New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07
white grain without any flinty portion. and weighs

white grain without any hinty portion and weisns
| about wothirds as much a. other corn.
NV own quarters are situated on the second bench
Of the banks of the Missouri. about so feet above
that stream and 900 yards away from It, Ana W
raise a flower garden 10 feet by 40 the past two
years has required daily sprinkling of three oar-
rels Of water, for which we were repaid W ABOUT
three weeks Of flowers.
The site of this post is supposed TO DO ehoop'ivn
ally fruitful but have before letter from MI
Joseph Anderson of ST. Paul, Mimi. who was nay
contractor at this port in 1872 His Ie''er S'a'os
that in order to find places to cut the nay roquiou
by his contract that season, some wv eonS' no vac
compelled TO search over space OF country Oh 'uo
north side of the river Is miles in extent III eaon
direction from the post, or some S4oV sq"aio ,"i''
and that there was none thick enough TO cut ior as
great distance beyond. ..--,
Resnectine the agricultural value OF this country,
after leaving the excellent wheatgrowng valley ol
the Red River of the North following westward
LOGO miles to the Siorras excepting the very Limited
bottoms of the small streams well as those OF tno
Missouri and Yellowstone, from few yards III
breadth to an occasional waterwashed valley Oh ONO
or two miles and the narrowyalleys OF the streanis
of Montana already settled, and small area Oh 'nh
bered country in northwest Idaho lprooabiy one
ffteth of the whole) this country will not produce
the trlltS ana CbIeaAS OI lilo Dhob hVA H"Ho W. -N
ture. and can in no way be artihcially
irrigated, and will not, in our day and genera
ton, sell for one penny an acre, except through
fraud or ignorance; and most Of the land here ex-
cepted will have 10 be irrigated arti6cially. write
this knowing full well it will meet with contradic-
ton but the contradiction will be falsehOod The
country between the one hundredth meridian and
the Sierras-the Rio Grande ~ the British posses
sions-will never develop into populous STATES
because of its want of moisture. Its counterpart Is
found in the plains Of Northern Asia and not In
Western Europe. We look IN vain for those ex-
pected agricultural settlements along the Kansas
and Union Pacific Railroads., between these two
lines and 20 wears hence the search will be quite as
fruitless We have in Nevada and New-Mexico far
samples of what these populations will be.
Nv statement is made from the practical expert
ence and observation of 18 years OF military service
as an officer of the army, much Of which has been
upon the frontier and having passed the remainder
of nv life farmer. For confirmation of what
have here said respectfully refer The reader to Gen.
G. X. Warren of the Engineer Corps of the army
who made scientific exploration OF this country
extending through several years and has gwen us
our only accurate map OF it, or to Prof. Hayden fOr
the past several years engaged iupon similar work
The testimony of Gov Stevens. Gen. Fremont, and
dscoverers whose descriptions are not fully borne
out by more prolonged and intimate knowledge oil
the country.
Herr Haas the agent of the Berlin and Vienna
banks sent out to examine the country. could easily
say the country is good, long IS he ADVISED ms
people to invest no money in 1t, and IT Is doubtful
if that remark was based upon ssufoiently author-
tative investigation of the country to merit the Gre
dence given it, Certainly it is incorrect. And es-
pecay valCeless the testimony of uen OF dIstinc-
ton of our own country who are not practical agr-
culturiss but have taken journeys in the fruitful
months of the year the Red River of The North TO
the rich valleys of Montana, or to tho enchanting
scenery of Puget Sound except upon those particular
points.
lam prepared to substaD hate all have here said
80 far as such matters susceptible of proof, but
from their nature many things herein referred to
must. to many people, wait the action of the great
sOlvent-Time.
1 have no personal feelin-s in this matter
since rather the contrary the railroads ia these
Western countries amehorate the condition of troops
serving here but would prefer to 500 these roads
based upon honesty and the needs of the country.
commensurate with their cost Nor can see much
difference between the man who. in business, draws
a check upon bank where he has no money, and
selling bonds secured by lands that have value.
will say to those holding the bonds of the North
ern Pacific Railroad that by changing them into
good lands now owned by the road in the valley OF
the Red River of the North aud East of thar point.
is the only means of ever saving themselves from
their total loss. w. II. HAHN
Fort Butord, D. r.. Jan. 1, 1874
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