
ance. In the former particular city in this section
compare with 1t as TO extent and variety Of manu-
amount of capital invested in manufacturing
1t has an available water power unequaed in capacity
on the continent-I34OOO horsepower by careful est-
mate The entire volume OF the Mississippi can be
made subseTvient to With these facilities great re-
suits have been already produced, and the possibilities
Of the future almost unbounded. The total manuac
tured product Of all descriptions in Minneapolis ST.
Anthony during 1870 amounted in value to $s3OOeOO
The commercial business, exclusive Of rail
roads and manufacturing, s9,39000O. OF manufac-
lures, that of flour amounted to S,34s0O0; lumber.
223OOD-122 100000 feet cut. Among the enter
pIses last year cotton factory which is
fully carried 1t manufactures grainbags from the
pure cOton-abou so daily This is the first cotton
mill attempted on the Upper Mississippi Among
other newly-established enterprises lnseedoil
works, iron works, DC.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE OHIO VALLEY.
! SOUTHERN INDIANA-ITS CROPS, COAL MINES AND
PROJECTED RAILROADS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 5.-The farmers in
the southern part Of Indiana where the wheat lust